The Broadneck Library will be closed Monday, April 1 - Tuesday, April 16 for branch improvements. Please plan to pickup your holds at another location

The Riviera Beach Library is currently closed. For more information on the new location, please visit the Riviera Beach Library

Songs Without Words
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Status:
Available from OverDrive
Description
Ann Packer’s debut novel, The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, was a nationwide bestseller that established her as one of our most gifted chroniclers of the interior lives of women. Now, in her long-awaited second novel, she takes us on a journey into a lifelong friendship pushed to the breaking point.
Liz and Sarabeth were childhood neighbors in the suburbs of northern California, brought as close as sisters by the suicide of Sarabeth’s mother when the girls were just sixteen. In the decades that followed–through Liz’s marriage and the birth of her children, through Sarabeth’s attempts to make a happy life for herself despite the shadow cast by her mother’s act–their relationship remained a source of continuity and strength. But when Liz’s adolescent daughter enters dangerous waters that threaten to engulf the family, the fault lines in the women’s friendship are revealed, and both Liz and Sarabeth are forced to reexamine their most deeply held beliefs about their connection. Songs Without Words is about the sometimes confining roles we take on in our closest relationships, about the familial myths that shape us both as children and as parents, and about the limits–and the power–of the friendships we create when we are young.
Also in This Series
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
OverDrive Read
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
More Details
Street Date:
09/04/2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780307267818
ASIN:
B000VSW7T8
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Ann Packer. (2007). Songs Without Words. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Ann Packer. 2007. Songs Without Words. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Ann Packer, Songs Without Words. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Ann Packer. Songs Without Words. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection11
Anne Arundel County Public Library00
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
850c24be-f213-b387-072b-a3ae197504c5
Go To Grouped Work
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Jun 03, 2017 06:34:32
Date Updated:
Aug 05, 2022 21:15:38
Last Metadata Check:
Mar 24, 2024 11:37:58
Last Metadata Change:
Jan 08, 2024 20:50:43
Last Availability Check:
Mar 24, 2024 11:37:59
Last Availability Change:
Mar 24, 2024 11:37:59
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Mar 29, 2024 04:05:49

OverDrive Product Record

images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/{7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0111-1/{7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0111-1/7B6/6CF/C7/{7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0111-1/7B6/6CF/C7/{7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780307267818
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 125934
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B000VSW7T8
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 125934
      • name: Kindle Book
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • identifiers:
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 125934
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780307267818
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • id: ebook-overdrive
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 0375412816
mediaType
eBook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Ann Packer
title
Songs Without Words
dateAdded
2011-03-30T14:30:33.973Z
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=51&titleID=148192
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: Maryland's Digital Library (MD)
          • id: 831
sortTitle
Songs Without Words
crossRefId
148192
id
7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33
starRating
3.4

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain
False
formats
      • fileName: SongsWithoutWords_9780307267818_148192
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 588884
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780307267818
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 125934
      • rights:
            • type: Copying
            • value: 0
            • type: Printing
            • value: 0
            • type: Lending
            • value: 0
            • type: ReadAloud
            • value: 0
            • type: ExpirationRights
            • value: 0
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • onSaleDate: 9/4/2007
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/7B6/6CF/C7/SongsWithoutWords9780307267818.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: SongsWithoutWords_148192
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 125934
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B000VSW7T8
      • name: Kindle Book
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • onSaleDate: 9/4/2007
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/7B6/6CF/C7/SongsWithoutWords9780307267818.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: SongsWithoutWords_9780307267818_148192
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780307267818
            • type: PublisherCatalogNumber
            • value: 125934
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 9/4/2007
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/7B6/6CF/C7/SongsWithoutWords9780307267818.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
keywords
      • value: family
      • value: relationships
      • value: Friendship
      • value: literary fiction
      • value: relationship
      • value: motherhood
      • value: romance
      • value: sisters
      • value: Fiction
      • value: crime
      • value: mothers
      • value: mental health
      • value: novels
      • value: marriage
      • value: love
      • value: Coming of age
      • value: Death
      • value: families
      • value: women
      • value: german
      • value: mystery
      • value: Drama
      • value: Women's Fiction
      • value: Divorce
      • value: Modern
      • value: England
      • value: psychology
      • value: Women Authors
      • value: grief
      • value: Contemporary Romance
      • value: feminism
      • value: dark
      • value: Music
      • value: Chick Lit
      • value: literature
      • value: fiction books
      • value: Literary
      • value: drugs
      • value: realistic fiction
      • value: gifts for women
      • value: book club books
      • value: gifts for her
      • value: fiction psychological
      • value: realistic fiction books
      • value: women gifts
      • value: books fiction
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: Packer, Ann
      • bioText:

        Ann Packer received the Great Lakes Book Award for The Dive from Clausen's Pier, which was a national bestseller. She is also the author of Mendocino and Other Stories. She is a past recipient of a James Michener award and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and other magazines, as well as in Prize Stories 1992: The O. Henry Awards. She lives in northern California with her family.

      • name: Ann Packer
imprint
Vintage
publishDate
2007-09-04T00:00:00-04:00
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
Songs Without Words
fullDescription
Ann Packer’s debut novel, The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, was a nationwide bestseller that established her as one of our most gifted chroniclers of the interior lives of women. Now, in her long-awaited second novel, she takes us on a journey into a lifelong friendship pushed to the breaking point.
Liz and Sarabeth were childhood neighbors in the suburbs of northern California, brought as close as sisters by the suicide of Sarabeth’s mother when the girls were just sixteen. In the decades that followed–through Liz’s marriage and the birth of her children, through Sarabeth’s attempts to make a happy life for herself despite the shadow cast by her mother’s act–their relationship remained a source of continuity and strength. But when Liz’s adolescent daughter enters dangerous waters that threaten to engulf the family, the fault lines in the women’s friendship are revealed, and both Liz and Sarabeth are forced to reexamine their most deeply held beliefs about their connection. Songs Without Words is about the sometimes confining roles we take on in our closest relationships, about the familial myths that shape us both as children and as parents, and about the limits–and the power–of the friendships we create when we are young.
popularity
103
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BaQAAAA29/products/7b66cfc7-5a36-48b8-b88a-24e8ab849c33/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
id
7b66cfc7-5a36-48b8-b88a-24e8ab849c33
starRating
3.3
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/{7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0111-1/{7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0111-1/7B6/6CF/C7/{7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0111-1/7B6/6CF/C7/{7B66CFC7-5A36-48B8-B88A-24E8AB849C33}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
subjects
      • value: Fiction
      • value: Literature
publishDateText
09/04/2007
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9780375412813
mediaType
eBook
shortDescription
Ann Packer’s debut novel, The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, was a nationwide bestseller that established her as one of our most gifted chroniclers of the interior lives of women. Now, in her long-awaited second novel, she takes us on a journey into a lifelong friendship pushed to the breaking point.
Liz and Sarabeth were childhood neighbors in the suburbs of northern California, brought as close as sisters by the suicide of Sarabeth’s mother when the girls were just sixteen. In the decades that followed–through Liz’s marriage and the birth of her children, through Sarabeth’s attempts to make a happy life for herself despite the shadow cast by her mother’s act–their relationship remained a source of continuity and strength. But when Liz’s adolescent daughter enters dangerous waters that threaten to engulf the family, the fault lines in the women’s friendship are revealed, and both Liz and Sarabeth are forced to...
sortTitle
Songs Without Words
crossRefId
148192
publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
bisacCodes
      • code: FIC019000
      • description: Fiction / Literary
      • code: FIC025000
      • description: Fiction / Psychological
      • code: FIC044000
      • description: Fiction / Contemporary Women