04246cam a2200709 4500 545475308 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250241733 1250241731 1344502f-5d3e-4c6e-9082-7e5d94c6896a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4616141 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Schine, Cathleen. The Grammarians [Libby] : A Novel. Macmillan Audio, 2019. books on tape. literary fiction. sisters. English language. audiobooks. sisterhood. audio books. Comedy. sibling rivalry. womens fiction. Women Authors. linguistics. 80s. grammar. twins. American Literature. Women Writers. contemporary literature. humorous fiction. comic novels. redheads. contemporary novels. new york city fiction. funny novels. nyc fiction. kirkus reviews best books of the year. npr best books of the year. new york times notable books of the year. new York city novels. amazon best books of the year. best books of 2019. grammar geeks. sister rivals. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 205MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 205MB. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p><b>"This listen is for lovers of words, lovers of a great story, and lovers of a great narration. Hillary Huber does a fantastic job capturing this wonderful novel about twin girls, their love for each other, and their eventual rivalry." — <i>AudioFile Magazine</i></b><br /> <br /> <b>An enchanting, comic love letter to sibling rivalry and the English language.</b></p> <p>From the author compared to Nora Ephron and Nancy Mitford, not to mention Jane Austen, comes a new audiobook celebrating the beauty, mischief, and occasional treachery of language.</p> <p><i>The Grammarians</i> are Laurel and Daphne Wolfe, identical, inseparable redheaded twins who share an obsession with words. They speak a secret "twin" tongue of their own as toddlers; as adults making their way in 1980s Manhattan, their verbal infatuation continues, but this love, which has always bound them together, begins instead to push them apart. Daphne, copy editor and grammar columnist, devotes herself to preserving the dignity and elegance of Standard English. Laurel, who gives up teaching kindergarten to write poetry, is drawn, instead, to the polymorphous, chameleon nature of the written and spoken word. Their fraying twinship finally shreds completely when the sisters go to war, absurdly but passionately, over custody of their most prized family heirloom: <i>Merriam Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition</i>.</p> <p>Cathleen Schine has written a playful and joyful celebration of the interplay of language and life. A dazzling comedy of sisterly and linguistic manners, a revelation of the delights and stresses of intimacy, <i>The Grammarians</i> is the work of one of our great comic novelists at her very best.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. Huber, Hillary. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/4616141-TheGrammarians.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1344502f-5d3e-4c6e-9082-7e5d94c6896a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/4616141-TheGrammarians.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1344502f-5d3e-4c6e-9082-7e5d94c6896a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)