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Title: When the Messenger Is Hot

Author: Elizabeth Crane

Narrator: Johanna Parker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-24-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The women in When the Messenger Is Hot are fierce and kind, damaged and optimistic. They are recovering from loss or addiction or betrayal; they are on the fringes of reality or sanity or a "conventional" life. From a woman who decides to live on the patio rooftop of her friend's apartment building, to the best-selling memoir writer who finds her identity overtaken by the actress cast in the movie version, to the daughter convinced her dead mother is in fact simply stuck at a North Dakota bus depot, their experiences of loss and love are both uniquely theirs and universal.

With disarming humor, honesty, and playfulness, Elizabeth Crane gleefully and memorably explores the absurdities and possibilities of modern life.

Members Reviews:

LOVED

Loved this book. The writing is unique, like nothing I've ever read before. I can't recommend it enough.

good

Great stories. Thout the author was someone I knew,but it wasn't. But the stories were very interesting, nonetheless. Great writer.

Funny, Revealing, Original

I loved this book. The stories are dreamlike and funky. Woozy and fun. I particularly enjoyed the tale of her dead mother's return as a celebrity and, well, all the stories about her mother. This is a gifted writer and I highly recommend the read.

can't put down (even if I want to)

The only way I can describe this book is to compare it to music- it's sort of a cross between Liz Phair's "Exile in Guyville" and poetry. It's bold, shocking, thoughtful, aching, and funny all at once.

These aren't stories that make you feel good about yourself and inspire you to go and change the world or call your closest friends up to share the joy. This isn't Bridget Jones, either- it's far too intelligent. These are stories that are honest in the best way. Elizabeth Crane writes the way you talk inside your head- lots of run on sentences, extraneous thoughts (that most authors wouldn't dare to allow in their writing), and then one pure, true statement in the middle of it all that just grabs you. Some of it is too raw, and some of it seems too blase, but I don't think that Crane is looking to engage the reader in all of her characters' lives. This book is more of a dirty friend you admire than a close, sensitive sister.

The reason I didn't give the book five stars is because there are a few flaws. Sometimes, Crane allowed her characters to go on *too* much and after two pages of the same sentence I felt like I was listening to a friend that wouldn't shut up. Ironically, that's also part of why I liked the book, too. I did roll my eyes at some of the characters (especially Hayden and Hyman) and situations, but overall this is a solid collection. Lots of quotable lines and paragraphs, which to me is the ultimate compliment for a book- it's something that will live beyond its place on my bookshelf.

When the Messenger is Elizabeth Crane

This is a wonderful collection of stories, "The Archetype's Girlfriend" being my favorite. At first glance lighthearted, the stories carry a deeper melancholy as the narrators reveal they are all in some ways built on the same archetype.