Many libraries are now open for Express Visits! Know before you go. We still offer contactless pickup and return with Books on the Go!

Not getting our emails? Read our FAQ about this issue.

The Interestings: A Novel
(OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen)

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(2)
4 star
 
(3)
3 star
 
(2)
2 star
 
(1)
1 star
 
(1)
Author:
Meg Wolitzer
Status:
Available from OverDrive
More Details
Published:
Dreamscape Media, LLC 2013
Format:
OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen
Edition:
Unabridged
Street Date:
04/09/2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781624060885
Subjects
Fiction
Literature
Also in This Series
Published Reviews
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Copy Details
LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection31
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Meg Wolitzer. (2013). The Interestings: A Novel. Unabridged Dreamscape Media, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Meg Wolitzer. 2013. The Interestings: A Novel. Dreamscape Media, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Meg Wolitzer, The Interestings: A Novel. Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2013.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Meg Wolitzer. The Interestings: A Novel. Unabridged Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2013.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2010. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
6fcaa15d-b70d-aaa6-42db-092a501db46c
Go To Grouped Work
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Apr 23, 2014 15:29:27
Date Updated:
Dec 06, 2020 07:28:34
Last Metadata Check:
Mar 07, 2021 12:24:58
Last Metadata Change:
Feb 28, 2021 07:34:14
Last Availability Check:
Mar 07, 2021 12:24:59
Last Availability Change:
Mar 01, 2021 17:49:57
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Mar 08, 2021 07:30:28

OverDrive Product Record

images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2343-1/{9312E264-A4DB-4558-A88A-8DFB33CB64C3}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2343-1/{9312E264-A4DB-4558-A88A-8DFB33CB64C3}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2343-1/931/2E2/64/{9312E264-A4DB-4558-A88A-8DFB33CB64C3}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2343-1/931/2E2/64/{9312E264-A4DB-4558-A88A-8DFB33CB64C3}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781624060885
            • type: 8
            • value: dreamscape_audio#9781624060885
      • name: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
      • id: audiobook-mp3
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781624060885
            • type: 8
            • value: dreamscape_audio#9781624060885
      • name: OverDrive Listen
      • id: audiobook-overdrive
mediaType
Audiobook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Meg Wolitzer
title
The Interestings
dateAdded
2013-04-23T15:57:00-04:00
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=426&titleID=1241842
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: Wake County Public Libraries (NC)
          • id: 1893
sortTitle
Interestings
crossRefId
1241842
subtitle
A Novel
id
9312e264-a4db-4558-a88a-8dfb33cb64c3
starRating
3.6

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain
False
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/2343-1/{9312E264-A4DB-4558-A88A-8DFB33CB64C3}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/2343-1/{9312E264-A4DB-4558-A88A-8DFB33CB64C3}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/2343-1/931/2E2/64/{9312E264-A4DB-4558-A88A-8DFB33CB64C3}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/2343-1/931/2E2/64/{9312E264-A4DB-4558-A88A-8DFB33CB64C3}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
formats
      • fileName: Interestings9781624060885
      • partCount: 13
      • fileSize: 452268778
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781624060885
            • type: 8
            • value: dreamscape_audio#9781624060885
      • rights:
            • type: PlayOnPC
            • value: 1
            • type: PlayOnPCCount
            • value: -1
            • type: BurnToCD
            • value: 1
            • type: BurnToCDCount
            • value: -1
            • type: PlayOnPM
            • value: 1
            • type: TransferToSDMI
            • value: 1
            • type: TransferToNonSDMI
            • value: 1
            • type: TransferCount
            • value: -1
            • type: CollaborativePlay
            • value: 0
            • type: PublicPerformance
            • value: 0
            • type: TranscodeToAAC
            • value: 1
      • name: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
      • id: audiobook-mp3
      • onSaleDate: 04/09/2013
      • samples:
            • source: Penguin Audio Presents...
            • formatType: audiobook-wma
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/2343-1/1241842-TheInterestings.wma
            • source: Part 1
            • formatType: audiobook-mp3
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/2343-1/1241842-TheInterestings.mp3
            • source: Part 1
            • formatType: audiobook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9312E264-A4DB-4558-A88A-8DFB33CB64C3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: Interestings9781624060885
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 452213859
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9781624060885
            • type: 8
            • value: dreamscape_audio#9781624060885
      • name: OverDrive Listen
      • id: audiobook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 04/09/2013
      • samples:
            • source: Penguin Audio Presents...
            • formatType: audiobook-wma
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/2343-1/1241842-TheInterestings.wma
            • source: Part 1
            • formatType: audiobook-mp3
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/2343-1/1241842-TheInterestings.mp3
            • source: Part 1
            • formatType: audiobook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9312E264-A4DB-4558-A88A-8DFB33CB64C3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: Wolitzer, Meg
      • bioText:

        Meg Wolitzer's previous novels include The Wife, The Position, The Ten-Year Nap, and The Uncoupling. She lives in New York City.

      • name: Meg Wolitzer
      • role: Narrator
      • fileAs: Tullock, Jen
      • name: Jen Tullock
subjects
      • value: Fiction
      • value: Literature
publishDate
2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00
edition
Unabridged
publishDateText
04/09/2013
mediaType
Audiobook
shortDescription

The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings, Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence. Jules Jacobson, an aspiring comic actress, eventually resigns herself to a more practical occupation and lifestyle. Her friend Jonah, a gifted musician, stops playing the guitar and becomes an engineer. But Ethan and Ash, Jules's now-married best friends, become shockingly successful—true to their initial artistic dreams, with the wealth and access that allow those dreams to keep expanding. The friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore...

isOwnedByCollections
True
title
The Interestings
fullDescription

The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings, Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence. Jules Jacobson, an aspiring comic actress, eventually resigns herself to a more practical occupation and lifestyle. Her friend Jonah, a gifted musician, stops playing the guitar and becomes an engineer. But Ethan and Ash, Jules's now-married best friends, become shockingly successful—true to their initial artistic dreams, with the wealth and access that allow those dreams to keep expanding. The friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore the differences in their fates, in what their talents have become and the shapes their lives have taken.

Wide in scope, ambitious, and populated by complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City, The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a life.

sortTitle
Interestings
crossRefId
1241842
awards
      • source: The New York Times
      • value: The New York Times Best Seller List
subtitle
A Novel
popularity
988
publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/L1BLQAAAA2a/products/9312e264-a4db-4558-a88a-8dfb33cb64c3/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
id
9312e264-a4db-4558-a88a-8dfb33cb64c3
starRating
3.6
Formats
OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
Works on MP3 Players, PCs, and Macs. Some mobile devices may require an application to be installed.
Sample Sample Check Out OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
Need Help?
If you are having problem using our eCollection, please visit our support center.
Borrower Reviews