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  • By: Norman Maclean
  • Narrated by: Ivan Doig
  • Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (31 ratings)
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A River Runs Through It

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Summary

Life for the MacLean family in Missoula, Montana, in 1937 centers around family, fly fishing and the Big Blackfoot River. Fly fishing is the one activity where the family can bridge troubled relationships, where brother can connect with brother and father with son. And in the end, it is through the river that they realize how life continues and all things are related. This is a universal story of family love and a lyrical masterpiece, as beautiful as the great trout rivers of western Montana upon which it is set.
©1976 by The University of Chicago (P)1992 HighBridge Company; 16 9; 2000 HighBridge Company
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"Exquisite...this recording joins the ranks of the few near-perfect matches of reader and author." ( Philadelphia Inquirer)

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Forget Hemingway...

...this is the best fishing story. Montana's favorite son, Doig is an authentic, if not professional, narrator of this moving classic.

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A perfect Audio Book

Beautifully written and read. I have been an avid listener of audible books for many years with pushing 200 titles now on my ipod. But this is the one i keep coming back to and just can't fault it is totally absorbing the characterisation is perfect the pace and hummer gentle. There is nothing clumsy or that jars the story is hard and all the more poignant when you consider it is based on the authors own life. I should perhaps say that i fly fish and that fly fishing is a central theme of the book but don't let that put you off just be warned you may want to give it a try after listening to the book. The reader is so good you are unaware and him, this being my highest complement for any reader his effortless style and delivery are perfect for the book.

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