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  • Octavia Boone's Big Questions About Life, the Universe, and Everything

  • By: Rebecca Rupp
  • Narrated by: Ellen Grafton
  • Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins

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Octavia Boone's Big Questions About Life, the Universe, and Everything

By: Rebecca Rupp
Narrated by: Ellen Grafton
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Summary

After her parents find clashing answers to life’s big questions, it’s time for Octavia to make some choices of her own in this poignant, funny, thought-provoking novel.

Octavia’s best friend, Andrew, wants to know why time runs forward instead of backward, or if it’s possible to talk to an alien jellyfish. But Octavia has much bigger questions on her mind: Why do bad things happen, like Hurricane Katrina and 9/11? What is the meaning of life? Is there a God

Octavia’s father is convinced that art and Henry David Thoreau hold the key to life. Her mother, Ray, though, has always been seeking greater meaning - up until now. Octavia’s problem is not only that her parents have different answers to the big questions but that their answers are threatening to tear her family apart.

Could it be that some questions are too big to have just one answer? Could it be that the universe is far wider than Octavia’s - or perhaps anyone’s - view of it?

©2010 Rebecca Rupp (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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