Above All Things

Tanis Rideout

Feb 2013 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Emily Gray

About this audiobook

“Tell me the story of Everest,” she said, a fervent smile sweeping across her face, creasing the corners of her eyes. “Tell me about this mountain that’s stealing you away from me.” 

In 1924 George Mallory departs on his third expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Left behind in Cambridge, George’s young wife, Ruth, along with the rest of a war-ravaged England, anticipates news they hope will reclaim some of the empire’s faded glory. Through alternating narratives, what emerges is a beautifully rendered story of love torn apart by obsession and the need for redemption.

About the author

Tanis Rideout’s work has appeared in numerous publications and has been shortlisted for several prizes, including the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award and the CBC Literary Awards. Born in Belgium, she grew up in Bermuda and in Kingston, Ontario, and now lives in Toronto. Above All Things is her first novel.

Emily Gray's first audiobook performance came in 2001, for Walter Satterthwait's book Masquerade. Since then she has narrated Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series and Jasper Pforde's Something Rotten. Gray and her husband began the Classics Acting Company in Dallas.