Irises

Francisco Stork

Jan 2012 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Carrington MacDuffie

About this audiobook

Kate is bound for Stanford and an M.D.—if her family will let her go. Mary wants to stay home and paint. When their loving but repressive father dies, they must figure out how to support themselves and their mother, who is in a permanent vegetative state. Then three men sway their lives: Kate’s boyfriend Simon offers to marry her, providing much-needed stability. Mary is drawn to Marcos, though she fears his violent past. And Andy tempts Kate with more than romance, recognizing her ambition because it matches his own. Kate and Mary find new possibilities and darknesses in their sudden freedom. But it’s Mama’s life that might divide them for good—the question of if she lives, and what’s worth living for.

About the author

FRANCISCO X. STORK was born in 1953 in Monterrey, Mexico, and from a very early age, knew he was meant to be a writer. His other audiobooks, Marcelo in the Real World and The Last Summer of the Death Warriors are also available from Listening Library.