'Round Midnight

By: Laura McBride, Will Damron

Narrated by: Joy Osmanski

“If McBride is trying to prove—that if you change one life, you change the world—she succeeds magnificently.”—Booklist

From the author of the acclaimed novel We Are Called to Rise comes a “jewel of a novel” (BookPage) set in Las Vegas, tracing six decades of courage, secrets, and the small acts of kindness that change lives.

Fun-loving and rebellious, twenty-one-year-old June Stein abandons the safe world of her New Jersey childhood for edgy 1950s Las Vegas. For the next sixty years, June will dare to live boldly. She will upend conventions, risk her heart and her life, rear a child, lose a child, love more than one man, and stand up for more than one woman.

June’s story will intertwine with those of three unlikely strangers: a one-time mail-order bride from the Philippines, a high school music teacher, and a young mother from Mexico working as a hotel maid. Knit together around June’s explosive secret, they forge a future that none of them foresee.

This jubilant, compassionate novel explores the unexpected ways that life connects us, changes us, and even perfects us. A powerful story of lust and of hope, of redemption and of compassion, In the Midnight Room is a smart, sagacious novel about womanhood, family bonds, and how we live in America now.

Beautifully Written. Touched me to my heart.

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Touching, Absorbing, and just a Beautiful book. The Best book I've read all year. Author FANTASTIC and NARRATOR IS PERFECT! This book should definitely get more notice!! Loved it.

Highly Highly Recommend!!!!!

Phenomenal

This book was extraordinary! I have been craving a read this good for quite a while. I highly recommend reading ‘Round Midnight!

Powerful, emotional, empowering

A powerful, emotional, empowering story about diverse female leads who lead very different lives but their humanity and humility bind them together through decades in Las Vegas. It's dramatically heavy like Joy Luck Club yet endearingly poignant like Steel Magnolias.

A must read or listen because the narrators were first rate too.

Great story. Interesting characters.

I loved this thought provoking story. You can't help but ask yourself, "What would I do in that situation?". This is a fun read. Looking forward to Laura's third novel!

Great Storytelling!

This was my first Laura McBride novel and my first Audible title. I loved it!!! It was a great story and she told it well, weaving it all together. I thought she did a good job developing the characters. I live in Las Vegas and the diversity of the community came through. I listened to this on my commute to and from work. I am an Audible fan now.