THE WIDOWS OF EASTWICK by John Updike (2008)

Read by . . : Kate Reading
Publisher . : Random House Audio (2008) RHCD 2447
ISBN . . . .: ISBN-10 0739370790 ISBN-13: 9780739370797
Format . . .: MP3. 65 tracks, 427 MB
Bitrate . . : ~90 kbps (iTunes 9, VBR, Mono, 44.1 kHz)
Source . . .: 9 CDs (11 hours)
Genre . . . : Fiction
Unabridged .: Unabridged

 - The Witches of Eastwick (1984)
 > The Widows of Eastwick (2008)

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From back cover:

More than three decades have passed since the events described in John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick. The three divorcées–Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie–have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world, to such foreign lands as Canada, Egypt, and China, and renew old acquaintance. Why not, Sukie and Jane ask Alexandra, go back to Eastwick for the summer? The old Rhode Island seaside town, where they indulged in wicked mischief under the influence of the diabolical Darryl Van Horne, is still magical for them. Now Darryl is gone, and their lovers of the time have aged or died, but enchantment remains in the familiar streets and scenery of the village, where they enjoyed their lusty primes as free and empowered women. And, among the local citizenry, there are still those who remember them, and wish them ill. How they cope with the lingering traces of their evil deeds, the shocks of a mysterious counterspell, and the advancing inroads of old age, form the burden of Updike’s delightful, ominous sequel.
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From AudioFile:

More than two decades have passed since we last heard from the "witches" of Eastwick. The husbands they conjured didn't last, and now they return to Rhode Island with the wisdom of hindsight and diminishing magical powers. Narrating in a soft, terse tone, Kate Reading catches listeners up with Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, who are crabby about lost sexual vitality and pending death. Updike's masterful abilities continue to dazzle, and Reading matches the burnished text with a sure professionalism. Fans of the original who always wondered what happened to the witches will find the women just as trying and entertaining as they were when first introduced.