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Anne Tyler
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Charlotte Emory has always lived a quiet, conventional life in Clarion, Maryland. She lives as simply as possible and one day decides to simplify everything and leave her husband. Her last trip to the bank throws Charlotte's life into an entirely different direction when a restless young man in a nylon jacket takes her hostage during the robbery - and soon the two are heading south into an unknown future and a most unexpected fate in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Tyler's skillful seventh novel.
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- De: Mary Beth Keane
- Narrado por: Sile Bermingham
- Duración: 16 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west of Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York, along with her sister Johanna and a boy named Michael Ward. Labeled a "softheaded goose" by her family, Greta discovers that in America she can fall in love, raise her own family, and earn a living.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Irish immigratn story
- De Chrissie en 09-10-13
De: Mary Beth Keane
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Georgia Bottoms
- A Novel
- De: Mark Childress
- Narrado por: Debra Monk
- Duración: 7 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 159
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 123
A best-selling author of books for adults and children, Mark Childress pens his most outrageous work yet with Georgia Bottoms. The titular heroine is the epitome of the church-going Southern belle, except for one teeny-tiny aspect of her life. Georgia’s family inheritance has long since evaporated, and to maintain her genteel lifestyle, Miss Bottoms has taken six affluent lovers—the fly in the ointment being that one is a married preacher who’s about to reveal their infidelity to the whole congregation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun Listen
- De Sue en 04-08-11
De: Mark Childress
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Bullet in the Brain
- De: Tobias Wolff
- Narrado por: Anthony Heald
- Duración: 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 281
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 251
Anders is an angry, cynical man. A book critic known for his scathing reviews, he finds any excuse to dismiss, belittle, or insult. This afternoon is no more agitating than the next. Angers finds himself in a long line at the bank, waiting to reach a teller. Even after two men - wearing masks and carrying guns - take control of the building, Anders is unfazed. It's this behavior that lands him with a pistol against his stomach and a man screamingin his face. And when the bank robber, indignant over Anders' behavior, shoots the book critic in the head, his mind floats through the memories of his life, settling on one particular event....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Perfect Example
- De Sarah en 08-01-17
De: Tobias Wolff
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Falling Home
- De: Karen White
- Narrado por: Lyssa Browne
- Duración: 15 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 694
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 608
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 605
Cassie Madison has it all: A high-powered advertising career; a stylish Manhattan apartment; and a sophisticated, rich, and gorgeous fiancé. It's a far cry from her childhood in Walton, Georgia, home of the annual Kudzu Festival and hot, sticky summers. And then there are all the bad memories, the heartache. When Cassie's estranged sister calls to say that her father is dying, Cassie knows it's time to set aside her feelings and go home and face the sister she hasn't seen in 15 years.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Could not finish
- De G. Moore en 06-08-11
De: Karen White
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This Side of the Sky
- De: Elyse Singleton
- Narrado por: Myra Taylor, Sharon Washington, Richard Ferrone
- Duración: 11 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Award-winning journalist Elyse Singleton delivers what Essence calls “a gem - the perfect book to curl up with.”
Best friends Lilian and Myraleen, two African American women from rural Mississippi, travel to Europe during World War II to act as members of the Women’s Army Corps. During this time of segregation and destruction, both women discover love and heartbreak, triumph and defeat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Breath of Fresh Air
- De Adina Andreu en 07-19-12
De: Elyse Singleton
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The Untelling
- De: Tayari Jones
- Narrado por: Michele Blackmon
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 960
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 873
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 874
Aria is no stranger to tragedy. Fifteen years ago, a family outing took the lives of her father and baby sister, leaving remaining members of this fractured family struggling with their own guilt - real and imagined. At 25, Aria believes she can reinvent herself through her planned marriage with all its promise of a family of her own. Her infertility changes her life as swiftly and irrevocably as the urban landscape around her.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Don’t waste your time!
- De shasha en 09-18-20
De: Tayari Jones
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The Penny
- A Novel
- De: Joyce Meyer, Deborah Bedford
- Narrado por: Emily Janice Card
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Jenny Blake has a theory about life: big decisions often don't amount to much, but little decisions sometimes transform everything. Her theory proves true the summer she's 14, when she makes the decision to pick up a penny embedded in asphalt and consequently ends up stopping a robbery, getting a job, and meeting someone who changes her life forever: Miss Shaw.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absoultly wonderful
- De Debbie en 08-05-07
De: Joyce Meyer, y otros
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The Daisy Children
- A Novel
- De: Sofia Grant
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 88
When Katie Garrett gets the news that she’s received an inheritance from the grandmother she hardly knew, it couldn’t have come at a better time. She flees Boston and travels to rural Texas. There, she’s greeted by her distant cousin Scarlett. Friendly and flamboyant, Scarlett couldn’t be more different from sensible Katie. And as they begin the task of sorting through their grandmother’s possessions, they discover letters and photographs that uncover the hidden truths about their shared history, and the long-forgotten tragedy of the New London school explosion of 1937 that binds them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The generational maternal side and how they fell into similar problems
- De Sandra J. Roberts en 02-21-25
De: Sofia Grant
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The Deep Blue Good-By
- A Travis McGee Novel, Book 1
- De: John D. MacDonald
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 6 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,902
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4,348
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,356
He's a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He's also a knight errant who's wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: he'll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Before the A-Team, there was Travis McGee
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 11-12-16
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The One-in-a-Million Boy
- De: Monica Wood
- Narrado por: Chris Ciulla
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,642
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,400
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,407
For years, guitarist Quinn Porter has been on the road, chasing gig after gig, largely absent to his twice-ex-wife Belle and their odd, Guinness records-obsessed son. When the boy dies suddenly, Quinn seeks forgiveness for his paternal shortcomings by completing the requirements for one of his son's unfinished Boy Scout badges. For seven Saturdays Quinn does yard work for Ona Vitkus, the spry 104-year-old Lithuanian immigrant the boy had visited weekly.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
- De Justin en 10-20-16
De: Monica Wood
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Where I'm Calling From
- Selected Stories
- De: Raymond Carver
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 16 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 57
By the time of his early death in 1988, Raymond Carver had established himself as one of the great practitioners of the American short story. Where I'm Calling From, his last collection, encompasses classic stories from Cathedral, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, and earlier Carver volumes, along with seven new works previously unpublished in book form.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Love Carver, But Dietz Ruins It With Reading
- De Noirbat en 05-10-18
De: Raymond Carver
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Fallen Angels
- De: Patricia Hickman
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
During the Great Depression, Jeb Nubey is running from the law when he meets three abandoned children. With nowhere else to go the group passes a stormy night in a comforting church. When they are discovered, a case of mistaken identity ensues. It seems the congregation has been waiting for their new pastor, a widower with three kids. Looks like more trouble for Jeb. Yet the chance for a steady job and three squares a day is too good to turn down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Touching
- De Christina en 11-11-04
De: Patricia Hickman
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Paradise
- De: Toni Morrison
- Narrado por: Toni Morrison
- Duración: 15 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 212
In Paradise - her first novel since she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature - Toni Morrison gives us a bravura performance. As the book begins deep in Oklahoma early one morning in 1976, nine men from Ruby (pop. 360), in defense of "the one all-black town worth the pain", assault the nearby Convent and the women in it. From the town's ancestral origins in 1890 to the fateful day of the assault, Paradise tells the story of a people ever mindful of the relationship between their spectacular history and a void.
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5 out of 5 stars
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MORRISON AT HER MOST COMPLEX
- De Kennedi Hill en 11-07-19
De: Toni Morrison
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Strong Motion
- De: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrado por: Scott Aiello
- Duración: 20 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 224
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 193
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 196
Louis Holland arrives in Boston in a spring of ecological upheaval (a rash of earthquakes on the North Shore) and odd luck: the first one kills his grandmother. Louis tries to maintain his independence, but falls in love with a Harvard seismologist whose discoveries about the earthquakes' cause complicate everything.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Compelling Story, Ridiculous Narrator
- De DianeReads en 02-28-16
De: Jonathan Franzen
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Far From the Tree
- De: Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant
- Narrado por: Fran L. Washington
- Duración: 13 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 178
Celeste English and Ronnie Frazier are sisters, but they couldn't be more different. Celeste is a doctor's wife, living a perfect and elegant façade. But secretly, her marriage is falling apart and her need to control people around her threatens to destroy them all. Ronnie is an actress, living in New York. But she has no money, she has no home, and her life is held together by "chewing gum, paper clips, and spit." When their father dies, the sisters inherit a house in Prosper, North Carolina.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Favorite Book So Far, by Far!
- De Dee en 04-19-09
De: Virginia DeBerry, y otros
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The Accidental Tourist
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 170
Travel writer Macon Leary hates travel, adventure, surprises, and anything outside of his routine. Immobilized by grief, Macon is becoming increasingly prickly and alone, anchored by his solitude and an unwillingness to compromise his creature comforts. Then he meets Muriel, an eccentric dog trainer too optimistic to let Macon disappear into himself. Despite Macon’s best efforts to remain insulated, Muriel upends his solitary, systemized life, catapulting him into the center of a messy, beautiful love story he never imagined.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Favorite
- De eulamen en 06-03-21
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Searching for Caleb
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Amy Finegan
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Through the syncopated rhythms of the ragtime era to the thumping, rocking beats of the 1970s, generations of Pecks have maintained a determined steadiness. Adamantly middle-class - Peck-proud, as the family slogan goes - they are quick to sweep under the rug those members who do not live up to their standards. Maybe that's why Caleb Peck took off with his violincello as a boy? Sixty years later, his brother, Daniel, is still wondering.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Story!
- De GoodLife en 04-18-24
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Morgan's Passing
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Nathan Osgood
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 11
Morgan Gower is bored of the tedium of his ordinary life: of his job as manager of a run-down hardware store; of his wife; of his "industriously dull" daughters; of his mother; of his sister. But Morgan's secret escape lies in a box filled with costumes, filled with everything from a fake beard to Napoleon's tricorne to Daniel Boone, all of which provide an outlet away from his life and into the identity of someone who is assuredly not Morgan Gower.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Nothing good to say
- De RH en 05-06-24
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Celestial Navigation
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Amy Finegan, Tara Ward, Barbara Barnes, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 28
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Thirty-eight-year-old Jeremy Pauling has never left home. He lives on the top floor of a Baltimore row house where he creates collages of little people snipped from wrapping paper. His elderly mother putters in the rooms below, until her death. And it is then that Jeremy is forced to take in Mary Tell and her child as boarders. Mary is unaware of how much courage it takes Jeremy to look her in the eye. For Jeremy, like one of his paper creations, is fragile and easily torn - especially when he's falling in love.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Marginalized characters
- De Linda en 05-05-24
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The Amateur Marriage
- A Novel
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Blair Brown
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 229
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 123
They seemed like the perfect couple: young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother's grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome Anne Tyler
- De Pamela Harvey en 01-25-04
De: Anne Tyler
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French Braid
- A Novel
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 899
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 784
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 778
The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever leave home, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband, Robin. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in common.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Definitely not my favorite
- De 80 Oaks en 03-31-22
De: Anne Tyler
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The Accidental Tourist
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Jefferson Mays
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 170
Travel writer Macon Leary hates travel, adventure, surprises, and anything outside of his routine. Immobilized by grief, Macon is becoming increasingly prickly and alone, anchored by his solitude and an unwillingness to compromise his creature comforts. Then he meets Muriel, an eccentric dog trainer too optimistic to let Macon disappear into himself. Despite Macon’s best efforts to remain insulated, Muriel upends his solitary, systemized life, catapulting him into the center of a messy, beautiful love story he never imagined.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Favorite
- De eulamen en 06-03-21
De: Anne Tyler
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Searching for Caleb
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- Narrado por: Amy Finegan
- Duración: 11 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Through the syncopated rhythms of the ragtime era to the thumping, rocking beats of the 1970s, generations of Pecks have maintained a determined steadiness. Adamantly middle-class - Peck-proud, as the family slogan goes - they are quick to sweep under the rug those members who do not live up to their standards. Maybe that's why Caleb Peck took off with his violincello as a boy? Sixty years later, his brother, Daniel, is still wondering.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting Story!
- De GoodLife en 04-18-24
De: Anne Tyler
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Morgan's Passing
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Nathan Osgood
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 11
Morgan Gower is bored of the tedium of his ordinary life: of his job as manager of a run-down hardware store; of his wife; of his "industriously dull" daughters; of his mother; of his sister. But Morgan's secret escape lies in a box filled with costumes, filled with everything from a fake beard to Napoleon's tricorne to Daniel Boone, all of which provide an outlet away from his life and into the identity of someone who is assuredly not Morgan Gower.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Nothing good to say
- De RH en 05-06-24
De: Anne Tyler
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Celestial Navigation
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Amy Finegan, Tara Ward, Barbara Barnes, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 26
Thirty-eight-year-old Jeremy Pauling has never left home. He lives on the top floor of a Baltimore row house where he creates collages of little people snipped from wrapping paper. His elderly mother putters in the rooms below, until her death. And it is then that Jeremy is forced to take in Mary Tell and her child as boarders. Mary is unaware of how much courage it takes Jeremy to look her in the eye. For Jeremy, like one of his paper creations, is fragile and easily torn - especially when he's falling in love.
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3 out of 5 stars
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They seemed like the perfect couple: young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother's grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married.
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Awesome Anne Tyler
- De Pamela Harvey en 01-25-04
De: Anne Tyler
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French Braid
- A Novel
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 784
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 778
The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever leave home, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband, Robin. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in common.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Definitely not my favorite
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De: Anne Tyler
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A Slipping-Down Life
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Deborah McBride
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 12
Evie Decker is a shy, slightly plump teenager with a distant father and hours and hours of silence to fill. Then one night she hears local rock singer Drumstrings Casey on the radio - and becomes instantly attracted to his cool, motionless voice. Evie learns that Drumstrings frequently plays at a dingy roadhouse called The Unicorn. So she goes there and, with an uncharacteristically bold gesture, bursts out of her lonely shell - and into the attentive gaze of an intangible man who becomes all too real....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Unlistenable Narrator—Avoid!
- De William Jamason en 08-16-24
De: Anne Tyler
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The Tin Can Tree
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Tara Ward
- Duración: 7 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 15
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 11
In the small town of Larksville, the Pike family is hopelessly out of step with the daily rhythms of life. Mrs. Pike seldom speaks, while Mr. Pike maintains a forced stoicism. Only their 10-year-old, Simon, seems able to acknowledge that their world has changed. He just doesn't understand why. The Pikes may choose to stand still, to hide from an unnamable past, but the strange shroud over their home cannot be contained.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The characterization
- De Linda en 01-28-24
De: Anne Tyler
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The Clock Winder
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Suzanne Pirret
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 23
Mrs. Emerson, widowed with seven adult children, lives alone in crumbling Victorian mansion outside Baltimore with only a collection of antique clocks to keep her company. Elizabeth Abbott - 23 years old, aimless, bohemian, and beautiful - leads a vagabond lifestyle until she happens upon Mrs. Emerson's home and convinces the older woman to hire her as a handyman. When three of the strange, idiosyncratic Emerson children return to their childhood home for a visit, they are irresistibly drawn to Elizabeth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't stop listening
- De Jy en 03-06-25
De: Anne Tyler
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Noah's Compass
- A Novel
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 210
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 93
Liam Pennywell, who set out to be a philosopher and ended up teaching fifth grade, never much liked the job at that run-down private school, so early retirement doesnt bother him. But he is troubled by his inability to remember anything about the first night that he moved into his new, spare, and efficient condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore. All he knows when he wakes up the next day in the hospital is that his head is sore and bandaged.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Doesn't measure up
- De kimberly en 01-13-10
De: Anne Tyler
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A Spool of Blue Thread
- A Novel
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 13 h y 19 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 2,618
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2,278
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 2,286
"It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon..." This is how Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The Whitshanks are one of those families that radiate togetherness: an indefinable, enviable kind of specialness. But they are also like all families, in that the stories they tell themselves reveal only part of the picture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Sharp Edge Of Family
- De Sara en 03-10-15
De: Anne Tyler
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Clock Dance
- A Novel
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Kimberly Farr
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 1,034
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 927
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 922
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother but isn't sure she ever will be. Then, one day, Willa receives a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore....
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3 out of 5 stars
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disappointed
- De Amazon Customer en 07-13-18
De: Anne Tyler
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Breathing Lessons
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 12 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 105
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 92
Maggie and Ira Moran are on a road trip from Baltimore, Maryland, to Deer Lick, Pennsylvania, to attend the funeral of a friend. Along the way, they reflect on the state of their marriage, its trials, and its triumphs - through their quarrels, their routines, and their ability to tolerate each other's faults with patience and affection.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This novel has earned all the recognition ---
- De DLTBGYD en 11-20-22
De: Anne Tyler
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Redhead by the Side of the Road
- A Novel
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 4 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,021
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 828
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 832
Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day, his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late 30s a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son. These surprises, and the ways they throw Micah's meticulously organized life off-kilter, risk changing him forever.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed Diehard Tyler Fan
- De Suze en 04-13-20
De: Anne Tyler
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Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Rodgers
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 221
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 186
Pearl Tull is nearing the end of her life but not of her memory. It was a Sunday night in 1944 when her husband left the little row house on Baltimore's Calvert Street, abandoning Pearl to raise their three children alone: Jenny, high-spirited and determined, nurturing to strangers but distant to those she loves; the older son, Cody, a wild and incorrigible youth possessed by the lure of power and money; and sweet, clumsy Ezra, Pearl's favorite, who never stops yearning for the perfect family that could never be his own. Now Pearl and her three grown children have gathered....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Classic Anne Tyler
- De Eve Harris en 09-14-21
De: Anne Tyler
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Ladder of Years
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Duración: 12 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 170
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 149
"Baltimore Woman Disappears During Family Vacation." The headlines are all the same: Beloved mother and wife Delia Grinstead was last seen strolling down the Delaware shore, wearing only a bathing suit and carrying a beach tote with $500 tucked inside. To the best of her family's knowledge, she has disappeared without a trace. But Delia didn't disappear. She ran.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Terrific book, outstanding narration.
- De windymoon en 08-28-21
De: Anne Tyler
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A Patchwork Planet
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 56
Barnaby Gaitlin was never a bad kid, but he was certainly doing his best to impersonate one. As a teenager, he developed a habit of breaking into other people’s houses. But he wasn’t interested in the valuable loot - he just liked to read people’s mail, peruse their family albums, and maybe pocket a few personal mementos. Now almost 30 and divorced, he finds himself working for Rent-aBack, which helps the elderly and infirm move furniture or take down their Christmas trees. It’s the perfect career for Barnaby.
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5 out of 5 stars
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amazing
- De Susan en 06-06-21
De: Anne Tyler
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Three Days in June
- A Novel
- De: Anne Tyler
- Narrado por: J. Smith-Cameron
- Duración: 4 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 302
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 287
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 287
Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit. But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simple, Enjoyable, performed 5 stars
- De PM en 02-14-25
De: Anne Tyler
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Earthly Possessions
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- J Matalon
- 10-29-24
Lovely writing
I liked the descriptions of feelings and observations on life. Not my favorite of Anne Tyler's but still really touching.
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- Trinitylynn
- 06-26-24
Book vs Movie
I prefer the movie story line but I did like how detailed the book was with Charlotte's story. But the book made Jake out to be much more mean than he really was.
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-21-24
Like an old blanket
I had read a lot of Anne Tyler's books 20+ years ago but thought I had read them all at one point. Glad to find a few new ines and this one did not disappoint. As always, the main character's inner turmoil is at the forefront and this story of a wife and mother who had had enough is so timely. Thoroughly enjoyed!
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