The Change

A Novel

De: Kirsten Miller

Narrado por: January LaVoy

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"The Change is like a guttural rage scream (and somehow a soft, tearful hug) of a book, and I couldn't have loved it any more." --Emily Henry

Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick—a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers—putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town.

"A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner, I loved it with all my broken heart. Read it. You’ll love it."--New York Times bestselling author Marian Keyes

"Miller triumphs...THE CHANGE is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A pointed, punchy, and potent thriller...wry and clever, serious and exacting, and masterfully suspenseful."--Booklist (starred review)

In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment…

After Nessa James’s husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she’s left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn’t take long for Nessa to realize that the voices calling out to her belong to the dead—a gift she’s inherited from her grandmother, which comes with special responsibilities.

On the cusp of 50, suave advertising director Harriett Osborne has just witnessed the implosion of her lucrative career and her marriage. She hasn’t left her house in months, and from the outside, it appears as if she and her garden have both gone to seed. But Harriett’s life is far from over—in fact, she’s undergone a stunning and very welcome metamorphosis.

Ambitious former executive Jo Levison has spent thirty long years at war with her body. The free-floating rage and hot flashes that arrive with the beginning of menopause feel like the very last straw—until she realizes she has the ability to channel them, and finally comes into her power.

Guided by voices only Nessa can hear, the trio of women discover a teenage girl whose body was abandoned beside a remote beach. The police have written the victim off as a drug-addicted sex worker, but the women refuse to buy into the official narrative. Their investigation into the girl’s murder leads to more bodies, and to the town’s most exclusive and isolated enclave, a world of stupendous wealth where the rules don’t apply. With their newfound powers, Jo, Nessa, and Harriett will take matters into their own hands…

©2022 Kirsten Miller (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers

Great book until you realize what it’s about

Spoiler… I really liked the first 10 or so hours of this book, that is, until I realized that the final part of the plot is basically a fictional rendition of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal (Leonard is Epstein and his “long term” girlfriend, Claude, is Ghislaine Maxwell). It just didn’t really fit with where I thought the story was going and a fictional version of the scandal is not something I would have chosen to read (had I known). The last four hours just ruined it for me. Otherwise, the performance was great!

Once every few years a truly good book comes out and this is it!

This book was perfect. The best part is it doesn’t try too hard. The story is naturally captivating and happens to have feminist themes, but it shouldn’t be reduced to that one element. This is a fast-paced, entertaining book sure to become a best seller… and the narrator is January LaVoy!

Everyone Women over the age of 16 should read Thalia amazing book!

This is the book of the summer! Best vacation book ever! Can’t wait for the next.

Movie??

Wow! I sure hope they make this into a movie!! Awesome story. The only bad part was that it had to end!!

Loved it!

This was a wonderful story! I was intrigued from the very beginning. I could have done without all the male bashing but it didn't detract from how great the story telling was.

Great narration and story!

LOVED IT! Definitely a timely read given everything going on in our political climate.

I will listen to this again and again

Such a story. And an amazing telling by LaVoy. Miller takes everything you think you would like to do to a-holes, wraps it in a pretty (if not a little devious) package, and let’s her characters run with it. There was so much going on that I’m sure I missed critical details. So good. Can’t wait to listen again!

loved this book!

excellent read! I loved all the characters. I was so engrossed in the story and it went by so fast!

Must read! I want more books in this same universe

a Must read! I want more books in this same universe. i have to write more words to submit review 🙄

Best narration of any book I’ve listened to.

Great book! Made even better by phenomenal narration. I felt like I was listening to an entire cast of characters!