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Kathryn Ma
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Anne Tyler meets Jade Chang in this buoyant, good-hearted, and sharply written novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help—even if they don't know it yet
Eighteen-year-old Shelley, born into a much-despised branch of the Zheng family in Yunnan Province and living in the shadow of his widowed father’s grief, dreams of bigger things. Buoyed by an exuberant heart and his cousin Deng’s tall tales about the United States, Shelley heads to San Francisco to claim his destiny, confident that any hurdles will be easily overcome by the awesome powers of the “Chinese groove,” a belief in the unspoken bonds between countrymen that transcend time and borders.
Upon arrival, Shelley is dismayed to find that his “rich uncle” is in fact his unemployed second cousin once removed and that the grand guest room he’d envisioned is but a scratchy sofa. The indefinite stay he’d planned for? That has a firm two-week expiration date. Even worse, the loving family he hoped would embrace him is in shambles, shattered by a senseless tragedy that has cleaved the family in two. They want nothing to do with this youthful bounder who’s barged into their lives. Ever the optimist, Shelley concocts a plan to resuscitate his American dream by insinuating himself into the family. And, who knows, maybe he’ll even manage to bring them back together in the process.
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 35
Unruly Red knows she’s no one’s idea of a sweet old granny. But with one long-distance phone call, the fortysomething bar owner with the tattoos and tight jeans is suddenly responsible for two young grandchildren she hardly knows.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a surprise
- De Donna en 02-07-18
De: Pamela Morsi
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The Godmothers
- A Novel
- De: Camille Aubray
- Narrado por: Lisa Flanagan, Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 13 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 759
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 675
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 669
Meet the Godmothers: Filomena is a clever and resourceful war refugee with a childhood secret, who comes to America to wed Mario, the family's favored son. Amie, a beautiful and dreamy French girl from upstate New York, escapes an abusive husband after falling in love with Johnny, the oldest of the brothers. Lucy, a tough-as-nails Irish nurse, ran away from a strict girls' home and marries Frankie, the sensuous middle son. And the glamorous Petrina, the family's only daughter, graduates with honors from Barnard College despite a past trauma that nearly caused a family scandal.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Easy Enjoyable Read
- De Bunny en 06-23-21
De: Camille Aubray
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A Nail Through The Heart
- A Poke Rafferty Thriller
- De: Timothy Hallinan
- Narrado por: Victor Bevine
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 520
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 442
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 440
Poke Rafferty was writing offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored when Bangkok stole his heart. Now the American expat is assembling a new family with Rose, the former go-go dancer he wants to marry, and Miaow, the tiny, streetwise urchin he wants to adopt. But trouble in the guise of good intentions comes calling just when everything is beginning to work out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ever been to Bangkok?
- De Richard Delman en 12-11-11
De: Timothy Hallinan
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Lone Stars
- De: Justin Deabler
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 26
Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warner, a father at last, wrestles with a question his husband posed: what will you tell our son about the people you came from, now that they're gone? Finding the answers takes Julian back in time to Eisenhower's immigration border raids, an epistolary love affair during the Vietnam War, crumbling marriages, queer migrations to Cambridge and New York, up to the disorienting polarization of Obama's second term.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read for bookclub but fell in Love
- De Ericka Lawson en 09-11-22
De: Justin Deabler
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Bring on the Blessings
- A Novel
- De: Beverly Jenkins
- Narrado por: Lynnette R. Freeman
- Duración: 11 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 303
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 283
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 281
Bernadine Brown is a woman with money to spend. Henry Adams is a town in desperate need of cash. But after Bernadine puts up the money, she has some ideas about how the town should be run. Will the townspeople be willing to shake up their comfortable lives to share the gift they’ve been given with others who really need it?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not my idea of a Christian story
- De DJ Stevenson en 04-12-21
De: Beverly Jenkins
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Neither Present Time
- De: Caren J. Werlinger
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 115
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 105
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 105
Can a house save the lives of the people who live in it? Can an inscription written in a book over 60 years ago change the fates of people not even born when it was written? Beryl Gray is solid and dependable - her partner, Claire, thinks so, her family thinks so, her colleagues think so. She has a job she likes as a university librarian. Her life seems settled, content - except nothing is as it seems. Aggie Bishop's last girlfriend left her three years ago and she hasn't had a date since. She now takes care of her great-aunt Cory who doesn't want to be taken care of.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A beautiful instant classic!
- De MissLynn en 04-15-21
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When a Stranger Comes to Town
- De: Michael Koryta
- Narrado por: Cindy Kay, Janina Edwards, Fajer Al-Kaisi, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 55
It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories—a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. In the newest collection of stories by the Mystery Writers of America, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst, featuring stories by prolific mystery writers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The narrators are outstanding here.
- De Jennifer Baratta She/Her en 05-16-21
De: Michael Koryta
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All Manner of Things
- De: Susie Finkbeiner
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 9 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 55
When Annie Jacobson's brother Mike enlists as a medic in the Army in 1967, he hands her a piece of paper with the address of their long-estranged father. If anything should happen to him in Vietnam, Mike says, Annie must let their father know. In Mike's absence, their father returns to face tragedy at home, adding an extra measure of complication to an already tense time. As they work toward healing and pray fervently for Mike's safety overseas, letter by letter the Jacobsons must find a way to pull together as a family, regardless of past hurts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Real fiction
- De Katijanae en 01-19-23
De: Susie Finkbeiner
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The Good Father
- De: Diane Chamberlain
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne, Arielle DeLisle, Emily Durante
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 920
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 816
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 812
Four years ago, 19-year-old Travis Brown made a choice: to raise his newborn daughter on his own. While most of his friends were out partying and meeting girls, Travis was at home, changing diapers and worrying about keeping food on the table. But he's never regretted his decision. Bella is the light of his life. The reason behind every move he makes. And so far, she is fed. Cared for. Safe. But when Travis loses his construction job and his home, the security he's worked so hard to create for Bella begins to crumble....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must-read tear jerker!
- De Wayne en 12-01-15
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The Secret Life of Sunflowers
- De: Marta Molnar, Dana Marton
- Narrado por: Kendra Murray
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,608
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,496
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,496
When Hollywood auctioneer Emsley Wilson finds her famous grandmother's diary while cleaning out her New York brownstone, the pages are full of surprises. The first surprise is, the diary isn't her grandmother's. It belongs to Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Nothing like a expected…
- De LOVETOQUILT en 05-06-23
De: Marta Molnar, y otros
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Serious Moonlight
- De: Jenn Bennett
- Narrado por: Devon Sorvari
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 48
Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she's cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel. In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great characters wrapped in a mystery inside a romance
- De cheryl anderson en 07-11-19
De: Jenn Bennett
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Surfside Sisters
- A Novel
- De: Nancy Thayer
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 744
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 681
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 681
A Nantucket woman returns home to find that reunions aren’t always simple, in this heartwarming novel from the New York Times bestselling author. Keely Green always dreamed of leaving the beautiful shores of Nantucket to become a writer. Now she’s a bestselling novelist living in New York City, attending glamorous cocktail parties, mingling with the literary elite, and dating a charming pediatric surgeon. But a moment of clarity strikes when Keely’s boyfriend suddenly wants to settle down and her editor rejects her latest novel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too fluffy!
- De LoRe Bolling en 07-10-19
De: Nancy Thayer
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Something She's Not Telling Us
- A Novel
- De: Darcey Bell
- Narrado por: Vivienne Leheny, Carly Robins, Pete Simonelli, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 200
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 177
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 177
Charlotte has everything in life that she ever could have hoped for: a doting, artistic husband, a small-but-thriving flower shop, and her sweet, smart five-year-old daughter, Daisy. Her relationship with her mother might be strained, but the distance between them helps. And her younger brother Rocco may have horrible taste in women, but when he introduces his new girlfriend to Charlotte and her family, they are cautiously optimistic that she could be The One. Daisy seems to love Ruth, and she can’t be any worse than the klepto Rocco brought home the last time.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Should be "Something Almost Happened"
- De Kimberly Wasilewski en 05-03-20
De: Darcey Bell
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The Summerhouse
- De: Jude Deveraux
- Narrado por: Melissa Hughes
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,208
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,076
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,076
Three best friends, all with the same birthday, are about to turn 40. Celebrating at a summerhouse in Maine, Leslie Headrick, Madison Appleby, and Ellie Abbott are taking stock of their lives and loves, their wishes and choices. But none of them expect the gift that awaits them at the summerhouse: the chance for each of them to turn their "what-might-have-beens" into reality....
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5 out of 5 stars
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All time favorite Jude Deveraux story...
- De kwblueyz en 12-02-14
De: Jude Deveraux
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He Came in with It
- A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness
- De: Miriam Feldman
- Narrado por: Ann Richardson
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 57
In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations enjoy deep roots in old homes, the O’Rourke family fits right in. Miriam and Craig are both artists and their four children carry on the legacy. When their teenage son, Nick, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a tumultuous decade ensues in which the family careens off the conventional course. Like the 10 Biblical plagues, they are hit by one catastrophe after another: violence, evictions, arrests, a suicide attempt, a near-drowning - even cancer and a brain tumor - play against the backdrop of a wild teenage bacchanal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So Beautifully Written
- De Michael en 08-01-22
De: Miriam Feldman
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Embassy Wife
- A Novel
- De: Katie Crouch
- Narrado por: Marni Penning
- Duración: 13 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 91
Persephone Wilder, a displaced genius posing as the wife of an American diplomat in Namibia, takes her job as a representative of her country seriously and comes up with an intricate set of rules to survive a range of problems: how to dress in hundred-degree weather without showing too much skin, how not to look drunk at embassy functions, and how to eat roasted oryx with grace. She also suspects her husband is not actually the ambassador’s general counsel but instead a secret agent in the CIA. She takes the new trailing spouse, Amanda Evans, under her wing....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Have narrator re-record this book
- De Amazon Customer en 09-30-21
De: Katie Crouch
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A Beach Wish
- A Novel
- De: Shelley Noble
- Narrado por: Vanessa Johannsson
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 338
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 300
Zoe Bascombe has never said no to her family. When she blew her Julliard audition, she caved to their wishes and went to business school. But when her mother dies and leaves instructions for Zoe to spread her ashes at a place called Wind Chime Beach, she defies her brothers and starts out for a New England town none of them has ever heard of and discovers a side of her garden club mother that her wildest dreams hadn’t imagined. Zoe has another family.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Profanity.
- De Amazon Customer en 11-30-22
De: Shelley Noble
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What Happens Next
- De: Christina Suzann Nelson
- Narrado por: Rebecca Quinn Robertson
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 284
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 255
Popular podcaster and ex-reporter Faith Byrne has made a name for herself telling stories of greatness after tragedy—but her real life does not mirror the stories she tells. When she's asked to spotlight her childhood best friend's missing person case on her podcast, she uncovers desperate secrets and must face the truth before she can move forward.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed This!
- De Freida Keith en 05-14-23
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Perris, California
- A Novel
- De: Rachel Stark
- Narrado por: Alex McKenna
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
Abandoned by first her father and then her mother, as a girl Tessa is left to live with her abusive stepfather and stepbrother. She survives by finding reserves of strength in herself, and by the transformative love of another teenage girl, Mel, who sees through Tessa’s tough exterior to the loving woman inside. When she suddenly loses Mel, too, Tessa stumbles into a kind of refuge with Henry and his mama, becoming a mother and finding herself in a familial existence that somehow carries her into adulthood—until the day she runs into Mel, who has just returned to Perris after years away.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get ready to cry!
- De LaAnd en 01-13-25
De: Rachel Stark
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Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
- Essays
- De: Joel Golby
- Narrado por: Joel Golby
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 20
Joel Golby's writing for Vice and The Guardian, with its wry observation and naked self-reflection, has brought him a wide and devoted following. Now, in his first book, he presents a blistering collection of new and newly expanded essays - including the achingly funny viral hit "Things You Only Know When Both Your Parents Are Dead." In this audiobook, he travels to Saudi Arabia, where he acts as a perplexed bystander at a camel pageant; offers a survival guide for the modern dinner party (i.e. how to tactfully escape at the first sign of an adult board game); and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Definitely a five (5) star audiobook experience
- De Manatee en 03-20-19
De: Joel Golby
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Ways and Means
- De: Daniel Lefferts
- Narrado por: John Skelley
- Duración: 16 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
Young, handsome, intelligent, and gay, he hopes to escape his Rust Belt poverty and give his mother a better life by pursuing a career in high finance. But by the spring of 2016, Alistair’s plan has come undone: His fantasy banking job has eluded him, he’s mired in student debt, and in his desperation he’s gone to work for an enigmatic billionaire whose ambitions turn out to be far darker than Alistair could have imagined. By the time Alistair uncovers his employer’s secret, his life is in danger and he’s forced to go on the run.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- De Justin L. Conforti en 03-04-24
De: Daniel Lefferts
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The Wildest Sun
- A Novel
- De: Asha Lemmie
- Narrado por: Imani Jade Powers
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
When tragedy forces Delphine Auber, an aspiring writer on the cusp of adulthood, from her home in postwar Paris, she seizes the opportunity to embark on the journey she's long dreamed of: finding the father she has never known. But her quest—spanning from Paris to New York’s Harlem, to Havana and Key West—is complicated by the fact that she believes him to be famed luminary Ernest Hemingway, a man just as elusive as he is iconic. She desperately yearns for his approval, as both a daughter and a writer, convinced that he holds the key to who she's truly meant to be.
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4 out of 5 stars
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delightful, quirky story!
- De Redpen en 03-08-24
De: Asha Lemmie
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When God Was a Rabbit
- De: Sarah Winman
- Narrado por: Sarah Winman
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Young Elly's world is shaped by those who inhabit it: her loving but maddeningly distractible parents; a best friend who smells of chips and knows exotic words like 'slag'; an ageing fop who tapdances his way into her home, a Shirley Bassey impersonator who trails close behind; lastly, of course, a rabbit called God. In a childhood peppered with moments both ordinary and extraordinary, Elly's one constant is her brother Joe. Twenty years on, Elly and Joe are fully grown and as close as they ever were. Until, that is, an earth-shattering event that threatens to destroy their bond for ever.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Ordinary, Magical Adventures
- De Billye Kay en 12-06-24
De: Sarah Winman
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Lucky Jim
- De: Kingsley Amis
- Narrado por: James Lailey
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 56
This is the story of Jim Dixon, a hapless lecturer in medieval history at a provincial university who knows better than most that “there was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.” Kingsley Amis’s scabrous debut leads the audience through a gallery of emphatically English bores, cranks, frauds, and neurotics with whom Dixon must contend in one way or another in order to hold on to his cushy academic perch and win the girl of his fancy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Satisfactory, but a Bit Stale
- De SandyK en 07-18-23
De: Kingsley Amis
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Perris, California
- A Novel
- De: Rachel Stark
- Narrado por: Alex McKenna
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
Abandoned by first her father and then her mother, as a girl Tessa is left to live with her abusive stepfather and stepbrother. She survives by finding reserves of strength in herself, and by the transformative love of another teenage girl, Mel, who sees through Tessa’s tough exterior to the loving woman inside. When she suddenly loses Mel, too, Tessa stumbles into a kind of refuge with Henry and his mama, becoming a mother and finding herself in a familial existence that somehow carries her into adulthood—until the day she runs into Mel, who has just returned to Perris after years away.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get ready to cry!
- De LaAnd en 01-13-25
De: Rachel Stark
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Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant
- Essays
- De: Joel Golby
- Narrado por: Joel Golby
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 20
Joel Golby's writing for Vice and The Guardian, with its wry observation and naked self-reflection, has brought him a wide and devoted following. Now, in his first book, he presents a blistering collection of new and newly expanded essays - including the achingly funny viral hit "Things You Only Know When Both Your Parents Are Dead." In this audiobook, he travels to Saudi Arabia, where he acts as a perplexed bystander at a camel pageant; offers a survival guide for the modern dinner party (i.e. how to tactfully escape at the first sign of an adult board game); and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Definitely a five (5) star audiobook experience
- De Manatee en 03-20-19
De: Joel Golby
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Ways and Means
- De: Daniel Lefferts
- Narrado por: John Skelley
- Duración: 16 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
Young, handsome, intelligent, and gay, he hopes to escape his Rust Belt poverty and give his mother a better life by pursuing a career in high finance. But by the spring of 2016, Alistair’s plan has come undone: His fantasy banking job has eluded him, he’s mired in student debt, and in his desperation he’s gone to work for an enigmatic billionaire whose ambitions turn out to be far darker than Alistair could have imagined. By the time Alistair uncovers his employer’s secret, his life is in danger and he’s forced to go on the run.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow!
- De Justin L. Conforti en 03-04-24
De: Daniel Lefferts
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The Wildest Sun
- A Novel
- De: Asha Lemmie
- Narrado por: Imani Jade Powers
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
When tragedy forces Delphine Auber, an aspiring writer on the cusp of adulthood, from her home in postwar Paris, she seizes the opportunity to embark on the journey she's long dreamed of: finding the father she has never known. But her quest—spanning from Paris to New York’s Harlem, to Havana and Key West—is complicated by the fact that she believes him to be famed luminary Ernest Hemingway, a man just as elusive as he is iconic. She desperately yearns for his approval, as both a daughter and a writer, convinced that he holds the key to who she's truly meant to be.
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4 out of 5 stars
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delightful, quirky story!
- De Redpen en 03-08-24
De: Asha Lemmie
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When God Was a Rabbit
- De: Sarah Winman
- Narrado por: Sarah Winman
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Young Elly's world is shaped by those who inhabit it: her loving but maddeningly distractible parents; a best friend who smells of chips and knows exotic words like 'slag'; an ageing fop who tapdances his way into her home, a Shirley Bassey impersonator who trails close behind; lastly, of course, a rabbit called God. In a childhood peppered with moments both ordinary and extraordinary, Elly's one constant is her brother Joe. Twenty years on, Elly and Joe are fully grown and as close as they ever were. Until, that is, an earth-shattering event that threatens to destroy their bond for ever.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Ordinary, Magical Adventures
- De Billye Kay en 12-06-24
De: Sarah Winman
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Lucky Jim
- De: Kingsley Amis
- Narrado por: James Lailey
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 56
This is the story of Jim Dixon, a hapless lecturer in medieval history at a provincial university who knows better than most that “there was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.” Kingsley Amis’s scabrous debut leads the audience through a gallery of emphatically English bores, cranks, frauds, and neurotics with whom Dixon must contend in one way or another in order to hold on to his cushy academic perch and win the girl of his fancy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Satisfactory, but a Bit Stale
- De SandyK en 07-18-23
De: Kingsley Amis
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Song of a Captive Bird
- A Novel
- De: Jasmin Darznik
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 309
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 277
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 277
All through her childhood in Tehran, Forugh Farrokhzad is told that Persian daughters should be quiet and modest. She is taught only to obey, but she always finds ways to rebel - gossiping with her sister among the fragrant roses of her mother's walled garden, venturing to the forbidden rooftop to roughhouse with her three brothers, writing poems to impress her strict, disapproving father, and sneaking out to flirt with a teenage paramour over café glacé. During the summer of 1950, Forugh's passion for poetry takes flight - and tradition seeks to clip her wings.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I really wanted to love this book, but...
- De Susan en 06-25-18
De: Jasmin Darznik
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Some Strange Music Draws Me In
- A Novel
- De: Griffin Hansbury
- Narrado por: Petey Gibson
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 13
It’s the summer of 1984 in Swaffham, Massachusetts, when Mel (short for Melanie) meets Sylvia, a tough-as-nails trans woman whose shameless swagger inspires Mel’s dawning self-awareness. But Sylvia’s presence sparks fury among her neighbors and throws Mel into conflict with her mother and best friend. Decades later, in 2019, Max (formerly Mel) is on probation from his teaching job for, ironically, defying speech codes around trans identity. Back in Swaffham, he must navigate life as part of a fractured family and face his own role in the disasters of the past.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Reads like a memoir
- De tribe8fan en 01-06-25
De: Griffin Hansbury
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More than I Love My Life
- A Novel
- De: David Grossman, Jessica Cohen - translator
- Narrado por: Gilli Messer
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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More Than I Love My Life is the story of three strong women: Vera, age ninety; her daughter, Nina; and her granddaughter, Gili, who at thirty-nine is a filmmaker and a wary consumer of affection. A bitter secret divides each mother and daughter pair, though Gili—abandoned by Nina when she was just three—has always been close to her grandmother.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De T. Imaging en 11-30-21
De: David Grossman, y otros
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The Fetishist
- De: Katherine Min
- Narrado por: Eunice Wong, Kayla Min Andrews
- Duración: 8 h y 46 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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In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter’s revenge on the man who caused her mother’s death sets off a series of unexpected reckonings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well done!
- De sls en 02-03-24
De: Katherine Min
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They're Going to Love You
- A Novel
- De: Meg Howrey
- Narrado por: Meg Howrey
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Throughout her childhood, Carlisle Martin got to see her father, Robert, for only a few precious weeks a year when she visited the brownstone apartment in Greenwich Village he shared with his partner, James. Brilliant but troubled, James gave Carlisle an education in all that he held dear in life—literature, music, and, most of all, dance.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love you
- De Susan Carson en 01-16-23
De: Meg Howrey
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Solomon's Crown
- A Novel
- De: Natasha Siegel
- Narrado por: Ben Allen, Steve West
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 42
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Twelfth-century Europe. Newly crowned King Philip of France is determined to restore his nation to its former empire and bring glory to his name. But when his greatest enemy, King Henry of England, threatens to end his reign before it can even begin, Philip is forced to make a precarious alliance with Henry’s volatile son—risking both his throne, and his heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely
- De Kay en 03-15-23
De: Natasha Siegel
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Any Human Power
- De: Manda Scott
- Narrado por: Clare Corbett
- Duración: 19 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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As Lan lies dying, she makes a promise that binds her long into the Beyond. A decade later her teenage granddaughter is caught up in an international storm of outrage that unleashes the rage of a whole, failed generation. For one shining fragment of time, the world is with her. But then the backlash begins, and soon she and her family are besieged by the press, facing the all-powerful wrath of the old establishment whose only understanding is power-over, not power-with.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Smart, powerful, intense
- De Nature girl en 08-30-24
De: Manda Scott
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Girl at War
- A Novel
- De: Sara Novic
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 7 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 681
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 600
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 598
Zagreb, 1991. Ana Jurić is a carefree 10-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia's capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana's idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire. Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana's sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A perfectly timed departure from the predictable template.
- De Sara en 06-03-15
De: Sara Novic
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Killing Commendatore
- A Novel
- De: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 28 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,669
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,408
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,400
In Killing Commendatore, a 30-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the valley, a precocious 13-year-old girl, a Nazi assassination attempt during World War II in Vienna.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Masterpiece and A Good Novel To Start
- De Elif Kaya en 10-18-18
De: Haruki Murakami, y otros
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Corregidora
- De: Gayl Jones
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Here is Gayl Jones' classic novel, the tale of blues singer Ursa, consumed by her hatred of the 19th-century slave master who fathered both her grandmother and mother.
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4 out of 5 stars
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a powerfully hard read performed wonderfully
- De Amazon Customer en 06-21-21
De: Gayl Jones
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The Healing
- De: Gayl Jones
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 18
From the acclaimed author of Corregidora, The Healing follows Harlan Jane Eagleton as she travels to small towns, converting skeptics, restoring minds, and healing bodies. But before she found her calling, Harlan had been a minor rock star’s manager and, before that, a beautician. Harlan retraces her story to the beginning, when she once had a fling with the rock star’s ex-husband and found herself infatuated with an Afro-German horse dealer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Strange but brilliant!
- De Africa en 11-18-18
De: Gayl Jones
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Washington Black
- A Novel
- De: Esi Edugyan
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,839
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,538
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,520
Eleven-year-old George Washington Black—or Wash—a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master’s brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky, where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning, and where two people, separated by an impossible divide, can begin to see each other as human.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Now what do I do?
- De Mary L. Doyle en 10-04-18
De: Esi Edugyan
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- Judy Kessler
- 05-04-23
Truly Groovy
I absolutely found listening to this book easy. The juxtaposition between the Chinese & Jewish cultures along with the inner turmoil of Shelly made the experience groovy!
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- R. Glynn
- 02-01-23
A delightful surprise
The narrator really helped enhance this lovely, amusing and touching story. I highly recommend it.
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- Darcy
- 04-29-23
Sorry way to thin and predictable for me
I finished this book only because I thought it might eventually have more meat to it. Sweet but not worth the time spent.
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- Maddy
- 07-08-23
This was just ok for me
I kept waiting for a big plot point, but it never really happened for me. A good book. A sweet story overall. A fine listen, but not a book I’ll probably read again.
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- reader
- 06-27-23
ticked all the boxes for me
as a former resident of San Francisco I found this a particularly enjoyable listen. A topical, current, engaging, hopeful story deftly delivered by an appropriate and skilled narrator
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- private
- 05-14-23
Fun
A really enjoyable listen. We all have families and they all have dis function and that’s mostly fine.
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- KayMarco
- 05-17-23
Funny, insightful and heartwarming
This author is amazing! The voice of Shelly is so true and the descriptions of “the Chinese groove” are accurate. This was one of the best books I’ve read in the last year. The narrator is also excellent.
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- Kiwifan
- 12-03-23
Great in every way
An amazing reader plus a lovely, funny story yielded a great, great listen. One of my faves of the year hands down. Worth it for the reader’s performance alone!
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- Maggie May
- 04-13-24
Finally, a positive story & message
This was a pleasant uplifting journey and I learned something about the Chinese culture as well as the immigrant experience. I really liked the characters and almost cried in 2 places.
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- Debbie Duncan
- 02-11-23
Terrific immigrant and family story
I loved this book and all of its complexities. It’s funny and heartbreaking, and kept me telling my dog we had to go on another walk so I could listen to it. Kudos to the author and the narrator for giving us a story worth knowing.
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