The Magic of Ordinary Days

A Novel

De: Ann Howard Creel

Narrado por: Justine Eyre

Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of being an archaeologist, never thought that the drama of World War II would affect her quiet life in Denver. An exhilarating flirtation reshapes her life, though, and she finds herself banished to a rural Colorado outpost, married to a man she hardly knows. Overwhelmed by loneliness, Olivia tentatively tries to establish a new life, finding much-needed friendship and solace in two Japanese American sisters who are living at a nearby internment camp. When Olivia unwittingly becomes an accomplice to a crime and is faced with betrayal, she finally confronts her own desires.

Beautifully written and filled with memorable characters, Ann Howard Creel's novel is a powerful exploration of the nature of trust and love.

©2001 Ann Howard Creel (P)2016 Tantor

Good story line with awful narration

Tourture listening to this narration of a good novel I struggled through having originally enjoyed the movie.
I can't recommend you listen to this rendition read the novel instead.

I love this story

I have loved this movie for awhile, and now I’m happy to find I love the book too. The narrator is not as good as some I have heard, but she doesn’t ruin it for me. I am left feeling a bit sad as the ending of the book is different than the movie and doesn’t work out as well for all the characters, but it is still such a wonderful story.

My kind of reading-Enjoyed it!

Saw the movie first, and really loved it, but I felt that there were gaps and places that really didn't make sense. I discovered the audiobook later and now I understand why. The movie took a LOT of license! However, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. The narration was not my favorite. Generally, when I'm listening to an audiobook, The narration is so smooth and seamless that I forget that all of the dialogue is being done by one person. This book was not like that. Although some of the dialogue was excellently done particularly for the the women, at times I was drawn away from the story and into the narration because of some awkwardness or disbelief.

I liked the story, but I can’t listen to it again!

I love to go back and listen to my audiobook collection. But, this book, unfortunately, will never be heard again due to the nasal, whining voice of the narrator. I’m so sorry!

The warmth with high the people were portrayed

The story was lovely.
The reader had a voice like a very old man, for all the parts. I almost quit in tears he middle because it was so annoying. Too bad. The rest was good.

Lovely story

The movie follows the book pretty well with some differences. I can understand Livy being distance and the story is more about her. The ending is certainly different than the movie and I think I prefer the movie ending dealing with her friends.
As for the voice actor, I don’t think it was well matched. It should have been a younger sounding voice and I would have preferred a male voice for the male characters. I think I will end up reading the book if I want to revisit the story or watch the movie. But that might be the problem with watching the movie first. I can hear Kerri Russel instead in my head.

A tender story of love not expected

I loved the Hallmark Hall of Frame movie of this story so decided to read the book. no surprise that the book is even better than the movie and the story slightly different.

Good book, poor narration.

I liked the story but was immediately put off by the narrator’s voice. I almost quit listening because of it. I did persevere to the end though because I didn’t have the time to sit down to read.

Mistakes can come from Loneliness and Betrayal

I came to look at the novel the movie was based from. Personally I like the movie better as the narrator was flat and the ending was less satisfying than its movie counterpart. But I like the message of forgiveness and understanding for mistakes that stem from feeling lonely and betrayed

The story line was poignant.

The reader for the audio version was very monotone and made it hard to listen sometimes.