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This lush and suspenseful Good Morning America Book Club pick “will have you glued to every page” (HuffPost) as it follows a woman to Nigeria to uncover what happened to her missing estranged niece…no matter the cost.
Previously published as The Nigerwife.
Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of Lagos, and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a troubled family past behind for sunny Lagos, becoming part of the Nigerwives—a community of foreign women married to Nigerian men.
But when Nicole disappears without a trace after a boat trip, the cracks in her alleged perfect life start to show. As the investigation turns up nothing but dead ends, her auntie Claudine decides to take matters into her own hands. Armed with only a cell phone and a plane ticket to Nigeria, she digs into her niece’s life and uncovers a hidden side filled with dark secrets, isolation, and even violence. But the more she discovers about Nicole, the more Claudine’s own buried history threatens to come to light.
Offering a razor-sharp look at the bonds of family, the echoing consequences of secrets, and whether we can ever truly outrun our past, The Lagos Wife “is a gripping work of suspense, a psychological puzzle, a mystery, and a critique of marriage and high society” (Shelf Awareness).
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When Lyddie Berry’s husband is lost in a storm at sea, she finds that her status as a widow is vastly changed from that of respectable married woman. Now she is the “dependent” of her nearest male relative - her son-in-law. Refusing to bow to societal pressure that demands she cede everything that she and her husband worked for, Lyddie becomes an outcast from family, friends, and neighbors - yet ultimately discovers a deeper sense of self and, unexpectedly, love.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A peak into life during 1760’s
- De Deborah Perkins en 02-21-21
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The Parting Glass
- De: Gina Marie Guadagnino
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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By day, Mary Ballard is dutiful lady’s maid to Charlotte Walden, a wealthy and accomplished belle of New York City high society. But Charlotte would never trust Mary again if she knew the truth about her devoted servant’s past. On her nights off, Mary sheds her persona as prim and proper lady’s maid to reveal her true self - Irish exile Maire O’Farren. She finds release from her frustration in New York’s gritty underworld - in the arms of a prostitute and as drinking companion to a decidedly motley crew consisting of members of a dangerous secret society.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"The Parting Glass"
- De elizabeth ann morgan en 08-08-22
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Once Upon a River
- De: Diane Setterfield
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 16 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,260
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A body always tells a story - but this child’s was a blank page. Rita reached for the lantern. She trained its light on the child’s face. "Who are you?" she murmured, but the face said as little as the rest of her. It was impossible to tell whether, in life, these blunt and unfinished features had borne the imprint of prettiness, timid watchfulness, or sly mischief. If there had once been curiosity or placidity or impatience here, life had not had time to etch it into permanence. Only a very short time ago, the body and soul of this little girl had still been securely attached.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed thoroughly... one minor glitch
- De Jen817 en 12-27-18
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The Wives
- A Memoir
- De: Simone Gorrindo
- Narrado por: Simone Gorrindo
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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This profoundly intimate memoir about marriage, friendship, and the power of human connection tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of army wives after leaving her New York City job. When her new husband joins an elite Army unit, Simone Gorrindo is uprooted from New York City and dropped into Columbus, Georgia. With her husband frequently deployed, Simone is left to find her place in this new world, alone—until she meets the wives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really well done
- De Anonymous User en 04-25-24
De: Simone Gorrindo
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The Girl from Widow Hills
- De: Megan Miranda
- Narrado por: Rebekkah Ross
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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Arden Maynor was just a child when she was swept away while sleepwalking during a terrifying rainstorm and went missing for days. Strangers and friends, neighbors and rescue workers, set up search parties and help vigils, praying for her safe return. Against all odds, she was found, alive, clinging to a storm drain. The girl from Widow Hills was a living miracle. Arden’s mother wrote a book. Fame followed.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not One Of Her Best
- De Bitten and Seven Forever en 06-27-20
De: Megan Miranda
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Exhilarated
- Exhilarated, Book 1
- De: Lisa Austin
- Narrado por: Myles Washington, Nikko Austen Smith
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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Aphrodite Greer was born and raised in the bricks—projects in Jagoda Bay. She met the love of her life, Baguette, on that very soil. The ghetto goddess had her entire life mapped out for her, and just like most life plans, things took a turn for the worse. Infidelity, losing her baby girl Athena, and constant fights with her lover's mistress turned her from a rigid, dope boy's queen to a soft, put-up businesswoman. With five years between their failed relationship, Baguette and Aphrodite remain best friends, and since Baguette has moved on, his current girlfriend has also joined their circle.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Whew Chiiiile!
- De KweenBee en 12-04-24
De: Lisa Austin
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The Widow's War
- A Novel
- De: Sally Cabot Gunning
- Narrado por: Kate Udall
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
When Lyddie Berry’s husband is lost in a storm at sea, she finds that her status as a widow is vastly changed from that of respectable married woman. Now she is the “dependent” of her nearest male relative - her son-in-law. Refusing to bow to societal pressure that demands she cede everything that she and her husband worked for, Lyddie becomes an outcast from family, friends, and neighbors - yet ultimately discovers a deeper sense of self and, unexpectedly, love.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A peak into life during 1760’s
- De Deborah Perkins en 02-21-21
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Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad
- Stories
- De: Damilare Kuku
- Narrado por: Anniwaa Buachie, Thabang Makhubela
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 57
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In this remarkable short story collection, Damilare Kuku takes us deep into the heart of modern Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, and the lives of a collection of audacious women who cope with romantic difficulties by brilliantly turning the tables on the men who wrong them.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A narrator can make a story
- De Msada en 11-29-24
De: Damilare Kuku
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Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
- A Novel (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, Book 1)
- De: Jayne Allen
- Narrado por: Marcella Cox
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,051
Tabitha Walker is a black woman with a plan to "have it all." At 33 years old, the checklist for the life of her dreams is well underway. Education? Check. Good job? Check. Down payment for a nice house? Check. Dating marriage material? Check, check, and check. With a coveted position as a local news reporter, a "paper-perfect" boyfriend, and even a standing Saturday morning appointment with a reliable hairstylist, everything seems to be falling into place. Then Tabby receives an unexpected diagnosis, jeopardizing the keystone she took for granted: having children.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not What I Expected
- De R. Cartwright en 10-16-21
De: Jayne Allen
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The Secret Life of Violet Grant
- De: Beatriz Williams
- Narrado por: Kathleen McInerney
- Duración: 14 h y 41 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,129
Passion, redemption, and a battered old suitcase full of secrets: The New York Times best-selling author of A Hundred Summers returns with another engrossing tale of lost love and female ambition that crosses generations.
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2 out of 5 stars
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USE YOUR CREDIT ON ANOTHER BOOK
- De KBS en 05-11-18
De: Beatriz Williams
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Magdalen Rising
- The Beginning
- De: Elizabeth Cunningham
- Narrado por: Heather O'Neill
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Young Magdalen and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Their pleasure is overshadowed by a brilliant but unbalanced druid who knows a perilous secret about Maeve's past. The prequel to The Passion of Mary Magdalen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Story as Maeve meant you to hear it!
- De Elizabeth Cunningham en 07-27-15
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Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions
- A Novel in Interlocking Stories
- De: Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
- Narrado por: Liz Femi, Korey Jackson
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
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Nigerian author Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi makes her American debut with this dazzling novel which explores her homeland’s past, present, and possible future through the interconnected stories of four fearless globe-trotting women.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The descriptive language
- De Elizabeth Williams en 02-13-25
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How to Summon a Fairy Godmother: A Laugh-Out-Loud Fairytale What-If
- Fairies and Familiars, Book 1
- De: Laura J. Mayo
- Narrado por: Josie Charles
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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Lady Theodosia Balfour has certainly gotten the short end of the stick—her stepsister, the newly crowned Princess Beatrice, is telling everyone in polite society that Theo, her sister, and their mother are evil, wicked, and horrid people who treated her like a slave. Though Theo knows this isn't exactly true, it seems her life is thoroughly ruined by the rumor. With the Balfour family estate on the verge of bankruptcy, Theo's only path forward is a forced betrothal to the Duke of Snowbell, a foul-tempered geezer who wishes only to use her as a brood mare for spare heirs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fairytale Retelling
- De Angela D. en 12-10-24
De: Laura J. Mayo
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The Final Strife
- A Novel
- De: Saara El-Arifi
- Narrado por: Nicole Lewis, Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 19 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 160
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In the first book of a visionary fantasy trilogy with its roots in the mythology of Africa and Arabia that “sings of rebellion, love, and the courage it takes to stand up to tyranny” (Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree), three women band together against a cruel empire that divides people by blood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This One Is For Real Fantasy Fans
- De Avid reader and shopper en 11-06-22
De: Saara El-Arifi
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Harlequin
- The Grail Quest, Book 1
- De: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrado por: Andrew Cullum
- Duración: 14 h y 49 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,576
Thomas of Hookton is one of these archers. But he is also on a personal mission: To avenge his father's death and retrieve a stolen relic. Thomas begins a quest that will lead him through fields smeared with the smoke of fires set by the rampaging English, until at last the two armies face each other on a hillside near the village of Crécy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Masterful Tale Told by a Truly Gifted Narrator
- De Syphi en 11-27-14
De: Bernard Cornwell
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The Easy Life in Kamusari
- Forest, Book 1
- De: Shion Miura, Juliet Winters Carpenter - translator
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 6 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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Yuki Hirano is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is “take it easy.” At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions, and feels like an outcast. Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend a year of his life. But as resistant as he might be, the scent of the cedars and the staggering beauty of the region have a pull.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I wanted it to be a true story
- De Scott en 05-19-22
De: Shion Miura, y otros
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The Teller of Secrets
- A Novel
- De: Bisi Adjapon
- Narrado por: Anniwaa Buachie
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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Young Esi Agyekum is the unofficial "secret keeper" of her family, as tight-lipped about her father's adultery as she is about her half-sisters' sex lives. But after she is humiliated and punished for her own sexual exploration, Esi begins to question why women's secrets and men's secrets bear different consequences. It is the beginning of a journey of discovery that will lead her to unexpected places. Against a fraught political climate, Esi fights to carve out her own identity, and learns to manifest her power in surprising and inspiring ways.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Hmm took a while to grasp
- De LATOYA LEWIS en 06-25-24
De: Bisi Adjapon
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Desert Heat
- De: J. A. Jance
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 7 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 857
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 747
A cop lies dying beneath the blistering Arizona sun - a local lawman who may well have become the next sheriff of Cochise County. The police brass claim that Andy Brady was dirty, and that his shooting was a suicide attempt. Joanna Brady, his devoted wife and mother of their nine-year-old daughter, knows a cover-up when she hears one...and murder when she sees it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How happy was that??!!
- De karen en 03-09-15
De: J. A. Jance
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The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
- The Road to Nowhere, Book 1
- De: Meg Elison
- Narrado por: Angela Dawe
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,343
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,032
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,038
When she fell asleep, the world was doomed. When she awoke, it was dead. In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth's population - killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant - the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. Gone are the pillars of civilization. All that remains is power - and the strong who possess it.
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4 out of 5 stars
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"Equals" = "Annoying"
- De Lulu en 12-26-16
De: Meg Elison
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- ugonna
- 09-27-23
excellent.
captured the culture very well. lots of confusion in society.
Great story line. Goes to affirm that we are all victims of our past.
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- priscilla
- 07-03-24
Great story but a major cliff hanger
it was engaging and keep me reading. The ending left me wanted more and wondering what is that the end of the story. we have unfinished business. Very well written.
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- ARICA WASHINGTON
- 11-19-24
Relatable experiences
I really enjoyed this book. As an African American married to a Nigerian man and living in Nigeria I could relate to the feelings, themes and cultural experiences described. Great storytelling and plot twists.
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- Hyacinth L. Hewan
- 05-28-23
Interesting Story
Found the story to be very interesting. However, the ending was a bit disappointing- lacked closure- maybe there will be a book 2.
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- monjames
- 07-08-23
Excellent
An excellent listen. Complex characters. Unapologetic. Emotional depth. Would definitely recommend. I can see why HBO bought the script. Will make great movie.
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- P. Orr
- 07-22-23
Loved this book
I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this book but I was engaged from the start. Loved learning about this African ciry and its customs and people. Well written, well performed, highly recommended.
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- Chandrellly
- 01-03-24
Enjoyable Read
I really enjoyed this story! Great read between cultures and social pressures. Great plot twist as well
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- JoJo Royalty
- 08-08-24
What a ride!!!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The performance was so entertaining, passionate, real and tangible. The author gives so much cultural, historical, and emotional layering. The ending is unexpected! Great read.
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- Rohini Anand
- 09-21-23
Great production and story
Highly recommend this book. The narration was superb and I loved both the plot as well as the cultural context and setting. It was clear that the author had experienced first hand being a Niger wife. Excellent listen!
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- Miss GGG
- 06-03-23
Must read
Gripping story courageous keeps you guessing. Enlightening, educational , a truly wonderful story line and ending
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