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The Orphan Collector
- By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Narrated by: Rachel Botchan
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,905
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,700
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,698
In the fall of 1918, 13-year-old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphia's overcrowded streets and slums, and from the anti-German sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the US Army, hoping to prove his loyalty. But an even more urgent threat has arrived. Spanish influenza is spreading through the city. Soon, dead and dying are everywhere. With no food at home, Pia must venture out in search of supplies, leaving her infant twin brothers alone....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Author is an AMAZING storyteller!
- By Nicole Newman on 08-06-20
- The Orphan Collector
- By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Narrated by: Rachel Botchan
Depressing,
Reviewed: 07-12-24
I stopped listening during chapter nine. Five hours into the book, I could not stand one more reference to the smells of dead rotting flesh, images of blood oozing from orifices, filthy, ragged clothes, people starving, etc.
Not entertaining to me.
Add to that the grating voice of the incompetent narrator and I think this has been my least favorite audible experience.
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These Tangled Vines
- A Novel
- By: Julianne MacLean
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,575
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,123
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,111
If Fiona has learned anything in life, it’s how to keep a secret - even from the father who raised her. She is the only person who knows about her late mother’s affair in Tuscany thirty years earlier, and she intends to keep it that way...until a lawyer calls with shocking news: her biological father has died and left her an incredible inheritance - along with two half siblings.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Really enjoyed this story, but it was sad...
- By Debbie on 07-02-21
- These Tangled Vines
- A Novel
- By: Julianne MacLean
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
Could not stand narration
Reviewed: 04-29-22
Returned book after listening for about 3 hours. Narration is distracting: terrible Italian accent, weird character voices, more.
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
- By: Gail Honeyman
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 66,548
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 60,104
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59,850
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Please be warned
- By N. Thompson on 06-20-17
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
- By: Gail Honeyman
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
A good man makes a difference
Reviewed: 07-21-20
This is a hopeful story. There is someone out there for everyone. I loved, loved the narration, too.
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The Magician's Assistant
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Karen Ziemba
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,381
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,929
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,928
When a gay Los Angeles magician named Parsifal dies suddenly, he leaves behind his heartbroken assistant, Sabine, and a secret past that leads her to Nebraska and a father she never knew he had.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Patchett Has It
- By Pamela Harvey on 06-10-08
- The Magician's Assistant
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Karen Ziemba
Non event
Reviewed: 06-09-20
Are the story never went anywhere except to Nebraska in the winter. Lots of verbiage about snow and cold. I did enjoy the narrator.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,768
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,127
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,102
Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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perfection
- By Mel on 04-06-15
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- By: Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrated by: Ruby Dee
Best audio book yet.
Reviewed: 06-26-16
Any additional comments?
I would give the narrator, Ruby Dee 10 stars if that was an option. Fantastic! I am now going to see what other books she has narrated.
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