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The Lacuna
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,715
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,095
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,102
Born in the United States, but reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd finds precarious shelter but no sense of home on his thrilling odyssey. Life is whatever he learns from housekeepers and, one fateful day, by mixing plaster for famed muralist Diego Rivera. When he goes to work for Rivera, his wife, exotic artist Kahlo, and exiled leader Lev Trotsky, Shepherd inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great Writers need Great Narrators
- By Gypsy Wife on 12-04-09
- The Lacuna
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
Give it a chance
Reviewed: 03-03-20
I started and stopped this book 3 times before I could convince myself to give it a chance. I’ve listened to or read everything BK has written, and I LOVE her work. So intelligent, so detailed, so well-crafted. This story is no exception. The historical references are thoroughly researched and beautifully woven with the fiction, and I learned a lot from the story. However, there were many points when I stopped listening for a few days or weeks and then had to convince myself to continue. Overall, I’m glad I finished the book, but it is my least favorite of her works so far.
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Crazy Salad and Scribble, Scribble
- Some Things About Women and Notes on Media
- By: Nora Ephron
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 104
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 103
This edition brings together some of Ephron’s most famous writing on a generation of women (and men) who helped shape the way we live now, and on events ranging from the Watergate scandal to the Pillsbury Bake-Off. In these sharp, hilariously entertaining, and vividly observed pieces, Ephron illuminates an era with wicked honesty and insight. From the famous "A Few Words About Breasts" to important pieces on her time working for the New York Post and Gourmet Magazine, these essays show Ephron at her very best.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't waste your credit
- By Cindy on 08-26-13
- Crazy Salad and Scribble, Scribble
- Some Things About Women and Notes on Media
- By: Nora Ephron
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
Boring essays interspersed with interesting bits
Reviewed: 07-22-17
At the beginning, I thought this would be interesting, because I was a child during the era the essays concern. While there have been good sections, for the most part, the essays bore me. I'm giving up.
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Four Friends
- By: Robyn Carr
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,765
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,610
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,600
From number-one New York Times best-selling author Robyn Carr comes the story of four friends determined to find their stride. This honest look at marriage examines the challenges, heartaches, and sacrifices along with the joy in discovering what it means to be a wife, mother, friend, lover - and most important: your true self. Gerri can't decide what's more devastating: learning her rock-solid marriage has big cracks, or the anger she feels as she tries to repair the damage. Always the anchor for friends and her three angst-ridden teenagers, it's time to look carefully at herself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Look Inside 'Real' Relationships: Marriages, etc
- By DK on 05-10-15
- Four Friends
- By: Robyn Carr
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
Great story, strong characters, ...
Reviewed: 01-24-15
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. I saw a lot of my myself in Sonia and Geri and was excited to recommend the book to my teenaged daughter. However, the needlessly detailed descriptions of the sexual relationships detracted from the story and made me cringe at the thought of my daughter listening. I felt I could have been just as engaged with the characters without knowing *every* detail of their sexual encounters, and this painstaking detail didn't seem to fit the flavor of the rest of the story.
The characters were highly believable, and the story, while somewhat predictable, was intriguing. The narration was better-than-average but not outstanding. All in all, an enjoyable listen, but I'm not sure I'll rush to get another from this author.
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