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In the segregated South of the mid-1900s, 14-year-old Nell bears witness to a world that embraces the oppression of women. She is fascinated with the prospect of being an independent person - but when she turns 16, she is married off and brought to the city of Boston as a bride.
Nell is a shy girl who must quickly learn how to be a wife and mother. She quickly discovers that she must acquire new skills to navigate the unknown territory of the North, as well as her relationship with her husband, Henry, who is controlling and emotionally abusive. After giving birth to three children, her body begins to fail her, and Henry, concerned for her health, pulls away from her physically. But this void of intimacy drives Nell into the arms of another man.
It’s through her encounter with Charles in the church kitchen, at the point when she is most vulnerable, that Nell finds escape from her depressed life with Henry. The cost, though, is another pregnancy. When Charles finds out the baby is his, at first it appears he plans to leave Nell; ultimately, however, his love for her brings him back.
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- Narrado por: Susan Bennett
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 204
For fourteen-year-old Leah Payne, life in her beloved coastal Carolina town is worlds away from the harsh realities of the day. Loyal to her lumberjack father, she knows only of the familiarity of her small community, the magic of the natural world, and the creative intuition that prompts her to march to the beat of her own drum. But when an accident takes her father's life, leaving her an orphan, Leah finds herself cast into a family of strangers whose welcoming façade hides a terrible secret.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW
- De Savannah Brown en 06-10-23
De: Meagan Church
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A Family for Gracie
- De: Amy Lillard
- Narrado por: Andrea Emmes
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 48
Gracie Glick is known for being the helpful one, always available for a relative in need. But now that she’s longing for a home and family of her own, it’s time to help herself. With few eligible men in Pontotoc, Gracie’s choices, and her time, are limited. So she takes a bold leap of faith: She proposes to Matthew Byler, a handsome, recently widowed, father of five. It’s not until after they’re married that Gracie learns Matthew doesn’t want more children.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love this story
- De Kindle Customer en 12-26-24
De: Amy Lillard
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The Parted Earth
- De: Anjali Enjeti
- Narrado por: Deepti Gupta
- Duración: 7 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 100
Spanning more than half a century and cities from New Delhi to Atlanta, Anjali Enjeti’s debut is a heartfelt and human portrait of the long shadow of the partition of the Indian subcontinent on the lives of three generations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting
- De MSE en 05-14-21
De: Anjali Enjeti
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Maude
- De: Donna Mabry
- Narrado por: Shana Gagnon
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,877
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,674
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,670
In 1906 I was barely over 14 years old, and it was my wedding day. My older sister, Helen, came to my room, took me by the hand, and sat me down on the bed. She said, "You've always been a good girl, Maude, and done what I told you. Now you're going to be a married woman, and he will be the head of the house. When you go home tonight after your party, no matter what he wants to do to you, you have to let him do it. Do you understand?"
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narration made listening almost unbearable
- De Sandra en 01-07-16
De: Donna Mabry
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The Waiting
- The True Story of a Lost Child, a Lifetime of Longing, and a Miracle for a Mother Who Never Gave Up
- De: Cathy LaGrow, Cindy Coloma - contributor
- Narrado por: Pamela Klein
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 243
In the summer of 1928, sixteen-year-old Minka was looking forward to a sewing class picnic. This would be a rare chance to put aside farm chores, don a pretty dress, and enjoy an outing with other girls. It would be a day to remember. And it was - but not in the way Minka had dreamed. Cornered by a stranger in the woods, the young girl was assaulted. Minka still believed that the stork brought babies; she would not discover for months that she was pregnant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating and fantastic
- De John alexander en 10-03-19
De: Cathy LaGrow, y otros
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The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
- A Novel
- De: Juliet Grames
- Narrado por: Lisa Flanagan
- Duración: 16 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 688
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 601
For Stella Fortuna, death has always been a part of life. Stella’s childhood is full of strange, life-threatening incidents - moments where ordinary situations like cooking eggplant or feeding the pigs inexplicably take lethal turns. Even Stella’s own mother is convinced that her daughter is cursed or haunted. When the Fortunas emigrate to America on the cusp of World War II, Stella and her sister, Tina, must come of age side by side in a hostile new world with strict expectations for each of them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Misogyny at its worst
- De brenda en 01-15-20
De: Juliet Grames
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Black Sunday
- A Novel
- De: Tola Rotimi Abraham
- Narrado por: Liz Femi, Dele Ogundiran, Miebaka Yohannes, y otros
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother loses her job due to political strife, and the family, facing poverty, is drawn into the New Church, an institution led by a charismatic pastor who is not shy about worshipping earthly wealth. Soon Bibike and Ariyike's father wagers the family home on a sure bet that evaporates like smoke.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Story - Awful accents
- De Tamara C-J en 02-15-21
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A Life Once Dreamed
- De: Rachel Fordham
- Narrado por: Teri Clark Linden
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Six years ago, a shocking secret sent Agnes Pratt running in search of a new start. She found it in Penance, a rugged town of miners and lumberjacks in the Dakota Territory, where she became Miss Aggie, respected schoolteacher and confirmed old maid. But the past has a way of catching up with people. When childhood friend and former sweetheart James Harris accepts a position as the town doctor, Aggie's pleasantly predictable days suddenly become anything but.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful Dream!
- De A+D en 08-04-20
De: Rachel Fordham
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A Joyful Christmas
- 6 Historical Stories
- De: Cynthia Hickey, Liz Johnson, Vickie McDonough, y otros
- Narrado por: Carolyn Molloy
- Duración: 12 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
A Christmas collection to warm the heart. Grab a warm cup of tea and watch as romance is kindled and joy is restored to broken lives during six bygone-era Christmas celebrations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming!
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De: Cynthia Hickey, y otros
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The Brides of the Big Valley
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- De: Wanda E. Brunstetter, Jean Brunstetter, Richelle Brunstetter
- Narrado por: Rebecca Gallagher
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 120
In an area of Pennsylvania called The Big Valley, a uniquely blended Amish community thrives in which three distinct groups of Amish identify themselves by the colors of their buggies' tops - white, black, or yellow. Join New York Times best-selling author Wanda E. Brunstetter, her daughter-in-law, and her granddaughter in experiencing the stories of three young women who search for faith and love within this special place.
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3 out of 5 stars
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stilted dialogue
- De CS Seepe en 12-02-19
De: Wanda E. Brunstetter, y otros
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On Division
- A Novel
- De: Goldie Goldbloom
- Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik
- Duración: 7 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, just a block or two up from the East River on Division Avenue, Surie Eckstein is soon to be a great-grandmother. Her 10 children range in age from 13 to 39. Her in-laws, postwar immigrants from Romania, live on the first floor of their house. Her daughter Tzila Ruchel lives on the second. She and Yidel, a scribe in such demand that he makes only a few Torah scrolls a year, live on the third. Wed when Surie was 16, they have a happy marriage and a full life, and, at the ages of 57 and 62, they are looking forward to some quiet time together.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great book
- De Sab en 04-24-20
De: Goldie Goldbloom
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Sweet Caroline
- Lowcountry, Book 1
- De: Rachel Hauck
- Narrado por: Cici Dee
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 116
Caroline serves others with little time to enjoy the sweeter parts of life. Until her old boyfriend returns to town - and she's given a second chance at first love. Life hasn't always been so sweet for Caroline Sweeny. She sacrifices her desires for others - unlike her mother who abandoned their family years ago. But when a friend challenges her to accept an exciting job adventure in Spain, Caroline says "yes" to a new destiny. But before she can pack her bags, Caroline suddenly finds herself the new owner of the run-down Frogmore Cafe - and forced to choose: Her friends or her future?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Multileveled Christian Story
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De: Rachel Hauck
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The Third Mrs. Galway
- De: Deirdre Sinnott
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lee
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
It’s 1835 in Utica, New York, and newlywed Helen Galway discovers a secret: Two runaway slaves are hiding in the shack behind her husband’s house. Suddenly, she is at the center of not only the era’s greatest moral dilemma, but her own, as well. Should she be a “good wife” and report the fugitives to her husband? Or will she defy convention and come to their aid? Within her home, Helen is haunted by the previous Mrs. Galway, recently deceased but still an oppressive presence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Never thought I'd enjoy a novel so much.
- De HBvideo en 12-01-21
De: Deirdre Sinnott
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Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen
- De: Susan Gregg Gilmore
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 6 h y 43 m
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In the latest novel from Susan Gregg Gilmore, sometimes you have to return to the place where you began to arrive at the place where you belong.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not what I expected but........
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The Star Side of Bird Hill
- De: Naomi Jackson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
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General4 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 81
Two sisters, ages 10 and 16, are exiled from Brooklyn to Bird Hill in Barbados, after their mother can no longer care for them. The young Phaedra and her older sister, Dionne, live, for the summer of 1989, with their grandmother, Hyacinth, a midwife and practitioner of the local spiritual practice of obeah. Dionne spends the summer in search of love, testing her grandmother's limits, and wanting to go home. Phaedra explores Bird Hill, where her family has lived for generations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My absolute favorite book of all time
- De Eme en 07-16-15
De: Naomi Jackson
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The Teller of Secrets
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- De: Bisi Adjapon
- Narrado por: Anniwaa Buachie
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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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Godshot
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- De: Chelsea Bieker
- Narrado por: Lauren Ezzo
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General4 out of 5 stars 183
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 165
Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. The area of the Central Valley where fourteen-year-old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise. Now it's an environmental disaster, a place of cracked earth and barren raisin farms. In their desperation, residents have turned to a cult leader named Pastor Vern for guidance. He promises, through secret "assignments," to bring the rain everybody is praying for.
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4 out of 5 stars
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flawless novel, not the best narration
- De Adrienne en 05-05-20
De: Chelsea Bieker
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Rush Home Road
- De: Lori Lansens
- Narrado por: Ruby Dee
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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When a 70-year-old woman finds a five-year-old girl abandoned on her doorstep, she is thrust into a sorrowful past that can only be conquered with the help of the girl who opened her memory - the very girl she is trying to save. This first novel, according to author Jacquelyn Mitchard, is one of "exquisite power, honesty, and conviction...quite nearly without flaws."
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1 out of 5 stars
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filthy language and violent content
- De Anna en 12-16-11
De: Lori Lansens
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 590
Tawawa House in many respects is like any other American resort before the Civil War. Situated in Ohio, this idyllic retreat is particularly nice in the summer when the Southern humidity is too much to bear. The main building, with its luxurious finishes, is loftier than the white cottages that flank it, but the smaller structures are better positioned to catch any breeze that may come off the pond. And they provide more privacy, which best suits the needs of the Southern white men who vacation there every summer.
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Fascinating and disturbing, an amazing debut...
- De Donna en 02-15-11
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A Woman of Endurance
- A Novel
- De: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
- Narrado por: Tracey Leigh
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
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A Woman of Endurance, set in nineteenth-century Puerto Rican plantation society, follows Pola, a deeply spiritual African woman who is captured and later sold for the purpose of breeding future slaves. The resulting babies are taken from her as soon as they are born. Pola loses the faith that has guided her and becomes embittered and defensive. The dehumanizing violence of her life almost destroys her. But this is not a novel of defeat but rather one of survival, regeneration, and reclamation of common humanity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The difference in this book.
- De all our stories en 06-08-22
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Someone Knows My Name
- De: Lawrence Hill
- Narrado por: Adenrele Ojo
- Duración: 18 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,651
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Aminata Diallo is the beguiling heroine of Lawrence Hill's Someone Knows My Name. In it, Hill exquisitely imagines the tale of an 18th-century woman's life, spanning six decades and three continents. The fascinating story that Hill tells is a work of the soul and the imagination. Aminata is a character who will stir listeners, from her kidnapping from Africa through her journeys back and forth across the ocean.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rich in history and moral messages
- De Ariela en 10-14-09
De: Lawrence Hill
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And Then There Was Me
- A Novel of Friendship, Secrets and Lies
- De: Sadeqa Johnson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her 14-year-old self across Bea’s twin-sized bed as if they had known each other forever. Bubbly, adventurous Awilda taught sheltered, shy Bea how to dress, wear her hair, and what to do with boys. She even introduced Bea to her husband, Lonnie, in college, who pledged to take good care of her for the rest of their lives. But philanderer Lonnie breaks that promise over and over again, leaving Bea to wrestle with her self-esteem and longtime secret addiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- De Ms Campbell en 09-24-22
De: Sadeqa Johnson
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Paper Wife
- A Novel
- De: Laila Ibrahim
- Narrado por: Nancy Wu
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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Southern China, 1923. Desperate to secure her future, Mei Ling’s parents arrange a marriage to a widower in California. To enter the country, she must pretend to be her husband’s first wife - a paper wife. On the perilous voyage, Mei Ling takes an orphan girl named Siew under her wing. Dreams of a better life in America give Mei Ling the strength to endure the treacherous journey and detainment on Angel Island. But when she finally reaches San Francisco, she’s met with a surprise. Her husband, Chinn Kai Li, is a houseboy, not the successful merchant he led her to believe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just okay..disappointed
- De Donna Smith McG en 11-03-18
De: Laila Ibrahim
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The Book of Night Women
- De: Marlon James
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 15 h y 45 m
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The story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the 18th century. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they - and she - will come to both revere and fear. The Night Women, as they call themselves, have long been plotting a slave revolt, and as Lilith comes of age and reveals the extent of her power, they see her as the key to their plans.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"A lyrical, heart thumping, engaging masterpiece"
- De ann en 01-07-11
De: Marlon James
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A More Perfect Union
- De: Tammye Huf
- Narrado por: Gary Furlong, Chanté McCormick, Patryce Williams
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
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Henry O’Toole sails to America in 1848 to escape the famine in Ireland, only to face anti-immigrant prejudice. Determined never to starve again, he changes his surname to Taylor and heads south to Virginia, seeking work as a traveling blacksmith on the prosperous plantations. Torn from her home and sold to Jubilee Plantation, Sarah must navigate its intricate hierarchy. And now an enigmatic blacksmith is promising her not just the world but also her freedom. How could she say no?
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Perfect Union
- De Claudette Heston en 06-13-22
De: Tammye Huf
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Island Queen
- A Novel
- De: Vanessa Riley
- Narrado por: Adjoa Andoh
- Duración: 21 h y 16 m
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Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, Doll bought her freedom from her Irish planter father and built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter that extended from the marketplaces and sugar plantations of Dominica and Barbados to a glittering luxury hotel in Demerara on the South American continent. Vanessa Riley’s novel brings Doll to vivid life as she rises above the harsh realities of slavery and colonialism by working the system and leveraging the competing attentions of the men in her life
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5 out of 5 stars
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BRILLIANT
- De PJMcGhee en 07-11-21
De: Vanessa Riley
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Sister of Mine
- A Novel
- De: Sabra Waldfogel
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 17 h y 22 m
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When two Union soldiers stumble onto a plantation in northern Georgia on a warm May day in 1864, the last thing they expect is to see the Union flag flying high - or to be greeted by a group of freed slaves and their Jewish mistress. Little do they know that this place has an unusual history. Twelve years prior, Adelaide Mannheim - daughter of Mordecai, the only Jewish planter in the county - was given her own maid, a young slave named Rachel. The two became friends, and soon they discovered a secret.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Must Read
- De M. Ryder en 06-20-16
De: Sabra Waldfogel
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The Dust Bowl Orphans
- De: Suzette D. Harrison
- Narrado por: Jordan Frazier, Rachel Handshaw
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
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Fifteen-year-old Faith Wilson takes her little sister Hope’s hand. In worn-down shoes, they walk through the choking heat of the Dust Bowl, toward a new life in California. But when a storm blows in, the girls are separated from their parents. Starving and forced to sleep on the streets, Faith thinks a room in a small boarding house will keep her sister safe. But the glare in the landlady’s eye, as Faith leaves in search of their parents, has her wondering if she’s made a dangerous mistake.
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1 out of 5 stars
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It MIGHT be good , I will never know
- De R York en 08-26-22
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- Gail B.
- 06-26-22
Great Book
This was a great read that depicted the issue of child brides during this era. Artfully written with an outstanding ending. Awesome author with incredible descriptive language. Couldn’t put it down.
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- C
- 11-28-22
Loved this book!
I loved this book and the narrator! Such a good (at times sad) story… I didn’t want it to end. I hope there’s a sequel!!
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- Brenda Benton
- 02-19-24
Realistic
I could picture everything in this book! I loved how realistic everything was and loved the ending and how Nell got what she deserved ❤️
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-22-21
Wonderfully written
This book was beautifully written. I enjoyed the story and how you were taken back in time to experience all the main character lived through. I loved how she described everything so you could imagine it. Great book!
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- Kim
- 01-09-23
Engaging
So well written and read! I could imagine everything. I would love to read more from this author.
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- Nancy
- 11-15-21
Wrong title
The book was ok. I did feel like the title was wrong. Nell was 16 years old when she married. In that time, people got married around that age. Now the husband, appeared to really want a family.. I was surprised the way the book ended. Overall it was good book. 😊
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- Tiffany
- 07-26-23
Cute Historical Fiction…
A quick read that pulls you into the characters, time period and excitement. Still have questions about some of the back story but for this to be self-published, I throughly enjoyed it.
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- KWHatter
- 10-01-23
A Story of the heart
I love time period stories that depict reality that all can relate to. This story allows you feel the emotions of the people and its surrounding. I would recommend CHILD BRIDE to book clubs and avid readers.💙
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- Janice Williams
- 11-18-24
Good story
I liked that she did what she needed to do to be herself even though she didn't know what she truly wanted , until until it presented itself!
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- TG
- 03-24-23
Enjoyed the story
Enjoyed the story of triumph over adversity. Excellent narration. Glad I gave it a listen.
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