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Helen Lloyd
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Andrew Fallaize
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Mandy Williams
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Hazel Prior
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A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's never too late to be the person you want to be in this rich, heartwarming story from the acclaimed author of Ellie and the Harpmaker.
Eighty-five-year-old Veronica McCreedy is estranged from her family and wants to find a worthwhile cause to which to leave her fortune. When she sees a documentary about penguins being studied in Antarctica, she tells the scientists she's coming to visit - and won't take no for an answer. Shortly after arriving, she convinces the reluctant team to rescue an orphaned baby penguin. He becomes part of life at the base, and Veronica's closed heart starts to open.
Her grandson, Patrick, comes to Antarctica to make one last attempt to get to know his grandmother. Together, Veronica, Patrick, and even the scientists learn what family, love, and connection are all about.
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Frederick Fife was born with an extra helping of kindness in his heart. If he borrowed your car, he’d return it washed with a full tank of gas. The problem is there’s nobody left in Fred’s life to borrow from. At eighty-two, he’s desperately lonely, broke, and on the brink of homelessness. But Fred’s luck changes when, in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, he takes the place of grumpy Bernard Greer at the local nursing home. Now he has warm meals in his belly and a roof over his head—as long as his poker face is in better shape than his prostate and that his look-alike never turns up.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Somewhat engaging but predictable
- De RSNYC en 10-15-24
De: Anna Johnston
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Call of the Penguins
- De: Hazel Prior
- Narrado por: Ayoola Smart, Nigel Pilkington, Nicolette McKenzie
- Duración: 10 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Fiercely resilient and impeccably dressed, Veronica McCreedy has lived an incredible 87 years. Most of them alone, in her huge house by the sea. But Veronica has recently discovered a late-life love for family and friendship, adventure and wildlife. More specifically, a love for penguins! And so when she's invited to co-present a wildlife documentary, far away in the southern hemisphere, she jumps at the chance. Even though it will put her in the spotlight, just when she thought she would soon fade into the wings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Charming
- De Leslie Terrell en 03-14-25
De: Hazel Prior
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The Spoon Stealer
- De: Lesley Crewe
- Narrado por: Shelley Thompson
- Duración: 15 h
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 3
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3
The main character is born in 1894. The book contains her memoir, so the action goes back and forth in time, including Emmeline's childhood, through World War One and World War Two and up to "present day," which is 1968-1969.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I laughed. I cried!
- De Marnie Osborne en 05-20-25
De: Lesley Crewe
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Life and Otter Miracles
- De: Hazel Prior
- Narrado por: Seema Bowri
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
19-year-old Phoebe and her courier father Al have recently moved to Devon, to a small cottage with a river at the end of the garden. Struggling with her health, Phoebe doesn't go out much these days. Instead, she spends her time playing detective—trying to deduce from her father's deliveries what kinds of lives her neighbours lead. When Phoebe finds an abandoned baby otter by the river, it's just the push she needs to finally step into her new community. Taking the otter to the local sanctuary, she feels a joy that she has not felt in a very long time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Otterly brilliant
- De roshambo en 04-11-25
De: Hazel Prior
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Ellie and the Harpmaker
- De: Hazel Prior
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan, Philip Battley
- Duración: 10 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 234
Dan Hollis lives a happy, solitary life carving exquisite Celtic harps in his barn in the countryside of the English moors. Here, he can be himself, away from social situations that he doesn’t always get right or completely understand. On the anniversary of her beloved father’s death, Ellie Jacobs takes a walk in the woods and comes across Dan’s barn. She is enchanted by his collection. Dan gives her a harp made of cherrywood to match her cherry socks. He stores it for her, ready for whenever she’d like to take lessons.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I LOVED this!!
- De Star Trek it's not en 09-18-22
De: Hazel Prior
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At Least You Have Your Health
- De: Madi Sinha
- Narrado por: Sooneela Nankani
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Dr. Maya Rao is a gynecologist trying to balance a busy life. With three young children, a career, and a happy marriage, she should be grateful—on paper, she has it all. But after a disastrous encounter with an entitled patient, Maya is forced to walk away from the city hospital where she’s spent her entire career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun story illuminating the wellness industry
- De Barbara S en 04-29-22
De: Madi Sinha
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The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
- A Novel
- De: Anna Johnston
- Narrado por: Tim Carroll
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 721
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 665
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 665
Frederick Fife was born with an extra helping of kindness in his heart. If he borrowed your car, he’d return it washed with a full tank of gas. The problem is there’s nobody left in Fred’s life to borrow from. At eighty-two, he’s desperately lonely, broke, and on the brink of homelessness. But Fred’s luck changes when, in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, he takes the place of grumpy Bernard Greer at the local nursing home. Now he has warm meals in his belly and a roof over his head—as long as his poker face is in better shape than his prostate and that his look-alike never turns up.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Somewhat engaging but predictable
- De RSNYC en 10-15-24
De: Anna Johnston
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The Littlest Library
- A Novel
- De: Poppy Alexander
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 249
Jess Metcalf is perfectly content with her quiet, predictable life. But when her beloved grandmother passes away and she loses her job at the local library, Jess’ life is turned upside down. Determined to pick up the pieces, Jess decides it’s time for a new beginning. Unable to part with her grandmother’s cherished books, she packs them all up and moves to a tiny cottage in the English countryside. To her surprise, Jess discovers that she’s now the owner of an old red phone box that was left on the property.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An entertaining read.
- De Kim Meseck en 11-10-22
De: Poppy Alexander
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The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
- A Novel
- De: Helen Simonson
- Narrado por: Fiona Hardingham, Helen Simonson
- Duración: 15 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 249
It is the summer of 1919, and Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Now that all the men have returned from the front, she has been asked to give up her cottage and her job at the estate she helped run during the war. While she looks for a position as a bookkeeper or—horror—a governess, she’s sent as a lady’s companion to an old family friend who is convalescing at a seaside hotel. Despite having only weeks to find a permanent home, Constance is swept up in the social whirl of Hazelbourne-on-Sea after she rescues the local baronet’s daughter, Poppy Wirrall, from a social faux pas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging at every step
- De Starr en 10-21-24
De: Helen Simonson
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The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
- De: Colleen Oakley
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 397
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 341
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 340
Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak of, her options are limited, so when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lap, she takes it. The two start off their living arrangement happily ignoring each other until Tanner starts to notice things—weird things.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This one’s a fun one!
- De NTexHiker en 04-01-23
De: Colleen Oakley
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Miss Benson's Beetle
- A Novel
- De: Rachel Joyce
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,207
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,843
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,829
It is 1950. London is still reeling from World War II, and Margery Benson, a schoolteacher and spinster, is trying to get through life, surviving on scraps. One day, she reaches her breaking point, abandoning her job and small existence to set out on an expedition to the other side of the world in search of her childhood obsession: an insect that may or may not exist - the golden beetle of New Caledonia. When she advertises for an assistant to accompany her, the woman she ends up with is the last person she had in mind.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A well-written panorama of human tragedy
- De Film Fan en 07-03-21
De: Rachel Joyce
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The Incredible Winston Browne
- De: Sean Dietrich
- Narrado por: Sean Dietrich
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,160
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,043
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,038
Folks in Moab live for ice cream socials, baseball, and the local paper’s weekly gossip column. Sheriff Winston Browne has watched over Moab with a generous eye for a decade, and by now he’s used to handling the daily dramas that keep life interesting for Moab’s quirky residents. But just after Winston receives some terrible, life-altering news, a seemingly mute runaway with no clear origin arrives in Moab. The residents do what they believe is right and take her in - until two suspicious strangers arrive and begin looking for her.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A new favorite!
- De Highlandannie en 07-16-21
De: Sean Dietrich
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Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
- A Novel
- De: Clare Pooley
- Narrado por: Clare Corbett
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,001
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 907
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 905
Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station by train, accompanied by her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she knows only by nickname: Impossibly-Pretty-Constant-Reader and Terribly-Lonely-Teenager. Of course, they never speak. Seasoned commuters never do. Then one morning, the man she calls Smart-But-Sexist-Manspreader chokes on a grape right in front of her. He’d have died were it not for the timely intervention of Sanjay, a nurse, who gives him the Heimlich maneuver.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful friendship story
- De Barbara S en 10-17-22
De: Clare Pooley
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How to Age Disgracefully
- A Novel
- De: Clare Pooley
- Narrado por: Clare Corbett
- Duración: 8 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 711
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 673
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 673
When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens’ Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she’ll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. The members of the Social Club, however, are not at all what Lydia was expecting. From Art, a failed actor turned kleptomaniac to Daphne, who has been hiding from her dark past for decades to Ruby, a Banksy-style knitter who gets revenge in yarn, these seniors look deceptively benign—but when age makes you invisible, secrets are so much easier to hide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Aging imperfections
- De Susan Love en 08-07-24
De: Clare Pooley
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The Guncle
- De: Steven Rowley
- Narrado por: Steven Rowley
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,249
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,693
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,682
Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. But in terms of caretaking and relating to two children, no matter how adorable, Patrick is, honestly, overwhelmed. So when tragedy strikes and Maisie and Grant lose their mother and Patrick's brother has a health crisis of his own, Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In two words . . . Loved it!!
- De Donna Rauch Lanford en 06-05-21
De: Steven Rowley
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The Authenticity Project
- A Novel
- De: Clare Pooley
- Narrado por: Anna Cordell
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,437
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,128
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,122
Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren’t really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes—in a plain, green journal—the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It’s run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves - and soon find each other In Real Life at Monica’s Café.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sweet, easy listen
- De Benhandel en 04-23-20
De: Clare Pooley
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The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett
- A Novel
- De: Annie Lyons
- Narrado por: Nicolette McKenzie
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,033
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,610
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,585
Eudora Honeysett is done with this noisy, moronic world - all of it. She has witnessed the indignities and suffering of old age and has lived a full life. At 85, she isn’t going to leave things to chance. Her end will be on her terms. With one call to a clinic in Switzerland, a plan is set in motion. Then she meets 10-year-old Rose Trewidney, a whirling, pint-sized rainbow of sparkling cheer. All Eudora wants is to be left alone to set her affairs in order.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just what I Needed
- De Angela Adams en 02-04-21
De: Annie Lyons
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Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe
- A Novel
- De: Heather Webber
- Narrado por: Stephanie Willis, Bethany Lind, Nicholas Techosky
- Duración: 11 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,984
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,545
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,538
Nestled in the mountain shadows of Alabama lies the little town of Wicklow. It is here that Anna Kate has returned to bury her beloved Granny Zee, owner of the Blackbird Café. It was supposed to be a quick trip to close the café and settle her grandmother’s estate, but despite her best intentions to avoid forming ties or even getting to know her father’s side of the family, Anna Kate finds herself inexplicably drawn to the quirky Southern town her mother ran away from so many years ago, and the mysterious blackbird pie everybody can’t stop talking about.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Relaxing, interesting, sweet.
- De Josie Cochrane en 07-27-19
De: Heather Webber
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Dear Edward
- A Novel
- De: Ann Napolitano
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,533
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,896
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,890
One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them are a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured veteran returning from Afghanistan, a business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. Halfway across the country, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunning characterization and compelling storytelling!
- De Amazon User en 01-29-20
De: Ann Napolitano
I look forward to listening to more audio books by this author.
Excellent!
Wonderful Story!
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Endearing
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The Penguins Saved me, too!
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Enjoyable book with great performances
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A charming and surprising page-turner
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Wonderful!
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Heart warming
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Loved it!
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4.5 stars
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Entertaining, a bit silly!
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