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Narrated by:
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Amy Boone
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By:
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Willy Vlautin
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Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, intent on making a new life for herself. Haunted by the mistakes of her past, and lacking any self-belief, her only comfort seems to come from the imaginary conversations she has with Paul Newman, and the characters he played. But as life crawls on and she finds work, small acts of kindness start to reveal themselves to her, and slowly the chance of a new life begins to emerge.
Full of memorable characters and imbued with a beautiful sense of yearning, Northline is an extraordinary portrait of contemporary America from a writer and musician whose work has been lauded as “mournful, understated, and proudly steeped in menthol smoke and bourbon” (New York Times Book Review).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Free Fallin', Brilliantly
- By W Perry Hall on 03-11-14
By: Willy Vlautin
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The Motel Life
- A Novel
- By: Willy Vlautin
- Narrated by: Willy Vlautin
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
With "echoes of Of Mice and Men" (The Bookseller, UK), The Motel Life explores the frustrations and failed dreams of two Nevada brothers - on the run after a hit-and-run accident - who, forgotten by society, and short on luck and hope, desperately cling to the edge of modern life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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a bit of a tear jerker
- By Chris O. on 09-13-24
By: Willy Vlautin
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The Night Always Comes
- A Novel
- By: Willy Vlautin
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4 out of 5 stars 86
Barely 30, Lynette is exhausted. Saddled with bad credit and juggling multiple jobs, some illegally, she’s been diligently working to buy the house she lives in with her mother and developmentally disabled brother Kenny. Portland’s housing prices have nearly quadrupled in 15 years, and the owner is giving them a good deal. Lynette knows it’s their last best chance to own their own home - and obtain the security they’ve never had. While she has enough for the down payment, she needs her mother to cover the rest of the asking price.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow, a knockout!
- By Alma on 04-24-21
By: Willy Vlautin
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Don't Skip Out on Me
- A Novel
- By: Willy Vlautin
- Narrated by: Willy Vlautin
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 70
Horace Hopper is a half-Paiute, half-Irish ranch hand who wants to be somebody. He's spent most of his life on the ranch of his kindly guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Reese, herding sheep alone in the mountains. But while the Reeses treat him like a son, Horace can't shake the shame he feels from being abandoned by his parents. He decides to leave the only loving home he's known to prove his worth by training to become a boxer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book I have ever heard!
- By Mark on 03-03-18
By: Willy Vlautin
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Lean on Pete
- A Novel
- By: Willy Vlautin
- Narrated by: Willy Vlautin
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 72
Willy Vlautin's award-winning novel Lean on Pete, a moving and compassionate story about a 15-year-old boy's unlikely connection to a failing racehorse as he struggles to find a place to call home - now a major motion picture from A24, the studio behind Moonlight and Lady Bird. Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home, food on the table, and a high school he can attend for more than part of a year. But as the son of a single father working in warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, Charley's been pretty much on his own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- By Christie Bravo on 06-18-18
By: Willy Vlautin
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We Will Be Jaguars
- A Memoir of My People
- By: Mitch Anderson, Nemonte Nenquimo
- Narrated by: Christine Ann-Roche
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story5 out of 5 stars 111
Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo had a singular upbringing. She was taught about plant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. She played barefoot in the forest until she was a teenager and left to study with an evangelical missionary group in the city. But after Nemonte’s ancestors began appearing in her dreams, pleading with her to return and embrace her own culture, she listened. Nemonte returned to the forest and traditional ways of life and became one of the most forceful voices in climate change activism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story that needed telling
- By just asking for some common sense on 01-17-25
By: Mitch Anderson, and others
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Flamespitter
- Elemental Gunslinger, Book 1
- By: Jonathan Smidt
- Narrated by: Ryan H. Reid, Andrea Parsneau, Jeff Hays
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 119
A gunslinger with four affinities is a myth. It's the kind of story whispered in frontier saloons one drink before closing and around campfires in the dead of night. For the heroes and villains in those tales, that impossible power is a boon, a gift. For Mr. Jones, it's a curse. Of course, that's not his real name. He's had many. Changing names is necessary when you possess a power that every lawman and outlaw would kill to obtain. To survive, you keep your head down, kill when you must, and never stay in one place too long.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Breath of fresh air
- By Anonymous User on 10-16-24
By: Jonathan Smidt
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Grown Women
- A Novel
- By: Sarai Johnson
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 199
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 190
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Story5 out of 5 stars 190
In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood, generational trauma and the deeply ingrained tensions and wounds that divide them as they redefine happiness and healing for themselves. In masterful, elegant prose, debut novelist Sarai Johnson has created a rich and moving portrait of Black women’s lives today.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love the Story!
- By Tomgirll on 08-12-24
By: Sarai Johnson
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The Honeymoon
- By: Shalini Boland
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 665
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 643
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Story4 out of 5 stars 643
It was supposed to be the happiest time of their lives. But for newlywed Stella, the dream honeymoon has turned into a nightmare overnight. Her perfect husband, Austin, has vanished without a trace. Alone in Venice, Stella frantically searches for him. But as fear turns into confusion, she finds herself questioning everything she knows about the man she married. Has Austin really abandoned her, or has someone from his past finally caught up with him—the business partner he threatened to sue? The obsessive ex-girlfriend who refuses to let go?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great epilogue, didn’t expect it!
- By Amazon Customer on 12-05-24
By: Shalini Boland
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The Book of Murder
- A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death
- By: Matt Murphy
- Narrated by: Matt Murphy
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 830
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 796
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Story5 out of 5 stars 796
Examining murder from an insider’s perspective, Matt Murphy—a former senior deputy district attorney and current ABC News legal analyst—discusses cases from his career, how they strained his personal life, and how he found peace seeking justice for victims and their families. Part taxonomy of murder, part prosecutor’s handbook, and part personal memoir, The Book of Murder goes through a dozen cases and his recollections of his 26 years in the Orange County DA’s office (17 in the Homicide Unit).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- By Last Lemming on 10-04-24
By: Matt Murphy
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The Swimmer
- A Novel
- By: Loreth Anne White
- Narrated by: Reba Buhr
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,179
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,130
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,130
Socially awkward Chloe Cooper divides her time between dog walking, bartending, caring for her ailing mother, and at a safe distance, watching people and inventing the stories of their lives. Like Chloe’s new neighbors: glamorous influencer Jemma Spengler and Jemma’s husband, Adam, a renowned surgeon. They’re attractive, wealthy, and in a house of open windows, so exposed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Captivating Characters
- By K. Elle Kinsey on 11-15-24
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- Maria Herrera
- 12-21-23
Realness
The dialogue and situations stay true to the characters rendering them hauntingly beautiful even in their frailty. I cared about them. I felt vexed at times but always found my way to cheering them on … I’ll be reading more from Mr. Vlautin.
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- rjcohn
- 10-03-23
Tragically beautiful, yet hopeful
Willy dares to go where most writers never tread. This novel explores the depths of what it means to live on the fringe, to barely survive and yet to still find hope and beauty in this world. The narration is perfection. If this story doesn’t move you, nothing will.
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