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House of Sand and Fog
- Narrado por: Andre Dubus III, Fontaine Dollas Dubus
- Duración: 13 h y 53 m
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Drawn by their competing desires to the same small house in the California hills and doomed by their tragic inability to understand one another, the three converge in an explosive collision course. Combining unadorned realism with profound empathy, House of Sand and Fog marks the arrival of a major new voice in American fiction.
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- Book Sense Book of the Year Award Finalist, Adult Fiction, 2001
"We've got all the ingredients for an old-fashioned tragedy. Brilliantly written, and presented with feeling, this is one of the saddest stories ever told." (AudioFile)
"Dubus has created a novel that is nearly perfectly suited to the audio format....The reading by the author and his wife is sublime." (Publishers Weekly)
"Dubus sets out the growing confrontation with chilly ingenuity and a remarkably observant compassion....[A] fine and prophetic novel." (Los Angeles Times)
"Dubus writes gorgeous prose with a noirish edge." (Booklist)
"An enthralling tragedy." (Kirkus)
"Dubus...is clearly a talent to be reckoned with....House of Sand and Fog is a page-turner with a beating heart." (Boston Golobe)
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Growing up in a world of physical and emotional poverty, Ruth believes her shrewish mother's assessment of her - that she is dimwitted and worthless. When she marries an emotionally unstable ne'er-do-well, her troubles only multiply. Her job at the dry cleaners can't afford her little family the luxury of moving out of her mother's house. As the incessant bickering between her troubled husband and her abusive mother reaches a violent climax, Ruth must find a way to survive.
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It Enters Your Soul
- De C. Byrnes en 03-30-09
De: Jane Hamilton
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We Were the Mulvaneys
- De: Joyce Carol Oates
- Narrado por: Scott Shina
- Duración: 22 h y 48 m
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Judd is the youngest of the four Mulvaney children - three boys and a girl - on their parents’ lush farm in upstate New York. In his childhood, Judd is swept along by the sheer energy of the Mulvaneys and their wealth of beloved family stories. But now, 30 years old, Judd looks back through his memories to tell the secrets that eventually ripped apart the fabric of his storybook family.
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Overlooked Masterpiece
- De Jason en 10-26-12
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Vinegar Hill
- De: A. Manette Ansay
- Narrado por: Debra Monk
- Duración: 6 h y 45 m
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It is 1972 when circumstance carries Ellen Grier and her family back to Holly's Field, Wisconsin. Dutifully accompanying her newly unemployed husband, Ellen brings her two children to Vinegar Hill, the home of her in-laws. It's a loveless house suffused with the settling dust of bitterness and routine. Calculated cruelty is a way of life there, preserved and perpetuated in the service of a rigid, exacting and angry God.
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Every woman should read this book!
- De Kaye Giuliani en 05-15-18
De: A. Manette Ansay
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Jewel
- De: Bret Lott
- Narrado por: Celia Weston
- Duración: 5 h y 36 m
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When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome. Jewel is the story of how quickly a life can change; how, like lightning, an unforeseen event can set us on a course without reason or compass. In this story of a woman's devotion to the child who is both her burden and God's singular way of smiling on her, Bret Lott has created a mother-daughter relationship of matchless intensity and beauty, and one of the finest, most indomitable heroines in contemporary American fiction.
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Unnesesary & overuse of the phrase 'Nigga Women'
- De Ashley N. Wilkins en 04-18-18
De: Bret Lott
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The Road Back to Sweetgrass
- A Novel
- De: Linda LeGarde Grover
- Narrado por: Charlotte Flyte
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
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Set in northern Minnesota, The Road Back to Sweetgrass follows Dale Ann, Theresa, and Margie, a trio of American Indian women, from the 1970s to the present, observing their coming of age and the intersection of their lives as they navigate love, economic hardship, loss, and changing family dynamics on the fictional Mozhay Point reservation. As young women, all three leave their homes. Margie and Theresa go to Duluth for college and work; there Theresa gets to know a handsome Indian boy, Michael Washington, who invites her home to the Sweetgrass land allotment to meet his father, Zho Wash.
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Harrowing and haunting
- De Ana-Rosa Cruz en 03-11-24
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Icy Sparks
- De: Gwyn Hyman Rubio
- Narrado por: Kate Miller
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
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A funny, sad, and transcendent story of a young girl growing up in Appalachia. The New York Times Book Review called this Oprah Book Club selection "vivid and unforgettable."
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Icy made me warm.
- De Alene en 03-28-03
De: Gwyn Hyman Rubio
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Gap Creek
- The Story of a Marriage
- De: Robert Morgan
- Narrado por: Kate Forbes
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
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Young Julie Harmon works "hard as a man", they say, so hard that at times she's not sure she can stop. People depend on her to slaughter the hogs and nurse the dying. People are weak, and there is so much to do. At just 17 she marries and moves down into the valley of Gap Creek, where perhaps life will be better. But Julie and Hank's new life in the valley, in the last years of the 19th century, is more complicated than the couple ever imagined.
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GAP creek Review
- De Naomi Prusi en 06-15-21
De: Robert Morgan
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White Oleander
- De: Janet Fitch
- Narrado por: Oprah Winfrey
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
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In this gripping first novel, a young girl, orphaned when her mother murders an ex-lover, endures the shuffle of a foster child's life. Oprah enjoyed her book club pick so much that she narrates the audiobook edition!
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White Oleander
- De Tracy en 04-09-04
De: Janet Fitch
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Here on Earth
- De: Alice Hoffman
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
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March Murray, along with her 15-year-old daughter, Gwen, returns to the small Massachusetts town where she grew up to attend the funeral of Judith Dale, the beloved housekeeper who raised her. After nearly 20 years of living in California, March is thrust into the world of her past.
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The magical realm of Alice Hoffman
- De Brendolynne en 07-09-12
De: Alice Hoffman
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Ernest Hemingway on Writing
- De: Larry W. Phillips - editor
- Narrado por: John Bedford Lloyd
- Duración: 2 h y 39 m
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An assemblage of reflections on the nature of writing and the writer from one the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Throughout Hemingway’s career as a writer, he maintained that it was bad luck to talk about writing - that it takes off “whatever butterflies have on their wings and the arrangement of hawk’s feathers if you show it or talk about it”.
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Smart book, good idea, good narrator, annoying
- De brendan f kelly en 08-04-21
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- Deborah Buskirk
- 04-26-14
Depressing
Very odd book. I almost quit 4 hours in. But because I was knitting while listening, I just let the audiobook continue. I'm glad I did.
The narration is lousy (the book version may be a better choice), BUT, that may be the way the author wanted it, since he was one of the narrators. Both female and male narrators were very monotone which added to this depressing story. Yes, be prepared, this is not a happy story in any way.
The book starts by describing the day to day lives of 2 totally different families. One is a military family escaped from Iran (naturalized US citizens). The other "family" is a recovering drug and alcohol addict, who's husband has left and she begins an affair with a married man.
We explore the lives, attitudes of all the characters and how they eventually merge together.
I found it interesting to listen to the lifestyle of the Iranians. Their thought process, the eating habits. (According to the book, when they drink tea, they put a sugar cube in their mouth, sip the tea and slurp is through the sugar cube. I'll have to try that.)
Trouble begins with a mistake on the city tax office's part. From their is a whirlwind of errors, misunderstanding, stubbornness that all escalates and merges these two families together forever. Unfortunately, the merge is by way of a totally downward spiral. One action leads to another, etc.
It reminds me of the movie "Falling Down", starring Michael Douglas, or a darker type of "Thelma and Louise".
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- Msvioletcharm
- 12-09-19
Great book but the ending
I thought the book was good the narrator's were great and did a absolute amazing job very easy to listen to them the womans monotone was very pleasant easily drawing you in you wanted to hear what she had to stay. the man's voices was stern to the point and not overly aggressive when not needed to be. I wish there was more to the ending it kindly left you like awe man now I dont know whats really become of them or how certain things played out. I guess it's just meant to leave you with your own assumptions on where this goes from here. but it was a great book overall. It also was very relatable as far as locations of these stories as im from the bay area the familiarity was nice.
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- Lin
- 03-10-04
Great Listening
Enjoyed this book and didn't want to interupt my listening time.
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- Thomas Marck
- 11-10-16
Riveting... Until it wasn't
At the beginning of the book I was raptured. The plot took a while to kick off but the characters were fascinating and kept me interested. After the climax-ish of the book it just dragged along. The falling action hardly played on these complicated and deep characters at all and then it was just kind of... over. Overall a really good book but don't expect much past the climax.
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- oak
- 05-13-22
Dark
Though a dark and at times depressing tale, it was a different kind of thoughtful story. Bleak as it was, the characters were unusual and unique. Definitely a clash of cultures so stark it was a learning experience. The reading was well done...but I did tire of Cathy's whiny voice!
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- Nathan Blubaugh
- 06-27-22
Like the movie with more detail
overall seeing the movie first and book second is a good idea for an series because you are typically disappointed by the movie. but now reading the book, I can say the screen adaption is fantastic. of course there are more details but really both are well done.
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- Lisa
- 06-08-04
Astounding characterizations, and wonderfully read
I found this audiobook absolutely riveting -- almost perfectly read, with the important twist of having separate male and female voices, given that the book is mostly a series of interior monologues from the various characters. Yes, you know they are all spiraling down to disaster, but the author has caught the internal voices of the characters very well, sometimes exquisitely. The Irani ex-colonel is particularly finely wrought, but I found the others well done also. The book is a meditation on the many different ways we organize our relationships with others, and how many different ways those relationships can fall apart. Father, mother, husband, wife, child, sibling, lover, immigrant, native, boss, subordinate, trainee, soldier in a strict military hierarchy -- Dubus manages to explore and say something interesting about all of these ties, with a bit of political and economic commentary that is subordinate to the more important themes. An amazing audiobook, one of the most satisfying I have listened to. My only criticism -- the brief interludes of music between sections are jarringly inappropriate. One caveat to this review: I have not seen the movie, so I came to the book without any movie-induced preconceptions.
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- Sriley721
- 04-27-08
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I bought this download based on the reviews. The reviewers didn't let me down. I never listen to an audio book at home or in the car because I save them for the train commute but this book is a true " cant put down" book. I listened at work, at home,the car and even in the grocery store. I like the way this book makes you think about the 2 sides to every story. A truly though provoking story, I enjoyed every minute
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- Elizabeth
- 12-26-07
Gripping
Dubus tackled many distinct voices and personalities--each a victim of life circumstances, but not one giving up until the end. My sympathies shifted from character to character as the story unfolded. I was moved by the hope expressed in the midst of hopeless situations, the continued efforts to look for one more solution--one more choice. Great Story!
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- R. David Mintz
- 12-18-08
Great story, beautifully narrated
This is one of the best audio books I have ever read. Beautifully written, perfectly narrated in two voices, timely in its content (politically and economically). Oprah comes through again with a winner.
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