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Narrated by:
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Tamika Katon-Donegal
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By:
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Jas Hammonds
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Family secrets, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in We Deserve Monuments, a YA debut from Jas Hammonds that explores how racial violence can ripple down through generations.
What’s more important? Knowing the truth or keeping the peace?
Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is convinced her senior year is ruined when she's uprooted from her life in DC and forced into the hostile home of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery’s mom and Mama Letty makes for a frosty arrival and unearths past drama they refuse to talk about. Every time Avery tries to look deeper, she’s turned away, leaving her desperate to learn the secrets that split her family in two.
While tempers flare in her avoidant family, Avery finds friendship in unexpected places: in Simone Cole, her captivating next-door neighbor, and Jade Oliver, daughter of the town’s most prominent family—whose mother’s murder remains unsolved.
As the three girls grow closer—Avery and Simone’s friendship blossoming into romance—the sharp-edged opinions of their small southern town begin to hint at something insidious underneath. The racist history of Bardell, Georgia is rooted in Avery’s family in ways she can’t even imagine. With Mama Letty's health dwindling every day, Avery must decide if digging for the truth is worth toppling the delicate relationships she's built in Bardell—or if some things are better left buried.
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Rosa Santos is cursed by the sea - at least, that's what they say. Dating her is bad news, especially if you're a boy with a boat. But Rosa feels more caught than cursed - caught between cultures and choices, between her abuela, a beloved healer and pillar of their community, and her mother, an artist who crashes in and out of her life like a hurricane. As her college decision looms, Rosa collides - literally - with Alex Aquino, the mysterious boy with tattoos of the ocean whose family owns the marina.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nice Idea, Boring Story
- By Doha on 07-27-19
By: Nina Moreno
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To Be With You
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- Narrated by: Amy Deuchler
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 83
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Leah Vasquez and Victoria Lockwood should not fall in love. They're smart enough to know a star-crossed lovers situation never works. Leah's a loner from the poor side of town, working two jobs, and aching to leave their sleepy hometown in her rear view forever. Victoria lives in a mansion with her overbearing parents, surrounded by friends and known to none of them, living what others consider a charmed life. When Leah rescues Victoria from a freak rainstorm, they discover an unexpected understanding, and an undeniable spark.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excuse Me While I Weep…
- By HunniBFly84 on 10-12-24
By: TJ O'Shea
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Lone Stars
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- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26
Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warner, a father at last, wrestles with a question his husband posed: what will you tell our son about the people you came from, now that they're gone? Finding the answers takes Julian back in time to Eisenhower's immigration border raids, an epistolary love affair during the Vietnam War, crumbling marriages, queer migrations to Cambridge and New York, up to the disorienting polarization of Obama's second term.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read for bookclub but fell in Love
- By Ericka Lawson on 09-11-22
By: Justin Deabler
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Color Me In
- By: Natasha Díaz
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 86
Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, 16-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom's family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the first time. Nevaeh wants to get to know her extended family, but because she inadvertently passes as white, her cousin thinks she's too privileged, pampered, and selfish to relate to the injustices African Americans face on a daily basis.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed feelings about this book
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By: Natasha Díaz
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Surrender Bay
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- By: Denise Hunter
- Narrated by: Kathryn Lynhurst
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Samantha Owens' estranged stepfather has died, leaving her his cottage in Nantucket - a place she fled years ago, never planning to return. As a single mom, Samantha can't afford to pass up a financial windfall like oceanfront property. So she travels home to fix up the house and sell it...never suspecting that Landon Reed still lives two doors down. As their long-dormant romance begins to bud again, Samantha must face a past that separated her from the God of her childhood. And she must tell Landon why she fled the island in the first place - a secret that could tear them apart.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Cody Wheeler on 04-28-20
By: Denise Hunter
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The Library of Lost Things
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother’s hoarding and pretend her life is simply ordinary. But when a new property manager becomes more active in the upkeep of their apartment complex, the only home Darcy has ever known outside of her books suddenly hangs in the balance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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loved it!
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Where I Left Her
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4 out of 5 stars 63
Whitney had some misgivings when she dropped her increasingly moody teenage daughter, Amelia, off at Lauren’s house. She’d never met the parents, and usually she’d go in, but Amelia clearly wasn’t going to let something so humiliating happen, so instead Whitney waved to her daughter before pulling away from the little house with the roses in front. But when she goes back the next day, an elderly couple answers the door - Amelia and Lauren aren’t there, and this couple swears they never were, that she’s at the wrong house.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Kept me guessing!!
- By Sheppardspie on 09-13-21
By: Amber Garza
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The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 245
Everything Hope knows about the Orchard House is from the stories of her late mother. So when she arrives at the northern Michigan family estate late one night with a terrible secret and her 10-year-old daughter in tow, she’s not sure if she’ll be welcomed or turned away with a shotgun by the aunt she has never met.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Really Enjoyed It
- By Kathryn @theBookDate on 03-30-21
By: Molly Fader
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The House on Blackberry Hill
- By: Donna Alward
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Abby Foster is a fish out of water in the Maine coastal town of Jewell Cove. The crumbling Foster estate, left to her by a relative she never even knew, has everyone's eyes on her - an eerie reminder of the long-buried family secrets that have haunted her... forever. Single, stunning, and sometimes too strong-willed for her own good, Abby's plan is to sell the house and hightail it back to Nova Scotia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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AMAZING Story!!!
- By Purple Emily on 06-26-21
By: Donna Alward
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Horrid
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- Narrated by: Heather Costa
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 82
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 71
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 71
Following her father's death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother grew up. All they want is a fresh start, but behind North Manor's doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone...and more tormented.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Reader
- By Kindle Customer on 11-14-21
By: Katrina Leno
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Sweet Caroline
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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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
- By Dr. Elaine L. Wilmore on 01-09-23
By: Rachel Hauck
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Whole life is slayed...
- By AudioBookHoe on 05-16-19
What listeners say about We Deserve Monuments
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- BAE
- 01-12-23
Narrator did this justice! Loved it!
Grace is given to every member of this complicated and beautiful extended family by the author. It got me through the difficult parts and left me with hope. I think the narrator was perfect for the story and did a gorgeous job.
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- Yvette D. Murrell
- 02-05-23
Beautifully complex and moving!
Souk moving story with deep roots. Outstanding character development. Engaging narration. Listen again and again!
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-24-24
Wow…
Pain is heavy and beautiful when your life is an amalgam of marginalized identities wrapped in the hopes of a dreamer. May I be so honored to know love in all its forms.
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- AmyHH
- 01-18-23
absolutely stunning
One of those books I wish I could start all over again from the beginning. compelling characters, a phenomenal vocal performance, and a mystery at the heart of it all. cannot recommend this highly enough!!!
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- Dominique Joseph
- 08-10-23
10/10 Would Recommend
This was a phenomenal read. This book explored a mother-daughter relationship where unhealed trauma and grief manifested itself in so many ways - alcoholism being one of them. It mapped out the domino effect it had on the lives of not only them (mother and daughter) but also the people in their lives. It touched on so many tumultuous topics that people of color have had to navigate in their own lives over the years - racism, homosexuality, generational wealth acquired from slavery (plantation house). It was beautifully written. 10/10
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- Steph L
- 02-12-23
A compelling YA story
I’ve been trying to read/listen to books with different perspectives from my own life experiences and this was great for that. It’s a little more on the YA side than I realized but I enjoyed it. It touches on some very big and important topics - like the reality of life for many people in the post Jim Crow south.
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- Virginia H. Foxworth
- 07-19-24
LOVED this book!
The characters were all so real and distinct from each other. The main characters were all measured, magnificent and flawed. I adored each of them. There are lots of unexpected twists and turns. It’s a beautiful love story on many levels - parents and children, young lovers, older couples, straight, gay, dead and alive. You can’t help but feel good and enriched listening to this book. The reader was FANTASTIC! She was great overall, but the way she captured the two young protagonists was beyond perfect!!!
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- Cheerovereverything
- 08-20-24
Powerful story
This book is seriously underrated! I’m
Planning to share this book in BGR2 on fb. I’m so glad I took a chance and read it. I was captivated by the title and now I’ll be looking for other books from this author!
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-07-24
The characters
All the messages and themes portrayed in this story makes the book super good and compelling to read!!
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- Derek Chatman
- 01-15-23
Great coming of age story
Great coming of age story. Well written colorful characters. It puts right into the feeling of the old south and modern southern America.
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