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“I loved this book not just from the first chapter or the first page but from the first paragraph… The voice is just so honest and riveting and insightful about creativity and life.” —Curtis Sittenfeld
Following the breakout success of her critically acclaimed and award-winning novel Euphoria, Lily King returns with an unforgettable portrait of an artist as a young woman.
Blindsided by her mother’s sudden death and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child golf prodigy, she now waits tables in Harvard Square and rents a tiny, moldy room at the side of a garage where she works on the novel she has been writing for six years. At thirty-one, Casey is still clutching onto something nearly all her old friends have let go of: the determination to live a creative life. When she falls for two very different men at the same time, her world fractures even more. Casey’s fight to fulfill her creative ambitions and balance the conflicting demands of art and life is challenged in ways that push her to the brink.
Writers & Lovers follows Casey―a smart and achingly vulnerable protagonist―in the last days of a long youth, a time when every element of her life comes to a crisis. Written with King’s trademark humor, heart, and intelligence, Writers & Lovers is a transfixing novel that explores the terrifying and exhilarating leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my favorite books
- By Joey on 01-13-08
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One True Thing
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- Narrated by: Christina Moore
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 578
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 463
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 463
A young woman sits in jail, accused of the mercy killing of her dying mother. She didn't do it, but she thinks she knows who did. In the last months of her life, Ellen Gulden's mother revealed startling secrets that challenged everything Ellen believed about her family. Now, in jail, Ellen believes those secrets will tell her who had the courage to end her mother's suffering.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Quindlen's writing skills shine in One True Thing.
- By Bonny on 08-26-13
By: Anna Quindlen
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Tapestry of Fortunes
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- Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 122
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 112
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Story4 out of 5 stars 111
Cecilia Ross is looking for a change. She has decided to take time off from her job as a successful motivational speaker and sell her home. She moves in to a beautiful old house in St. Paul, Minnesota, complete with a big front porch, a wild garden, a chef's kitchen - and three roommates. The four women are different ages, but all are feeling restless, and want to take a roadtrip to find the people and things they miss.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Mellow story
- By Amazon Customer on 04-24-17
By: Elizabeth Berg
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The People We Keep
- By: Allison Larkin
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,924
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,345
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,326
Little River, New York, 1994: April Sawicki is living in a motorless motorhome that her father won in a poker game. Failing out of school, picking up shifts at a local diner, she’s left fending for herself in a town where she’s never quite felt at home. When she “borrows” her neighbor’s car to perform at an open mic night, she realizes her life could be much bigger than where she came from. After a fight with her dad, April packs her stuff and leaves for good, setting off on a journey to find a life that’s all hers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely loved this book!
- By chatteycathi on 08-09-21
By: Allison Larkin
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May We Be Forgiven
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- Narrated by: Andy Paris
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 146
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Story4 out of 5 stars 145
May We Be Forgiven, a darkly comic novel of 21st-century domestic life, stars Harold Silver, a historian who's always been jealous of his successful brother, George. But when the hot-tempered George is institutionalized for committing a violent act, Harold finds himself comforting his brother's wife and children. What follows is a scathing examination of a family so fractured it may never be whole again.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Give this one a try!
- By JWB on 02-13-13
By: A. M. Homes
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The Story of Arthur Truluv
- A Novel
- By: Elizabeth Berg
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Berg
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,372
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Three people find their way back from loss and loneliness to a different kind of belonging in this deeply moving novel. Arthur, an old widower struggling to overcome his grief, meets Maddy, a troubled teenage girl who avoids school by hiding out where Arthur goes every day for lunch. The two strike up a friendship that draws them out of isolation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Sickly Sweet
- By Amazon Customer on 01-19-18
By: Elizabeth Berg
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Lone Stars
- By: Justin Deabler
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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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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A Constellation of Roses
- By: Miranda Asebedo
- Narrated by: Katherine Littrell
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Ever since her troubled mother abandoned her, Trix McCabe has preferred to stay on the move. But when she lands with her long-lost relatives, she finds out that the McCabe women have talents like her own that defy explanation: pies that cure all ills, palm-reading that never misses the mark, knowledge of secrets that have never been told. Before long, Trix feels like she might finally have found somewhere she belongs. But when her past comes back to haunt her, she’ll have to decide whether to take a chance on this new life...or keep running from the one she’s always known.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Constellation of Scars
- By Dana Al-Basha on 04-22-20
By: Miranda Asebedo
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The UnAmericans
- Stories
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- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4 out of 5 stars 111
Again and again, Molly Antopol’s deeply sympathetic characters struggle for footing in an uncertain world, hounded by forces beyond their control. Their voices are intimate and powerful and they resonate with searing beauty. Antopol is a superb young talent, and The UnAmericans will long be remembered for its wit, humanity, and heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sensational stories! Brilliant new author.
- By MidwestGeek on 05-04-14
By: Molly Antopol
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Agatha of Little Neon
- By: Claire Luchette
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 102
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4 out of 5 stars 84
Agatha has lived every day of the last seven years with her sisters: They work together, laugh together, pray together. Their world is contained within the little house they share. The four of them are devoted to Mother Roberta and to their quiet, purposeful life. But when the parish goes broke, the sisters are forced to move. They land in Woonsocket, a former mill town now dotted with wind turbines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Xceptional!
- By Bebe Guill on 08-11-21
By: Claire Luchette
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Sweet Caroline
- Lowcountry, Book 1
- By: Rachel Hauck
- Narrated by: Cici Dee
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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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The Opposite of Loneliness
- Essays and Stories
- By: Marina Keegan
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 709
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 618
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Story4 out of 5 stars 623
Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at the New Yorker. Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash. Even though she was just 22 when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Probably buy the book too.
- By Soupergirl on 09-14-15
By: Marina Keegan
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Summer Hours
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- By: Amy Mason Doan
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Becc was the good girl. A dedicated student. Aspiring reporter. Always where she was supposed to be. Until a secret affair with the charming Cal one summer in college cost her everything she held dear: her journalism dreams; her relationship with her best friend, Eric; and her carefully imagined future. Now, Becc’s past is back front and center as she travels up the scenic California coast to a wedding - with a man she hasn’t seen in a decade. As each mile flies by, Becc can’t help but feel the thrilling push and pull of memories.
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5 out of 5 stars
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LOVED IT
- By Margaret on 04-30-20
By: Amy Mason Doan
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Labor Day
- By: Joyce Maynard
- Narrated by: Wilson Bethel
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 475
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 395
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Story4 out of 5 stars 396
In a manner evoking Ian McEwan's Atonement and Nick Hornby's About a Boy, acclaimed author Joyce Maynard weaves a beautiful, poignant tale of love, sex, adolescence, and devastating treachery as seen through the eyes of a young teenage boy - and the man he later becomes - looking back at an unexpected encounter that begins one single, long, hot, life-altering weekend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story but anti clamatic
- By Nana on 11-25-13
By: Joyce Maynard
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In Polite Company
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- By: Gervais Hagerty
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4 out of 5 stars 66
Tourists think they see the real Charleston, but Simons Smythe knows there’s more to her hometown than sweet tea and Southern hospitality. Behind the walled gardens, inside the fabled historic homes, live Charleston’s elite. Simons was born into this powerful aristocracy that has quietly ruled the city for centuries.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Sarah A on 08-31-21
By: Gervais Hagerty
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All Manner of Things
- By: Susie Finkbeiner
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story5 out of 5 stars 55
When Annie Jacobson's brother Mike enlists as a medic in the Army in 1967, he hands her a piece of paper with the address of their long-estranged father. If anything should happen to him in Vietnam, Mike says, Annie must let their father know. In Mike's absence, their father returns to face tragedy at home, adding an extra measure of complication to an already tense time. As they work toward healing and pray fervently for Mike's safety overseas, letter by letter the Jacobsons must find a way to pull together as a family, regardless of past hurts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Real fiction
- By Katijanae on 01-19-23
By: Susie Finkbeiner
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Surfside Sisters
- A Novel
- By: Nancy Thayer
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 743
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 680
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 680
A Nantucket woman returns home to find that reunions aren’t always simple, in this heartwarming novel from the New York Times bestselling author. Keely Green always dreamed of leaving the beautiful shores of Nantucket to become a writer. Now she’s a bestselling novelist living in New York City, attending glamorous cocktail parties, mingling with the literary elite, and dating a charming pediatric surgeon. But a moment of clarity strikes when Keely’s boyfriend suddenly wants to settle down and her editor rejects her latest novel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too fluffy!
- By LoRe Bolling on 07-10-19
By: Nancy Thayer
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Chanel Bonfire
- By: Wendy Lawless
- Narrated by: Wendy Lawless
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4 out of 5 stars 63
By the time Wendy Lawless turned 17, she'd known for quite some time that she didn't have a normal mother. But that didn't stop her from wanting one.... Georgann Rea didn't bake cookies or go to PTA meetings; she wore a mink coat and always had a lit Dunhill plugged into her cigarette holder. She went through men like Kleenex, and didn't like dogs or children. Georgann had the ice queen beauty of a Hitchcock heroine and the cold heart to match.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not an Engaging Listen
- By Sobriquet on 03-13-13
By: Wendy Lawless
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Elisabeth, an accomplished journalist and new mother, is struggling to adjust to life in a small town after nearly 20 years in New York City. Alone in the house with her infant son all day (and awake with him much of the night), she feels uneasy, adrift. She neglects her work, losing untold hours to her Brooklyn moms' Facebook group, her "influencer" sister's Instagram feed, and text messages with the best friend she never sees anymore. Enter Sam, a senior at the local women's college, whom Elisabeth hires to babysit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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thought provoking story
- By Barbara S on 07-26-20
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Mouth to Mouth
- A Novel
- By: Antoine Wilson
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 611
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 518
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In a first-class lounge at JFK airport, our narrator listens as Jeff Cook, a former classmate he only vaguely remembers, shares the uncanny story of his adult life—a life that changed course years before, the moment he resuscitated a drowning man. Jeff reveals that after that traumatic, galvanizing morning on the beach, he was compelled to learn more about the man whose life he had saved, convinced that their fates were now entwined.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing Premise
- By David P on 03-14-22
By: Antoine Wilson
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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
- A Novel
- By: Emily Austin
- Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 465
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 398
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Story4 out of 5 stars 398
Gilda, a 20-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she’s there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gilda & Eleanor Would be Friends
- By K Nieto on 07-14-21
By: Emily Austin
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Open City
- A Novel
- By: Teju Cole
- Narrated by: Teju Cole
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks meet a need for Julius: They are a release from the tightly regulated mental environment of work, and they give him the opportunity to process his relationships, his recent breakup with his girlfriend, his present, his past. Though he is navigating the busy parts of town, the impression of countless faces does nothing to assuage his feelings of isolation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Author’s narration is special.
- By Bruce on 02-11-24
By: Teju Cole
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Little Weirds
- By: Jenny Slate
- Narrated by: Jenny Slate
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 960
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 953
You may "know" Jenny Slate from her Netflix special, Stage Fright, as the creator of Marcel the Shell, or as the star of Obvious Child. But you don't really know Jenny Slate until you get bonked on the head by her absolutely singular writing style. To see the world through Jenny's eyes is to see it as though for the first time, shimmering with strangeness and possibility.
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5 out of 5 stars
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softness is earned and it is wonderful
- By Van on 12-09-19
By: Jenny Slate
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Conversations with Friends
- A Novel
- By: Sally Rooney
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,837
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,422
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,422
Frances is a cool-headed and darkly observant young woman vaguely pursuing a career in writing while studying in Dublin. Her best friend and comrade-in-arms is the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi. At a local poetry performance one night, Frances and Bobbi catch the eye of Melissa, a well-known photographer, and as the girls are then gradually drawn into Melissa's world, Frances is reluctantly impressed by the older woman's sophisticated home and tall, handsome husband, Nick.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting point of view; glad I listened!
- By Amazon Customer on 08-23-17
By: Sally Rooney
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Exciting Times
- A Novel
- By: Naoise Dolan
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 222
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 189
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An intimate, bracingly intelligent debut novel about a millennial Irish expat who becomes entangled in a love triangle with a male banker and a female lawyer. Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children. Julian is a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than "I like you a great deal".
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3 out of 5 stars
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It was ok...
- By zobo on 06-25-20
By: Naoise Dolan
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- Rebecca
- 07-15-22
Authentic characters
I felt like I could relate to Casey as if she were someone I once knew. The narrator captures her spirit beautifully.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-08-20
First book in years! Book Club Belair.
Really liked the reader, Glemboski. Alot of the story she was depressed but true to life for a writer. I love the happy endings as we all know life evolves!
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- tinka
- 12-11-20
Let’s just say it’s not what I expected
Sometimes it’s good when the story surprises you ! But this surprise was .....”that’s it, that’s the end, they just said the end and the credits are rolling, ok this is weird.” If you enjoy being let down and maybe dumbfounded, you should read this book. Good airport read maybe?
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- Becky
- 07-07-20
Writer's and Lovers
Loved it! I could relate! Characters very realistic. I was sorry when the book ended!
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- JJdad
- 07-23-23
fabulous detail, credible surprises!
I thoroughly enjoyed the expressive detail in King's writing, and the turns in the story that were often less than obvious, but never disappointing - believable and well developed. The author effectively helps us step back and understand the arc of the story.
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- Hayley
- 04-30-24
Beautiful
A beautiful portrayal of womanhood, grief, youth, and genuine characters who make mistakes. I won’t forget this book anytime soon
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- Anonymous User
- 03-08-20
A refreshing heartfelt story
This book was a refreshing change. Author made me feel like we all have our own unique problems.The problems we have may not always work out the way we think but in some way they just may work out better than we thought they would. we all are aa little crazy
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- Jennifer Sethre
- 11-22-21
Unexpectedly AMAZING
At first when I started reading this book, I was confused and sad because my mom died unexpectedly too. I didn’t think I had the courage to read or listen to this book. But it turns out this was exactly the unexpected thing that I needed. The storytelling was beautiful, thoughtful, deliberate and real. I don’t want to give the ending away. But I too today; am an a fearless blue giraffe for the first time in a long time. Lily, thank you for your beautiful, honest, raw look at life and how one event can change the direction of your life from unimaginably painful into unimaginably beautiful and hopeful.
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- Kelly Johnston Art
- 08-19-21
Loved it!
Such beautiful writing! I really enjoyed this one and was sad when it was over.
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- T. Hartzell
- 05-01-20
Lackluster story
This was a struggle to finish. I didn't really care about the story until the last hour & a half. If it weren't for this being the book picked by my book club, I probably wouldn't have finished it. We all agreed, the last 45 minutes of story were the best.
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