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The Gift of an Ordinary Day
- A Mother's Memoir
- By: Katrina Kenison
- Narrated by: Katrina Kenison
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4 out of 5 stars 57
The Gift of an Ordinary Day is an intimate memoir of a family in transition, with boys becoming teenagers, careers ending and new ones opening up, and an attempt to find a deeper sense of plac - and a slower pace - in a small New England town. This is a story of mid-life longings and discoveries, of lessons learned in the search for home and a new sense of purpose, and the bittersweet intensity of life with teenagers - holding on, letting go.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Life's moments.
- By t h. on 02-05-17
- The Gift of an Ordinary Day
- A Mother's Memoir
- By: Katrina Kenison
- Narrated by: Katrina Kenison
Disappointing all around
Reviewed: 12-16-23
A friend recommended this so I stuck with it, hoping it would improve, but it didn’t. The author comes across as selfish, untrustworthy, and thoughtless. She drags her family along as she swings between urges and regrets in a self-centered narrative. She is controlling and manipulative, self-satisfied, and blissfully ignorant of her enormous privilege. A few nice descriptions tucked in with very ordinary prose.
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