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Homecoming
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Claire Foy
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
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Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, a local deliveryman makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia. Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for nearly two decades, she now finds herself laid off from her full-time job and struggling to make ends meet. Until a phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney.
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Loved the compelling audiobook version!
- By Melissas Bookshelf on 04-07-23
- Homecoming
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Claire Foy
Magnificently Creative!!!!!
Reviewed: 07-13-24
I have read every Kate Morton book and feel everyone is more than wonderful! Her style, choice of beautiful and precise words, unique characters and perfect settings keep her as one of my top 3 authors. Please, Kate, release another soon!!
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Salt to the Sea
- By: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, many with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff. Forced by circumstance to unite, the three find their strength, courage, and trust in each other tested with each step closer to safety. Just when it seems freedom is within their grasp, tragedy strikes.
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Haunting Historical YA Fiction
- By FanB14 on 02-19-16
- Salt to the Sea
- By: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, Michael Crouch
Anger and sadness
Reviewed: 03-27-24
I just cannot continue. It may get better but I just don’t need this as my listen now. I am surprised that this has been selected as a Battle of the Books for middle school twice in NC.
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Have You Seen Luis Velez?
- By: Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn’t belong. Not with his mother’s new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father’s wife. Not at school, where he’s an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he’s tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who’s introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez?
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Disappointed
- By Mark on 01-31-20
- Have You Seen Luis Velez?
- By: Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
Kindness
Reviewed: 01-24-24
This was such a sweet story of kindness. I loved it! I loved the characters. I loved that it was about ordinary people being kind in the best way they could… by being themselves and noticing others.
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Prisoners of Geography
- Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
- By: Tim Marshall
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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Maps have a mysterious hold over us. Whether ancient, crumbling parchments or generated by Google, maps tell us things we want to know, not only about our current location or where we are going but about the world in general. And yet, when it comes to geo-politics, much of what we are told is generated by analysts and other experts who have neglected to refer to a map of the place in question.
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It's a Book about Maps! Please provide the Maps!
- By Sherry on 06-19-17
- Prisoners of Geography
- Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
- By: Tim Marshall
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Great!!
Reviewed: 10-29-23
So well done! I learned so much! Tim's knowledge and straightforward way of conveying was perfect for me!
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The Henna Artist
- By: Alka Joshi
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist - and confidante - to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own....
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Lyrical and inspiring
- By Alisa Hagerty on 04-23-20
- The Henna Artist
- By: Alka Joshi
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
Loved This Story!!!
Reviewed: 10-09-23
The setting, the characters, the plight of the women...all made a wonderful story!! Th reader was great!!
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Pieces of Her
- By: Karin Slaughter
- Narrated by: Kathleen Early
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
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What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone you never knew at all? Andrea Cooper knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows Laura has spent nearly her whole life in the small beach town of Belle Isle, Georgia; she knows Laura's never wanted anything more than to lead a quiet, normal life in this conventional community; she knows Laura's a kind and beloved speech pathologist who helps others; she knows Laura's never kept a secret in her life. Andrea knows that Laura is everything she isn't—confident, settled, sure of herself.
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OUTSTANDING BOOK!!
- By shelley on 08-22-18
- Pieces of Her
- By: Karin Slaughter
- Narrated by: Kathleen Early
Not Very Good
Reviewed: 09-09-23
I didn't like or care about any of the characters.
There was so many detailed violent descriptions it was tiring. The book could have been a lot shorter.
It was a waste of my time.
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Violeta
- A Novel
- By: Isabel Allende, Frances Riddle
- Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth.
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Not my favorite....
- By Pat Brett on 02-14-22
- Violeta
- A Novel
- By: Isabel Allende, Frances Riddle
- Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi
OMGOSH This was soooo good!!!
Reviewed: 05-04-23
I wanted to curl up in a chair and pretend my own grandmother was telling me her story. Characters, story, narration--exquisite!! Bravo!!!
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Hamnet
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Ell Potter
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family’s land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever.
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A masterpiece
- By Molly-o on 08-03-20
- Hamnet
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Ell Potter
Excellent!!
Reviewed: 03-23-23
The story, the beautiful precise language, the passion...soooo good! The reader was absolutely perfect!! I loved every minute!!
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A Quiet Life in the Country
- A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 1
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life. But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There's a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation...
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excellent!
- By J.L. on 02-27-17
- A Quiet Life in the Country
- A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 1
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
very nice cozy mystery!
Reviewed: 01-14-23
I thought the characters, setting, plot and ending were delightful!! I recommend! I will look for the sequel.
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The Last Green Valley
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
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In late March 1944, as Stalin’s forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: Do they wait for the Soviet bear’s intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia? Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves - murderous Nazi officers who have pledged to protect “pure-blood” Germans? The Martels are one of many families of German heritage whose ancestors have farmed in Ukraine for more than a century.
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Too Religious
- By Laurie N. on 06-02-21
- The Last Green Valley
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan
- Narrated by: Will Damron
Fantastic Writing
Reviewed: 08-06-22
I loved Under the Tuscan Sky, and oh my gosh, Mark Sullivan has done it again!!! Thank you Mark, for sharing these stories with us. You have a gift, and these people had such heart and soul to get through such terrible ordeals, and live a wonderful life. We all benefit from knowing their stories.
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