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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
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Wow! It’s a Masterpiece
- By Billy on 10-25-22
- Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
One of the best books ever
Reviewed: 06-28-23
The narration is perfect and this novel is beautiful, heartbreaking and full of grace. A must read/listen.
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City of Girls
- A Novel
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance.
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A strong story
- By Anita Kristensen on 06-08-19
- City of Girls
- A Novel
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
Simple and beautiful story
Reviewed: 08-02-19
I almost felt like this was two stories in one or two separate books. The second half was my favorite. Not sure that the title applies beyond the first part with the theater, but loved the story and narration.
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The Last Romantics
- A Novel
- By: Tara Conklin
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In the spring of 1981, the young Skinner siblings - fierce Renee, dreamy Caroline, golden boy Joe, and watchful Fiona - lose their father to a heart attack and their mother to a paralyzing depression, events that thrust them into a period they will later call “the Pause”. Caught between the predictable life they once led and an uncertain future that stretches before them, the siblings navigate the dangers and resentments of the Pause to emerge fiercely loyal and deeply connected. Two decades later, the Skinners find themselves again confronted with a family crisis....
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Maybe the best book I ever read
- By Plundered treasure on 02-16-19
- The Last Romantics
- A Novel
- By: Tara Conklin
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Beautiful!
Reviewed: 06-14-19
Thorough and heartbreaking, these characters will stay with you long after. For those who loved The Immortalists and A Place for Us, this family will become your own.
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Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites listeners into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms.
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Didn't know what I was getting into
- By Kenneth Woodward on 12-05-18
- Becoming
- By: Michelle Obama
- Narrated by: Michelle Obama
beautifully written & narrated
Reviewed: 02-03-19
Made me weepy at times, Michelle Obama is the ordinary girl living an extraordinary life (as she so eloquently states in her book).
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When Life Gives You Lululemons
- A Devil Wears Prada Novel
- By: Lauren Weisberger
- Narrated by: Laura Benanti
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Welcome to Greenwich, CT, where the lawns are manicured, the Long Island iced teas are extra strong, and heads turn when an infamous new neighbor arrives for an extended long weekend. After Emily Charlton left Miranda Priestly and Runway magazine, she migrated to L.A with her husband, working as an image consultant to the stars. But recently Emily's lost a few clients. She's struggling. When the opportunity arrives to reinvent and relaunch a gorgeous former model whose mugshot graces the cover of the New York Post, Emily jumps at the chance. Relaunching Karolina is the big leagues.
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Great reader! The acting was the best I've heard!
- By Amazon Customer on 06-18-18
- When Life Gives You Lululemons
- A Devil Wears Prada Novel
- By: Lauren Weisberger
- Narrated by: Laura Benanti
fun & easy
Reviewed: 09-15-18
Fun and a great homage to Devil Wears Prada! Miranda even makes a few entertaining appearances.
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A Place for Us
- A Novel
- By: Fatima Farheen Mirza
- Narrated by: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
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As an Indian wedding gathers a family back together, parents Rafiq and Layla must reckon with the choices their children have made. There is Hadia, their headstrong eldest daughter, whose marriage is a match of love and not tradition. Huda, the middle child, determined to follow in her sister’s footsteps. And lastly, their estranged son, Amar, who returns to the family fold for the first time in three years to take his place as brother of the bride.
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Started on Audible, finished with a book in my hand
- By CO Mom on 09-17-18
- A Place for Us
- A Novel
- By: Fatima Farheen Mirza
- Narrated by: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra
brilliant and heartbreaking
Reviewed: 08-07-18
Few books are able to touch the heart as Fatima has with A Place for Us. The characters and their journeys will stay with me indefinitely.
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Call Me by Your Name
- A Novel
- By: André Aciman
- Narrated by: Armie Hammer
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Call Me by Your Name first swept across the world in 2007. It is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. During the restless summer weeks, unrelenting but buried currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them and verge toward the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.
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Amazing.
- By Nico L. on 10-07-17
- Call Me by Your Name
- A Novel
- By: André Aciman
- Narrated by: Armie Hammer
Poetic, hypnotic.
Reviewed: 01-19-18
One of my favorite books of all time. Armie's narration made it all the more significant. Poetic and often hypnotized, I never wanted it to end.
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