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Jessica
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 19 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,430
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,053
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,049
Jessica is based on the inspiring true story of a young girl's fight for justice against tremendous odds. A tomboy, Jessica is the pride of her father, as they work together on the struggling family farm. One quiet day, the peace of the bush is devastated by a terrible murder. Only Jessica is able to save the killer from the lynch mob: but will justice prevail in the courts? Nine months later, a baby is born...with Jessica determined to guard the secret of the father's identity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No light reading!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-04-10
- Jessica
- By: Bryce Courtenay
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
Jessica is a hidden gem!
Reviewed: 10-05-07
Bryce Courtenay was unknown to me until my niece told me about his "Power of One". Jessica is his 4th book I've read (listened to) and was just as richly detailed and filled with characters unique and complicated as previous reads. Jessica's story takes you out of contemporary times and sets you down in the middle of 1914 Australian bush country. The detail of the landscape and Jessica's spirit and drive will be with you long after you finish. For me Jessica is one of those books that are hard to follow - once you finish it and want to begin other books they pale in comparison. Other Bryce Courtenay books I loved and would put in my top 10 best loved/most enjoyed are "The Power of One" and "Tandia." Review written by Robert's wife Denise
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Water for Elephants
- By: Sara Gruen
- Narrated by: David LeDoux, John Randolph Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23,000
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14,539
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14,617
Why we think it’s a great listen: Some books are meant to be read; others are meant to be heard – Water for Elephants falls into the second group, and is one of the best examples we have of how a powerful performance enhances a great story. Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Rosie the bull elephant?
- By Randall on 07-22-07
- Water for Elephants
- By: Sara Gruen
- Narrated by: David LeDoux, John Randolph Jones
Not spectacular
Reviewed: 09-16-07
There were so many spectacular reviews for this book I decided to give it a listen. While it had an interesting setting and unique characters the action was just not there unless you count the ending. I didn't NOT enjoy it but can not recommend it without reservations.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
- By: Khaled Hosseini
- Narrated by: Atossa Leoni
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,875
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,965
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,983
Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss, and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them, in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul, they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Completely brilliant
- By Suze Weinberg on 06-01-07
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- By: Khaled Hosseini
- Narrated by: Atossa Leoni
Who doesn't love it?
Reviewed: 09-14-07
I can't imagine anyone not loving it. My father who is 70 even listened to it and loved it along with The Kite Runner.
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