Catherine Eighmy
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Atonement
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3,170
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,216
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,211
In Atonement, three children lose their innocence, as the sweltering summer heat bears down on the hottest day in 1935, and their lives are changed forever. Cecilia Tallis is of England's priviledged class; Robbie Turner is the housekeeper's son. In their moment of intimate surrender, they are interrupted by Cecilia's hyperimaginative and scheming 13-year-old sister, Briony. And as chaos consumes the family, Briony commits a crime, the guilt of which she shall carry throughout her life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An amazing book about complex human perception
- By Amazon Customer on 08-17-04
- Atonement
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
The disappointing ending stood out most.
Reviewed: 09-21-24
The story was tedious and boring with no deep meaning. I read it twice thinking I had missed something important.
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Shelterwood
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Wingate
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Dan Bittner, Jenna Lamia
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 559
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 529
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 529
1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Radley knows that her stepfather is a threat to the two Choctaw girls boarded in their home. When the older girl disappears, Ollie flees, taking six-year-old Nessa with her. Together they begin a perilous journey to the remote Winding Stair Mountains, the territory of outlaws, treasure hunters, and desperate men. Along the way, they form an unlikely band with other children struggling to get by on their own.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hidden stories are the best
- By Mort on 11-09-24
- Shelterwood
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Wingate
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Dan Bittner, Jenna Lamia
Oklahoma Native Elf Children
Reviewed: 08-27-24
A fascinating story based on facts from a not-so long-ago time when Oklahoma was once Indian Territory.
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The Briar Club
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,204
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,882
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,882
Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship. Grace’s weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their lives, but she hides a terrible secret of her own.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Best writing and narrator!!
- By KareBear on 08-07-24
- The Briar Club
- A Novel
- By: Kate Quinn
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Kate Quinn: A master of historical female fiction?
Reviewed: 08-16-24
The Briar Club has become my favorite novel: a character study of female friendships and of composite happenings during the 1950’s in Washington D.C. Best of all, the telling of the tale is compelling, and the characters are complex. I wanted to live in this novel’s story being told to me.
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The Fair Botanists
- Could One Rare Plant Hold the Key to a Thousand Riches?
- By: Sara Sheridan
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
It's the summer of 1822, and Edinburgh is abuzz with rumours of King George IV's impending visit. In botanical circles, however, a different kind of excitement has gripped the city. In the newly installed Botanic Garden, the Agave Americana plant looks set to flower - an event that only occurs once every few decades. When newly widowed Elizabeth arrives in Edinburgh to live with her late husband's aunt, Clementina, she's determined to put her unhappy past in London behind her. As she settles into her new home, she becomes fascinated by the beautiful Botanic Garden.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Botanical Mistress of a Tale
- By Catherine Eighmy on 11-13-23
- The Fair Botanists
- Could One Rare Plant Hold the Key to a Thousand Riches?
- By: Sara Sheridan
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
A Botanical Mistress of a Tale
Reviewed: 11-13-23
This delightful story is about willfull women the 1800s, pursuing their fascination. The intricate story is flowered with botany and upstairs/downstairs life in Edinburgh, Scotland. Loved it!
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Tom Lake
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16,306
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15,084
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15,070
In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
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1 out of 5 stars
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So incredibly boring
- By Rhonda Morrison on 08-05-23
- Tom Lake
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
Disappointed for once…
Reviewed: 08-15-23
As a fan, I have admired Ann Patchett’s writing, but this book seemed tedious and without an interesting storyline.
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The White Lady
- A Novel
- By: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 758
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 628
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 625
A reluctant ex-spy with demons of her own, Elinor finds herself facing down one of the most dangerous organized crime gangs in London, ultimately exposing corruption from Scotland Yard to the highest levels of government. The private, quiet “Miss White" as Elinor is known, lives in a village in rural Kent, England, and to her fellow villagers seems something of an enigma. Well she might, as Elinor occupies a "grace and favor" property, a rare privilege offered to faithful servants of the Crown for services to the nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mystery Maven
- By Mystery Maven on 03-24-23
- The White Lady
- A Novel
- By: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
The White Lady, Another Winspear Treasure
Reviewed: 06-24-23
Such a fine author is Jacqueline Winspear. I have read all of her books. Maisie Dobbs is my favorite. Hearing this novel read by Orlagh Cassidy makes it extra special.
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West with Giraffes
- A Novel
- By: Lynda Rutledge
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,709
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,787
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,748
Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to become Southern California’s first giraffes. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gritty, sweet, amazing, sad, uplifting
- By FL Bird Woman on 02-19-21
- West with Giraffes
- A Novel
- By: Lynda Rutledge
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
A true adventure trip across America
Reviewed: 05-28-23
I was fascinated from the beginning by the details of the characters’ historical circumstance, their hopes, joys and human choices. Such a well told wonderful story!
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A World of Curiosities
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,568
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5,092
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,070
It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Sûreté du Québec investigators’ lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. Now they’ve arrived in the village of Three Pines. But to what end?
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2 out of 5 stars
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She’s jumped the shark
- By Icie in Vermont on 12-03-22
- A World of Curiosities
- A Novel
- By: Louise Penny
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
A Fascinating Puzzle
Reviewed: 12-23-22
At the book’s beginning, I had a hard time justifying the expected village wholesomeness, yet I was was quickly captivated by the way she used the Paston Treasure as a Trojan horse to cleverly transport clues and new information between characters and this puzzling plot. Louise Penny’s theme of forgiveness climbs bravely through this thoughtful novel. She has another winner.
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The Thursday Murder Club
- A Novel
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,608
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,285
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,253
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together, they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved the book but needed better audio production
- By Anne Rivers on 10-29-20
- The Thursday Murder Club
- A Novel
- By: Richard Osman
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville
Author wrote a book he would want to read.
Reviewed: 07-05-22
The author’s characters are obviously well known by him, and he listens to them as the plot unfolds. Each character is benignly human and comical in their individual ways. A delightful mystery about middle-class Brits with their biscuits and lemon-drizzle cake. Bravo!
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Leaving the Saints
- How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith
- By: Martha Beck
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 555
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 342
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 347
Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman's spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As "Mormon royalty" within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church's high elders, known as the apostles, and her existence was framed by their strict code of conduct.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Review by a non-Mormon
- By Andrea on 06-11-09
- Leaving the Saints
- How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith
- By: Martha Beck
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
Honest and guttsy
Reviewed: 06-20-05
Martha Beck's personal story was gripping and fascinating. I suppose she will be shunned by her family for her honest account, but it needed to be told. I admired her exploration and objectivity in discussing secret family matters. Thank you for writing when most people would have stuffed it in their emotions.
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