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The Partly Cloudy Patriot
- By: Sarah Vowell
- Narrated by: Sarah Vowell, Conan O'Brien, Seth Green, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,453
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,170
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,169
Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. Her essays confront a wide range of subjects, icons, and historical moments: Ike, Teddy Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton; Canadian Mounties and German Filmmakers; Tom Cruise and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; twins and nerds; the Gettysburg Address, the State of the Union, and George W. Bush's inauguration. The result is an engrossing audiobook, capturing Vowell's memorable wit and her keen social commentary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best surprises on AUDIBLE.COM!!
- By Doggy Bird on 04-14-04
- The Partly Cloudy Patriot
- By: Sarah Vowell
- Narrated by: Sarah Vowell, Conan O'Brien, Seth Green, Stephen Colbert
Great material, AWFUL voice
Reviewed: 09-14-04
The producer should have sprung for an actor to do the reading. Listening to the author's voice is the equivalent of nails on a blackboard. She is has a high-pitched voice, which is made worse by a nasal tone which could only have been the result of placing a clothespin on her nose. It is made absolutely unbearable by her slow, deliberate monotone. I tried to get beyond it and listen to what she was saying, but after two hours I gave up. I'll get the book from the library because I really like the material.
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Stones from the River
- By: Ursula Hegi
- Narrated by: Ursula Hegi
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
Trudi Montag is a Zwerg - a dwarf - short, undesirable, different, the voice of anyone who has ever tried to fit in. Eventually she learns that being different is a secret that all humans share, from her mother who flees into madness, to her friend Georg whose parents pretend he's a girl, to the Jews Trudi harbors in her cellar. Hegi's timeless story weaves together a profound tapestry of emotional power, humanity, and truth.
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1 out of 5 stars
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annoying narration
- By Nancy on 08-01-03
- Stones from the River
- By: Ursula Hegi
- Narrated by: Ursula Hegi
annoying narration
Reviewed: 08-01-03
I wanted so desperately to hear this story. But like so many other authors who think only THEY can interpret the story, Ms. Hegi should not have. I only got through ten minutes of listening to her end every sentence with a vocalized question mark before grunting my irritation and turning the blasted thing off.
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