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Learning to Swim
- By: Sara J. Henry
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 326
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 292
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Story4 out of 5 stars 291
When she witnesses a small child tumbling from a ferry into Lake Champlain, Troy Chance dives in without thinking. Harrowing moments later, she bobs to the surface, pulling a terrified little boy with her. As the ferry disappears into the distance, she begins a bone-chilling swim nearly a mile to shore towing a tiny passenger. Surprisingly, he speaks only French. He'll acknowledge that his name is Paul; otherwise, he's resolutely mute.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Worthwhile Suspense/Mystery
- By Howard on 10-25-11
- Learning to Swim
- By: Sara J. Henry
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
Where's the editor?
Reviewed: 02-06-12
What was most disappointing about Sara J. Henry’s story?
Could have done without the constant commercial references -hope the author gets something for the publicity- and without the endless descriptions of everything her characters eat or drink. And pleeease, if ever I needed a list of Gerald Butler's movies, I would go to IMDB !
A good editor would have helped this author keep to those details and descriptions that are actually useful in fleshing out characters and advancing the story.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Interesting use of Canadian setting and bilingual characters. The Quebec French was well written and nicely done by the narrator.
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I'll Be Seeing You
- By: Margaret Mayhew
- Narrated by: Kim Hicks
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
When Juliet Porter’s mother dies, she leaves Juliet some old letters and a photograph which shatter all her previously-held beliefs. They show that her real father was an American bomber pilot in the second world war, some 40 years before, and that he had met her mother while serving in England. Armed only with this photo, Juliet sets out to trace her real father, and eventually finds the airfield where he served.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A fun read
- By Jeanette Finan on 07-15-11
- I'll Be Seeing You
- By: Margaret Mayhew
- Narrated by: Kim Hicks
Could have been so much more...
Reviewed: 06-02-11
This isn't a bad book... it's just not the book I kept hoping it would become. Interesting start; a woman who discovers the secret life of her late mother. It could have been centered around that. Secrets between mothers and daughters. Secrets Juliette's mother kept from her, and those she keeps from her own daughter as she endeavours to follow the trails to past events. Instead, we get a formulaic flashback structure which leads to lots and lots of repetitions of facts we've already seen. Guess, in this case, an abridged version would be better...
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