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The Four Winds
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36,766
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32,025
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31,796
Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli. By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Elsa must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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✫✫ 4.75 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 02-03-21
- The Four Winds
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Eye-rollingly Irritating
Reviewed: 05-26-24
Drags on & on until somehow, magically, we learn that communism is the answer? Nope.
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The Best Cook in the World
- Tales from My Momma's Southern Table: A Memoir and Cookbook
- By: Rick Bragg
- Narrated by: Rick Bragg
- Length: 19 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 495
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 427
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Story5 out of 5 stars 425
From the beloved, best-selling author of All over but the Shoutin', a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, his mother. In The Best Cook in the World, Rick Bragg finally preserves his heritage by telling the stories that framed his mother's cooking and education, from childhood into old age. Because good food always has a good story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delicious Tales
- By Noreen on 05-08-18
- The Best Cook in the World
- Tales from My Momma's Southern Table: A Memoir and Cookbook
- By: Rick Bragg
- Narrated by: Rick Bragg
I rarely bother. This is worth it.
Reviewed: 11-15-23
I rarely bother to review, but this is something special. If anyone had told me that I would be excited each night to listen to someone read a cookbook to me... It's obviously much more than recipes. I found this to be amusing, sad, and as beautiful as any poem-- but more useful.
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Then She Was Gone
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Helen Duff
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 82,601
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73,530
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 73,302
Fifteen-year-old Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenage golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her. And then she was gone. Now her mother, Laurel Mack, is trying to put her life back together.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SO GOOD
- By Ashleigh on 05-24-18
- Then She Was Gone
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Helen Duff
Silly, but the narration was quite good!
Reviewed: 06-30-20
The story is a real stretch. If the narrator hadn't done such a good job with it I never would have bothered finishing it.
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Pont Neuf
- By: Max Byrd
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 8,414
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7,464
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 7,441
Can a young war correspondent find herself and follow her heart? In this work of historical fiction, 20-something Annabella “Annie” March arrives in France in 1944 intending to write about the war. Soon, however, Annie begins to distance herself from her sometimes-mentor, sometimes-rival - the great Martha Gellhorn - and Gellhorn’s larger-than-life husband, the novelist Ernest Hemingway. She turns to photography in the hopes of making her own name and, to her delight, discovers that images come more easily than words.
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1 out of 5 stars
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BORING
- By Susan on 12-06-19
- Pont Neuf
- By: Max Byrd
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
Terrible narration!
Reviewed: 03-03-20
The story may be a bit better or a bit worse than the 3 stars I gave it. The narrator made such a mess of it who can say? More of a bad reading than a performance. Nearly every male had the same silly gravelly voice. Conversations between two males were particularly difficult to decipher.
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The Darkwater Bride
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Marty Ross
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Donal Finn, Jamie Glover, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22,198
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 20,191
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 20,120
Late Victorian London. When James Miller, the most respectable of Scottish businessmen, is pulled, dead, from the Thames, his daughter is drawn into an investigation which reveals a whole world of secrets and corruption. Alongside local detective Culley, Catriona’s search for her father’s killer leads all the way to the tragic truth behind the ghostly legend of The Darkwater Bride and the power of her deadly kiss. The Darkwater Bride combines the genres of the Victorian mystery thriller with the equally classic Victorian mode of the ghostly tale.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Well that was uncomfortable
- By East Coast Buyer on 04-11-19
- The Darkwater Bride
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Marty Ross
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Donal Finn, Jamie Glover, Freya Mavor, Adrian Scarborough
Bad story well performed
Reviewed: 01-19-20
I thought this was very well performed, but the story almost seemed like something being made up as it went. I'm not a prude, but parts of this just seemed crass.
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The Testaments
- The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Mae Whitman, Ann Dowd, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23,671
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21,186
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21,035
More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It does what a sequel should do.
- By Fountain of Chris on 09-10-19
- The Testaments
- The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Mae Whitman, Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard, Tantoo Cardinal, Margaret Atwood
The Aunt Lydia parts are great!
Reviewed: 10-01-19
Ann Dowd's performance is so much stronger than the rest I often felt very impatient with the others, and I found Atwood's reading of the chapter names so jarring it pulled me out of the story. For me one or two strong narrators rather than half a dozen of varying levels of talent would have made this much more entertaining and memorable.
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Home for Erring and Outcast Girls
- A Novel
- By: Julie Kibler
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Story4 out of 5 stars 117
In turn-of-the-20th century Texas, the Berachah Home for the Redemption and Protection of Erring Girls is an unprecedented beacon of hope for young women consigned to the dangerous poverty of the streets by birth, circumstance, or personal tragedy. Built in 1903 on the dusty outskirts of Arlington, a remote dot between Dallas and Fort Worth’s red-light districts, the progressive home bucks public opinion by offering faith, training, and rehabilitation to prostitutes, addicts, unwed mothers, and “ruined” girls without forcibly separating mothers from children.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Lots of adjectives
- By JeanneGB on 09-05-19
- Home for Erring and Outcast Girls
- A Novel
- By: Julie Kibler
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
Lots of adjectives
Reviewed: 09-05-19
The history is interesting, but I didn't think this was well-written or well-performed. Much too wordy (it even includes a flowery description of the sunrise after a rape). It just drags on and on. And on. And on. I only finished it because I'm out of credits at the moment.
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Eternal Life
- By: Dara Horn
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 999
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 926
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Story4 out of 5 stars 926
Rachel has an unusual problem: she can't die. Her recent troubles - widowhood, a failing business, an unemployed middle-aged son - are only the latest. She's already put up with scores of marriages and hundreds of children, over 2,000 years - ever since she made a spiritual bargain to save the life of her first son back in Roman-occupied Jerusalem. There's only one other person in the world who understands: a man she once loved passionately, who has been stalking her through the centuries, convinced they belong together forever.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Falls flat
- By Andrea Duff on 02-19-19
- Eternal Life
- By: Dara Horn
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
How to be dull for 2000 yrs
Reviewed: 06-04-19
The narrator did a decent job until she had to voice a male (other than Rachel's lover), or a child. Every one of those sounded exactly like Speed Racer. The story was also irritating. What originally sounded like an interesting concept quickly became very uninteresting, because Rachel is a complete bore. If you had all the time in the world, and knew you would have to make a life for yourself over and over, wouldn't you at least keep up on current events? Learn nearly every language? Some skills? Become a better parent? She loves her countless children, but never seems to gain or impart any wisdom. Mostly she breeds and whines.
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Evil Eye
- By: Madhuri Shekar
- Narrated by: Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayyar, Annapurna Sriram, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32,676
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29,883
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29,750
Pallavi is an aspiring writer living in California. Her mother, Usha, is thousands of miles away in Delhi - and obsessed with finding her daughter a husband. In Madhuri Shekar’s ingenious Evil Eye, hilarious back-and-forth via phone and social media takes a shocking, supernatural twist when Pallavi meets the perfect man - leading to a climactic showdown that will leave listeners on the edges of their seats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Holy Crap!
- By Avid Reader on 05-03-19
- Evil Eye
- By: Madhuri Shekar
- Narrated by: Nick Choksi, Harsh Nayyar, Annapurna Sriram, Bernard White, Rita Wolf
Loved the format!
Reviewed: 05-23-19
Great performance and story! Reminded me of some old radio performances I've heard in the past where you can picture every scene.
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Something in the Water
- A Novel
- By: Catherine Steadman
- Narrated by: Catherine Steadman
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47,543
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43,323
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Story4 out of 5 stars 43,188
Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water....
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1 out of 5 stars
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No Thrill Here
- By Sara on 06-08-18
- Something in the Water
- A Novel
- By: Catherine Steadman
- Narrated by: Catherine Steadman
Wow!
Reviewed: 07-18-18
I thought this was exceptionally well done! It can be difficult for me to stay focused on a book through the entire thing, but the story was great and Catherine's voice was fantastic. I haven't enjoyed a work of fiction this much since All the Light We Cannot See.
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