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How to Love Your Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Hila Blum, Daniella Zamir - translator
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 25
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 25
Thousands of miles from home, a woman stands on a dark street, peeking through well-lit windows at two little girls. They are the grandchildren she’s never met, daughters of the daughter she has not seen in years. At the center of this mesmerizing story is the woman’s quest to understand how a relationship that began in bliss—a mother besotted with her only child—arrived at a point of such unfathomable distance. Weaving back and forth in time, she unravels memories and long-buried feelings, retracing the infinite acts of parental care.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tour de force
- By Monique on 08-06-23
- How to Love Your Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Hila Blum, Daniella Zamir - translator
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Obsession about her daughter.
Reviewed: 03-15-24
 Liked her descriptions of modern Israeli life. Although she gave credit, she borrowed too many of her ideas, and complete quotes from other authors. The heartbreak of an estranged adult child was described well.
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Code Name Sapphire
- By: Pam Jenoff
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 218
1942. Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiancé was killed in a pogrom. When her ship bound for America is turned away at port, she has nowhere to go but to her cousin Lily, who lives with her family in Brussels. Fearful for her life, Hannah is desperate to get out of occupied Europe. But with no safe way to leave, she must return to the dangerous underground work she thought she had left behind.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Such a disappointment.
- By V. Temple on 03-29-23
- Code Name Sapphire
- By: Pam Jenoff
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
Gripping
Reviewed: 07-04-23
Historical, well researched feminist fiction. Each character was well developed, and plot very engaging. Appreciated author’s end note about real historical differences. Reader was fantastic, with correct accents. Highly recommend.
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The Thread Collectors
- A Novel
- By: Shaunna J. Edwards, Alyson Richman
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 254
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 254
1863: In a small Creole cottage in New Orleans, an ingenious young Black woman named Stella embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to help enslaved men flee and join the Union Army. Bound to a man who would kill her if he knew of her clandestine activities, Stella has to hide not only her efforts but her love for William, a Black soldier and a brilliant musician.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely stunning!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-14-24
- The Thread Collectors
- A Novel
- By: Shaunna J. Edwards, Alyson Richman
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Wonderful historical fiction and great voices
Reviewed: 05-23-23
Great research on civil war history, especially Jews and Blacks. Loved the drama and accurate details. New Orleans has great historical organizations which I recalled while listening. Actors accents were superb!
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Signal Fires
- A Novel
- By: Dani Shapiro
- Narrated by: Dani Shapiro
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 709
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 648
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 647
Division Street is full of secrets. An impulsive lie begets a secret—one which will forever haunt the Wilf family. And the Shenkmans, who move into the neighborhood many years later, bring secrets of their own.. Spanning fifty kaleidoscopic years, on a street—and in a galaxy—where stars collapse and stories collide, these two families become bound in ways they never could have imagined. Urgent and compassionate, Signal Fires is a magical story for our times, a literary tour de force by a masterful storyteller at the height of her powers.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Depressing, poorly read
- By Arden Mahaffey on 11-02-22
- Signal Fires
- A Novel
- By: Dani Shapiro
- Narrated by: Dani Shapiro
Loved characters
Reviewed: 01-12-23
Characters Are rich with meaning,, & believable emotions. Descriptions are well crafted, and topics timely. References to Jewish customs also contemporary. Keeps your interest and writing style is wonderful. Audible reader did a great job!
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People Love Dead Jews
- Reports from a Haunted Present
- By: Dara Horn
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 641
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 579
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 577
Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture - and increasingly in response to a recent wave of deadly anti-Semitic attacks - Horn was troubled to realize what all of these assignments had in common: She was being asked to write about dead Jews, never about living ones.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wrong Narrator for this Book
- By MYK on 01-04-22
- People Love Dead Jews
- Reports from a Haunted Present
- By: Dara Horn
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
Interesting insights
Reviewed: 01-21-22
Thesis of anti Semitism & our different responses interesting, but I’m not convinced we are currently in denial. As a second generation Jew from immigrant grandparents, in the racist & anti Semitic South, I’ve always been aware of dealing with dangerous antiSemitic acts. But there also has been a lot of progress in my lifetime. I’m more worried about assimilation re: Jewish future, re: not being attached Jewishly, and rates of addiction & suicide, which are increasingly high of Jews among Caucasian population.
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