Lisa Edwards
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The Great Alone
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
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Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: He will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.
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A Long, Hard Slog Through Endless Despair and Heartache
- By Morro Schreiber on 04-11-18
- The Great Alone
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Excellent story, enjoyable narration
Reviewed: 01-07-25
This was a great book. The word pictures of the Alaskan wilderness and the relatability of its inhabitants were excellent. I felt the struggles and the humanity of each character. This is a story of survival but more than that it is a story of human strength and resilience, a story of rising above what one is dealt and attaining the prize of self knowledge.
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The Knife Before Christmas
- Fixer-Upper Mysteries, Book 11
- By: Kate Carlisle
- Narrated by: Jae Delane
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Christmas has come to Lighthouse Cove, but business hasn’t slowed down for Shannon Hammer. She’s been contracted to renovate a local hotel owned by the Garrisons, a family that’s so devoted to the holidays they serve a seven-course dinner every night from Thanksgiving through Christmas. Last year’s festivities featured a train that transported guests around the breathtaking Cliffside property. This year, Shannon and her crew have been commissioned to build a Victorian-style carnival midway with games and prizes galore.
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Okay by predictable and slow
- By Lisa Edwards on 01-02-25
- The Knife Before Christmas
- Fixer-Upper Mysteries, Book 11
- By: Kate Carlisle
- Narrated by: Jae Delane
Okay by predictable and slow
Reviewed: 01-02-25
This was not a bad book just mediocre (in my opinion). Slow and predictable but there are some pretty word pictures.
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Cutting for Stone
- A Novel
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 23 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.
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An Epic Medical Novel
- By Audiophile on 07-11-09
- Cutting for Stone
- A Novel
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
Well developed characters
Reviewed: 12-13-24
Very slow to start but I enjoyed the complex characters who portrayed the deep angsts and intricate emotions of humans.
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The Last Day in Paris
- The Paris Sisters, Book 1
- By: Suzanne Kelman
- Narrated by: Helen Stern
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Working in a museum under a false identity is Brigitte’s only hope. Until she meets Isabelle Valette, who confides in hushed tones that she is part of the Resistance. And when her new friend tells her of a train leaving Paris that can take children to safety, Brigitte knows her daughter must be on it, even if it breaks her heart. But getting Sophie onto the train is dangerous. If they are caught smuggling a Jewish child out of Paris, they will be killed. And with the enemy closing in, can Brigitte get her beloved daughter to safety before it is too late?
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Somewhat boring
- By Mills on 08-17-24
- The Last Day in Paris
- The Paris Sisters, Book 1
- By: Suzanne Kelman
- Narrated by: Helen Stern
Interesting storyline
Reviewed: 10-23-24
The story was interesting but there wasn’t a satisfying ending. Maybe the series will bring a more complete conclusion.
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Shanghai Girls
- A Novel
- By: Lisa See
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
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Thanks to the financial security and material comforts provided by their father’s prosperous rickshaw business, 21-year-old Pearl Chin and her younger sister, May, are having the time of their lives. Though both sisters wave off authority and tradition, they couldn’t be more different, but both are beautiful, modern, and carefree...until the day their father tells them he has gambled away their wealth and that in order to repay his debts, he must sell the girls as wives to suitors who have traveled from California to find Chinese brides.
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Touching, sad, and enjoyable
- By Beach Biker on 07-15-09
- Shanghai Girls
- A Novel
- By: Lisa See
- Narrated by: Janet Song
This is a heart wrenching story
Reviewed: 09-20-24
Just when you thought that things couldn’t get worse they do. Over and over again. This is a terribly sad tale. The only redeeming value is the bond between the sisters. I would not recommend this book unless you like being depressed.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
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Hidden gem, incredible narration!
- By Christine T on 05-17-22
- Remarkably Bright Creatures
- A Novel
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Michael Urie
Characters are relatable
Reviewed: 09-04-24
I loved the relatability of the characters. From the struggling teenager to the elderly, but not old Tova. The story flows from California to Washington in a quickly unraveling mystery that brings a satisfying conclusion with the remarkably bright octopus as the hero.
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The Lake House
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 24 mins
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Living on her family’s gorgeous lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, clever, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented fourteen-year-old who loves to write stories. But the mysteries she pens are no match for the one her family is about to endure ...One midsummer’s eve, after a beautiful party drawing hundreds of guests to the estate has ended, the Edevanes discover that their youngest son, Theo, has vanished without a trace.
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Enjoyed the writing, but oy vey, this book
- By Jennifer S on 12-28-18
- The Lake House
- By: Kate Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
Beautifully developed characters
Reviewed: 05-20-24
This book is full of exquisite word pictures and compelling characters who fill the pages with their relatable emotions. The plot is engaging though sometimes slow. I found the ending to be satisfying while leaving room for the reader’s imagination to live beyond the written conclusion.
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The School for German Brides
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Aimie K. Runyan
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Kathleen Gati
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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As the war begins, Hanna Rombauer, a young German woman, is sent to live with her aunt and uncle after her mother’s death. Thrown into a life of luxury she never expected, Hanna soon finds herself unwillingly matched with an SS officer twenty years her senior. The independence that her mother lovingly fostered in her is considered highly inappropriate as the future wife of an up-and-coming officer and she is sent to a “bride school.” There, in a posh villa on the outskirts of town, Hanna is taught how to be a “proper” German wife.
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It's ok
- By Donna Grimsley on 06-15-22
- The School for German Brides
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Aimie K. Runyan
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Kathleen Gati
Very unsatisfying story
Reviewed: 05-05-24
The characters in the story were not well rounded and believable. Instead, the antagonist were 99.9% evil and the protagonist were 99.9% angelic.
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The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
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The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France—a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.
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HEARTBREAKINGLY POIGNANT AND INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL
- By PatrioticMimi on 02-17-15
- The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
Deeply moving
Reviewed: 02-24-24
This story is Wonderfully written and performed. I will be haunted by this heart wrenching story forever.
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The Reckoning
- A Novel
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
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Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, a father, a neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in 1946, he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell.
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Time I Won’t Get Back
- By Roma on 10-24-18
- The Reckoning
- A Novel
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Michael Beck
Horrible ending very depressing
Reviewed: 01-01-24
Although very well written this was a very dark story. I wish I had never listened to it.
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