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Tom Lake
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16,356
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15,132
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15,118
In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
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1 out of 5 stars
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So incredibly boring
- By Rhonda Morrison on 08-05-23
- Tom Lake
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
Simply Fantastic
Reviewed: 08-07-23
Intimate storytelling at its very best. Writing that is seemingly effortless, though perfectly crafted. A truly warm, brilliant, memorable performance. I've got to go and listen to it again-right now.
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Walking with Ghosts
- The Play
- By: Gabriel Byrne
- Narrated by: Gabriel Byrne
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 190
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Story5 out of 5 stars 190
As a young boy growing up on the outskirts of Dublin, the stage and screen legend sought refuge in a world of imagination among the fields and hills near his home, at the edge of a rapidly encroaching city. Moving between sensual recollection of childhood in a now almost vanished Ireland and commentary on stardom, the actor-writer returned to Broadway and Audible to reflect on a life’s journey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More More More
- By Pamela on 07-12-23
- Walking with Ghosts
- The Play
- By: Gabriel Byrne
- Narrated by: Gabriel Byrne
Perfection
Reviewed: 06-14-23
Moving, poetic, gripping and real. A memoir that is powerful in its brevity. Byrne’s performance is also nothing less than perfection.
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The Likeness
- A Novel
- By: Tana French
- Narrated by: Heather O'Neill
- Length: 22 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,609
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,028
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,000
In the “compellingˮand “pitch perfectˮ follow-up to Tana French’s runaway best seller In the Woods, Cassie Maddox has transferred out of the Dublin Murder Squad - until an urgent telephone call brings her back to an eerie crime scene. The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used as an undercover cop. Suddenly, Cassie is back undercover, to find out not only who killed this young woman, but, more importantly, who she was.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captured by this book.
- By J S on 02-17-18
- The Likeness
- A Novel
- By: Tana French
- Narrated by: Heather O'Neill
Beautiful, Intimate Detective Poetry
Reviewed: 05-14-22
A mash up of a police detective procedural and gorgeous character studies wrapped around a compelling story.
All written in masterful prose. The performance spot on. One I will remember.
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A Stitch in Time
- By: Kelley Armstrong
- Narrated by: Samantha Brentmoor
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,584
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,203
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,190
Thorne Manor has always been haunted...and it has always haunted Bronwyn Dale. As a young girl, Bronwyn could pass through a time slip in her great-aunt's house, where she visited William Thorne, a boy her own age, born two centuries earlier. After a family tragedy, the house was shuttered and Bronwyn was convinced that William existed only in her imagination. Now, 20 years later Bronwyn inherits Thorne Manor. And when she returns, William is waiting.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Even Better Than I Hoped!
- By Becca on 10-22-20
- A Stitch in Time
- By: Kelley Armstrong
- Narrated by: Samantha Brentmoor
An Awful Snooze!
Reviewed: 02-12-21
Redflag,: a juveniile romance novel dressed up as. a timetravel mystery. A flacid mystery for sure.
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The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
- By: Kelly Harms
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,963
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,036
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7,005
Overworked and underappreciated, single mom Amy Byler needs a break. So when the guilt-ridden husband who abandoned her shows up and offers to take care of their kids for the summer, she accepts his offer and escapes rural Pennsylvania for New York City. Usually grounded and mild mannered, Amy finally lets her hair down in the city that never sleeps. She discovers a life filled with culture, sophistication, and - with a little encouragement from her friends - a few blind dates.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable narration. Story is an easy read.
- By Em Jay Reads on 07-18-19
- The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
- By: Kelly Harms
- Narrated by: Amy McFadden
Thundering Echo of Empty!
Reviewed: 02-24-20
I'm more than halfway through, but can't push another chapter. The adda girl encouragement of thoughtless materialism and "meism" tested every nerve. Sorry to say, I found what I heard to be shallow on steroids.
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The Most Fun We Ever Had
- A Novel
- By: Claire Lombardo
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin
- Length: 20 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,816
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,340
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Story4 out of 5 stars 4,322
In this “rich, complex family saga” (USA Today) full of long-buried family secrets, Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson fall in love in the 1970s, blithely ignorant of all that awaits them. By 2016, they have four radically different daughters, each in a state of unrest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book
- By Kaysi12 on 07-08-19
- The Most Fun We Ever Had
- A Novel
- By: Claire Lombardo
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin
A First World Whine
Reviewed: 07-09-19
Granted, the whine is intentional. A comment on our narcissistic culture. However, I found the complaining and lack of insight of the sisters terribly irritating. Each of them ungrateful and unlikeable in their own ways. Again, probably the point, but for me, this was too long a trek to agreeably follow any one of these women to the end of their journeys.
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Unquiet
- A Novel
- By: Linn Ullmann
- Narrated by: Isabel Keating
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4 out of 5 stars 36
A heartbreaking and darkly funny depiction of the intricacies of family, Unquiet is an elegy of memory and loss, identity and art, growing up and growing old. Linn Ullmann nimbly blends memoir and fiction in her most inventive novel yet, weaving a luminous meditation on language, mourning, and the many narratives that make up a life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvelous
- By Cherilyn Parsons on 02-03-19
- Unquiet
- A Novel
- By: Linn Ullmann
- Narrated by: Isabel Keating
Oh Please End!
Reviewed: 05-19-19
I hung in till the last, but it was a labor and not one of love. So very repetitious. Lacking in organization. A cool whisper of banal information. It was difficult to connect to the author. Difficult to connect to her family. Maybe it's just me, but I found this memoir a tedious listen. The performance however, was quite good.
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The Other Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Gardner
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,676
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,502
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,450
Twenty years ago, Melanie Stokes was abandoned in a Boston hospital, then adopted by a wealthy young couple. Gifted with loving parents, a doting brother, and an indulgent uncle, Melanie has always considered herself lucky. Until the first cryptic, threatening note arrives: “You Get What You Deserve.” Melanie has no memory of her life before the adoption. Now someone wants her to remember it all - even the darkest nightmare the Stokes family ever faced: the murder of their first daughter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The absolute BEST & shocking book EVER!
- By Tosha Serritt on 01-23-19
- The Other Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Gardner
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Creepy Dreck
Reviewed: 04-30-19
The reviews coaxed me into spending my credit-a regrettable choice! Not only did I predict the "secret ending" early on, but I waded through the creepy relationship between the damsel in distress and her misogynistic G-man. Regarding the gay character, the author manages to apologize to the reader for his distasteful inclusion. Enough said. I'm off to recover my credit.
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Girls & Boys
- By: Dennis Kelly
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,675
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,828
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10,764
When they met at an airport, it was love at first sight. But in time, everything collapsed. As an unnamed but unforgettable woman muses on her life—from meet cute to marriage and parenthood—her recollections inexorably build to a devastating truth. In this shattering performance, Carey Mulligan, star of the critically lauded drama An Education, captivates audiences with playwright Dennis Kelly’s harrowing ruminations on family, ambition, gender, and violence.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Be aware of the content before listening
- By Anne Marie on 09-11-18
- Girls & Boys
- By: Dennis Kelly
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
Phenomenal Performance, Dark Realism
Reviewed: 10-01-18
Though not an escape, this listen provided an intense emotional, "you are there" experience. I can't imagine a more on target performance nor a more riveting story. This one will stay with you for a long time.
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The Testament of Mary
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,282
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,089
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,071
Meryl Streep’s performance of Colm Tóibín's acclaimed portrait of Mary is hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “an ideal audiobook,” presenting the three-time Academy Award-winner in “yet another great role.” Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary presents Mary as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity. In the ancient town of Ephesus, Mary lives alone, years after her son's crucifixion. She has no interest in collaborating with the authors of the Gospel. They are her keepers, providing her with food and shelter and visiting her regularly. She does not agree that her son is the Son of God; nor that his death was "worth it"; nor that the "group of misfits he gathered around him, men who could not look a woman in the eye," were holy disciples. This woman who we know from centuries of paintings and scripture as the docile, loving, silent, long-suffering, obedient, worshipful mother of Christ becomes a tragic heroine with the relentless eloquence of Electra or Medea or Antigone, in a portrait so vivid and convincing that our image of Mary will be forever transformed.
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1 out of 5 stars
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hated it
- By bibliophile on 06-14-14
- The Testament of Mary
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
Universally Human, Distinctly Female
Reviewed: 08-07-18
A humanly beautiful riff on a universal story, from a distinctly female perspective. Patriarchy is unmasked, the complexities of love, sacrifice, fear and guilt laid bare. Raw human emotion and intellect tell the tale and reside unabashedly throughout the testament, perfectly performed by Meryl Streep. I felt as though I was there, experiencing the cruelty and pain of a Mother's staggering loss.
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