Lisa A. Stansbury
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The Nature of Fragile Things
- By: Susan Meissner
- Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins, Jason Culp
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,974
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,561
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,543
Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin's odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Nature of Fragile Things is a 5 star listen!
- By Kathy… send to help my husband to sleep!! on 02-04-21
- The Nature of Fragile Things
- By: Susan Meissner
- Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins, Jason Culp
great listen
Reviewed: 06-01-21
The book was really good. Enjoyed it
Finished two weeks before book club. A record for me.
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The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
- By: Phaedra Patrick
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,396
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,933
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,918
Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard sweater-vest; waters his fern, Frederica; and heads out to his garden. But on the one-year anniversary of Miriam's death, something changes. Sorting through Miriam's possessions, Arthur finds an exquisite gold charm bracelet he's never seen before.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing.
- By BikeVON on 05-17-16
- The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
- By: Phaedra Patrick
- Narrated by: James Langton
Book club loved it
Reviewed: 07-02-20
I love this story. My friends who I recommended it to loved it is well.
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Cut and Run
- A Light-Hearted Dark Comedy
- By: Ben Acker, Ben Blacker
- Narrated by: Meg Ryan, D’Arcy Carden, Sam Richardson, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 19,506
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,339
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17,284
Samantha is a professional seductress and con artist with a heart of gold. If she talked about her work, she’d tell you she only pilfers organs for medical research and that she only takes one kidney, and she only steals those kidneys from dishonest people. It’s hell on her social life. Abe is the doctor and Sam's partner in crime. He isn’t much of a criminal. Except for the kidney stealing. But he’s using that money to fund his research that he anticipates will be able to cure diabetes. So, all for a good cause...? You decide. Of course, it's hell on his social life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dumb and funny
- By R. MCRACKAN on 02-01-20
- Cut and Run
- A Light-Hearted Dark Comedy
- By: Ben Acker, Ben Blacker
- Narrated by: Meg Ryan, D’Arcy Carden, Sam Richardson, Rachel Bloom, Ed Begley Jr., Thomas Lennon, Eugene Cordero, full cast
Loved it!
Reviewed: 05-12-20
Funny! Took my mind off everything. Really good. Do listen all the way through the credits.
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An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club)
- A Novel
- By: Tayari Jones
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden, Eisa Davis
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23,970
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21,471
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21,430
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding.
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2 out of 5 stars
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So many “WTF” moments
- By Kristen R King on 05-04-18
- An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club)
- A Novel
- By: Tayari Jones
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden, Eisa Davis
Couldn't stop listening.
Reviewed: 04-25-20
The actors are amazing. it is an incredible novel. So pleased it was selected for my bookclub
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Bringing Down the Colonel
- A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington
- By: Patricia Miller
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
In Bringing Down the Colonel, journalist Patricia Miller tells the story of Madeline Pollard, an unlikely 19th-century women’s rights crusader. After an affair with a prominent politician left her “ruined”, Pollard brought the man - and the hypocrisy of America’s control of women’s sexuality - to trial. And, surprisingly, she won.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stay with it. It is amazing.
- By Living Downeast on 09-29-19
- Bringing Down the Colonel
- A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington
- By: Patricia Miller
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
Great DC and Women's History book
Reviewed: 12-14-19
carefully researched, the story is amazing and timely. It was our community book club selection.
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
- By: Gail Honeyman
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 66,736
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 60,278
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60,024
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Please be warned
- By N. Thompson on 06-20-17
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- Reese's Book Club (A Novel)
- By: Gail Honeyman
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
Can't say enough good things!
Reviewed: 04-25-19
Witty, deep and compassionate. I hope Ms. Oliphant will have more to say to us.
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The Scapegoat
- By: Daphne du Maurier
- Narrated by: Paul Shelley
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 521
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 452
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 449
By chance, John and Jean - one English, the other French - meet in a provincial railway station. Their resemblance to each other is uncanny, and they spend the next few hours talking and drinking - until at last John falls into a drunken stupor. It's to be his last carefree moment, for when he wakes, Jean has stolen his identity and disappeared. So the Englishman steps into the Frenchman's shoes, and faces a variety of perplexing roles.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Fascinating Character-Driven Journey
- By Ilana on 03-16-15
- The Scapegoat
- By: Daphne du Maurier
- Narrated by: Paul Shelley
I love DDM
Reviewed: 07-04-18
It wandered a bit but I'm glad I finished it will watch the movie Rebecca 1
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
- By: Mark Manson
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 175,689
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 150,939
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 150,104
For decades we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F*ck positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, shit is f*cked, and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn't sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is - a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck is his antidote to the coddling, let's-all-feel-good mind-set that has infected modern society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A book for 20-somethings, but not me
- By Bonny on 09-22-16
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
- By: Mark Manson
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
It was okay
Reviewed: 04-09-18
What did you like about this audiobook?
I've read similar things before. Since the author is youngish he doesn't know that the story of Pete Best has been beaten to death. Somebody should have told him.
How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter?
NA
Does the author present information in a way that is interesting and insightful, and if so, how does he achieve this?
NA
What did you find wrong about the narrator's performance?
Since it was short I finished it. Got sick of the humble brags about the travel. If you're from a rich family you can travel. I was more or less disappointed with the book.
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The Bassoon King
- My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy
- By: Rainn Wilson
- Narrated by: Rainn Wilson
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,121
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,739
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,728
Rainn Wilson’s memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and life. For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone's favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Office fell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who played him even more. Rainn founded a website and media company, SoulPancake, that eventually became a best-selling book of the same name. He also started a hilarious Twitter feed (sample tweet: “I'm not on Facebook” is the new “I don't even own a TV”).
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4 out of 5 stars
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Exquisite narration!
- By Johanna on 11-13-15
- The Bassoon King
- My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy
- By: Rainn Wilson
- Narrated by: Rainn Wilson
Warm, heartfelt and quirky
Reviewed: 02-25-18
If you could sum up The Bassoon King in three words, what would they be?
Actor's story of an unusual childhood combined with being gifted and awkward.
What did you like best about this story?
His take on being positive.
Which character – as performed by Rainn Wilson – was your favorite?
The decisions of the parents are perplexing.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When he describes coming back to faith.
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West Cork
- By: Sam Bungey, Jennifer Forde
- Narrated by: Sam Bungey, Jennifer Forde
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 28,126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24,921
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Story4 out of 5 stars 24,922
Two days before Christmas 1996, the broken, battered body of Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found outside her vacation home in West Cork, a serene region on Ireland’s idyllic southern coast. Decades later, no one has been charged with the murder, but the aggrieved inhabitants of West Cork are convinced they know who did it - and he still lives among them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a Podcast not a book.
- By Sara Lopez on 02-09-18
- West Cork
- By: Sam Bungey, Jennifer Forde
- Narrated by: Sam Bungey, Jennifer Forde
A story of loss for a family and a community
Reviewed: 02-24-18
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, it's a compelling telling of the story without being exploitative.
What other book might you compare West Cork to and why?
Not a book, HBO's The Jinx and NPR's Serial
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