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The Tender Bar
- A Memoir
- By: J.R. Moehringer
- Narrated by: J.R. Moehringer
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 585
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 317
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 317
Torn between the stirring example of his mother and the lurid romance of the bar, J.R. tried to forge a self somewhere in the center. But when it was time for J.R. to leave home, the bar became an increasingly seductive sanctuary, a place to return and regroup during his picaresque journeys. Time and again, the bar offered shelter from failure, rejection, heartbreak, and eventually from reality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Good Deal and a Good Deal More
- By Jim E on 09-15-05
- The Tender Bar
- A Memoir
- By: J.R. Moehringer
- Narrated by: J.R. Moehringer
One of my favorite all time reads!
Reviewed: 08-21-12
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Absolutely
Who was your favorite character and why?
JR of course
What about J.R. Moehringer’s performance did you like?
He offers a very authentic performance as he tells his own story.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
This is a beautiful memoir filled with a cast of rich and interesting real life characters. I laughed and cried many times throughout the story. Even though I initially read it when it was first released, I enjoyed it every bit as much, listening to it on audio.
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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
- A Memoir of a Woman's Life
- By: Anna Quindlen
- Narrated by: Anna Quindlen
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 561
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 472
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Story4 out of 5 stars 476
In this irresistible memoir, the New York Times best-selling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen writes about looking back and ahead - and celebrating it all - as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all the stuff in our closets, and more. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake is filled with the sharp insights and revealing observations that have long confirmed Quindlen’s status as America’s laureate of real life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Worth a listen!
- By Sheila A. Dechantal on 05-12-12
- Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
- A Memoir of a Woman's Life
- By: Anna Quindlen
- Narrated by: Anna Quindlen
Lots Of Tenderness, Plenty of Laughs
Reviewed: 06-28-12
If you could sum up Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake in three words, what would they be?
Thoroughly enjoyable read!
Who was your favorite character and why?
Anna of course.
What does Anna Quindlen bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Anna's narration adds an extra touch of her personality to the story.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Laugh and cry.
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