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Eileen
- By: Ottessa Moshfegh
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,559
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,399
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,396
The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, an unassuming yet disturbed young woman trapped between her role as her alcoholic father's caretaker in a home whose squalor is the talk of the neighborhood and a day job as a secretary at the boys' prison, filled with its own quotidian horrors. Consumed by resentment and self-loathing, Eileen tempers her dreary days with perverse fantasies and dreams of escaping to the big city.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Strange, unsettling, but engrossing
- By S. Yates on 01-09-18
- Eileen
- By: Ottessa Moshfegh
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
Wait,for,it....
Reviewed: 07-09-18
The story unfolds,slowly ever so slowly, as Eileen Dunlop,meets the person who,would change her life forever. Rebecca. Eileen beleaguered by her father, an abusive alcoholic who,treats her badly, and is killing himself slowly, is to say the least depressed and unhappy. The writing is exquisite in the descriptions of /Eileen, her thoughts, mannerisms. I kept waiting for something to happen, something tumultuous, and it finally did.
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Cherry
- By: Mary Karr
- Narrated by: Mary Karr
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 185
Mary Karr told the prize-winning tale of her hardscrabble Texas childhood with enough literary verve to spark a renaissance in memoir. The Liar's Club rode the top of The New York Times bestseller list for more than a year, and publications ranging from The New Yorker to People picked it as one of the best books of the year. But it left people wondering: How'd that scrappy kid make it outta there? Cherry dares to tell that story. Karr picks up the trail and dashes off into her teen years with customary sass, only to run up against the paralyzing self-doubt of a girl in bloom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mary Karr's voice makes the story come alive
- By Michael on 11-19-03
In depth
Reviewed: 11-23-15
This audio book is at times gut wrenchingly painful in its descriptions of drug use and the ways it impacted her. The dark places people reside in hard drug use, and its inherent dangers. Poetical prose does not soften the blows of the experiences she lived in and eventually grew from. It does nothing short of amaze me that she can remember what it was like in deep drug induced states but then, she always had a notebook, so I imagine she somehow wrote it down. While no insights into the why's of her behavior are described I was able to extrapolate it from her descriptions of the bleakness she was trying to escape from. A dramatic end rings of hope she finds herself.
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The Boston Girl: A Novel
- By: Anita Diamant
- Narrated by: Linda Lavin
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,555
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,100
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,085
Addie Baum is "The Boston Girl", born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then a teeming multicultural neighborhood, Addie's intelligence and curiosity take her to a world her parents can’t imagine - a world of short skirts, movies, celebrity culture and new opportunities for women.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Quiet, lovely little story
- By Amazon Customer on 08-01-18
- The Boston Girl: A Novel
- By: Anita Diamant
- Narrated by: Linda Lavin
Loved this book!
Reviewed: 05-27-15
Linda Lavin spoke beautifully telling this moving story of the human spirit, the importance of family and a strong courageous girl overcoming the odds against her. Poverty, critical mom, and family problems are not only endured but overcome b the main character . Even better was the books narrative told as if it were an interview about her history by her Grandaughter!
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Mindfulness Meditation
- Nine Guided Practices to Awaken Presence and Open Your Heart
- By: Tara Brach
- Narrated by: Tara Brach
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 348
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 294
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 281
A profound transformation can occur just by training your attention in awareness - a practice sweeping schools, workplaces, and institutions across the country with its capacity to decrease stress, cultivate inner calm, and expand wisdom and creativity. Clinical psychologist and meditation teacher Tara Brach has been at the forefront of mindfulness-based therapy since its inception, successfully bringing principles of mindfulness to alleviate depression, chronic pain, and more.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Format issues
- By Jennifer on 11-20-13
- Mindfulness Meditation
- Nine Guided Practices to Awaken Presence and Open Your Heart
- By: Tara Brach
- Narrated by: Tara Brach
Peaceful
Reviewed: 05-14-15
I love her voice as it's very soothing. The only part that I didn't like are the bells as for me the sound is jarring, otherwise the guidance is exceptional.
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My Mother Was Nuts
- A Memoir
- By: Penny Marshall
- Narrated by: Penny Marshall
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,594
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,152
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,148
her life story going her humble roots in the Bronx to one of the most liked and respected figures in the entertainment business, also covering her marriage to Rob Reiner and relationships with Art Garfunkel, Carrie Fisher, and John Belushi, and her bout with lung and brain cancer in 2009, to Julia Cheiffetz
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5 out of 5 stars
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The audio performance should get an award!
- By M. S. Cohen on 09-21-12
- My Mother Was Nuts
- A Memoir
- By: Penny Marshall
- Narrated by: Penny Marshall
Dear Penny
Reviewed: 02-28-15
I remember her fromLaverne and Shirley. Hearing her gritty voice tell her story was a great experience. I didn't know much about her great career so was impressed by her growth in directing. She is funny throughout and this was something I admire, her ability to laugh at difficult occurrences in her life. She is honest and forthright! I recommend this especially if you are interested in movies and want to learn more about her as a director. She's a sweetheart, enjoy!
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The Racketeer
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11,119
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9,725
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9,700
Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fawcett has just become number five.... Nothing is as it seems and everything’s fair game in this wickedly clever new novel from John Grisham, the undisputed master of the legal thriller.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Garbage
- By cristina on 11-29-12
- The Racketeer
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
If you love Grisham
Reviewed: 02-11-13
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Yes, I would not have had Malcom Bannister the main character leave Nathanr in a Jamaican jail getting beaten up while the main character runs off with his money. The beatings to near death were a painful fact even though he had killed two people along with the main characters indifference.
Which character – as performed by J.D. Jackson – was your favorite?
Not sure there was a favorite character for me, none of them were appealing.
Could you see The Racketeer being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
Yes, Will Smith, or Denzel Washington.
Any additional comments?
This was a good but not great Grisham. If you love Grisham definitely listen and the performance was well done.
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