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The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness
- A Memoir
- By: Sarah Ramey
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens, Sarah Ramey
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 168
In her harrowing, defiant, and unforgettable memoir, Sarah Ramey recounts the decade-long saga of how a seemingly minor illness in her senior year of college turned into a prolonged and elusive condition that destroyed her health but that doctors couldn't diagnose or treat. Worse, as they failed to cure her, they hinted that her devastating symptoms were psychological. The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness is a memoir with a mission: to help the millions of (mostly) women who suffer from unnamed or misunderstood conditions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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💯 a valuable use of your money AND time. 💯
- By Amazon Customer on 06-14-20
- The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness
- A Memoir
- By: Sarah Ramey
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens, Sarah Ramey
Starts out funny, gets kinda sad, could be more condensed.
Reviewed: 06-11-25
This was a good book but it could have been a third shorter in length. I appreciated that the author read several chapters - she was great and so was the other narrator. I hope this book helps others like my neighbor, sister, and coworker. We all need more advocates for women’s health. Loved the message that women’s health = community health.
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Bear
- A Novel
- By: Julia Phillips
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 125
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Story3 out of 5 stars 125
Sam and Elena dream of another life. On the island off the coast of Washington where they were born and raised, they and their mother struggle to survive. Sam works on the ferry that delivers wealthy mainlanders to their vacation homes while Elena bartends at the local golf club, but even together they can’t earn enough to get by, stirring their frustration about the limits that shape their existence.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Depressing drudgery
- By Catherine on 08-09-24
- Bear
- A Novel
- By: Julia Phillips
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
Better if you’ve been there
Reviewed: 04-28-25
Beautiful descriptions and explanations of the San Juan islands. If you’ve been there, you can easily imagine the ferry, the environment, and the community.. the story was so-so and the ending was sadly predictable.
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Playground
- A Novel
- By: Richard Powers
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Siegerman, Eunice Wong, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 797
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 725
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 725
Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world’s first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up in naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane’s work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a tremendous story
- By Deb Hatch on 11-08-24
- Playground
- A Novel
- By: Richard Powers
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Siegerman, Eunice Wong, Pun Bandhu, Krys Janae, Kevin R Free
Richard Powers is great again
Reviewed: 04-12-25
This book reminded me of why I loved The Overstory. It was relevant, historical and futuristic, had excellent character development, and a creativly woven storyline. Highly recommended! I especially loved the references to scuba diving and struggle for gender equality (women’s rights). A masterful work. Worth reading a second time to take it all in…..
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The God of the Woods
- A Novel
- By: Liz Moore
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,716
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,105
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,104
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tangled Mystery Overloaded with Characters and Confusing Time Jumps
- By unknown on 08-09-24
- The God of the Woods
- A Novel
- By: Liz Moore
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
It’s not really about summer camp or teens and really isn’t about God
Reviewed: 09-21-24
This was a great mystery book. It’s primarily about dysfunctional families, social class disparities, mental health, and teen angst. It was very hard to put down - there are two mysteries to solve (disappearances), The female characters are excellently developed and the males are mainly flawed, insecure and superficially described. I applaud the author for choosing diverse names - none sounded or looked similar, making it much easier to keep them separate in my mind.
Overall a great mystery read, appealing to adults of any age (it’s not a YA book) and hard to put down. It is revealed piece by piece, like a 7-course meal that you want to enjoy every bite of to the very last one.
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Twenty Acres
- A Seventies Childhood in the Woods
- By: Sarah Neidhardt
- Narrated by: Lee Ann Howlett
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
In this vivid memoir, Neidhardt explores her childhood in wider familial and social contexts. Drawing upon a trove of family letters and other archival material, she follows her parents’ journey from privilege to food stamps—from their formative youths, to their embrace of pioneer homemaking and rural poverty, to their sudden and wrenching return to conventional society—and explores the back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s as it was, and as she lived it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoroughly and grossing book
- By Eve on 02-14-25
- Twenty Acres
- A Seventies Childhood in the Woods
- By: Sarah Neidhardt
- Narrated by: Lee Ann Howlett
So much better than Hill Billy Elegy!!
Reviewed: 07-08-24
Sarah’s life story evolves beautifully in this memoir, tying in generations, loved ones, ecosystems, cultures, and thoughtful prose. I appreciated the supporting information and history wrapped into the story, too. Her conclusions are sweet and hopeful. I liked this recount of growing up off the grid much, much more than Hill Billy Elegy.
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A Fire So Wild
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
- Narrated by: Marisha Tapera
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Abigail, a wealthy homeowner, decides to throw a lavish birthday in a hillside mansion to raise money for the city’s newest affordable housing project—and prove to her family that she’s made something worthwhile of her life. Sunny, a construction worker who sleeps in a van along the bay’s shore, is in the running for an apartment—but only if enough funds are raised at the party.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Relatable characters, very interesting plot
- By PDX on 07-08-24
- A Fire So Wild
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
- Narrated by: Marisha Tapera
Relatable characters, very interesting plot
Reviewed: 07-08-24
I really appreciated the characters, how they developed, and how they ended up. I could relate to each in different ways. The Berkeley references we legit, the NorCal depictions were credible. Nicely concluded storylines, too.
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The Butterfly Girl
- A Novel
- By: Rene Denfeld
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 176
A year ago, Naomi, the investigator with an uncanny ability for finding missing children, made a promise that she would not take another case until she finds the younger sister who has been missing for years. Naomi has no picture, not even a name. All she has is a vague memory of a strawberry field at night, black dirt under her bare feet as she ran for her life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bummed!
- By Anissa B. on 10-17-19
- The Butterfly Girl
- A Novel
- By: Rene Denfeld
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
A good story with an overworked theme
Reviewed: 04-06-24
Great story, especially as a sequel. Nice way to reveal the perpetrator in the end. Good climax and finish. but I got a bit annoyed with all the butterfly references - it was too much.
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The Fury
- By: Alex Michaelides
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,034
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,901
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 1,902
This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that’s not quite true. At its heart, it’s a love story, isn’t it? Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex-movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Give it time
- By missmarymack on 01-18-24
- The Fury
- By: Alex Michaelides
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
A good story
Reviewed: 04-03-24
Good but forgettable. It was a good murder mystery, and there were great twists at the end. But it jumped around a lot (on purpose to reveal twists). I enjoyed it but I definitely could put it down without a problem.
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Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 31,341
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 28,366
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Story5 out of 5 stars 28,299
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! It’s a Masterpiece
- By Billy on 10-25-22
- Demon Copperhead
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
Excellent book
Reviewed: 03-25-24
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It didn’t feel like a classic retold, it felt fresh and modern, with a twist. I loved the character development. It was a story I could envision my Boomer dad telling me about a guy he grew up with… except the Oxy part. That was too current. Kudos to the author for handling current issues with empathy and transparency.
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The Bangalore Detectives Club
- By: Harini Nagendra
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 385
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 336
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Story4 out of 5 stars 335
When clever, headstrong Kaveri moves to Bangalore to marry handsome young doctor Ramu, she’s resigned herself to a quiet life. But that all changes the night of the party at the Century Club, where she escapes to the garden for some peace and quiet—and instead spots an uninvited guest in the shadows. Half an hour later, the party turns into a murder scene. When a vulnerable woman is connected to the crime, Kaveri becomes determined to save her and launches a private investigation to find the killer, tracing his steps from an illustrious brothel to an Englishman’s mansion.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good concept, poor execution
- By Amazon Customer on 09-01-22
- The Bangalore Detectives Club
- By: Harini Nagendra
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Interesting mystery but not that intense
Reviewed: 02-29-24
For people who don’t like intense thrillers, this is a “lite” version set in India. It’s sweet and you can easily guess who the murderer is, and overall not a bad read.
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