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Suite Francaise
- By: Irene Nemirovsky
- Narrated by: Daniel Oreskes, Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 328
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 293
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Story4 out of 5 stars 288
By the early 1940s, when Ukrainian-born Irène Némirovsky began working on what would become Suite Française—the first two parts of a planned five-part novel—she was already a highly successful writer living in Paris.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One word: Epic
- By Erin on 03-23-15
- Suite Francaise
- By: Irene Nemirovsky
- Narrated by: Daniel Oreskes, Barbara Rosenblat
Details of characters and settings. Inner worlds described.
Reviewed: 02-05-25
I liked the details and descriptions. I liked learning the effects of the German occupation by following certain people's journies.
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The Dutch House
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56,792
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50,779
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50,446
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not my favorite Patchett
- By Regina on 12-07-19
- The Dutch House
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Tom Hanks
It is a perfect novel perfectly read.
Reviewed: 05-09-20
I am sad to have finished listening to Tom Hanks reading Ann Padgett’s marvelous story of “The Dutch House.
If you like good novels, don’t miss this one.
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The Weight of Ink
- By: Rachel Kadish
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 23 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,519
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,966
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,954
Set in the London of the 1660s and of the early 21st century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city, and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. As the novel opens, Helen has been summoned by a former student to view a cache of 17th-century Jewish documents newly discovered in his home during a renovation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling characters question life choices, ethics, religious rules, love and desire
- By CHRISTINE on 11-02-17
- The Weight of Ink
- By: Rachel Kadish
- Narrated by: Corrie James
Excellent story, writing, characters-everything you want in a big novel
Reviewed: 08-07-17
Rachel Kaddish has fulfilled an experienced reader's highest wishes for a very satisfying novel. She has done a remarkable lot of research about life in London in the 1600,, the fate of some Jewish families and rabbis and philosophical writings, and English academic life in the 21st century. Also, she has imagined characters that hold interest in themselves. We go between these different times like a good mystery. But this is a full- bodied novel. Every time I had to put it down, I wanted to go back to it. I first saw this book in a bookstore. I was attracted to the title and to the cover. I hadn't heard of the author nor of the book, but I knew I wanted to read it. I am so very glad I did. Among much else it does, it shines light on the importance of our need to continue to make the world a free, safe place for all women to have equality.
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