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Wendy Tremont King
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Stella Maddox
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There were a thousand tiny cracks in her protective coating, but it only took the right one for the entire shell to fall away...
Stella Maddox is approaching forty. After sacrificing her career to become a stay-at-home mom, her marriage and life disintegrate. Birthdays don't bother her, but screaming kids, superficial friends, and grey hairs do. She compromises her spirit over and over, and finds herself slipping through the cracks as her family's lives take priority over her own.
She strikes up a friendship with her neighbor's college-age son, Tad. Stella desires his company, but faces the possibility of destabilizing her marriage and family for an outlet to ease her loneliness. As the bond with her husband frays, she must decide when a connection becomes an affair, what actions she can live with, and which pieces inside she can still claim for herself.
Stella is trapped in a cage that she worked most of her life to build.
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The words on the page jumbled into a toxic mess my brain refused to comprehend, much less accept. Please consider this letter as a formal request to arrange a paternity test (DNA). I barely remembered Chelsea Airy. That wasn't true - we'd gone out once, and we'd been friends for a while after. But I hadn't heard so much as a peep from her since I'd gotten married. I'd reached out a handful of times, but she'd quit responding and fell off the face of the earth.
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very good
- By Kindle Customer on 10-19-22
By: Stephie Walls
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Weekends Required
- A Danvers Novel
- By: Sydney Landon
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Claire Walters has worked for Jason Danvers as his assistant for three years, but he’s never appreciated her as a woman - until the day she jumps out of a cake at his friend’s bachelor party.... To support her ailing mother, Claire is forced to work a second job at a party-planning company. But when her handsome boss ends up with a front-row seat to the action, she’s mortified - and he’s intrigued. With Danvers International in the middle of an important merger, Jason asks Claire to accompany him on weekend business trips - and suddenly all her fantasies are coming true.
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Not Bad, Not Great!
- By Maria on 02-09-13
By: Sydney Landon
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The Girls of Mischief Bay
- Mischief Bay, Book 1
- By: Susan Mallery
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Nicole Lord wants to be a good wife, but there's a difference between being supportive and supporting her husband, who quit his job to write a screenplay she's never seen. He won't even help take care of their son, leaving Nicole to run the house and work full-time at her Mischief Bay Pilates studio. Can she say enough is enough without losing the man she loves?
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Great
- By sandy_lowe on 02-27-15
By: Susan Mallery
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Your Perfect Life
- A Novel
- By: Liz Fenton, Lisa Steinke
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Best friends, Casey and Rachel couldn't lead more different lives. While workaholic Casey rubs elbows with celebrities daily as the host of Gossip TV and comes home nightly to an empty apartment, stay-at-home mom Rachel juggles a baby, two teenagers, and a husband who barely seems the man she fell in love with two decades before. After an argument at their 20th high school reunion, Casey and Rachel throw back shots to get the night back on track. Instead, they get a life-changing hangover.
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Save your time!
- By Maggie B. on 09-08-15
By: Liz Fenton, and others
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The One That Got Away
- By: Bethany Chase
- Narrated by: Loretta Rawlins
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Sarina Mahler thinks she has her life all nailed down: a growing architecture practice in Austin, Texas, and an any-day-now proposal from her loving boyfriend, Noah. She's well on her way to having the family she's hoped for since her mother's death 10 years ago. But with Noah on a temporary assignment abroad and retired Olympic swimmer - and former flame - Eamon Roy back in town asking her to renovate his new fixer-upper, Sarina's life takes an unexpected turn
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painful to listen by the end
- By Pratheba Orth on 02-28-19
By: Bethany Chase
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Suddenly
- By: Barbara Delinsky
- Narrated by: Carol Monda
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In the idyllic small town of Tucker, Vermont, life flows at a rhythmic pace for pediatrician Paige Pfeiffer. But when Mara O'Neill, her best friend and medical partner, inexplicably kills herself, Paige's comfortable world is suddenly shattered. Temporarily caring for Mara's newly adopted baby daughter while she comes to grips with her grief, Paige clings to the hope that, in time, her orderly life will return.
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Parent guide! (not romance)
- By christine on 10-10-11
By: Barbara Delinsky
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The Drowning Girls
- By: Paula Treick DeBoard
- Narrated by: David Atlas, Amy McFadden
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Liz McGinnis never imagined herself living in a luxurious gated community like The Palms. Ever since she and her family moved in, she's felt like an outsider amongst the Stepford-like wives and their obnoxiously spoiled children. Still, she's determined to make it work - if not for herself, then for her husband, Phil, who landed them this lavish home in the first place, and for her daughter, Danielle, who's about to enter high school.
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Did the author run out of paper?
- By grandparent on 06-06-16
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We Take This Man
- By: Candice Dow
- Narrated by: Simi Howe
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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When Dwight Wilson is offered a big promotion, the wrinkle is he must move from Florida to Maryland. Although Dwight accepts the job, his wife Tracey decides to remain in their new Florida home. Try as they might, their relationship ends in divorce, and Dwight eventually marries co-worker Alicia Dixon. And that’s when Tracey comes back into the picture—with some rather surprising news.
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Seriously?
- By N. Hall on 02-13-11
By: Candice Dow
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Marrying Mister Perfect
- By: Lizzie Shane
- Narrated by: Ava Erickson
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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To Louisa Tanner, Jack Doyle is perfect - heart surgeon, loving single father, and best friend a girl could have - so it's no surprise when he's tapped as the next Mister Perfect for the reality dating series Marrying Mister Perfect. But watching her secret crush romancing gorgeous women on national television? That flat out sucks - even if he will never see her as more than a pal.
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very good
- By Kindle Customer on 10-19-22
By: Lizzie Shane
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Easy
- Contours of the Heart, Book 1
- By: Tammara Webber
- Narrated by: Tara Sands
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A girl who believes trust can be misplaced, promises are made to be broken, and loyalty is an illusion. A boy who believes truth is relative, lies can mask unbearable pain, and guilt is eternal. Will what they find in each other validate their conclusions, or disprove them all?
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Easy and Enjoyable Listen
- By Katherine on 02-18-13
By: Tammara Webber
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Barefoot Season
- A Blackberry Island Novel, Book 1
- By: Susan Mallery
- Narrated by: Sarah Grace
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Michelle Sanderson may appear to be a strong, independent woman, but on the inside, she’s still the wounded girl who fled home years ago. A young army vet, Michelle returns to the quaint Blackberry Island Inn to claim her inheritance and recover from the perils of war. Instead, she finds the owner’s suite occupied by the last person she wants to see. Carly Williams and Michelle were once inseparable, until a shocking betrayal destroyed their friendship. And now Carly is implicated in the financial disaster lurking behind the inn’s cheerful veneer.
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Narrator Ruins It
- By Gale Ann on 03-25-13
By: Susan Mallery
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Get Lucky
- By: Katherine Center
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Filled with wit and heart, Get Lucky by Katherine Center explores the deep bonds of sisterhood. Sarah Harper’s whole world revolved around her job at a New York advertising agency before an email snafu got her fired. Now she’s seeking refuge at her sister Mackie’s home in Houston. But Mackie, who’s unable to get pregnant, is also down-and-out these days. So Sarah decides to do something good and becomes a surrogate mother.
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Finding what matters most in life
- By bizymom7 on 10-12-24
By: Katherine Center
What listeners say about A Thousand Tiny Cracks
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- pattigurl
- 08-24-13
The premise became annoying....
What did you like best about A Thousand Tiny Cracks? What did you like least?
At first I thought this was a story I could relate to and I enjoyed it for the most part. But midway, the character annoyed me. I mean I found the character complaining on and on about how alone she felt nauseating after a while. And to have an affair with a younger man only to realize in the end she needed a job for fulfillment?
I saw it through the end but I did not feel sorry for the character at all.
What do you think your next listen will be?
I have so many in my library that I'm at a loss but it has to have a more spirited and intelligent character not so needy and emotional.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
Midway through it became more of a boring monologue from a spoiled housewife.
Did A Thousand Tiny Cracks inspire you to do anything?
It just made me realize how stupid some women are.
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