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Contents May Have Shifted

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Contents May Have Shifted

By: Pam Houston
Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
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Heart-stopping prose and crackling observations on a spiritual journey toward a life rich in love and freedom.

Stuck in a dead-end relationship, this fearless narrator leaves her metaphorical baggage behind and finds a comfort zone in the air, "feeling safest with one plane ticket in her hand and another in her underwear drawer." She flies around the world, finding reasons to love life in dozens of far-flung places from Alaska to Bhutan. Along the way she weathers unplanned losses of altitude, air pressure, and landing gear. With the help of a squad of loyal, funny, wise friends and massage therapists, she learns to sort truth from self-deception, self-involvement from self-possession.

At last, having found a new partner "who loves Don DeLillo and the NHL" and a daughter "who needs you to teach her to dive and to laugh at herself"—not to mention two dogs and two horses—"staying home becomes more of an option. Maybe."

©2012 Pam Houston (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Heartfelt
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I feel a bit robbed by this book by Pam Houston, whose previous work gave me considerable pleasure. "Contents May Have Shifted" forces the reader to listen to a series of unrelated, self-indulgent, plotless, writerly little scenarios that never develop movement or character. I was unbelievably bored and disappointed. Storytelling is a sacred pact between writer and author, an agreement that Houston betrayed in this book. Had I known to expect no actual story, I'd never have wasted my money on this one.

severe disappointment

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I chose this for my book club as it had good reviews... not a single person enjoyed the book and most could not even finish it, me included! This is a disjointed grouping of thoughts with no story line at all. And way too much talk of death and suicide... I thought I was going to be reading a book about travel...

HORRIBLE!! There is no story line at all!

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