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Hierdie publikasie van Marita van der Vyver is ʼn wydstromende rivier van ʼn roman, ʼn boek wat die leser onderdompel en omrol en maal in sy kolke van stemme en geskiedenis en oeroue hunkerings. Die verhaal word vertel vanuit die perspektief van drie opeenvolgende generasies – drie vroue wat reageer op mekaar en hul tyd. Hulle lewe in spanning, tussen weggaan en moet bly, en tussen vergeet en móét onthou, omdat onthou die enigste skakel is wat hulle nog met die oerbron van hul bestaan verbind. Dié skakel in die verhaal word verskaf deur Colette Cronjé, die oudste van die vroue wat as t' ware na die oorsprong teruggedwing word wanneer sy ʼn brief ontvang van haar lank verlore kleindogter, Tina. Deur dié onverwagse kontak begin Colette onthou, en sy begin vertel, want Tina is op die spoor van die familiegeskiedenis – en onderweg na Portugal, waar alles begin het. ʼn Leeftyd lank het Colette dit reggekry om daardie vroeë episode te verdring. Nou word sy gedwing om dit wat sy destyds so jubelend in haar joernaal beskryf het, opnuut in herinnering te roep. Sy word weer gekonfronteer deur Tina se biologiese ma, háár dogter, se desperate verset teen haar herkoms, haar kultuur, die land se politieke bestel. En dit ruk haar terug na die omstandighede wat haar jare gelede alle kontak met haar kleinkind ontneem het. Wanneer haar ouers kort ná mekaar sterf, spoor Tina haar bejaarde ouma op en laat haar vertel: Van Portugal. Van haar dogter, Nandi, wie se verset so ver gestrek het dat sy haar kind laat aanneem het en alleen oorsee is om te sterf. En die verhaal wat sy hoor, laat Tina besluit om terug te loop op die spore… in die hoop om haar herkoms op sy felste te belig. Die blou van onthou is deels ʼn Afrikanergeskiedenis, deels die geskiedenis van ʼn bepaalde familie. Marita van der Vyver laat jou vir hierdie familie soveel omgee dat hulle geskiedenis ten slotte voel soos jou eie – deur nuwe oë gesien.
Please note: This audiobook is in Afrikaans.
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- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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A Signature Performance: Tim Curry rescues Charles Dickens from the jaws of Disney with his one-of-a-kind performance of the treasured classic. Our listeners loved this version so much that it inspired our whole line of Signature Classics.
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Wonderful!!!
- By Alia on 12-11-09
By: Charles Dickens
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Booked for the Holidays
- By: Liz Maverick
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky, Andrew Eiden
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.
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What a gem!
- By Joanna N. on 11-14-24
By: Liz Maverick
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The Grandmother
- By: Jane E. James
- Narrated by: Anna Cordell, Max Dinnen
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.
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Good story bad language
- By Patti on 12-18-24
By: Jane E. James
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Mr. and Mrs. Christmas
- By: Michelle Stimpson
- Narrated by: Marcella Cox, Ian Hackney
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.
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Loved the book!
- By Amazon Customer on 11-15-24
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Holiday Hideaway
- A Short Story
- By: Mary Kay Andrews
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
- Length: 1 hr and 59 mins
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Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.
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I ain’t afraid of no ghosts
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 10-31-24
By: Mary Kay Andrews
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A Christmas Carol
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Hugh Grant
- Length: 2 hrs and 44 mins
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First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.
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Christmas Classic Given New Life
- By E-Hank3 on 12-26-20
By: Charles Dickens
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A Christmas Carol: A Signature Performance by Tim Curry
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Tim Curry
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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A Signature Performance: Tim Curry rescues Charles Dickens from the jaws of Disney with his one-of-a-kind performance of the treasured classic. Our listeners loved this version so much that it inspired our whole line of Signature Classics.
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Wonderful!!!
- By Alia on 12-11-09
By: Charles Dickens
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George Orwell’s 1984
- An Audible Original adaptation
- By: George Orwell, Joe White - adaptation
- Narrated by: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
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It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
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A Revelation!
- By wotsallthisthen on 04-07-24
By: George Orwell, and others
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The Plight Before Christmas
- By: Kate Stewart
- Narrated by: Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.
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Gaslighting and games
- By FMC on 12-22-22
By: Kate Stewart
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He's Gone
- By: Rebecca Collomosse
- Narrated by: Victoria Blunt, Cicely Whitehead, Joe Eyre
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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My fiancé brought me tea and scrambled eggs in bed that morning, and we snuggled together, talking about buying our rings, and about our perfect wedding next year. Then we headed into town. He held my hand and gazed at the ring I liked best, a smile spreading slowly over his face. Then a glass of bubbly to celebrate. I felt flushed, excited and ready for the rest of my life with the man I loved. We race to get on the train home. It screams to a halt and I run towards its open doors. Made it. I think he’s right behind me — but when I turn around, he’s gone.
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Disappointing plot
- By TerriSweeta on 12-04-24
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The Answer Is No
- A Short Story
- By: Fredrik Backman, Elizabeth DeNoma - translator
- Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
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Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.
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Narrator doesn’t get Backman’s satire or rhythm
- By joey1603 on 12-01-24
By: Fredrik Backman, and others
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Starship Troopers
- By: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.
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The definitive version!
- By Kristopher G. Hesson on 10-03-24
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Dead Med
- By: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso, Scott Merriman
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med thanks to the tragic history of students overdosing on illegal drugs. But Heather would never consider doing anything like that. That is, until her longtime boyfriend dumps her, she finds herself failing anatomy, and her world starts to crumble.
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Hmm
- By Morgan Meaux on 08-22-24
By: Freida McFadden
What listeners say about Die blou van onthou [The Blue Remembered]
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-03-18
Sjoe! My hart!
ñ Pragtige vertelling deur Anna-Mart van der Merwe van Marita van der Vyfer se boek. Ek het dit werklik baie geniet, en ook ñ paar knop in die keel oomblikke saam met die skrywer beleef.
Almal het àltyd ñ storie, diè verhaal is iets om te beleef. Ek sal graag nóg ñ paar hoofstukke baie waardeer.
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- Catherine
- 03-02-21
Die Blou van Onthou
Dis ‘n wonderlike boek..... mooi storie met ‘n bevredigende, dog ietwat voorspelbare einde.
AnnaMart lees dit meesterlik voor, sy het eenvoudig al die karakters laat lewe. Ek kon net nie ophou luister nie.
Knap gedaan! Ek het wonderlike herinneringe van ‘n vakansie in Portugal, ongemaklike onthou van die donker geskiedenis van ons land, alles dinge wat die boek toeganklik maak. Maar bowenal, die hoorbeeld........Luisterboeke is nog nuut vir my, veral in Afrikaans, maar ek is nou heeltemaal omgekoop!
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-20-20
Onbeskryflik!
Laat jou verlang na dae lank verby, sonder dat ekself daardie dae geken het. Historiese menswees deurweef met hedendaagse uitdagings.
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- Gerhardus Visser
- 12-26-21
Ongelooflik!!!!!!
Absoluut fantasties!!!!
Jy ervaar jou eie lewe deur die woorde, die rede hoekom trane sommer net so begin loop terwyl ek geluister het. Dankie Marita en Anna-Mart.
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- Estee
- 12-09-19
Hoe blou is dié blou van onthou
Dalk omdat ek myself gevind het in Lisbon, Coimbra, Porto, Aveiro , Obidos en Sintra , is dit hiekom ek my so kon inlewe in hierdie boek. my storie is veel anders maar ek is dit eens met die skryfster dat daar 'n diep melankoliese en magiese betekenis en bekentenis in Portugal is. Die Azulejos- die kleure van Portugal, die verweerde traan gewaste murasies, die mense. Annamart is een op haar eie - sy het 'n bekorende stem en deur na haar te luister het sy my teruggeneem na Lisboa en die plekke wat daarop volg. ek kon nie verstaan hoekom ek juis vrede en aanvaarding in Portugal gevind het nie- op 'n solo trip- 12maande want dit is langer a 1 jaar- na my Gareth se afsterwe. Hierdie voorlesing en storielyn is dus vir my 'n persoonlike terugkeer na wat ek na my terugkeer van Portugal verwys het as my sabbatical. Ek gaan my huis versier met my Azulejos- die bekoring van Portugal.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-05-19
Hartverskeurend mooi
Boeiend van begin tot einde. Anna-Mart se voorlesing maak jou deel van die storie, van die beste ooit!
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- Anonymous User
- 05-25-19
Best narrator
The story was good but the narrator was fantastic. She made the characters come alive and it was easy to follow the story. The characters sounded authentic.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-17-20
A life cycle of love
This story takes you from one generation to the next, making you remember your own experiences during the different pockets of time and history. Anna-Mart's performance (because it was not just reading) was nothing but exceptional.
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- Mariette
- 05-15-16
Slow start Great finish
Struggled to get " into " the book but it was worth it in the end
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- Anonymous User
- 09-21-20
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10 out of 10 for the Narator
It was pure pleasure to listen to her
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