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  • Everything My Mother Taught Me

  • Inheritance collection
  • By: Alice Hoffman
  • Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
  • Length: 50 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (2,401 ratings)

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Everything My Mother Taught Me

By: Alice Hoffman
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
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Publisher's summary

In this haunting short story of loyalty and betrayal, a young woman in early 1900s Massachusetts discovers that in navigating her treacherous coming-of-age, she must find her voice first.

For fatefully observant Adeline, growing up carries an ominous warning from her adulterous mother: don’t say a word. Adeline vows to never speak again. But that’s not her only secret. After her mother takes a housekeeping job at a lighthouse off the tip of Cape Ann, a local woman vanishes. The key to the mystery lies with Adeline, the silent witness. New York Times bestselling author of The Rules of Magic Alice Hoffman crafts a beautiful, heart-wrenching short story.

Alice Hoffman’s Everything My Mother Taught Me is part of Inheritance, a collection of five stories about secrets, unspoken desires, and dangerous revelations between loved ones. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single setting. By yourself, behind closed doors, or shared with someone you trust.

©2019 by Alice Hoffman. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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Actually really loved it

First time I read or listened to this author and I thoroughly enjoyed this story!

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Good listen

Great story with excellent description and narration. the emotions of the main character are well portrayed and makes you feel both her subtelty and intensity in her thoughts.

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way too short, beautiful story

This is a short story beautifully told, and it's historical fiction. The narrator was good. It really would be much better if it were longer.

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wish it was a longer book

I enjoyed this so much that I wish it was a big full book. At 1st I was a little apprehensive and almost stopped listening because it was a bit sad and depressing, but then it got interesting and had a good moral.

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Pretty good

I liked the story line, and the setting descriptions. Pretty good short story, I kind of wish it had more.

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Great performance

The narrator with dairy, very good, added to the story with her expresses performance. I could have listened to an entire book read by her.

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Short & Sweet

perfect bedtime story that presents the crisis, protagonist works through crisis, crisis hits boiling point and the mess is all cleaned in the ending.

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very interesting

a very interesting perspective on lessons learned by the daughter of a woman who never wanted to be a mother. Makes you wonder why we constantly force women into motherhood if they don't want it.

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good but short

The story was very interesting and well written, however I wish it was longer and had more depth to the story.

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A tale of woe

I didn t realize it was a short story, so my surprise when it ended. I could follow the story and picture the harsh conditions described by the author.

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