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Tanya Eby Sirois
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By:
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Susan Wiggs
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Like a Technicolor tornado bursting into Luz's picture-perfect life, Jessie returns to her Texas hometown with a shattering request. She wants to tell Lila the truth. As Luz and her husband struggle with what Jessie's return may mean to rebellious Lila, their seemingly solid marriage falters. Old secrets are exposed. Then, just as Jessie comes to terms with the past, life's bittersweet irony plays its hand. She meets Dustin Matlock, a young father who has survived a devastating loss. And Jessie begins to see the hopeful possibilities that lie buried in the most wrenching tragedies.
Though she aches to reach out to those she loves, Jessie stands at the crossroads. She is leaving behind the only life she knows and blindly leaping into the unknown. Now the choice she makes will affect the life of her daughter and challenge the meaning of sisterhood. As Jessie and Luz examine the true meaning of love, loyalty and family, they are drawn into an emotional tug-of-war filled with moments of unexpected humor, surprising sweetness and unbearable sadness. But as the pain, regrets and mistakes of the past slowly rise to the surface, a new picture emerges - a picture filled with hope, promise and the redeeming power of the human heart.
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Tess Delaney makes a living restoring stolen treasures to their rightful owners. People like Annelise Winther, who refuses to sell her long-gone mother’s beloved necklace - despite Tess’s advice. To Annelise, the jewel’s value is in its memories. But Tess’s own history is filled with gaps: a father she never met, a mother who spent more time traveling than with her daughter. So Tess is shocked when she discovers the grandfather she never knew is in a coma. And that she has been named in his will to inherit half of Bella Vista, a 100-acre apple orchard in the magical Sonoma town called Archangel. The rest is willed to Isabel Johansen. A half-sister she’s never heard of.
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Cliche Storyline With One-Dimensional Characters
- By AS on 08-09-14
By: Susan Wiggs
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Summer at Willow Lake
- The Lakeshore Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Susan Wiggs
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Real estate expert Olivia Bellamy reluctantly trades a trendy Manhattan summer for her family's old resort camp in the Catskills, where her primary task will be renovating the bungalow colony for her grandparents, who want one last summer together filled with fun, friends and family. A posh resort in its heyday, the camp is now in disarray and Olivia is forced to hire contractor Connor Davis - a still-smoldering flame from her own summers at camp.
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Finding Love at Summer Camp
- By Pamela Dale Foster on 02-13-15
By: Susan Wiggs
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Just Breathe
- By: Susan Wiggs
- Narrated by: Sandra Burr
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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Chicago cartoonist Sarah Moon tackles life's real issues with a healthy dose of sharp wit in her syndicated comic strip Just Breathe. As Sarah's cartoon alter ego, Shirl, undergoes artificial insemination, her situation begins to mirror Sarah's own difficult attempts to conceive. However, Sarah's dreams of the future did not include her husband's infidelity: snag number two in Sarah's so-called perfect life.
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Predictable
- By TRACY on 02-11-09
By: Susan Wiggs
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Miranda
- A Novel
- By: Susan Wiggs
- Narrated by: Ashford MacNab
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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In Regency London, a woman escapes from a burning warehouse only to realize she doesn't know her own identity. Although the locket around her neck bears the name Miranda, she has no recollection of her past. Nor does she know why two very different men want her - the devilishly handsome Scotsman, Ian MacVane, and Lord Lucas Chesney, the nobleman who claims to be her betrothed. In a race against time to discover who she is and which man she can trust, Miranda embarks on a soul-stirring journey that takes her from the dazzling salons of London to the craggy Highlands of Scotland.
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A Very Excellent Read / Listen!
- By Dianne Rassie on 08-21-22
By: Susan Wiggs
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On Mystic Lake
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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On the day her daughter leaves for college, Anne Colwater's husband of 20 years announces he wants a divorce. Her roles of wife and mother suddenly gone, Annie retreats to her childhood home of Mystic, Washington, to heal. There she finds her old friend Nick, suddenly widowed and unable to cope with his emotionally scarred young daughter, Izzie.
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Never been so disappointed
- By Anonymous User on 12-28-10
By: Kristin Hannah
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The Raven and the Rose
- A Novel
- By: Susan Wiggs
- Narrated by: Ashford MacNab
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
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One of Napoleon's mercenaries sent to conquer the Hospice of St. Bernards, Daniel Severin, falls in love with Lorelei du Clerc, the illegitimate daughter of King Louis XVI, who is cloistered there, and the two risk their lives for a passion that cannot be denied.
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Describing the scenery of the area and the love story
- By Amazon Customer on 07-02-24
By: Susan Wiggs
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Home Again
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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At the center of Home Again is Madelaine - a brilliant cardiologist, a loving mother, a tender friend, and a woman full of self-doubt. It is also the story of her confused and angry daughter, Lina, and of the two very different men Madelaine loves: Francis, a priest searching for his faith, and Angel, a talented but cynical man with a broken heart. When tragedy suddenly brings them all together, they must learn to forgive the betrayals of the past and find the courage to love again.
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A 50 Tissue Read
- By Laura on 10-31-10
By: Kristin Hannah
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- Karen Johnson
- 05-28-12
Mostly Enjoyed This Book
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Pronunciation of the word Maori and Maori words were terrible, I would have though that would have been something the narrator would have checked on, how to pronounce words properly.
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- DEE HOCK
- 04-16-25
Great read
I have never read a story like this one based on the development of blindness in a young person! Very touching story!
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- Jan
- 09-16-10
Fantastic
Love family and life happens .... its how you pull together that is beautiful. Just like this book.
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- C. Scarborough
- 06-24-12
May Be Susan Wiggs Worst
Would you try another book from Susan Wiggs and/or Tanya Eby Sirois?
I have liked other Susan Wiggs books and search for anything that she writes. If this was my first by her I would not buy another. I hope readers who do not like this will give her another chance. The narrator was not outstanding but not bad.
What was most disappointing about Susan Wiggs’s story?
I found the character Jessie to be selfish, unlikeable and having extremely poor judgement. I cannot understand why the other characters loved her so much and cannot understand why no matter what she did to them they just shrugged and let it go. I am very glad that I have never met anyone like her. The characters was not at all believable.
What about Tanya Eby Sirois’s performance did you like?
The narrator was good. I had a little trouble distinguishing which character was speaking, the voices were very similar, but that may have been inattention on my part because of the story itself.
Do you think Home Before Dark needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Absolutely not. I couldn't wait for this one to end.
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- AJ
- 05-03-17
Entertaining - made the hours fly while driving
Would you listen to Home Before Dark again? Why?
probably at some time in the future
Have you listened to any of Tanya Eby Sirois’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
not sure
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
All of it
Any additional comments?
It was very easy to listen to, the writing was great, it was a great experience
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- James dixon
- 07-17-23
Love this book
I really enjoyed this book I didn’t want to stop listening I recommend to read.
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- Del
- 12-23-11
You won't want to put this one down
What a wonderful story, I wanted to keep listening yet did not want it to end. I will listen to this book again soon.
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- Theresa Atashkar
- 10-10-23
Home Before Dark
What a lovely book. Friends, and families and all the problems in our daily lives and we can still love each other.
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