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A Novel
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Maria McCann
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EJ Lavery
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Jeremy Carlisle Parker
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Jen Lancaster
About this listen
Three grown women find escape and camaraderie on sorority row in a delightfully exhilarating novel about fresh starts, whether you want them or not, by New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster.
How fast can charity fundraiser CeCe Barclay’s unimpeachable society life come tumbling down?
One minute she’s speaking before Chicago’s glitterati. The next, her financier husband is wanted for embezzlement. Her assets seized and her fall mortifyingly public, CeCe grasps for refuge—and employment—as a sorority housemom at Eli Whitney University, her daughter Hayden’s alma mater.
Tasked with preparing a stately—but in CeCe’s estimation shabby—house for rush, CeCe isn’t the only one navigating a new life. Janelle Smith’s last experience as a housemother was at a Jersey strip club, where she witnessed a mob hit. To keep her safe until trial, WITSEC finds her a new identity and a housemom position on Eli Whitney’s sorority row, where Janelle’s conflict mediation and tolerance for high estrogen levels make her a star employee. For Hayden, a barista at a hopelessly hip off-campus café, the goal is to flee everything Barclay: the money, the scandals, and the exasperating family nonsense. What next?
Though CeCe’s not ready to sell her Chanel bag, she’s open to reinvention. Hayden might even admit she needs help in her new independent life. And Janelle’s due for a personal triumph. But big challenges loom between the alabaster columns of Eli Whitney, unexpected and dicey enough to bring them all together—if only to keep them from falling completely apart.
©2023 Jen Lancaster (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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Disappointing ... Both Narration and Story
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Unexpected pleasure with engaging dialgoue
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Not relatable
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Hallmark movie
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New York Times best-selling author Jen Lancaster has lived a life based on re-invention and self-improvement. From Bitter Is the New Black to The Tao of Martha, she’s managed to document her (and her generation’s) attempts to shape up, grow up, and have it all - sometimes with disastrous results...Mistakes are one thing; regrets are another. After a girls’ weekend in Savannah makes her realize that she is - yikes! - middle-aged (binge watching is so the new binge drinking), Jen decides to make a bucket list and seize the day.
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The Smug Is Strong With This One
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Planning the perfect prom is one last “to do” on ultra-organized Charlotte Wu’s high school bucket list. So far, so good, if not for a decorating accident that sends Charlotte crash-landing off a ladder, face-first into her obnoxiously ripped archnemesis J. T. Renner. Worse? When Charlotte wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar bed at thirty years old, with her bearded fiancé, Renner, by her side.
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Sweet story.
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Morning in This Broken World
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Grieving but feisty widow Vivian Laurent is at a late-in-life crossroads. The man she loved is gone. Their only daughter is estranged and missing. And the assisted-living facility where her husband died is going into quarantine. Living in lockdown with only heartache and memories is something Vivian can’t bear. Then comes a saving grace.
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Great narration & likable characters
- By Thinker on 09-26-23
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Fortune
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One drop of blood for a chance at a multimillion-dollar windfall. Is it a philanthropic gesture from a billionaire widow? Some suspect a darker motive behind the DNA lottery—one tied to the eighteen-year-old mystery of an infant’s unidentified remains that mars the history of idyllic Rosemary Hills, Iowa. Right after the blood lottery is announced, three local women fall under suspicion of knowing something about that night, and their carefully kept secrets threaten to spill out too.
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Well written
- By Mary on 04-01-25
By: Ellen Won Steil
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There's No Coming Back from This
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It seems lately that Poppy Lively is invisible to everyone but the IRS. After her accountant absconded with her life savings, newly bankrupt Poppy is on the verge of losing her home when an old flame, now a hotshot producer, gives her a surprising way out: a job in costumes on a Hollywood film set. It’s a bold move to pack her bags, keep secrets from her daughter, and head to Los Angeles, but Poppy's a capable person—how hard can a job in wardrobe be?
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Inaccurate & poorly researched
- By Amazon Customer on 08-12-23
By: Ann Garvin
Critic reviews
“[A]n intriguing and compelling tale with complex characters…look[ing] at the sisterhood formed in sororities that extends to those who work in, and around, them.”—Kirkus Reviews
“The book shines in its emphasis on the power of women having each other’s backs and rooting for one another. This novel is a witty, wild ride and an overall gripping read with unforgettable, wholesome moments.”—Booklist
“Witty and hilarious…Jen Lancaster is like that friend who always says what you’re thinking—just 1,000 times funnier.”—People
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- J. Larsen
- 11-24-23
It’s Jen Lancaster, enough said!
I am not sure about the ending…is there a sequel coming? I feel like we still have questions about what’s to come on sorority row.
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- Robin Kay Quinn
- 06-07-24
Engaging, amusing story of women starting over
There’s a wide range of women in this story, but they all face the same challenge - starting over. Good story that draws you in.
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- Kelly M
- 12-01-23
I want more!
Love Jen Lancaster! Now I need to know what happens on the row & with Ginelle’s love life! Love love loved the narration. I thought I would be bummed that Jen herself wasn’t reading it, but it was great.
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- Marylea Fears
- 05-26-24
Just what I needed
This is a laugh out loud book and the narration is awesome. Sometimes you need a fun book like this one that you can get lost in and laugh. The characters were so cute and came together for some good life lessons in spite of this seeming like a fun beach read. I think I will pull this out for another listen later on when I'm wanting to just laugh and wind down. I will check other titles by this author as I believe you need all sorts of books and authors to choose from depending on what you need and how you are feeling at the time.
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- Jim & Marilyn Hartwell
- 11-17-23
Entertaining
Found this story fun and entertaining. The narrators did a great job! Fun and whimsical!
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- Carolyn G. Manuel
- 12-16-23
Total Opposites
Two women find themselves being house mother at sorority dorms. One is in witness protection and the other is trying to survive her husband’s embezzlement of millions from her charity. A madcap adventure during the weeks before and during rush. Great narration.
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- Bedeviled Haberdasher
- 05-30-24
Left me wanting more!
I'm not sure that's very nice, since I think this may be a standalone book, but I still thoroughly enjoyed this! It was equal parts touching, funny, and sweet. Imperious CeCe, maybe just a little out of touch with, well, everything. Hayden, trying so hard to be better but clueless! And poor Janelle. Still so innocent after being through so much. Each character was beautifully fleshed out, warts and all. Also, can I be friends with Laverne? I need some of that straight talk in my life. My only quibble is the ending that was a little abrupt and left me a tiny bit off balance.
The narrators were perfection! Over all, this was a credit well spent!
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- Mary Beth Jobe
- 11-20-24
Flipping phenomenal!!
This book was excellent! The story was creative, it made me laugh, it even almost made me tear up. And I have to say, the narrators sold it! So good!
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- Jeanette H.
- 02-05-24
Fun read
Another fun read from Jen Lancaster. It's been quite a few years since I've read one of her books, and this one reminded me why I like her as an author. It's a quick, uncomplicated read. You will chuckle, laugh out loud, and sometimes be wistful at the characters and their issues. These are unconventional sorority house-moms with the best of intentions, even if they don't always have the required skills.
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- Ellypelly
- 05-27-24
Clearly a part 1
The book was good but there's a lot of loose ends that must be tied up in a second book
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