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In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People: Bounty

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In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People: Bounty

By: Alison Espach
Narrated by: Carol Monda, Neil Hellegers, Mark Sanderlin
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In this at-once hilarious and heartbreaking series, In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People, Alison Espach explores our collective idiosyncrasies, neuroses, and desires through the consumer choices, big and small, that we face every day.

Was there any particular reason that, near the end of your lives, you suddenly stopped buying Bounty paper towels? So begins the first question from Bounty’s market research representative to Paul and Maggie. In this unique short story, a couple who died suddenly in their 50s recounts their use of Bounty paper towels and their sudden switch to a bargain brand near the end of their lives. What appears to be a run-of-the-mill spat between spouses at the Stop & Shop is revealed to be a defining moment of a marriage years in decline and a chance for two people to make sense of their complicated past.

©2021 Alison Espach (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC.
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About the Creator

Alison Espach is the author of the novel The Adults, a New York Times’ "Editor’s Choice", a Barnes and Noble Discover Award selection, a Wall Street Journal "Top 10 Novel of the Year", a Kirkus and Library Journal "Editor’s Choice", and a Chicago Tribune "#1 Reader Recommendation". Her short stories and essays have appeared in Vogue, Joyland, Glamour, The Lincoln Center Theater Review, Salon, The Daily Beast, McSweeney’s, Five Chapters, and more. She is currently a professor of Creative Writing at Providence College in Rhode Island.

Creative Premise • Humorous Dialogue • Spectacular Performance • Emotional Depth • Relatable Marriage Portrayal
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Cleaver idea! Interviewer was hilarious. The married couple dialog was so realistic, at times cute, funny, sweet but overall it was quite sad. Life is short, love you mate everyday, and buy don't buy brand.

Spectacular Performance, funny but also quite sad.

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I really love these short stories, funny, interesting and revealing. perfect for a cozy afternoon.

an awesome lesson in living

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Poignant and funny conversation about life with a partner. So relatable, it's a quick but intense path to both tears and laughter. The depth of insight will surprise you.

SO much in such a short time

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This was a great listen about the reality of marriage and marketing. I laughed outloud often!

Very real and so funny!

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loved it! it was a hilarious story from start to finish. my most highly recommend book of the year!

loved it

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It was a humorous take on the afterlife and market research and capitalism and marriage counseling.

Funny and worth a listen for free

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Like attending a play. So insightful and unexpected. Very sad but accurate account of the misunderstandings that can unravel a marriage, interspersed with humor. Brilliant!

Fabulous!!!

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I literally laughed out loud, nodded in agreement, and empathized with both of the aggrieved parties. Very clever, and it left me wanting more from this author.

Hilarious, Witty, Poignant

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I didnt know what to expect but was pleasantly surprised how much I loved this. Highly recommended!

So funny but deep

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This was funny and somewhat heart wrenching simultaneously.
I didn't expect the direction taken by this book, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Missed opportunity

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