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Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English
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- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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At the start of World War II, Jack and Sadie Rosenblum flee Berlin for London with their baby daughter, Elizabeth. Upon arrival, Jack receives a pamphlet from the German Jewish Aid Committee on how to act like a proper Englishman. He follows it to the letter - Saville Row suits, the BBC, trips to Covent Garden, a Jaguar - and it works like a charm. The Rosenblums settle into a prosperous new life.
Just one item on the list eludes him: An Englishman must be a member of a golf course. No golf course in England at the time will admit a Jew. But the list is now the guiding document in Jack's life, and he must check off the final item. So he decides to build his own golf club in the Dorset countryside. For the second time, Sadie leaves a home she loves. And despite ancient customs, British snobbery, mythical beasts, and a shrinking bank account, they triumph once again.
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- By: Lindsey Barraclough
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 10 hrs
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When Cora and her little sister, Mimi, are sent to stay with their great-aunt in the isolated village of Bryers Guerdon, they receive a less than warm welcome and are desperate to go back to London. But Auntie Ida’s life was devastated the last time two young girls were at Guerdon Hall, and now her nieces’ arrival has reawakened an evil that has lain in wait for years. A haunting voice in an empty room; a strange, scarred man lurking in the graveyard; mysterious words scrawled on the walls of the abandoned church ... all point to a horrifying truth that has held Bryers Guerdon in its grip for centuries.
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AMAZING!!!
- By Sharron on 09-06-14
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My Family and Other Animals
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Nigel Davenport
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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This memoir is soaked in the sunshine of Corfu, where Gerald Durrell lived as a boy, surrounded by his eccentric family - as well as puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies.
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A thoroughly delightful book!
- By T.K. on 06-21-08
By: Gerald Durrell
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Jagannath
- By: Karin Tidbeck
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
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A child is born in a tin can. A switchboard operator finds himself in hell. Three corpulent women float somewhere beyond time. Welcome to the weird world of Karin Tidbeck, the visionary Swedish author of literary sci-fi, speculative fiction, and mind-bending fantasy who has captivated fans around the world. Originally published by the tiny press Cheeky Frawg - the passion project of Ann and Jeff VanderMeer - Jagannath has been celebrated by listeners and critics alike, with rave reviews from major outlets and support from lauded peers like China Mieville and even Ursula K. Le Guin herself.
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Always unique, usually quite good, sometimes meh
- By Eugene on 02-13-19
By: Karin Tidbeck
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Arcadia
- By: Lauren Groff
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Lauren Groff’s acclaimed debut novel The Monsters of Templeton was short-listed for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, Arcadia opens in the late 1960s with a group of young idealists forming a commune in western New York State. Into this group is born Bit, who grows into a quiet, distant man. Over the course of 50 years, Bit witnesses the utopia crumble and the world change in unimaginable ways.
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Luscious prose, intimate and realistic
- By Kathleen on 03-22-12
By: Lauren Groff
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A Golden Age
- A Novel
- By: Tahmima Anam
- Narrated by: Madhur Jaffrey
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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As young widow Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. In the garden of the house she has built, her roses are blooming, her children are almost grown, and beyond their doorstep, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections. Change is in the air.
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sad, poignant, thought-provoking, beautiful
- By Rio Delta Wild on 06-04-08
By: Tahmima Anam
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The Road Home
- By: Rose Tremain
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008, The Road Home is the best-selling story of Lev, a middle-aged migrant from Eastern Europe, who moves to London in search of work after losing his wife and job. Lev's London is awash with money, celebrity and complacency. The world Tremain creates is both convincing and poignant.
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OK - nice narration - good characters
- By bea on 02-21-11
By: Rose Tremain
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Secrets of Nanreath Hall
- A Novel
- By: Alix Rickloff
- Narrated by: Lauren Irwin, Laura Waddell
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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Cornwall, 1940. Back in England after the harrowing evacuation at Dunkirk, WWII Red Cross nurse Anna Trenowyth is shocked to learn her adoptive parents, Graham and Prue Handley, have been killed in an air raid. She desperately needs their advice, as she's been assigned to the military hospital that has set up camp inside her biological mother's childhood home - Nanreath Hall. Anna was just six years old when her mother, Lady Katherine Trenowyth, died. All she has left are vague memories that tease her with clues she can't unravel.
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Well done both narrators and Author !
- By Andover Meadow on 09-17-16
By: Alix Rickloff
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The Blind Assassin
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Margot Dionne
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
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For the past twenty-five years, Margaret Atwood has written works of striking originality and imagination. In The Blind Assassin, she stretches the limits of her accomplishments as never before, creating a novel that is entertaining and profoundly serious. The novel opens with these simple, resonant words: "Ten days after the war ended, my sister drove a car off the bridge." They are spoken by Iris, whose terse account of her sister Laura's death in 1945 is followed by an inquest report proclaiming the death accidental.
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Good book, TERRIBLE audio!
- By Whitney on 04-27-09
By: Margaret Atwood
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
- By: Joan Lindsay
- Narrated by: Jacqueline McKenzie
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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St Valentine’s Day, in the midst of the hot summer of 1900, a party of schoolgirls went on a picnic to Hanging Rock. Some were never to return…. An Australian classic, the disappearance of three girls and a schoolteacher at Hanging Rock has captivated and intrigued audiences for generations. Jacqueline McKenzie’s interpretation of the best-selling novel captures all of the beauty of the Rock and illustrates the eerie sense of the unknown for which the story is legendary.
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NOT UNabridged!
- By Doreen on 05-09-15
By: Joan Lindsay
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The Trees
- By: Ali Shaw
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 18 hrs and 1 min
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There came an elastic aftershock of creaks and groans and then, softly softly, a chinking shower of rubbled cement. Leaves calmed and trunks stood serene. Where, not a minute before, there had been a suburb, there was now only woodland standing amid ruins. There is no warning. No chance to prepare. They arrive in the night: thundering up through the ground, transforming streets and towns into shadowy forest. Buildings are destroyed.
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Post apocalypse with a little bit of magic
- By Tam on 09-20-16
By: Ali Shaw
What listeners say about Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English
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- Terri Driscoll
- 04-08-22
Delightful Story!
This is such a fun story to listen to. It is read so beautifully. you can't help but fall in love with the quaint characters
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- Typical17
- 08-14-12
Different take on immigration, but delivery flawed
Would you consider the audio edition of Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English to be better than the print version?
No, I’d prefer to have read the book. The narrator has a lovely British accent but delivers all lies in the same voice and does not know how to pronounce any of the non English words or phrases. These shortcomings seriously detract from the audio book.
What did you like best about this story?
The story has a charming if unbelieveable aspect.
What didn’t you like about James Adams’s performance?
Prounouciation errors and lack of ability to read in any but his own voice.
Who was the most memorable character of Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English and why?
Sadie Rosemblum, she seemed the most real and the most clearly drawn.
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- HannahM
- 04-27-24
Loved it!
This is such a beautiful, poignant story. It’s gentle but full of hope and longing and grief, all set to a beautiful west country back drop. Thoroughly recommend.
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- Minda Leah Kahn
- 04-20-18
Fantastic
Every time I read Natalie Solomon’s books I feel she brings my parents and my family back to me.
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- Tom
- 09-21-23
A sweet funny story on the struggles of assimilation
The Rosenblooms have recently arrived in England and are trying to blend in. This is particularly important to Mr. Rosenbloom who observes the English and makes a very long list of rules which he believes will help them. A charming, funny, sweet story!
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- Catherine M. Lehar
- 01-13-13
Delightful
Would you listen to Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English again? Why?
Yes!
What did you like best about this story?
Originality, kindness, beauty
Which character – as performed by James Adams – was your favorite?
Toss up between Mr & Mrs Rosenbloom. Both so real and so lovable.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Both! The efforts Mr R puts into fitting in, & Mrs R into preserving authenticity so well described!
Any additional comments?
Awed by book's magic. Usually I don't like magic much, but here it worked. It seemed real to the characters' experiences. Absolutely beautiful book! Highly recommended!
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- Elliot Lepler
- 06-12-21
Delightful
I loved the story and the performance. I highly recommend this book. Can I be English?
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- Vicki
- 12-08-23
Heartfelt humor
Loved getting to know Jack and Sadie and the English ways. Laughed out loud and cry at these two flawed humans.
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- connie
- 07-07-10
more than meets the eye
On the surface this is the perfect summer listen that it first appears to be (for fans of eccentric British characters, period pieces and/or literary comedy.) But its more! Solomons manages to evoke serious reflection on "melting pot" vs "cultural mosiac" of immigrant experience as well as the soft but persistent undercurrents of racism, both in Mr Rosenblum's day and our own.
I would have liked this had it been just ear candy capitalizing on North Amercian hits like Guernsey Potato Peel Pie. Mj Pettigrew et. al. -- but it's more than just "charming" and a worthy listen in itself.
Bonus that it suits the summer listening niche so nicely!
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- Emily
- 09-09-11
Endearing
What made the experience of listening to Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English the most enjoyable?
About a Jewish man and his wife who emigrate to England from Berlin in the 30's, barely ahead of the Nazis. The sub-text story is about cultural contrasts, the immigrant experience, anti-semitism, and the devastating losses of European Jews whose families stayed behind. It is told in a charming style, not over-bearing, a little slow at times. Ultimately about redemption, love, and kindness. Narration was excellent.
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