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Open House

By: Elizabeth Berg
Narrated by: Becky Baker
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Samantha Morrow's husband has left her, and now she must strive to reconstruct a life for herself and her 11-year-old son. Her eccentric mother tries to help by fixing her up with dates, but a more pressing problem is money. To meet her mortgage payments, Sam decides to take in boarders. A new friend suggests that Samantha get out, get going, get work. But her real work is this: In order to emerge from grief and the past, she has to learn how to make her own happiness. And in order to know who she is, she has to remember - and reclaim - the person she used to be, long before she became someone else in an effort to save her marriage.

Open House is the unforgettable story of how a woman re-creates her life after divorce by opening her house to strangers and her heart to the simple miracle of possibility.

Check out more selections from Oprah's Book Club.©2000 Elizabeth Berg (P)2000 HighBridge Company Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Heartfelt

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  • An Oprah Book Club Selection

"Savvy, wry, and sharply observant." (The Denver Post)
"Smart, funny, and satisfying...a fine literary novel." (The Baltimore Sun)
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I absolutely loved this book and really hope it becomes a movie. It was insightful, funny, empowering, and honest. Thanks

Beautifully Honest

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I liked the beginning and I liked the ending. I didn’t really see the ebbs and flows of trying to find yourself after divorce. I also wasn’t crazy on the writing. I felt like there was a lot of repetitive phrases. The chapters also just stopped which I thought was strange. This book was just okay for me

Not really exciting

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I loved this book I was so hoping for Sam and King.I love they started out as friends.

lovely

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Not my type of book but Story was OK kept my interest loved the narration.

Wonderful narrator. Story was OK but kept my inter

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Elizabeth Berg classic that never gets old. Lovely story about finding oneself and someone to love.

Great narration!

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I feel that the narration really distracted from the story. I just found it annoying.

The narrator sounds like Marge Simpson

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I absolutely love Elizabeth Berg novels.
I really think they paired the narrator very well with the main character!

I really enjoyed it!

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Great Book!! When I started listening to this audiobook, my first thought was “What is wrong with this lady?” As I continued to listen I became captivated by her “head space “. She’s hilarious. What is WRONG with this lady!??! Then I realized SHE is all women who give unconditionally, love wholeheartedly, and later learn they have given their all to everyone else there is little left for themself. This was a GREAT BOOK!! I would recommend it.

Great Book

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Not my favorite but worth listening to.

Open House

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I've listened to this a few times because its very realistic. The changes that separation and divorce bring to a family can be scary but liberating. The author really captures one woman's journey as she faces a major life change. The people she meets add a spice to her previous life. Loved it!

Heartfelt and relatable

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