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The Atlas of Love

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The Atlas of Love

By: Laurie Frankel
Narrated by: Bailey Carr
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When Jill becomes both pregnant and single at the end of one spring semester, she and her two closest friends plunge into an experiment in tri-parenting, tri-schooling, and tri-habitating as grad students in Seattle. Naturally, everything goes wrong - but in ways no one sees coming.

Janey Duncan narrates the adventure of this modern family with hilarity and wisdom and shows how three lives are forever changed by (un)cooperative parenting, literature, and a tiny baby named Atlas who upends and uplifts their entire world. In this sparkling and wise debut novel, Frankel's unforgettable heroines prove that home is simply where the love is.

©2010 Laurie Frankel (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Women's Fiction

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"Beautifully written, a highly literate story of friendship, parenthood, and every other kind of love you can imagine." (Marisa de los Santos, author of Love Walked In)
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Loved the story but not my favorite Laurie Frankel book. Well written, relatable characters but I find it a little slow at times.

Fun & well written

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Liked the character development and the strong bonds of friendship. The tragedies become opportunities for healing and growth in every person in the story.

Power of Love

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This was a fantastic audible book and I enjoyed every minute of it ! The narrator was delightful and the author’s story was very engaging!! Thanks

Loved this book!!

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The story was good, I did not care for the performance by the narrator however. Her voice was an obstacle to get past bc I was interested enough in the story. Not my favorite of Laurie Frankel’s, but good.

Narrator very difficult to get past

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This book was okay. It’s really really predictable. There were also some really unbelievable parts.

Predictable

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I listened to this book after coming across Laurie Frankel’s This is How it Always Is, which I loved. Atlas of Love had her strong writing, but the story, while original and refreshing, didn’t captivate me as much. I did truly appreciate a novel taking on the complexities and depths of female friendships. Jane, the main character is very likeable, but I found her willingness and availability for her friends grating and a bit naive. I also had a very hard time with Jill. I didn’t understand why she had gained such loyal friends given that she is generally a pill. I listened to both books on Audible. I have to say that this narrator wasn’t my favorite. She doesn’t have a monotone voice, but she almost sounds like a soothing AI voice and her inflections became very predictable.

Original Story

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This book is sweet and cheesy, like a holiday movie, and I liked it because that’s what I was in the mood for. It’s only half as good as This Is How It Always Is, which I loved. The narrator amplifies the cheesiness with her reading style, unfortunately.

Sweet and cheesy

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...in all the appropriate places! Laurie Frankel has quickly become an absolute favorite! I recommend any and all books by her! Her Character development is outstanding!!!

Loved and hated and loved...

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I like this author but I don’t know if I would recommend this one. It was good but there were times I wanted to quit. I found the narrator’s voice a bit annoying and the story dragged at times.

Pretty good

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While the reader was enthusiastic, she’s totally wrong for this story. She turns it into a soap opera.. her voice is too syrupy and sweet

A cute story but nothing like most of Laurie Frankel’s wonderful books

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