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The Friday Afternoon Club
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The instant New York Times bestseller!
“Warm and perceptive.”—New York Times
“Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story."—Washington Post
"Dunne is a prospector for the incandescent detail.”—Los Angeles Times
“What a remarkable and moving story filled with twists and turns, the most famous of faces, and a complex family revealed with loving candor. I was blown away by Griffin Dunne’s life and his ability to capture so much of it in these beautifully written pages.”—Anderson Cooper
Griffin Dunne’s memoir of growing up among larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan finds wicked humor and glimmers of light in even the most painful of circumstances
At eight, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion and uncle John Gregory Dunne’s legendary LA launch party for Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. At sixteen, he got kicked out of boarding school, ending his institutional education for good. In his early twenties, he shared an apartment in Manhattan’s Hotel Des Artistes with his best friend and soulmate Carrie Fisher while she was filming some sci-fi movie called Star Wars and he was a struggling actor working as a popcorn concessionaire at Radio City Music Hall. A few years later, he produced and starred in the now-iconic film After Hours, directed by Martin Scorsese. In the midst of it all, Griffin’s twenty-two-year-old sister, Dominique, a rising star in Hollywood, was brutally strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend, leading to one of the most infamous public trials of the 1980s. The outcome was a travesty of justice that marked the beginning of their father Dominick Dunne’s career as a crime reporter for Vanity Fair and a victims' rights activist.
And yet, for all its boldface cast of characters and jaw-dropping scenes, The Friday Afternoon Club is no mere celebrity memoir. It is, down to its bones, a family story that embraces the poignant absurdities and best and worst efforts of its loveable, infuriating, funny, and moving characters—its author most of all.
Critic reviews
“Warm and perceptive . . . This book [has] many well-wrapped little gifts . . . [and] pockets of real depth."—The New York Times
“What makes these unimaginable events so readable, and allows Dunne to find a kind of grace even amid tragedy, are his unshakable black humor and unfailing nose for a good story . . . One might also detect the influence of Aunt Joan . . . Dunne, too, is a prospector for the incandescent detail.”—Los Angeles Times
“Griffin Dunne knows how to tell a story . . . Here he uses his authorial gifts—a filmmaker’s eye, photographic memory and way with a quip—to great effect, exploring how the seemingly charmed lives of the Dunnes unraveled.”—Washington Post
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No family in the past two centuries has been as constantly at the center of Europe's great events, has featured such varied and spectacular personalities, has had anything close to the wealth of the Rothschilds. To this day they remain one of the most powerful and wealthy families in the world. In Frederic Morton's classic tale, the family is brought vividly to life.
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Engaging read but dubious sentiment
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Heat Check with Stephen and Dell Curry
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What’s it take to overcome the odds and change the game? That’s at the heart of the warm and revealing conversations between epic NBA sharpshooters—and father and son—Dell and Stephen Curry in their Audible Original Heat Check. While Dell laid the groundwork, Stephen later delivered a whole new era of jaw-dropping three-pointers from a time previously dominated by flying dunks. In these episodes, we hear how Stephen experienced his life’s journey and how Dell saw it play out.
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Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
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Encouraging memoir: Sorry, cheer
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization.
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Golden Horde/Platinum Listen
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When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking listeners into the mind of Bankman-Fried.
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really expected more rigor from Michael Lewis
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By: Michael Lewis
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Under the Bridge
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One moonlit night, 14-year-old Reena Virk went to join friends at a party and never returned home. In this “tour de force of crime reportage” (Kirkus Reviews), acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey takes us into the hidden world of the seven teenage girls - and boy - accused of a savage murder. As she follows the investigation and trials, Godfrey reveals the startling truth about the unlikely killers. Laced with lyricism and insight, Under the Bridge is an unforgettable look at a haunting modern tragedy.
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Powerful Account of 8 Young Teens Killing Another
- By Mary Burnight on 08-16-19
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Best-selling author Bryan Burrough recently made a shocking discovery: The small town of Temple, Texas, where he had grown up, had harbored a dark secret. One of his high school classmates, Danny Corwin, was a vicious serial killer. In this chilling tale, Burrough raises important questions of whether serial killers can be recognized before they kill or rehabilitated after they do. It is also a story of Texas politics and power that led the good citizens of the town of Temple to enable a demon who was their worst nightmare.
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Odd narration choice
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Experience a bold take on this classic autobiography as it’s performed by Oscar-nominated Laurence Fishburne. In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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Audible Masterpiece
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An important reminder
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Alice in Chains was the first of grunge's big four - ahead of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden - to get a gold record and achieve national recognition. With the charismatic Layne Staley behind the microphone, they became one of the most influential and successful bands to come out of the Seattle music scene. But as the band got bigger, so did its problems.
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Disappointing!!!!
- By Rob on 12-23-16
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A Room of One's Own
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A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics. Woolf's blazing polemic on female creativity, the role of the writer, and the silent fate of Shakespeare's imaginary sister remains a powerful reminder of a woman's need for financial independence and intellectual freedom.
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A Witty, Beautiful Plea for Androgynous Integrity
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Business Is About to Pick Up!
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For wrestling fans, Jim Ross’ voice is the soundtrack of an era. This book is your ringside ticket to wrestling’s most unforgettable moments—from the announcer who made them iconic. In the last 50 years, professional wrestling has risen up from a collection of regional territories to become a global phenomenon—and Jim Ross has been there for it all. From the grit and glory days of the 1970s with NWA, to the rise of WCW and the heyday of WWF and WWE, to signing on as on-air talent and senior advisor for wrestling’s newest chapter at AEW, Jim Ross has long had the best seat in the house.
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Truly is the voice of wrestling
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Trace of Doubt
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In the summer of 1985, a brilliant young British DNA scientist Helena Greenwood is found murdered in her front garden in a quiet suburb in California. The police believe they know the killer’s identity but there’s no evidence against him, and the only thing linking him to the crime is the fact he’d been charged with sexually assaulting Helena just a few months previously.
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Waste of her energy
- By shannon j on 01-27-24
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- J. C. Means
- 06-24-24
Dunne’s narration is terrific
I loved it all the way through. Just a perfect memoir of an interesting family. Once it got going I couldn’t think about anything else. I highly recommend it. Especially for those of us who grew up at the same time as Griffin Dunne. Great job. 😎
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- Vito
- 06-22-24
Family
This is a true honest to goodness book about something the majority of us have, Family. Full of blood, sweat and tears, love, hate and laughter.
The Hollywood families in the background make the story so entertaining and makes you laugh and makes you cry.Loved the book, will read it over and over.
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- Patrick
- 06-21-24
Excellent memoir
Griffin Dunne has captured a fascinating story rich with amazing details of a spectacular family.
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- Kindle Customer
- 06-14-24
The love in this family, and the humor shines through this memoir.
It was very entertaining and I was swept up in compassion and outrage at the injustice of watching a killer not suffer the consequences of his hideous act. The narrator was a very sympathetic character with an ability to laugh at his own foibles. The old Hollywood gossip was fun and I loved his lifelong friendship with Carrie Fisher. We got to know her wicked sense of humor too.
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- Brent Christensen
- 06-27-24
A super look at Hollywood’s past
This is an incredible memoir that everyone should read who remembers Hollywood’s past and present. I couldn’t put it down… A wonderful book… Read it now.
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- H. Winslow
- 06-17-24
Not funny but still worthy
Especially liked the treatment of the trial’s effect on the family. Otherwise a peek into the lives of immense privilege. One story made me burst out laughing but otherwise no laughter … and there was a bit too much bragging.
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- 06-16-24
Too Many Sexual Details of Author’s Life.
The author has had an exciting life. He drops a ton of names and comes across as a highly unreliable narrator.
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- Sazafrass
- 06-25-24
Poignant, darkly funny, heartbreaking and triumphant.
Griffin Dunne’s gift for storytelling and unflinching, yet somehow also compassionate, honesty is a joy to behold. He comes from a fascinating family, I greatly enjoyed the opening chapters that go into the lore of his ancestors, and by the time he got to his immediate family, I was hooked. He takes circuitous, at turns charming and mortifying side roads that ultimately lead to what I imagine is the hardest story a person can ever tell, the murder of a loved one. Rightfully so, he does not exploit his sister’s murder, I’ve grown weary of this age of true crime obsession- we are left with a holistic view of who The Dunnes are as individuals and a family. Even the characterizations of the family cats, the strays his sister Dominique took in, are amongst the most touching I’ve come across in all of literature. Dunne writes with tremendous sensitivity, self awareness, humor, and skill and performs his reading of his work much the same. I just finished this audiobook, a smile on my face and tears in my eyes, and am
tempted to listen all over again. He has reawoken in me my own latent love of writing and reading, laid to rest because it’s a terrible thing to try to make one’s living as a writer in this era if one doesn’t have a family
trust to live on— but he is reminding me there are reasons other than fame, success, or finances to apply oneself to their craft— there is the holy communion with the page, there is the sense of catharsis and resurrection of the dead that comes with honoring them through memory. In the off chance you are reading this Griffin Dunne (and who knows, you strike me as the sort to read their own reviews ;-) ) - THANK YOU. This book took tremendous courage, a trait you’ve come to cultivate even if it wasn’t always front and center when you were a younger, peace loving, deeply understanding of all peoples’ positions kind of man. You have managed to retain your compassion and kindness, while coming out of this with greater character— and having shared great characters— like your late sister, your brother Alex, Panda, Nick, and Lenny— who feel as vibrantly and holistically portrayed to me as if they had been my own family. You have done their memories proud- not through flattery, but by showing how perfectly imperfect we humans (and certain cats) are, and how that is reason in and of itself to love our kind. I cannot wait to read more of Griffin Dunne’s work.
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- MegSLP
- 06-23-24
Narration is the best part
It's hard to find a dislike in this memoir. Griffin Dunne is not a celebrity in my lexicon like his father so it was a nice surprise to hear the successes and failures he's experienced. I listened in just three days.
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- Harold B. Miller
- 06-18-24
Touching and illuminating
Great walk through the triumphs and the pain of the Dunn family history. Griffin is a hoot.
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