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Carolyn Brown
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A Wall Street Journal bestseller.
Secrets told in the church ladies' room are supposed to stay in the ladies' room. But that doesn't mean that what Trudy overhears there during her great-aunt Gertrude's funeral won't change the rest of her life.
Trudy has a daughter in the middle of a major rebellion, a two-timing husband who has been cheating for their entire married life, and a mother with Alzheimer's residing in the local nursing home. She doesn't really need a crumbling old house about to fall into nothing but a pile of memories and broken knickknacks.
Billy Lee Tucker, resident oddball in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, lived next door to Gert, and in her will she leaves him the funds to help Trudy remodel the old house. That's fine with Billy Lee, because he's been in love with Trudy since before they started school. And just spending time with her is something he'd never ever allowed himself to dream about.
A beautiful home rises up from the old house on Broadway, and right along with it rises up a relationship. But is Trudy too scarred from what she heard in the ladies' room to see a lovely future with Billy Lee?
©2011 Carolyn Brown. (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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"Donna Postel creates a glowing narration in this whimsical Southern tale about life’s unpredictable twists and turns.... Postel excels in showcasing Trudy’s fierce new independence. Her reading demonstrates the perfect recipe for a pleasing performance." (AudioFile)
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The Magnolia Inn
- By Debbie on 01-16-19
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Family Journal
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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At the end of her rope, single mom Lily Anderson is determined to move her rebellious children in the right direction. That means taking away their cell phones, tablets, and computers—at least temporarily—and moving to the house where Lily grew up in the rural town of Comfort, Texas. But Lily has a bigger challenge than two sulking teens. The house comes with Mack Cooper, high school teacher and handsome longtime renter. The arrangement: just housemates. But Mack’s devoted attention to the kids starts to warm Lily’s resistant heart.
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100th story and 100 thank you’d
- By Satinstitcher on 11-12-19
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Sandcastle Hurricane
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Cousins Tabby and Ellie Mae are due for a change. Running their aunt’s beachfront bed-and-breakfast in Sandcastle, Texas, is just the thing to shake things up…though their lives spin out of control in more ways than one when a hurricane barrels into the coastline. It’s a miracle it didn’t carry them off to Kansas. Not so lucky are the assisted-living center and a small eclectic group of local folks who take shelter with the cousins.
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loved it
- By Kindle Customer on 04-06-23
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Sawmill Book Club
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Unsure of the future but ready for risks, Libby O’Dell trades big-city life for whatever the back roads hold. In this case it’s the small community of Sawmill, Texas, where Libby’s taken a temporary job putting an antique store in order. Her new boss, Benny Taylor, a handsome charmer with a three-legged dog named Elvis, isn’t a bad change of scenery, either. Across the street Benny’s surrogate grandmothers—the widows Minilee and Opal—are ready with homemade corn bread, sweet tea, and an invitation for Libby to join their book club.
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Love the love in this book.
- By Robin on 08-09-24
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Barefoot Summer
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Leaving one widow behind is unfortunate. Leaving three widows behind is just plain despicable. Oil heiress Kate Steele knew her not-so-dearly departed husband was a con man, but she's shocked that Conrad racked up two more wives without divorcing her first. The only remnant of their miserable marriage she plans to keep is their lakeside cabin in Bootleg, Texas. Unfortunately, she's not the only woman with that idea.
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I purchased The Barefoot Summer by mistake!
- By Wayne on 11-19-18
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Lucky Shamrock
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Family doesn’t mean everyone has to like each other. That’s the case when cousins Taryn, Anna Rose, and Jorja return to Shamrock, Texas, to help manage their grandmother’s flower shop, the Lucky Shamrock. The reunion isn’t exactly a beautiful arrangement—considering they’re as compatible as ranchers and coyotes. Thank heaven for a handsome go-between like Clinton, who lives above the shop.
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Sweet story but predictable
- By Foodiewife on 07-31-23
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Sometimes Sisters
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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When they were growing up, Dana, Harper, and Tawny thought of themselves as “sometimes sisters". They connected only during the summer month they’d all spend at their grandmother’s rustic lakeside resort in north Texas. But secrets started building, and ten years have passed since they’ve all been together - in fact, they’ve rarely spoken, and it broke their grandmother’s heart.
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A family story shared and wonderfully written!
- By Kindle Customer on 06-16-18
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Last Train from Paris
- By: Juliet Greenwood
- Narrated by: Sarah Durham
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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For Iris, each visit to her mother in St Mabon’s Cove, Cornwall has been the same—a serene escape from the city. But today, as she breaths in the salt air on the doorstep of her beloved childhood home, a heavy weight of anticipation settles over her. Iris knows she’s adopted, but any questions about where she came from have always been shut down by her parents, who can’t bear to revisit the past. Now, Iris can’t stop thinking about what she’s read on the official paperwork: BABY GIRL, FRANCE, 1939 – the year war was declared with Nazi Germany.
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A telling of sacrifice and selflessness in a terrible time
- By Karen on 07-13-24
By: Juliet Greenwood
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The Lullaby Sky
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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After seven years of misery and abuse, it's all over—Hannah O'Malley is officially divorced. Hallelujah. It's like every Christmas in her life all rolled up into one glorious day. Not only does Hannah get to keep her grandmother's spacious old house, but she has full custody of her sparky five-year-old daughter. All Hannah has to do now is put the past behind her.
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Lullaby
- By SWEDES on 07-26-18
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Banty House
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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In the fading town of Rooster, Texas, all that's really left is a service station, a church…and the Banty House, a long-ago Depression-era brothel. For more than seventy-five years, Betsy, Connie, and Kate Carson have called their mama's house a home. The three eccentric sisters get by just fine with their homemade jams and jellies, a little moonshine on the side, and big hearts always open to strangers. Like Ginger Andrews.
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One of Carolyn Brown's Best
- By Nanatj on 06-14-20
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Art of Inheriting Secrets
- A Novel
- By: Barbara O'Neal
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
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When Olivia Shaw’s mother dies, the sophisticated food editor is astonished to learn she’s inherited a centuries-old English estate—and a title to go with it. Raw with grief and reeling from the knowledge that her reserved mother hid something so momentous, Olivia leaves San Francisco and crosses the pond to unravel the mystery of a lifetime. One glance at the breathtaking Rosemere Priory and Olivia understands why the manor, magnificent even in disrepair, was the subject of her mother’s exquisite paintings. What she doesn’t understand is why her mother never mentioned it.
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‘The Art of Inheriting Secrets’ a fabulous story except for..one thing
- By Donna Smith McG on 11-12-18
By: Barbara O'Neal
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The Strawberry Hearts Diner
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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Being broke, unemployed, and stranded back in the tiny town of Pick, Texas, was not part of Jancy Wilson’s plan. Yet here she is, watching her car literally go up in smoke - along with her last-ditch hope of staying with her cousin in Louisiana. When Jancy spies a Help Wanted sign hanging in the window of the quaint Strawberry Hearts Diner, the memories of the two years she spent there as a teenager - and the lure of the diner’s beloved strawberry tarts - are enough to draw her in and plant her feet...but only temporarily.
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5 The Strawberry Hearts Diner Stars
- By whatcha.listening.to on 11-09-17
By: Carolyn Brown
Sweet, clean story!
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Entertaining and easy listen
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I really loved the story and could not stop listening. The reader was excellent and helped make this a wonderful literary experience. I highly recommend this book.
Transformation of Trudy and a house - EXCELLENT!!
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Good read.
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Symptoms. It is like a modern day fairytale
A feel good novel
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Funny
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Loved it!
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Wonderful
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A lot of novels ask us to "suspend belief" in order to allow ourselves to get into the story. We all know there is no Harry Potter but that didn't stop millions of us from enjoying the story. And what of the Arkenstone, the evil Pale Orc, the Wise Gandalf and the humble yet brave and resourceful Bilbo Baggins?
If you like clean, stories that bring a smile and a chuckle to you, give yourself permission to enjoy this one. It's a treat :-)
A fun little read!
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Lovely
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