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- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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With heart, intelligence and a rare ability to illuminate the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, Tom Perrotta's The Leftovers—now adapted into an HBO series—is a startling, thought-provoking novel about love, connection and loss.
What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down?
That's what the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since it happened—not marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents and children.
Kevin Garvey, Mapleton's new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized community. Kevin's own family has fallen apart in the wake of the disaster: his wife, Laurie, has left to join the Guilty Remnant, a homegrown cult whose members take a vow of silence; his son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a sketchy prophet named Holy Wayne. Only Kevin's teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she's definitely not the sweet "A" student she used to be. Kevin wants to help her, but he's distracted by his growing relationship with Nora Durst, a woman who lost her entire family on October 14th and is still reeling from the tragedy, even as she struggles to move beyond it and make a new start.
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book for 2011
A USA Today 10 Books We Loved Reading in 2011 Title
One of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011
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All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where, as she says, "you can die of encouragement". Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American film proved a major disappointment, since moviegoers never saw the face behind the stifling rubber suit she was required to wear. Now, after a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is reduced to performing at birthday parties and bat mitzvahs as she waits for the miracle that will finally make her a star.
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short but good
- By Charlene on 08-06-07
By: Armistead Maupin
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Don't Scream
- By: Wendy Corsi Staub
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
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In a remote, heavily wooded area near the Berkshires of Massachusetts, Rachel Lorant died on her birthday. But she didn't die alone. That night, her four sorority sisters make a solemn, trembling pledge. They will never reveal what has just happened in those woods - ever. Instead, they will take their terrible secret to their graves.
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Who cares?
- By Tara on 11-14-14
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Strike
- Gentry Generations
- By: Cora Brent
- Narrated by: Brian Ingram, Desiree Fultz
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A summer job. That's all it was supposed to be. It never crossed my mind that I was about to collide with a man who would obliterate every plan I ever made. My mother has always warned me that love is like a lightning bolt and it strikes without warning. But I had no intention of getting struck by either lightning or love anytime soon. I'd be too busy finishing my journalism degree and landing a job in a city far more sophisticated than Phoenix. There was certainly nothing in the cards about getting involved with an ex-ballplayer turned nightclub boss.
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worth a read
- By BK on 05-14-18
By: Cora Brent
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The Admissions
- A Novel
- By: Meg Mitchell Moore
- Narrated by: Allyson Ryan
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
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The Hawthorne family has it all. Great jobs, a beautiful house in one of the most affluent areas of Northern California, and three charming kids whose sunny futures are all but assured. And then comes their eldest daughter's senior year of high school....
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Anything for success
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Table for Five
- By: Susan Wiggs
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
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Lily Robinson and Sean McGuire have nothing in common. She guards her independent lifestyle with a ferocity that hides a fear of love and the pain it can bring. He’s always been a rolling stone, making his own way. But with the sudden deaths of a couple close to them both, the two become joined in grief and a knowledge that they must step up and care for the three orphaned children. With little more than hope and dedication, these five embark on a cross-country road trip filled with the ups and downs, the joys and frustrations that make up a family.
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Ok if you’re in the mood for women’s fiction
- By Jane on 02-18-13
By: Susan Wiggs
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True Biz
- A Novel
- By: Sara Novic
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan, Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history finals, and have politicians, doctors, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges listeners into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they’ll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who’s never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school’s golden boy, whose world is rocked when his baby sister is born hearing; and February, the hearing headmistress.
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A good story with added features both intriguing and informational
- By A Signing Mom on 05-15-22
By: Sara Novic
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Undue Influence
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- By: Jenny Holiday
- Narrated by: Michael Fell
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Eight years ago, Adam Elliot made the biggest mistake of his life. Now that mistake is coming back to haunt him. His family’s beloved vineyard has gone into foreclosure, and the new owner is the sister of the only man he’s ever loved - the man he dumped under pressure from family and friends who thought the match was beneath him. When Freddy Wentworth, aka the bad boy of Bishop’s Glen, left town with a broken heart, he vowed never to return. But a recently widowed friend needs his help. He’s a rich and famous celebrity chef now, though, so everyone can just eff right off.
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✫✫ 3.5 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 04-26-19
By: Jenny Holiday
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Summer at Willow Lake
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Real estate expert Olivia Bellamy reluctantly trades a trendy Manhattan summer for her family's old resort camp in the Catskills, where her primary task will be renovating the bungalow colony for her grandparents, who want one last summer together filled with fun, friends and family. A posh resort in its heyday, the camp is now in disarray and Olivia is forced to hire contractor Connor Davis - a still-smoldering flame from her own summers at camp.
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Finding Love at Summer Camp
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By: Susan Wiggs
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Love Walked In
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Award-winning poet Marisa de los Santos crafts an irresistibly touching debut novel. Love Walked In is a contemporary tale, steeped in nostalgic, cinematic charm, of love in all its forms. Unapologetically idealistic about love, Cornelia Brown appears to catch the break of a lifetime when the dashing Martin Grace, her own personal Cary Grant, comes strolling into her life. But it is Martin's connection to 11-year-old Clare Hobbes that touches Cornelia's heart in ways she never imagined.
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Dreadful audio quality
- By Marenghi on 09-16-11
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Domestic Violets
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Tom Violet always thought that by the time he turned 35, he’d have everything going for him. Fame. Fortune. A beautiful wife. A satisfying career as a successful novelist. A happy dog to greet him at the end of the day. The reality, though, is far different. He’s got a wife, but their problems are bigger than he can even imagine. And he’s written a novel, but the manuscript he’s slaved over for years is currently hidden in his desk drawer while his father, an actual famous writer, just won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His career, such that it is, involves mind-numbing corporate buzzwords....
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What a rollicking ride!
- By Pamela Harvey on 08-13-11
By: Matthew Norman
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The Wrong Sister
- By: T. E. Woods
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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From behind the wheel of her car, Tess Kincaid glimpses a woman walking down a Madison, Wisconsin, street. They've never met, but Tess sees the same features every time she looks in the mirror. Tess introduces herself and discovers that she and her doppelganger, Mimi, have more than appearance in common. They even share the same birthday. Mimi - confident and outgoing where Tess is understated and shy - is convinced they're twins, separated shortly after birth. When a body is discovered in a local marsh, Tess is entangled in a search for the truth....
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Nothing like anything T E Woods has written B4!!!
- By shelley on 03-01-18
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The One That Got Away
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Sarina Mahler thinks she has her life all nailed down: a growing architecture practice in Austin, Texas, and an any-day-now proposal from her loving boyfriend, Noah. She's well on her way to having the family she's hoped for since her mother's death 10 years ago. But with Noah on a temporary assignment abroad and retired Olympic swimmer - and former flame - Eamon Roy back in town asking her to renovate his new fixer-upper, Sarina's life takes an unexpected turn
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painful to listen by the end
- By Pratheba Orth on 02-28-19
By: Bethany Chase
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Nearly Normal
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In her best-selling memoir North of Normal, Cea wrote with grace about her unconventional childhood - her early years living in a tipi in Alberta with her pot-smoking, free-loving counterculture family. But her struggles do not end when she leaves her family at the age of 13 to become a model. Honest and daring, Nearly Normal reveals the many ways that Cea's unconventional childhood continues to reverberate through the years.
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This one is just not for me
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- Linda
- 11-24-11
Gives a person food for thought.
I found myself entering into the strange new world of the characters. Makes one wonder what it would really be like if the rapture came and I was one of the leftovers...one left behind. Who would be taken that would really surprise us? Those we would never expect to be raptured from the world. Those who don't fit our idea of the saved ones. Very interesting. And how many people would deny it was really the Rapture?
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- ALMPD
- 02-06-17
abrupt ending
very interesting but the ending is abrupt & makes the story feel unfinished. really knocked down my enjoyment bc it felt like someone turning off the film in the middle of the movie or something.
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- B. Harper
- 11-09-16
This is not the HBO series you are looking for
Would you consider the audio edition of The Leftovers to be better than the print version?
I never read the print version so I'm going to use this to compare it to the HBO series. The series and the story share a common world and the Garvey family but the series goes far beyond where the story ends. I loved the show and so I thought I'd pick up the book that it was based off of and see how it was. It's a good story though I felt like the ending was bit weaker than I'd hoped. The story in the book never goes to Miracle, TX and all takes place in Mapleton (other than when his son is on the road with one of Wayne's brides). If the spirituality and mysticism of the show bothered you then you'll be pleasantly relieved that almost all of that is absent from the book.
What about Dennis Boutsikaris’s performance did you like?
He has a fantastic voice that's easy to listen to and a great range.
Any additional comments?
It's a good story just don't expect it to follow the same path that the HBO series took. It's like they started with the same background story and then took two different paths.
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- Sharlotte
- 10-06-22
Not His Usual
I love all Tom's books but this one is admittedly a snoozefest. The narrator is good but the story is boring. Glad I saved this one of his for last. Like everyone else said, the book went nowhere when, given the concept, it could have been much better.
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- DaHappyBuddha
- 04-09-24
Worth a listen for fans of the series
As a fan of the HBO series I decided to give the book a try and I really enjoyed it. As is often the case the series of course branches off and changes who the characters are when we meet them at the start of the series, but the book still provides some insights into lesser known characters such as Jill’s friend Amy and a few others.
On its own, without the series, the book is a thought provoking read.
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- Frankr24
- 12-27-15
if you like the TV show you will like the book
I watch the TV show first and then I listened to the book. I found it to be most excellent. Very well written, excellent use of metaphor, and a very mature subject line. for the most part it was familiar characters in new situations. maybe 20% of the book was depicted on screen. only a few things we're actually changed about the characterizations between the book and the TV show, nothing particularly consequential. it read more like a whole new season of the leftovers versus being and exact storyline.
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- Dan
- 04-19-21
Depressing
The story basically revolves around a bunch of narcissistic lost souls trying to figure out what to do after a life changing event.
The only saving grace was the narration by Mr. Boutsikaris.
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- A.S. Hill
- 04-28-22
Fascinating
Listened to this driving my daughter home from college after the shutdown in March 2020. The contrast between the characters who were left unmoored by the Rapture and a nation in free fall after COVID basically changed everything was timely and intense. The ending seemed a little weak, but otherwise it was top notch.
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- Raheem S.
- 01-10-23
That's it?!
This story truly felt like there was so much more to be told. The story feels like it ends on a cliffhanger.
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- Tim
- 05-20-14
Plot Optional
I was drawn to the story by the excellent HBO trailer for the upcoming drama based on the book. The premise is brilliant…suddenly a random 2% of the population disappears. The book starts well but stubbornly refuses to go anywhere. The writing is measured and generally interesting but the plot development just doesn't happen. There are several interesting maybe compelling plot areas opened but never really explored. There are no real villains or heroes and nobody to root for or against, everyone in the story is dealing with their corner of loss in each subplot more or less in isolation. I read that this started out as a satire on the left behind books and some aspects of the story are mildly amusing…but it’s far from biting social satire. It’s a great idea which just doesn't go anywhere...which is a pity.
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