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A family's loyalty is put to the ultimate test in this haunting and unforgettable debut.
Kirsten Hammarstrom hasn't been home to her tiny corner of rural Wisconsin in years - not since the mysterious disappearance of a local teenage girl rocked the town and shattered her family. Kirsten was just nine years old when Stacy Lemke went missing, and the last person to see her alive was her boyfriend, Johnny - the high school wrestling star and Kirsten's older brother. No one knows what to believe - not even those closest to Johnny - but the event unhinges the quiet farming community and pins Kirsten's family beneath the crushing weight of suspicion.
Now, years later, a new tragedy forces Kirsten and her siblings to return home, where they must confront the devastating event that shifted the trajectory of their lives. Tautly written and beautifully evocative, The Mourning Hours is a gripping portrayal of a family straining against extraordinary pressure, and a powerful tale of loyalty, betrayal, and forgiveness.
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Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend, Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine - despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?
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Well Written, great narrator
- By Cndee13 on 04-29-14
By: Megan Miranda
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Pretty Little Liars #1
- By: Sara Shepard
- Narrated by: Cassandra Morris
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Spencer covets her sister's boyfriend. Aria's fantasizing about her English teacher. Emily's crushing on the new girl at school. And Hanna uses some ugly tricks to stay beautiful. But they've all kept an even bigger secret since their friend Alison vanished.
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If you love the Show, You will Love the Book
- By Ashley on 12-29-10
By: Sara Shepard
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A Good Idea
- By: Cristina Moracho
- Narrated by: Alex McKenna
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Finley and Betty's close friendship survived Fin's ninth-grade move from their coastal Maine town to Manhattan. Calls, letters, and summer visits continued to bind them together, and in the fall of their senior year, they both applied to NYU, planning to reunite for good as roommates. Then Betty disappears.
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An absolute must listen/read!
- By Mel on 03-05-17
By: Cristina Moracho
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In the Bleak Midwinter
- By: Julia Spencer-Fleming
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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Clare Fergusson, St. Alban's new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Miller's Kill, New York. She is not just a "lady"; she's a tough ex-Army chopper pilot, and nobody's fool. Then a newborn infant left at the church door brings her together with the town's police chief, Russ Van Alstyne, who's also ex-Army and a cynical good shepherd for the stray sheep of his hometown.
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Ice Cold Complex Small Town Police Procedural/Mystery
- By Sara on 12-27-14
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Made You Up
- By: Francesca Zappia
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
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Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be - sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. For fans of Silver Linings Playbook and Liar, this thought-provoking debut tells the story of Alex, a high school senior - and the ultimate unreliable narrator - unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. Alex fights a daily battle to figure out what is real and what is not.
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A DISGRACE TO AUTHORS AND MENTAL HEALTH EVERYWHERE
- By Amazon Customer on 06-27-18
By: Francesca Zappia
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The Darkest Corners
- By: Kara Thomas
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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There are ghosts around every corner in Fayette, Pennsylvania. Tessa left when she was nine and has been trying ever since not to think about it after what happened there that last summer. Memories of things so dark will burn themselves into your mind if you let them. Callie never left. She moved to another house, so she doesn't have to walk those same halls, but then Callie always was the stronger one.
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Excellent!
- By Trista on 04-22-16
By: Kara Thomas
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The Last to Let Go
- By: Amber Smith
- Narrated by: Stephanie Einstein
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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How do you let go of something you've never had? Junior year for Brooke Winters is supposed to be about change. She's transferring schools, starting fresh, and making plans for college so she can finally leave her hometown, her family, and her past behind. But all of her dreams are shattered one hot summer afternoon when her mother is arrested for killing Brooke's abusive father. No one really knows what happened that day, if it was premeditated or self-defense, whether it was right or wrong. And now Brooke and her siblings are on their own.
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It's slow
- By Autumn S. on 09-05-18
By: Amber Smith
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Ramona Blue
- By: Julie Murphy
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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Ramona was only five years old when Hurricane Katrina changed her life forever. Since then it's been Ramona and her family against the world. Standing over six feet tall, with unmistakable blue hair, Ramona is sure of three things: She likes girls, she's fiercely devoted to her family, and she knows she's destined for something bigger than the trailer she calls home in Eulogy, Mississippi. But juggling multiple jobs, her flaky mom, and her well-meaning but ineffectual dad forces her to be the adult of the family.
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Where was this book ten years ago?
- By S. F. Wilson on 05-08-18
By: Julie Murphy
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Side Effects May Vary
- By: Julie Murphy
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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When 16-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, her prognosis is grim. To maximize the time she does have, she vows to spend her final months righting wrongs - however she sees fit. She convinces her friend Harvey, who she knows has always had feelings for her, to help her with a crazy bucket list that's as much about revenge (humiliating her ex-boyfriend and getting back at her archnemesis) as it is about hope (doing something unexpectedly kind for a stranger).
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Listening Experiences May Vary
- By The Reading Date on 05-18-14
By: Julie Murphy
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Falling Home
- By: Karen White
- Narrated by: Lyssa Browne
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
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Cassie Madison has it all: A high-powered advertising career; a stylish Manhattan apartment; and a sophisticated, rich, and gorgeous fiancé. It's a far cry from her childhood in Walton, Georgia, home of the annual Kudzu Festival and hot, sticky summers. And then there are all the bad memories, the heartache. When Cassie's estranged sister calls to say that her father is dying, Cassie knows it's time to set aside her feelings and go home and face the sister she hasn't seen in 15 years.
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Could not finish
- By G. Moore on 06-08-11
By: Karen White
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- 3 lakes Bears fan
- 03-11-16
Would read more by this author!
Good read! Got addicted early. Great chatacters, plot and ending! The narrator was very good.
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- tchavez120
- 03-26-16
Easy listening & good story.
great story and enjoyed perspective from young girl at the time. Narrator has great voice for book like this.
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- Carrie
- 03-03-16
A whole family is destroyed
A whole family is destroyed from small town thinking that blocks it's ability to solve a missing persons case.
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- GDK
- 03-30-19
Very satisfying
This book caught my attention right away and didn’t disappoint. I found myself looking forward to continuing the story after a break. That was welcome as I’ve picked some duds lately.
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- Daryl
- 01-03-15
Riveting drama
What did you love best about The Mourning Hours?
I loved the descriptions of the family life from the point of view of a young child. She did not have all the experience needed to process what she felt and saw, and yet was carrying burdens she could not hold alone. In straight-forward prose, Paula Treick DeBoard depicts a family coming apart at the scenes due to both internal and external events.
Which character – as performed by Emily Sutton-Smith – was your favorite?
Emily Sutton-Smith was a great narrator, occasionally awkward, but her dialogue was pitch-perfect.
Any additional comments?
I loved this book, and greatly look forward to the author's next book. Perhaps the ending was a bit rushed, but the author's description of the midwestern town and the family dynamics carried this through to a satisfying bittersweet conclusion.
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- Cora Grimes
- 11-05-16
Gripping, Yet Frustrating for Those That Live It
Small town America is a beautiful place to live, but it can also be a vicious, vindictive place. This story captures both sides of this conundrum in a gripping tale of life in a small town in Wisconsin. The author keeps us in suspense and carries us through the heartbreak of a missing teenage girl, and what happens to the town and its close-knit families in the aftermath of such a tragedy.
The author does a great job of bringing the reader/listener right into the kitchens, living rooms, and into the town itself to experience the raw emotions as a member of the family under suspicion. The reader does an excellent job of not only differentiating between the various characters, she carries through with the emotions and personality of each character, from a nine-year-old girl to a grandfather in his 70s.
I do not award any 5-star rating lightly. The Mourning Hours is a story that has earned its rating in every aspect. You will not go wrong as a reader or listener by opening its pages and seeing life in small town America through the eyes of a 9-year-old girl.
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- Marie
- 03-06-16
Great story, frustrated with narrator
WI native should have narrated, pronunciation of WI cities was off and distracting at times.
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- Shamika
- 03-19-15
Great book!
It was just a little predictable....but a great listen. Kept me up at night wanting more to hear more.
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- Alixandra Hice
- 03-27-16
Unexpected...
This is a book that toiled with character development, but in a necessary way. The plot interesting, but slow to develop until the last hour. Still, I enjoyed the characters and pace. The story held my attention and ended exactly as it should have. Somewhat expectedly, but nonetheless thrilling.
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- Tevis
- 09-20-17
Okay......nothing great
An okay story. Not very exciting or gripping. Glad I got it on sale. Don't waste a credit on it.
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