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  • This Lullaby

  • By: Sarah Dessen
  • Narrated by: Ali Ahn
  • Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (276 ratings)

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This Lullaby

By: Sarah Dessen
Narrated by: Ali Ahn
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Publisher's summary

Remy always knows the perfect time to give a boyfriend "The Speech" telling him it's over - after the initial romantic whirl, but before the reality of an actual relationship hits. Her friends tease that her boyfriend tally is nearing the triple digit mark, but she's a girl who knows just how to avoid any messy emotional entanglement. After all, she's had the example of her five-times-married mother to show her what not to do.

So what, then, is it about Dexter that makes it so hard for her to follow her own rules? He's everything she hates: messy, disorganized, much too vulnerable, impulsive, and worst of all, a musician like her father - the father Remy never knew, the father who wrote a famous song for her, the father who disappeared from her life.

Sarah Dessen's most captivating novel yet introduces listeners to a girl who believes her heart is made of stone - and the boy who proves her wrong.

©2009 Sarah Dessen (P)2009 Penguin
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"A winning story about coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed." (School Library Journal)

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Great book my favorite Sarah Dessen book!

Would you listen to This Lullaby again? Why?

Yes I bought this after listening to it several times because I love the flow of this book.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Definitely Dexter I love him and hope to find my own Dexter someday. I love Remy because she is so much like myself.

Which character – as performed by Ali Ahn – was your favorite?

Dexter definitely.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

This book at many times made me laugh and made me believe.

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This is a wonderful book!

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Great

I loved it I wish there was a way to have multiple people to speak different character parts but the story is great. I love Sarah Dessen!

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I couldn't stop listening

What made the experience of listening to This Lullaby the most enjoyable?

how detailed and funny it all was

Who was your favorite character and why?

dexter by far. he is totally awesome

Which scene was your favorite?

i think the one where everyone throws their zip drinks at don

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

no

Any additional comments?

this book rocks. its my fave sarah dessen book.anyone with a sense of humor would love this.

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eh

I love Sarah Dessen, but I hated the characters and narratotion so much I couldn't convince myself to finish it.

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It was just okay.

I started this book before and I remember now why I didn't finish it. I understand and can even relate to Remy as a person. I feel like I was a lot like her in high school, but I feel like her personality is almost too over exaggerated. I understand that the author wants to paint her as this character who has a past and been hurt before, but it seems like every few lines she is reiterating the fact that she is not a typical girl/romantic. I never write reviews but I feel like I can't finish this book with how annoyingly anti-relationship she is and how she keeps expressing it over and over. WE GET IT, you don't normally open up and love people, but here is a guy who you are falling for...tell more about that instead of how "tough" you are the whole time.

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