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You've Reached Sam

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You've Reached Sam

By: Dustin Thao
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
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If I Stay meets Your Name in Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam, a heartfelt audiobook about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye.

Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city; spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes.

Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his belongings, and tries everything to forget him. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces memories to return. Desperate to hear him one more time, Julie calls Sam's cell phone just to listen to his voice mail recording. And Sam picks up the phone.

The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam's voice makes Julie fall for him all over again and with each call, it becomes harder to let him go.

What would you do if you had a second chance at goodbye?

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books

©2021 Dustin Thao (P)2021 Macmillan Audio Contemporary Contemporary Romance Death & Dying Difficult Situations Literature & Fiction Multicultural Romance Friendship Heartfelt Tearjerking Emotionally Gripping

Dear Listener,

What inspired me to write this story?
"The premise of You've Reached Sam has been with me for a long time. It's something so many of us have thought about at one point in our lives. What if you had a second chance to say goodbye to someone you've loved and lost? What would you say to them? What might they say back? It took me years before I sat down to think about these questions, and I definitely had someone in mind as I wrote it. The world is filled with lost moments. Sometimes we don't get the opportunity to say all the things we needed to. I know I didn't. It's one of the reasons I wrote this story. You've Reached Sam is for anyone who has ever experienced loss. It's a story about a girl named Julie who loses her boyfriend and calls him to hear his voicemail—but he picks up, temporarily reconnecting them. I hope you follow Julie's journey through this strange hole in the universe as she navigates the complexities of grief and moving forward. And I hope it gives a new perspective on love, life, and what it means to say goodbye." – Dustin Thao, writer of You've Reached Sam
Emotional Journey • Beautiful Love Story • Fantastic Narration • Accurate Anxiety Portrayal • Powerful Grief Exploration
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This is a neat concept but I was distracted by the constant whispering. I know the narrator is just following directions.

Please stop whispering the books

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This is probably one of the most emotional books I've read. Seeing Sam through the eyes of Julie and how much they loved each other, I felt like I was a part of their journey as well. I wanted so badly for them to have their happily ever after. I've struggled with grief and loss too, and this book paints the struggle of letting go so well. Still feeling emotional as I write this review.

I didn't want to let Sam go either 😭

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What an incredibly moving debut novel by Dustin Thao. Highly recommend although I have to warn you that you will ugly cry!

To say that Soneela Nankani understood the assignment would be an understatement. She went above and beyond with the narration. What an incredible performer!

Beautiful

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This story resonates deeply with its raw intensity. Julie's proximity to the end of high school and the shattered dreams she shared with Sam evoke a profound sense of loss—not just of Sam, but of the future they envisioned together, including their college plans and shared aspirations of adulthood. While "You've Reached Sam" has its flaws, such as the lack of space given to Julie by the adults in her life and occasional lapses in emotional depth, the final chapter before the epilogue is exquisitely crafted, leaving me unable to see the screen through tears. Despite my anticipation, this book exceeded my expectations, delivering a powerful and unforgettable experience.

wow

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I like when Sam reaches out to Julie since she felt like she is lonely without him since his death. I can relate to her when I lost a boyfriend and I won’t be able to hang out with my friends at all which she begin to do it. I just feel so heartbroken and happy and the same time when Julie begins to reach out to Sam.

A Beautiful Emotional Romance Story

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I love the story so much, to be honest i downloaded amazon prime for it, its a beautiful love story that made feel in love, made me laugh and made me cry…… aloooooot, to sum it up i loved it

Best story

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10/10 bit so sad to was awesome though. If you are looking for something sad and heartwarming this is the book for you

That she's a writer

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if you need a good cry this is the book! It regret sadness lost love ❤!

so very sad

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was an okay book. didn't blow me out of the water but I enjoyed it

kind of predictable

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This story is awesome, and the readers did awesomely. It was so well done, that I cried all the way through it. I will definitely listen to this again. But I will need to wait for my sinus to quit runny first.

Awesome read. Have tissues handy.

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