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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
- A Novel
- De: James McBride
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 12 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10,886
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10,098
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10,096
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Multiple Stories Obfuscate Narrative
- De Stephnsea en 08-12-23
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
- A Novel
- De: James McBride
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
Not a fan…not sure why
Revisado: 12-17-24
I don’t know why, but I literally choked through this book, stopped and started several times, only to decide never to start again. Maybe it’s me and I’ll accept that.
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The Phoenix Crown
- A Novel
- De: Kate Quinn, Janie Chang
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld, Katharine Chin
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 803
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 742
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 742
San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate whose extraordinary collection of Chinese antiques includes the fabled Phoenix Crown, a legendary relic of Beijing’s fallen Summer Palace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Queen of the Night
- De Syd Young en 02-15-24
- The Phoenix Crown
- A Novel
- De: Kate Quinn, Janie Chang
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld, Katharine Chin
Loved the performances
Revisado: 06-17-24
Mid way through it felt too contrived and I was blindsided by the relationship between 2 of the primary characters. Because I was half way through, I had to finish it but it did take a turn for me from that point forward. I’m an SF native and a history buff so I was excited to read this book but overall, felt disappointed.
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- A Novel
- De: Jamie Ford
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,212
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,768
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,766
In the opening pages of Jamie Ford's stunning debut, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle's Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging and Lovely. Highly recommend.
- De Robert en 02-06-09
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- A Novel
- De: Jamie Ford
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
Quiet poignancy
Revisado: 02-02-24
Everything…❣️ That is all. Worth a read and educated me on the plight of Japanese Americans in the US during WW II.
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The Darkest Child
- De: Delores Phillips
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 6,058
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5,515
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,494
In 1958 Georgia, the shade of a 13-year-old black girl's skin can make the difference in her fate. Tangy Mae is the smartest of her mother's 10 children, but she is also the darkest complected. The Quinns - all different skin shades, all with unknown fathers - live with their charismatic, beautiful, and tyrannical mother, Rozelle, in poverty on the fringes of a Georgia town where Jim Crow rules. Rozelle's children live in fear of her mood swings and her violence, but they are devoted to her. Rozelle pulls her children out of school when they are 12 years old so that they can help support her by going to work.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Darkest Child
- De Beguiling en 04-02-18
- The Darkest Child
- De: Delores Phillips
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
A hard read but brilliantly done
Revisado: 10-18-23
I don’t know if it’s harder to watch violence, or listen to it in a book. I am baffled by how captivated I was to continue reading despite the painful descriptive abuse of these children by their mother first and then by their community in the Jim Crow South. I had to stop and take a break a few times before continuing to read this book. Never mind what we already know about this time in history. It was a painful story and took a lot out of me. However, it’s also, hands down, the best narrated audible book I have ever read to date. Bahni really put you there, the irony was, I didn’t always want to be there. So I’m glad I read it, and I’m glad I finished it. Ambivalent about recommending it. If you feel triumphant finishing painful stories, go for it. If you’re satisfied that solace and peace comes about for the protagonist, aka a “happy ending,” this may not be the one for you. Proceed with caution.
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Where the Children Take Us
- How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable
- De: Zain E. Asher
- Narrado por: Zain E. Asher
- Duración: 6 h y 19 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 184
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 165
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 163
Awaiting the return of her husband and young son from a road trip, Obiajulu Ejiofor receives shattering news. There’s been a fatal car crash, and one of them is dead. In Where the Children Take Us, Obiajulu’s daughter, Zain E. Asher, tells the story of her mother’s harrowing fight to raise four children as a widowed immigrant in South London. There is tragedy in this tale, but it is not a tragedy. Drawing on tough-love parenting strategies, Obiajulu teaches her sons and daughters to overcome the daily pressures of poverty, crime and prejudice—and much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best book I’ve ever read
- De CZ en 09-30-22
- Where the Children Take Us
- How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable
- De: Zain E. Asher
- Narrado por: Zain E. Asher
Wonderful and inspiring but…
Revisado: 02-22-23
I found myself struggling to fully appreciate the story because the author read the bulk if the story in her “anchorwoman” voice with a predictable pace and cadence lacking modulation and emotion. This was one of those times I wished I’d read the book itself vs. via audible. I enjoyed the few times she took on the voice of her characters like her mother or teachers, but sincerely struggled through the majority of the narrative. With that I was disappointed, despite the wonderful story of pride of her mother, country, family, her whole journey.
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