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Jane and Dan at the End of the World
- De: Colleen Oakley
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 36
Jane and Dan have been married for nineteen years, but Jane isn’t sure they’re going to make it to twenty. The mother of two feels unneeded by her teenagers, and her writing career has screeched to an unsuccessful halt. Her one published novel sold under five hundred copies. Worse? She’s pretty sure Dan is cheating on her. When the couple goes to the renowned upscale restaurant La Fin du Monde to celebrate their anniversary, Jane thinks it’s as good a place as any to tell Dan she wants a divorce.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jane and Dan at the End of the World
- De Cheryl Simmons en 05-05-25
- Jane and Dan at the End of the World
- De: Colleen Oakley
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
Stupendously Stupid
Revisado: 04-06-25
The first half or so of this book was somewhat interesting. But then it went off the rails. I’m not sure if this was a satire about climate change or a serious attempt to support the climate change narrative. Maybe it was satire about marriage or a serious attempt to belittle marriage relationships. We were going to quit this book abut 2/3rds of the way through but decided to power on to see if it could get any worse. Spoiler alert, it does. The narrative about their heroic felon daughter was beyond the pale. The back and forth discussions between Jane & Dick was beyond the pale. Don’t waste your time on this drivel.
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Making Toast
- A Family Story
- De: Roger Rosenblatt
- Narrado por: Roger Rosenblatt
- Duración: 3 h y 21 m
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General3 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 3
A revered, many times honored (George Polk, Peabody, and Emmy Award winner, to name but a few) journalist, novelist, and playwright, Roger Rosenblatt shares the unforgettable story of the tragedy that changed his life and his family. A book that grew out of his popular December 2008 essay in The New Yorker, Making Toast is a moving account of unexpected loss and recovery in the powerful tradition of About Alice and The Year of Magical Thinking.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Mike B. en 08-26-22
- Making Toast
- A Family Story
- De: Roger Rosenblatt
- Narrado por: Roger Rosenblatt
Disappointing
Revisado: 08-26-22
While I feel terrible that Mr. & Mrs. Rosenblatt suffered the terrible tragedy of losing their daughter, this book was extremely disappointing.
It was difficult to feel any sense of sympathy for any of the characters that were a party to this tragedy as the author’s focus seemed to be mostly on name-dropping and his travels back and forth to Quoge.
Some very cringe-worthy moments in the author’s narration as I felt his focus was more on how great he and his wife were as they helped their widowed son-in-law take care of the kids. Very disingenuous attempts to portray them as being from an almost middle class socio-economic status (couldn’t afford his daughter the wedding he felt she wanted) but could afford a full-time Nanny for the children, etc. His description of his wife’s beauty was also an odd inclusion in this story. Many uncomfortable moments in this book for me as the reader (listener).
This didn’t seem to be a book to be shared with the public but should have remained a private diary type of dissertation. Everyone was portrayed as too perfect.
This was not what I was expecting and feel it could have been so much more to help others encountering a similar situation. Their son-in-law was scarcely developed in this book.
Again, I feel terrible for them as a family, but this book did nothing to develop any sense of sympathy for this situation.
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