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A Season with Mom Audiolibro Por Katie Russell Newland arte de portada

A lovely little books of letters that takes you on a grand adventure!

Total
5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-02-21

After losing her Mother to cancer, the author decides to fulfill the life long dream they shared, to visit all MLB ballparks in a single season. In search of perspective on their relationship and hoping to feel close to her Mother, the author sets out and writes a letter to her Mother with every ballpark, every game. Full of real stories and anecdotes about these vibrant and imperfect people, the story brings a fresh perspective on the beautiful, sometimes challenging, but ultimately influential relationships between mothers and daughters.

I loved the truth of this story, it’s a real description of real people, who were motivated, flawed, dedicated and loving. This book is about love, about loss, about Baseball and about the lessons the game can teach all of us. This clever little book is a thoughtful gift for anyone experiencing loss, a major life change, baseball fans, mothers and daughters, and really anyone who has ever felt like America’s pastime holds a special place in their hearts.

Note- the author reads the story herself which I always love because I think it lends a unique sense of the timing and tone of the story! Don’t miss out on this home run.

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The Mountain Midwife Audiolibro Por Laurie Alice Eakes arte de portada

Left saying “that was the end?!”

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-27-18

Let me start by saying this was my first book by this author. I liked this book until the end. The entire story was a slow build with an emphasis on character development, which I liked, but then the ending was way too abrupt and didn’t really resolve almost ANY of the questions the reader was following along with throughout the entire book! So frustrating and felt like a totally cheap way to end. I was a bit disappointed, but overall I liked the story in this book a fair amount. I felt invested in several of the characters and I’d love to know what happened to them.

Also have to say, it was a little annoying to me that the male main character seemed to always be trying to talk the female lead character out of pursuing her dream (of attending Medical
School so she could better serve her community). It just bothered me, and it came up more than once in the story. Also worth noting that I felt like a lot of the “advice” of this supposedly experienced midwife seems pretty basic, to the point that it rubbed me the wrong way. She seems hyper focused on what her patients eat, constantly harping on people to eat more or eat more “healthy” things, in addition to chastising patients for having emotions (“it’s not good for the baby!”). I don’t have an eye roll big enough for that. It just seemed to be sort of empty advice that detracted from the story rather than enhanced it.

One thing I appreciated was the inclusion by the author of a mother experiencing a miscarriage. As someone who has personally experienced miscarriage, it was nice to feel like that component of the main character’s practice was recognized and normalized. Kudos to the author for writing that experience in.

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