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The Alice Network
- A Novel
- De: Kate Quinn
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 15 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50,239
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 45,445
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45,264
In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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We are standing on the shoulders of giants...
- De Marie en 02-25-18
- The Alice Network
- A Novel
- De: Kate Quinn
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
Predictable and trite not to mention a romance
Revisado: 11-30-19
I don't think the 4.6 rating is accurate. Seems like an awful lot of listeners agree that this novel is annoying in its repetitiveness. I really wanted to like then book but couldn't. get beyond the cardboard characters. Also, maybe my mistake, but I thought this was historical fiction. It is more a romance. novel. The narrator, however, is quite good!
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Not Exactly Love: A Memoir
- De: Betty Hafner
- Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
It was 1969, and all the rules were changing, when Betty, a woefully single French teacher on Long Island, met the handsome but edgy new teacher at her school -- a hippie just back from Woodstock. His vitality opened up a new world to her, but when they married his rages turned against her, and often ended with physical violence. Like millions of women who discover they've married an abusive man, Betty was forced to make daily decisions to suppress her feelings or risk confrontation, to keep it secret or report, and ultimately, to live with it or leave. Part gripping story, part warm-hearted look at the '70s, and part therapeutic journey.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- De Damont and Deidre Smith en 03-31-18
- Not Exactly Love: A Memoir
- De: Betty Hafner
- Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso
Authentic, compelling story/first-rate narration
Revisado: 07-08-18
This book does not miss a beat. It will resonate deeply with any woman who has suffered at the hands of an abusive man, and will serve as a stark warning to any woman who has not.
Despite the fear and violence and relentless mental stress the author suffered, she is amazingly big-hearted in her memoir, managing to convey all the three-dimensional humanity of both the abused and the abuser. The writing style is very natural, often charming and even humorous, despite the subject matter. Like other readers, I found the vivid descriptions of life in the 60’s and 70’s to be a wonderful, and wonderfully accurate backdrop to this compelling story.
I actually listened to this book on Audible and must commend the narrator, who brought Betty’s voice to life and was so effective with the voice of the husband, Jack, that I would literally flinch when I heard his voice and knew he was in a bad mood – I knew that would never end well. I was given a free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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