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America Is Not the Heart
- A Novel
- De: Elaine Castillo
- Narrado por: Donnabella Mortel
- Duración: 16 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 213
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 195
How many lives fit in a lifetime? When Hero De Vera arrives in America - haunted by the political upheaval in the Philippines and disowned by her parents - she's already on her third. Her uncle gives her a fresh start in the Bay Area, and he doesn't ask about her past. His younger wife knows enough about the might and secrecy of the De Vera family to keep her head down. But their daughter - the first American-born daughter in the family - can't resist asking Hero about her damaged hands.
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5 out of 5 stars
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New Perspectives
- De Bernadette en 05-17-18
- America Is Not the Heart
- A Novel
- De: Elaine Castillo
- Narrado por: Donnabella Mortel
Made my heart ache with familiarity
Revisado: 03-18-23
As a Filipino immigrant child whose family arrived to San Jose in 1985, this story was incredibly familiar. Never have I ever seen my father (who is Ilocano) and my mother (who is Tagalog) as characters in a novel. It was beautiful to see the complexity in the dynamics between the generations - between those who are first and second generation immigrants. AND it was so enjoyable to listen to a story that takes place in all the familiar places in the South Bay - particularly in Milpitas and North San Jose.
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The Making of Us
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Jewell
- Narrado por: Helen Duff
- Duración: 13 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,044
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,576
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,555
Lydia, Dean, and Robyn live very different lives, but each of them, independently, has always felt that something was missing. What they don't know is that a letter is about to arrive that will turn their lives upside down. It's a letter containing a secret - one that will bind them together and show them what love and family and friendship really mean.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extraordinary Stories
- De JimKnott en 08-16-18
- The Making of Us
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Jewell
- Narrado por: Helen Duff
It was alright.
Revisado: 01-13-23
It was alright. Definitely a slow burn. Three stars for the quasi racist depiction of a Filipina domestic worker. The voicing of the character portrayed was definitely not in a Filipino accent.
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The Family Remains
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Jewell
- Narrado por: Dominic Thorburn, Bea Holland, Hugh Quarshie, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,144
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,805
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,785
Early one morning on the shore of the Thames, DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene of a gruesome discovery. When Owusu sends the evidence for examination, he learns the bones are connected to a cold case that left three people dead on the kitchen floor in a Chelsea mansion thirty years ago. Rachel Rimmer has also received a shock—her husband, Michael, has been found dead in the cellar of his house in France. All signs point to an intruder, and the French police need her to come urgently to answer questions about Michael and his past that she very much doesn’t want to answer.
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1 out of 5 stars
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It’s hard to understand
- De Avid series reader en 08-12-22
- The Family Remains
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Jewell
- Narrado por: Dominic Thorburn, Bea Holland, Hugh Quarshie, Josh Dylan, Thomas Judd, Eleanor Tomlinson
Excellent Follow Up to The Family Upstairs!
Revisado: 01-07-23
I love all the Easter eggs that Lisa Jewell has planted in this sequel - it was helpful that I re-read the Family Upstairs before diving into this one. Great continuation - I also love how the timeline layers back to uncover events that have happened during the last book. Excellent!
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The Red Thread
- De: Ann Hood
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 8 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 715
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 642
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 639
In China there is a belief that people who are destined to be together are connected by an invisible red thread. After losing her infant daughter in a freak accident, Maya Lange opens The Red Thread, an adoption agency that specializes in placing baby girls from China with American families. Maya finds some comfort in her work, until a group of six couples share their personal stories of desire for a child.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Good idea for a story, but...
- De Mary en 09-18-11
- The Red Thread
- De: Ann Hood
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
Reeks of white saviourism
Revisado: 12-30-21
This could’ve been such a great story, so I kept listening, hoping it would get less cringy….but none of the characters are likable. Dehumanizing depictions of the birth families… in the end, the author doesn’t refer to them by name - even though a chapter had been dedicated to each family.
May have been okay if I listed to this back in 2010 when it was first published, but for 2021, this is very tone deaf.
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