D. Witscher
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The Lying Life of Adults
- De: Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein - translator
- Narrado por: Marisa Tomei
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
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Giovanna’s pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, is looking more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Will she turn out like her despised Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father have spent their whole lives avoiding and deriding? There must be a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is.
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Disappointed
- De Kay en 09-02-20
- The Lying Life of Adults
- De: Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein - translator
- Narrado por: Marisa Tomei
Reader ruins the book
Revisado: 05-04-21
Great story, Ferrante again creates a world worth reading about and one we can identify with. However, the lady reading the book almost ruins the book. Somehow she is not on the same wave length as the story, she misses the boat completely. The person at Audible who chose her must not have read the book themselves, or have listened to the lady reading it , she is abominable.
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10:04
- De: Ben Lerner
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
- Duración: 7 h y 21 m
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In the last year, the narrator of 10:04 has enjoyed unexpected literary success, has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition, and has been asked by his best friend to help her conceive a child, despite his dating a rising star in the visual arts. In a New York of increasingly frequent super storms and political unrest, he must reckon with his biological mortality, the possibility of a literary afterlife, and the prospect of (unconventional) fatherhood in a city that might soon be under water.
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A novel worth reading
- De Bradley Paul Valentine en 01-29-15
- 10:04
- De: Ben Lerner
- Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer
Into the Future
Revisado: 09-04-19
This is a brilliant story about modern life. Lerner has honed his art to perfection in the book and I was in awe as I listened to this tale which captures the vast ambiguities and uncertainties of life in America today.
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A Tale for the Time Being
- De: Ruth Ozeki
- Narrado por: Ruth Ozeki
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
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In Tokyo, 16-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solace—and will touch lives in ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox - possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami.
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Engaging story beautifully read
- De Karen en 01-30-14
- A Tale for the Time Being
- De: Ruth Ozeki
- Narrado por: Ruth Ozeki
A tale for all humanity
Revisado: 06-04-19
Brilliant writing and the author does a fantastic job of reading and giving life to the different characters. She has the perfect tone to draw the listener into the incredible world she created.
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These Happy Golden Years
- Little House, Book 8
- De: Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Narrado por: Cherry Jones
- Duración: 6 h y 44 m
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Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty 12 miles from home. She is very homesick but keeps at it so that she can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. During school vacations Laura has fun with her singing lessons, going on sleigh rides, and, best of all, helping Almanzo Wilder drive his new buggy. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo in the romantic conclusion of this Little House book.
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Perfect ending
- De E.F.B. en 12-31-18
- These Happy Golden Years
- Little House, Book 8
- De: Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Narrado por: Cherry Jones
This book is very good for young readers.😀
Revisado: 06-11-18
I learned a lot about living long ago. This book goes into detail about how it is back then. For schools learning about the olden days I recommend this book. I really got to know the characters and I loved some of them.❤️👍😍
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The Book of Aron
- A Novel
- De: Jim Shepard
- Narrado por: Michael Goldstrom
- Duración: 5 h y 38 m
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The acclaimed National Book Award finalist—“one of the United States’ finest writers,” according to Joshua Ferris, “full of wit, humanity, and fearless curiosity”—now gives us a novel that will join the short list of classics about children caught up in the Holocaust.
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Absolutely heartbreaking.
- De Cynthia Bazinet en 04-27-17
- The Book of Aron
- A Novel
- De: Jim Shepard
- Narrado por: Michael Goldstrom
A Child of our times
Revisado: 07-04-16
What did you love best about The Book of Aron?
Aron's experience opens up an entirely new perspective on the tragedy of WWII and most specifically, the Warsaw Ghetto.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Book of Aron?
When Aron betrays his friend to the Nazis
Have you listened to any of Michael Goldstrom’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
good performance
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Every second, every moment, every description and action in the book are terribly moving and important.
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The Association of Small Bombs
- De: Karan Mahajan
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
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When brothers Tushar and Nakul Khurana, two Delhi schoolboys, pick up their family's television at a repair shop with their friend, Mansoor Ahmed, one day in 1996, disaster strikes without warning. A bomb - one of the many "small" bombs that go off seemingly unheralded across the world - detonates in the Delhi marketplace, instantly claiming the lives of the Khurana boys, to the devastation of their parents. Mansoor survives, bearing the physical and psychological effects of the bomb.
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A tragedy of manners
- De jdukuray en 07-22-16
- The Association of Small Bombs
- De: Karan Mahajan
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
Point of View
Revisado: 07-04-16
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Absolutely. This is an amazing story that expands our understanding of the different forces at work in our world today and which influence all of our lfves.
What did you like best about this story?
The author explores uncharted territory in today's fiction. The story was a sensitive and bold look at the so called "terrorists" who have become the scapegoat for the social, political, and economic ills of our world.
Which character – as performed by Neil Shah – was your favorite?
The boy who is injured in the terrorist attack is the most accessible character in the novel.
Who was the most memorable character of The Association of Small Bombs and why?
Each character is well developed and memorable. They all stand out in their own unique statement.
Any additional comments?
This is a very honest look at many sides of a very difficult question. The book provides an in depth appreciation of a controversial subject.
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
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One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the Earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and human rights; to trust money, books, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables, and consumerism?
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Fascinating grand history with some big problems
- De A reader en 05-27-15
- Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
Brave new world
Revisado: 07-04-16
Would you consider the audio edition of Sapiens to be better than the print version?
The print version has graphs and charts that you are not aware of when you only listen to the book. However, the audio version is very well done.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Homo sapiens
Which character – as performed by Derek Perkins – was your favorite?
This is a non-fiction history so your question does not apply. Whomever is setting up this template for a review should have some inkling whether the book is fiction or non-fiction. please!
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No, this is a book you want to listen to in short chapter shifts. There is a great deal to reflect on and it is important to take it slowly.
Any additional comments?
This is the only audio book I have listened to twice, it is marvelous. What an expansive and unexpected revelation.
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You Deserve Nothing
- De: Alexander Maksik
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Dan John Miller, Adam Verner
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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Unbeknownst to his adoring pupils, William Silver, a talented and charismatic young teacher, proves incapable of living up to the ideals he encourages in others. Emotionally scarred by failures in his personal life and driven to distraction by the overpowering carnality and beauty of Paris, Silver succumbs to a temptation that will change the course of his life. His fall will render him a criminal in the eyes of some and all too human in the eyes of others.
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Who is the teacher and who are the students?
- De D. Witscher en 07-04-16
- You Deserve Nothing
- De: Alexander Maksik
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Dan John Miller, Adam Verner
Who is the teacher and who are the students?
Revisado: 07-04-16
Would you consider the audio edition of You Deserve Nothing to be better than the print version?
No. The audio version is well done but the print version, without hearing multiple voices, allows the reader to imaging the faces of the characters without outside influence.
What did you like best about this story?
The examination of the relationships between teachers and students is well portrayed. The teacher seeks to stimulate learning but can the teacher transcend his/her own flawed self in order to expand the horizon of students?
Which scene was your favorite?
The confrontation at the end between the principal, trustee, and the protagonist.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The protagonist's trip to Greece was the key to understanding his loneliness and isolation even though his outward life was devoted to social interactions.
Any additional comments?
This is a great study in the internal contradictions we all face between our ideals and our reality.
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True North
- De: Jim Harrison
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
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The scion of a family of wealthy timber barons, David Burkett has grown up with a father who is a malevolent force more than a father and a mother made vague and numb by alcohol and pills. He and his sister Cynthia, a firecracker who scandalizes the family at 14 by taking up with the son of their Finnish-Native American gardener, are mostly left to make their own way.
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Good book
- De Paul Z. en 02-14-10
- True North
- De: Jim Harrison
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
Fathers and Sons
Revisado: 04-17-16
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
yes, Jim Harrison always writes a convincing and interesting story.
What was one of the most memorable moments of True North?
too many to mention
What does Christopher Lane bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Very good reader
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The father's punishment at Veracruz
Any additional comments?
Interesting and well written story of a boy becoming a man and coming to terms with his father's legacy.
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Ordinary Grace
- De: William Kent Krueger
- Narrado por: Rich Orlow
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
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Award-winning author William Kent Krueger has gained an immense fan base for his Cork O’Connor series. In Ordinary Grace, Krueger looks back to 1961 to tell the story of Frank Drum, a boy on the cusp of manhood. A typical 13-year-old with a strong, loving family, Frank is devastated when a tragedy forces him to face the unthinkable - and to take on a maturity beyond his years.
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Wonderful Wonderful - In Every Way
- De tooonce72 en 03-29-13
- Ordinary Grace
- De: William Kent Krueger
- Narrado por: Rich Orlow
Family tragedy and redemption
Revisado: 04-17-16
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Yes, it is a great story
Would you be willing to try another one of Rich Orlow’s performances?
good reader
Did Ordinary Grace inspire you to do anything?
I cried at Ariel's funeral
Any additional comments?
Story is captivating, Only flaws were several incidences which were not quite believable:
Jake's cure was one of them that stands out. A little heavy handed on the Christian take on things.
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