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The Dutch House
- A Novel
- De: Ann Patchett
- Narrado por: Tom Hanks
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57,103
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 51,068
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50,735
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not my favorite Patchett
- De Regina en 12-07-19
- The Dutch House
- A Novel
- De: Ann Patchett
- Narrado por: Tom Hanks
Remarkable
Revisado: 11-28-19
I didn’t know for sure where this story would go - it was a lovely story read by a lovely man - I couldn’t stop listening it was way too short and full of surprises - and I didn’t want it to end - but I was satisfied and sighed - I listened as well to the ending credits.
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City of Girls
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrado por: Blair Brown
- Duración: 15 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24,861
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22,250
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22,146
Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A strong story
- De Anita Kristensen en 06-08-19
- City of Girls
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrado por: Blair Brown
Women of a certain time
Revisado: 06-27-19
Excellent performance by narrator Blair Brown. Gilbert’s book tells the story of independent women born in time of WWII.
Women who didn’t marry, women who left their families and felt no guilt, women who were promiscuous and wild when young. Women who knew how to have friends and not marry. The main character, however, was a natural born seamstress and left her parents home with her sewing machine in hand and was like my own mother who sewed and tailored for a living her whole life and lived til 102.
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Educated
- A Memoir
- De: Tara Westover
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 12 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 126,675
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 111,655
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 111,267
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Other Side of Idaho's Mountains
- De Darwin8u en 03-28-18
- Educated
- A Memoir
- De: Tara Westover
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
Excellent
Revisado: 01-02-19
I am have never read a book that seemed it must be fiction, but is
a beautifully read and written story of redemption and leaving a life behind
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A Light so Lovely
- The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, Author of a Wrinkle in Time
- De: Sarah Arthur
- Narrado por: Simona Chitescu-Weik
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Best-selling and beloved author Madeleine L’Engle, Newbery winner for A Wrinkle in Time, was known the world round for her imaginative spirit and stories. She was also known to spark controversy - too Christian for some, too unorthodox for others. Somewhere in the middle was a complex woman whose embrace of paradox has much to say to a new generation of readers and listeners today. A Light so Lovely casts a vivid portrait of this enigmatic icon’s spiritual legacy, starting with her inner world and including fresh reflections on her writing for today’s listeners.
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4 out of 5 stars
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People are complicated
- De Adam Shields en 08-09-18
- A Light so Lovely
- The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, Author of a Wrinkle in Time
- De: Sarah Arthur
- Narrado por: Simona Chitescu-Weik
Very Truthful
Revisado: 11-18-18
Madeleine L'Engle changed my life. I have read all her books and corresponded with her - amazed she answered me. This book gives me more clarity into her life - I knew bits and pieces. Sarah Arthur is a great author and wrote with care and with love. The narrator was perfect. Carolynne Harris
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Calypso
- De: David Sedaris
- Narrado por: David Sedaris
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22,240
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 19,633
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19,504
If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And it's as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation - and dark humor - toward middle age and mortality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, as always
- De Ruthie en 05-31-18
- Calypso
- De: David Sedaris
- Narrado por: David Sedaris
Truth is spoken here and laughter happens
Revisado: 06-15-18
I love listening to David Sedaris, this is a wondrous book of essays and live performances. He writes with clarity, truth and humor even when the story is tragic he finds a way to make laughter an okay response.
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Ordinary Light
- A Memoir
- De: Tracy K. Smith
- Narrado por: Tracy K. Smith
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 182
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 162
Tracy K. Smith has a fairly typical upbringing in suburban California: the youngest in a family of five children raised with limitless affection and a firm belief in God by a stay-at-home mother and an engineer father. But after spending a summer in Alabama at her grandmother's home, she returns to California with a new sense of what it means for her to be Black: from her mother's memories of picking cotton as a girl in her father's field for pennies a bushel to her parents' involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply spoken - poetic
- De CarolynneRHarris en 04-27-15
- Ordinary Light
- A Memoir
- De: Tracy K. Smith
- Narrado por: Tracy K. Smith
Simply spoken - poetic
Revisado: 04-27-15
An honest memoir from the youngest child of an American
Family - beautifully read and not easy to stop push on audible. I felt calm as I listened. I wanted to meet this woman and know more.
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The Year We Left Home
- De: Jean Thompson
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 13 h y 15 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 52
It begins in 1973 when the Erickson family of Grenada, Iowa, gathers for the wedding of their eldest daughter, Anita. Even as they celebrate, the fault lines in the family emerge. The bride wants nothing more than to raise a family in her hometown, while her brother Ryan watches restlessly from the sidelines, planning his escape. He is joined by their cousin Chip, an unpredictable, war-damaged loner who will show Ryan both the appeal and the perils of freedom. will show Ryan both the appeal and the perils of freedom. Torrie, the Ericksons’ youngest daughter, is another rebel....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I LOVED IT!
- De Susan D en 06-09-11
- The Year We Left Home
- De: Jean Thompson
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
Depressing
Revisado: 06-29-11
I felt the same about The Year We Left Home as I did about Jonathan Franzen's book, Freedom, each story about one family, both depressing to me. The writing is excellent, but I didn't love Thompson's characters, there was no joy in them. Maybe if I came from Iowa I could relate. The parents of the family were flat and and not developed - I wanted to l like them, but I knew little about them.
This book got a good review in the Oprah magazine otherwise I probably wouldn't have chosen it.
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Secret Daughter
- De: Shilpi Somaya Gowda
- Narrado por: Soneela Nankani
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 948
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 807
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 807
Debut novelist Shilpi Somaya Gowda pens this compelling tale about two families, worlds apart, linked by one Indian child. After giving birth to a girl for a second time, impoverished Kavita must give her up to an orphanage. The baby, named Asha, is adopted by an American doctor and raised in California. But once grown, Asha decides to return to India.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must Read
- De Stephanie en 06-08-11
- Secret Daughter
- De: Shilpi Somaya Gowda
- Narrado por: Soneela Nankani
A Story of Many Truths
Revisado: 05-02-11
One of the most interesting and enjoyable books I have read or listened to this year including Cuttting for Stone. The author brought hope and happiness to me, I could relate to each character. The narrator was perfect.
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