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Grieving Conversations

By: Chris Cander
Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
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Publisher's summary

From award-winning author Chris Cander comes a wrenching and suspenseful short story about grief.

County Sheriff Brody Hayes is in the midst of a missing person's call - for a five-month-old baby. Deep in the mountains of his hometown, Bowie, Wyoming, Brody's desperate search for the helpless child through a worsening snowstorm leads him on an even greater journey - one through his memories of his childhood, his brother, his son, and a life for himself that he thought was lost.

Gripping, atmospheric, and utterly memorable, Grieving Conversations will at once cause your heart to pound and break.

“Cander is a smart, deft storyteller.” (The New York Times Book Review)

“Cander has a gift for description.” (Houstonia Magazine)

©2021 Chris Cander, LLC (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC

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About the Creator

Chris Cander is the award-winning author of the novels Whisper Hollow, 11 Stories, the children’s picture book The Word Burglar, and the Audible Original Eddies. Her latest novel is the USA Today best-selling The Weight of a Piano, which the New York Times called, "immense, intense and imaginative." With starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, and Library Journal, it was an ABA Indie Next Great Reads pick in both hardcover and paperback, and has been sold in 11 foreign territories thus far.

About the Perfomer

Neil Hellegers is an actor, Audie-nominated narrator, and educator who lives in Brooklyn with his wife, son, and mutt. On camera, Neil has appeared in film and on television, as seen on Blindspot, House of Cards, Madam Secretary, and others. His voice work can be heard in numerous commercials, video games (including Red Dead Redemption 2), and numerous audiobooks, including Dawn of the Exile by Mitchell Hogan, A Tangled Road to Justice by Olan Thorensen, Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone, and 100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda for Audible Studios. On stage, he has performed Shakespeare with the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Aquila Theatre Company, and others, both nationally and internationally. He also directs experimental Shakespeare-based devisings for the Hear Now Festival.

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This is a beautiful work. I got all worked up and emotional. Definitely would play it again.

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Left me wanting more

This will be my benchmark for short stories. The narration was excellent, the story-line interesting, sad, yet hopeful.

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Beautiful and Beautifully Written

I just finished this short story and burst into tears tears. I can't remember the last time I was so moved. So much emotion and context in such a short, little package, all beautifully rendered, I wish it were novel length. Heading back over to audible now to find more of Cander's work. What a fabulous find!

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Decent

I thought this was a relatively quick and decent listen. I didn’t actually mind the switching back-and-forth between the past and the present as the storyteller was telling about his brother and then his current predicament. However, for the length of the audiobook, I think only one path should’ve really been chosen.

The only real issue that I had with the story was the narrators huge gasps of breath in between some paragraphs. That was really annoying and quite bothersome.

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Beautiful Story, Beautifully Written

I loved every bit of this story. It’s compelling from the start, with interesting characters and an unforgettable plot. Cander is masterful with character development, and with her nuanced depictions of how each character navigates the reality she creates for them. I cannot wait to meet more of the flawed, fascinating people she depicts.

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Great Story

This was a really good story, which left me wanting more. I appreciated listening to the emotions of a strong man. I liked the honesty, diversity, and the fact that he loved his partner for being dark and different.

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EXCELLENT STORY AND PERFORMANCE

Excellent short story by Chris Cander and Excellent performance and time well spent, good performance by Neil Hallegers

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Too short.

Too short. I want the whole story! I want to see what comes next.

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Suspense

Short and entertaining. Just what I needed. There has to be a part two... where is it! lol

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worth your time

The story overall was good but the ending was perfect. Just enough to make it worth your time.

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