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When We Believed in Mermaids

By: Barbara O'Neal
Narrated by: Sarah Naughton, Katherine Littrell
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An Amazon Charts, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best seller

From the author of The Art of Inheriting Secrets comes an emotional new tale of two sisters, an ocean of lies, and a search for the truth.

Her sister has been dead for 15 years when she sees her on the TV news....

Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. Gone forever. It’s what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed. Yet all it takes is a few heart-wrenching seconds to upend Kit’s world. Live coverage of a club fire in Auckland has captured the image of a woman stumbling through the smoke and debris. Her resemblance to Josie is unbelievable. And unmistakable. With it comes a flood of emotions - grief, loss, and anger - that Kit finally has a chance to put to rest: by finding the sister who’s been living a lie.

After arriving in New Zealand, Kit begins her journey with the memories of the past: of days spent on the beach with Josie. Of a lost teenage boy who’d become part of their family. And of a trauma that has haunted Kit and Josie their entire lives.

Now, if two sisters are to reunite, it can only be by unearthing long-buried secrets and facing a devastating truth that has kept them apart far too long. To regain their relationship, they may have to lose everything.

©2019 Barbara Samuel (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Narrator Pronunciation

I am about 2 hours into this book and although the story is ok I am about to give up because the narrators are AWFUL! The one narrating Kit is tolerable I guess but not that great but the one that is narrating for Josie/Mari is clearly not American. That’s not a problem In and of itself, i actually usually prefer foreign narrators because their voices tend to be more pleasant to me. However, she is narrating an American character and nowhere in America do they pronounce I as U. Fungers, that’s how she said fingers. Every short I is pronounced as “uh” and it is driving me crazy! I may need a refund on this one.

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Excellent

I absolutely loved this book and the tales of these two sisters and how each of their stories play out.

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Liked but can't say loved

The story was good although a bit predictable. Sometimes the voices felt too dramatic but I liked it just the same.

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Real life- for some.

If you’ve never lived any of the tragedies in this story, you have had a blessed life. If you have, you will maybe enjoy more validation for redemption. This is a simple yet relevant read. Give it a chance, it may offer some insight on someone you know.

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A Summer Must

Light, easy read with like-able characters. A total page turner. Give it a go!

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When we Believed in Mermaids

struggled to finish, not much of a story that would keep you wanting to go on. Didn't care for the narrator, just not my favorite. can not reccomend this audio. Might have liked reading the book better.

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Captivating

Loved this book! Could not stop listening. Always sad to finish when you love the characters.

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loved it

it was great story, loved the setting in new zealand but there were some trashyyyyy sex scenes.

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Light hearted

It was a decent and entertaining story. Easy to follow along but not really thought provoking.

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Love, loss & healing

great story of Two Sisters and their path true terrible loss call Matt terrible neglect and the power of healing.

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