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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
- A Novel
- By: Bryn Greenwood
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house until one night her stargazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.
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So many 'hard to listen to' moments
- By jksullycats on 12-27-16
- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
- A Novel
- By: Bryn Greenwood
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
Loved it!
Reviewed: 02-23-21
I highly recommend this book. One of the best books I have listened to in a long time.
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She Would Be King
- A Novel
- By: Wayétu Moore
- Narrated by: Wayétu Moore
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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Wayétu Moore’s powerful debut novel, She Would Be King, reimagines the dramatic story of Liberia’s early years through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, the child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, can fade from sight when the earth calls him.
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Beautiful example of magical realism.
- By Danielle on 10-07-18
- She Would Be King
- A Novel
- By: Wayétu Moore
- Narrated by: Wayétu Moore
Excellent
Reviewed: 07-16-20
Loved this book. The way it ended, I think there is the possibility of a sequel. I hope so.
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The Memory of Us
- A Novel
- By: Camille Di Maio
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Julianne Westcott was living the kind of life that other Protestant girls in prewar Liverpool could only dream about: old money, silk ball gowns, and prominent young men lining up to escort her. But when she learns of a blind-and-deaf brother, institutionalized since birth, the illusion of her perfect life and family shatters around her.
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She had to survive the bombing.....
- By Marie on 07-04-19
- The Memory of Us
- A Novel
- By: Camille Di Maio
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
Really really good
Reviewed: 11-15-19
One of the best books I have listened to in a long time. Great plot and narration. I highly recommend it.
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A Piece of Cake
- A Memoir
- By: Cupcake Brown
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
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There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging, near-death injuries, drug dealing, prostitution, or homelessness. Cupcake Brown survived all these things before she'd even turned 20.
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Religious
- By Nancy on 02-16-13
- A Piece of Cake
- A Memoir
- By: Cupcake Brown
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Really enjoyed this memoir
Reviewed: 03-28-19
Very interesting. Engrossing story, very well narrated. I listened every chance I got. I highly recommend
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A River in Darkness
- One Man's Escape from North Korea
- By: Masaji Ishikawa, Risa Kobayashi - translator, Martin Brown - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. But the reality of their new life was far from utopian.
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Awful! And I don't mean the book . . .
- By DJW on 01-03-18
- A River in Darkness
- One Man's Escape from North Korea
- By: Masaji Ishikawa, Risa Kobayashi - translator, Martin Brown - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
Something to contemplate
Reviewed: 01-11-19
Life in North Korea is worse than I thought. I knew the pictures we see on the news are propaganda and what they want us to see. I had no idea what they are hiding was this bad. Really really bad. The suffering is immense. What truly got to me is the will of the people to carry on living, finding spouses, having children.
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The Innocent Man
- Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered. The investigation led nowhere. Until, on the flimsiest evidence, it led to Ron Williamson. The washed-up small-town hero was charged, tried, and sentenced to death - in a trial littered with lying witnesses and tainted evidence....
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Wake up people...
- By Michael H. Wagner on 10-14-09
- The Innocent Man
- Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- By: John Grisham
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
Excellent Listen
Reviewed: 12-25-18
It’s very good. The author did a massive amount of research and it shows. I plan to watch the Netflix documentary. When I saw that John Grisham had authored the book, I figured it would be well written. The narrator is very good. He has a rather soothing voice.
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The Moor's Account
- By: Laila Lalami
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America--a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record. In 1527 the conquistador Pnfilo de Narvez sailed from the port of Sanlcar de Barrameda with a crew of 600 men and nearly a hundred horses. His goal was to claim what is now the Gulf Coast of the United States for the Spanish crown and, in the process, become as wealthy and famous as Hernn Corts.
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Terrific read evoking 16th century New World life
- By William on 11-04-15
- The Moor's Account
- By: Laila Lalami
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
I loved this story
Reviewed: 10-15-18
I love historical fiction done well. I know much of this is fiction from the author’s imagination since Mustafa did not actually leave a written account. I assume she combined parts of the known account with her imagination of Mustafa’s account. I think she did a very believable job.
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The Unremembered Girl
- A Novel
- By: Eliza Maxwell
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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In the deep woods of East Texas, Henry supports his family by selling bootleg liquor. It's all he can do to keep his compassionate but ailing mother and his stepfather - a fanatical grassroots minister with a bruising rhetoric - from ruin. But they have no idea they've become the obsession of the girl in the woods. Andoned and nearly feral, Eve has been watching them, seduced by the notion of family - something she's known only in the most brutal sense. Soon she can't resist the temptation to get close.
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Great Characters
- By dfwproducer on 11-09-17
- The Unremembered Girl
- A Novel
- By: Eliza Maxwell
- Narrated by: Will Damron
Interesting enough
Reviewed: 09-12-18
The story kept me interested to the end. The narration was ok. His voice was a little rough to listen to; on a scale of 1 - 10 of being pleasant with 10 being most pleasant I would rate it a 7.
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The Woman in the Strongbox
- Missing collection
- By: Maureen O'Hagan
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
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In this tantalizing true mystery of a stolen life, an acclaimed reporter and an identity theft investigator follow a series of incredible revelations about the actual identity of a wife, mother, and friend turned perfect stranger. Days after Lori Ruff’s suicide, her family discovered her hidden strongbox containing stunning evidence that her entire life had been invented. Her real identity was buried so deep it would take five years to unearth. Who was Lori Ruff?
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A good short story
- By mommermom on 05-20-19
- The Woman in the Strongbox
- Missing collection
- By: Maureen O'Hagan
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Truth is stranger than fiction. Very interesting.
Reviewed: 08-12-18
Truth is stranger than fiction. Very interesting. Well read and well researched. Definitely worth a listen.
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Time Out
- Missing collection
- By: Claudia Rowe
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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The riveting true story of the crime, punishment, and transformation of a Seattle boy who came of age inside the adult prison system and who, once on the outside, rebuilt a new life as a man. After twenty years of incarceration, little was familiar to newly released Willard Jimerson. His once-gritty city was a technology hub. An African American was president. And with a six-inch screen, he could access a vastly changed world. From Claudia Rowe comes the story of the life Willard took and the life taken from Willard, the story of everything he had to regain and was yet to discover.
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Great book
- By donna on 10-02-19
- Time Out
- Missing collection
- By: Claudia Rowe
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
Very inspirational
Reviewed: 08-11-18
This book gave me a lot to think about. I’m
Glad i listened to it. It’s interesting to hear about the things people do and the paths those choices take them on.
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