P. Williams
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The Good Turn
- By: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Some lines should never be crossed. Police corruption, an investigation that ends in tragedy and the mystery of a little girl’s silence – three unconnected events that will prove to be linked by one small town. While detective Cormac Reilly faces enemies at work and trouble in his personal life, garda Peter Fisher is relocated out of Galway with the threat of prosecution hanging over his head. But even that is not as terrible as having to work for his overbearing father, the local copper for the pretty seaside town of Roundstone.
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Prefer books without constant f word
- By Elizabeth on 07-27-20
- The Good Turn
- By: Dervla McTiernan
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
Such a perfect book for these times
Reviewed: 09-02-24
I love the twist of the coincidence that marked “the turn”. The last part was SO very satisfying. Such a good story about maintaining perseverance and integrity in the face of a situation rife with corruption.
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Yellow Face
- A Semi-autobiographical Comedy
- By: David Henry Hwang
- Narrated by: Daniel Dae Kim (CK), Ashley Park, Wendell Pierce, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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Winner of an Obie and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman, Yellow Face is as timely as ever, wrestling with issues of cultural appropriation, complicity, and artistic freedom. It’s brought to life in this audio-only revival by a stunning all-star cast (many playing themselves) led by Daniel Dae Kim.
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Funny, great audible performance, and good dialogue.
- By Ed the Canadian on 05-04-24
- Yellow Face
- A Semi-autobiographical Comedy
- By: David Henry Hwang
- Narrated by: Daniel Dae Kim (CK), Ashley Park, Wendell Pierce, Benedict Wong, Noah Bean, Dick Cavett, Margaret Cho, Ronan Farrow, Fritz Friedman, Joel De La Fuente, Margaret Fung, Gish Jen, Francis Jue, full cast, Jason Biggs
The complexity of stereotyping
Reviewed: 07-28-24
What was once the American Dream turns out to be the American Illusion, hatched in Hollywood. I liked how everyone’s certain positions became uncertain. No one could land on solid ground. That defines the time we are living in now and the angst we all have to come to terms with… no gender, no race, no affiliation, no status… can protect one from the press of the Present unfolding truth… well done.
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Breaking the Dark
- A Jessica Jones Marvel Crime Novel
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Meet Jessica Jones: retired superhero, private investigator, loner. She tried her best to be a shiny spandex crimefighter, but that life only led to unspeakable trauma. Now she avoids that world altogether and works on surviving day-to-day in Hell’s Kitchen, New York. The morning a distraught mother comes into her office, Jessica would prefer to nurse her hangover and try to forget last night’s poor choices. But something about Amber Randall’s story strikes a chord with her. Amber is adamant that something happened to her teenage twins while they were visiting their father in the UK.
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Very fun read!
- By C. S. on 07-09-24
- Breaking the Dark
- A Jessica Jones Marvel Crime Novel
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Helen Laser
Message for selfie obsessed youth
Reviewed: 07-27-24
Initially after loving all of Lisa Jewel’s books, I wanted to not listen to this past the first ½ hour… but I was glad I stuck with it. A creative dressing down of the intense marketing, branding and influencing of the human race.
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In the Lap of the Goddess
- Earworms
- By: Arvind Ethan David, Whitney Mosery
- Narrated by: Jacob Tobia, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kasper, and others
- Length: 41 mins
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The people of ancient Sumer are gathered to celebrate the rite of the Sacred Marriage, a joyous and glorious testament to the unity of Goddess and Man. Times are tough, crops are failing, and this year’s ceremony holds special significance. But for the priestess Simi, the fertility rite is very personal. Because it is Simi who will be locked in a room with a stranger to carry out the blessed responsibilities. Only this time, the stranger is no stranger at all....
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Love it!
- By Lucid on 07-01-24
- In the Lap of the Goddess
- Earworms
- By: Arvind Ethan David, Whitney Mosery
- Narrated by: Jacob Tobia, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kasper, Joe Spano
Playful with spice of politics
Reviewed: 05-26-24
I like the playing with duality in the face of the reality or laws of the universe in terms of evolution
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Summer, 1976
- By: David Auburn
- Narrated by: Laura Linney, Jessica Hecht
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn, this critically acclaimed Broadway hit chronicles the lives of two young mothers as they forge an unlikely bond during the summer of America’s Bicentennial. As the days heat up, they navigate a tumultuous relationship and discover how friendships define us, divide us, and permanently alter our sense of ourselves.
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Refreshing short story of the power of female freindships
- By Melissa Shepherd on 12-30-23
- Summer, 1976
- By: David Auburn
- Narrated by: Laura Linney, Jessica Hecht
First Impressions and Then Life Unfolds
Reviewed: 12-27-23
I liked the exploration of how two seemingly different people come together and offer what is needed, share vulnerability only to find humane support and understanding.
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Something Ain't Right
- By: Roger Stringer, Zachary Stringer
- Narrated by: Roger Stringer, Zachary Stringer
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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Roger Stringer grew up in rural Mississippi, hunting and eating everything from deer to rabbits. When he had two sons, Zac and Justin, he gave them guns and took them to the woods as well. Then one day when the boys were home alone, he got a call from Zac that Justin had been shot. What follows is an intimate and gripping memoir about the shooting’s aftermath. The story moves between the perspectives of Roger and Zac as they take us through their journey of betrayal, redemption, and ultimately confrontation with a company that had kept its corruption a secret for decades.
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The Journey for Truth
- By samsararose on 05-19-23
- Something Ain't Right
- By: Roger Stringer, Zachary Stringer
- Narrated by: Roger Stringer, Zachary Stringer
Men Can Change
Reviewed: 12-19-23
I like the way the story unfolded… even though things became complicated, the sense of simplicity remained
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The Soulmate
- A Novel
- By: Sally Hepworth
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Jessica Douglas-Henry
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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There’s a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their perfect house hides something sinister. The tall cliffs have become a popular spot for people to end their lives. Night after night Gabe comes to their rescue, literally talking them off the ledge. Until he doesn’t. When Pippa discovers Gabe knew the victim, the questions spiral...Did the victim jump? Was she pushed?
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Another hit!
- By Chelsea Ritchie on 04-06-23
- The Soulmate
- A Novel
- By: Sally Hepworth
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Jessica Douglas-Henry
Very believable twists and turns
Reviewed: 12-06-23
I loved at the end… Amanda’s review of life from the other side… Bryon right and wrong and who’s to blame and how we all see life through a straw and how that renders certainty absurd.
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The Glass Hotel
- A Novel
- By: Emily St. John Mandel
- Narrated by: Dylan Moore
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. On the night she meets Jonathan Alkaitis, a hooded figure scrawls a message on the lobby's glass wall: Why don’t you swallow broken glass. High above Manhattan, a greater crime is committed: Alkaitis's billion-dollar business is really nothing more than a game of smoke and mirrors.
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Don't waste your time and money
- By Anonymous User on 03-26-20
- The Glass Hotel
- A Novel
- By: Emily St. John Mandel
- Narrated by: Dylan Moore
What a story!
Reviewed: 10-21-23
The weaving of this tale is almost as interesting as the characters and content of the story. The coming into precise detail and then stepping way back. If I hadn’t seen the Netflix Bernie Matoff docudrama, I might have felt lost but it was pretty close to that impression. “All the world’s a stage…” every one gets corrupted, lost… in this tale.
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Tom Lake
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
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So incredibly boring
- By Rhonda Morrison on 08-05-23
- Tom Lake
- A Novel
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
This book and Meryl Streep are a perfect pairing!
Reviewed: 09-25-23
I like the shifting back and forth between youth (where things just seep to happen to you) and experience bred maturity and the choices that become more apparent. Also, the Mother’s secrets and storytelling…The mother is always weighing what is “healthiest” or “protective” for the children to know.
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Someone Else's Shoes
- A Novel
- By: Jojo Moyes
- Narrated by: Daisy Ridley
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
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Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto her glamorous life. But in the meantime, she must scramble to cope--she doesn’t even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in. That’s because Sam Kemp—in the bleakest point of her life—has accidentally taken Nisha’s gym bag. But Sam hardly has time to worry about a lost gym bag—she’s struggling to keep herself and her family afloat.
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Bad language
- By Kerbear on 02-25-23
- Someone Else's Shoes
- A Novel
- By: Jojo Moyes
- Narrated by: Daisy Ridley
An Artfully Written Story
Reviewed: 02-20-23
Well written and well narrated. This book moved me right into my heart… great characters and a well-paced plot. At times I laughed out loud at other times, I whispered, “Hurry! Get out of there!” And, “Oh NO!” Very satisfying without all the cheap shock value in most current fiction.
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