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Betty

MCKINNEY, TX, United States

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  • The Orchardist | [Amanda Coplin]
    The Orchardist
    UNABRIDGED

    The Orchardist

    • UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 29 mins)
    • By Amanda Coplin
    • Narrated By Mark Bramhall
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (215)
    Performance
    (175)
    Story
    (171)

    At the turn of the 20th century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, a reclusive orchardist, William Talmadge, tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved ones. A gentle man, he's found solace in the sweetness of the fruit he grows and the quiet, beating heart of the land he cultivates. One day, two teenage girls appear and steal his fruit from the market; they later return to the outskirts of his orchard to see the man who gave them no chase. Feral, scared, and very pregnant, the girls take up on Talmadge's land and indulge in his deep reservoir of compassion.

    Marcia says: "Beautiful, rich, sweeping tale, not a fairy tale."
    "Very dark and sad."
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    I can see the value of the story and appreciate the literary contribution, but I was so happy to finish it and move on to more rewarding reads. I would have liked more orchard and less roaming.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Dog Stars | [Peter Heller]
    The Dog Stars
    UNABRIDGED

    The Dog Stars

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 41 mins)
    • By Peter Heller
    • Narrated By Mark Deakins
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (589)
    Performance
    (518)
    Story
    (519)

    Hig survived the flu that killed everyone he knows. His wife is gone, his friends are dead, he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun-toting misanthrope. In his 1956 Cessna, Hig flies the perimeter of the airfield or sneaks off to the mountains to fish and to pretend that things are the way they used to be. But when a random transmission somehow beams through his radio, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life exists beyond the airport.

    Craig says: "The End is Merely a Beginning"
    "Unique mixture of armed survival and poetic calm."
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    Every reader will find his or her private place in this book. The basics of life are examined and carefully aligned.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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