• Love Anthony

  • By: Lisa Genova
  • Narrated by: Debra Messing
  • Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (709 ratings)

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Love Anthony

By: Lisa Genova
Narrated by: Debra Messing
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Publisher's summary

From the award-winning New York Times best-selling author of Still Alice and Left Neglected, comes a heartfelt novel about an accidental friendship that gives a grieving mother a priceless gift: the ability to understand the thoughts of her eight-year-old autistic son and make sense of his brief life.

Two women, each cast adrift by unforseen events in their lives, meet by accident on a Nantucket beach and are drawn into a friendship.

Olivia is a young mother whose eight-year-old severely autistic son has recently died. Her marriage badly frayed by years of stress, she comes to the island in a trial separation to try and make sense of the tragedy of her Anthony's short life.

Beth, a stay-at-home mother of three, is also recently separated after discovering her husband’s long-term infidelity. In an attempt to recapture a sense of her pre-married life, she rekindles her passion for writing, determined to find her own voice again. But surprisingly, as she does so, Beth also find herself channeling the voice of an unknown boy, exuberant in his perceptions of the world around him if autistic in his expression - a voice she can share with Olivia - is it Anthony?) - that brings comfort and meaning to them both.

©2012 Lisa Genova (P)2012 Simon & Schuster Audio

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What a wonderful, clever, and well contracted story. A beautiful and inspiring book about true love.

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The ending was fabulous

I really enjoyed the first part and past part and I pushed through the middle as fast as I could

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Amazing

What a treasure! Not only a great story but educational as well. I will pass it along to several friends.

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Wonderful

This story is simply wonderful. It is kind and honest. I love the characters, and I love Anthony.

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Excellent author ! I enjoyed this read.

I loved this book! If you haven't read her other 2 books I suggest you do. Can't wait until her next one.

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Great Book Poor Reading

This book draws the reader in and keeps him interested. The narrator's modulation made it difficult to hear at times, especially if back ground noise in my environment was occurring. She would drop the volume of her voice quite often to display emotion but this made it difficult to hear.

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Outstanding

This book was engaging, heartfelt and delightful. I would highly recommend this book for parents, caregivers or anyone that is touched by someone on the autism spectrum.

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In Her Shoes

I love the role that friendship plays in helping these women battle back from hard circumstances #autism #infidelity #women #tagsgiving #sweepstakes

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My new favorite author!!

I love this book! I am a special education teacher and the description of an autistic child in this book is definitely on point. The book kept me interested and the narration was excellent. This is my new favorite author. I will be listening to everything she writes and loving every minute.

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Loving a book

An intriguing story, wonderfully told. This is a "must read" for anyone special to you

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