• Thunderstruck & Other Stories

  • By: Elizabeth McCracken
  • Narrated by: Erin Yuen
  • Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (29 ratings)

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Thunderstruck & Other Stories

By: Elizabeth McCracken
Narrated by: Erin Yuen
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Publisher's summary

From the author of the beloved novel The Giant's House comes a beautiful new story collection. In "Property", a young scholar, grieving the sudden death of his wife, decides to refurbish a rental house by removing his landlord's possessions. In "Peter Elroy: A Documentary by Ian Casey", the household of a successful filmmaker is visited years later by his famous first subject, whose trust he betrayed. In "The Lost & Found Department of Greater Boston", the manager of a grocery store becomes fixated on the famous case of a missing local woman. And in "Thunderstruck", a family makes a quixotic decision to flee to Paris for a summer, only to find their lives altered in an unimaginable way by their teenage daughter's risky behavior.

©2014 Elizabeth McCracken (P)2014 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Critic reviews

Starred review. “McCracken transforms life’s dead ends into transformational visions.” - Publishers Weekly

What listeners say about Thunderstruck & Other Stories

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Stories are ok but the last one is great

If you could sum up Thunderstruck & Other Stories in three words, what would they be?

interesting vignettes about sad people/ circumstances

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the detail and richness of the last story.

What about Erin Yuen’s performance did you like?

It was fine.

If you could take any character from Thunderstruck & Other Stories out to dinner, who would it be and why?

The Dad in the last story

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Beautiful snippets of life

I devoured this book nearly straight through in one day. These small vignettes of humanity, of what it feels to exist of to live are just perfect. The performance was well done, capturing these characters beautifully. Something that Elizabeth McCracken is skill at is dissecting what living feels like even in a life distant from your own. These short stories are a fabulous way for her to express this gift.

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Confusing

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A point to the stories

What do you think your next listen will be?

JK Rowling

What didn’t you like about Erin Yuen’s performance?

just ok, nothing grabbed me to pay attention and listen

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Not even sure what the point to each of these stories was, they just ended, wouldn't recommend it, I should have asked for refund

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