Unknown Caller

We Could Be Heroes

By: Lisa Unger

Narrated by: Reba Buhr

Length: 1 hr and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

From New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger comes the haunting short story of how one woman’s heroic vocation hides the secret guilt she’s tried to bury.

Charlie Kroft’s job at the crisis center means she’s often seen as a hero: she’s helped countless people climb out of the deepest pits of personal despair. But when one phone call thrusts Charlie into the spotlight, she must contend with the hidden pain that drives her…and with the mysterious stranger who knows the truth.

Lisa Unger’s Unknown Caller is part of We Could Be Heroes, a darkly inquisitive collection of short stories that examines heroic intentions versus their real-life consequences. Read or listen to each in a single sitting.

©2023 Lisa Unger. (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Wow!

I finished listening to this audio book and just said "Wow!". really makes you think.

Heartbreaking but good

This story brought up a lot of memories and understanding of what this young woman was talking about. She experienced something and made a choice
that she regretted for the rest of her life. I made a choice years ago that others would say resulted in someone’s death. I received a phone call to pick a friend up who was drunk & out of sorts. She was was out of town when she called. I was in bed sleeping and I had taken my nighttime medication when the phone call came in. She asked me if I would go pick her up. I told her no I was tired of trying to clean up her mess that I was already sleeping and with having taken my medication I was afraid to drive to pick her up. The next morning I found out she had thrown her self in front of a car in the highway. With no identification, but a very unique leather coat identify her. So this short story kicked up some a lot for me emotionally. Very well done and performed.

Really good!!!

The narrator was outstanding. She had a well written story to narrate. Lisa auger wrote an outstanding story. I highly recommend. The beginning and the end we're tied in a neat little bow. Great for someone who has an hour to spare.

Good short story

Good story, but a bit preachy and somewhat predictable. Good narration. Nothing more to add…

211

This was a brutal story. Ugh, how I despise mean girls and high school drama. Dial 211 for a full range of non-emergency social, health and government services in your community.
Part of the Kindle Unlimited catalog.

Suicide hotline

Charlie is the voice on the other end of the phone taking calls for the suicide hotline. She’s the voice in the darkness listening to callers who need help. She talks them through there crisis.
Charlie is good at what she does. She has a personal interest in the Crisis Center. A recurring caller sparks curiosity in Charlie as he asks personal questions regarding pain and guilt.
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Unknown Caller is part of the We Could Be Heroes series where Bestselling crime authors explore what makes a hero. Lisa Unger write about a young woman who works for the suicide hotline taking calls from individuals seeking help. It’s her job to talk them away from hurting themselves.
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Lisa Unger captured the essence of Charlie’s character using realistic circumstances. It brought to mind a few familiar cases I read about recently. This is a short story talking about an important topic. Lisa accomplished the hero aspect with the ability of a well seasoned writer.
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Narrator:
Reba Buhr is the solo female narrator of Unknown Caller. This is an unabridged audiobook. This was a short story with a heavy emphasis on suicide prevention. Rebar’s voice casted the perfect tone and pitch for Charlie’s character.

The characters ring true

The reader brought the writer’s words to life in a believable way. I cared about the outcome.

Sucked hotline...

This is a story about a crisis center. Where people call in when depressed or feeling suicidal. Charlie who answers the phone, had lost a friend to suicide while in high school, and an unknown caller is calling in nightly to talk to her.

amazing read

loved this story. relevant and important. would recommend. I need seven more words to submit.

Interesting short story

Another quick novella length story that is part of the "We are Heroes" anthology.

This book has us follow the female MC who is a volunteer at a suicide prevention hotline. We start in the "present" and little by little we are given snippets of the "past" and the events that led the MC to the field that she is in today.

In the meantime, something is going on in the "present" as she begins to get strange calls to the hotline and it becomes apparent that someone knows about her past.

Sound interesting? It was.