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Bestsellers
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life....
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Glucose Gluttony
- By W Perry Hall on 03-17-18
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Martyr!
- A Novel
- By: Kaveh Akbar
- Narrated by: Arian Moayed
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum
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One of the best novels I have ever read/heard.
- By James on 04-06-24
By: Kaveh Akbar
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The Guncle
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer....
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In two words . . . Loved it!!
- By Donna Rauch Lanford on 06-05-21
By: Steven Rowley
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The Guncle Abroad
- The Guncle
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Celebrants comes the much-anticipated sequel, in which Patrick O’Hara is called back to his guncle duties…at a big family wedding in Lake Como, Italy....
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Perfect Summer Read!!
- By Anonymous User on 07-05-24
By: Steven Rowley
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This Is How It Always Is
- A Novel
- By: Laurie Frankel
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Laurie Frankel's This Is How It Always Is is an audiobook about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. And it's about the ways this is how it always is....
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Story mirrors our life -- to a point -- spoilers
- By Anonymous User on 11-14-17
By: Laurie Frankel
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The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
- A Novel
- By: Samuel Burr
- Narrated by: Penelope Keith, Russell Tovey
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Clayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by a group of eccentric enigmatologists and now finds himself among the last survivors of a fading institution....
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Incredibly thoughtful and brilliantly crafted
- By MaineMom on 08-31-24
By: Samuel Burr
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- A Novel
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life....
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Glucose Gluttony
- By W Perry Hall on 03-17-18
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Martyr!
- A Novel
- By: Kaveh Akbar
- Narrated by: Arian Moayed
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum
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One of the best novels I have ever read/heard.
- By James on 04-06-24
By: Kaveh Akbar
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The Guncle
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous gay sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew for the summer....
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In two words . . . Loved it!!
- By Donna Rauch Lanford on 06-05-21
By: Steven Rowley
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The Guncle Abroad
- The Guncle
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Celebrants comes the much-anticipated sequel, in which Patrick O’Hara is called back to his guncle duties…at a big family wedding in Lake Como, Italy....
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Perfect Summer Read!!
- By Anonymous User on 07-05-24
By: Steven Rowley
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This Is How It Always Is
- A Novel
- By: Laurie Frankel
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Laurie Frankel's This Is How It Always Is is an audiobook about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. And it's about the ways this is how it always is....
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Story mirrors our life -- to a point -- spoilers
- By Anonymous User on 11-14-17
By: Laurie Frankel
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The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
- A Novel
- By: Samuel Burr
- Narrated by: Penelope Keith, Russell Tovey
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Clayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by a group of eccentric enigmatologists and now finds himself among the last survivors of a fading institution....
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Incredibly thoughtful and brilliantly crafted
- By MaineMom on 08-31-24
By: Samuel Burr
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The Celebrants
- A Novel
- By: Steven Rowley
- Narrated by: Steven Rowley
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselves—by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle....
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Just okay
- By kristine Barnes on 06-27-23
By: Steven Rowley
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Rubyfruit Jungle
- A Novel
- By: Rita Mae Brown
- Narrated by: Anna Paquin
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In bawdy, moving prose, Rita Mae Brown tells the story of Molly Bolt, the adoptive daughter of a dirt-poor Southern couple who boldly forges her own path in America. With her startling beauty and crackling wit, Molly finds that women are drawn to her wherever she goes....
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Worth Every Moment
- By Anonymous User on 01-02-23
By: Rita Mae Brown
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So Long, Chester Wheeler
- A Novel
- By: Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Unlikely road trip companions form an unexpected bond in an uplifting novel about the past—lost and found—by the New York Times and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author....
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Catherine Ryan Hyde is a phenomenal writer
- By Anonymous User on 02-05-23
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We Were the Universe
- A Novel
- By: Kimberly King Parsons
- Narrated by: Kristen Sieh, Justis Bolding
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desire, guilt, and grief....
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The author’s use of detail is exceptional
- By Anonymous User on 06-17-24
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The World of Normal Boys
- A Novel
- By: K.M. Soehnlein
- Narrated by: Blake Kevin Dwyer
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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As his family falls apart day by day, Robin finds himself pulling away from the unquestioned, unexamined life that has been carefully laid out for him. Small acts of rebellion lead to larger questions of what it means to stand on his own....
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Sweet but maybe a little too sexy
- By Anonymous User on 04-27-23
By: K.M. Soehnlein
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Cigar Club
- Open Tab, Book 2
- By: J.A. Armstrong
- Narrated by: Jill Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Against the backdrop of a small Vermont town, three women will learn that love always requires a little bit of letting go. Rich with a colorful cast of characters, Whiskey Springs is a place where even if everybody doesn’t know your name, somebody knows your business....
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One of the best narrative series ever!!!
- By Anonymous User on 08-24-18
By: J.A. Armstrong
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The Skin and Its Girl
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Cypher
- Narrated by: Victoria Nassif, Haneen Arafat Murphy
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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A young, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great-aunt’s secrets in this “enchanting, memorable” (Bustle) debut, confronting questions of sexual identity, exile, and lineage.
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Beautiful
- By Anonymous User on 08-29-24
By: Sarah Cypher
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Hombrecito
- A Novel
- By: Santiago Jose Sanchez
- Narrated by: André Santana
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A novel by a brilliant new voice, Hombrecito is a queer coming-of-age story about a young immigrant’s complex relationships with his mother and his motherland....
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Seems like the story of a sick young man
- By Anonymous User on 09-27-24
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The Old Place
- By: Bobby Finger
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Billington, Texas, is a place where nothing changes. Well, almost nothing. For the first time in nearly four decades, Mary Alice Roth is not getting ready for the first day of school at Billington High....
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I heard the author on a podcast and...
- By Anonymous User on 10-01-22
By: Bobby Finger
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The Town of Babylon
- A Novel
- By: Alejandro Varela
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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A debut novel about domestic malaise and suburban decline, following Andrés, a gay Latinx professor, returning to his hometown for a 20-year high school reunion....
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I will think about The Town of Babylon for a long time.
- By Anonymous User on 05-20-22
By: Alejandro Varela
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The Language of Hoofbeats
- By: Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd, Laural Merlington
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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New to a small town, Jackie and Paula envision a quiet life for their kids: a young adopted son and two teenage foster children, including the troubled Star....
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Simple yet captivating story
- By Chicago & Indiana Scientist/Gardener/Hiker on 05-22-15
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Three Junes
- A Novel
- By: Julia Glass
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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A Good Morning America "Read This" selection, Three Junes is a vividly textured symphonic novel...
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Beautiful Narration of a Wonderful Story!
- By Dagmar on 01-09-03
By: Julia Glass
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The Garden Party
- By: B P Walter
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestley
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The day of the garden party should’ve been a celebration of love for Raphael and his fiancée, as they toast their engagement with their families. But for someone, it’s an opportunity to unveil the lies that have bound the family together over the years.
By: B P Walter
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All My Mother's Lovers
- A Novel
- By: Ilana Masad
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman, Ilana Masad
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Intimacy has always eluded 27-year-old Maggie Krause - despite being brought up by married parents, models of domestic bliss - until, that is, Lucia came into her life. But when Maggie’s mom, Iris, dies in a car crash, Maggie returns home....
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Best love story wver
- By Anonymous User on 06-20-20
By: Ilana Masad
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Henry Henry
- By: Allen Bratton
- Narrated by: Sebastian Humphreys
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s London, 2014, and Hal Lancaster, son and heir of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, is in a holding pattern: his mother is dead, his father is dying or remarrying or both, his siblings are fighting, his internship is pointless, and nobody will leave him alone....
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Well written -Dissapointing
- By Anonymous User on 04-22-24
By: Allen Bratton
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Graceful Burdens
- Out of Line collection
- By: Roxane Gay
- Narrated by: Samira Wiley
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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From New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay comes an unforgettable tale of nightmarish bureaucracy in which genetic profiling has redefined the unfit mother....
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Wish it would have been longer!
- By Anonymous User on 03-27-23
By: Roxane Gay
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A House Among the Trees
- A Novel
- By: Julia Glass
- Narrated by: Mary Stuart Masterson
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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When children's book author Mort Lear dies accidentally at his Connecticut home, he leaves his property and all its contents to his trusted assistant, Tomasina Daulair....
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Glass Fan
- By Anonymous User on 07-17-17
By: Julia Glass
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The Wanting Life
- By: Mark Rader
- Narrated by: Donald Corren
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Father Paul, a gay priest, reflects on his life while his sister and niece grapple with the life choices they've made....
By: Mark Rader
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The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves
- A Novel
- By: James Han Mattson
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels, Lauren Ezzo, Jesse Lee, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves unravels the mystery of a life in all its glory: despair and regret, humor and wonder, courage and connection....
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Thought provoking & eye opening
- By Linda J. on 12-06-17
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The Whole World Over
- By: Julia Glass
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
- Length: 22 hrs and 53 mins
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Julia Glass is at her best here, weaving a glorious tapestry of lives and lifetimes, of places and people, revealing the subtle mechanisms behind our most important connections to others....
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Loved it...But
- By krinreno on 11-05-06
By: Julia Glass
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The Unexpected
- By: Ellen Wiles
- Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Robin and Kessie have been best friends since childhood when their families fractured. Now, in their mid-thirties, they are keen to have children themselves, but each faces daunting obstacles. In stepping up to support each other, they begin to negotiate unconventional routes towards motherhood.
By: Ellen Wiles
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Lone Stars
- By: Justin Deabler
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warner, a father at last, wrestles with a question his husband posed: what will you tell our son about the people you came from? Finding the answers takes Julian back in time....
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Read for bookclub but fell in Love
- By Ericka Lawson on 09-11-22
By: Justin Deabler
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Last Summer
- By: Ford Michael Thomas Ford
- Narrated by: Blake Somerset
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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From the critically acclaimed writer, Michael Thomas Ford, comes a highly anticipated first novel that follows the intertwining lives of three men....
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Not breaking any new ground but very entertaining
- By Anonymous User on 03-14-14
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The Road Home
- By: Ford Michael Thomas Ford
- Narrated by: Blake Somerset
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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When a car accident leaves photographer Burke Crenshaw in need of temporary full-time care, he finds himself back in the one place no forty-year-old chooses to be--his childhood bedroom....
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No need to check your scepticism at the door!
- By Anonymous User on 08-23-13