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When Ravi Kapoor, an overworked London doctor, reaches the breaking point with his difficult father-in-law, he asks his wife: “Can’t we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away.” His prayer is seemingly answered when Ravi’s entrepreneurial cousin sets up a retirement home in India, hoping to re-create in Bangalore an elegant lost corner of England. Several retirees are enticed by the promise of indulgent living at a bargain price, but upon arriving, they are dismayed to find that restoration of the once sophisiticated hotel has stalled....
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De: Deborah Moggach
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An Ocean Apart
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- De: Robin Pilcher
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For six dreadful months, David Corstorphine has tried to come to terms with his young wife's death while caring for his three motherless children. Try as he may, David is unable to return to work, and his only form of solace comes from working in the garden of his parents' estate in the Scottish countryside. Dispatched unexpectedly to New York, David's family hopes that the impromptu business trip will help him get back on his feet. But the journey proves both disastrous and heartening.
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Unbearable narration
- De Linda en 07-14-23
De: Robin Pilcher
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The UnAmericans
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- De: Molly Antopol
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Again and again, Molly Antopol’s deeply sympathetic characters struggle for footing in an uncertain world, hounded by forces beyond their control. Their voices are intimate and powerful and they resonate with searing beauty. Antopol is a superb young talent, and The UnAmericans will long be remembered for its wit, humanity, and heart.
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Sensational stories! Brilliant new author.
- De MidwestGeek en 05-04-14
De: Molly Antopol
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Us: A Novel
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Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that seduces beautiful Connie into a second date...and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades later, they live more or less happily in the London suburbs with their moody seventeen year-old son, Albie. Then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce. The timing couldn’t be worse. Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world’s greatest works of art as a family, and she can’t bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead is for the best anyway? Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage, and might even help him to bond with Albie. Narrated from Douglas’s endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves, and learning how to get closer to a son who’s always felt like a stranger.
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Great novel - my favorite in years
- De Mark en 07-21-15
De: David Nicholls
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Bad Habits
- De: Amy Gentry
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Claire "Mac" Woods—a professor enjoying her newfound hotshot status at an academic conference—finally has the acceptance and admiration she has long craved. But at the conference's hotel bar, Mac is surprised to run into a face from a past she'd rather forget: the moneyed, effortlessly perfect Gwendolyn Whitney, Mac's foil, rival, and former best friend.
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Outstanding!
- De SLuzaz en 02-15-21
De: Amy Gentry
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Great read, audio needs editing
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Augustine, a brilliant, aging astronomer, is consumed by the stars. For years he has lived in remote outposts, studying the sky for evidence of how the universe began. At his latest posting, in a research center in the Arctic, news of a catastrophic event arrives. The scientists are forced to evacuate, but Augustine stubbornly refuses to abandon his work. Shortly after the others have gone, Augustine discovers a mysterious child, Iris, and realizes that the airwaves have gone silent.
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Breasts & Eggs paints a portrait of contemporary womanhood in Japan and recounts the intimate journeys of three women as they confront oppressive mores and their own uncertainties on the road to finding peace and futures they can truly call their own. It tells the story of three women: the 30-year-old Natsu, her older sister, Makiko, and Makiko’s daughter, Midoriko. Makiko has traveled to Tokyo in search of an affordable breast enhancement procedure. She is accompanied by Midoriko, who has recently grown silent.
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Tokyo resident Keiko Furukara has never fit in - neither in her family, nor in school - but when at the age of 18 she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of national convenience store chain Smile Mart, she realizes instantly that she has found her purpose in life. Delighted to be able to exist in a place where the rules of social interaction are crystal clear (many are laid out line-by-line in the store's manual), Keiko does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and mode of speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a "normal" person excellently, more or less.
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Am amazing and different story
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A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, everyone agrees, Bayardo San Roman returned his bride in disgrace to her parents. Her distraught family forced her to name her first lover; and her twin brothers announced their intention to murder Santiago Nasar for dishonoring their sister. Yet if everyone knew the murder was going to happen, why did no one intervene to stop it?
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- Carol
- 04-09-22
You gotta read it more than once
This book is a wow. One of the few about race and sex, where every word counts. And the bitter truth of our paradigm is raw and exposed.
You want to know how people of color and female people, in a place which reeks of the stench of institutionalized hatred, feel. Wanna know what goes on inside a brilliant mind when you are being stupid? Well, read this book! If you’d rather stay unconsciously ignorant, don’t come near this book.
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- Amelia G.
- 09-30-23
Dark and inconvenient truths
A must read to glimpse the perspective of a black woman living in modern England. An important read. Especially for an English white person.
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- Lynette K. Ackman
- 04-12-22
Amazing
It’s rare a book touches me as deeply as this one did. Beautiful work. I hope the author writes more in the future.
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- Catie Hannah
- 10-16-21
Excellent eye opening read
I was not expecting to walk away with a greater understanding of the daily, hourly, sometimes minute by minute racism faced by black Americans. This writer describes it so well you experience what this woman is going through. And it’s a great story well written and well read.
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- Taco Beans
- 08-30-22
Uncomfortable and riveting
Clever and exquisite prose, exceptional narration. A sobering glimpse into otherness. Those who've given this book poor reviews seem to have missed the point entirely.
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- Nyala A. Dupree-Walker
- 10-17-21
CLIFFHANGER!!
My father recommended this book! Said it was BRILLIANT! Best he’d read in ages! Will read again soon! On and ON! Gave it a chance because I adored my last Black Brit Book “Girl Woman Other”
It took me a while to warm up to it because I was a bit put off by her time jumping style, however it picked up when she started talking about the colonial history of Britain (I am a history teacher so this spoke to me) and got more into the complicated and performative dynamics with her Wealthy White Political boyfriend!! Just as I was hooked and committed to the characters it ended ABRUPTLY!!
Superbly written and Wonderfully narrated!!
I’m eagerly awaiting the next installment!!
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- Benny Profane
- 04-06-22
Inspires contradictory reactions
This is an interesting, quick listen, written by a talented and erudite writer.
And as a liberal, middle-aged white male I... well... wonder if my voice is even allowed to critique aspects of this short story/novel, particularly realizing some of my other reviews have dwelled on similar issues.
But... I get hung up on parts of this novel and parts of the bio of the writer.
Here is her description in "Assembly" of a white male co-worker who takes pride in his elevating himself from a working class background:
“He rarely shows up before 11. As if each morning, fresh mediocrity slides out of the ocean, slimes its way over mossy rocks and sand, then sprouts skittering appendages that stretch and morph and twist into limbs as it forges on inland until finally, fully formed.”
First, it's mean and funny and well-done.
Second, however, there exist no mid-level person of any gender or race who "rarely shows up before 11" who works in banking/finance. Period. It's an entirely false character, created only to cast scorn upon a type -- entitled white male.
Here's a quote from Brown about this book:
"Nothing bad happens to any of the characters, none are subjected to harsh criticism or even unkind dialogue. Instead, the narrator emphasizes how much she understands the people around her. "
Hmm.
The central idea of the narrative is the narrator/main character has followed the rules, excelled, overcome overt and subtle institutional racism that slams into her daily and now stands at the brink -- an upperclass white collar, just promoted worker who is apparently about to be invited by marriage into the gentry of English society. (There's a existential twist I'll not spoil).
And she's incredibly ambivalent about it. She doesn't like her work. Assimilation into a culture she finds ugly and duplicitous vexes her. She feels like all she sees is hypocrisy, though one might argue she's using racism as a blanket term to describe her depressive solipsism.
What is she to do?
Well... she could break up with a boyfriend she doesn't seem to like or even respect, quit her job and pursue something more fulfilling, knowing she has a great nest egg to sustain her during the transition.
Or ... she could do as the author, who worked 10 years in finance before taking a break, winning a significant writing grant without having published anything previously and then earned six figure advances for this very book.
She's 31. Rich. Celebrated. And, please forgive me, really, really good looking.
I know. Just because she's on top of the world in every respect doesn't eliminate the racial aggressions -- micro and macro, which are vividly shown in the novel -- that do damage, even to the strong.
I guess what I always seem to want is us to fight racism, celebrate incremental societal improvement and not go off the rails with the "tear it all down" "math is racist" "punctuality is racist" "capitalism is racist" super-left woke stuff.
But, hey, what do I know.
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- Booreiss
- 07-17-22
At first I Thought This Was Not Best in Audio
but, once I got the rhythm I cannot imagine it any other way...the reader is perfect.
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- Kindle Customer CM
- 08-13-23
Portrays Uncomfortable Truths
This is beautifully written. Interwoven between multiple stories are the uncomfortable Truths that some will be unwilling to accept. As an Afro-Caribbean immigrant to the US, it's an uncomfortable reminder that these issues occur throughout the world, not just in the USA.
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- Ida
- 04-03-22
Interesting premise
Just okay. I think that I was frustrated with the story and really felt unsympathetic to all characters. This a good story to listen to if you want background noise while doing household chores.
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