The Borrower
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Rebecca Makkai
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In this delightful, funny, and moving first novel, a librarian and a young boy obsessed with reading take to the road.
Lucy Hull, a young children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both a kidnapper and kidnapped when her favorite patron, 10-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading but needs Lucy's help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly antigay classes with celebrity Pastor Bob. Lucy stumbles into a moral dilemma when she finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a knapsack of provisions and an escape plan.
Desperate to save him from Pastor Bob and the Drakes, Lucy allows herself to be hijacked by Ian. The odd pair embarks on a crazy road trip from Missouri to Vermont, with ferrets, an inconvenient boyfriend, and upsetting family history thrown in their path. But is it just Ian who is running away? Who is the man who seems to be on their tail? And should Lucy be trying to save a boy from his own parents?
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"Rarely is a first novel as smart and engaging and learned and funny and moving as The Borrower. Rebecca Makkai is a writer to watch, as sneakily ambitious as she is unpretentious." (Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of That Old Cape Magic and Empire Falls)
“An appealing, nonromantic love story about an unexpected pairing - and a surprisingly moving one.” (The New York Times)
“This comical and touching book strikes a nice balance between literary artistry and gripping storytelling, and offers a contemporary take on the classic 'journey of discovery.'... Right up to the book’s satisfying and well-plotted ending, Makkai shows us that even though the stories we are told as children are often fount to betray us as mere fantasy, there might still be some wisdom in the one of their most common and simple morals: Be true to yourself.” (The Daily Beast, selected as one of "3 Must Read Novels")
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Dominoes opens in London, twenty-nine days before a young couple’s wedding. Layla is a mixed-race woman—with a Black, Jamaican mother, and a white father she’s never met—and Andy is a white man of Scottish descent. When they first meet at a party, they can’t believe how instant their chemistry is, and how quickly their relationship unfolds. Funnily enough, they even share a last name: McKinnon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good storyline, character development, and author reading.
- De Cammy Charcoal en 09-04-24
De: Phoebe McIntosh
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The Pull of the Stars
- A Novel
- De: Emma Donoghue
- Narrado por: Emma Lowe
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,287
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,989
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,975
In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders - Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumored Rebel on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected ways.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A compelling that relates to today’s times
- De Liana Murzak en 07-29-20
De: Emma Donoghue
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Between You and Us
- A Novel
- De: Kendra Broekhuis
- Narrado por: Anna Caputo
- Duración: 9 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 9
When Leona Warlon heads across the city to meet her husband, David, for a rare dinner out, she hopes they can share a moment of relief after their year of loss. But Leona quickly realizes this is no ordinary date night. She hasn’t just stepped into an upscale ristorante; she’s stepped into a different version of her life. One in which her marriage is no longer tender, in which her days are pressured by her powerful in-laws, and in which her precious baby girl lived.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such a great book!!
- De Mykayla Johnson en 10-10-24
De: Kendra Broekhuis
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Shiner
- A Novel
- De: Amy Jo Burns
- Narrado por: Catherine Taber
- Duración: 7 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 199
An hour from the closest West Virginia mining town, 15-year-old Wren Bird lives in a cloistered mountain cabin with her parents. Every Sunday, Wren's father delivers winding sermons in an abandoned gas station. But over the course of one summer, a miracle performed by Wren's father quickly turns to tragedy. As the order of her world begins to shatter, Wren must uncover the truth of her father's mysterious legend and her mother's harrowing history and complex bond with her best friend.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Victim complexes extraordinaire
- De Dora en 08-21-20
De: Amy Jo Burns
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The Tie That Binds
- De: Kent Haruf
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 9 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
Colorado, January 1977. Eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough lies in a hospital bed, IV taped to the back of her hand, police officer at her door. She is charged with murder. The clues: a sack of chicken feed slit with a knife, a milky-eyed dog tied outdoors one cold afternoon. The motives: the brutal business of farming and a family code of ethics as unforgiving as the winter prairie itself.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Sad, No Real Conclusion and Pointless
- De Debbie en 03-28-24
De: Kent Haruf
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The Lost Letter
- A Novel
- De: Jillian Cantor
- Narrado por: Allyson Ryan, George Newbern, Betsy Struxness, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,809
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,650
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,645
A historical novel of love and survival inspired by real resistance workers during World War II Austria and the mysterious love letter that connects generations of Jewish families, The Lost Letter reveals the lasting power of love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This was absolutely fantastic!!!
- De Jennifer Masterson en 06-22-17
De: Jillian Cantor
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Dominoes
- A Novel
- De: Phoebe McIntosh
- Narrado por: Phoebe McIntosh
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Dominoes opens in London, twenty-nine days before a young couple’s wedding. Layla is a mixed-race woman—with a Black, Jamaican mother, and a white father she’s never met—and Andy is a white man of Scottish descent. When they first meet at a party, they can’t believe how instant their chemistry is, and how quickly their relationship unfolds. Funnily enough, they even share a last name: McKinnon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good storyline, character development, and author reading.
- De Cammy Charcoal en 09-04-24
De: Phoebe McIntosh
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Four Squares
- De: Bobby Finger
- Narrado por: David Pittu
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
In 1992, on his thirtieth birthday, Artie Anderson meets the man who will change his life. Artie spends his days at a tedious advertising job, finding relief in the corner of New York City he can call his own, even as the queer community is still being ravaged by HIV. But when his birthday celebration brings Artie and his friends to his favorite bar, a chance encounter with Abe, an uptight lawyer and Artie’s opposite in almost every way, pushes Artie to want, and to ask for, more for himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Subtle, heart wrenching, excellent writing
- De Anonymous User en 07-09-24
De: Bobby Finger
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The Friday Night Club
- A Novel of Artist Hilma af Klint and Her Creative Circle
- De: Sofia Lundberg, Alyson Richman, M.J. Rose
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert, Pete Cross, Alyson Richman
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 15
Early 1900s: The world belongs to men, and the art world in Stockholm, Sweden, is no different, until Hilma af Klint brings together a mysterious group of female painters and writers—Anna, Cornelia, Sigrid, and Mathilda—to form their own emotional and artistic support system. The members of the Friday Night Club find themselves thrust into uncharted territory when Hilma and her best friend, Anna, begin dabbling in the occult, believing that through séances they can channel unseen spirits to help them achieve their potential as artists.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The most important book I’ve read in many years
- De Dane R Rowley en 09-30-23
De: Sofia Lundberg, y otros
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At the Edge of the Orchard
- De: Tracy Chevalier
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber, Mark Bramhall, Kirby Heyborne, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 553
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 499
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 499
1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck - in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the 50 apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The performance was superb
- De cheryl retired bookseller en 05-30-17
De: Tracy Chevalier
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Ex Libris
- 100+ Books to Read and Reread
- De: Michiko Kakutani
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 8 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
“Books can connect people across time zones and zip codes, across cultures, national boundaries, and historical eras”, Kakutani writes in her introduction to Ex Libris. Here listeners will discover novels and memoirs by some of the most gifted writers working today; favorite classics worth listening or relistening; and nonfiction works, both old and new, that illuminate our social and political landscape and some of today’s most pressing issues, from climate change to medicine to the consequences of digital innovation.
De: Michiko Kakutani
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The Old Place
- De: Bobby Finger
- Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik
- Duración: 8 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 106
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. A few months into her retirement—or, district mandated exile as she calls it—Mary Alice does not know how to fill her days.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I heard the author on a podcast and...
- De Brenda en 10-01-22
De: Bobby Finger
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Statistically Speaking
- De: Debbie Johnson
- Narrado por: Louise Williams
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
On paper, Gemma's life is just like any other successful, single thirtysomething. Her students adore her. She lives in a cute beachside cottage next door to the world's sweetest neighbor, Margie. And she's definitely caught the eye of Karim, the resident hot PE teacher at her school. But every day of her life, she can't get one thing out of her mind: the baby she gave up for adoption when Gemma was just sixteen years old. This is the year that Baby--the only name Gemma has for her little girl--will turn eighteen. And it might be the year she actually meets her daughter face-to-face.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Completely unlikable main character
- De Abby en 03-19-25
De: Debbie Johnson
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Whoever You Are, Honey
- A Novel
- De: Olivia Gatwood
- Narrado por: Olivia Gatwood
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
On the Santa Cruz, California, waterfront, every house is a flawless glass monolith. Except for one. In a dilapidated bungalow, Mitty and her elderly roommate, Bethel, are the oddball pair who represent the last vestiges of a free-spirited town taken over by the tech elite. But their lives are about to be forever changed when a new couple, Sebastian and Lena, move in next door. Sebastian is a renowned tech founder and Lena is his girlfriend. But Lena has secrets; she feels uneasy about her oddly spotty memory and is growing increasingly wary of the way Sebastian controls their relationship.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting…..but kept me listening
- De Kate en 04-10-25
De: Olivia Gatwood
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The Light of Luna Park
- De: Addison Armstrong
- Narrado por: Rachel L. Jacobs, Karissa Vacker
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
New York City, 1926. Nurse Althea Anderson's heart is near breaking when she witnesses another premature baby die at Bellevue Hospital. So when she reads an article detailing the amazing survival rates of babies treated in incubators in an exhibit at Luna Park, Coney Island, it feels like the miracle she has been searching for. But the doctors at Bellevue dismiss Althea and this unconventional medicine, forcing her to make a choice between a baby's life and the doctors' wishes that will change everything.
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2 out of 5 stars
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So not believable and extremely sappy * Spoilers*
- De gogacks en 09-26-23
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The Puttermesser Papers
- A Novel
- De: Cynthia Ozick
- Narrado por: Natasha Lyonne
- Duración: 8 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5
Yearning for a life of the mind, Ruth Puttermesser finds herself mired in the lowest circles of city bureaucracy. Her love life hopeless, her fantasies more influential than wan reality, she nevertheless turns out to be the best mayor New York City has ever elected. Soon enough, though, paradise gained becomes paradise lost, and—even for a wistful visionary like Puttermesser—the problem of disappointment remains unresolved.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disjointed, but amusing
- De FD en 06-05-24
De: Cynthia Ozick
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Songbirds
- A Novel
- De: Christy Lefteri
- Narrado por: George Georgiou, Indira Varma, Art Malik, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 173
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 158
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 157
Living on the island of Cyprus, Nisha is far from her native Sri Lanka. Though she longs to return home, she knows that working as a nanny and maid for a wealthy widow is the only way to earn enough to support her daughter, left behind to be raised by relatives. Yiannis is a poacher, trapping the tiny protected songbirds that stop in Cyprus as they migrate each year from Africa to Europe and selling them on the illegal market. He dreams of finding a new way of life, and of marrying Nisha.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lovely prose, heartbreaking story
- De RueRue en 12-10-23
De: Christy Lefteri
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Real Life
- A Novel
- De: Brandon Taylor
- Narrado por: Kevin R. Free
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 446
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 381
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 383
Almost everything about Wallace is at odds with the Midwestern university town where he is working uneasily toward a biochem degree. An introverted young man from Alabama, black and queer, he has left behind his family without escaping the long shadows of his childhood. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends—some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not My Gay Real Life
- De Haynes en 02-29-20
De: Brandon Taylor
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The Astonishing Life of August March
- A Novel
- De: Aaron Jackson
- Narrado por: Joel Froomkin
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 61
Abandoned as an infant by his actress mother in her theater dressing room, August March was raised by an ancient laundress. Highly intelligent, a tad feral, August is a true child of the theater - able to recite Shakespeare before he knew the alphabet. But like all productions, August’s wondrous time inside the theater comes to a close, and he finds himself in the wilds of postwar New York City, where he quickly rises from pickpocket street urchin to star student at the stuffiest boarding school in the nation.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Delightfully entertaining
- De RueRue en 04-21-20
De: Aaron Jackson
Excellent!
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Well…
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Would have been a bargain at full price
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A pleasant surprise
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Great book. Perfect reader.
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Enjoyable!
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Refreshing and enjoyable!
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So much fun!
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Quirky fantastic
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seriously, i needed this book...
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