What I Wish You'd Told Me

De: Rochelle Jewel Shapiro

Narrado por: Stephanie Tucker

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro, author of Miriam the Medium (Simon & Schuster) and Indie Finalist Kaylee's Ghost (Amazon and Nook) presents What I Wish You'd Told Me, a collection of three stories of women of various ages grappling with the wacky and the tragic in their lives.

"Secrets", set in the '60s, is the gripping story of a teenage girl whose illusions about her best friend's family are blasted along with her faith in Kennedy's Camelot. "A Sympathetic Listener" is the hilarious and heartbreaking story of a 24-year-old woman with cancer who, on her healing odyssey, finds connection and support from a most surprising source. In "Great-aunt Mariah and the Gigolo", a 70-something widow rocks the family when she brings home her young beau.

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro's first novel, Miriam the Medium (Simon & Schuster), was nominated for the Harold U. Ribelow Award. Her novel Kaylee's Ghost (Amazon and Nook) is an Indie Finalist. She's published essays in the New York Times and Newsweek and in many anthologies. Her poetry, short stories, and essays have appeared in the Coe Review, Compass Rose, the Griffin, Inkwell Magazine, the Iowa Review, the Los Angeles Review, the MacGuffin, Memoir And, Moment, Negative Capability, Pennsylvania English, the Carolina Review, and more. She won the Brandon Memorial Literary Award from Negative Capability. Shapiro is a professional psychic who currently teaches writing at UCLA Extension.

This is a short audiobook published by Shebooks - high-quality fiction, memoir, and journalism for women, by women.

©2014 Rochelle Jewel Shapiro (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

....And Stop!

What I Wish You'd Told Me by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro 51 pages 1 hour and 35 minutes narrated by Stephanie Tucker

Genre: Short Stories, Literary Fiction

Featuring: Sex, May December Romance, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Vague Endings, Audible Plus

Rating as a movie: R for adult themes and content

My rating: ⭐⭐⭐¼

My thoughts: 29% Secrets ⭐⭐⭐ it was okay, nothing special and no point.
65% A Sympathetic Listener ⭐⭐⭐½ at least it had some interesting moments that were humorous.
99% Great-Aunt Mariah and the Gigolo ⭐⭐⭐⅔ I feel a bit violated.

These stories were okay the main issue for me was they just ended, almost the equivalent of a song fading out in the middle of the third verse. The first story, "Secrets" was the weakest of the trio, the other two used dark humor to color the story. There were no real plots or character development.

Recommend to others?: Maybe. It's a quick read, you may like it.

pointless

i was sorry for the talented reader doing an ugly, pointless story. it never resolved in any meaningful way. what a waste of my time!