You're the Cream in My Coffee

De: Jennifer Lamont Leo

Narrado por: Nicole Atallah

In 1928, Chicago rocks to the rhythm of the Jazz Age, and Prohibition is in full swing. Small-town girl Marjorie Corrigan, visiting the city for the first time, has sworn that coffee's the strongest drink that will pass her lips. But her quiet, orderly life turns topsy-turvy when she spots her high school sweetheart - presumed killed in the Great War - alive and well in a train station. Suddenly everything is up for grabs.

Although the stranger insists he's not who she thinks he is, Marjorie becomes obsessed with finding out the truth. To the dismay of her fiancé and family, she moves to the city and takes a job at a department store so she can spy on him. Meanwhile, the glittering world of her roommate, Dot, begins to look awfully enticing - especially when the object of her obsession seems to be part of that world. Is it really so terrible to bob her hair and shorten her skirt? To visit a speakeasy? Just for a cup of coffee, of course.

But what about her scruples? What about the successful young doctor to whom she's engaged, who keeps begging her to come back home where she belongs? And what, exactly, is going on at the store's loading dock so late at night?

Amid a whirlwind of trials and temptations, Marjorie must make a choice. Will the mystery man prove to be the cream in her coffee - the missing ingredient to the life she yearns for? Or will he leave only bitterness in her heart?

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A story that's the real cat's meow!

Once again I've gotten introduced to a new-to-me author through an audiobook. That's right, I had heard of Jennifer Lamont Leo's first book in her Roaring Twenties series but hadn't read You're The Cream In My Coffee. What did I think? Well, I really liked it! 1920s Chicago and the Marshall Fields department store came alive for me in full color. I sincerely enjoyed the small-town girl goes to the big city and finds both romance and adventure storyline. Marjorie's struggles to find the answers she is looking for without compromising her smalltown values, her morals or her faith was refreshing in the sea of career-obsessed women stories. But I'm gonna admit it here, there were two characters that I just wanted to slap for their self-centered jerkness, they made me so mad! Anyway, I liked the element of mystery. Was it really Jack that she saw? And if so, why didn't he come home to her after the Great War? Well, you're just going to have to read/listen yourself to find out.

I listened to the audiobook version You're The Cream In My Coffee and it was pretty good. The narrator's voice was especially good for the character she portrayed. Overall the production was good though there were some rather noticeable audio editing problem spots, mainly around chapters 12-13 and then scattered through the rest of the audiobook. The issues were distracting while they happened but didn't change my opinion of how much I enjoyed the story. I definitely plan on finding out what comes next in the series for Marjorie's colorful friend Dot...

(I received a copy of this book from the author. All opinions are entirely my own.)

Funny 1920 story

This is a funny story with the 1920 as a backdrop. We follow the story of a girl trying to find her independence and her true love in the big city, while avoiding a pretty good mariage.
The story is very well told and I loved the reverences of the places, fashion and bootleggers.
This book don't get the full star mark because it was very predictable for me and there was a couple of "bugs" with the recording (like when there was no time for proper editing to cut repetions and some studio acustic diferences between some chapters). Even so I find the reader very talended, just think she needed more time to do it at an excelent level.
There are some references to christian religion/God, but it's not intrusive (the only time it bother me was at the end: I hate to think of the 3 persons relations she/him/God... That was the bit too much for me..., but it's ok.)
In the end, a very good story to pass a good time, in the 20's.

Love! Love! Love!

I absolutely adored this book! It takes place in the Jazz Age of the 1920’s, an era about which I previously knew very little. The author’s perky writing style and the engaging voice of the Audiobook reader brought the main character, Marjorie Corrigan to life in such a charming way, I felt I had made a new friend. Although the book retains a breezy, light tone throughout, many of the challenges Marjorie and the cast of family and friends face were truly difficult issues without easy answers.... Grief over lost love, war wounds, relationship misunderstandings, moral compromises, duty verses emotion...all were explored and gently probed with authentic spiritual truth. I found this book delightful and I can’t wait to read more from this author!

A Clean Roaring Twenties Chicago Adventure-Romance

This delightful tale finds a young woman from small town America heading to Chicago to visit a doctor and staying to find love, adventure and fulfillment, The story is full of flappers, gangsters, artists and store clerks but manages to avoid the seamier side of Chicago life while still providing an entertaining slice of life in roaring twenties Chicago.
Although well written and well read, the audio version does contain several editing errors where the narrator stops to make corrections and repeats words. This does tend to disrupt the flow of the story which is otherwise delightful.
All in All, this one's worth your time if you're at all interested in historical fiction.

Great Twenties Story

I have not listened to many books from the Jazz age, but I really enjoyed this one. Both the author and narrator were new to me. Jennifer Lamont Leo wrote a book that pulled me in. I hadn’t given much thought to prohibition or that time period in general. The story is original and has endearing characters. Nicole Atallah fit the narration. She expressed the right emotions. I requested this review copy audiobook and have voluntarily written this review.