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Alone with the Stars

By: David R. Gillham
Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Emily Bauer
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Publisher's summary

In the summer of 1937, Amelia Earhart is the most famous woman in the world - a record-breaking pilot, a best-selling author, and a modern woman shattering the glass ceiling in the early days of aviation. 

And then she vanishes. 

In Tampa, Florida, 15-year-old Lizzie Friedlander spends her afternoons glued to her father’s radio, tapping into the enormity of a world she longs to travel. Lizzie can hardly believe her ears when she picks up a radio signal from a faraway source that sets her heart racing: “Amelia Earhart calling SOS!” 

As Lizzie copies down the transmissions, it’s clear that the Amelia Earhart is not lost at sea, as the newspapers are dreading, but alive and calling for help. In a race against time, Lizzie must convince the local Coast Guard that the radio transmissions were real and that Earhart's life hangs in the balance. But will anyone believe her? 

Written for audio by David R. Gillham, the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author of City of Women, and performed by Emily Bauer and Hilary Huber, Alone with the Stars is a breathtaking and illuminating tribute to a woman who risked her life in pursuit of new heights, and the young girl who tried desperately to save her when everything went wrong. Inspired by actual events, Alone with the Stars reveals, in riveting detail, the final moments in the life of a great heroine, whose courage changed the world forever.

©2019 David Gillham (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC.

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About the Creator

David R. Gillham is The New York Times best-selling author of City of Women and Annelies. He studied Screenwriting at the University of Southern California before transitioning into fiction. After moving to New York City, Gillham spent more than a decade in the book business, and he now lives with his family in Western Massachusetts.

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About the Performer

Lauded as a prolific narrator by the Audiobook Publishers Association, Emily Bauer has a passion for truthful, honest storytelling and creating memorable characters across all genres. The recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones, Listen-Up Awards, and Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews, Emily is also well-known for her animation work on shows such as Pokémon, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Wallykazam!, and has done hundreds of commercials and jingles. Emily has narrated more than 200 audiobooks, including the InCryptid series by Seanan McGuire, the Razorland series by Anne Aguirre, and Life As We Knew It from the Last Survivors series by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

About the Performer

Award-winning narrator Hillary Huber has recorded hundreds of titles spanning many genres. Hillary has a BA in English Literature and is a voracious reader and listener of audiobooks. Being raised in conservative Connecticut and hippy Hawaii has given her a unique perspective, straddling two very different worlds. She now splits her time between California and New York. Most of that time is spent in a small 4x4 padded cell. Um...booth.

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Feminist rant

Not a bad performance but I cringed at the constant feminist ranting. I felt beaten about the head with it.

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Stirs my imagination

It is no surprise that a 15-year-old would be fascinated with a Amelia Earhart. She opened amazing possibilities for the future of all women

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Ends too abruptly hard to follow

Nice story need more details. Hard to follow abrupt ending felt like story incomplete The book just stopped. No mystery. Just something missing

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Enjoyable portrayal of Amelia Earhart 's last flig

The historic references to the facts, the depiction of America's culture at the time, and the lively narration made this a very enjoyable read.

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AE and Lizzie

The storyline is good. It is an interesting idea having a child intercept a message of great importance. The part that made me give such a low rating for the story is because of the amount of bad language. It could have done with our all of the cuss words.

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not for kids

this was a good book, but some unexpected really foul language. just a heads up. wish I had known before listening with my kids

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Ended too soon

Again, these are such teasers! Now I want to know more about Amelia Earhart. Going to need to look up more about her.

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Breath Taking

Exciting, interesting, emotional, it appealed to my love of history. The things we do in this life can have a grand effect later, and maybe in eternity.

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Really interesting

I enjoyed this story. It was interesting and just the right length. Leaves you wanting to research more about Amelia Earhart.

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Very informative and entertaining listen

Really well told. Couple of things that I'd change.... The performers' voices, at times were irritating in that the s sound was sharp and really painful for me to listen to. Might just be me though.

Thinking that those was a good listen for families, I put it on in the car. When Lizzie's hey dad are at the Coast Guard asthma the end, there is a torrent of language with F bombs coming at quick intervals.

All in all, it gave me another interesting insight into the times and disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

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