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Publisher's Summary
In the wake of Marlon James' Man Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, Augustown - set in the backlands of Jamaica - is a magical and haunting novel of one woman's struggle to rise above the brutal vicissitudes of history, race, class, collective memory, violence, and myth.
Ma Taffy may be blind, but she sees everything. So when her great-nephew Kaia comes home from school in tears, what she senses sends a deep fear running through her. While they wait for his mama to come home from work, Ma Taffy recalls the story of the flying preacherman and a great thing that did not happen.
A poor suburban sprawl in the Jamaican heartland, Augustown is a place where many things that should happen don't, and plenty of things that shouldn't happen do. For the story of Kaia leads back to another momentous day in Jamaican history, the birth of the Rastafari, and the desire for a better life.
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- 06-25-17
SUPERB
Beautifully written. Captivating story. Narration excellent. Felt such nostalgia with the detailed descriptions of Jamaican life.
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- Edward Hower
- 04-05-18
Brilliant Novel
I have Taught Caribbean literature at a university, and I think this is one of the very best new novels from this area. It is one of the best novels I have read this year: beautifully written, with memorable characters, humor, Pathos, tragedy, set in a very rich Caribbean setting. This author is one of the very best. I highly recommend this book. Edward Hower
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- Chad Nehemiah
- 10-03-22
A profound exposé of the August town experience
The voice acting is some of the most incredible I have ever heard.
This novel combines all the elements of Jamaican society with a deeply moving storyline. You can decide how real it is. One of the most enlightening pieces of fiction I have read.
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- Su Flanagan
- 08-12-22
Read yes
Really captures Jamaican culture and struggle against Babylon 👮♀️ long but sweet yes yes yes yes
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- Dominic
- 01-27-22
captivated
Being from the Caribbean everything about this book is just marvelous. The narrator understood the assignment! I really wish there were more books like this from the Caribbean on audible, (Old Iron Blue) and (Man from Jamaica Hillls) would be some great additions. credit well spent thank you Audible.
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- Ann-Marie C.
- 08-13-21
Great read; very enlightening
This book was a great read. It described the issues Jamaicans faced historically and is still relevant in present day. Many unexpected twists and completely unpredictable. The accents were good too.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-25-21
Enjoyed it.
Well woven historical fiction which captures the nuances of everyday Jamaica life and dialect. Narrator was exceptional!
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- Cami
- 07-09-21
That was an authentic story. It was on 🇯🇲🙏💞
This story was authentic and told in a manner that's respectful of our history, elders and ways.
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- Yess E.
- 11-14-20
Compelling story
Beautifully written and read this story brings about just how United we really all are. This tragedy is one that is felt by the reader, takes you to Augustown and beyond into the heavens and makes you question what you do as well as what you don’t do and it’s significance. A must read.
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- Ashli-Ann Douglas
- 11-06-20
Loved everything about it!
The narrator was amazing & the stories were woven together in such a beautiful way that they were both thought-provoking & entertaining.
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A spellbinding story of forbidden love. Three continents, three decades, three very disparate lives: Savitri, intuitive and charismatic, grows up among the servants of a pre-war English household in Madras. But the traditional customs of her Brahmin family clash against English upper-class prejudice, threatening her love for the privileged son of the house.... Nataraj, raised as the son of an idealistic doctor in rural South India, finds life in London heady, with girls and grass easily available.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Decent story. Terrible narrator.
- By Danielle on 04-24-15
By: Sharon Maas
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Under the Udala Trees
- By: Chinelo Okparanta
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 668
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 600
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 600
Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly. Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is 11 when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child, and the star-crossed pair fall in love. They are from different ethnic communities. They are also both girls.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen!
- By ayodele higgs on 12-05-15
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Homegoing
- A Novel
- By: Yaa Gyasi
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9,698
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,653
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8,652
Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into different villages in 18th-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and will live in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising children who will be sent abroad to be educated before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the empire. Esi, imprisoned beneath Effia in the castle's women's dungeon and then shipped off on a boat bound for America, will be sold into slavery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Novel in Stories
- By Daryl on 06-19-16
By: Yaa Gyasi
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An Orchestra of Minorities
- By: Chigozie Obioma
- Narrated by: Chukwudi Iwuji
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 157
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 157
Set on the outskirts of Umuahia, Nigeria, and narrated by a chi, or guardian spirit, An Orchestra of Minorities tells the story of Chinonso, a young poultry farmer whose soul is ignited when he sees a woman attempting to jump from a highway bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, Chinonso joins her on the roadside and hurls two of his prized chickens into the water below to express the severity of such a fall. The woman, Ndali, is stopped her in her tracks. Bonded by this night on the bridge, Chinonso and Ndali fall in love.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Symphony of thousand natural shocks flesh inherits
- By W Perry Hall on 04-17-19
By: Chigozie Obioma
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The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds
- The Malayan Series, Book 1
- By: Selina Siak Chin Yoke
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 264
Facing challenges in an increasingly colonial world, Chye Hoon, a rebellious young girl, must learn to embrace her mixed Malayan-Chinese identity as a Nyonya - and her destiny as a cook, rather than following her first dream of attending school like her brother. Amidst the smells of chillies and garlic frying, Chye Hoon begins to appreciate the richness of her traditions, eventually marrying Wong Peng Choon, a Chinese man. Together, they have ten children.
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1 out of 5 stars
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mercy! wtf is going on???
- By gostephi on 04-16-17
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Wife of the Gods
- A Novel
- By: Kwei Quartey
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 263
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Story4 out of 5 stars 140
Detective Inspector Darko Dawson, a good family man and a remarkably intuitive sleuth, is sent to the village of Ketanu---the site of his mother's disappearance many years ago---to solve the murder of an accomplished young AIDS worker. While battling his own anger issues and concerns for his ailing son, Darko explores the motivations and secrets of the residents of Ketanu.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Engrossing Mystery in a Fascinating Setting
- By Tracey Rains on 04-19-10
By: Kwei Quartey
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Of Marriageable Age
- By: Sharon Maas
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
A spellbinding story of forbidden love. Three continents, three decades, three very disparate lives: Savitri, intuitive and charismatic, grows up among the servants of a pre-war English household in Madras. But the traditional customs of her Brahmin family clash against English upper-class prejudice, threatening her love for the privileged son of the house.... Nataraj, raised as the son of an idealistic doctor in rural South India, finds life in London heady, with girls and grass easily available.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Decent story. Terrible narrator.
- By Danielle on 04-24-15
By: Sharon Maas
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Mister Pip
- By: Lloyd Jones
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 154
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 91
Thirteen-year-old Matilda watches as all the foreigners flee her homeland - all but one, the white man Mr. Watts. Amidst the ruins of the town schoolhouse, Watts reads Dickens' Great Expectations to the children, thus sparking their imaginations and giving them hope in a chaotic world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great narrator, great story!
- By Jenny on 09-17-08
By: Lloyd Jones
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The Housemaid's Daughter
- By: Barbara Mutch
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Cat Gould
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 95
When Cathleen Harrington leaves her home in Ireland in 1919 to travel to South Africa, she knows that she does not love the man she is to marry there - her fiance Edward, whom she has not seen for five years. Isolated and estranged in a small town in the harsh Karoo desert, her only real companions are her diary and her housemaid, and later the housemaid's daughter, Ada. When Ada is born, Cathleen recognizes in her someone she can love and respond to in a way that she cannot with her own family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging from the Start!
- By Judy Puckett on 08-20-19
By: Barbara Mutch
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Honor
- By: Elif Shafak
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marno, Piter Marik
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 86
An honor killing shatters and transforms the lives of Turkish immigrants in 1970s London. Internationally best-selling Turkish author Elif Shafak’s new novel is a dramatic tale of families, love, and misunderstandings that follows the destinies of twin sisters born in a Kurdish village. While Jamila stays to become a midwife, Pembe follows her Turkish husband, Adem, to London, where they hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. In London, they face a choice: stay loyal to the old traditions or try their best to fit in.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Complex but Compelling
- By Cariola on 04-14-13
By: Elif Shafak
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Because We Are
- A Novel of Haiti
- By: Ted Oswald
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 407
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 367
Ten-year-old orphan Libète has been hardened by the daily struggle to survive in Cité Soleil, Haiti's most infamous slum. But when she and her best friend, Jak, discover a young mother and her baby brutally murdered in a nearby marsh, it's unlike anything she's encountered before. Though initially shocked, the adults of Cité Soleil move on quickly from the event; after all, death is commonplace in this community.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely fantastic.
- By JJ on 11-17-14
By: Ted Oswald
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Angel of Harlem
- By: Kuwanna Haulsey
- Narrated by: Brenda Pressley
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story5 out of 5 stars 36
Inspired by the extraordinary events of Dr. May Chinn’s life, Angel of Harlem is a deeply affecting story of love and transcendence. Weaving seamlessly scenes from the battlefields of the Civil War, during which her father escaped from slavery, to the Harlem living rooms and kitchen tables where May is sometimes forced to operate on her patients, this fascinating novel lays bare the heart of a woman who changed the face of medicine.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really Enjoyed!
- By Amazon Customer on 08-08-19
By: Kuwanna Haulsey
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White Teeth
- A Novel
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Lenny Henry, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Ray Panthaki, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 639
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 562
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Story4 out of 5 stars 557
At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England’s irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing child whose personality doesn’t quite match her name (Jamaican for “no problem”). Samad’s late-in-life arranged marriage produces twin sons whose separate paths confound Iqbal’s every effort to direct them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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4.68 stars....a modern classic
- By ibillinsly@gmail on 06-06-18
By: Zadie Smith
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The Shadow Lines
- By: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Raj Varma
- Length: 10 hrs and