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Eddies

By: Chris Cander
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
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Publisher's summary

Hear why The New York Times Book Review called Cander “a smart, deft storyteller”.

Eloise hasn't quite figured out how to move on after the death of her son, Eddie. She makes good money, buys a new apartment, learns the piano, engages in an office flirtation, but nothing seems to brighten her days quite like the occasional letter from one of her accounting clients, Ed B. When, after months of correspondence, Ed invites Eloise to his country home for a visit, she finds herself overwhelmed by the "Eddies" of her life - the one she lost, the one she writes to, and the one she's eternally searching for.

"A powerful storyteller." (Lone Star Literary)

©2020 Chris Cander (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC.

About the Creator

Chris Cander is the award-winning author of the novels Whisper Hollow, 11 Stories, the children’s picture book The Word Burglar, and the Audible Original Eddies. Her latest novel is the USA Today best-selling The Weight of a Piano, which the New York Times called, "immense, intense and imaginative." With starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, and Library Journal, it was an ABA Indie Next Great Reads pick in both hardcover and paperback, and has been sold in 11 foreign territories thus far.

About the Performer

Gabra Zackman is a New York City based actress, audiobook narrator and writer (the Bod Squad Series, Pocket Books 2015; audiobooks co-produced with Rohan Audio for Audible Studios, 2016). She has performed off Broadway (including Bedlam’s Sense and Sensibility by Kate Hamill), in regional theaters, several Shakespeare festivals (9 Seasons with Hudson Valley Shakes), and on TV in Law and Order, SVU, and AMC as well as a handful of indie film roles. Gabra is a company member of the Upstart Creatures, as well as their Outreach Director.
Gabra has recorded over 500 books to date in nearly every major New York production house, has a home studio, and records full time. She has recorded books in every genre and her award-winning work spans romance, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, and young adult. She adores recording memoir, is a lover of scifi, and has won several Audiofile Earphones awards for her work, including a citation for Best Fiction Audiobook of 2017. Gabra’s recording of Michelle McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark was on Audible’s Top Ten Audiobooks list for several weeks in a row, and number 1 on the New York Times Best Selling Audiobooks list. She is a 2018 Audie Award and Odyssey Award winner for the multicast Sadie.
Gabra has an equal love of acting, audiobook narration, and writing. She has just begun directing and producing, and calls herself a "multidisciplinary storyteller". Her newest venture is as co-producer of her original audio series Nice and Naughty with Love Bytes Originals, and she is currently director and co-producer of the No Fear Shakespeare series for Hachette.

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Achingly Beautiful

I almost feel inadequate to the task of putting a review into words. This was a short but completely fulfilling story of heartbreak and love. A whole life told in under an hour, and I think I experienced every single emotion there is, as I listened.

Perfectly written and expertly read, and I would recommend it to anyone who has ever cared about another human being.

This story will be in my dreams tonight for sure.

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Hi, I'm Annie.

I'm in my way to find the author of this book, kidnap him and make him rewrite this ending!

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What?

It was ok up until the ending where it just abruptly stopped. I don’t get it!

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A well written but gloomy vignette.

A well written but gloomy vignette. Without any resolution, the listener remains unsatisfied and left hanging.

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I need a part 2

I need a part 2. I loved this short story. Will there be a part 2?

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Good writing

Great writing but I hated the ending. It could have given us more and yet be mysterious.

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Emotional Story

The story pulls on your emotions as you begin to show empathy to the main character and the difficult life situations she experiences. The story is well written, but I did not like the ending.

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Hanging...

The ending though... It's left me hanging! I can't even imagine where the story would go from there...

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Story good but...

The story was good and it was fascinating to listen to. But just as it really got good it was over!

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Fabulous storytelling

Great storytelling about loss, loneliness, friendship & simplicity’s of life. Fabulous storytelling made the story come to life. I want a part 2!

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  • 08-30-23

Unbelievably Moving

Three quarters of the way through this story I started bawling my eyes out, which is always a great bellwether for how effective and impactful a short story is. There's just something so beautiful in the incredibly human and visceral desolate bleakness and moving in the potential for hope.

This one really came out of nowhere and knocked me for six. I absolutely need to read more from this author.

The performance by Gabra Zackman is perfect.

Honestly, listening to this has made paradoxically made my day from just how sad and emotional it made me.

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  • 09-05-23

What a lovely engrossed listen for a short story,

Even though it ended like it did, this title had me gripped. When I first listened to chapter one starting,I was unsure but I became so engrossed in the tale. Felt sorry for her with the sex chapter how a man used her like he did but it was such a mix of the tale througjout. Really really gutted it ended like it did, wanted it to carry on with another chapter. Worth the listen and worth more than 5 stars xxxxx. 😀

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