Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
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A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women's lives at all ages - a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls.
Every woman has a secret life....
Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she's spent most of her 20-odd years distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community of her childhood, preferring a more independent (that is, Western) life. When her father's death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a "creative writing" course at the community center in the beating heart of London's close-knit Punjabi community.
Because of a miscommunication, the proper Sikh widows who show up are expecting to learn basic English literacy, not the art of short-story writing. When one of the widows finds a book of sexy stories in English and shares it with the class, Nikki realizes that beneath their white dupattas, her students have a wealth of fantasies and memories. Eager to liberate these modest women, she teaches them how to express their untold stories, unleashing creativity of the most unexpected - and exciting - kind.
As more women are drawn to the class, Nikki warns her students to keep their work secret from the Brotherhood, a group of highly conservative young men who have appointed themselves the community's "moral police". But when the widows' gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife - a modern woman like Nikki - and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all.
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What a ride
- By Jim on 03-19-07
By: Lincoln Child
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Fever
- A Novel
- By: Mary Beth Keane
- Narrated by: Candace Thaxton
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 967
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 882
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Story4 out of 5 stars 877
Mary Mallon was a courageous, headstrong Irish immigrant woman who bravely came to America alone, fought hard to climb up from the lowest rung of the domestic service ladder, and discovered in herself an uncanny, and coveted, talent for cooking. Working in the kitchens of the upper class, she left a trail of disease in her wake, until one enterprising and ruthless "medical engineer" proposed the inconceivable notion of the "asymptomatic carrier" - and from then on Mary Mallon was a hunted woman.
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2 out of 5 stars
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NOT Historical But Is Fiction
- By Chris Reich on 08-07-13
By: Mary Beth Keane
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The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters
- A Novel
- By: Balli Kaur Jaswal
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani, Deepti Gupta
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 578
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 529
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 529
The British-born Punjabi Shergill sisters Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirnia were never close and barely got along growing up and now have grown even further apart as adults. Rajni, a school principal, is a stickler for order. Jezmeen, a 30-year-old struggling actress, fears her big break may never come. Shirina, the peacemaking "good" sister, married into wealth and enjoys a picture-perfect life. On her deathbed, their mother voices one last wish: that her daughters will make a pilgrimage together to the Golden Temple in Amritsar to carry out her final rites.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely ruined by narrator
- By drakermom on 05-21-19
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Now You See Us
- A Novel
- By: Balli Kaur Jaswal
- Narrated by: Angela Lin
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26
An explosive news story shatters Singapore’s famous tranquility—and sends a chill down the spine of every domestic worker. Flordeliza Martinez, a Filipina maid, has been arrested for murdering her female employer. The three women don’t know the accused well, but she could be any of them; every worker knows stories of women who were scapegoated or even executed for crimes they didn’t commit. Shocked into action, Donita, Corazon, and Angel will use their considerable moxie and insight to piece together the mystery of what really happened.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So good!
- By Sarah on 09-05-24
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Maybe One Day
- A Novel
- By: Debbie Johnson
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
The truth changes everything. For years Jess believed that Joe - the father of her child and the only man she ever loved - had abandoned her during her greatest time of need. That belief nearly destroyed her. Seventeen years later, when cleaning out her mother’s house, Jess unpacks a box of cards and letters hidden in the attic and makes a discovery that changes everything about life as she knows it. Shaken but empowered, Jess - and her two stalwart best friends - set out on a remarkable journey to follow a set of faded postmarks around the world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed!
- By Amazon Customer on 01-02-23
By: Debbie Johnson
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The Lost Child
- By: Kathleen McGurl
- Narrated by: Rose Robinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
1912. As the steamship Carpathia takes the survivors of the Titanic to New York, a woman desperately searches the decks for her baby, thrust into the arms of another passenger as a lifeboat left, and now nowhere to be found. 2022. When archivist Jackie finds a notebook containing the stories of women saved by the Carpathia amongst an auction lot, she uncovers the story of a missing baby, a mysterious silver bracelet, and a journalist determined to share the truth with the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It must be me
- By BamaMom on 05-15-25
By: Kathleen McGurl
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Deep Storm
- By: Lincoln Child
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 325
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Story4 out of 5 stars 268
Former naval doctor Peter Crane is summoned to a remote oil platform in the North Atlantic to help diagnose a bizarre medical condition. But when he arrives, Crane learns that the real trouble lies far below on "Deep Storm", a stunningly advanced science-research facility built two miles beneath the surface on the ocean floor. The top-secret structure has been designed for one purpose: to excavate a recently discovered undersea site that may hold the answers to an ancient mystery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a ride
- By Jim on 03-19-07
By: Lincoln Child
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Fever
- A Novel
- By: Mary Beth Keane
- Narrated by: Candace Thaxton
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 967
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 882
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Story4 out of 5 stars 877
Mary Mallon was a courageous, headstrong Irish immigrant woman who bravely came to America alone, fought hard to climb up from the lowest rung of the domestic service ladder, and discovered in herself an uncanny, and coveted, talent for cooking. Working in the kitchens of the upper class, she left a trail of disease in her wake, until one enterprising and ruthless "medical engineer" proposed the inconceivable notion of the "asymptomatic carrier" - and from then on Mary Mallon was a hunted woman.
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2 out of 5 stars
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NOT Historical But Is Fiction
- By Chris Reich on 08-07-13
By: Mary Beth Keane
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Next Year in Havana
- By: Chanel Cleeton
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia, Frankie Maria Corzo
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,242
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,127
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,088
Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, 19-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest - until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary...Miami, 2017. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee during the revolution. Arriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba's tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story line but the performance...
- By Grace F on 07-10-18
By: Chanel Cleeton
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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
- By: Ann Patchett
- Narrated by: Ann Patchett
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,729
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,548
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,531
Blending literature and memoir, Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder and Bel Canto examines her deepest commitments: to writing, family, friends, dogs, books, and her husband in This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage. Together, these essays, previously published in The Atlantic, Harper, Vogue, and The Washington Post, form a resonant portrait of a life lived with loyalty and with love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining, engrossing, and elucidative essays
- By Bonny on 01-07-14
By: Ann Patchett
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One Day in December
- A Novel
- By: Josie Silver
- Narrated by: Eleanor Tomlinson, Charlie Anson
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18,137
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16,451
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16,385
Laurie is sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away. Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesn't find him, not when it matters anyway. Instead they "reunite" at a Christmas party, when her best friend, Sarah, giddily introduces her new boyfriend: the man from the bus.
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2 out of 5 stars
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It's Not Romantic, Not Joyous, and Not for Me
- By D. Fields on 12-01-18
By: Josie Silver
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The Oysterville Sewing Circle
- A Novel
- By: Susan Wiggs
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,418
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,257
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,250
At the break of dawn, Caroline Shelby rolls into Oysterville, Washington, a tiny hamlet at the edge of the raging Pacific. She’s come home. Home to a place she thought she’d left forever, home of her heart and memories, but not her future. Ten years ago, Caroline launched a career in the glamorous fashion world of Manhattan. But her success in New York imploded on a wave of scandal and tragedy, forcing her to flee to the only safe place she knows. And in the backseat of Caroline’s car are two children who were orphaned in a single chilling moment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best listen I’ve had all year! I loved it!
- By WAYNE on 08-14-19
By: Susan Wiggs
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The Complete Jaipur Trilogy
- The Henna Artist, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, and The Perfumist of Paris
- By: Alka Joshi
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan, Ariyan Kassam, Deepa Samuel
- Length: 33 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 502
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 467
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Story5 out of 5 stars 467
Vivid and compelling, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel. Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist—and confidante—to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own. Years later, she is confronted by her husband who has tracked her down.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An fabulously expanding adventure !
- By Miki Lee on 11-24-23
By: Alka Joshi
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The Reading List
- A Novel
- By: Sara Nisha Adams
- Narrated by: Tara Divina, Sagar Arya, Paul Panting
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,889
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,533
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,525
Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading. Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper. It's a list of novels that she's never heard of before. When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading list…hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous narrators!
- By Barbara S on 10-29-21
By: Sara Nisha Adams
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Greenteeth
- By: Molly O'Neill
- Narrated by: Catrin Walker-Booth
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 144
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 144
Beneath the still surface of a lake lurks a monster with needle sharp teeth. Hungry and ready to pounce. Jenny Greenteeth has never spoken to a human before, but when a witch is thrown into her lake, something makes Jenny decide she's worth saving. Temperance doesn't know why her village has suddenly turned against her, only that it has something to do with the malevolent new pastor. Though they have nothing in common, these two must band together on a magical quest to defeat the evil that threatens Jenny's lake and Temperance's family, as well as the very soul of Britain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great fantasy
- By jamie on 07-06-25
By: Molly O'Neill
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Animal Dreams
- A Novel
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,509
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,366
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,358
Animal Dreams is a passionate and complex novel about love, forgiveness, and one woman's struggle to find her place in the world. At the end of her rope, Codi Noline returns to her Arizona home to face her ailing father, with whom she has a difficult, distant relationship. There she meets handsome Apache trainman Loyd Peregrina, who tells her, "If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life."
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5 out of 5 stars
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She reads my heart
- By Sue Spahr Hodges on 08-03-18
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This Is How It Always Is
- A Novel
- By: Laurie Frankel
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,764
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,381
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,357
When Rosie and Penn and their four boys welcome the newest member of their family, no one is surprised it's another baby boy. At least their large, loving, chaotic family knows what to expect. But Claude is not like his brothers. One day he puts on a dress and refuses to take it off. He wants to bring a purse to kindergarten. He wants hair long enough to sit on. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Story mirrors our life -- to a point -- spoilers
- By 1mom3kids on 11-14-17
By: Laurie Frankel
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Fair Play
- A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)
- By: Eve Rodsky
- Narrated by: Eve Rodsky
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 991
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 797
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Story4 out of 5 stars 790
Fair Play is a time- and anxiety-saving system that offers couples a completely new way to divvy up chores and responsibilities. Rodsky interviewed more than 500 men and women from all walks of life to figure out what the invisible work in a family actually entails and how to get it all done efficiently. With four easy-to-follow rules, 100 household tasks, and a series of conversation starters for you and your partner, Fair Play helps you prioritize what's important to your family and who should take the lead on every chore from laundry to homework to dinner.
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3 out of 5 stars
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For Coupled People
- By Brandy Patrick on 10-02-19
By: Eve Rodsky
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The Wind Knows My Name
- A Novel
- By: Isabel Allende, Frances Riddle - translator
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Maria Liatis
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 516
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 472
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 471
Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht—the night his family loses everything. As her child’s safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Reminiscences of House of the Spirits; too short, underdeveloped
- By J. Mirabal on 06-08-23
By: Isabel Allende, and others
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First Lie Wins
- A Novel
- By: Ashley Elston
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25,150
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23,917
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23,917
The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss, Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job. Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job isn't like the others. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes—especially after what happened last time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What’s The lie?
- By Luke Schafer on 01-13-24
By: Ashley Elston
Eat pray love blended with Shantaram with a dose of Bridget Jones
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Excellent
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Great surprise
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What did you love best about Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows?
The surprising plot twists.What was one of the most memorable moments of Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows?
Either when the woman tied the mechanic down on the hood of the car and had her way with him or the tailor who had an lover made out of bolts of clothe.What does Meera Syal bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I never would have experienced Punjabi widows sexual fantasies.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Yes, I had an extreme reaction to this book. We will just leave it at that.Any additional comments?
This is 50/50 plot and eroticism. It made for a good balance, but not something to listen to with the kids.Erotic stories and great plot twists!
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Great read!
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Superb!
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a worthy listen
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so glad I tried this one
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Delightful story
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great book amazing acting
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