Trailer Park Wives

The Single-Wide Edition

By: Denise Gwen

Narrated by: Lindsey Corey

Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Why, oh why, did Anne Marie Whitehall take her own life, swallowing away her pain and her grief with a handful of Nembutal capsules and a bottle of Merlot? Does Samantha Jacobs, the red-haired vixen grinding away on a pole at the Revue know?

Or perhaps Deena Cook, harried mother of four and a regular visitor at Children's Services?

Or does Cierra Maldonado, mother of two children by two different men, not receiving a penny of child support and working as a cocktail waitress at a chi-chi club in downtown Cincinnati know why?

Or perhaps Lettie Robinson, a 400-pound housewife of three healthy and hungry little boys, who knows the meat display at Wal-Mart better than the inside of her own trailer.

Well, someone knows why Anne Marie Whitehall committed suicide, but she isn't talking.

And everyone wants to know who the raven-haired, glacially thin woman is: the one who's walking around the trailer park and sending secret notes to certain dear - and dearly departed - friends.

©2014 Denise Barone (P)2015 Denise Barone

Crazy Funny Book For Sure!

This was very different than what I am used to reading. There is some crude language, some very obese women, strippers, neglecting moms, irresponsible babysitters, drug trafficking, betrayal, some mystery around an unexpected suicide, and all men are a waste of space. There are crazy moments, funny moments, bonding moments between the women that live in the same trailer park. We are familiar with the stereotypes and this audiobook brings them to reality.

The narration was excellent and brought the story to life.

Anne Marie’s suicide seems to be more complex than at first glance. The story is told in multiple POV. We learn about each of them and their struggles. We are left with multiple cliffhangers. I’m planing to get the second book to see how this story concludes.

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

tantalizing

okay this book was absolutely mesmerizing tantalizing incredible sad beautiful thrilling everything I loved it very much I think I will need to listen to it again to get all the saddle things the narrator was incredible as well
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Great Narrator! Good Story

Narrator Lindsey Corey does a great job with this story. I love the way she brings different characters to life in this audiobook. At times this audiobook is hard to listen too because of the subject matter. But I kept listening because Lindsey drew me in from the very start.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

this book was given to me at my request for review

I enjoyed listening to this book kept wondering what happened to make the the people who lived in the trailer park live and act like they did.

Not my cup of tea

The narrator is excellent. She handles the variety of characters well.

This is a hard book (storywise) to review. The author is clearly talented, but the story gets bogged down in heavy situations and graphic descriptions. On one hand, the author writes in a way that elicits an emotional response. My own responses were visceral (sadness, disgust, anger, frustration). The descriptions are vivid. But this is also where the author fails to provide balance. The story and character building consists of four women's dismal lives being built terrible decision by terrible decision. Not so much character building as digging deeper into a mud pit.

Books give us a glimpse into the lives of others and are a form of escapism. I didn't find any humor or light moments. Yes, I know this is the reality of some women. They struggle to get by, they're constantly fighting for survival. That's well and good, but these characters are not living in a way that is empowering (taking ownership of their situation). They are victims.

Here's an example of what bothered me. One of the characters is asked to take off her watch and jewelry while entering a courthouse. Her husband starts arguing with the guard about his belt buckle/pocket knife. Then, she and her husband disrupt court proceedings, call civil servants hideous names...and then wonder why they're reprimanded. Later, a lawyer wearing a neat suit and carrying a designer bag comes in through security and the character assumes the lawyer's life is "so easy," and falls down a rabbit hole of self-pity. (I have a Ph.D. and I worked hard to earn it. A lawyer carrying a nice bag isn't a sign of an "easy life" - it's the fruit of hard work.) Every interaction feeds into the victim narrative.

The plot is so heavy on descriptions that there is little forward momentum. It's hard enough reading about one character's hard life (with exhibits A-Z), but multiply that by four with an occasional, 'Oh yeah. Anne Marie died.'

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One of my favs!

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed this and literally LOLed. It was a little on the trashy side but I loved being able to visit their world. Waiting for book #2!

RAW & TANGLED, KNEE-DEEP IN THE TRAILER PARK....

This was different, entertaining, crazy, and awesome! You have to be willing to "go there," but if you do, it's a hum-dinger of a story. It's raw and honest, not sugar coated. If you want "real," you'll get it here. Lots of people have been in those shoes, and it's a whole different world. Just take it as you see it, but I loved the story and the narrator was awesome, and I'd definitely read it again and recommend it :)
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A very strange Book.

This Audio Book is a matter of taste.It is not easy to digest and is not
uplifting but that is the point of the Writer.Life is not pretty especially if you were born on the wrong side of the tracks.

To those who enjoy this genre then perhaps this Book is for you.


The Narrator did a good job with difficult material.



This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Funny and Excellent

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Listening to this book was like watching a good indie / direct to VoD movie. It is sooo different from all the books I usually listen to. All the different characters in this book are interesting, everyone have their own quirks and funny side. They keep you entertained and keep wanting more. The POV jump from character to character keeps the story moving and introduces to different characters' lives. I feel that was a good choice since telling this story entirely from a single character's pov wouldn't have been this much fun.

Even though this is a "funny" book, the mystery surrounding the suicide does have its own gravitas. It turns out that it isn't as simple as we were thinking at the beginning.

The narration was another strong point of this book. Loved the range of voices Lindsey made for different characters and immersed us in the story.

Great!

I enjoyed this very much. The narrator was awesome. I loved the characters, and description of their circumstances in life.