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Publisher's Summary
Epic in scope, Marge Piercy's sweeping novel encompasses the wide range of people and places marked by the Second World War. Each of her 10 narrators has a unique and compelling story that powerfully depicts his or her personality, desires, and fears. Special attention is given to the women of the war effort, like Bernice, who rebels against her domineering father to become a fighter pilot, and Naomi, a Parisian Jew sent to live with relatives in Detroit, whose twin sister, Jacqueline - still in France - joins the resistance against Nazi rule.
The horrors of the concentration camps; the heroism of soldiers on the beaches of Okinawa, the skies above London, and the seas of the Mediterranean; the brilliance of code breakers; and the resilience of families waiting for the return of sons, brothers, and fathers are all conveyed through powerful, poignant prose that resonates. Gone to Soldiers is a testament to the ordinary people, with their flaws and inner strife, who rose to defend liberty during the most extraordinary times.
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- Stitch and Listen
- 02-06-21
All encompassing WWII Novel
I want to address the narrator first, she did an outstanding job capturing the accents and wide range of voices. She reads fast at the beginning of the book, but slows down after a few chapters. Give her a chance please!
The book is written with easy to follow narratives of the Pacific front, European front, French resistance, the home front, Jews and Gentiles, and the inside workings of war. Beautifully written and easy to follow as the stories are told by key characters.
Don't miss out on this wonderful book because of negative narrator reviews. I listen to this book every year starting in December, which is the time the book starts. It ends with all the characters finding their way after the end of the war.
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- SOPO
- 03-05-17
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I really can't write a review as the narration is so horrible I could not listen for more than ten minutes max and.had to turn it off.
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- Rodney and Jennifer C
- 05-29-18
Story might be good but can’t get past narrator!
The narrator’s voice and cadance destroys this book. 5 minutes...that is how much I could handle! How anyone can listen to that voice for over 33 hours is beyond me.
Do not use the sample as an indicator!
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- Loretta B. Deloggio
- 02-03-17
Absolutely faithful to the book
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I'm investigating Audible software as a method of teaching English to foreign students. The language and pronunciation is precisely the same as that in the book, and will certainly teach the level of vocabulary and grammar that the author uses. I was impressed with the ability to hear punctuation, but not always the author's tone.
What did you like best about this story?
Not quite a fair question, since I've read the book several times, and use it as a teaching tool frequently. Marge Piercy gives a woman's view of what had heretofore been considered entirely a man's world – the battles, victims, and victors of World War II. The montage of so many different women's viewpoints makes this book the most powerful of Piercy's works, in my opinion.
What does Justine Eyre bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
For me, Ms. Eyre added nothing, and omitted a small bit in the tone, especially of internal thoughts. For my students, Ms. Eyre will add both the ability to study pronunciation and grammar by hearing it while reading simultaneously, and also give the mental image that people often fail to get when reading the written word.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
"World War II as it's never been seen before!"
Any additional comments?
I recommend this highly as an ESL tool, because the student can choose a book of personal interest, instead of being forced to study a preselected syllabus. Of course, the teacher must be willing to be as flexible as the students, and a classroom teacher might, in the long run, develop a list of preselected options from which students can choose the few that will be covered.
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- frank cassell
- 09-23-19
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i have never listened to a book, got 1/2 way thru it & still have no clear idea who the characters are. im so frustrated with this book that i can't even listen to it anymore. The names all run together because there are so many. i truly dont know the reason for this book. sorry
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- Audiophile
- 03-14-19
Epic Story of WWII Jewish Americans
I have nothing but praise for Piercy. Her prose cuts to the core of the times she describes. I'm right there with each person profiled in this epic novel. I learned so much from her, but moreover, a much deeper awareness of what WWII meant for Jewish Americans. However, I had a really hard time with the narrator, but I stuck with her despite her tendency to have an affect of "creaky voice." After about 10 hours of listening, I can tolerate her narrating and I focus only on Piercy's words. But really - couldn't the author and publisher picked another person? Still, I recommend listening to this novel despite it's length. It's deeply moving, at points chilling, and I have grown to love each character in their own way. Thank you, Marge Piercy for writing this book.
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- rockawaybirder
- 03-06-18
An All Time Great
I read this book many decades ago and it in my all time favorite books. I waited and searched for years but I guess it was more than a year that I searched. I hurriedly bought the book and when I first started to listen I wanted to cry. I could not imagine being able to listen to my favorite book read by such a horrible narrator. I listened. My mind changed. I really enjoyed her narration in the end. I grew up among all facets of Jews in New York including having family who survived. Perhaps she really captures all the nuances. Anyway I felt she added to the experience.
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- M.Santiago
- 05-21-23
Outstanding important book
This has become my favorite book of thousands I’ve read due to the depth of characterizations and story flow. I can no longer read the Rivka sections as they are too painful further showing how well written this book is. An important book I will recommend to my grandchildren to read when they are of age so they can experience WW2 on a detail level.
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- Jana
- 06-14-19
Couldn't get past the Narrator
I have read this book several times and love it, so was looking forward to having it in audio form. Unfortunately, I found the narrator so irritating that I couldn't listen for more than 5 minutes. Such a shame.
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- By: Marge Piercy
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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Connie Ramos is a Mexican American woman living on the streets of New York. Once ambitious and proud, she has lost her child, her husband, her dignity - and now they want to take her sanity. After being unjustly committed to a mental institution, Connie is contacted by an envoy from the year 2137, who shows her a time of sexual and racial equality, environmental purity, and unprecedented self-actualization. But Connie also bears witness to another potential outcome: a society of grotesque exploitation.
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awesome story!
- By illysuar on 10-21-17
By: Marge Piercy
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Woman on the Edge of Time
- By: Marge Piercy
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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Often compared to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s Tale and Naomi Alderman's The Power - Woman on the Edge of Time has been hailed as a classic of speculative science fiction. Disturbing and forward thinking, Marge Piercy’s remarkable novel will speak to a new generation. Connie Ramos has been unjustly incarcerated in a mental institution with no hope of release. The authorities view her as a danger to herself and to others. Her family has given up on her. But Connie has a secret - a way to escape the confines of her cell. She can see the future.
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Very relevant in these times
- By Metal Rabbit on 04-26-21
By: Marge Piercy
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For Such a Time
- By: Kate Breslin
- Narrated by: Emily Durante
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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In 1944, blonde and blue-eyed Jewess Hadassah Benjamin feels abandoned by God when she is saved from a firing squad only to be handed over to a new enemy. Pressed into service by SS Kommandant Colonel Aric von Schmidt at the transit camp of Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia, she is able to hide behind the false identity of Stella Muller. However, in order to survive and maintain her cover as Aric's secretary, she is forced to stand by as her own people are sent to Auschwitz.
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For Such a Time: Definitely Recommend!
- By Nicole on 09-15-21
By: Kate Breslin
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California Gold
- A Novel
- By: John Jakes
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 31 hrs and 25 mins
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At the height of California's Gold Rush, men left everything behind for the chance at striking it rich. Now, some 30 years after its peak, gold fever still entices adventurous Easterners like James Macklin Chance, a poor Pennsylvanian who is drawn to California by the dream of lasting wealth - a dream so powerful he'll stop at nothing to see it through.Â
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Great story of CA history.
- By Mulfred on 06-23-20
By: John Jakes
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In Times of Rain and War
- A Novel
- By: Camron Wright
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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In September of 1940, during the Blitz in London, Audrey Stocking is blending in with other civilians who are trying to survive the nightly bombings, but she has a secret. She’s not British; she’s German. Her fake passport and nearly perfect English allow her to blend in as she works hard to help evacuate British children into the countryside. Audrey longs to reunite with her family in Hamburg, but her double life, the bombings, and the watchful British Military Intelligence have forced her to stay put. And then there are the paralyzing nightmares.
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War love story
- By BLB on 07-22-21
By: Camron Wright
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Among the Poppies
- By: J'nell Ciesielski
- Narrated by: Gwyn Olson
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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The ideal lady wears lace, speaks quietly, and never - under any circumstances - fixes an automobile. But Gwyn Ruthers has never cared two snaps about being the ideal lady. With the war to end all wars exploding across the English Channel, she leaves behind her restrictive life as a chauffer's daughter to serve in an all-female ambulance unit in France. She's not about to let her social status or gender prevent her from serving her country. Not even a handsome captain can distract her from her mission. Most of the time.
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the usual author did very little with history
- By Amazon Customer on 02-25-19
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Not by Sight
- By: Kate Breslin
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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With Britain caught up in WWI, Jack Benningham, heir to the Earl of Stonebrooke, has declared himself a conscientious objector. Instead, he secretly works for the Crown by tracking down German spies on British soil, his wild reputation and society status serving as a foolproof cover. Blinded by patriotism and concern for her brother on the front lines, wealthy suffragette Grace Mabry will do whatever it takes to assist her country's cause.Â
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Give this one a try!
- By Kathleen on 12-27-18
By: Kate Breslin
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Three Ordinary Girls
- The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins and WWII Heroes
- By: Tim Brady
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 7 hrs
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May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it's entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad.
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Communist fan fiction
- By Rodney on 03-12-23
By: Tim Brady
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The First World War
- A Complete History
- By: Martin Gilbert
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins
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It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended: Many of the horrors we live with today are rooted in the First World War. The Great War left millions of civilians and soldiers maimed or dead. It also saw the creation of new technologies of destruction: tanks, planes, and submarines; machine guns and field artillery; poison gas and chemical warfare.
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Unbiased true facts of the first world war
- By troy a myers on 07-27-20
By: Martin Gilbert
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Night Soldiers
- By: Alan Furst
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 18 hrs and 18 mins
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Widely recognized as the master of the historical spy novel, New York Times best-selling author Alan Furst takes listeners back to the early days of World War II for a dramatic novel of intrigue and suspense.
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Best Alan Furst novel!
- By Mary Berry on 04-27-11
By: Alan Furst
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The Lost Heiress
- Ladies of the Manor, Book 1
- By: Roseanna M. White
- Narrated by: Liz Pearce
- Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
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Brook Eden has never known where she truly belongs. Though raised in the palace of Monaco, she's British by birth and was brought to the Grimaldis under suspicious circumstances as a babe. When Brook's friend, Justin, uncovers the fact that Brook is likely a missing heiress from Yorkshire, Brook leaves the sun of the Mediterranean to travel to the moors of the North Sea, to the estate of her supposed family.
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The Lost Heiress đŸ’•
- By đŸŒ¸DARA on 10-18-17
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The Life She Was Given
- By: Ellen Marie Wiseman
- Narrated by: Lori Gardner
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window of her attic bedroom. Lilly isn't allowed to explore the meadows around Blackwood Manor. She's never even ventured beyond her narrow room. Momma insists it's for Lilly's own protection, that people would be afraid if they saw her. But on this unforgettable night, Lilly is taken outside for the first time - and sold to the circus sideshow.
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If you're sensitive to animal cruelty don't listen
- By Emily on 08-08-17
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Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
- By: Julia Quinn
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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Miranda Cheever has been blessed with many things, but great beauty is not among them. Still, when she meets Viscount Tuner, she knows she is meant for him. As the years go by, fate is as kind to Miranda as it is harsh on the Viscount. He's skeptical about love with good reason - but he may be falling for Miranda
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The worst narrationđŸ™€
- By MICHELLE on 01-05-17
By: Julia Quinn