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"These immersive linked stories grapple with Ukrainian history through the waning years of the USSR and birth pangs of democracy ... Reva's characters spark off the page as they confront a brutal bureaucratic past with the only tool they possess—hope."—O, The Oprah Magazine
A brilliant and bitingly funny collection of stories united around a single crumbling apartment building in Ukraine, inspired by the author and her family's own experiences.
A bureaucratic glitch omits an entire building, along with its residents, from municipal records. So begins Reva's "darkly hilarious" (Anthony Doerr) intertwined narratives, nine stories that span the chaotic years leading up to and immediately following the fall of the Soviet Union. But even as the benighted denizens of 1933 Ivansk Street weather the official neglect of the increasingly powerless authorities, they devise ingenious ways to survive.
In "Bone Music," an agoraphobic recluse survives by selling contraband LPs, mapping the vinyl grooves of illegal Western records into stolen X-ray film. A delusional secret service agent in "Letter of Apology" becomes convinced he's being covertly recruited to guard Lenin's tomb, just as his parents, not seen since he was a small child, supposedly were. Weaving the narratives together is the unforgettable, chameleon-like Zaya: a cleft-lipped orphan in "Little Rabbit," a beauty-pageant crasher in "Miss USSR," a sadist-for-hire to the Eastern Bloc's newly minted oligarchs in "Homecoming."
Good Citizens Need Not Fear tacks from moments of intense paranoia to surprising tenderness and back again, exploring what it is to be an individual amid the roiling forces of history. Reva brings the black absurdism of early Shteyngart and the sly interconnectedness of Anthony Marra's Tsar of Love and Techno to a "bang-on brilliant" (Miriam Toews) collection that is "fearless and thrilling" (Bret Anthony Johnston), and as clever as it is heartfelt.
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Six-year-old Ibrahimah loves snatching pastries from his mother’s kitchen, harvesting string beans with his father, and searching for sea glass with his sisters. But when he is approached in his rural village one day by Marabout Ahmed, a seemingly kind stranger and highly regarded teacher, the tides of his life turn forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating
- De Amazon Customer en 02-05-21
De: Keisha Bush
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The Orchard
- A Novel
- De: David Hopen
- Narrado por: Micky Shiloah
- Duración: 17 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 70
Ari Eden’s life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, his days are dedicated to intense study and religious rituals, and adolescence feels profoundly lonely. So when his family announces that they are moving to a glitzy Miami suburb, Ari seizes his unexpected chance for reinvention. Enrolling in an opulent Jewish academy, Ari is stunned by his peers’ dizzying wealth, ambition, and shameless pursuit of life’s pleasures.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Unremarkable to say the least
- De Housepants97 en 11-22-20
De: David Hopen
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The Chosen One
- De: Walt Gragg
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 16 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 35
Two months ago, a new leader arose in the Islamic world, the Mahdi - or the Chosen One. He has rallied fundamentalist Muslim forces across the Middle East who have driven deep into Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Standing against them is an allied force made up primarily of the American military. It's a desperate fight. From armored battles in the desert to American carriers desperately dodging waves of cruise missiles, the Mahdi proves to have many tricks up his sleeve.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Predictable
- De Amazon Customer en 03-25-20
De: Walt Gragg
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The Innocents
- A Novel
- De: Michael Crummey
- Narrado por: Mary Lewis
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 131
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 108
A brother and sister are orphaned in an isolated cove on Newfoundland's northern coastline. Their home is a stretch of rocky shore governed by the feral ocean, by a relentless pendulum of abundance and murderous scarcity. Still children with only the barest notion of the outside world, they have nothing but the family's boat and the little knowledge passed on haphazardly by their mother and father to keep them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- De Wendy en 02-04-20
De: Michael Crummey
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The Upstairs House
- A Novel
- De: Julia Fine
- Narrado por: Courtney Patterson
- Duración: 7 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
Ravaged and sore from giving birth to her first child, Megan is mostly raising her newborn alone while her husband travels for work. Physically exhausted and mentally drained, she’s also wracked with guilt over her unfinished dissertation - a thesis on mid-century children’s literature. Enter a new upstairs neighbor: the ghost of quixotic children’s book writer Margaret Wise Brown - author of the beloved classic Goodnight Moon -whose existence no one else will acknowledge.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Footnotes were super distracting
- De Anonymous User en 04-03-21
De: Julia Fine
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The Lehman Trilogy
- A Novel
- De: Stefano Massini, Richard Dixon - translator
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
Spanning three generations and 150 years, The Lehman Trilogy is a moving epic that dares to tell the story of modern capitalism through the saga of the Lehman brothers and their descendants. Surprising and exciting, brilliant and inventive, Stefano Massini’s masterpiece - like Hamilton - is a story of immigration, ambition, and success; it is the story of America itself from a daring and original perspective.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Astounding!
- De Lisa Scottoline en 05-04-21
De: Stefano Massini, y otros
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The Night Always Comes
- A Novel
- De: Willy Vlautin
- Narrado por: Christine Lakin
- Duración: 6 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 86
Barely 30, Lynette is exhausted. Saddled with bad credit and juggling multiple jobs, some illegally, she’s been diligently working to buy the house she lives in with her mother and developmentally disabled brother Kenny. Portland’s housing prices have nearly quadrupled in 15 years, and the owner is giving them a good deal. Lynette knows it’s their last best chance to own their own home - and obtain the security they’ve never had. While she has enough for the down payment, she needs her mother to cover the rest of the asking price.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow, a knockout!
- De Alma en 04-24-21
De: Willy Vlautin
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To Cook a Bear
- A Novel
- De: Mikael Niemi
- Narrado por: Anthony Mark Barrow, Allan Corduner
- Duración: 14 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Jussi, a runaway, becomes Laestadius's faithful son and disciple, and the two set out on botanical treks filled with philosophical discussions where Jussi learns all about plants and nature; and also how to read and write and about spirituality. But their quiet days are interrupted when a maid goes missing in the forest. When she is found dead, the locals suspect a predatory bear is at large. The constable is quick to offer a reward for capturing it, but Laestadius sees other traces that point to a far worse killer on the loose.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Spiritual Mystery
- De Amazon Customer en 06-02-21
De: Mikael Niemi
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Hades, Argentina
- A Novel
- De: Daniel Loedel
- Narrado por: Christian Barillas
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26
In 1976, Tomás Orilla is a medical student in Buenos Aires, where he has moved in hopes of reuniting with Isabel, a childhood crush. But the reckless passion that has long drawn him is leading Isabel ever deeper into the ranks of the insurgency fighting an increasingly oppressive regime. Tomás has always been willing to follow her anywhere, to do anything to prove himself. Yet what exactly is he proving, and at what cost to them both?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Can be overly neurotic without advances.story much
- De Doug Easterling en 05-13-21
De: Daniel Loedel
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Mother for Dinner
- A Novel
- De: Shalom Auslander
- Narrado por: Shalom Auslander
- Duración: 6 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
Seventh Seltzer has done everything he can to break from the past, but in his overbearing, narcissistic mother's last moments he is drawn back into the life he left behind. At her deathbed, she whispers in his ear the two words he always knew she would: "Eat me." This is not unusual, as the Seltzers are Cannibal-Americans, a once proud and thriving ethnic group, but for Seventh, it raises some serious questions, both practical and emotional.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funniest, wildest, craziest stuff I have ever listened to.
- De D.A. Stone en 03-08-22
De: Shalom Auslander
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Snowflake
- A Novel
- De: Louise Nealon
- Narrado por: Louisa Harland
- Duración: 7 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Eighteen-year-old Debbie was raised on her family’s rural dairy farm, 40 minutes and a world away from Dublin. She lives with her mother, Maeve, a skittish woman who takes to her bed for days on end, claims not to know who Debbie’s father is, and believes her dreams are prophecies. Rounding out their small family is Maeve’s brother, Billy, who lives in a caravan behind their house, drinks too much, and likes to impersonate famous dead writers online. Though they may have their quirks, the Whites’ fierce love for one another is never in doubt. But Debbie’s life is changing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic debut!
- De Barbara S en 09-22-21
De: Louise Nealon
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China Room
- A Novel
- De: Sunjeev Sahota
- Narrado por: Indira Varma, Antonio Aakeel
- Duración: 5 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 153
Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. Married to three brothers in a single ceremony, she and her now-sisters spend their days hard at work in the family’s “china room,” sequestered from contact with the men - except when their domineering mother-in-law, Mai, summons them to a darkened chamber at night. Curious and strong willed, Mehar tries to piece together what Mai doesn’t want her to know.
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3 out of 5 stars
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China Room Confusion
- De Jan en 09-13-21
De: Sunjeev Sahota
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The Anatomy of Dreams
- A Novel
- De: Chloe Benjamin
- Narrado por: Brittany Pressley
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 67
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 60
When Sylvie Patterson, a bookish student at a Northern California boarding school, falls in love with a spirited, elusive classmate named Gabe, they embark on an experiment that changes their lives. Their headmaster, Dr. Adrian Keller, is a charismatic medical researcher who has staked his career on the therapeutic potential of lucid dreaming: by teaching his patients to become conscious during sleep, he believes he can relieve stress and trauma. Over the next six years, Sylvie and Gabe become consumed by Keller’s work, following him across the country.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Really bad
- De Mugs en 04-30-20
De: Chloe Benjamin
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Maxwell's Demon
- De: Steven Hall
- Narrado por: Piers Hampton
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Thomas Quinn is having a hard time. A failed novelist, he's stuck writing short stories and audio scripts for other people's characters. His wife, Imogen, is working on a remote island halfway around the world, and talking to her over the webcam isn't the same. The bills are piling up, the dirty dishes are stacking in the sink, and the whole world seems to be hurtling toward entropic collapse. Then he gets a voicemail from his father, who has been dead for seven years.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Follow Up For Steven Hall
- De Daemon M. en 08-17-21
De: Steven Hall
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All Our Shimmering Skies
- A Novel
- De: Trent Dalton
- Narrado por: Ruby Rees
- Duración: 15 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Darwin, 1942. As Japanese bombs rain down on her hometown, newly orphaned Molly Hook looks to the skies and runs for her life. Inside a duffel bag, she carries a stone heart and a map that will lead her to Longcoat Bob, the deep-country sorcerer whom she believes cursed her family. Accompanying her are the most unlikely traveling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress, and Yukio, a Japanese fighter pilot who’s abandoned his post. Messages from the skies above guide them towards treasure, but foes are close on their trail.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gorgeous
- De Lolly Winston en 07-23-21
De: Trent Dalton
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Aria
- A Novel
- De: Nazanine Hozar
- Narrado por: Neeky Dalir
- Duración: 13 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 19
It is the 1950s in a restless Iran, a country rich in oil but deeply divided by class and religion. The government is unpopular and corrupt and under foreign sway. One night, an illiterate army driver hears the pitiful cry of a baby abandoned in an alley and menaced by ravenous wild dogs. He snatches up the child and takes her home, naming her Aria - the first step on an unlikely path from deprivation to privilege. Over the next two decades, the orphan girl acquires three mother figures whose secrets she will learn only much later.
De: Nazanine Hozar
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Olympus, Texas
- A Novel
- De: Stacey Swann
- Narrado por: Karissa Vacker
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 280
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 244
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 244
The Briscoe family is once again the talk of their small town when March returns to East Texas two years after he was caught having an affair with his brother's wife. His mother, June, hardly welcomes him back with open arms. Her husband's own past affairs have made her tired of being the long-suffering spouse. Is it, perhaps, time for a change? Within days of March's arrival, someone is dead, marriages are upended, and even the strongest of alliances are shattered. In the end, the ties that hold them together might be exactly what drag them all down.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Crowded
- De Terri S. en 05-11-21
De: Stacey Swann
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Olive
- De: Emma Gannon
- Narrado por: Sian Clifford
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7
Olive is many things. Independent. Driven. Loyal. And a little bit adrift. She’s okay with still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes with expectations and big choices to be made. So when her best friends’ lives branch away towards marriage and motherhood, leaving the path they’ve always followed together, she starts to question her choices—because life according to Olive looks a little bit different.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Smart, Relatable, & Engaging
- De S en 01-16-25
De: Emma Gannon