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Grieving Conversations

By: Chris Cander
Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
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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 Perfomer

Neil Hellegers is an actor, Audie-nominated narrator, and educator who lives in Brooklyn with his wife, son, and mutt. On camera, Neil has appeared in film and on television, as seen on Blindspot, House of Cards, Madam Secretary, and others. His voice work can be heard in numerous commercials, video games (including Red Dead Redemption 2), and numerous audiobooks, including Dawn of the Exile by Mitchell Hogan, A Tangled Road to Justice by Olan Thorensen, Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone, and 100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda for Audible Studios. On stage, he has performed Shakespeare with the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Aquila Theatre Company, and others, both nationally and internationally. He also directs experimental Shakespeare-based devisings for the Hear Now Festival.

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Gripping

I thought this would be a morose story but on the contrary it's very gripping and interesting for the listener.

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Highly recommend

Great short story, perfect narration. Kept me engaged the whole time I listened. Played out like a movie in my head.

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Excellent short story!

I didn't want this short story to end, I would like more of this character.

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This made my heart hurt in a good way.

I loved it. I couldn’t stop listening. The story was just so on point and the voice acting was amazing.

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Surprisingly provoking

Another downloaded on a whim listen that was well worth it. Excellent story told exceptionally well in such a very short time. I look forward to more from the author.

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loved it!

I was riveted the entire time. Excellent reader and story. would reccomend. I liked the ending.

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Wonderfully Melancholic

A wonderful short but Melancholic story, if you love sad stories, this one's for you!

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great short story

Amazing. The author is amazing to be able to say so much in so little time. I loved the ending.

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Left Me Wanting More

Excellent short story. Too short. I am hoping for a full novel with Sheriff Brody. Interesting characters and story line. Narrator was right-on. A+.

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an excellent read

I'm impressed how much complicated story is in this short 55 minute read. The narration is good, in the story comes together flawlessly at the end. Highly recommend

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  • 09-01-23

It's Hard to Care About Cops

CW: Drug Addiction, Harm/ Missing Baby

I wanted to like this more than I do, especially after how much another story by the author, Eddies, truly did a number on me. But there was the instantly alienating aspect of the protagonist being a 'good' cop... which, I don't want to read anything trying humanise the police. The only thing that could humanise a cop is them no longer being a cop. ACAB. Period.

Besides the hero cop protagonist, the story felt a little too melodramatic and misery porn in a way I never felt about Eddies. There's a lot of information and timelines and events and emotions and they are all so very big and important and awful or wonderful or awful. Honestly, it reads like a spec script for a police procedural pilot.

The writing quality is high and there is emotion there for sure, and the performance is pretty great. It just didn't come together effectively for me personally. I know my own predispositions played a part, but I don't think my overwhelm/ underwhelm response can be entirely blamed on that. Still want to read more of the author, but will go on forewarned and try to avoid anything that focuses on cops.

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  • Carmelkor
  • 07-29-22

Beautiful

What a beautiful thought provoking story
Well worth a listen
Hard not to feel emotional while listening