On Turpentine Lane

A Novel

De: Elinor Lipman

Narrado por: Mia Barron

At 32, Faith Frankel has returned to her claustro-suburban hometown, where she writes institutional thank-you notes for her alma mater. It's a peaceful life, really, and surely with her recent purchase of a sweet bungalow on Turpentine Lane, her life is finally on track. Never mind that her fiancé is off on a crowdfunded cross-country walk, too busy to return her texts (but not too busy to post photos of himself with a different woman in every state). And never mind her witless boss, or a mother who lives too close, or a philandering father who thinks he's Chagall. When she finds some mysterious artifacts in the attic of her new home, she wonders whether anything in her life is as it seems.

©2017 Elinor Lipman (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Narrator Mia Barron's spot-on timing brings out the best of the smart dialogue and understated humor in this story of contemporary life for the 30-something crowd.... Barron's delivery of quirky characters and multiple plotlines contributes to this entertaining audiobook." ( AudioFile)

A little slow...

This is a cute, predictable and entertaining story. It got better as I listened and at times, made me laugh out loud.

Happy listen w/ real characters

I almost didn’t get this book b/c of some of the negative reviews, but I’m so glad I did. The characters are all real people - although they lean, sometimes strongly, one way or the other - they all have good and bad qualities. As far as the reader talking slowly, I adjusted my speed to 1.2 and it was perfect. And her voices and emphasis were generally spot-on. A few twists and some laugh out loud moments made it completely enjoyable.

Amazing!!!

Laugh out loud funny, full on tears sweet, intriguing mystery. The narrator was spot on with voices and tone. I will read more from this author and everyone else should also!

Great story, so-so narration.

Nice light, humorous story. If the story hadn’t been so enjoyable, I wouldn’t have finished. For some reason, the narrator read every single line in the same flat, satirical tone. This one would be better read in the print version.

A slice of life

Yes I know that most people don’t live in a house with a murder mystery, but that aside it was a fun peek through the curtains into someone else’s very regular but still eventful life. Worth the time to listen.