Sample

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Distant Shores

By: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Bernadette Quigley
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $25.00

Buy for $25.00

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young, raised two daughters, and weathered the storms of youth as they built a future together. But after the children leave home, they quietly drift apart. When Jack accepts a wonderful new job offer, Elizabeth puts her needs aside to follow him across the country. Until the sudden death of her father changes everything. Grieving and alone, she retreats to an isolated beach house where she packs away the last remnants of her parents' lives. There, the pieces of a past she never knew unfold to reveal a tender story of lasting devotion, the kind of steadfast commitment that Elizabeth admits is missing from her own marriage. Faced with her own disillusionment, she makes a terrifying decision, risking everything she has for a second chance at happiness.
©2002 Kristin Hannah (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

What listeners say about Distant Shores

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    777
  • 4 Stars
    403
  • 3 Stars
    193
  • 2 Stars
    80
  • 1 Stars
    31
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    680
  • 4 Stars
    295
  • 3 Stars
    165
  • 2 Stars
    86
  • 1 Stars
    83
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    694
  • 4 Stars
    325
  • 3 Stars
    186
  • 2 Stars
    64
  • 1 Stars
    33

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Captivating!!

Amazing love and overcome story! Makes you want to know more about the characters and what happens next!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Not satisfied

I really enjoyed the story but I wasn't satisfied with the ending. It could have had better closure.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Poignant and heart stirring.

A quiet look into thoughts of love, loss and regret and what matters most in the end.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great story

Narrator spoke too fast so I slowed it to .9 to make easier listening/understanding

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Haunting Reality

This book is so real, it is a true life story of long marriages today.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

great story

love this author, all her stories have compenets that you can apply to your life.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Rushed Narration

I enjoyed the story, writing and imagery. However, the narration sounded hurried and wasn’t relaxing.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Not for me.

I couldn’t even finish the book. The narrator is terrible. She reads like an elementary school student. Very disappointing.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Not the best narrator

This is the first time I found a narrator to be difficult to listen to. I will avoid a book if I notice her name in the future

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

11 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Not my favorite

I love Kristin Hannah but this one wasn’t my favorite. Slow moving but nice story. The narrator was difficult to listen to the whole way through.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

6 people found this helpful