Sweet Water

A Novel

By: Christina Baker Kline

Narrated by: Amy Rubinate, Suzanne Toren

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train, and the critically acclaimed author of Bird in Hand and The Way Life Should Be, comes a novel about buried secrets and the redemptive power of forgiveness—includes a special PS section featuring insights, interviews, and more.

Cassie Simon is a struggling artist living in New York City. When she receives a call from a magistrate in Sweetwater, TN, telling her she has inherited sixty acres of land from her grandfather, whom she never knew, she takes it as a sign: it’s time for a change. She moves into the house where her mother, Ellen, was born—and where she died tragically when Cassie was three.

From the moment she arrives in Sweetwater, Cassie is overwhelmed by the indelible mark her mother’s memory had left behind. As she delves into the thicket of mystery that surrounds her mother’s death, Cassie begins to understand the desperate measures the human heart is capable of.

Story ok. But.

I probably would have enjoyed the story much more if the person narrating "Cassy's" part was someone else. This person has a very strange affectation in her enunciation of words that is mechanical and depressing. It was so odd and distracting I found myself loosing track of the story line

beautiful story from beginning to end.

I didn't think I would really like the book but as I went along from chapter to chapter it just got more interesting till I had reached the end.The subject matter is totally real and something that could be a true story.

Family secrets

Plenty of twist and turns leading to suspense. Every family has secrets, and the Clyde family has many secrets from both family and outsiders.

Narration ruined the story

I couldn’t make it past chapter 3 with this narrator. She exaggerates the end of her words like some sort of vocal embellishment. It made me sad, as I loved A Piece of the World (read) and listened to Orphan train which was decent. This story line bored me so far, but I may try to read it at some point because I can’t tolerate the narrators voice.

computer voice

the reader sounder like a computer generated voice...yuk. Very distracting...too bad...couldnt get through 1st chapter