-
The Book of Essie
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Robbie Daymond, Tara Sands, Erin Spencer
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 06-12-18
- Language: English
- Publisher: Random House Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $31.50
People who bought this also bought...
-
Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 19,302
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,701
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,626
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wonderful
- By Seattle blues on 08-17-18
-
Her Pretty Face
- By: Robyn Harding
- Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross, Cassandra Campbell, Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 265
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 249
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 249
Frances Metcalfe is struggling to stay afloat. A stay-at-home mom whose troubled son is her full-time job, she thought that the day he got accepted into the elite Forrester Academy would be the day she started living her life. Overweight, insecure, and lonely, she is desperate to fit into Forrester’s world. But after a disturbing incident at the school leads the other children and their families to ostracize the Metcalfes, she feels more alone than ever before. Until she meets Kate Randolph.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Realistic insight into sociopaths
- By Colorado-reader on 07-22-18
-
Nine Perfect Strangers
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 19 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,255
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,141
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 2,121
From number-one New York Times best-selling author Liane Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies, comes her newest audiobook, Nine Perfect Strangers: Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amid all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these 10 days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next 10 days are going to be.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Who broke Caroline Lee??
- By Amazon Customer on 11-09-18
-
Baby Teeth
- A Novel
- By: Zoje Stage
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,928
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,788
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,785
Suzette knows her clever and manipulative seven-year-old daughter doesn’t love her. She can see the hatred and jealousy in her eyes. And as Hanna’s subtle acts of cruelty threaten to tear her and her husband apart, Suzette fears her very life may be in grave danger....
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Immediately Gripping
- By Tatiana on 07-18-18
-
All These Beautiful Strangers
- A Novel
- By: Elizabeth Klehfoth
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly, Xe Sands, Greg Tremblay
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 143
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 138
A young woman haunted by a family tragedy is caught up in a dangerous web of lies and deception involving a secret society in this highly charged, addictive psychological thriller that combines the dishy gamesmanship of Gossip Girl with the murky atmosphere of The Secret History. One summer day, Grace Fairchild, the beautiful young wife of real estate mogul Alistair Calloway, vanished from the family’s lake house without a trace, leaving behind her seven-year old daughter, Charlie, and a slew of unanswered questions.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
I really liked this book!
- By Maria on 07-29-18
-
A Spark of Light
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jodi Picoult
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,567
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,436
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,437
The number-one New York Times best-selling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center - a women’s reproductive health services clinic. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter. Then he finds out that his 15-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
NOT a TRUE Picoult Read
- By Karen M. Kaplan on 10-11-18
-
Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 19,302
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,701
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,626
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wonderful
- By Seattle blues on 08-17-18
-
Her Pretty Face
- By: Robyn Harding
- Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross, Cassandra Campbell, Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 265
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 249
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 249
Frances Metcalfe is struggling to stay afloat. A stay-at-home mom whose troubled son is her full-time job, she thought that the day he got accepted into the elite Forrester Academy would be the day she started living her life. Overweight, insecure, and lonely, she is desperate to fit into Forrester’s world. But after a disturbing incident at the school leads the other children and their families to ostracize the Metcalfes, she feels more alone than ever before. Until she meets Kate Randolph.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Realistic insight into sociopaths
- By Colorado-reader on 07-22-18
-
Nine Perfect Strangers
- By: Liane Moriarty
- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 19 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,255
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,141
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 2,121
From number-one New York Times best-selling author Liane Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies, comes her newest audiobook, Nine Perfect Strangers: Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amid all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these 10 days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next 10 days are going to be.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Who broke Caroline Lee??
- By Amazon Customer on 11-09-18
-
Baby Teeth
- A Novel
- By: Zoje Stage
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,928
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,788
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,785
Suzette knows her clever and manipulative seven-year-old daughter doesn’t love her. She can see the hatred and jealousy in her eyes. And as Hanna’s subtle acts of cruelty threaten to tear her and her husband apart, Suzette fears her very life may be in grave danger....
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Immediately Gripping
- By Tatiana on 07-18-18
-
All These Beautiful Strangers
- A Novel
- By: Elizabeth Klehfoth
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly, Xe Sands, Greg Tremblay
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 143
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 138
A young woman haunted by a family tragedy is caught up in a dangerous web of lies and deception involving a secret society in this highly charged, addictive psychological thriller that combines the dishy gamesmanship of Gossip Girl with the murky atmosphere of The Secret History. One summer day, Grace Fairchild, the beautiful young wife of real estate mogul Alistair Calloway, vanished from the family’s lake house without a trace, leaving behind her seven-year old daughter, Charlie, and a slew of unanswered questions.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
I really liked this book!
- By Maria on 07-29-18
-
A Spark of Light
- A Novel
- By: Jodi Picoult
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jodi Picoult
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,567
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,436
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 1,437
The number-one New York Times best-selling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center - a women’s reproductive health services clinic. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter. Then he finds out that his 15-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
NOT a TRUE Picoult Read
- By Karen M. Kaplan on 10-11-18
-
All We Ever Wanted
- A Novel
- By: Emily Giffin
- Narrated by: Dorothy Dillingham Blue, Milton Bagby, Catherine Taber
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,175
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,870
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,852
Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville's elite. More recently, her husband made a fortune selling his tech business, and their adored son has been accepted to Princeton. Yet sometimes the middle-class small-town girl in Nina wonders if she's strayed from the person she once was. Tom Volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs while struggling to raise his headstrong daughter, Lyla. His road has been lonely, long, and hard, but he finally starts to relax after Lyla earns a scholarship to Windsor Academy, Nashville's most prestigious private school.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Great story, but....
- By Shane on 07-04-18
-
The Last Time I Lied
- A Novel
- By: Riley Sager
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 802
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 751
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 745
Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin into the darkness. The last she - or anyone - saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her lips. Now a rising star in the NYC art scene, Emma's paintings catch the attention of Francesca Harris-White, the socialite and wealthy owner of the very same Camp Nightingale.
-
1 out of 5 stars
-
Couldn't finish it...
- By Carol on 07-15-18
-
The Lies We Told
- By: Camilla Way
- Narrated by: Sally Scott, Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 141
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 132
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 132
Beth has always known there was something strange about her daughter, Hannah. The lack of emotion, the disturbing behavior, the apparent delight in hurting others.... Luke comes from the perfect family, with the perfect parents. But one day, he disappears without a trace, and his girlfriend, Clara, is desperate to discover what has happened to him. As Clara digs into the past, she realizes no family is truly perfect and uncovers a link between Luke's long-lost sister and a strange girl named Hannah. Now Luke's life is in danger because of the lies once told and the secrets once kept.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Wow. Highly Recommended Mystery/Thriller
- By Jenn on 10-16-18
-
A Place for Us
- A Novel
- By: Fatima Farheen Mirza
- Narrated by: Deepti Gupta, Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 665
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 613
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 614
As an Indian wedding gathers a family back together, parents Rafiq and Layla must reckon with the choices their children have made. There is Hadia, their headstrong eldest daughter, whose marriage is a match of love and not tradition. Huda, the middle child, determined to follow in her sister’s footsteps. And lastly, their estranged son, Amar, who returns to the family fold for the first time in three years to take his place as brother of the bride.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
2 narrators for the win (after initial confusion)
- By Josh A. on 07-02-18
-
This Is How It Always Is
- A Novel
- By: Laurie Frankel
- Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,042
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,703
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,703
When Rosie and Penn and their four boys welcome the newest member of their family, no one is surprised it's another baby boy. At least their large, loving, chaotic family knows what to expect. But Claude is not like his brothers. One day he puts on a dress and refuses to take it off. He wants to bring a purse to kindergarten. He wants hair long enough to sit on. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
I liked this novel about a non-traditional family
- By Mark on 03-21-18
-
Our Little Lies
- By: Sue Watson
- Narrated by: Katie Villa
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 810
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 737
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 737
Marianne has a life others dream of. A beautiful townhouse on the best street in the neighbourhood. Three bright children who are her pride and joy. Sometimes her past still hurts: losing her mother early, growing up in foster care. But her husband, Simon, is always there. A successful surgeon, he’s the envy of every woman they’ve ever met. Flowers, gifts, trips to France: nothing is too good for his family. Then Simon says another woman’s name. The way he lingers on it, Caroline, gives Marianne a shudder of suspicion, but she knows it’s nothing - she can’t entertain this flash of paranoia.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
WOW. FINALLY. BRAVO. 👏🏽👌🏽
- By Jenn on 10-13-18
-
Rust & Stardust
- A Novel
- By: T. Greenwood
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 141
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 130
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 131
Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11-year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he’s an FBI agent who can have her arrested in a minute - unless she does as he says. This chilling audiobook traces the next two harrowing years as Frank mentally and physically assaults Sally while the two of them travel westward from Camden to San Jose.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
So moving.
- By GCS18 on 08-17-18
-
The Dream Daughter
- A Novel
- By: Diane Chamberlain
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 589
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 552
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 550
When Carly Sears, a young woman widowed by the Vietnam War, receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970, and she is told nothing can be done to help her child. But her brother-in-law, a physicist with a mysterious past, tells her that perhaps there is a way to save her baby. What he suggests is something that will shatter every preconceived notion Carly has. Something that will require a kind of strength and courage she never knew existed. Something that will mean an unimaginable leap of faith on Carly's part.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
OMG, best book i have listened to in a long time.
- By Amazon Customer on 10-17-18
-
The Summer Wives
- A Novel
- By: Beatriz Williams
- Narrated by: Kristin Kalbli
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 546
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 507
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 504
In the summer of 1951, Miranda Schuyler arrives on elite, secretive Winthrop Island as a schoolgirl from the margins of high society. When her beautiful mother marries Hugh Fisher, Miranda’s catapulted into a heady new world of pedigrees and cocktails. Isobel Fisher, Miranda’s new stepsister is eager to draw Miranda into the arcane customs of Winthrop society. But there are really two clans: the summer families with their steadfast ways and quiet obsessions, and the working class of Portuguese fishermen and domestic workers. Then Miranda is caught in a catastrophe and banished....
-
3 out of 5 stars
-
Oh hum!
- By Ruth M. Penson on 07-26-18
-
Educated
- A Memoir
- By: Tara Westover
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars 22,926
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 20,815
-
Story5 out of 5 stars 20,705
Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
The Other Side of Idaho's Mountains
- By Darwin8u on 03-28-18
-
Girls & Boys
- By: Dennis Kelly
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,180
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,672
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,619
A pulse-pounding new play from Tony Award-winning® playwright Dennis Kelly takes you on a journey that is at once hilarious, gripping, and heartbreaking. This world-premiere production starring Carey Mulligan (The Great Gatsby, An Education) is available exclusively on Audible after a celebrated run at the Royal Court Theatre in London and off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
I have never heard a story performed so well.
- By Erin Reeve on 07-05-18
-
Then She Was Gone
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Helen Duff
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16,351
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14,857
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14,814
Fifteen-year-old Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenage golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her. And then she was gone. Now her mother, Laurel Mack, is trying to put her life back together.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
SO GOOD
- By Anonymous User on 05-24-18
Publisher's Summary
Finalist for the 2018 New England Book Award
"Both timelessly beautiful and unbelievably timely." (Chris Bohjalian, New York Times best-selling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant)
A captivating novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the story of the 17-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, and the secret pregnancy that threatens to blow their entire world apart.
Esther Ann Hicks - Essie - is the youngest child on Six for Hicks, a reality television phenomenon. She's grown up in the spotlight, both idolized and despised for her family's fire-and-brimstone brand of faith. When Essie's mother, Celia, discovers that Essie is pregnant, she arranges an emergency meeting with the show's producers: Do they sneak Essie out of the country for an abortion? Do they pass the child off as Celia's? Or do they try to arrange a marriage - and a ratings-blockbuster wedding?
Meanwhile, Essie is quietly pairing herself up with Roarke Richards, a senior at her school with a secret of his own to protect. As the newly formed couple attempt to sell their fabricated love story to the media - through exclusive interviews with an infamously conservative reporter named Liberty Bell - Essie finds she has questions of her own: What was the real reason for her older sister leaving home? Whom can she trust with the truth about her family? And how much is she willing to sacrifice to win her own freedom?
Critic Reviews
“I was immediately captivated by The Book of Essie, a unique and moving story about a young woman whose life has been hijacked by fame, family and faith - and her spectacular, surprising plot to take it back.” (Vanessa Diffenbaugh, best-selling author of The Language of Flowers and We Never Asked for Wings)
"A resourceful, resilient teen heroine is at the heart of Meghan MacLean Weir's propulsive debut novel... Weir is also adept at using the language of evangelical life, lending an authenticity that takes the book beyond a Duggar-family pastiche. The tentative trust that grows between Essie and Roarke gives The Book of Essie emotional depth, and the questions at its center have a surprising moral weight. Readers will root for Essie through every twist and turn of her story." (Trisha Ping, BookPage)
"The youngest daughter of an Evangelical preacher-turned-reality TV star hatches a plan to wrangle her freedom - and expose the dark truth about her family - in Weir's debut novel... Deeply sympathetic...well-paced...and the unexpected tenderness between Essie and Roarke gives the novel genuine emotional punch." (Kirkus)
More from the same
What members say
Average Customer Ratings
Overall
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars284
-
4 Stars134
-
3 Stars41
-
2 Stars11
-
1 Stars7
Performance
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars299
-
4 Stars118
-
3 Stars22
-
2 Stars7
-
1 Stars2
Story
-
4.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars251
-
4 Stars132
-
3 Stars46
-
2 Stars11
-
1 Stars8
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 06-23-18
Hope for the future 💗
I hardly ever write reviews. This one was worth my time. Growing up in a church that believed All other Faiths and beliefs were going to Hell I found the story very relatable. The narration was perfect. I go through 2-3 books a week and this is the first in months I could not just skip over reviewing and go on to the next. I’ll be passing it on as well. Def credit worthy!!
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Jeeves
- 06-19-18
A timely tale
This was an interesting look at the 24-hr news cycle, reality TV, binge watching, times we are currently in. The book follows Essie, a member of a reality TV family that has captured the eyes of the world. When her life takes an unexpected turn, the family has to figure out how to present it to the media in the best light possible, but Essie has her own agenda.
I liked how the book split narrators up so you saw the situation from a different point of view constantly. I felt it had a good plot line and interesting characters
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- jessicarose10
- 06-13-18
Great! I finished the book in one day.
Great! I finished the book and one day. I see some resemblance to stories from the news about a few mega families and Christian churches. The narrator's did a great job.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 07-22-18
Great Book
This book had my attention from the start. I kept trying to guess where it was going, but was always wrong. I love that it has three different narrators so you know whose story you are hearing. I highly recommend this book!
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Wendy
- 07-03-18
Ripped from the headlines
Essie is my new hero. I seem to have read a lot of books about downtrodden or abused women. But at least this one has a great ending. I'm reminded of the wackadoodle family on TV with 19 kids.... Children forced to endure endless camera angles and growing up in the spotlight. How normal can they be? Not very....
The parents are portrayed as self righteous, intolerant, and more interested in the money they make with the variety of media exposures they receive, not to mention the mega church.... Essie, forced into a marriage of convenience when it is discovered she is pregnant, has schemes of her own.... not only to save herself, but to save her new husband. A story of redemption for sure.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 06-24-18
wonderful and moving
I loved this book so very much! Although the subject matter is upsetting, it's handled with grace.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Tami
- 06-20-18
Awesome!
I couldn’t quit listening! I have No regrets about paying for this book. It’s s story that I’ll remember way past when I should.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Elena
- 06-19-18
Excellent!
Well written, fresh, timely and beautifully performed. So realistic that the story could be a feature in a national magazine, but the nature of fiction allows this disturbing story to be palatable enough to explore and to bring the listener a satisfying conclusion. Well done!
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- ALYSSA
- 06-17-18
So, so good
Words can not express how much I enjoyed this story. The narrators were fantastic, the build up was incredible, and I felt overwhelmed by the plot twists. A must listen.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Ady Reader
- Charlotte, MI, United States
- 06-15-18
Wow!
This book was just incredible. The story was a heartbreaking one of redemption. I can’t recommend it enough! Excellent reading on audio too!
2 of 2 people found this review helpful