The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride

De: Joe Siple

Narrado por: Martin Landry

Maxy Awards "Book of the Year" and USA Today Bestseller

The international bestselling novel about Murray McBride, a lonely 100-year-old man who's outlived just about everyone he's ever loved. But when he meets a boy awaiting a heart transplant, Murray may learn something about finding meaning in life again . . .

With all his family and friends gone except an estranged grandson, retired Major League ballplayer Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a spirited 10-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants to do before he dies. Murray is determined to help Jason fulfill his dreams. Together, they race against the limited time each has left, ticking off Jason's wishes one by one. Along the way, Murray remembers what it's like to be young, and Jason fights for the opportunity to grow old. But when tragedy strikes, their worlds are turned upside-down, and an unexpected gift is the only thing that can make Jason's final wish come true.

100-year-old Murray McBride finds new meaning in life, and starts a positive butterfly effect on the lives of those around him, in this series about coming of age, friendship, purpose. This heartwarming coming-of-old-age novel is perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove and Mike Gayle's All the Lonely People.

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Good read

Unexpected ending. Would make a great movie. Narration just so so. I would recommend it.

An Incredibly Heartwarming Story!!

The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride is an excellent book/audiobook. A heartfelt story that I will remember forever. It was inspiring, encouraging and a wonderful reminder to live your life to the fullest everyday. Highly recommend.

Strange story

The reader is distracting making the story strange and a bit hard to follow. But the end explains a lot.

The story

I couldn’t finish listening to it. You need to pick another person to read it.

Loved this book . Laughed and cried .

Wonderful story . This shows what old age must really be
like . A feel good story

Touching Story - I THINK!

I suppose The story was a feel good to the heart- but I kept falling asleep while listening due to the narration. Just no emotion or fitting the characters. The first few times I fell asleep I returned to re-listen. Finally I said just get this over with! So I can’t even tell you of the story was that good but the narration was not!! Husband liked it though as we were listening together.

Life can always be meaningful.

Loved the story, but the narration was painful to listen to. At the beginning it sounded like a 4th grader reading out loud …slow and plodding, without any intonation. Later, the narrator’s attempt at a young girl’s voice was also painful. The voice used sounded like the character was on a respirator.

Funny

I love the banter between the old guy and the young guy. The end was definitely a surprise and sad. And happy.

Such a sweet story

I absolutely loved this book! My only suggestion would be to have children be the voices of the children. When I gasped at the ending…I know I’ve had a good read!

I am halfway through

It’s a great story but the narrator is really grating on my nerves. I hope I can finish this for the story.