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Publisher's summary
"[Narrator Saskia Maarleveld's] tour de force reading perfectly encapsulates Anna’s anxieties, shame, and overwhelming guilt at failing to achieve perfection" — Booklist, starred review
"A singular celebration of the lifesaving power of community and small gestures." (New York Times Book Review)
A People Pick for Best New Books
Yara Zgheib’s poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young woman’s struggle with anorexia on an intimate journey to reclaim her life.
The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, but if she could just lose a little more weight, perhaps she would make the soloists’ list. Perhaps if she were lighter, danced better, tried harder, she would be good enough. Perhaps if she just ran for one more mile, lost just one more pound.
Anna Roux was a professional dancer who followed the man of her dreams from Paris to Missouri. There, alone with her biggest fears - imperfection, failure, loneliness - she spirals down anorexia and depression till she weighs a mere 88 pounds. Forced to seek treatment, she is admitted as a patient at 17 Swann Street, a peach pink house where pale, fragile women with life-threatening eating disorders live. Women like Emm, the veteran; quiet Valerie; Julia, always hungry. Together, they must fight their diseases and face six meals a day.
Yara Zgheib's poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting, intimate journey of a young woman's struggle to reclaim her life. Every bite causes anxiety. Every flavor induces guilt. And every step Anna takes toward recovery will require strength, endurance, and the support of the girls at 17 Swann Street.
Critic reviews
"Heartbreaking and beautiful...a brave book, stark in its realism, yet tempered by its lyrical prose." (Diane Chamberlain, New York Times best-selling author of The Dream Daughter)
"Powerful and poetic...Zgheib's lyrical, dreamlike style...will resonate with fans of Wally Lamb's and Anne Tyler's novels and Augusten Burrough's memoirs." (Booklist)
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- JoelleW
- 02-25-19
Wonderful
A beautiful novel depicting the shaking reality behind mental illness including eating disorders and mood disorders. The struggles patients have going through ordinary, daily simple tasks, the challenges they and their loved ones go through. The rumination, the reality of relapsing, how the world, and, even their loved ones can misunderstand their behavior etc... all painted in beautiful poetic words. As much as it was rough going through every piece of it, I loved it and would highly recommend it.
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- 01-08-21
very sweet and touching
this book is written in a very sensitive and honest way
it will make you fall in love with the characters
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- Abbi Smith
- 08-07-20
The Narrator made the story so good
I enjoyed the book so much. It hit home!!! I love how it was read!! It made the story.
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- Ashley Colangelo
- 08-29-19
Strong Message
Strong message, good storyline. Sort of reminded me of an autobiography. Could tell that this is an issue that the author is passionate about or can relate to.
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- Nour Tawk
- 02-08-19
Lovely, painful, beautifully written
Beautifully written, so heartfelt. I felt her pain every time she took a bite of that bagel. A beautiful read.
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- greavinglightembracingnight
- 08-20-23
Good story
I enjoy this story. It has a great way of expressing emotion without being overpowering.
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- Kelley Diallo
- 07-22-23
Typical story of a girl with an ED
It was okay. It was the clichéd story of a girl with anorexia who « wakes up » one day and realizes she wants to live. I have anorexia and that is not at all reality nor how it works. I was a bit disappointed.
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- Rick
- 06-24-23
Loved this
This book was so so good, i didn’t realize how much I would love this book.
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- Nicole Pilarski
- 02-26-23
Wonderful
A heartbreaking beautiful novel about the mental illness behind the eating disorder. This may be a difficult story for some to read but is very well written & narrated.
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- L.K.P.
- 04-20-20
I wanted so much more
I enjoyed this book; however, the focus was on one woman. There were several women in the story and once we met them and became invested in them, they became wallpaper. I wish the book had alternated chapters between the women and their experience. So much potential here.
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Sienna Scott grew up in the dark shadow of her mother’s paranoid delusions. Now, she's returned home to confront her past and the unsolved murder that altered the course of her life. In her mother’s shuttered house, an old fear that has haunted Sienna for years rears its ugly head - that it was she who had been the killer’s target that night. And now, with it, a new fear - that the killer not only intended to remedy his past mistake - he’s already begun. But are these fears any different from the ones that torment her mother?
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COULDN'T GET PAST THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS
- By Gailgo on 01-28-20
By: Erica Spindler
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The Wife and the Widow
- By: Christian White
- Narrated by: Caz Prescott
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and the Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded by what she learns about her dead husband’s secret life; and Abby, an island local whose world is turned upside when she’s forced to confront the evidence of her husband’s guilt. But nothing on this island is quite as it seems, and only when these women come together can they discover the whole story about the men in their lives.
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What a mess
- By VERB on 06-14-20
By: Christian White
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Keeping Lucy
- By: T. Greenwood
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny Richardson's heart was torn open when her baby girl, Lucy, born with Down syndrome, was taken from her. Under pressure from his powerful family, her husband, Ab, sent Lucy away to Willowridge, a special school for the "feeble-minded". Ab tried to convince Ginny it was for the best. But two years later, when Ginny's best friend, Marsha, shows her a series of articles exposing Willowridge as a hell-on-earth - its squalid hallways filled with neglected children - she knows she can't leave her daughter there.
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Don't waste your time.
- By Amy on 10-02-19
By: T. Greenwood
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The Glittering Hour
- A Novel
- By: Iona Grey
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing. Her life is a whirl of parties and drinking, pursued by the press and staying on just the right side of scandal, all while running from the life her parents would choose for her. Lawrence Weston is a penniless painter who stumbles into Selina's orbit one night and can never let her go even while knowing someone of her stature could never end up with someone of his. Except Selina falls hard for Lawrence, envisioning a life of true happiness. But when tragedy strikes, Selina finds herself choosing what's safe over what's right.
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Give it a chance, it is beautiful.
- By Phoenix_Runner on 03-28-20
By: Iona Grey
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The Safe Place
- A Novel
- By: Anna Downes
- Narrated by: Anna Downes
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Emily Proudman just lost her acting agent, her job, and her apartment in one miserable day. Scott Denny, a successful and charismatic CEO, has a problem that neither his business acumen nor vast wealth can fix. Until he meets Emily. Scott offers Emily a summer job as a housekeeper on his remote, beautiful French estate. Enchanted by his lovely wife Nina, and his eccentric young daughter, Aurelia, Emily falls headlong into this oasis of wine-soaked days by the pool. But soon Emily realizes that Scott and Nina are hiding dangerous secrets.
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Good debut novel-big twist ending!
- By TammieK on 09-12-20
By: Anna Downes
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The House Uptown
- A Novel
- By: Melissa Ginsburg
- Narrated by: Emily Shaffer
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Ava, 14 years old and totally on her own, has still not fully processed her mother’s death when she finds herself on a train heading to New Orleans, to stay with Lane, the grandmother she barely remembers. Lane is a well-known artist in the New Orleans art scene. She spends most of her days in a pot-smoke haze, sipping iced coffee, and painting. Her grip on reality is shaky at best, but her work provides a comfort. Ava’s arrival unsettles Lane. The girl bears an uncanny resemblance to her daughter, whom she was estranged from before her death.
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Left me wanting more
- By Bonnie Craig on 11-11-21
By: Melissa Ginsburg
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The Look-Alike
- A Novel
- By: Erica Spindler
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Sienna Scott grew up in the dark shadow of her mother’s paranoid delusions. Now, she's returned home to confront her past and the unsolved murder that altered the course of her life. In her mother’s shuttered house, an old fear that has haunted Sienna for years rears its ugly head - that it was she who had been the killer’s target that night. And now, with it, a new fear - that the killer not only intended to remedy his past mistake - he’s already begun. But are these fears any different from the ones that torment her mother?
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COULDN'T GET PAST THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS
- By Gailgo on 01-28-20
By: Erica Spindler
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The Wife and the Widow
- By: Christian White
- Narrated by: Caz Prescott
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and the Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded by what she learns about her dead husband’s secret life; and Abby, an island local whose world is turned upside when she’s forced to confront the evidence of her husband’s guilt. But nothing on this island is quite as it seems, and only when these women come together can they discover the whole story about the men in their lives.
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What a mess
- By VERB on 06-14-20
By: Christian White
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The Paris Hours
- A Novel
- By: Alex George
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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One day in the City of Lights. One night in search of lost time. Paris between the wars teems with artists, writers, and musicians, a glittering crucible of genius. But amidst the dazzling creativity of the city’s most famous citizens, four regular people are each searching for something they’ve lost. Told over the course of a single day in 1927, The Paris Hours takes four ordinary people whose stories, told together, are as extraordinary as the glorious city they inhabit.
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A Fun Read
- By Meg on 05-16-20
By: Alex George
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The Subway Girls
- A Novel
- By: Susie Orman Schnall
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In 1949, dutiful and ambitious Charlotte's dream of a career in advertising is shattered when her father demands she help out with the family business. Meanwhile, Charlotte is swept into the glamorous world of the Miss Subways beauty contest, which promises irresistible opportunities with its Park Avenue luster and local fame status. Nearly 70 years later, outspoken advertising executive Olivia is pitching the NYC subways account in a last ditch effort to save her job at an advertising agency. Then the charismatic boss she’s secretly in love with pits her against her misogynistic nemesis....
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So disappointing....
- By RueRue on 10-23-18
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The Woman in the Mirror
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca James
- Narrated by: Charlotte Newton-John, Katharine Mangold
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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For more than two centuries, Winterbourne Hall has stood atop a bluff overseeing the English countryside of Cornwall and the sea beyond. In 1947, Londoner Alice Miller accepts a post as governess at Winterbourne, looking after Captain Jonathan de Grey’s twin children. Falling under the de Greys’ spell, Alice believes the family will heal her own past sorrows. But then, the twins’ adoration becomes deceitful and taunting. Their father, ever distant, turns spiteful and cruel. The manor itself seems to lash out. Alice finds her surroundings subtly altered, her air slightly chilled.
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Superb Gothic
- By MamaBear on 02-02-21
By: Rebecca James
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Girls Burn Brighter
- A Novel
- By: Shobha Rao
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Poornima and Savitha have three strikes against them. They are poor. They are driven. And they are girls. After her mother’s death, Poornima has very little kindness in her life. She is left to take care of her siblings until her father can find her a suitable match. So when Savitha enters their household, Poornima is intrigued by the joyful, independent-minded girl. Suddenly their Indian village doesn't feel quite so claustrophobic, and Poornima begins to imagine a life beyond the arranged marriage her father is desperate to secure for her.
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The Color Indigo
- By Smith's Rock on 04-05-18
By: Shobha Rao
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Cleanness
- By: Garth Greenwell
- Narrated by: Garth Greenwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Sofia, Bulgaria, a landlocked city in southern Europe, stirs with hope and impending upheaval. Soviet buildings crumble, wind scatters sand from the far south, and political protesters flood the streets with song. In this atmosphere of disquiet, an American teacher navigates a life transformed by the discovery and loss of love. As he prepares to leave the place he's come to call home, he grapples with the intimate encounters that have marked his years abroad, each bearing uncanny reminders of his past.
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Great narrator.
- By Michael Payne on 03-08-20
By: Garth Greenwell
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The Show Girl
- A Novel
- By: Nicola Harrison
- Narrated by: Imani Jade Powers
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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