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The Girls in the Garden
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- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 03-07-17
- Language: English
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $34.99
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Publisher's Summary
Imagine that you live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people's houses. You've known your neighbors for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really? On a midsummer night, as a festive neighborhood party is taking place, preteen Pip discovers her 13-year-old sister Grace lying unconscious and bloody in a hidden corner of a lush rose garden. What really happened to her? And who is responsible?
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Delightful
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- La Tannya Murphy
- 06-01-17
This fell very short
This had so much potential to be great a book. However about halfway through I realized I had been duped and kept praying it would get better. The ending sealed the deal for me. The ending made no sense and left me asking "What about this?" "Why did you bring that up if it had nothing to do with anything apparently ?!" It's been a while I have been so disappointed with a book. Skip this one if you can.
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- NMwritergal
- Albuquerque, NM
- 03-11-17
Not as good as some of her others but still worth
...a listen. If you haven't read Lisa Jewel before, I'd suggest The House We Grew Up In or The Making of Us before this one. Both are on audio and are 4.5 star listens IMHO.
I did enjoy this, nonetheless. It just seemed as if her usual stellar character development and ability to put a mystery into the middle of a family drama story was a bit lacking.
The audio narrator was also a bit of an issue. Because there were so many POV switches, the narrator should have paused between them. She didn't--at ALL. So we're in one person's head then it switches to another person's POV and sometimes it took a few seconds to realize. Not that big of a deal except for the fact that the POV switches are quite frequent.
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- Karen D
- 08-11-18
Loved it!
Loved the story, the characters and the narration! Look forward to listening to her other books!
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- Jennifer Y.
- Waldorf, MD, US
- 09-11-18
Another great book!
This writer is now one of my favorites! This is my third book I have listened to and I am very happy! The book was great!! The story was intense and it kept me entertained!! Highly recommend this author and her books!!
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- Angela
- Marquette, MI, United States
- 07-12-18
intriguing
i really enjoyed this story. It was quaint, interesting, and very down to earth.
Easily you can fall in love with All the characters just like you have known them all along.
I just Loved the narration (and I'm picky)
Also not one boring piece, even though it was a story of what seems like Life happening and something happens that changes everyone's Lives in secret ways.
So well written that I visioned the gardens, patios , food almost every detail...wow Superb!!
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- Stephanie
- 05-31-18
Pip
Great book. Layered story lines that come together in a beautiful dance of secret and mystery. Looking for the next adventure with Lisa Jewell.
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- Summer Layne
- Washington, DC
- 07-18-18
Syncopated Narration More Suited to a Documentary
I found the narration to have the clipped, singsong cadence of a documentary, or news reader on television - stylized and emotionless. It's also higher-pitched and sounds like it belongs to a child or tweener.
Didn't finish the book because of this ... it's bland syncopation couldn't hold my attention.
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