The Making of Us

A Novel

By: Lisa Jewell

Narrated by: Helen Duff

Lydia, Dean, and Robyn don't know one another...yet. Each is facing difficult challenges: Lydia is still wearing the scars from her traumatic childhood. Wealthy and successful, she leads a lonely and disjointed existence. Dean is a young, unemployed, single dad whose life is going nowhere. Robyn is 18. Gorgeous, popular, and intelligent, she entered her first year of college confident about her dream to become a pediatrician. Now she's failing her classes. Now she's falling in love for the first time.

Lydia, Dean, and Robyn live very different lives, but each of them, independently, has always felt that something was missing. What they don't know is that a letter is about to arrive that will turn their lives upside down. It's a letter containing a secret - one that will bind them together and show them what love and family and friendship really mean.

A literary gem, The Making of Us will remind listeners of the miracles that happen when we bring life into the world and share our lives with those we love.

©2012 Lisa Jewell (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Slow start, good finish

A touching story of the complexities of our connections to our past, human emotion, and what it means to be family. Near the end of the book, I realized the slow start was necessary to explain all of the details of each character’s story. Another good book from Lisa Jewell and wonderful narration by Helen Duff.

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I enjoyed this book. The accents were distinguishable. I noticed references for American listeners. I assume the British version does not do this.

meh, found it fairly boring

it was just okay. Had a hard time paying attention. the voice of the brother was terrible - he sounded stupid. I wouldnt recommend.

Not one of Lisa Jewell's best, but entertaining.

I enjoyed the story, but I was waiting for some kind of momentous twist and it just kept plugging along and then tied up in a happy little ending. But I enjoyed the characters.

Wonderful. I miss the characters now that I’ve finished the book

This book was recommended to me based on other books I’ve purchased. I figured I’d give it a go.

Turns out that The topic is very personal for me as I too dealt with the subject matter.

The writer captured the feelings and thoughts so well.

The performance was so good that I forgot there was only one narrator. There are a lot of people in this story and she made each one feel like their own person. Very talented.

I miss the characters and hope there are more stories about them 😊.