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- Duración: 12 h y 10 m
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A powerful, timely debut, The Turner House marks a major new contribution to the story of the American family.
The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over 50 years. Their house has seen 13 children grown and gone - and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit's East Side, and the loss of a father. The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. But now, as ailing matriarch Viola finds herself forced to leave her home and move in with her eldest son, the family discovers that the house is worth just a 10th of its mortgage. The Turner children are called home to decide its fate and to reckon with how each of their pasts haunts - and shapes - their family's future.
Already praised by Ayana Mathis as "utterly moving," The Turner House brings us a colorful, complicated brood full of love and pride, sacrifice and unlikely inheritances. It's a striking examination of the price we pay for our dreams and futures and the ways in which our families bring us home.
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- Narrado por: Ezra Knight
- Duración: 9 h y 4 m
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Songwriter, poet, and best-selling author Travis Hunter was named Author of the Year by readers of the Atlanta Daily World. In The Hearts of Men, a reformed player, a workaholic trying to overcome his past, and a faithful husband diagnosed with lung cancer all struggle to be the men they hope to be. But life and human frailty have a way of throwing stumbling blocks before the best of intentions.
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Straight To The Hearts of Women
- De Naomi M. Stevens en 06-10-09
De: Travis Hunter
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The Untelling
- De: Tayari Jones
- Narrado por: Michele Blackmon
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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Aria is no stranger to tragedy. Fifteen years ago, a family outing took the lives of her father and baby sister, leaving remaining members of this fractured family struggling with their own guilt - real and imagined. At 25, Aria believes she can reinvent herself through her planned marriage with all its promise of a family of her own. Her infertility changes her life as swiftly and irrevocably as the urban landscape around her.
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Don’t waste your time!
- De shasha en 09-18-20
De: Tayari Jones
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The Million Dollar Divorce
- De: RM Johnson
- Narrado por: Kevin Free
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
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Monica has just discovered she is not able to conceive, and her husband, Nate, wants a divorce so he can start the family he’s always dreamed of. However, he does not want Monica to get half of his considerable fortune, so he hatches a plot that will cause her to violate the fidelity clause of their prenuptial agreement. Will he be able to orchestrate Monica’s fall into temptation? Essence best-selling author RM Johnson spins a riveting tale of love, money, and betrayal.
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I enjoyed the novel
- De Bessie en 11-03-18
De: RM Johnson
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The Hour I First Believed
- A Novel
- De: Wally Lamb
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 25 h y 9 m
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When high-school teacher Caelum Quirk and his wife, Maureen, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, while Caelum is away, Maureen finds herself in the library at Columbine, cowering in a cabinet and expecting to be killed. Miraculously, she survives. But when Caelum and Maureen flee to an illusion of safety on the Quirk family's Connecticut farm, they discover that the effects of chaos are not easily put right.
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excellent all around yarn
- De G. en 01-10-09
De: Wally Lamb
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Strong Motion
- De: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrado por: Scott Aiello
- Duración: 20 h y 51 m
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Louis Holland arrives in Boston in a spring of ecological upheaval (a rash of earthquakes on the North Shore) and odd luck: the first one kills his grandmother. Louis tries to maintain his independence, but falls in love with a Harvard seismologist whose discoveries about the earthquakes' cause complicate everything.
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Compelling Story, Ridiculous Narrator
- De DianeReads en 02-28-16
De: Jonathan Franzen
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The Daisy Children
- A Novel
- De: Sofia Grant
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
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When Katie Garrett gets the news that she’s received an inheritance from the grandmother she hardly knew, it couldn’t have come at a better time. She flees Boston and travels to rural Texas. There, she’s greeted by her distant cousin Scarlett. Friendly and flamboyant, Scarlett couldn’t be more different from sensible Katie. And as they begin the task of sorting through their grandmother’s possessions, they discover letters and photographs that uncover the hidden truths about their shared history, and the long-forgotten tragedy of the New London school explosion of 1937 that binds them.
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Multigenerational storyline lacked dignity
- De John F. Oldani, Jr. en 06-07-24
De: Sofia Grant
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Devil in a Blue Dress
- An Easy Rawlins Mystery
- De: Walter Mosley
- Narrado por: Michael Boatman
- Duración: 5 h y 35 m
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Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs.
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Beware of Mysterious Sexy Women with Big Suitcases
- De Jefferson en 02-13-11
De: Walter Mosley
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How to Survive a Summer
- A Novel
- De: Nick White
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch
- Duración: 12 h y 27 m
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Grad student Will Dillard has largely buried memories of the summer he spent at a camp intended to "cure" homosexuality. But when he finds out a horror movie based on the camp is hitting theaters, he's forced to face his past - and his role in another camper's death. As he recounts the events surrounding his "failed rehabilitation", Will strikes out on an impromptu road trip back home to Mississippi, eventually returning to the abandoned campgrounds to solve the mysteries of that pivotal summer.
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A story full of heart and healing
- De ZippyBippy en 05-06-18
De: Nick White
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Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See
- De: Juliann Garey
- Narrado por: Dan Butler
- Duración: 11 h y 7 m
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In her tour-de-force first novel, Juliann Garey takes us inside the restless mind, ravaged heart, and anguished soul of Greyson Todd, a successful Hollywood studio executive who leaves his wife and young daughter and for a decade travels the world giving free reign to the bipolar disorder he's been forced to keep hidden for almost 20 years.
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Psychosis or Syphilis?
- De Vira en 04-02-13
De: Juliann Garey
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Loving Day
- De: Mat Johnson
- Narrado por: J. D. Jackson
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
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On his first night in his new home, Warren spies two figures in the grass outside; when he screws up the nerve to confront them, they disappear. The next day he encounters ghosts of a different kind: In the face of the teenage girl he meets at a comics convention, he sees the mingled features of his white father and his black mother, both now dead. The girl is his daughter, and she thinks she's white.
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Teen lit with heavy erotic imagery
- De Itinerant T en 08-26-15
De: Mat Johnson
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Saints for All Occasions
- A Novel
- De: J. Courtney Sullivan
- Narrado por: Susan Denaker
- Duración: 15 h y 1 m
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Nora and Theresa Flynn are 21 and 17 when they leave their small village in Ireland and journey to America. Nora is the responsible sister; she's shy and serious and engaged to a man she isn't sure that she loves. Theresa is gregarious; she is thrilled by their new life in Boston and besotted with the fashionable dresses and dance halls on Dudley Street. But when Theresa ends up pregnant, Nora is forced to come up with a plan - a decision with repercussions they are both far too young to understand.
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The narration ruined it
- De Janis Reynolds en 06-12-17
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Finding Fish
- A Memoir
- De: Antwone Q. Fisher
- Narrado por: Thomas Penny
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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Baby Boy Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment of his birth in prison to a single mother. He ultimately came to live with a foster family, where he endured near-constant verbal and physical abuse. In his midteens he escaped and enlisted in the navy, where he became a man of the world, raised by the family he created for himself. Finding Fish shows how, out of this unlikely mix of deprivation and hope, an artist was born.
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This book will not disappoint you.
- De Joseph en 10-16-16
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Babylon Sisters
- De: Pearl Cleage
- Narrado por: Pearl Cleage
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
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Catherine, busy working with refugee and immigrant women through her small firm, Babylon Sisters, has taken on a powerful new client. She doesn't have much time for Phoebe's complicated questions of paternity - that is, until Phoebe's real father, B. J., a renowned investigative reporter, shows up in town to work on a story connected to Catherine.
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Sister Love
- De Florence Graydon en 03-26-21
De: Pearl Cleage
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Silver Sparrow
- A Novel
- De: Tayari Jones
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Coleman Williams, Heather Alicia Simms
- Duración: 10 h y 23 m
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Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, Silver Sparrow revolves around James Witherspoon's two families - the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode when secrets are revealed and illusions shattered. As Jones explores the backstories of her rich yet flawed characters - the father, the two mothers, the grandmother, and the uncle - she also reveals the joy, as well as the destruction, they brought to one another's lives.
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underwhelming ending
- De Keisha en 01-17-13
De: Tayari Jones
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Bluebird, Bluebird: Booktrack Edition
- De: Attica Locke
- Narrado por: J.D. Jackson
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
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When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules—a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home.
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I probably won’t recommend it.
- De William C. Mccoy en 07-06-20
De: Attica Locke
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Take My Hand
- De: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Narrado por: Lauren J. Daggett
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
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Page Turner Based off True Events
- De LATOYA LEWIS en 06-10-22
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State of Wonder
- A Novel
- De: Ann Patchett
- Narrado por: Hope Davis
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
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Research scientist Dr. Marina Singh is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who seems to have disappeared in the Amazon while working on an extremely valuable new drug. The last person who was sent to find her died before he could complete his mission. Plagued by trepidation, Marina embarks on an odyssey into the insect-infested jungle in hopes of finding answers to the questions about her friend's death, her company's future, and her own past.
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Do yourself a favor and listen to this book!
- De F. B. H. In TN en 06-10-11
De: Ann Patchett
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And Then There Was Me
- A Novel of Friendship, Secrets and Lies
- De: Sadeqa Johnson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her 14-year-old self across Bea’s twin-sized bed as if they had known each other forever. Bubbly, adventurous Awilda taught sheltered, shy Bea how to dress, wear her hair, and what to do with boys. She even introduced Bea to her husband, Lonnie, in college, who pledged to take good care of her for the rest of their lives. But philanderer Lonnie breaks that promise over and over again, leaving Bea to wrestle with her self-esteem and longtime secret addiction.
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Loved it!
- De Ms Campbell en 09-24-22
De: Sadeqa Johnson
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The Woman on the Ledge
- A Novel
- De: Ruth Mancini
- Narrado por: Annabel Scholey
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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A woman falls to her death from a London bank’s twenty-fifth-floor roof terrace. You're arrested for her murder. You tell the police that you had only met the victim the previous night at your office party. She was threatening to jump down from the roof, but you had talked her down. You've got nothing to do with this tragedy. You're clearly being framed.
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Great story and even better narration!
- De Tim en 02-07-24
De: Ruth Mancini
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Silver Sparrow
- A Novel
- De: Tayari Jones
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Coleman Williams, Heather Alicia Simms
- Duración: 10 h y 23 m
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Set in a middle-class neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1980s, Silver Sparrow revolves around James Witherspoon's two families - the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters. It is a relationship destined to explode when secrets are revealed and illusions shattered. As Jones explores the backstories of her rich yet flawed characters - the father, the two mothers, the grandmother, and the uncle - she also reveals the joy, as well as the destruction, they brought to one another's lives.
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underwhelming ending
- De Keisha en 01-17-13
De: Tayari Jones
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Bluebird, Bluebird: Booktrack Edition
- De: Attica Locke
- Narrado por: J.D. Jackson
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
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When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules—a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home.
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I probably won’t recommend it.
- De William C. Mccoy en 07-06-20
De: Attica Locke
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Take My Hand
- De: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Narrado por: Lauren J. Daggett
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
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Page Turner Based off True Events
- De LATOYA LEWIS en 06-10-22
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State of Wonder
- A Novel
- De: Ann Patchett
- Narrado por: Hope Davis
- Duración: 12 h y 22 m
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Research scientist Dr. Marina Singh is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who seems to have disappeared in the Amazon while working on an extremely valuable new drug. The last person who was sent to find her died before he could complete his mission. Plagued by trepidation, Marina embarks on an odyssey into the insect-infested jungle in hopes of finding answers to the questions about her friend's death, her company's future, and her own past.
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Do yourself a favor and listen to this book!
- De F. B. H. In TN en 06-10-11
De: Ann Patchett
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And Then There Was Me
- A Novel of Friendship, Secrets and Lies
- De: Sadeqa Johnson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her 14-year-old self across Bea’s twin-sized bed as if they had known each other forever. Bubbly, adventurous Awilda taught sheltered, shy Bea how to dress, wear her hair, and what to do with boys. She even introduced Bea to her husband, Lonnie, in college, who pledged to take good care of her for the rest of their lives. But philanderer Lonnie breaks that promise over and over again, leaving Bea to wrestle with her self-esteem and longtime secret addiction.
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Loved it!
- De Ms Campbell en 09-24-22
De: Sadeqa Johnson
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The Woman on the Ledge
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- De: Ruth Mancini
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- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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A woman falls to her death from a London bank’s twenty-fifth-floor roof terrace. You're arrested for her murder. You tell the police that you had only met the victim the previous night at your office party. She was threatening to jump down from the roof, but you had talked her down. You've got nothing to do with this tragedy. You're clearly being framed.
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Great story and even better narration!
- De Tim en 02-07-24
De: Ruth Mancini
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- Mary
- 01-01-17
Beautiful!
This family, like most, had its ups and downs, domineering relatives and outcasts. It felt real.
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- Ignatius
- 05-30-16
Great idea, scattered execution
Fantastic to read a well-written novel that isn't about neurotic New York white people. The author is a fine stylist. Unfortunately, she needs help streamlining her story. This feels like it was based on a real family, and that the author felt obligated to give every character its due. The story would have been more powerful with fewer people. I look forward to the next book from a more seasoned writer.
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- Marilynn Martin
- 02-06-16
outstanding and mesmerizing
Loved loved loved this book...very entertaining and well written.
ChaCha and Lila were my favorite characters. Wish Lila and David had gotten back together
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- 09-26-16
Excellent period piece of late 20th century Detroit
Appreciated the well written story and loved the narrator. Quite good! Great character development of each of the 13 kids and parents. A family there is like a family anywhere with the strong personalities, the demons and issues each face. The question of what to do with the house...well, we are all going to have to walk that path at some point.
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- Linda Collette
- 06-18-16
Every Family has its Ghosts
Loved the dimension in this huge family. It is funny what people choose to remember and hold on to and what others choose to forget.
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- Ladybug
- 07-11-20
Family life
Just simply delightful, stepping into the Turner family. I felt like I was there too.
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- KT
- 06-11-15
The narrator's performance made the difference.
This book may have been well written but you'd be unable to glean that based on the reading of it. The narrator was pretty bad. She read several words incorrectly and placed inflection where it shouldn't be in most of the sentences. This threw off the flow of the story and distracted me from the storyline. Unfortunate.
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- Phyllis Briggs
- 02-11-17
great story , enjoyed learning about the Turners.
love it! The Turners ate a family like mine, unconditional love and support for one another
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- Denise W
- 11-16-16
Great Read
Enjoyed this book. Interesting family story of their life challenges and how to survive. Look forward to next book to include story of Turner children that left Detroit.
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- Boomer
- 11-24-15
Fall in love with all 13 Turner Offspring
What made the experience of listening to The Turner House the most enjoyable?
The narrator's voice was perfect for the text. She convincingly portrayed each main character, did a great job with slang and other lesser known phrases. If I had read the book instead of listening to it, I would have imagined the voices to be as she read them.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The character development was outstanding. I really felt that I wanted to go to a Turner family reunion since at this point I know everyone and have a genuine affection for the huge family. I guess I could say that I would have liked more of a plot, but otherwise the book was great. I am looking forward to listening to the author's next book.
Have you listened to any of Adenrele Ojo’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, but I would like to. She has a nice quality to her voice as narrator, and her various permutations of African American voices of all ages is excellent.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I laughed a lot and of course cried too.
Any additional comments?
Well done!
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