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Title: Pushkin Hills: Zapovednik

Author: Sergei Dovlatov

Narrator: Dmitry Kreminsky

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-22-17

Publisher: Dialar Navigator

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

An unsuccessful writer and an inveterate alcoholic, Boris Alikhanov has recently divorced his wife Tatyana, and he is running out of money. The prospect of a summer job as a tour guide at the Pushkin Hills Preserve offers him hope of regaining some balance in life as his wife makes plans to emigrate to the West with their daughter Masha, but during Alikhanovs stay in the rural estate of Mikhaylovskoye, his life continues to unravel.

Populated with unforgettable characters - including Alikhanov's fellow guides Mitrofanov and Pototsky, and the KGB officer Belyaev - "Pushkin Hills" ranks among Dovlatov's renowned works "The Suitcase" and "The Zone" as his most personal and poignant portrayal of the Russian attitude towards life and art.

Please note: this audiobook is in Russian.

©2016 Vimbo (P)2016 Vimbo

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Titel: Karolinas Töchter

Autor:: Ronald H. Balson

Erzähler: Peter Weiß

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 12 hrs and 45 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-18-17

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Literary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Aus Verzweiflung gab sie einst ein Versprechen.

Nun ist es an der Zeit, es zu erfüllen und zwei verlorene Töchter zu finden.

Die hochbetagte Lena Woodward will ein Versprechen erfüllen, das sie ihrer Freundin Karolina vor langer Zeit gab - mehr als ein halbes Jahrhundert zuvor. Mit Hilfe einer Anwältin begibt sich Lena auf die Suche nach den Zwillingstöchtern ihrer Freundin, die seit dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs verschwunden sind. Doch es kommen Zweifel an ihrer Geschichte auf, und aus Sorge um seine Mutter versucht ihr Sohn Arthur, sie zu bremsen.

Warum sucht sie die Mädchen erst jetzt? Und was ist damals im polnischen Ghetto wirklich geschehen? Bald ist klar, dass das Schicksal der beiden Freundinnen ein Geheimnis birgt, das Lena seit Jahrzehnten verfolgt - und das gelüftet werden muss, um die Kinder von damals zu finden.

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©2017 Aufbau Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. Übersetzung von Max Stadler (P)2017 Audible GmbH

Kritik Bewertungen:

Eine herzzerreißende Geschichte über die Liebe einer Mutter, Freundschaft und Familie im Angesicht des Todes - fesselnd.

-- Library Journal

Leser, die auf mehr Bücher wie Kristin Hannahs "Die Nachtigall" warten, werden begeistert sein.

-- Booklist

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Title: The Story of Avis

Author: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Narrator: Alice Johnson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-17

Publisher: Audioliterature

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

"Success for a woman means absolute surrender, in whatever direction. Whether she paints a picture, or loves a man, there is no division of labor possible in her economy. To the attainment of any end worth living for, a symmetrical sacrifice of her nature is compulsory upon her."

That is the dilemma this powerful and beautifully observed work centers around. Our heroine, Avis, a professor's daughter and a very talented painter, has to come to terms with marriage meaning potential sacrifice of her artistic career and future.

©2017 Audioliterature (P)2017 Audioliterature

Members Reviews:

Mixed feelings...

I have mixed feelings about how to rate this book. The story is modern and applicable, as other reviewers have pointed out. It is basically a story about a woman who wants to be a painter, but after she gets married she discovers that her husband doesn't support her as much as he said he would. As they struggle through their marriage, they end up in reversed roles, with her as the "man" of the house and him being dependent on her.

Unfortunately, the writing is often stilted and overblown and I found it hard to keep slogging through it at times. Three stars is a compromise for me. The story gets four, but the writing gets two.

Avis needs psychological help with children and husband

Anyone out there that can help me in trying to explain with the psychological struggle she went through with her children, husband, career,and life in general would be appreciated.

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Title: About Grace

Author: Anthony Doerr

Narrator: George Newburn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-17

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

About Grace is the brilliant debut audiobook from Anthony Doerr.

Growing up in Alaska, young David Winkler is crippled by his dreams. At nine he dreams a man is decapitated by a passing truck on the path outside his family's home. The next day, unable to prevent it, he witnesses an exact replay of his dream in real life. The premonitions keep coming, unstoppably. He sleepwalks during them, bringing catastrophe into his reach.

Then, as unstoppable as a vision, he falls in love at the supermarket (exactly as he already dreamed) with Sandy. They flee south, landing in Ohio, where their daughter, Grace, is born. And then the visions of Grace's death begin for Winkler, as their waterside home is inundated. Plagued by the same horrific images of Grace drowning, when the floods come, he cannot face his destiny and flees.

He beaches on a remote Caribbean island, where he works as a handyman, chipping away at his doubts and hopes, never knowing whether Grace survived the flood or met the doom he foretold. After two decades he musters the strength to find out....

Critic Reviews:

"I loved this wonderful book - its strangeness, its obsessiveness, its beautiful sentences." (Monica Ali)

"Doerr's sublime renditions of Winkler's attonement to the world around him turn his story into a prolonged epiphany, a blissful parable about grace. This is a formidable literary achievement that, link Winkler's snow crystals, integrates facets and dimensions into near-perfect whole." (Independent)

"Doerr's gifts as a stylist are powerfully in evidence: his writing is crystalline, his attention to detail intense and evocative. That Doerr is a writer of exceptional gifts is not in question, and there is much to admire in this novel." (Daily Telegraph)

Members Reviews:

Gentle story

Beautifully written supported by excellent narrator. Slightly odd and a little heavy on the detail at times but enjoyable none the less.

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Title: Pretend We Are Lovely

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Noley Reid

Narrator: Brittany Pressley, Abigail Revasch, Jorjeana Marie, MacLeod Andrews

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-17

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

It's the summer of 1982 in Blacksburg, Virginia - seven years after the suspicious death of a son and sibling - and the Sobel family is hungry.

Francie dresses in tennis skirts and ankle socks and weighs her grams of allotted carrots and iceberg lettuce. Her semi-estranged husband, Tate, prefers a packed fridge and hidden doughnuts. Daughters Enid, 10, and Vivvy, almost 13, are subtler versions of their parents, measuring their summer vacation by meals had or meals skipped. But at summer's end, secrets both old and new emerge, and Francie disappears, leaving the family teetering on the brink.

Told from alternating points of view by the four living Sobels, Pretend We Are Lovely is a sharp and darkly funny story of forgiveness, family secrets, and the losses we inherit. At its core is the ever-complicated and deeply devoted bond of sisterhood as the girls, left mostly to their own devices, must navigate their way through middle school, find comfort in each other, and learn the difference between food and nourishment.

Members Reviews:

Relateable well written family drama

A relateable drama about the complexity of a broken family. Each character written to show their struggles to understand love and how they deal their personal brokenness. There are cute and commical scenes along with some shocking instances portraying surrender. The jump between characters can get confusing sometimes but the whole story really comes together to help the reader understand the characters reactions to grief.

Memories!

As the daughter of a mom with an eating disorder, this book spoke deeply to me. Not surprisingly, I have had many issues with food myself and so many of Enidâs thoughts were mine as well. Hoping the author continues to write more novels, as I enjoyed her writing style.

Loved these voices

Loved these voices! This is a thoughtful exploration of family, food, and community through honest, clear prose. The sister bonds are tight and tense among the family secrets that just can't hold.

A finely crafted story of a family

Pretend We Are Lovely by Noley Reid follows the Sobel family during the summer of 1982, seven years after the suspicious death of the only son of the family. Francie, Tate, and their daughters Enid (ten) and Vivvy (twelve) are grappling with their various hungers, literal and emotional. The story is told from the alternating perspectives of all four Sobels, each with their own secrets and burdens. Food is a central character, with each child mirroring the issues of one parent or the other. Francie and Tateâs marriage is in trouble, and Enid and Vivvy, facing the challenges of growing up, are often left to their own devices within a family barely holding on. When Francie suddenly disappears, the things they have all tried so hard to stuff down, hide, deny, and control, must be purged in order for the family to survive.

This was a finely crafted story of a family, with characters that felt real. The author did a fantastic job of fleshing out all four characters; no easy feat when you are telling the story from multiple perspectives. I found myself identifying most with Enid and I felt like this was her story. However, I am sure that someone else might connect to it differently, which is the beauty of storytelling. This is the portrait of a family and all of the complex and dynamic experiences that go along with that.

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Título: Los boys [The Boys]

Autor: Junot Díaz

Narrador: Yamil Ureña

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 5 hrs and 51 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 07-13-17

Editor: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Literary

Resumen del editor:

La ópera prima de Junot Díaz.

Premio Pulitzer 2008.

Junot Díaz hizo su entrada en la escena literaria con esta colección de diez relatos que se desplazan de los barrios de la República Dominicana a los suburbios de Nueva Jersey. Díaz, que según Newsweek combina la mirada objetiva de un periodista con el verbo de un poeta, evoca un mundo del que han desaparecido los padres, en el que las madres luchan con determinación por sus hijos, y en el que los más jóvenes heredan la crueldad y el avispado humor de unas vidas determinadas por la pobreza y la incertidumbre. Pocas veces un autor publica un primer libro precedido por el reconocimiento unánime de la crítica.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Crítica Comentarios:

"Junot Díaz es un escritor de reciente aparición y gran valía. Sus personajes tienen vida propia fuera de la página, en el seno de nuestra tradición literaria y en el ámbito de nuestro corazón." (Walter Mosley)

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Title: Modern Gods

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Nick Laird

Narrator: Sarah-Jane Drummey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-17

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

A powerful novel about two sisters who must reclaim themselves after their lives are dramatically upended, from an award-winning author with "a wonderfully original and limber voice" (The New York Times)

Alison Donnelly has suffered for love. Still stuck in the small Northern Irish town where she was born, working for her father's real estate agency, she hopes to pick up the pieces and get her life back together. Her sister, Liz, a fiercely independent college professor who lives in New York City, is about to return to Ulster for Alison's second wedding before heading to an island off the coast of Papua New Guinea to make a TV show about the world's newest religion.

Both sisters' lives are about to be shaken apart. Alison wakes up the day after her wedding to find that her new husband has a past neither of them can escape. In a rainforest on the other side of the planet, Liz finds herself becoming increasingly entangled in the eerie, charged world of Belef, the subject of her show, a charismatic middle-aged woman who is the leader of a cargo cult.

As Modern Gods ingeniously interweaves the stories of Liz and Alison, it becomes clear that both sisters must learn how to negotiate with the past, with the sins of fanaticism, and decide just what the living owe to the dead. Laird's brave, innovative novel charts the intimacies and disappointments of a family trying to hold itself together and the repercussions of history and faith.

Critic Reviews:

"Nick Laird takes two experiences poles apart and unites them in gorgeous language...[with] fierce tenderness." (Dave Eggers, author of Heroes of the Frontier)

Members Reviews:

Cargo cult worship

brilliant analogy of modern day religions and cargo cults, wherein the expectations are to be saved from on high -- as well as much, much more

Unsatisfying ending.

The sister's stories are compelling enough, but the ending was a bit too easily wrapped up given the challenging situations they were going through with this family.

Parallel stories of religious conflict (4.5 stars)

In addition to its subordinate themes, Modern Gods is a story about religious conflict, told from two perspectives. One involves the ongoing consequences of the violent clash between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. The other involves a violent clash between Christianity and an emerging religion.

Liz Donnelly isnât happy teaching in America, particularly when she catches her latest boyfriend in bed with another man. She accepts an invitation to work on a documentary about a new religious movement in the South Pacific, but first she returns to her hometown in Ulster for her sisterâs wedding.

The first third of the novel introduces Lizâ family. Her brother Spencer is having an affair with Trish Hutchinson, whose husband is probably having his own affairs when heâs not golfing with Spencer. Lizâ sister Alison frets about motherhood and her mother Judith frets about her empty nest. At least her father Kenneth, who is in poor health and has reason to fret, keeps his anxieties about himself to himself.

The early drama involves Alisonâs marriage to Stephen McLean, who seems an improvement on her abusive ex-husband despite his mysterious past.

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Title: The Vicar of Wakefield

Author: Oliver Goldsmith

Narrator: Tadhg Hynes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-17

Publisher: SAGA Egmont

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

First published in 1766, the loveable and innocent Dr Primrose and his family have given pleasure to all that have read it. The story opens with the vicar losing his fortune and moving to another parish. What follows is a tale of love, deceit, betrayal, humour and a hidden hero...

It was one of Charles Dickens favorite books and a source of inspiration to him. No further recommendation is needed. Enjoy.

©2017 SAGA Egmont (P)2017 SAGA Egmont

Members Reviews:

Buyer beware

Any additional comments?

This book has been taken from Librivox and is available there for free. It was never meant to be taken and sold. The reader has no association with the people that are trying to profit from other peoples work. Please don't buy this version.

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Title: The Hemingway Files

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: H. K. Bush

Narrator: Joe Barrett, Andrew Eiden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-20-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

The allure of literary letters and rare first editions captures the imaginations of three professors of English literature and leads to tragedy in the wake of the Great Kobe Earthquake of 1995.

An English professor receives a mysterious package with several smaller packages within it, including a manuscript, from a recently deceased former student. The manuscript tells the former student's story - a story he had never revealed to anyone. As a newly minted PhD from Yale, Jack Springs ended up in Kobe, Japan, circa 1992, where he encountered a mysterious Japanese professor of American literature named Goto. The second son of a family of immense wealth and power, Goto was a clandestine collector of literary rarities, manuscripts, and books. Through a series of meetings, Goto provided Jack with a systematic set of revelations about Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and other literary giants, all of which were supported by unknown documents in Goto's possession. With the allure of these revelations as well as Goto's beautiful niece, Jack was drawn back to Goto's house again and again until the tragic events on the day of the Great Kobe Earthquake of 1995 threatened to destroy all that had been revealed - including Jack's sense of who he was and what he was capable of.

Members Reviews:

Dull story that goes nowhere

I am a fan of Hemingway so was drawn to this novel by the title. I expected a reimagining of aspects of his life but this is not what the book is about. I have to confess I didn't make it all the way to the end but I just couldn't carry on. So, the book follows a man, an academic who wrote a book about Hemingway. He goes to Japan and the novel focuses on his interactions with a Japanese recluse who's into literature and promises a mystery. He promises the author he got certain things wrong in his biography and he has letters that show this. But the book really isn't about Hemingway's life - or at least not in the several hours I listened. It's about different cultures coming together and the monologue style of being told a story is really dull. Sadly just not for me. The narrator did his best but the tone needed more variation.

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Title: The Last Kid Left

Author: Rosecrans Baldwin

Narrator: Xe Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-17

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

When a scandalous small-town crime goes viral, a teen girl takes center stage in the story of a 21st-century Puritan witch hunt.

The Last Kid Left begins when a car smashes into a sculpture of a giant cowgirl. The police find two bodies in the trunk. Nineteen-year-old Nick Toussaint Jr. is arrested for murder, and after details of the crime rip across the Internet, his 16-year-old girlfriend, Emily Portis - a sheltered teen who's been off the grid until now, her first romance coinciding with her first cell phone - is nearly consumed by a public hungry for every lurid detail, accurate or not.

Emily and Nick are not the only ones whose lives come unmoored. A retired police officer latches on to the case. Nick's alcoholic mother is thrust into an unfamiliar role. A young journalist who left her hometown behind is pulled into the fray. And Emily's father, the town sheriff, is finally forced to confront a monstrous secret.

The Last Kid Left is a bold, searching novel about how our relationships operate in a hyperconnected world, an expertly portrayed account of tragedy turned mercilessly into entertainment. And it's the suspenseful unwinding of a crime that's more complex than it initially seems. But mostly it's the story of two teenagers, dismantled by circumstances and rotten luck, who are desperate to believe that love is enough to save them.

Members Reviews:

Good Read

This book is about a small town and three main characters. The premise is good, murder in a small town, with one of the main characters being the sheriff, Nick who confesses to a double murder and Emily, his girlfriend. Too many other characters are introduced at various times which muddles down the story. This is a book that will hold your interest in some areas, and had me skipping pages or flipping back to remember what a certain character did or said. A character will appear in the reading and disappear only to show up many pages after. I took away from this book that there is no rhyme or reason why at times people's words are spread when maybe they should not be. This was an ok read for me. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book in return for my honest review.

Not my favorite.

Nick Toussaint gets in a car accident while driving drunk. Police find two dead bodies in his trunk, and, later, Nick confesses to the murders. It seems like an open and shut case, but police chief Martin Krug senses that something is off. Over time, he has to unravel the mysteries surrounding Nick---and Nick's girlfriend, Emily, who is clearly not what she seems.

I don't read many whodunit novels. But I decided to take a chance on this one, because it sounded interesting. I wish I had read some of the reviews before I did, though, because The Last Kid Left just isn't that good. The storyline is catchy at first but becomes boring over time. I didn't like the choppy writing style either. I know author Baldwin was trying to create something dark and gritty, but it felt forced and one-note. I found myself losing focus while reading, eventually skimming whole sections to get to the more engaging parts.

I still think there is a good story in here somewhere, but I could have done with fewer characters, a bit more levity, and a better ending. I'm sorry to say, this wasn't anything special.

A new favorite

I'm a total noir fan and I was really into this book.