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Title: Behind Her Back

Author: Jane Lythell

Narrator: Karen Cass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-21-17

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

StoryWorld is the nation's favourite morning show, and producer Liz Lyon wants to keep it that way. Her job is to turn real-life stories into thrilling TV - and keep a lid on the cauldron of conflicts and resentments that constantly simmers off-stage.

Liz Lyon must balance the monster egos at work with the demands of her teenage daughter - and the man she's just started dating - at home. It's all in a day's work.

Members Reviews:

Behind her Back

Actually 4.5 stars rounded up.

This is book two of a series so, as always, it is best to read book one first. Even though the main threads contained herein are, mostly, complete, as it is very character driven, some of whom have complex histories, to get the very best from it I would really recommend that you do read Woman of the Hour first.

We pick up where we left off, with Liz still the Head of Features for StoryWorld, a daytime magazine type show. She is also still trying to juggle this with all the rest of the things going on in her personal life, most notably her daughter, her ex-husband, and new to the equation, a bit of a rogue builder who has failed to fix her patio doors. If that isn't enough to contend with, there's a new face at work, Lori, employed directly by the station owner she swiftly inveigles herself into all aspects of the show, most of which being well beyond her job description (sales and marketing) and, well, basically makes the rest of their lives pretty much a living hell as sides are taken, lines are drawn and telling tales becomes a fine art as Lori aims to undermine Liz at every turn. But, as we know and remember from book one, Liz is not a woman to mess with. Expert at people managing, ego massaging, and not above a bit of duplicitous behaviour herself, she really goes all in here to restore calm. Well, as calm as life at StoryWorld ever gets!

The gang all returns here, their characters (both good, bad and somewhere inbetween) already established from book one, all continue to mature and develop along the way in this sequel.

One of the things I really love about this author's work is her characterisation. She gets right down to the nitty gritty straight away in this book with the clashes that flow throughout. Most noticeably between the two main presenters, aided and abetted by their agents. Talk about egos! As mentioned in my review for book one, with as many larger than life characters in the book, there is always a danger of them becoming caricatures but, like the series opener, the author just manages to stay mostly on the right side of things here too, at times though I have to say that Lori does skirt that line a tad at times.

Again, like the opener, there is also a lot going on in this book. There are many smaller stories that go hand in hand with the main one which makes the book a bit episodic in nature. This could have got a bit disjointed but the author manages to weave them all together in a way that the whole book just flows nicely along. Some of which are quite topical and current to what is going on in the real world.

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Title: The Invisible Crowd

Author: Ellen Wiles

Narrator: Adjoa Andoh, Ben Onwukue, Ellen Wiles

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-17

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Fearless, uplifting and compelling, The Invisible Crowd is a powerful debut audiobook about loyalty, kindness - and the brief moments which define our lives.

2nd March 1975

In Asmara, Eritrea, Yonas Kelati is born into a world of turmoil. At the same time, on the same day, Jude Munroe takes her first breath in London, England.

Thirty Years Later

Blacklisted in his war-ravaged country, Yonas has no option but to flee his home. After a terrible journey, he arrives on a bleak English coast.

By a twist of fate, Yonas' asylum case lands on Jude's desk. Opening the file, she finds a patchwork of witness statements from those who met Yonas along his journey: a lifetime the same length of hers, reduced to a few scraps of paper.

Soon Jude will stand up in court and tell Yonas' story. How she tells it will change his life forever.

Members Reviews:

Excellent

A thought provoking and emotional listening experience. Enlightening and well written book with a few twists and turns along the way.

A mediation on being human: love, loss, grief and greatest of all, hope...

Multi-voiced novel which guides the reader through an asylum-seekers journey - that is many peoples stories woven together- to create a criss-cross tableau of what it is to be lost and found, to despair, to learn and most of all to hope. Each chapter narrated by a character- some you live with and develop over many chapters, others you meet for a tantalisingly brief time as they cross the protagonists path and change it and are changed by him. Even the briefest of characters has a warmth of individuality and uniqueness that stops them being stereotypes and those characters who remain are richly and deeply imagined: full of contradictions and background stories. The book is generous and big-hearted-taking its readers with it- informative and witty- never superior. Its a sustained emotional tour de force that challenges and moves the reader. An extra dimension is created in the audiobook by the extraordinary cast of voices with accents that never grate and a measured fluent pace. So realistic you feel you are in the coffee shop sharing each of their stories. It is almost a radio play in its interaction between characters. An inventive, daring, consummate novel that shares a real insight into human lives and your own heart.

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Titolo: Anime Scalze

Autore: Fabio Geda

Narratore: Riccardo Ricobello

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 6 hrs and 13 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 11-01-17

Editore: Mondadori Libri S.p.A.

Categoria: Fiction, Contemporary

Riepilogo Editore:

"Quella mattina, ricordo, nel parcheggio del centro commerciale, scendendo dal furgone, afferrando il fucile dal sedile posteriore, ho guardato di sfuggita verso il bosco e mi sono accorto che il sole stava sorgendo sulla campagna come un livido. Era ottobre. Avevo quindici anni."

Ercole è asserragliato sul tetto di un capannone, armato e circondato dalla polizia. Con lui c'è Luca, che ha sei anni. Come sono finiti lassú?

Ercole Santià trascorre l'infanzia ricucendo gli strappi quotidiani della vita. Lui e sua sorella Asia tirano avanti a stento - con fantasia e caparbietà - insieme al padre, un personaggio tanto inadeguato quanto innocente; eppure, come tutti, crescono, vanno a scuola, s'innamorano. Finché, all'improvviso, ogni cosa attorno a Ercole inizia a crollare.

Niente sembra in grado di fermare la slavina che lo sta travolgendo, nemmeno Viola, la ragazza che da qualche tempo illumina i suoi giorni. Convinto che quello di incasinarsi sia un destino scritto nel sangue della propria famiglia, è sul punto di arrendersi quando viene a sapere che la madre, di cui non ha notizie da anni, abita non lontano da lui.

L'incontro con la donna lo metterà di fronte alla necessità di reagire compiendo una scelta drammatica. L'unica possibile, forse, se vuole cambiare il proprio destino e proteggere le persone che ama.

>> Questo audiobook in edizione integrale vi è offerto in esclusiva per Audible ed è disponibile solamente in formato audio digitale.

©2017 Einaudi (P)2017 Einaudi

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Titolo: Contratto indecente

Autore: Jennifer Probst

Narratore: Tania De Domenico

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 6 hrs and 16 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 10-31-17

Editore: Salani

Categoria: Fiction, Contemporary

Riepilogo Editore:

Per salvare la villa di famiglia Alexa Maria McKenzie sarebbe disposta a tutto. Ma mai avrebbe immaginato di incappare nel fratello maggiore della sua migliore amica, uno degli uomini più ricchi, potenti e appetibili di cui parlano le cronache mondane e di cui, da teenager, Alexa si era perdutamente innamorata.

Il miliardario Nicholas Ryan, da parte sua, non crede nel matrimonio, ma per ereditare l'azienda di famiglia è costretto da un patto a trovare una moglie. Così, quando scopre che quella scocciatrice della migliore amica d'infanzia di sua sorella è in ristrettezze economiche, le offre un contratto di un anno: matrimonio, nessun coinvolgimento emotivo, proibito fare sesso. Almeno fino a quando riusciranno a resistere...

©2012 Corbaccio (P)2017 Adriano Salani Editore

Recensioni critiche:

Jennifer Probst è una delle più eccitanti scrittrici-rivelazione

-- USA Today

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Title: Grandfathers

Author: John Isaac Jones

Narrator: James H Kiser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr

Language: English

Release date: 10-26-17

Publisher: John Isaac Jones

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 12 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Grandfathers is a heart-warming story of grandfathers and grandsons told in two parts. The first part is set in 1946 and relates the experiences of five-year-old Billy Johnson with his grandfather. The second part is set in 1996 and tells of Billy's experiences with his own five-year-old grandson. What a difference 50 years makes!

Members Reviews:

Simple and heartwarming

It was a touch hard to get into Grandfathers, as James H Kiser didn't quite do it for me. That said I think this book benafitted heavily from being the first thing I listened to after trying to enjoy kafkas the metamorphosis. After that, the gentle tone and kind nature of this book might as well have been aloe on a burn. Its not long or in depth, but I liked how this book basically told the same story twice only with one character being a grandson and a grandfather. Some things may change, and the world may move forward, but some things will always be the same. That in and of itself was wonderful.

I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

love the story

great narrator. loved the stories of being a grandfather. enjoyed it. the different generations. helps me remember things from my childhood.

The Circle of Life

John Isaac Jones is a fabulous storyteller. His tales are always thought provoking.

This short story opens with 5 year old Billy Johnson spending time with his grandfather. The second part of the story then shows Billy spending time with his own 5 year old grandson. It's interesting how things can be so different yet the same.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Brilliant Short Story from Great Author

Grandfathers by John Isaac Jones is one of his signature short stories that is just brilliant. I believe this is now the third one I have heard and they have all stuck with me in some way but for different reasons. This one due to the relationship I had with my own Grandfather for too short of a time. To keep this spoiler free I will just say that I highly recommend the audiobook.

The narration is provided by James H Kiser. Mr. Kiser does a good job on this short performance. I enjoyed his work and would like to hear him on a longer audiobook.

This review copy audiobook was provided by the author/narrator/publisher free of charge via Audiobook Boom for an unbiased review.

Lovely family book

Grandfathers, by John Isaac Jones, narrated by James H Kiser.

Whow.. <3 this made me remember storeys my grandfather used to tell. Loved the book and emotions it revived. Thank you :D

This is lovely book about grandfathers and grandsons. The book is full of love. The book starts in 1946 and continues in 1996. I liked the book very much. It associated me a lot on my relationship with my grandparents which is really close. John Isaac Jones did an excellent job again with this book. Very heartwarming story. Flow in the book is nice, the plot interesting. Really reminded me of stories my grandfather used to tell and time we spent together <3 Liked James narration. Nice voice, his tone of voice brings the characters to life. One hour of duration is just my type of length.

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Titolo: Senza dogma

Autore: Henryk Sienkiewicz

Narratore: Silvia Cecchini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 10 hrs and 5 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 09-07-17

Editore: Collina d'oro

Categoria: Fiction, Contemporary

Riepilogo Editore:

Scritto nel 1891 dal premio Nobel Henryk Sienkiewicz, solo cinque anni prima del suo capolavoro, "Quo vadis?", questo romanzo si snoda fra Roma e Varsavia, insieme alla vita del protagonista, aristocratico polacco, che trasmette al suo diario i conflitti e dolori di una vita sentita prima come inutile, vuota, e in seguito persa in una passione impossibile.

Cornice musicale: Brahms, "Quintetto per clarinetto", op. 115. Allegro.

© dominio pubblico (P)2017 Silvia Cecchini

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Title: Last Bullet Calls It

Author: Amir Gutfreund, Evan Fallenberg - translator, Yardenne Greenspan - translator

Narrator: Assaf Cohen, Amin El Gamal, Kathleen Gati, Michael Rahhal, Abigail Revasch, Youssif Kamal

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In this award-winning mystery by one of Israel's best-loved authors, a plot of vengeance reveals deeper truths about the complexity of being human.

Coupon-clipping police superintendent Jonah Merlin thinks he has an open-and-shut case on his hands after the body of a beautiful woman is found discarded in a run-down building in Tel Aviv. All evidence points to two suspects, but finding them will require unorthodox methods to decode the cryptic words sprayed at every crime scene.

As the body count rises, graffiti expert Rai Zitrin and precocious 17-year-old Zoe Navon agree to help Merlin uncover the connection between the killing spree and the words of Polish writer Bruno Schulz, who was murdered by Nazis 70 years ago.

Why would a serial killer quote the famous author's poetic words of unrequited love? The search leads this unlikely trio on a race against the clock to solve the case before the killer has the last laugh...and the last bullet.

Members Reviews:

Above average serial killer mystery

3.5 stars

Police superintendent Jonah Merlin keeps coming across cryptic messages left at crime scenes. With the help of graffiti expert, Rai, and seventeen year old Zoe, Jonah seeks to track down the serial killer that has the city of Tel Aviv on edge.

This isn't the typical whodunit type case because the reader learns who is behind the killings long before the police figure it out. What makes the book interesting is you learn along the way the motive behind everything. That isn't the easiest method of storytelling but the book held my interest so kudos to the author!

My only criticism of the book was I felt there were too many characters. I had a hard time keeping track of everyone even when I was near the end of the book.

I received a free digital copy of this book and that is my fair and honest review.

Very well done!

4 and 1 / 2 stars

This book is beautifully translated. The words just flow along.

Superintendent Jonah Merlin is called to the scene of the murder of a young woman. Her clothes indicate that she is wealthy, but she was found in an abandoned warehouse in the poorer part of town. Two superintendents, Merlin and Eli Levy, show up at the scene, but Merlin loses the toss so to speak.

There is interesting graffiti at the scene, so Merlin sets about trying to get more information about it as it seems like a quote from something. He also tries to identify the young woman. There was a great deal of DNA left on the body, so he also hopes to get something from that.

A second murder is committed, a man this time, with the same type of writing on the wall. A young girl who spent most of the night with the victim approaches Merlin and identifies the original author of the quotes.

This book is interspersed with extensive background information on several people. The in-depth telling of their stories gives the reader a deep and extensive understanding of the circumstances of the murders.

And a third murder is committed, an elderly lady this time. Another quote is written on the wall. Zoe, the young lady who identified the source of the quotes, and Rai, the graffiti specialist, get more involved in the case.

This book is not your run of the mill detective story. There is so much background information given, that there is not enough space to describe much detecting.

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Title: F-250

Author: Bud Smith

Narrator: Bud Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-17

Publisher: TalkingBook

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Lee Casey plays guitar in a noise band called Ottermeat, about to leave NJ, to try and make it in Los Angeles. For now, he's squatting in a collapsing house, working as a stone mason, driving a jacked up pickup truck that he crashes into everything. As a close friend ODs in his sleep, Lee falls into a three-way relationship with two college girls, June Doom and K Neon. F-250 is a novel equal parts about growing up and being torn apart.

Members Reviews:

Full of heart, authentic, entertaining.

Love Bud Smith. His books are always gritty and real. Didn't want it to end. Love the Jersey accent. Thumbs way up.

Hell yes, so good.

Gritty, cool and lo-fi. Love this book and everything by Bud Smith. Big fan of author-read these days.

Amazing!

Loved this! Thanks for being such a fun writer, Bud Smith. You're a great human being, my friend. Rock n roll on all your new books too!

badass classic

Bud Smith is the leader of the free world. Love this book and all his books. Gritty and fun.

Great Book

Any additional comments?

Awesome, simple book about young people in NJ trying not to self destruct. Will definitely recommend to friends. Thanks, Bud Smith.

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Titolo: Suite francese

Autore: Irène Némirovsky

Narratore: Anna Bonaiuto

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 15 hrs and 48 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 03-28-17

Editore: Emons Edizioni

Valutazioni: 4.5 su 5 su 4 voti

Categoria: Fiction, Contemporary

Riepilogo Editore:

Giugno 1940. I nazisti occupano Parigi e gli abitanti fuggono verso le campagne. Irène Némirovsky era tra loro e in questo romanzo incompiuto ha saputo raccontare la gioia nascosta sotto la tragedia della vita: le famiglie Pèricand e Michaud, Lucile Angellier e Bruno von Falk, sono alcuni dei memorabili personaggi di una delle più belle sinfonie che la letteratura abbia composto.

©2005 adelphi (P)2005 Emons Italia srl

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Title: A Change for the Better

Author: Susan Hill

Narrator: Maggie Ollerenshaw

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In the Prince of Wales Hotel and the shabby terraces and tearooms of Westbourne, retired lives run their course - all, in their different ways, anticipating crisis.

Members Reviews:

A book of considerable perception on power relations within relationships and the long suffering downtrodden

This book was unusual and on the surface unremarkable, however, upon reflection, between each sitting, the characters become considerable and beautifully drawn. Social niceties of this bygone era are held up to a mirror and shown to be quite ridiculous. However, at the heart of this book is a study of the power relations that go on within families. Parent and child, husband and wife. It illustrates a social shift, between the old and new generations where etiquette and respect are viewed as outdated and irrelevant but where there is also a subtle hint at the danger to society of the new order of things. I really enjoyed this book and feel sad for the protagonists' futures. Thank you Susan Hill

Not Ms Hill's usual standard

There is an interesting theme in this story but is somehow buried in the irritating repetition of every character's FULL name and the extremely annoying narration. Ms Ollerenshaw seemed to have only one endlessly repeated pattern of speech - the rising inflective at the end of every phrase. Even Alan Bennett knows to limit this if you want your audience to keep listening! Please Ms Hill, what we are all waiting for is the next Simon Serralier.

Nothing but grumbles

What would have made A Change for the Better better?

Some light moments

Would you ever listen to anything by Susan Hill again?

Sadly no

What aspect of Maggie Ollerenshaws performance might you have changed?

Too much gruff voiced male characters

Too much whinging with the female characters

What character would you cut from A Change for the Better?

Spurious additions that did not do much for the theme

Any additional comments?

I did listen to the end

but was heartily glad when it finished