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Titel: Auf der anderen Seite ist das Gras viel grüner

Autor:: Kerstin Gier

Erzähler: Kerstin Gier

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 23 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 12-14-11

Herausgeber: Lübbe Audio

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 1 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Contemporary

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Ein Hörbuch über die große Liebe und das kleine Glück. Und über die Schwierigkeiten, das Schicksal zu überlisten.

Redaktionelle Rezensionen:

Was verpassen wir, während wir unseren Alltag leben? Welche Liebe wäre statt dieser noch im Angebot gewesen? Ist etwa das Gras viel grüner, wo wir gerade nicht sind?

Wenn Sie ein Hörbuch suchen, das Ihre Lachmuskeln mit Tiefgang strapaziert, sollten Sie sich die Turbulenzen um Kati, Felix und Mathias nicht entgehen lassen. Autorin Kerstin Gier spricht die spritzigen Dialoge selbst. Ihre humorvolle Lesung wird Sie mitreißen. Ist das Gras tatsächlich auf der anderen Seite grüner - wollen wir alles ändern?

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Mitglieder Bewertungen:

Witty, witty, witty!

Laugh-out loud funny! Ingenious storyline, creative use of visual markers and point of view to integrate the reader and turn her/him into Kati's confidante. I "recognize" the eccentric characters and imagine them in detail.

What a gifted writer. This is my first Kerstin Gier novel. I will read every book she has published. Too bad she cannot write as fast as I read.

Bad azw file quality

The book is average. The quality of the azw file was really bad. I use dictionaries to search for words while reading, and that does not work. Amazon should force the seller to fix this and stop selling low quality products.

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Title: The Sisters

Author: Nancy Jensen

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-08-11

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In the tradition of Marilynne Robinsons Housekeeping and Elizabeth Strouts Olive Kitteridge comes a dazzling debut novel about the family bonds that remain even when they seem irretrievably torn apart.

Growing up in hardscrabble Kentucky in the 1920s, with their mother dead and their stepfather an everpresent threat, Bertie Fischer and her older sister, Mabel, have no onebut each otherwith perhaps a sweetheart for Bertie waiting in the wings. But on the day that Bertie receives her eighthgrade diploma, good intentions go terribly wrong, setting off a chain of misunderstandings that will send the sisters on separate paths and reverberate through their daughters and granddaughters lives.

What happens when nothing turns out as you planned? From the Depression through World War IIand Vietnam, and smaller events both tragic and joyful, Bertie and Mabel forge unexpected identities and raise daughtersand sistersof their own, learning that love and betrayal are even more complicated than they seem. Gorgeously written, with extraordinary insight and emotional truth, Nancy Jensens debut novel illuminates the farreaching power of family and family secrets.

Critic Reviews:

Nancy Jensen has the natural storytellers ability to command attention but with sophisticated psychological understanding and beautifully crafted writing.

The Sisters is a needed novel that will become a very popular classic. (Sena Jeter Naslund,

New York Times best-selling author)

Members Reviews:

Big letdown

I thought this book was a huge letdown and it became very tedious after realizing that.

I kept thinking it was a Forrest Gump wanna be in that so much time elapsed and the references to those years.

I may not be appreciating what the author was trying to get across but she could have given the reader more than she did with some reconciliation.

I would have given it a 4 if she had done that--but she just kept stringing me along in my opinion and at times I completely lost interest.

I finished the book simply because I had so much time already in it.

It could have been so much better.

One of the worst of all time!

I only bought this book because of the narrator, and the theme of "sisters", as I can pretty much tolerate the bad with the good when Cassandra Campbell is reading. I like her even, unaccented, non-dramatic readings, the way she ignores gender and does not try to deepen her voice and do manspeak, which never works and sounds ridiculous. She's able to make even the most mediocre story worth a listen, even if it's just background noise.

However, this novel is a most unfortunate study in inertia. It starts nowhere and meanders further into nowhere, with no centralizing story line, except the possible reconciliation of the sisters. And I have absolutely no interest in stories that start "back in the day", any time but now. A book has to be contemporary, with current technology and current issues in the forefront in order to keep my interest.

Back in the 30's, 40's, 60's and onward, lives were simpler, people were less preoccupied, with less of an inner life, and so their stories are less interesting, less appealing to me, anyway. And these women were not fleshed out in any detail. They all sound drab and dull and products of their time.

I wish there was a useful antidote or balancing statement to the "Publisher's Summary" which accompanies every book listing on audible.com.

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Title: Relentless Pursuit

Author: Alexander Kent

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-22-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Relentless Pursuit is the freshest Bolitho novel in years, with Adam spending as much time engaging British enemies in the 46-gun frigate Unrivalled as he does contemplating the complex morality of the duties he must perform. Sent to Sierra Leone, Adam and his powerful ship add strength to the British squadron attempting to halt the slave trade. Aggravating this volatile situation is the Dey of Algiers, looking for total war. For Adam, the threats at present do not weigh as heavily on his mind as his own loneliness and grief over his dead uncle. But he must come to terms with his emotions, for a reckless assault on a massive stronghold is about to be launched. This is a sweeping adventure for the reader who demands more than the simple, visceral pleasures of blazing action.

Members Reviews:

Good but....

Have listened to several of Mr Kent's sailing adventures & have enjoyed them...! However this was NOT one of his better efforts. Maybe it was the reader but NOT necessarily the main reason for my lower rating.

It seemed to me that there was a great deal of jumping from character to character --- that left me a bit confused time after time...!

Could be due my advanced age --- 77 !?

After Sir Ricahrd, the story seems redundant.

The series was exciting through the eyes of Richard Bolotho from the begining, even with the missing Audible volumes. At least you could follow the story. But after his sudden and anti climatic death, I felt the saga became redundant and flat. I may be that there are so many holes between this and the last of the series covering Adam's exploits that Adams life is a bit hard to follow from this point on. I would suggest ending the story with the end of Sir Ricahards life. At least until the missing volumes are filled in. That is unless you wish to read the written text of the missing volumes.

enjoyed story but

New narrator takes some getting used to after listening to Michael Jaston for so long.

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Title: Between the Tides

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Patti Callahan Henry

Narrator: Shannon McManus

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-30-11

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 30 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Nine months after Catherine Learys father, a literature professor, passed away, she still has not fulfilled his final wish: that she scatter his ashes in the Seaboro River in South Carolina. The scene of a childhood tragedy that forced her family to move, Seaboro is the last place Catherine wants to see again. But on the evening of her thirtieth birthday, her fathers young colleague - whom she once dated pays a visit. Forrest Anderson offers a challenge from Catherines father: three probing questions that he had planned to put inside a birthday letter to his daughter. But its the news that Forrest plans to memorialize her father in an article that includes the familys time in Seaboro and the surprising revelation that her father visited there in recent years that sends Catherine reeling. Hoping to stop Forrest from exposing her familys secrets, she agrees to accompany him to her once beloved Lowcountry town - and embarks on a poignant trip into the past . . . a journey that might lead her into a new life of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery.

Members Reviews:

An Awesome Book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this both to anyone wanting to be immersed in a story where life with all its joys and sorrows are played out both within the novel as well as your heart.

What did you like best about this story?

The author draws us in and relies on the reader to identify and feel with the main characters.

What about Shannon McManuss performance did you like?

It takes a bit to fall into step with the performance but once you do, you are immersed into her rendition of the characters completely. A great performance!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The recounting of Ellie's dementia was powerful and so real to life.

Any additional comments?

While there is a sad note to the novel, it abounds with love, redemption and hope. Just a great novel.

Thought-provoking Read about Feelings and Choices

The characters are well-drawn and have meaningful lessons to teach. There are surprises, intrigue and conflict but ultimately, resolution.

Great read!

I love to read so the whole premise of this book was great. The way the story developed kept me wanting more. It also made me want to read To Kill a Mockingbird again.

A great story!!

If you could sum up Between the Tides in three words, what would they be?

Depth, Life, Connection! It had a heartwarming story line with depth not superficial. The characters were enjoyable.

What did you like best about this story?

The way I learned books make you think. One must think outside of the box to get the full picture of the authors story. Well achieved here.

Which character as performed by Shannon McManus was your favorite?

Catherine Leary

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

A heartwarming story of family and love! Must see!

Any additional comments?

Simply a very nice read with great characters and depth to the story line. Yes, it was an easy listen but was filled with many things that made me think. Going back to Seaboro, relationships throughout the book, my interest stayed peaked and I finished this book in a day. The way Catherine's Father presented book reading ideas was inspirational for me to value in more reads.

The author did a superb job. Close to a Nancy Thayer, Elin Hildebrand all excellent.

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Title: Late Edition

Subtitle: Godmothers, Book 3

Author: Fern Michaels

Narrator: Natalie Ross

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-30-11

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 80 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Teresa Toots Loudenberry has a knack for finding adventure, even when shes not looking for it. But ever since Sophie convinced her friends to start holding regular séances, life in Los Angeles is getting a little too dramatic even for Tootss tastes. When Ida receives a message from the beyond suggesting that her late husband was murdered, a spooked Toots decides its time the Godmothers left LA for her hometown of Charleston....

Meanwhile, Mavis has been acting suspiciously, mailing packages in bulk and refusing to divulge what shes up to. She should know by now that Ida, Toots, and Sophie will never let secrets rest or ignore a friend in need. And when the Godmothers discover that whoever killed Idas husband has plans for Ida too, theyll do what they do best - rally together, concoct a daring plan, and show the world there is no match for these four formidable friends.

Critic Reviews:

"The Godmothers series [is] pure recession-proof fun.(Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

Always leaves you wondering what next

Have you listened to any of Natalie Rosss other performances before? How does this one compare?

She does the voices consistently well through the series

Any additional comments?

What else can they get into, and will the always use money to get through the next calamity. Interesting, but not very real, but then again this is fiction.

Fern Michaels is my hero

What did you love best about Late Edition?

The antics of the godmothers is superb. They could be just about anyone grandmothers and the hilarity of it all is awesome.

What did you like best about this story?

Walter getting his.

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Title: A Heart for Home

Author: Lauraine Snelling

Narrator: Stina Nielsen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-27-11

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 65 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In this series finale by Lauraine Snelling, Astrid Bjorklund is trying to stop the epidemic ravaging South Dakotas Red Bud Indian Reservation. Tribal elders remain suspicious of her until some begin to recover. Although Joshua Landsverk longs to fix his broken relationship with Astrid, he opposes her present work but wont tell her why. Yet when a surprising act of kindness brings healing to the painful wrong inflicted years ago, will it be enough to rekindle their love?

Members Reviews:

Excellent

This book was wonderfully written and narrated. All of Laurainne Snellings's books on Blessing SD are a wonderful read.

Excellent "read"!

I thoroughly enjoyed all the pieces tying together and despite being the 3rd book in the series,, we enjoy continual plot developments. I so enjoy her character development. On to the next series!!

Inspiring

I have loved all of Lauriane Snelling's books, especially the ones narrated by Stina Nielsen! I find these stories not only entertaining, nut they also inspire me to find hope and answers in God's word. When Astrid was feeling frustrated with her brother, then realized she hadn't been taking time in the Bible lately, it was an eye opener.

Another really great book

Another great book by Lauraine Snelling in the Daughters of Blessing series I hope to see more of the characters that she introduced us to in these book.

A Heart for Home

I thought it was a 7 star. I would like to know of more books like this with history, faith and family

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Title: Happy Birthday

Author: Danielle Steel

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-19-11

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 19 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Valerie Wyatt is the high priestess of elegance: She has built an empire on how to entertain, how to decorate, how to live beautifully, and is at the top of her game with licensing arrangements for fine fabrics, furniture, wallpaper; six books; and a highly rated TV show. Valerie's daughter, April, is a classically trained chef and the workaholic proprietor of a comfortable, popular downtown New York restaurant. They couldn't be happier in their chosen fieldsor more different in their attitudes. Yet as each faces a major birthday milestoneValerie her 60th and April her 30thneither has had a significant relationship for years and both are wistful at what they've sacrificed for success. That is about to change, after a chance encounter in an elevator and one holiday weekend indiscretion...

Members Reviews:

Great Book

I have always loved Danielle Steel. It is really hard to stop or put down anything you start reading or listening to.

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Title: The Children's House of Belsen

Author: Hetty E. Verolme

Narrator: Deidre Rubenstein

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-11

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Hettys family was torn apart following the German invasion of the Netherlands. Rounded up by the Nazis and then separated from their parents, Hetty and her brothers were sent to the Childrens House, within Belsen concentration camp. As one of the eldest, Hetty became the Little Mother, helping to care for not only her siblings, but the other children as well. In a direct and powerful style, Hetty recalls one of the remarkable, largely untold stories of the Holocaust the extraordinary struggle and survival of this group of children through those terrible years.

Critic Reviews:

This is an important, moving and beautifully written book and deserves to become a classic. (Judges report, The Fellowship of Australian Writers Christina Stead Award)

Overpoweringly poignant. (Jewish Chronicle)

Members Reviews:

Heart-breaking!

Having been to visit Belsen 20 years ago as a serving soldier and learning the history, this story brings it all to life.

Be prepared and be strong!

God bless.

Very good book

Very good book, very involving story, great narrator, who was able to convey the drama without sounding pretencious or irritating.

Children's House of Belsen

Ex

An extreme!y emotional account of a dreadful, dark time that should never be forgotten.

Great book touching

The story start at the very beginning for a young Jewish women girl Nd doesn't really. Stop slow down until the end. Anger is there but the lpve she gives out l hope she gets back for the rest of our life and celebrated as a true heroine of the 2 nd WW

Powerful

This true life story is very powerful. It really takes you into life in Belsen as seen and experienced by a young girl. What a brave girl she was and I wish her well in the future.

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Title: Good Neighbors

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Ryan David Jahn

Narrator: Paul Costanzo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-08-11

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

At 4:00 A.M. on March 13, 1964, a young woman returning home from her shift at a local bar is attacked in the courtyard of her Queens apartment building. Her neighbors hear her cries; no one calls for help. Unfolding over the course of the two hours, Good Neighbors is the story of the woman's last night. It is also the story of her neighbors, the bystanders who kept to themselves: the anxious Vietnam draftee; the former soldier planning suicide; the woman who thinks she's killed a child; and her husband, who will risk everything for her.

Revealing a fascinating cross-section of American society in expertly interlocking plotlines, Good Neighbors calls to mind the Oscar-winning movie Crash, and its suspense and profound sense of urban menace rank it with Hitchcock's Rear Window and the gritty crime novels of Dennis Lehane, Richard Price, and James Ellroy.

Critic Reviews:

"Debut novelist Jahn inhabits these people and their problems so completely and convincingly that they don't seem like monsters even as they ignore the woman who's dying only a few yards away." (Kirkus)

Members Reviews:

Thrilling!

Set in 1964 "Good Neighbors" is a novel based on the true story of the vicious attack and murder of Kat Genovese on her way home, outside of her apartment complex. While neighbors heard the horrifying screams and commotions outside, all failed to summon help which would have saved her life. In each chapter, readers will learn the truth about all of the witnesses/neighbors and what they were doing during those last hours of this women's life, displaying new revelations. It will come as a surprise to readers on some of the witness' activities during while the crime was taking place just outside their windows.

This debut novel by Ryan Davis Jahn will be a journey where readers will explore an exhibition of the people who failed to become good Samaritans--the neighbors. Ultimately, showing the neglect of humanity, altruism, and taking action.

Spoiler alert: the âneighbors' actions during the event unveils itself progressively as the story goes on.

3 1/2 Stars -- A Pretty Good Effort Inspired By The Social Psychological Phenomenon Known As The Bystander Effect!

Ryan David Jahn's novel, Good Neighbors, does a very good job in bringing to life the social pyschological phenomenon known as the bystander effect, also known as the Genovese effect. This phenomenon refers to cases where individuals, such as in the Kitty Genovese murder case in 1964, do not offer any means of help in an emergency situation to the victim when other people are present. The probability of help has in the past been thought to be inversely related to the number of bystanders; in other words, the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will help. The mere presence of other bystanders greatly decreases intervention. This happens because as the number of bystanders increases, any given bystander is less likely to notice the incident, less likely to interpret the incident as a problem, and less likely to assume responsibility for taking action.

In Good Neighbors, a young woman, Katrina Marino, is returning home from her shift at a local bar when she is brutally attacked in her Queens apartment complex. Good Neighbors is the story of the woman's last night -- and of the bystanders who kept to themselves.

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Title: The Bayou Trilogy

Subtitle: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do

Author: Daniel Woodrell

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-11

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 109 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In the parish of St. Bruno, sex is easy, corruption festers, and double-dealing is a way of life. Rene Shade is an uncompromising detective swimming in a sea of filth.

As Shade takes on hit men, porn kings, a gang of ex-cons, and the ghosts of his own checkered past, Woodrells three seminal novels pit long-entrenched criminals against the hard line of the law, brother against brother, and two vastly different sons against a long-absent father.

The Bayou Trilogy highlights the origins of a one-of-a-kind author, a writer who for over two decades has created an indelible representation of the shadows of the rural American experience and has steadily built a devoted following among crime fiction aficionados and esteemed literary critics alike.

Members Reviews:

Meet James Lee Burke's Better

I've long been a fan of every one of James Lee Burke and Will Patton collaboration but this one is better. Woodrell's trilogy has just become one of my favorite audio books. Pinchot's interpretation was on target with the vocal inflections that I've encountered in the bayou country. Wonderful, colorful, literary slice of the downside of bayou life. I do hope there is more to come from Woodrell & Pinchot.

Highly Recommended!

Better than I expected...

This was an engaging listen. Any fan of James Lee Burke would probably enjoy it. Probably better than Burke: no clumsy love scenes or irritating politics / social commentary.

Bronson Pinchot over-does his voicings, though, and most of his women characters sound about the same: one combination or another of drunk, insane, or brain-damaged. He's a talented narrator, but someone should have suggested he dial it down a little here and there.

Overall, well worth the time and the credit.

Could not get into this writer's bayou....

I found the tone of the story, the characters, and the narration to be unrelenting downers, without enough to hold my interest. I expect more than to just bear witness to what seemed to be 1. people who don't respect each other, or their jobs, and 2. a place that has few redeeming qualities to one interested in what happens there. I read some gritty ones too--the thing that they need to have to hold me is human interest.

I have read all of James Lee Burke's Robicheaux novels, and wonder that other reviews find these comparable, other than being set in So.LA. What grabs me in Burke's novels is a protagonist (and the people close to him) with qualities a reader can empathize with; they aren't just depressives living depressing lives facing depressing circumstances.

Perhaps I didn't stick with it long enough to find a redeeming value in the Bayou Trilogy--it just didn't happen soon enough to not lose me and make me feel I'd wasted my Audible credits.

Fun

These are fast paced, tense stories. There is nothing here that doesn't need to be here. Everything sizzles. Great narration. Good action. Good characters. Good read. You won't regret it.

Entertaining albeit not terribly accurate

What made the experience of listening to The Bayou Trilogy the most enjoyable?

Mr. Woodrell's colorful and often amusing turn of phrase

Who was your favorite character and why?

Rene Shade, the stereotypical angst-driven, damaged hero.