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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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For years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.
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Wonderful core story, but ultimately disappointing
- By Melle on 06-02-2020
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
Wonderful wonderful story
Reviewed: 08-03-2020
A brilliant coming of age story, love story, loss story and courtroom drama all in one. Absolutely loved the story and the narration with its perfect twang.
I will miss the main character Kya. I loved her.
Highly recommend.
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Catch and Kill
- Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
- By: Ronan Farrow
- Narrated by: Ronan Farrow
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered about: one of Hollywood's most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth, and a conspiracy of silence. As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family.
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Fantastic reporting RUINED by narration.
- By Brett Cox on 08-03-2020
- Catch and Kill
- Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
- By: Ronan Farrow
- Narrated by: Ronan Farrow
Gripping
Reviewed: 23-11-2019
Loved this book. Accents were disconcerting at first but you get used to them.
So frustrating that a predator was protected by so many people for so long.
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She Said
- Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Ignited a Movement
- By: Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey
- Narrated by: Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Rebecca Loman
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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On October 5, 2017, the New York Times published an article by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that helped change the world. For months Kantor and Twohey had been having confidential discussions with top actresses, former Weinstein employees and other sources, learning of disturbing, long-buried allegations. The journalists meticulously picked their way through a web of decades-old secret payouts and nondisclosure agreements, pressed some of the most famous women in the world to risk going on the record.
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Must read.
- By Anonymous User on 02-05-2020
- She Said
- Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Ignited a Movement
- By: Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey
- Narrated by: Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Rebecca Loman
Bravery on show
Reviewed: 08-11-2019
Loved this comprehensive account of the investigation and ultimate exposure of a predator. If ever there was an example of the standard you walk past being the standard you accept, this is it. That this man wasn’t stopped for 30+ years is a disgrace. Thank you to the authors for their tenacity and hard work.
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Cardinal
- The Rise and Fall of George Pell
- By: Louise Milligan
- Narrated by: Louise Milligan, Thomas Keneally
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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George Pell was a Ballarat boy who studied at Oxford and rose through the Catholic Church ranks to become adviser to Pope Francis and Vatican treasurer. He has been expelled from the Pope's inner circle of trusted cardinals. As an outspoken defender of church orthodoxy, supported and championed by the powerful, Pell's ascendancy was remarkable and seemingly unstoppable.
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The full story
- By Bec on 09-06-2019
- Cardinal
- The Rise and Fall of George Pell
- By: Louise Milligan
- Narrated by: Louise Milligan, Thomas Keneally
The full story
Reviewed: 09-06-2019
Listening to this book was a harrowing experience, but I am glad of it. Stories of clergy abuse and about Ballarat have been part of the back drop of my life in Melbourne for years, but as an atheist living in secular circles it was never a focus. The allegations against Pell changed that and this book is a thorough and painstakingly researched account of Pell’s life. More importantly however, Cardinal is a reminder of how power corrupts; and a reminder of the responsibility of every citizen to protect children, challenge authority and to look after each other.
3 people found this helpful
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- By: Gail Honeyman
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive - but not how to live. Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything. One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world....
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So much better than completely fine
- By Bec on 29-10-2017
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- By: Gail Honeyman
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
So much better than completely fine
Reviewed: 29-10-2017
What a wonderful book and performance. I loved everything about the flawed Eleanor; sad, blunt and completely hilarious. A beautiful account of the power of friendship and healing, and our ability as humans to recover from trauma. Coupled with a sensational narrator I can’t recommend this highly enough.
24 people found this helpful
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The Child
- By: Fiona Barton
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Adjoa Andoh, Finty Williams, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glance. But for three strangers, it's impossible to ignore. For one woman it's a reminder of the worst thing that ever happened to her. For another it's the dangerous possibility that her darkest secret is about to be discovered. And for a third, a journalist, it's the first clue in a hunt to uncover the truth. The Child's story will be told.
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great story!
- By Chrissy C on 13-12-2017
- The Child
- By: Fiona Barton
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Adjoa Andoh, Finty Williams, Fenella Woolgar, Steven Pacey
Great mystery well performed
Reviewed: 16-10-2017
Loved this book, really good story, predominantly female characters and really well performed by multiple narrators.
Recommended.
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The Widow
- By: Fiona Barton
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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Exclusive to Audible! Listen to a discussion between the author and the narrator of The Widow at the end of this recording. We've all seen him: the man - the monster - staring from the front page of every newspaper, accused of a terrible crime. But what about her: the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs - the wife who stands by him? Jean Taylor's life was blissfully ordinary. Nice house, nice husband. Glen was all she'd ever wanted: her Prince Charming.
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Great performance and read.
- By Laura Muller on 10-05-2016
- The Widow
- By: Fiona Barton
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
Great 'page turner'
Reviewed: 16-01-2017
I really enjoyed The Widow. Loved the different perspectives from the characters and the couple of "whoa" moments. Clare Corbett's narration was sublime.
Highly recommended.
1 person found this helpful
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A Little Life
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 32 hrs and 51 mins
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance. When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success and pride.
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A beautifully written tale of four friends
- By Amanda on 23-02-2016
- A Little Life
- By: Hanya Yanagihara
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
Wonderful performance and book
Reviewed: 18-02-2016
I loved Oliver Wyman's narration of this profoundly human story. His characters were complex and consistent and perfect to my ears.
The story itself, harrowing, sad, funny occasionally, but mostly very very human. I loved every minute of it.
2 people found this helpful
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The Spy Who Loved
- By: Clare Mulley
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
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In June 1952, a woman was murdered by an obsessive colleague in a hotel in South Kensington. Her name was Christine Granville. That she died young was perhaps unsurprising, but that she had survived the Second World War was remarkable. She was one of Britain’s most daring and highly decorated secret agents, and the intelligence she gathered was a significant contribution to the Allied war effort.
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Unknown Hero
- By Bec on 18-12-2015
- The Spy Who Loved
- By: Clare Mulley
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
Unknown Hero
Reviewed: 18-12-2015
I loved this account of a brave and flawed woman who was a genuine hero of WW2.
A brilliant narration by Maggie Mash made this a thoroughly enjoyable biography of a woman that I had not ever heard of before The Spy Who Loved. I am glad I know about her now.
Recommended.
1 person found this helpful
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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- By: Gilbert King
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
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Arguably the most important American lawyer of the 20th century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the US Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and to cost him his life. In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve....
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Compelling
- By Bec on 01-12-2015
- Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- By: Gilbert King
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
Compelling
Reviewed: 01-12-2015
As a newcomer to the story of the Groveland Boys and Thurgood Marshall I found this a compelling listen. Beautifully narrated by Peter Francis James, the disturbing recount of Florida's racial history is ultimately a triumph of humanity and courage. Comprehensive, detailed and entertaining this book is wonderful truthful storytelling.
1 person found this helpful