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Eat and Get Gas
- Narrated by: Lyssa Browne
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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Thirteen-year-old Evan Hanson is always the last in her family to know what's going on. Her father, Gene, who's been meaner since he began serving in Vietnam, isn't around much, and she likes it better that way. But then her brother, Adam, gets drafted and her anti-war mother, Endura, takes him across the border to Canada, leaving Evan alone with Gene and her younger, special needs brother, Teddy.
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- 13-08-2023
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This is a great story told by a wonderful storyteller. J.A. Wright tells the story in a way that I see it through my own eyes, as if I were there, and a part of the unfolding. I couldn't wait to resume listening, and I still wonder about how the people are getting on with their lives. Told with innocence and humour. Thank you J.A. Wright for this book.
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