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I Know This Much Is True

By: Wally Lamb
Narrated by: Ken Howard
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 Identical twins Dominick and Thomas Birdsey were born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950. Now at 40, Dominick's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and polish ex-Navy man, and their long-suffering mother, Concettina. The brothers' relationship undergoes the ultimate test when Thomas commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. Wally Lamb's long awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel She's Come Undone is narrated by Tony Award-winning actor Ken Howard.(P) and ©1998 HarperCollins Publishers Inc., All Rights Reserved, Harper Audio, A Division of HarperCollins Publishers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Indigenous Creators Literary Fiction Mental Health Awareness Psychological

Critic Reviews

Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award: Best Audio of 1998, Fiction

"This award-winning Broadway stalwart here shows himself to be as adept behind the mike as behind the footlights." (AudioFile)

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I have read this book twice now listened and cannot wait for the interpretation into film.

Soon to be a movie

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Lamb captures the humanity and reality of severe, enduring mental illness, the commonness of lives fraught with uncertainty, imperfection and ambivalence, and the fragile peace that can be found in self-forgiveness. The story is rich with metaphor and allegory.

Rapprochement

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The story at times felt like rambling but had some deep messages in there. The most frustrating thing about this audiobook though was there was often another voice in the background, it extremely distracting at times, however the narrator spoke with a strong clear voice.

A good story to reflect on

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I read the whole book years ago. I originally thought that I had bought the entire book and it turned out that I got the abridged version instead. It was great!!! I didn’t miss the missing bits. Great narration.

The emotion of the reader

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Narration is very poor audio quality and the narrator has ongoing disruptions and interference in the background.

Poor narration of a good story

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The story could well be very good but this is one that I cannot finish. The audio is hard to listen to and I kept switching off.

Did not finish

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