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I Know This Much Is True

By: Wally Lamb
Narrated by: Ken Howard
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#1 New York Times Bestseller and Oprah Book Club selection

"Thoughtful . . . heart-wrenching . . . . An exercise in soul-baring storytelling—with the soul belonging to 20th-century America itself. It's hard to read and to stop reading, and impossible to forget." — USA Today

Dominick Birdsey, a forty-year-old housepainter living in Three Rivers, Connecticut, finds his subdued life greatly disturbed when his identical twin brother Thomas, a paranoid schizophrenic, commits a shocking act of self-mutilation. Dominick is forced to care for his brother as well as confront dark secrets and pain he has buried deep within himself—a journey of the soul that takes him beyond his blue-collar New England town to Sicily’s Mount Etna, the birthplace of his grandfather and namesake. Coming to terms with his life and lineage, Dominick struggles to find forgiveness and finally rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his troubled twin.

I Know This Much Is True is a masterfully told story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal—an unforgettable masterpiece.

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it was a great book until the last few hours when you could hear someone else narrating another bookin the background for the last fewhours. it was very distracting and ruined the book for me.

great story with a porr narration recording.

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Weird music used in the recording to signal chapter change, that overlaps with the narration. Background chatting noises in parts of the narration that aren't part of the story, which detract from the story itself.
The story itself uses a lot of the same language as The River is Waiting, similar scenes, similar themes and relationships. This book feels lazy, like the author hasn't made an effort to build a new world. This is disappointing because The River is Waiting was an amazing book. Overall, disappointing. Definitely avoid listening to this narrator in future.

Unprofessional recording

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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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The audio quality is not good; poor quality and weird bars of music to signal a new section or vibe (ugh) . But nevermind, narrator was excellent (old school) and story amazing.

Loved the ending

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Poor audio quality and editing (chapters end mid-sentence including the final chapter!). I found the narration and story engaging however.

Good story, well read, poor production

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