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In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People: Tempur-Pedic

By: Alison Espach
Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans, Suzanne Savoy
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In this at-once hilarious and heartbreaking series, In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People, Alison Espach explores our collective idiosyncrasies, neuroses, and desires through the consumer choices, big and small, that we face every day.

Caroline’s mattress had nothing to do with her untimely death at the age of 28—this, she wants Tempur-Pedic’s market research representative to know. But as she reflects on her first ever mattress purchase and their interview progresses, Caroline dives into the circumstances and decisions that led her and Nicholas—her boyfriend, 10 years her senior and prone to sleeping on the floor—to that particular bed in that particular shopping plaza. Ultimately, Caroline has the opportunity to reckon with the struggles she faced near the end of her life, and the story of a complex, bold young woman emerges.

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This is a fun series, and I think this is possibly the best. It's full of surprising twists, and is a compelling listen.

A surprising tale

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It’s a fun and interesting story. I like how engaging the narrators are. Looking forward to more in the series.

Interesting and engaging

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Well what an original concept: a marketing interview with a dead person who bought the presidential mattress. I love how the interviewer keeps trying to bring it back to her focus while subject really wants to talk about her life and relationship. Excellent dual voiced performance.

Creative dark humour

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this is an easy one to get lost in. I hope they'll be more like it in the future.

great story

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Quick, entertaining, easy listen. Narrators were great. Will definitely check out others in the series.

easy listen

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That was a great story, with excellent narrators. A bit of fluff and nonsense but it's also really engaging and charming and a fantastic way to spend an hour. The setting provides a novel way of telling the girl's story. Recommend.

Fun, funny and engaging story

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At best a poor allegory. At worst, a very uninspiring, bland, and uneventful "short story" which, whilst perhaps useful for the author to create, was unnecessary to publish. Even if one was insistent to publish with this allegory, it could've been written in a much more engaging, enthralling, and/or creative and artistic way.

less than an hour of life to lose if you listen to it.

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