Manhattan Beach
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Manhattan Beach
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Narrated by:
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Heather Lind
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Norbert Leo Butz
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Vincent Piazza
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By:
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Jennifer Egan
About this listen
Winner of the 2018 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
The long-awaited audiobook from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, Manhattan Beach opens in Brooklyn during the Great Depression.
Anna Kerrigan, nearly 12 years old, accompanies her father to the house of a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. Anna observes the uniformed servants, the lavishing of toys on the children and some secret pact between her father and Dexter Styles.
Years later her father has disappeared, and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that had always belonged to men. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. She is the sole provider for her mother, a farm girl who had a brief and glamorous career as a Ziegfield folly, and her lovely, severely disabled sister.
At a nightclub she chances to meet Styles, the man she visited with her father before he vanished, and she begins to understand the complexity of her father's life, the reasons he might have been murdered.
Mesmerising, hauntingly beautiful, with the pace and atmosphere of a noir thriller and a wealth of detail about organised crime, the merchant marine and the clash of classes in New York, Egan's first historical audiobook is a masterpiece, a deft, startling, intimate exploration of a transformative moment in the lives of women and men, America and the world. Manhattan Beach is a magnificent audiobook by one of the greatest writers of our time.
©2017 Jennifer Egan (P)2017 Little, Brown Book GroupWhat listeners say about Manhattan Beach
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Alison
- 22-11-2017
Wonderful story and narration.
really enjoyed this story. great characters and story line. loved the water element throughout and the diving descriptions.
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- Michael Holding
- 17-05-2018
great book
made my daily commute very enjoyable. the story was very expansive and the description of the scenes incredible. Good job.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Benn
- 27-09-2018
Don't bother
The man who performed the dexter parts was excellent, the rest was uninspired. Boring story
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- Avril
- 05-01-2018
It's an easy listen
I love the social history and would have loved some more to help pad out the story
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- Anonymous User
- 17-01-2019
Story telling at its Best
A brilliant story about love and loss. I didn't like this authors first book as much but this time she hits it out of the park. I particularly liked all the information about war time divers etc.
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- Julie
- 18-12-2018
Great until the End
I really enjoyed this book, but for me it was one of those books where I got to the end and felt cheated.
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- Jennie Howard
- 15-11-2018
Entertaining, But A Little Unresolved.
I enjoyed listening to the story, and while I liked the story overall, parts of it felt a bit disjointed and unresolved. We do b always have our questions answered in life, but I do like a little more explanation in books.
I don't like spoiler reviews, so I won't do one. I think a few openings in books are nice, but I think there were just a few to many holes in the story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-04-2018
stick with it
The story is great but the naration ordinary. Starts very mechanical but does get better or I got used to it.
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- Alex
- 11-05-2018
The audio narrators were brilliant !
This was so enjoyable - I marvel at the 1930’s-NY & Brooklyn language, which was brought to life by the narrators (2) true storytelling.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-06-2018
Almost, but not quite
Quite a few loose ends in the plot. Found the male narrator less clear to listen to than the female
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