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The Miranda Obsession
- Narrated by: Rachel Brosnahan, Josh Groban, John Benjamin Hickey, Morgan Spector, Harry Lloyd, Milo Ventimiglia, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
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Emmy Award-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan brings to life a thrilling tale of intimacy and self-invention inspired by one of Hollywood’s most alluring stories of the 1980s. Josh Groban, John Benjamin Hickey, Harry Lloyd, Morgan Spector, and Milo Ventimiglia also star, playing some of the most powerful and famous men of the decade, who fall under Miranda’s enigmatic and captivating spell.
Imagine a 1980s world of sumptuous hotel rooms, restaurants, New York City penthouses, and the powerful men who move easily between these pinnacles of luxury. They are music producers, rock stars, writers, and restaurateurs. They are household names like Billy Joel, Art Garfunkel, Eric Clapton, and Sting. And yet, each man has an entire aspect to his life that he doesn’t talk about publicly—his depression, his rocky marriage, his feelings of shame and failure, his private loss of faith. And now: The phone rings. Imagine the woman who has each of these men at her beck and call. Late at night, on the other end of the line, she projects a confidence and glamour that immediately disarms them. They don’t know her, but she intimately understands the feelings they’ve never articulated to anybody else, and she muses—low and soft, never making them feel uncomfortable—on what it means that they feel this way, and why. When these men talk to Miranda, they never feel alone. And when she talks to them, she feels alive. Before long, they’re giving her insider tidbits—on new mergers, movies, albums, restaurants—and she’s collecting this information like the currency it is. Then she vanishes, sometimes for weeks at a time, while they wait on edge for her to call again.
Her name is Miranda Grosvenor, and the telephone persona that she has invented—a desirable, connected, compassionate, power player—is the person she lives to be. But who is Miranda, really? As the relationships between Miranda and the famous men she calls escalate, it becomes clear that Miranda may not be who she says she is and that her game is no longer a game at all.
Set in the glitzy world of 1980s Hollywood The Miranda Obsession stars Brosnahan as Miranda, along with an A-list cast. By turns enticing and voyeuristic, gripping and empathetic, this complex and nuanced character-driven drama examines the lengths to which we go to achieve intimacy and connection with each other, and the lengths some of us will go to feel something real.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-05-2022
Intriguing storyline hooks you in
Odd concept but the book really hooks you in! I was finding myself searching out time to listen to this book to find out what Miranda did next! Great read!!
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- Anastasia Joannidis
- 15-10-2022
Brilliant
Loved it! Just brilliant! Had me totally hooked. Highly recommended for a light hearted read
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-07-2022
Different but oh so good
this is so different from anything I've ever "Read". But it is oh so good.
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- Gabrielle
- 16-07-2022
So very clever
Thought provoking or thought revealing maybe. Online dating truth and dare. Accurate, cynical but maybe a bit hopeful. In short, loved it.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-07-2022
Something different
Loved this one. Nice & short. Presented very well & told in a refreshingly different way. I could imagine it being turned into a stage production.
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- TheFizzy
- 27-06-2022
Very interesting
A fast paced interesting story. An easy light listen but with layers that will stay with me. Rachel Brosnahan what a charming voice you have! noone could have done this character better! 👌👌👌
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- Ashlea Sutton
- 22-06-2022
Fascinating Story, Excellent Performances
A fascinating tale based on a true story. It pulls you in to the intrigue. Excellent performances by all, especially Rachel Brosnahan.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-06-2022
Loved this
What a story and what a wonderful production. I loved the voices and the premise - the fact it’s based on a true story is remarkable
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- Anonymous User
- 27-05-2022
Yes yes yes
So so so so good I needed something like slaving away and this is it
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- Austen's girl
- 20-05-2022
Fascinating ear candy
A guilty voyeuristic pleasure of a listen. The voices, music and pace enhancing a true story that has to be heard to be understood. So well executed that I recommend you find your two and a half hours and enjoy.
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