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Priestdaddy
- A Memoir
- By: Patricia Lockwood
- Narrated by: Patricia Lockwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4 out of 5 stars 65
Father Greg Lockwood is unlike any Catholic priest you have ever met - a man who lounges in boxer shorts, who loves action movies, and whose constant jamming on the guitar reverberates "like a whole band dying in a plane crash in 1972". His daughter is an irreverent poet who long ago left the church's country. When an unexpected crisis leads her and her husband to move back into her parents' rectory, their two worlds collide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Funny, poignant, and beautifully read
- By ELIZABETH on 17-07-2017
- Priestdaddy
- A Memoir
- By: Patricia Lockwood
- Narrated by: Patricia Lockwood
Brilliant
Reviewed: 18-02-2024
This was such an immersive read. If only all memoirs could be like this- I was very much in it, rather than feeling like I was looking in the rear view mirror. Lockwood had me cringing, crying and kacking my pants. She’s a great writer, a sharp descriptive story teller, bringing to life her family with much love, understanding, and endearment.
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A World Lost
- By: Wendell Berry
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
It is the summer of 1944, and nine-year-old Andy Catlett is engrossed in the wide easy countryside near Port William, Kentucky. But sadness, loss, and mystery invade Andy's world on a hot July afternoon when his Uncle Andrew is murdered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great writing
- By Amazon Customer on 23-05-2023
- A World Lost
- By: Wendell Berry
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Great writing
Reviewed: 23-05-2023
The attention to detail is exquisite. The reader feels like they know these people. That’s Berry’s magic: he can create these people and experience that are full of insight and depth.
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Old God's Time
- By: Sebastian Barry
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories return, of his family, his beloved wife June and their two children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow
- By Andrea Toohey on 08-10-2023
- Old God's Time
- By: Sebastian Barry
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
Extraordinary writing and masterful narration
Reviewed: 05-05-2023
I was transfixed throughout the superb reading of this deeply moving story. It had me in tears. I don’t know if many writers who can convey character so fully and do well resolved as Barry. He captures the era, the norms, the culture of a place and the human dilemma of people so brilliantly. I’m in his thrall.
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Lessons
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Simon McBurney
- Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 238
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 237
While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Twenty-five years later, as the radiation from the Chernobyl disaster spreads across Europe, Roland's wife mysteriously vanishes and he is forced to confront the reality of his rootless existence and look for answers in his family history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The consummate storyteller
- By kate on 11-10-2022
- Lessons
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Simon McBurney
Poignant
Reviewed: 21-04-2023
I had to replay the end several times, just to take in all its poignancy. Was it all worth it Alyssa? - the reader would probably ask her. Did Roland really not amount to anything special? Stephanie would have vehemently defended her Opa. A really mesmerising story of a life.
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The Antidote
- Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
- By: Oliver Burkeman
- Narrated by: Oliver Burkeman
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 90
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 88
Oliver Burkeman turns decades of self-help advice on its head and paradoxically forces us to rethink our attitudes towards failure, uncertainty and death. It’s our constant efforts to avoid negative thinking that cause us to feel anxious, insecure and unhappy. What if happiness can be found embracing the things we spend our lives trying to escape? Wise, practical and funny, The Antidote is a thought-provoking, counterintuitive and ultimately uplifting listen, celebrating the power of negative thinking.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazing topics and well researched.
- By Estefania Londono on 10-06-2021
- The Antidote
- Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
- By: Oliver Burkeman
- Narrated by: Oliver Burkeman
Lightweight
Reviewed: 25-03-2023
The pursuit of happiness is such an interesting topic but unfortunately not when it’s written in a style where the author has not real expertise in the subject but relies completely on the work of others to contradict the worthwhile attributes of ‘positive thinking’. His arguments range far and wide as he dips into every concept, and era in which beings have sought solutions to the human dilemma. And all that dipping, name dropping, quoting become incredibly annoying. Mr Burkeman’s book is rather slight instead of offering anything truly meaningful.
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The Year of Magical Thinking
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Vanessa Redgrave
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 239
When celebrated writer Joan Didion’s life was altered forever, she wrote a new chapter. In this adaptation of her iconic memoir, Didion transforms the story of the shattering loss of her husband and their daughter into a one-woman play performed by Tony Award winner Vanessa Redgrave, who originated the role on Broadway in 2007.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Abridged
- By Pete on 07-02-2022
- The Year of Magical Thinking
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Vanessa Redgrave
Extraordinary
Reviewed: 10-02-2022
Vanessa Redgrave’s reading really is a performance; this book is very close to being a monologue. Redgrave captures Joan Didion’s voice so perfectly; American, wavering, perplexed. She brings so much more to this audible telling than a hard copy would. For Didion to have somehow got through this tremendous loss was no mean feat, and while it may not offer up any quick remedies or pop psychology for grief, it is a stunning emotional outpouring. Having recently lost a family member- I found this book to be incredibly moving.
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Evicted
- Poverty and Profit in the American City
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Evicted by Matthew Desmond, read by Dion Graham. Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukee's coldest winter for years. Doreen's home is so filthy her family call it 'the rat hole'. Lamar, a wheelchair-bound ex-soldier, tries to work his way out of debt for his boys. Scott, a nurse turned addict, lives in a gutted-out trailer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent. Well worth reading/listening to
- By Lukas Schroeter on 05-06-2018
- Evicted
- Poverty and Profit in the American City
- By: Matthew Desmond
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
Loved this work
Reviewed: 10-10-2020
I really don’t know what to say about this incredible piece of work. To say that it has stayed with me for a very long time, or that I’ve learnt so much, I had no idea, or I’m devastated by the stories - these words don’t come close to describing my experience. Thank you Matthew Desmond for your work. I feel humbled. The epilogue was really incredible too. I’m so glad you added your personal chapter; it made complete sense.
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