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*The Double Bind* by Chris Bohjalian (audiobook)

The Double Bind written by Chris Bohjalian, read by Susan Denaker
 Publisher: BOT Essentials
 Release Date: February 13, 2007

Who and what is the book about (back-of-the-book blurb): When college sophomore Laurel Estabrook is attacked while riding her bicycle through Vermont’s back roads, her life is forever changed. Formerly outgoing, Laurel withdraws into her photography and begins to work at a homeless [...]

Thoughts on *The Particular Sadness of a Lemon Cake* by Aimee Bender (audiobook)

The Particular Sadness of a Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Unabridged Audiobook: 8 hours and 45 minutes
Publisher: Random House Audio (June 1, 2010)

Back-of-the-box blurb: On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents’ attention, bites into her mother’s homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: [...]

Thoughts on *Secrets of Eden* by Chris Bohjalian (audiobook)

Secrets of Eden writtten by Chris Bohjalian, read by  Mark Bramhall, Susan Denaker, Rebecca Lowman, and Kathe Mazur
Unabridged Audio CD (9 discs)
Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (February 2, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0307705037

Back-of-the-book blurb: A novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice.

 

“There,” says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the [...]

Thoughts on *The Red Tent* by Anita Diamant (audiobook)

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant; read by Carol Bilger
Audio CD
Publisher: Macmillan Audio; Unabridged edition (January 5, 2002)
ISBN-13: 978-1559277099

Back-of-the-box blurb: The Red Tent is based upon a mention in Genesis of Jacob’s only female offspring–his daughter, Dinah.

Author Anita Diamant, in the voice of Dinah, gives an insider’s look at the details of women’s lives in [...]

Thoughts on *Guilt by Association* by Marcia Clark (audiobook)

Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark, read by January LaVoy
Audio CD
Publisher: Hachette Audio (March 1, 2012)
ISBN-13: 978-1611137538

Back-of-the-box blurb: Los Angeles D.A. Rachel Knight is a tenacious, wise-cracking, and fiercely intelligent prosecutor in the city’s most elite division. When her colleague, Jake, is found dead at a grisly crime scene, Rachel is shaken to the core. [...]

Thoughts on *Tabloid City* audiobook by Pete Hamill

Tabloid City written by Pete Hamill, read by Peter Ganim and Ellen Archer
Unabridged audiobook (CD)
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (May 5, 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-0316020756

Back-of-the-box blurb: In a stately West Village town house, a wealthy socialite and her secretary are murdered. In the 24 hours that follow, a flurry of activity surrounds their shocking deaths:

The [...]

Thoughts on *Does the Noise in My Head Bother You* by Steven Tyler

Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? A Rock ‘n Roll Memoir written by Steven Tyler, read by Jeremy Davidson
Audio CD (15 hours on 13 CDs)
Publisher: HarperAudio; Unabridged edition (May 3, 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-0061841972

Back-of-the-box blurb: Born Steven Victor Tallarico on March 26, 1948, in Yonkers, New York, Steven Tyler is the iconic songwriter, composer, and [...]

Thoughts on *Story of Beautiful Girl* by Rachel Simon (audiobook)

The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon, read by Kate Reading
Audio CD; approximately 12 hours on 10 CDs
Publisher: Hachette Audio; Unabridged edition (May 4, 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-1609411084

Back-of-the-box blurb: It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School [...]

Thoughts on *Bossypants* by Tina Fey

Bossypants by Tina Fey
Audio CD
Publisher: Hachette Audio; Unabridged edition (April 5, 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-1609419691

Back-of-the-box blurb: Before Liz Lemon, before “Weekend Update,” before “Sarah Palin,” Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a [...]

Thoughts on *The Wife's Tale* (audiobook review)

The Wife’s Tale written by Lori Lansens; read by Justine Eyre
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD; MP3 Una edition (February 10, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1441817488

Back-of-the-box blurb: On the eve of their silver anniversary, Mary Gooch is waiting for her husband, Jimmy — still every inch the handsome star athlete he was in high school — to come home. [...]