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Quiet Time
- Narrateur(s): Bahni Turpin
- Durée: 12 h et 33 min
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Quiet Time
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Description
From the acclaimed author of Norwegian by Night and The Girl in Green comes the story of a family navigating the social media age.
Robert and Mkiwa Livingston are happily ensconced in their tranquil life in Geneva, Switzerland, when Robert's best friend, Gabriel, drops dead from a brain aneurysm, sparking a mid-life crisis. Nostalgic for the New England of his youth, Robert begs his wife for a chance to go back to his native America and the life he left behind. Mkiwa is certain that Robert's yearnings are a recipe for disaster, but she reluctantly surrenders her job as a high-powered human rights lawyer, while their two daughters, Beatrice and Lindia, say good-bye to their circle of international friends and the only life they've ever known.
As the Livingstons settle into their new home in Marblehead, Massachusetts, they - along with the rest of the country - become engrossed in a popular TV show called Quiet Time, about a family who decide to give up all electronic devices and smartphones for one year. The chatter at Marblehead High, normally trained on the show’s latest episode, switches abruptly to Beatrice when she’s caught on video deftly disarming a would-be gunman during an active shooter drill. She and her family soon find themselves at the center of a social media frenzy as real life and Quiet Time start to overlap and collide. When Lindia goes missing, the past and present - not to mention fiction and fact - become entangled and confused, forcing the Livingstons to pull together to restore both sanity and the family itself.
At its heart, Quiet Time is a story about growing pains - in adolescence and mid-life - and what it means to be a family in a world that feels both hyper-connected and relentlessly alienating. At turns comedic, suspenseful, and poignant, Derek B. Miller pairs his immersive, signature storytelling gifts with Bahni Turpin’s singular voice to bring this astounding Audible Original to life.
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Au global3 out of 5 stars
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- lonnelle neavear
- 2021-04-04
starts out good. becomes preachy and boring
long chapters that have nothing to do with the story. maybe I'm missing metaphors, but I lost interest in the story. the reader was awesome though
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- D
- 2021-04-23
Excellent
Everyone of all ages should hear this story. There's a point of view for all of us from characters that you will understand and with whom you will empathize.
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Au global4 out of 5 stars
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- W. Bishop
- 2023-01-29
Allegory and Reality
A probing look at our shrinking world and cultural influences that shape and challenge youth and adults alike spurred by technology and forces beyond any one person’s control. Interesting and thought provoking.
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- Adam
- 2022-12-29
Wonderful
Do yourself a favour, and listen to this book.
Smart, stimulating, well narrated.
Perhaps his best book.
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- Leah C
- 2022-02-17
Loved it!
Thoroughly enjoyable. This narrator never disappoints. I’ve never traveled to Massachusetts, but I want to now! Such a creative and thoughtful story.
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
- angie
- 2022-03-23
The narrator...
I have really enjoyed Derek Miller's work in the past. Unfortunately, I didn't make it past the first hour this time. The narrator sounds like a volunteer reading to children at the library, emphasizing each sound in every word with a tone meant for the very young. Maybe some day I can actually sit to read this one, but I'll never be able to listen to this version.
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- Ariel Gaede
- 2021-07-10
Too many threads
There were way too many storylines - each might have been a good story on its own, but combined they were all left underdeveloped. The dialog between characters was often over analytical and way too formal to be realistic.
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