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Whisper Network
- A Novel
- Narrateur(s): Almarie Guerra
- Durée: 12 h et 44 min
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- Catégories: Romans policiers et thrillers, Thrillers et romans à suspense
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Lots of surprises
- Écrit par Lesley Durham le 2020-01-23
Auteur(s): Megan Miranda
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The Club
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The Home Group is a collection of celebrity members clubs dotted across the globe, from London to Lisbon, Malibu to Manhattan, where the rich and famous can party hard and then crash out in its five-star suites, far from the prying eyes of fans and the media. The most spectacular and exclusive of all is Island Home—a sprawling, closely-guarded complex of guest cabins, spas, bars and restaurants off the English coast. To mark its opening, Home's mercurial CEO Ned Groom and his team have planned a glamorous three-day launch party. But behind the scenes, tensions are at breaking point.
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I want my money back.
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2022-05-07
Auteur(s): Ellery Lloyd
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The Last Mrs. Parrish
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- Auteur(s): Liv Constantine
- Narrateur(s): Suzanne Elise Freeman, Meghan Wolf
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Amber Patterson is fed up. She's tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more - a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted. To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne - a socialite and philanthropist - and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight out of a fairy tale. Amber's envy could eat her alive...if she didn't have a plan.
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I gave it 20 chapters and gave up
- Écrit par Elizabeth le 2018-04-20
Auteur(s): Liv Constantine
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The Other Woman
- Auteur(s): Sandie Jones
- Narrateur(s): Clare Corbett
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Adam adores Emily. Emily thinks Adam’s perfect, the man she thought she’d never meet. Emily chose Adam, but she didn’t choose his mother, Pammie. There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever.
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Great twist but the middle is unbearable
- Écrit par Leandri le 2018-10-26
Auteur(s): Sandie Jones
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Conviction
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- Narrateur(s): Cathleen McCarron
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The day Anna McDonald's quiet, respectable life explodes starts off like all the days before: Packing up the kids for school, making breakfast, listening to yet another true crime podcast. Then her husband comes downstairs with an announcement, and Anna is suddenly, shockingly alone. Reeling, desperate for distraction, Anna returns to the podcast. Other people's problems are much better than one's own - a sunken yacht, a murdered family, a hint of international conspiracy. But this case actually is Anna's problem. She knows one of the victims from an earlier life.
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An unlikely story
- Écrit par Arash Maghsoudloo le 2020-02-12
Auteur(s): Denise Mina
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The Jetsetters
- Auteur(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
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When 70-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can't seem to find a bride; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young and she was a single mother who meant everything to them. When she wins the cruise, the family packs all their baggage - literal and figurative....
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Wonderful story!!!
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2020-06-27
Auteur(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
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The Last House Guest
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Littleport, Maine, has always felt like two separate towns: an ideal vacation enclave for the wealthy, whose summer homes line the coastline, and a simple harbor community for the year-round residents whose livelihoods rely on service to the visitors. Typically, fierce friendships never develop between a local and a summer girl - but that’s just what happens with visitor Avery Greer and Littleport resident Sadie Loman. Each summer for almost a decade, the girls are inseparable - until Sadie is found dead.
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Lots of surprises
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Auteur(s): Megan Miranda
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The Club
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The Home Group is a collection of celebrity members clubs dotted across the globe, from London to Lisbon, Malibu to Manhattan, where the rich and famous can party hard and then crash out in its five-star suites, far from the prying eyes of fans and the media. The most spectacular and exclusive of all is Island Home—a sprawling, closely-guarded complex of guest cabins, spas, bars and restaurants off the English coast. To mark its opening, Home's mercurial CEO Ned Groom and his team have planned a glamorous three-day launch party. But behind the scenes, tensions are at breaking point.
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I want my money back.
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2022-05-07
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The Last Mrs. Parrish
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- Narrateur(s): Suzanne Elise Freeman, Meghan Wolf
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Amber Patterson is fed up. She's tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more - a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted. To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne - a socialite and philanthropist - and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight out of a fairy tale. Amber's envy could eat her alive...if she didn't have a plan.
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I gave it 20 chapters and gave up
- Écrit par Elizabeth le 2018-04-20
Auteur(s): Liv Constantine
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The Other Woman
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- Narrateur(s): Clare Corbett
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Adam adores Emily. Emily thinks Adam’s perfect, the man she thought she’d never meet. Emily chose Adam, but she didn’t choose his mother, Pammie. There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever.
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Great twist but the middle is unbearable
- Écrit par Leandri le 2018-10-26
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Conviction
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The day Anna McDonald's quiet, respectable life explodes starts off like all the days before: Packing up the kids for school, making breakfast, listening to yet another true crime podcast. Then her husband comes downstairs with an announcement, and Anna is suddenly, shockingly alone. Reeling, desperate for distraction, Anna returns to the podcast. Other people's problems are much better than one's own - a sunken yacht, a murdered family, a hint of international conspiracy. But this case actually is Anna's problem. She knows one of the victims from an earlier life.
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An unlikely story
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When 70-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can't seem to find a bride; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young and she was a single mother who meant everything to them. When she wins the cruise, the family packs all their baggage - literal and figurative....
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Wonderful story!!!
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2020-06-27
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From Scratch
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A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hour.
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Absolutely beautiful! Enjoyed immensely!!
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-11-18
Auteur(s): Tembi Locke
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The Scent Keeper
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Emmeline lives on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won’t explain are the mysterious scents stored in glass bottles that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world - a place of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity.
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Wouldn’t recommend
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The Secrets We Kept
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- Narrateur(s): Carlotta Brentan, Cynthia Farrell, Mozhan Marnò, Autres
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At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the assignment of a lifetime. Their mission: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, where no one dare publish it, and help Pasternak's magnum opus make its way into print around the world. Glamorous and sophisticated Sally Forrester is a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit all over the world - using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets out of powerful men. Irina is a complete novice, and is under Sally's tutelage....
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Typists as Double Agents?
- Écrit par Madeline Comeau le 2020-09-09
Auteur(s): Lara Prescott
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The Christie Affair
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- Auteur(s): Nina de Gramont
- Narrateur(s): Lucy Scott
- Durée: 10 h et 23 min
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London, 1925: In a world of townhomes and tennis matches, socialites and shooting parties, Miss Nan O’Dea became Archie Christie’s mistress, luring him away from his devoted and well-known wife, Agatha Christie. The question is, why? Why destroy another woman’s marriage, why hatch a plot years in the making, and why murder? How was Nan O’Dea so intricately tied to those 11 mysterious days that Agatha Christie went missing?
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A what if story
- Écrit par Liz C le 2022-07-19
Auteur(s): Nina de Gramont
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The Last Thing He Told Me
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Laura Dave
- Narrateur(s): Rebecca Lowman
- Durée: 8 h et 49 min
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Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was.
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Not my thing
- Écrit par Maureen le 2021-05-19
Auteur(s): Laura Dave
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The Night Tiger
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Yangsze Choo
- Narrateur(s): Yangsze Choo
- Durée: 14 h et 8 min
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Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dance hall girl to help pay off her mother’s Mahjong debts. But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir, Ji Lin may finally get the adventure she has been longing for. Eleven-year-old houseboy Ren is also on a mission, racing to fulfill his former master’s dying wish: that Ren find the man’s finger, lost years ago in an accident, and bury it with his body. Ren has 49 days to do so, or his master’s soul will wander the earth forever.
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A Very Satisfying Story and Beautiful Narration
- Écrit par Karen W. Lam le 2019-06-18
Auteur(s): Yangsze Choo
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Something in the Water
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Catherine Steadman
- Narrateur(s): Catherine Steadman
- Durée: 11 h et 41 min
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Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water....
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brutally obvious and drawn out
- Écrit par Jamie le 2018-08-09
Auteur(s): Catherine Steadman
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Woman on the Edge
- Auteur(s): Samantha M. Bailey
- Narrateur(s): Katherine Fenton
- Durée: 8 h et 25 min
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In a split second, Morgan Kincaid’s life changes forever. She’s on her way home from work when a mother begs her to take her baby, then places the infant in her arms. Before Morgan can stop her, the distraught mother jumps in front of an oncoming train. Morgan has never seen this woman before, and she can’t understand what would cause a person to give away her child and take her own life. She also can’t understand how this woman knew her name.
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Very interesting
- Écrit par Susan B. le 2021-08-07
Auteur(s): Samantha M. Bailey
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The Proposal
- Auteur(s): Jasmine Guillory
- Narrateur(s): Janina Edwards
- Durée: 8 h et 58 min
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When someone asks you to spend your life with him, it shouldn't come as a surprise - or happen in front of 45,000 people. When freelance writer Nikole Paterson goes to a Dodgers game with her actor boyfriend, his man bun, and his bros, the last thing she expects is a scoreboard proposal. Saying no isn't the hard part - they've only been dating for five months, and he can't even spell her name correctly. The hard part is having to face a stadium full of disappointed fans....
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fun and VERY light
- Écrit par speilgirl le 2018-12-22
Auteur(s): Jasmine Guillory
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Such a Fun Age
- Auteur(s): Kiley Reid
- Narrateur(s): Nicole Lewis
- Durée: 9 h et 58 min
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Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young Black woman out late with a White child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right.
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Annoying narration
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2020-11-08
Auteur(s): Kiley Reid
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Malibu Rising
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrateur(s): Julia Whelan
- Durée: 11 h et 5 min
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Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over—especially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva. The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself.
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Great book
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2021-06-25
Auteur(s): Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Next Year in Havana
- Auteur(s): Chanel Cleeton
- Narrateur(s): Kyla Garcia, Frankie Maria Corzo
- Durée: 11 h et 16 min
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Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, 19-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest - until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary...Miami, 2017. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee during the revolution. Arriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba's tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate.
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Brought me back to Cuba
- Écrit par marcplouffe le 2018-08-03
Auteur(s): Chanel Cleeton
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER!
“Honest, timely, and completely thrilling.” (Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick)
Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita have worked at Truviv, Inc., for years. The sudden death of Truviv’s CEO means their boss, Ames, will likely take over the entire company. Each of the women has a different relationship with Ames, who has always been surrounded by whispers about how he treats women. Those whispers have been ignored, swept under the rug, hidden away by those in charge. But the world has changed, and the women are watching this promotion differently. This time, when they find out Ames is making an inappropriate move on a colleague, they aren’t willing to let it go. This time, they’ve decided enough is enough.
Sloane and her colleagues’ decision to take a stand sets in motion a catastrophic shift in the office. Lies will be uncovered. Secrets will be exposed. And not everyone will survive. All of their lives - as women, colleagues, mothers, wives, friends, even adversaries - will change dramatically as a result.
"If only you had listened to us,” they tell us in Chandler Baker's Whisper Network, “none of this would have happened."
Praise for Whisper Network:
"Narrator Almarie Guerra projects the Southern accent and sassy tone that are needed in this audiobook.... Guerra captivates listeners by creating energetic portrayals.... This is an intense listen about women who triumph over injustice in the workplace." (AudioFile Magazine)
“Don't be fooled by its title. Whisper Network is a primal roar of a novel. Furiously funny and just plain furious, it's as timely as today's headlines and as big-hearted as your best work friend. A fantastic read.” (Riley Sager, New York Times best-selling author of The Last Time I Lied)
“Exciting and sprinkled with razor-sharp insights about what it is to be a woman today, Whisper Network is a witty and timely story that will make you cheer for sisterhood.” (Liv Constantine, USA Today best-selling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish)
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“Don't be fooled by its title. Whisper Network is a primal roar of a novel. Furiously funny and just plain furious, it's as timely as today's headlines and as big-hearted as your best work friend. A fantastic read.” (Riley Sager, New York Times best-selling author of The Last Time I Lied)
“Whisper Network manages to be provocative, timely, and a ripping good read: A murder mystery and a manifesto all rolled up into one. I couldn’t put it down.” (Janelle Brown, New York Times best-selling author of Watch Me Disappear)
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- Brenda Markin
- 2019-08-08
Makes you think & reflect.
Great story lines. Resonated with many experiences I've had and witnessed. Loved it. Highly recommend
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- Laurel Wild
- 2021-07-01
Wanted to love it but didn’t
It just wasn’t deep enough for me. Women supporting women but having an affair too. I kept waiting for a real message that young women could get from it.
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- CSteacy
- 2020-09-01
Meh
Just wasn’t my cup of tea I guess! I found it slow at times. I actually stopped it and only restarted it I the later.
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- Lamoureux-LM
- 2020-04-06
Not what I expected but good!
It didn’t fit my love Liane Moriarty books like I had hope but it’s still a good mystery with a few twists as bd turns. It does however hit the nail on the head with confronting everyday issues and moral conflicts still lived by woman today.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-02-12
Pretty good!
Not as gripping as some, but a nice listen! Great narrator. Likeable characters. Female driven.
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- Jo Canuck
- 2019-11-25
Enjoyed - well done
I really loved how she weaves in the challenges faced by working moms and women in today’s workplace. Well done - funny, yet poignant. All tied together with intrigue and suspense. Great job
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- Kay Jay
- 2019-11-09
Don't bother.
I wasn't a fan of this one at all. I felt strung along and by the end, I was left confused and let down.
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- Charlotte Osborne
- 2019-10-12
Could not get into it
I had heard this book was great, but 4 chapters in I still could not get into it. Found it was disjointed, confusing and boring.
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- Jessica
- 2019-09-14
More substance than you’d think
I think the author really gets the complicated world women have to navigate. The characters are flawed which make them much more relatable than they first seem. Overall, very thought-provoking and timely.
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- robin b marks
- 2019-09-03
Why are we whispering?
This clever, timely account of the insidious nature of sexual harassment and its ramifications makes for an enjoyable and thought-provoking experience. The girlfriend nature of the main characters rings true as does the challenges of work/life balance for women. For both women of means and those without, being a woman in the workforce and beyond comes with a different set of rules and limitations than experienced by men. The shared experiences of all the women in the novel exemplified this reality.
The pace and unexpected turns compelled me to listen at every opportunity. While some of the characters may have been a bit too stereotypic, they represented more than a single person.
I especially appreciated the epilogue. As Ms. Baker asserts, it's time to stop whispering. Whose secrets are we keeping anyway?
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- RueRue
- 2020-05-22
Heavy on the "Me too" message
The Me too message was LOUD and clear, to the detriment of a good story. I don't enjoy being preached to when I'm reading for entertainment, and that happens in this book. The story and characters were entertaining when they weren't being self-pitying, manipulative, and/or dishonest. Narration was just ok.
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- Kimberly
- 2019-07-03
I WANTED to like this book...
I feel like it I should have liked this book; I think it’s probably a timely and important book, but I just couldn’t. The plot was disjointed and convoluted, and it was packed with a huge cast of extremely unlikeable characters. I listened to the bitter end, but you don’t need to punish yourself. Buy something else....ANYTHING else...
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- C. Klein
- 2019-07-04
3 hours into the audiobook and I have to give up..
I really wanted to like this book but first the narration is SO bad that sometimes it is hard to follow which character is speaking. There are too many characters and my GOD is it bitter. What a shame, pass on this one.
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- Alli
- 2019-07-06
Loved
I loved this book. It is funny, interesting, accurate, and relevant. The only thing was that the narrator mis-pronounced several words and that kept throwing me off. Also, if you are going to do a book with Southern characters, it would be nice to have a Southern narrator instead of trying to imitate the accent. It’s definitely would the read or listen
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- JessB
- 2019-07-05
What to expect when starting this book--
This book is great, but also IMO you have to give it a while to set up. I struggled in the beginning to remember and figure out who each character was. (This could likely be remedied by reading it versus listening to it.) Once you get that down though (in the approximate first 1/4 of the book) you're golden and the story really starts moving along from there.
The interesting thing about this book is it isn't JUST a good mystery and well-written story, it strongly shows via both thoughts and events how working women in society are at a (oftentimes unconscious) disadvantage compared to men, the moment they start at any workplace. A few notes I have here personally... As a 38-year-old woman, I found many of the inner commentaries of the women regarding how women have to act at work, as right on the money. Once the comment was made that we have to essentially "act like men" at work and as the character went into detail why she felt that way, and upon really mulling that over, it dawned on me how true that IS. The comment was also made that if women have children their value to a company plummets, but you're also looked at differently if you DON'T have children, like you have given up children for career. Either way we lose. Women will identify with this; hopefully men will realize how hard we have it just by BEing female. It is what it is and we have to deal with it, but it doesn't make it fun or ok. The author's notes the last few minutes of the audiobook file made me realize why so many of her thoughts on being a working woman and the struggles of being hit on and what that can mean to a career, were so insightful. I didn't feel this was PUSHED on the reader during the story though; it was just a very important part of the storyline.
Separately, this book does a great job of pointing out that not just women that modern society deems "attractive" are subject to the advances or assaults of their male co-workers or superiors; and also it's not just women that have frequent interaction with these males either. After all, it was unveiled subtly that Artie was overweight; and another character (I won't spoil it) was not even a women who had a boss in that office but was subject to it in that office as well!-- it was kind of a wrong place at the wrong time scenario for her.
Now that those notes have been made... the story is really good. You are kept guessing at certain events, little clues are unveiled here and there, and it's entertaining once you have ascertained who each character is and what their role may be. I read a lot of psychological fiction and not that I'd put it in that category, but the twists and turns and unveiling of information was pretty excellent. I was trying to figure out what was really happening, quite a few times.
So overall, very recommended!
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- Sheila S
- 2019-07-06
Contrived tale
This was not an easy listen. I found it necessary to replay sections of the book (especially in the beginning) because I had lost track of the story or wasn't sure of which character was speaking. The ending seemed to be highly contrived--I felt like shrugging my shoulders before starting a more involving selection.
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- 2019-07-03
FANTASTIC book!
This book was a riot and I loved every minute of it. Fast paced, well developed characters, razor sharp wit from Baker, and an edge of your seat story that kept me dialed-in from beginning to end. I can totally see this book becoming an anthem for working women in America. A modern version of 9 to 5 on steroids - easily my favorite book of 2019.
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- Shelly S
- 2019-07-12
Hard to get through
I found the first 40 chapters hard to get through. It was an intense bashing of every aspect of a woman’s interactions with others including motherhood. It felt as if the author was implying that every man is awful, every new mother treated awful, etc etc etc. I wanted to give up on reading this so many times, but then she would write one line that I could agree with or understand on its own. As a whole I felt that this book took every complaint or wrong doing any woman has ever experienced and gave it ALL to 4 characters. As a woman, I understand and agree that the stories told here have happened to some woman, but it had an “ALL women” feel to it that I disliked very much. I do not feel motivated as a woman to march with pink hats and a mega phone and I very much enjoy having male friends and hugs to and from my co-workers as an extrovert, so can not understand this ALL #MeToo mentality. BUT I do very much hope that our future generations will speak up instead of whisper and on that note I will 100% agree with the author that in specific instances action is required and repercussions must be made.
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- Laura Peden
- 2019-07-08
“Women’s greatest fear was violence. Men’s greatest fear was ridicule.”
𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 dives deep into a Harvey Weinstein-esque, #metoomovement storyline, with 4 women experiencing sexual harassment on different levels and in various aspects of their life. This topic happens to be important to me on a personal level. I was pursued & stalked by a man who held my future in his hands. I was lucky though; I spoke out & was believed & supported and he lost his job. It doesn’t work out like that for many other women out there though. That’s why this book is so important.
Many women feel the need strive for perfection in all areas of life just to prove their worth; their equality. From the makeup, hair routine to being able to strive for succession in the workplace without being labeled as a (fill in the blank). It’s exhausting. We need to be able to do these things without feeling shame for it. If I want to doll myself up it should be because it makes me feel good or because makeup is a creative outlet, playing with color and symmetry. Not because it’s expected of me, a norm of what a woman should look like to fit ridiculous standards. Luckily there are generations of women that just do not give a f*** anymore. Period. End of story. Enough is enough. Basic human rights, respect and equality are demanded. We’ll take evidence. We will change laws & enact new ones. We will trap you if necessary. Then we will prosecute you and punish you until it seeps in that we will not back down and we’ll die first before going backwards. So get used to it.
I appreciate that the story includes a very much younger generation. Will history repeat itself? Will the fight we’re fighting now help stop the cycle from repeating itself? Can standing up and speaking out change the patterns? Can we raise our daughters/granddaughters/etc to expect equality as a standard?
Can this movement enact change? I bet you the men in power of today think twice before they make ignorant comments or force physical advancements on the women of today. I bet some are even starting to check their thoughts and behavior patterns to make sure they’re not repeating usual behaviors. Some will test the limits to see what they can get away with, without getting busted until they’re eventually busted. Life’s not perfect, it’s messy and will always be complicated but it doesn’t mean we don’t forge ahead and try.
I sincerely hope people give this book a chance. It won’t be for everyone. It’s a slow-building mystery, not a thriller. Portions of the book have interviews with witnesses similar to Big Little Lies. This one is definitely going on my favorites shelf. I highly recommend!
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- Book.Lover 1350
- 2019-07-09
It just didn’t work
I really wanted to like this book but it just didn’t work for me. As someone all too familiar with sexism in corporate world, I definitely find the subject important and long overdue, however the story was weak at best. I didn’t care for any of the characters and I just wanted the story to end. It also didn’t help that it was just wayyyy too long. I wouldn’t recommend it.
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