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The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
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Publisher's Summary
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick * A Marie Claire Book Club Pick for April * A Reader's Digest Book Club Pick for April * A LibraryReads Pick * One of Southern Living's Most Anticipated 2023 Releases * One of Today's Most Anticipated 2023 Releases
An unforgettable pairing of a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman on the run from the law in this story full of tremendous heart, humor, and wit from the USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island.
Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak of, her options are limited, so when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lap, she takes it.
One slip on the rug. That’s all it took for Louise Wilt’s daughter to demand that Louise have a full-time nanny living with her. Never mind that she can still walk fine, finish her daily crossword puzzle, and pour the two fingers of vodka she drinks every afternoon. Bottom line: Louise wants a caretaker even less than Tanner wants to be one.
The two start off their living arrangement happily ignoring each other until Tanner starts to notice things—weird things. Like, why does Louise keep her garden shed locked up tighter than a prison? And why is the local news fixated on the suspect of one of the biggest jewelry heists in American history who looks eerily like Louise? And why does Louise suddenly appear in her room, with a packed bag at 1 a.m. insisting that they leave town immediately?
Thus begins the story of a not-to-be-underestimated elderly woman and an aimless young woman who—if they can outrun the mistakes of their past—might just have the greatest adventure of their lives.
What the critics say
“You’ll never be able to see what’s coming in this wildly surprising, entertaining ride of a novel—which is a coming-of-age story, a contending-with-age story, and a surprising exploration of how womanhood is a matter of surprising others…and oneself.”—Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here
“Colleen Oakley is in a world of her own when it comes to creating lovable, quirky characters—and those in The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise are her best yet. With an abundance of charm and wit, a dose of adventure, and surprises around each corner, you’ll be rooting for Tanner and Louise with every turn of the page. An absolute blast.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising
“Ambitionless 21-year-old Tanner needs a place to live but gets a lot more than she bargained for when she agrees to work as live-in caregiver for Louise, a vodka-swilling, sharp-as-a-tack elderly woman. The little old lady might not be as innocent as she seems, though, especially when she tells Tanner they need to make a quick getaway. Is Louise the culprit behind a legendary jewel heist? With a wild road trip, a classic car and a love interest reminiscent of a young Brad Pitt, The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise is tailor-made for fans of Thelma and Louise.”—Reader's Digest
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- LDanna
- 2023-04-08
Such a fun read!
I have so enjoyed listening to this story! It's about a friendship that develops between Mrs Wilt, an 84 year-old woman who has recently broken her hip, and Tanner, a 21 year-old uni-drop-out who lost her soccer scholarship because of injuries sustained from falling off a balcony. Tanner's been depressed, grieving for the future she had been working toward all her life, and now, having shut out all her friends, she's hiding in her parents' basement playing video games. Her desperate mom arranges a job for her as a live-in aide to Mrs Wilt as she recuperates. The experiment is unimpressive until news hits that the FBI is closing in on a cold case: a big jewel heist in Boston in the 1970s. The news shows time-progressed photos of someone who looks an awful lot like Mrs Wilt. Suddenly the old woman is packing a bag, a satchel of cash, and offering Tanner tens of thousands of dollars to drive her to California in a getaway car. They agree on an amount, and the two go on the lam in Mrs Wilt's long hidden mint green Jaguar XKE convertible, with $900,000 in cash and an old six-shooter. This is a witty, evocative, unsentimental story beautifully written by Colleen Oakley, and perfectly narrated by Hillary Huber. I absolutely loved it.
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