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Unsheltered
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
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excellent
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- A Novel
- Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Animal Dreams is a passionate and complex novel about love, forgiveness, and one woman's struggle to find her place in the world. At the end of her rope, Codi Noline returns to her Arizona home to face her ailing father, with whom she has a difficult, distant relationship. There she meets handsome Apache trainman Loyd Peregrina, who tells her, "If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life."
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding book and author narration
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Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
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The Lacuna
- Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Born in the United States, but reared in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd finds precarious shelter but no sense of home on his thrilling odyssey. Life is whatever he learns from housekeepers and, one fateful day, by mixing plaster for famed muralist Diego Rivera. When he goes to work for Rivera, his wife, exotic artist Kahlo, and exiled leader Lev Trotsky, Shepherd inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution.
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Boring
- By Brenda K on 2021-07-20
Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
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- Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: C. J. Critt
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and must somehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity of putting down roots.
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5 out of 5 stars
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loved the book!
- By Anonymous User on 2020-12-07
Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
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Prodigal Summer
- Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives in southern Appalachia. At the heart of these intertwined narratives is a den of coyotes that have recently migrated into the region. Deanna Wolfe, a reclusive wildlife biologist, watches them from an isolated mountain cabin where she is caught off-guard by Eddie Bondo, a young hunter who comes to invade her most private spaces and her solitary life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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just can't listen anymore
- By Wolfe on 2019-08-04
Written by: Barbara Kingsolver
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Violeta
- A Novel
- Written by: Isabel Allende, Frances Riddle
- Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Book
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Written by: Isabel Allende, and others
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
- A Novel
- Written by: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Simon Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 190
Among the most celebrated and beloved novels of 2021, Anthony Doerr’s gorgeous third novel is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope—and a book. In Cloud Cuckoo Land, Doerr has created a magnificent tapestry of times and places that reflects our vast interconnectedness—with other species, with each other, with those who lived before us, and with those who will be here after we’re gone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent
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Publisher's Summary
The New York Times best-selling author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awards - including the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prize - returns with a timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval.
Willa Knox has always prided herself on being the embodiment of responsibility for her family. Which is why it’s so unnerving that she’s arrived at middle age with nothing to show for her hard work and dedication but a stack of unpaid bills and an inherited brick home in Vineland, New Jersey, that is literally falling apart. The magazine where she worked has folded, and the college where her husband had tenure has closed. The dilapidated house is also home to her ailing and cantankerous Greek father-in-law and her two grown children: her stubborn, free-spirited daughter, Tig, and her dutiful debt-ridden, ivy educated son, Zeke, who has arrived with his unplanned baby in the wake of a life-shattering development.
In an act of desperation, Willa begins to investigate the history of her home, hoping that the local historical preservation society might take an interest and provide funding for its direly needed repairs. Through her research into Vineland’s past and its creation as a Utopian community, she discovers a kindred spirit from the 1880s, Thatcher Greenwood.
A science teacher with a lifelong passion for honest investigation, Thatcher finds himself under siege in his community for telling the truth: his employer forbids him to speak of the exciting new theory recently published by Charles Darwin. Thatcher’s friendships with a brilliant woman scientist and a renegade newspaper editor draw him into a vendetta with the town’s most powerful men. At home, his new wife and status-conscious mother-in-law bristle at the risk of scandal, and dismiss his financial worries and the news that their elegant house is structurally unsound.
Brilliantly executed and compulsively listenable, Unsheltered is the story of two families, in two centuries, who live at the corner of Sixth and Plum, as they navigate the challenges of surviving a world in the throes of major cultural shifts. In this mesmerizing story told in alternating chapters, Willa and Thatcher come to realize that though the future is uncertain, even unnerving, shelter can be found in the bonds of kindred - whether family or friends - and in the strength of the human spirit.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 2019-07-27
disappointed
I couldn't empathize with the characters; found
the story quite thin. I quit before finishing it.
3 people found this helpful
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Krow Fischer
- 2019-05-04
One of the most interesting books I have heard.
I love her writing. I love her ideas, her turns of phrase, her characters, her insights and her utter brilliance in her craft. This book of hers was deep, reflective, funny, interesting and shines a light on the cycles of insanity our collective societies can descend into. A real glimpse at where we are in North America and a reminder that we have been here before, just as irrational, just as hateful and just as illogically dangerous as a society. I can't stop thinking about this story. The characters are friends.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Daria
- 2020-04-28
Unbearable Narration
The whiny whispery combination in narration made it unbearable to listen to. Lasted one chapter. Couldn’t get past the narration to get into the story. She should stick to writing - leave the narration to professionals. A real disappointment.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-10-06
Surprisingly disappointing read
I am a fan of Barbara Kingsolver's Poisonwood Bible. Absolutely loved it. But Unshelered is nothing like it. ... story line is trying too hard to connect unrelated stories. Much minutiae and detailed description that doesn't produce a rich narrative, exploration of grief or aging, nor good character development. Really disappointing. Didn't make it past chapter 6.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Kathryn
- 2019-04-19
Leave performances to the professionals
I found the production quality poor as if the recording was done in an empty room. I enjoyed the story but think a professional reader would have done a better job of the voices and accents.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2019-03-11
Not worth a minute of your time
Slow moving and not at all interesting. Don’t waste your time or money on this book.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Emily
- 2020-10-04
All time favourite
One of Kingsolver's best. Narration by the author is even more intimate.
All the bliss and agony and humour of a well told grownup story.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-05-22
sad demise of kingsolver
I love the old kingsolver novels, but this is pretty bad and out of touch. The characters are mostly incoherent and improbable. Also her narration is awful. A disappointment. Would return it if I could.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-08-21
Great Story!
A wonderful tale written and read by Barbara Kingsolver! The storyline is captivating and imaginative.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Gail D.
- 2018-11-05
Spring for a professional narrator, please!
This is my least favorite Kingslover book. I am kind of disappointed, I found it completely uninteresting. Though the most disappointing factor would be the narration, it sounds tinny and the voices and accents were atrocious. Please, I beg you, hire a professional next time. It can make or break a book and for this one, it broke it. I don't think I would have been as disappointed otherwise.
124 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- GoHigh
- 2018-10-31
So Bad!!!
I’ve read this author’s books over the years and enjoyed them so this was a shock. This one is painful, whiney, drivel. Suffered thru to the last hour and then just stopped. Poor story, poor narration - not worth my time or the credit.
118 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Julia Mahood
- 2018-10-29
so disappointing
It is rare when an author does a good job reading her/his own book. I didn't notice who the narrator was when I bought it. From the beginning it was kind of painful to listen to, with a somewhat stilted cadence and odd accents. When she mispronounced béchamel I thought "poor Barbara Kingsolver! They got someone to narrate her book who can't even correctly pronounce the words she wrote!" When I looked to see who the narrator was I was shocked to see that she chose to narrate her own book.
I've never been tempted to not finish one of her books, I'm a huge fan, but this one is depressing and the narration is the nail in the coffin.
95 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- TheDallesmbt
- 2018-10-29
Disappointing
I have been a Kingsolver fan from the time nearly 30 years ago when I read Animal Dreams. The Bean Tree and Pigs in Heaven cemented her as one of my favorite authors. I also really enjoyed both Holding the Line and High Tide in Tucson as nonfiction. This is the first time I have ever been tempted to a DNF conclusion with a book by Barbara Kingsolver. Although we hold many of the same beliefs, her pretentious, dreadful dialogue/preaching was mind numbing. The highly educated protagonists have every possible calamity befall them. The members of the family were not only one dimensional but unbelievable. Even worse, the author opted to narrate. The voices of Mary Treat and almost every male spoke in such a stilted manner that listening was a frustrating, difficult endeavor. She is capable of so much more, making the book an even greater disappointment.
48 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Deborah
- 2018-10-20
Timely and on message
It is difficult to know where to start in praise of this novel. Perhaps I am biased as I live in the Pine Barrens not too far from Vineland. The story is really two. The inception of the city by Charles Landis in the post civil war era and some of the people who settled there; their lives and the indigenous nature of the Pine Barrens. The second story is present day Vineland, a mostly low income group of multi-cultured characters and their struggle to live in the city that has slowly disintegrated. As in many of Kingsolver’s books we learn via her characters lessons of living green, geopolitics, and interpersonal relationships. Her descriptive science knowledge is peppered with bittersweet humor with us all simply trying to live on this planet riddled with insurmountable problems.
41 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2018-10-28
Not her best work
I usually love Barbara Kingsolvers novels so I was excited to see a new one. However after listening to it on a long drive I found that it was terribly boring. I couldn't really find the point of the story and even skipped whole chapters hoping it would become more interesting. But alas, it didn't and I gave up without finishing.
29 people found this helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Kim Ashby
- 2018-11-06
So disappointing
I was excited to read this book by one of my favorite authors. My excitement quickly vanished as I slogged through one incredibly boring and preachy chapter after another.
Ms. Kingsolver chose to narrate her own book. It’s hard to think anything could have made this book worse, but her plodding, laborious narration did indeed take the book from boring to unbearable, not to mention the numerous mispronounced words.
The book was a huge disappoint. Make this one a hard pass. You’ll thank me.
23 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- CG
- 2018-10-28
Beautiful historical fiction/modern day novel
I love Barbara Kingsolver's books and this one didn't fail. I love her attention to nature and in this case, the story of 19th century Mary Treat, a recognized botanist and the modern day woman who decides to write about her. The prose is beautiful, the politics timely and the story of family heartwarming. I liked but didn't love having Kingsolver narrate. She is very clear and easy to understand, but I was always aware of her narration. I never lost myself in the characters as I do with the really talented narrators.
21 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- RC
- 2018-10-18
Terrific
Once again, an absolute winner from Barbara Kingsolver. A history lesson (Mary Treat), social commentary, and just an all around terrific story by a terrific writer.
19 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- LoveThyNeighbor
- 2018-10-18
Soft mellow and Relaxing!
I snatched this audio the second it came available. My expectations are never as high as the beautifully written The Poisonwood Bible. But this Kjngsolver book is special because she narrates her own story. Her young voice is melodic and keeps an even steady pace. It’s resembles reading aloud more than morphing from one actor to another. This would be perfect for a teen to read to her aging great grandmother especially if they love time period stories.
I’ve been listening to mysteries lately and find myself “re-reading” parts I missed. With this novel I was able garden and if I missed a scene it was okay. I did not ever get lost in the story but still looked forward to entering the old dilapidated house whenever blessed with time.
12 people found this helpful
