Anne Tyler
A Spool of Blue Thread
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Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Rodgers
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
Pearl Tull is nearing the end of her life but not of her memory. It was a Sunday night in 1944 when her husband left the little row house on Baltimore's Calvert Street, abandoning Pearl to raise their three children alone....
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2 out of 5 stars
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I had trouble finishing the book
- By Michelle Owen on 2024-09-22
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Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Rodgers
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 2021-01-05
- Language: English
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Breathing Lessons
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
Unfolding over the course of a single emotionally fraught day, this stunning novel encompasses a lifetime of dreams, regrets, and reckonings....
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Breathing Lessons
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-09
- Language: English
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The Accidental Tourist
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In this irresistible novel, Anne Tyler explores the slippery alchemy of attracting opposites, and the struggle to rebuild one’s life after unspeakable tragedy....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can't Let it go
- By Laura on 2021-10-17
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The Accidental Tourist
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2021-01-09
- Language: English
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Clock Dance
- A Novel
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved this book !
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-06-29
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Clock Dance
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2018-07-10
- Language: English
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Searching for Caleb
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Amy Finegan
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Adamantly middle-class, the Pecks are quick to sweep under the rug those members who do not live up to their standards. Maybe that's why Caleb Peck took off with his violincello as a boy? Sixty years later, his brother, Daniel, is still wondering....
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Searching for Caleb
- Narrated by: Amy Finegan
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-17
- Language: English
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Ladder of Years
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
The headlines are all the same: Beloved mother and wife Delia Grinstead was last seen strolling down the Delaware shore. To the best of her family's knowledge, she has disappeared without a trace. But Delia didn't disappear. She ran....
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5 out of 5 stars
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great book
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-05-21
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Ladder of Years
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-10
- Language: English
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The Amateur Marriage
- A Novel
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage - and its consequences, spanning three generations....
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5 out of 5 stars
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wonderful book
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-05-25
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The Amateur Marriage
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-16
- Language: English
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A Spool of Blue Thread
- A Novel
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 10
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 10
The Whitshanks are one of those families that radiate togetherness: an indefinable, enviable kind of specialness. But they are also like all families....
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1 out of 5 stars
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My bad
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-10-27
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A Spool of Blue Thread
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2015-02-10
- Language: English
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Price: $41.68 or 1 Credit
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French Braid
- A Novel
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 16
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 17
The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever leave home, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Kimberly Farr/narrator
- By sandra a. on 2022-04-20
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French Braid
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 2022-03-22
- Language: English
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Saint Maybe
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Ian Bedloe is the ideal teenage son, leading a cheery, apple-pie life with his family in Baltimore. That is, until a careless and vicious rumor leads to a devastating tragedy. Imploding from guilt, Ian believes he is the one responsible....
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Saint Maybe
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-17
- Language: English
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A Patchwork Planet
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Barnaby Gaitlin was never a bad kid, but he was certainly doing his best to impersonate one. As a teenager, he developed a habit of breaking into other people’s houses. But he wasn’t interested in the valuable loot - he just liked to read people’s mail, peruse their family albums....
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A Patchwork Planet
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2021-03-02
- Language: English
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If Morning Ever Comes
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Debora Weston
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story2 out of 5 stars 1
In the debut novel that set her on the path to becoming an American classic, Anne Tyler's If Morning Ever Comes presents a timeless portrait of a young man's homecoming and his ensuing journey through youth, identity, family, and love....
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If Morning Ever Comes
- Narrated by: Debora Weston
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-17
- Language: English
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The Clock Winder
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Suzanne Pirret
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story1.5 out of 5 stars 2
Mrs. Emerson, widowed with seven adult children, lives alone in crumbling Victorian mansion outside Baltimore with only a collection of antique clocks to keep her company. Elizabeth Abbott - 23 years old, aimless, bohemian - happens upon Mrs. Emerson's home....
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The Clock Winder
- Narrated by: Suzanne Pirret
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-17
- Language: English
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Redhead by the Side of the Road
- A Novel
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4 out of 5 stars 10
Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day, his routines are blown apart....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not a thrilling book
- By Sandra S on 2022-01-06
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Redhead by the Side of the Road
- A Novel
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2020-04-07
- Language: English
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Earthly Possessions
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Kate Handford
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Charlotte Emory has always lived a quiet, conventional life in Clarion, Maryland. She lives as simply as possible and one day decides to simplify everything and leave her husband....
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Earthly Possessions
- Narrated by: Kate Handford
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-17
- Language: English
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The Tin Can Tree
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Tara Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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In the small town of Larksville, the Pike family is hopelessly out of step with the daily rhythms of life. Mrs. Pike seldom speaks, while Mr. Pike maintains a forced stoicism. Only their 10-year-old seems able to acknowledge that their world has changed. He just doesn't understand why....
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The Tin Can Tree
- Narrated by: Tara Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-17
- Language: English
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A Slipping-Down Life
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Deborah McBride
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Evie Decker is a shy, slightly plump teenager with a distant father and hours and hours of silence to fill. Then one night she hears local rock singer Drumstrings Casey on the radio - and becomes instantly attracted to his cool, motionless voice....
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A Slipping-Down Life
- Narrated by: Deborah McBride
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-17
- Language: English
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Celestial Navigation
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Amy Finegan, Tara Ward, Barbara Barnes, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Thirty-eight-year-old Jeremy Pauling has never left home. He lives on the top floor of a Baltimore row house where he creates collages of little people snipped from wrapping paper....
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Celestial Navigation
- Narrated by: Amy Finegan, Tara Ward, Barbara Barnes, Julie Rogers, Francine Brody
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 2021-01-09
- Language: English
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Morgan's Passing
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In this modern classic, a man unhappy with his life and armed with a box of costumes seeks escape and reprieve by assuming fake identities....
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Morgan's Passing
- Narrated by: Nathan Osgood
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-17
- Language: English
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Digging to America
- A Novel
- Written by: Anne Tyler
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
In what is perhaps her richest and most deeply searching novel, Anne Tyler gives us a story about what it is to be an American, and about Maryam Yazdan, who after 35 years in this country must finally come to terms with her “outsiderness”....
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3 out of 5 stars
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confusing
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-05-27
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Digging to America
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-16
- Language: English
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