And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
A Novella
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Narrated by:
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David Morse
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Written by:
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Fredrik Backman
About this listen
A little book with a big heart!
“I read this beautifully imagined and moving novella in one sitting, utterly wowed, wanting to share it with everyone I know.” (Lisa Genova, best-selling author of Still Alice)
From the New York Times best-selling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here comes an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family’s efforts to care for him even as they must find a way to let go.
With all the same charm of his best-selling full-length novels, here Fredrik Backman once again reveals his unrivaled understanding of human nature and deep compassion for people in difficult circumstances. This is a tiny gem with a message you'll treasure for a lifetime.
©2016 Fredrik Backman. All rights reserved. (P)2016 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.You may also enjoy...
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- A Short Story
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- Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 4
Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun quick story
- By Marypretends on 2024-12-11
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Beartown
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- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 759
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 672
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 670
People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semifinals, and they actually have a shot at winning.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-11-30
Written by: Fredrik Backman
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Chasing Fireflies
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- Written by: Charles Martin
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
On a stifling summer day, an old Chevy Impala ignored the warning signals and was annihilated by the oncoming train. What no one realized until much later was that the driver had paused just before entering the tracks and kicked a small boy out of the car. A small boy with broken glasses who is clutching a notebook with all his might...but who never speaks.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator leaves something to be desired.
- By Veronica on 2023-10-27
Written by: Charles Martin
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The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
- Written by: Joe Siple
- Narrated by: Martin Landry
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
With all his family and friends gone except an estranged grandson, retired Major League ballplayer Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a spirited 10-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants to do before he dies. Murray is determined to help Jason fulfill his dreams. Together, they race against the limited time each has left, ticking off Jason's wishes one by one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lobes it!
- By Carole Essiembre on 2024-02-10
Written by: Joe Siple
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When Crickets Cry
- Written by: Charles Martin
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
It begins on the shaded town square in a sleepy Southern town. A spirited seven-year-old has a brisk business at her lemonade stand. But the little girl’s pretty yellow dress can’t quite hide the ugly scar on her chest. Her latest customer, a bearded stranger, drains his cup and heads to his car, his mind on a boat he's restoring at a nearby lake. The stranger understands more about the scar than he wants to admit. And the beat-up bread truck careening around the corner with its radio blaring is about to change the trajectory of both their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The compassion of the story
- By Charlene Kasinec on 2023-12-23
Written by: Charles Martin
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Evidence of the Affair
- Written by: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, George Newbern, James Daniels, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 181
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 146
The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely helped me escape my afternoon!
- By J-Amazon Canadian Prime Customer on 2019-05-26
Written by: Taylor Jenkins Reid
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The Answer Is No
- A Short Story
- Written by: Fredrik Backman, Elizabeth DeNoma - translator
- Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 4
Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun quick story
- By Marypretends on 2024-12-11
Written by: Fredrik Backman, and others
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Beartown
- Written by: Fredrik Backman
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 759
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 672
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 670
People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semifinals, and they actually have a shot at winning.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-11-30
Written by: Fredrik Backman
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Chasing Fireflies
- A Novel of Discovery
- Written by: Charles Martin
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
On a stifling summer day, an old Chevy Impala ignored the warning signals and was annihilated by the oncoming train. What no one realized until much later was that the driver had paused just before entering the tracks and kicked a small boy out of the car. A small boy with broken glasses who is clutching a notebook with all his might...but who never speaks.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator leaves something to be desired.
- By Veronica on 2023-10-27
Written by: Charles Martin
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The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
- Written by: Joe Siple
- Narrated by: Martin Landry
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
With all his family and friends gone except an estranged grandson, retired Major League ballplayer Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a spirited 10-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants to do before he dies. Murray is determined to help Jason fulfill his dreams. Together, they race against the limited time each has left, ticking off Jason's wishes one by one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lobes it!
- By Carole Essiembre on 2024-02-10
Written by: Joe Siple
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When Crickets Cry
- Written by: Charles Martin
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
It begins on the shaded town square in a sleepy Southern town. A spirited seven-year-old has a brisk business at her lemonade stand. But the little girl’s pretty yellow dress can’t quite hide the ugly scar on her chest. Her latest customer, a bearded stranger, drains his cup and heads to his car, his mind on a boat he's restoring at a nearby lake. The stranger understands more about the scar than he wants to admit. And the beat-up bread truck careening around the corner with its radio blaring is about to change the trajectory of both their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
-
The compassion of the story
- By Charlene Kasinec on 2023-12-23
Written by: Charles Martin
-
Evidence of the Affair
- Written by: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, George Newbern, James Daniels, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 181
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 147
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 146
The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely helped me escape my afternoon!
- By J-Amazon Canadian Prime Customer on 2019-05-26
Written by: Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 2021-06-13
one of my all time favourites.
Backman writes in a way that immerses you in every line. Simple yet powerful writing, that makes you reflect and celebrate the little things.
the narrator captivated each character in their voice perfectly.
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- Suzanne Stratton
- 2021-07-01
and every morning.....
Sad story, but beautifully told with much love.
David Morse told it with feeling.
well done!
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- Georgina B
- 2021-04-19
Sad breaks your heart
This story is about a father who's focus on the past and the future slowly dims but in a moment of clarity words spoken so clearly so enlighten to his family explains humanity and love for one another.
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- E. Boyd
- 2020-11-19
Such an amazing story!
This is my first Fredrik Backman book, but it definitely won’t be my last! I loved, loved, loved this story! As for the narrator, I’ve seen him as an actor before (I’m pretty sure he was on St. Elsewhere back in the day, but he’s been on many other tv shows and movies, as well). I’ve always loved the roles he’s played, and now I love him as an audiobook narrator, too! Five-stars from me in every possible aspect! Highly recommend!!
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- Gail Jordan
- 2022-11-11
Beautiful, heartwarming
Written and performed to touch the heart. Anyone who has loved and lost will appreciate it's beauty and humanity.
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- Trevor Hammond
- 2021-11-30
This would be the natursl saga of a Brilliant Mind
I absolutely loved it. The story we've between the characters and the Grandfathers spiral in and out of reality like a seemless dance routine. Not jarring but delicate, and with grace and sophistication.
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- shira5665
- 2021-05-12
Beautiful, sad, hopeful
An old man makes the last journey through his memories as his mind fades. So touching, so beautiful. Worth listening, the narrator is perfect!
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- karen
- 2021-06-11
Amazing story!
What a story! So heartwarming,sad and beautiful ..exactly what life should be. Full of amazing thought provoking questions and answers. A must read for everyone. The kind of book that you will to go back and reread and get even more from it.
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- Heather
- 2023-03-16
Beautifully Wriiten
I love Fredrik Backman’s writing style and this one does not disappoint - it will resonate with anyone who’s been on a similar journey or not. He has brilliantly captured the mystery, fear, love and emotion. I’m so glad he decided to share this work. Narration was wonderful.
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- Ruth Henrich
- 2023-11-23
I smiled, cried and loved.
This is such a beautiful novella. It touches you in places you didn’t know you had. Bachman writes with so much soul and beauty. I have enjoyed every one of his books and never forget a single one. They come back to me at the strangest and most opportune times. I know this one will do the same.
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