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Sense 76 Audiobook Picks
June is National
Audiobook Month -- no doubt because families across the country are gearing
up for summer driving vacations! -- and in preparation we've
gathered some unique and provocative audiobook selections from a great
diversity of voices to help you find the best books, read by the best
readers...and all personally recommended by the independent booksellers
of America.
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 The
Nanny Diaries
by Emma
McLaughlin and Nicola
Kraus; read by Julia Roberts
(Abridged) "Julia Roberts, an unusual choice, turns in a deft performance,
moving effortlessly between the voices of Nanny, her four-year-old charge, and
her employer -- the terrifying Mrs. X. A shrewd satire and a guilty pleasure."
- Corrie Glanville, Women & Children First, Chicago, IL
 The
Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature
by Neal
Pollack; read by the author
(Abridged; CD only) "This is a hilarious, laugh-out-loud trashing of literary
pretentiousness, accompanied by and contrasted with simple roots music provided
by the Pine Valley Cosmonauts." - Steve Turnbull, Joseph-Beth Booksellers,
Cincinnati, OH
 Noonday
Demon: An Atlas of Depression
by Andrew
Solomon; read by the author
(Audio, Abridged) "Think you wouldn't be riveted by a few hours listening
to someone talk about depression? Think again. This compelling audio is powerful
stuff. He moves through the morass of descriptions of depression on to witty
yet cogent responses to his own depression and back to attempting to define
questions about mental health." - Mary Ellen Kavanaugh, My Sisters'
Words, Syracuse, NY
The
Secret Life of Bees
by
Sue Monk Kidd; read by Jenna Lamia
(Abridged,
Unabridged
CD)
"Lamia's performance perfectly conveys the innocence, anger, humor, sadness
and sweetness of Lily Owens' feelings in her search for love and the mother
she's never had. Kidd makes Lily transcend the printed page; Lamia brings her
to your doorstep and into your arms." - Carrie Graves, Happy Bookseller,
Columbia, SC
 Peace
Like a River
by Leif
Enger; read by Chad Lowe
(Unabridged) "A terrific audio. My wife and I listened to it on a very long
car trip, and we found ourselves parked at pit stops waiting for the chapter to
end before we went inside for coffee. It is a wonderful story, and the audio is
beautifully produced." - Doug Wolfe, Dee Gee's Gifts & Books, Morehead
City, NC
The
Passion of Artemisia
by Susan
Vreeland; read by Gigi Bermingham
(Unabridged,
Unabridged
CD)
"Spectacular! I have been raving to my customers about this audiobook.
An inspired choice of reader and an inspired choice of subject." -
Rondi Brouwer, Blackwood & Brouwer Booksellers, Kinderhook, NY
 The
Eyre Affair
by Jasper
Fforde; read by Elizabeth Sastre
(Abridged,
CD)
"This 'slightly abridged' audio brings to life Fforde's wonderful literary/suspense/science
fiction tale. Sastre's British accent brings to life the literary detective
Thursday Next, who must match wits with the villain Acheron Hades, who plucks
Jane Eyre from her novel and holds a society's culture hostage." -
Derf Maitland, Reader's Café, Hanover, PA
 Comfort
Me With Apples
by Ruth
Reichl; read by the author
(Abridged)
"Reichl continues her adventures as a maturing food critic, treating us to
tales of following Wolfgang Puck around while he opens a restaurant, escaping
to Paris on a whim, lunching with MFK Fisher, and other tales. It has been so
fun to be a fly on the wall of Reichl's life." - Missie Burman, Olsson's,
Courthouse, Arlington, VA
 Mystic
River
by Dennis
Lehane; read by Scott Brick
(Abridged,
Unabridged,
CD)
"Murder brings three former childhood friends together again. Absolutely
riveting. I didn't want to leave the car until the story had finished. I even
went and sat in my car at lunchtime so I could keep listening!" - Lois
Powers, Toadstool Books, Milford, NH
 Ava's
Man
by Rick
Bragg; read by the author
(Abridged,
CD)
"I've listened to this twice and recommend it to everyone. Five other booksellers
here do, too. This is wonderful storytelling by a master." - Debbie
Lane, Bookshelf at Hooligan Rocks, Truckee, CA
On to the Book
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