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Long Island
Interview: In "Long Island," Colm Tóibín gives a second act to characters from his beloved novel "Brooklyn,"
- Long Island
- By:Colm Toibin
- Narrated by:Jessie Buckley
- Long Island
- 'A plot is an action that allows consequences to matter.'
Featured Article: Audible Essentials—The Top 100 Screen Adaptations of All Time
As the category of great page-to-screen storytelling continues to grow, we scoured our libraries, grilled audiophiles and cinephiles, and vetted the entire Audible catalog for the 100 greatest screen adaptations for watchers and listeners alike. These are the stories that inspired some of the greatest on-screen stories of all time, from Academy Award winners and cult classics to must-see TV. They're well worth the price of admission.
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Long Island
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 765
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 707
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Story4 out of 5 stars 707
It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis is now forty with two teenage children. Though her ties to Ireland remain stronger than those that hold her to her new land and home, she has not returned in decades.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Splendid! But…
- By Tallulah on 05-22-24
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Long Island
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
- Series: Eilis Lacey, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-07-24
- Language: English
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Brooklyn
- A Novel
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Saoirse Ronan
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4 out of 5 stars 19
Colm Tóibín’s New York Times bestselling novel—also an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture—is about a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the early 1950s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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details of everyday lufe
- By Cynthia Jane on 12-19-24
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Brooklyn
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Saoirse Ronan
- Series: Eilis Lacey, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 10-22-24
- Language: English
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Long Island
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighbouring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents. One day, an Irishman comes to the door asking for Eilis by name.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting
- By Jane F. Clifton on 06-03-24
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Long Island
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
- Series: Eilis Lacey, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-30-24
- Language: English
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Brooklyn
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Saoirse Ronan
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
In a small town in 1950s Ireland Eilis Lacey is one among many women of her generation who cannot find work at home. So, when a job is offered in America, she knows she must leave.
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Brooklyn
- Narrated by: Saoirse Ronan
- Series: Eilis Lacey, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 10-17-24
- Language: English
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Mothers and Sons
- Stories
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 20
This beautifully written, intensely intimate collection explores a subject of nearly universal experience: the psychological push and pull between a mother and a son....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Reader, Odd Endings
- By Deborah on 06-11-08
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Mothers and Sons
- Stories
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 12-31-07
- Language: English
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The Magician
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Author of interesting and compelling books made into a compelling character
- By Viktors on 05-21-22
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The Magician
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-23-21
- Language: English
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4 out of 5 stars 40
From Colm Tóibín, an illuminating, intimate study of Irish culture, history, and literature told through the lives and work of three men - William Wilde, John Butler Yeats, and John Stanislaus Joyce - and the complicated, influential relationships they had with their complicated sons....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Eminently re-readable
- By Ellen-A on 01-02-19
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 10-30-18
- Language: English
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Nora Webster
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 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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1960s Ireland. Nora Webster, a widow from a small town, is trying to piece her life back together while caring for her four children after the death of her husband. In a close community where everyone knows your business, Nora is trying to emerge from her own sorrow in private.
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Nora Webster
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 10-24-24
- Language: English
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Long Island
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
In Colm Tóibín's masterful new novel, we are reunited with Eilis Lacey, the heroine of Brooklyn, twenty years on, in the 1970s, living with her husband, Tony Fiorello, and her children in a house in Long Island, rather too close to her Fiorello in-laws....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such observation!
- By MelissaF on 07-10-24
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Long Island
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
- Series: Eilis Lacey, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 05-23-24
- Language: English
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The Heather Blazing
- A Novel
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4 out of 5 stars 76
Eamon Redmond is a judge in Ireland’s high court, a completely legal creature who is just beginning to discover how painfully unconnected he is from other human beings....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Quiet but Lovely Story
- By Cariola on 03-29-13
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The Heather Blazing
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 12-04-12
- Language: English
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A Guest at the Feast
- Essays
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 11
From one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a collection of essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent writing and interesting insights.
- By Tom on 02-11-24
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A Guest at the Feast
- Essays
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-17-23
- Language: English
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The South
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Terry Donnelly
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 24
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 23
In 1950, Katherine Proctor leaves Ireland for Barcelona, determined to escape her family and become a painter....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Waste of time
- By K on 10-11-19
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The South
- Narrated by: Terry Donnelly
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 12-04-12
- Language: English
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The Testament of Mary
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,279
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,086
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,068
Meryl Streep’s performance of Colm Tóibín's acclaimed portrait of Mary is hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “an ideal audiobook"....
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1 out of 5 stars
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hated it
- By bibliophile on 06-14-14
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The Testament of Mary
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-10-13
- Language: English
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The Shortest Day
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 253
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 218
During the winter solstice, on the shortest day and longest night of the year, the ancient burial chamber at Newgrange is empowered. Its mystifying source is a haunting tale told by locals....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible
- By Amazon Customer on 05-17-23
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The Shortest Day
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 11-03-20
- Language: English
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House of Names
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Charlie Anson, Pippa Nixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 671
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 615
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Story4 out of 5 stars 616
"I have been acquainted with the smell of death." So begins Clytemnestra's tale of her own life in ancient Mycenae, the legendary Greek city....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Power. Control. Restraint.
- By David on 06-27-17
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House of Names
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Charlie Anson, Pippa Nixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 05-09-17
- Language: English
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Nora Webster: A Novel
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 550
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 483
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Story4 out of 5 stars 483
Widowed at forty, with four children and not enough money, Nora has lost the love of her life, Maurice, the man who rescued her from the stifling world to which she was born....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Contrived & Overreaching
- By Sara on 12-13-15
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Nora Webster: A Novel
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 10-07-14
- Language: English
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The Empty Family
- Stories
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin, Jeff Woodman, Alma Cuervo, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 24
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 26
In the captivating stories that make up The Empty Family, Colm Tibn delineates with a tender and unique sensibility, lives of unspoken or unconscious longing, of individuals often willingly cast adrift from their history....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love, Loss, and Longing
- By Cariola on 01-02-12
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The Empty Family
- Stories
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin, Jeff Woodman, Alma Cuervo, Piter Marek, Terry Donnelly, John Keating, Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-04-11
- Language: English
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On the Couch
- Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud
- By: Siri Hustvedt, Andre Aciman, Jennifer Finney Boylan, and others
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman, Perry Daniels
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
Filled with insights, provocation, and humor, On the Couch offers an original and nuanced portrait of Freud as a complex figure who, for all his flaws, forever changed how we see ourselves and the world.
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On the Couch
- Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman, Perry Daniels
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 05-14-24
- Language: English
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The Testament of Mary
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Colm Toibin’s The Testament of Mary is the moving story of one of the most famous mothers in history, the Virgin Mary.
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The Testament of Mary
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 10-17-24
- Language: English
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New Ways to Kill Your Mother
- Writers and Their Families
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 20
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 20
In a brilliant, nuanced, and wholly original collection of essays, the best-selling and award-winning author offers a fascinating exploration of famous writers’ relationships to their families and their work....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Literary Box of Chocolates
- By Cariola on 11-02-13
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New Ways to Kill Your Mother
- Writers and Their Families
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 06-12-12
- Language: English
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