Nice to Come Home to

Nice to Come Home to
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A Novel

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فرمت کتاب

audiobook

تاریخ انتشار

2008

نویسنده

Carrington MacDuffie

شابک

9781593161293
  • اطلاعات
  • نقد و بررسی
  • دیدگاه کاربران
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نقد و بررسی

AudioFile Magazine
All Prudence Whistler, a 30-something spinster, wants is a caring husband, kids, and her own dress shop. What she gets are her younger sister, who is an unmarried mother, and a retinue of disturbed family and friends. Narrator Carrington MacDuffie inhabits Pru with gusto and heartache. The comparison to Jane Austen's SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is inevitable: Pru is the sensible heroine, and Patsy is burdened by too much sensibility. Most of the voices sound true, with the exception of Pru's niece, who sounds like a grown-up trying to imitate a little girl. But Pru herself is so convincing, evoking laughter and tears, that this flaw can easily be forgiven. M.T.B. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

Publisher's Weekly

December 3, 2007
Though she's methodically navigated 36 years by making lists and plans, D.C. resident Prudence Whistler's carefully constructed life is about to get shaken up. She's let go from the nonprofit job that never did much to fulfill her in the first place. Then Rudy—who she's finally decided will suffice as “The One”—condescendingly dumps her. But before she has too much time to stew, her loved ones rally 'round: catty, coupled college friends; her younger sister, Patsy, the unmarried mother of a two-year-old; and John Owen, the in-divorce-proceedings diner owner Pru first encounters while schlepping Rudy's television out to the curb. This crew's the catalyst for a series of adventures and lifestyle shakeups that has retail-addict Pru wondering whether her love for fashion could deliver more than the latest Marc Jacobs dress. And then there's the ongoing coffee klatch at John's diner that inspires the big question: is Pru in the market for “getting-each-other-through-a-bad-time-love” with John, or is it time to stick her neck out for “real-love love”? Readers may find Pru's early bad luck streak contrived, but as her lovable friends and neighbors spring into action, the well-written story rounds out and rolls toward a satisfying finish.



Library Journal

September 1, 2008
Though the base plot of National Public Radio producer and commentator Flowers's (www.rebeccaflowers.com) almost flawless, utterly charming, and engrossing first novel is fairly straightforward, the characters are likable, and the narrative is funny and realistic. There are better readers than two-time Audie® Award nominee Carrington MacDuffie in terms of voice characterization and accents, but she does justice to Prue and her surrounding cast of characters, and the production quality is excellent. All told, highly recommended for all public library collections. [Audio clip available through www.listenandlive.com; the Riverhead hc was recommended for all public libraries, "LJ" 4/1/08.Ed.]Nicole A. Cooke, Montclair State Univ. Lib., NJ

Copyright 2008 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.




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