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Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
In this moving, poignant novel by the best-selling author of Birds of America, we share a grown woman's bittersweet nostalgia for the wildness of her youth.
The summer Berie was 15, she and her best friend, Sils, had jobs at Storyland in upstate New York where Berie sold tickets to see the beautiful Sils portray Cinderella in a strapless evening gown. They spent their breaks smoking, joking, and gossiping. After work they followed their own reckless rules, teasing the fun out of small-town life, sleeping in the family station wagon, and drinking borrowed liquor from old mayonnaise jars. But no matter how wild, they always managed to escape any real danger - until the adoring Berie sees that Sils really does need her help - and then everything changes.
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- Alan
- 17-06-23
Wonderful novel beautifully narrated.
I really loved this audio book. I had read some of this author’s short stories in Bark so it was interesting to hear the same narrative style extended to a novel. Beautifully observed characters, poignant writing, her prose is both expressive and elegant. A great story too, switching between the narrator’s present situation and her adolescence, telling the story of a precious and formative childhood friendship. The narrator’s voice was superb and absolutely right for the character. Strongly recommended.
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- Ali
- 09-01-22
perfect
beautifully written, performed and produced.
Pitch perfect and completely absorbing, it was just a delight.
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- chris
- 03-02-24
A STRONG WOMAN'S VOICE
The novel looks at youth and middle age through the memories of the central character Berei. Jumping back and forth her from and her husband's holiday in Paris and her childhood friendship with Sils, Lorrie explores themes of what it is to be a woman at those two points in her life. Told with humour and insight, I found it a good read and enjoyed every page. The final chapter in particular with it's sad celebration of a female school choir wonderfully coming together in harmony staying in the mind of the narrator many years latter, is written with joy and pathos. She looks back with wisdom of the importance of that moment and reflects that nothing as wonderful has happened since.
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- LiminalVoice
- 22-03-22
Just wonderful! A few glitches in the recording but the performance and novel were ex
Exquisite overall. Brilliant writing and a great reading slightly let down by the production who didn’t pick up on some editorial glitches
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- Ebony
- 23-02-23
Wonderful
A delicate, small, but spiritual story about growing, and changing, and evolving. The reader is wonderful.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-07-23
Gorgeous
I’d listened to some of Lorrie Moore’s short stories but this was the first novel I’d read and I found it more satisfying. I loved the way she recreated both the malaise of adolescence and the intense feelings within female friendships.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-12-22
Dull as dishwater
I listened until the end as I thought it might have some sad ending that made up for the dull story, but it just petered out.
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