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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives.
As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight.
Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house until one night her stargazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.
By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world.
A powerful novel you won't soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love.
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- Pootle_around
- 04-03-19
Incredible
This book is amazing. It's one that will stay with me for a long time. It's like a modern day Romeo and Juliet story, only with paedophiles and drugs. I'm going to search for other books by Bryn Greenwood, I hope there are more on Audible.
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- Miss E R Hughes
- 05-03-21
Worth a listen
Very uncomfortable topic but it got me thinking A LOT. The story took a while to get going but overall it was good.
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- Sandra
- 12-10-21
Wonderful. I want to listen again straight away
Heart wrenching story, and I had hope in my heart for Wavy the whole time. It’s rare enough to find a book you can’t stop listening to, but this is a gem.
Wonderfully narrated, perfect for the characters and so respectful of them.
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- Jill Forsey
- 29-12-17
Excellent
True emotion which made you think twice about how you would respond with many of the situations
An excellent book
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- Anonymous User
- 09-03-22
Best book so far this year
I loved it from the beginning till the end. In contrast some other reviews, I did not feel confused about the story.
This is a very unusal love story, full of sadness and hope and desperate love, I will never forget.
The narrator was marvelous. too.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-04-22
I am still haunted by this book
Very few books have stayed with me like this one. It is disturbing, confusing, heartbreaking and frustrating all at once. All the characters are complicated as are their relationships with each other. There were moments where I couldn’t bare to listen but I was gripped right to the end. I’m not sure i can say I “enjoyed” this book it but I was compelled to keep going right to end.
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- R Thompson
- 15-09-23
What a brilliant book!
This is an equally tragic and beautiful book. The main character will stay with me for a long time! If you’re open minded you’ll really understand and love it too!
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- S. C. White
- 02-11-21
Challenges So Many Assumptions
This beautifully crafted book challenges the reader to confront their own moral assumptions through the judgements and easy prejudice levelled against the main protagonists.
As a therapist specialising in working with adults sexually abused as children, I found the book to be a cautionary tale about the need to actually listen and stay in my clients frame of reference. Perception governs experience.
If you enjoyed this book, I recommend “Where the Crawdads Sing”, which, while less mortally challenging, is beautifully written.
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- Lo
- 30-11-16
Favourite book of the year so far!!
I loved this story because of the discomfort I felt while reading not despite of..
This author gave us a story that is original not only in it's content but in the way it's written as well.
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- Tish smith
- 16-10-19
This book...
Taboo but gosh this story had to be written I read it a few years ago and got the audio to listen as reading isn’t so easy with a little one always wanting my attention. The feels all came flooding back. Not to everyone’s taste but gosh it sticks with you
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