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The Listening

By: Nathan Harris
Narrated by: Audra Pagano
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With Mama gone to the only place where people stay forever, Mabey now spends her after-school hours at Papa's junkyard. Just when things are beginning to look up, a stranger named Aggy begins to threaten Papa with words that Mabey cannot quite understand. By turns heartrending and hopeful, The Listening is a quiet but powerful tale about a little girl's first experiences with love, loss, race, and forgiveness.

©2015 Nathan Harris (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Heartfelt
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This was a lovely short story, well written and narrated. I enjoyed listening to it.

Touching and poignant

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Poignant short story about love, loss and loyalty, very well written and narrated Would recommend

short and sweet

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A wonderful poignant short story. A little girls eyes open to her first encounters of racism. Heartfelt and heartbreaking a short story with so many layers and depth. Beautifully read

A wonderful short story beautifully read.

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