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Signal Fires
- Narrated by: Dani Shapiro
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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Signal Fires
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
One night. One fateful choice. A constellation of lives changed forever.
On a summer night in 1985, the lives of three teenagers are shattered by a horrific car crash in which a young woman is killed next to the sprawling oak tree that marks the perimeter of 18 Division Street. For the Wilfs, it will become the deepest kind of family secret, one so dangerous it can never be spoken.
Secrets preside over the neighborhood along with the majestic oak. As we move through the decades, watching this family change and grow, we see how each of them is haunted by what they choose to ignore. Their lives become deeply entwined with the Shenkmans across the street, a couple with their own secrets and a lonely son who is captivated by the stars and a need to break free. As their stories collide in ways they never could have imagined, the past comes hurtling back to Division Street, setting in motion a spellbinding chain of events that will transform both families forever.
Signal Fires is a work of haunting beauty, an exquisite portrait of one family's world, and a testament to the human capacity to experience love and loss. With wry tenderness, it shows how we are all connected through time in ways that are at once mysterious and profound.
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- Jo Danan
- 13-02-23
Really worth picking up
This is a surprise gem of a book. Beautifully read and written. Superb.
I recommend.
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- Maggie Robertson
- 24-02-23
1st audible book
Loved it - characters vivid - impact of life events described exceptionally - slow paced but beautifully poignant
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- Anonymous User
- 21-06-23
Insightful
I really enjoyed all the different relationships. The book reminds us all of the importance of communication and not burying things in. A locked down way
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- Anonymous User
- 12-02-23
intricately woven
if you enjoyed the way This is us is laid out, where you know the end at the beginning, and wjere younsee the beggining in the ending; where all the lives we live and all the ripples and echoes play out, you'll be able to dive into this book and only emerge after the last poetic word has been heard 4/5
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- Ms C J Robinson
- 30-03-23
found this depressing and monotone
I honestly wanted to like this book, but I just can't bring myself to give it more than 3 stars. This is a pretty depressing story about ordinary, if not affluent, Americans going about their lives, dying, moving, forging themselves. But its just particularly original or interesting. I didn't like the narrator either, although her monotone voice accurately reflected the dour story. I almost feel I should apologise for not liking it, Shapiro clearly poured her heart out in it, but please - it just needed something to lift it! Something happy or funny, something like could feel like hope?!
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- DJS York
- 27-02-23
Amazing
One of the best books I’ve ever read/listened to. Didn’t want it to end.
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- Julian
- 02-06-23
Beautifully written and narrated moving story
Loved the story, even though it was rather sad in places and just about an ordinary family in suburbia. I could visualise everything. The narration was great (but I do listen to everything at 1.2)
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-07-23
Fantastic, wise and emotional
Highly recommended book, I cried a lot but got so much wisdom and beauty from this great book.
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- Adam B
- 01-04-23
Lispy narration distracting, average story
The story was okay, enjoyable enough without being earth shattering. I found the author’s narration borderline irritating - it’s obviously not her fault that she has a strong lisp, and I can understand the desire to narrate one’s own work, but I honestly think a different professional voice artist/narrator would have served the overall experience better.
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- Julia graham
- 25-02-23
Absolutely awful
Even though the author reads the book it is stilted, awkward, boring. The story isn't much better. I just didn't get it
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