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Taking refuge on a remote island, a grieving woman develops unlikely connections with the community and the wild in this haunting novel of hope and perseverance from debut author Jessica Bryant Klagmann.
After the mysterious disappearance of her fiancé, Alma Hughes moves to a remote island in the North Atlantic, where she hopes to weather her grief and nurture her ailing dog. But the strange town of Violette has mysteries as well.
Townsfolk say that the radio tower overlooking their town broadcasts messages through their home appliances, their dreams, even the sea itself. When lightning strikes the tower, illuminating the sky in a brilliant flash, Alma finds herself caught in the unexplainable aftermath of one of Violette’s deadliest storms.
As the sea consumes the island, threatening its very existence, the deaths and lost memories of the recently departed also devastate the community. Alma, with a unique link to the lost, may be the only one who can help them move on. But to do so, she must confront a tragic loss of her own.
On this doomed island haunted by echoes of the departed, Alma searches for meaning in her future—and dares to discover the power of hope among the living.
Critic reviews
“An original and inherently fascinating novel by an especially gifted author, This Impossible Brightness by Jessica Bryant Klagmann will have a particular attraction for readers with an interest in family life/women's domestic life novels whose deft crafting raise them to an impressive level of literary excellence.”—Midwest Book Review
“At once haunting and visionary, Jessica Bryant Klagmann’s This Impossible Brightness asks us to consider ghosts in their many forms—literal ghosts, the ghosts of grief that follow all of us, and the ghost of a present-but-disappearing earth amid climate devastation. In the face of sweeping loss, this novel resists despair by weaving an expansive web of interconnectedness and also of hope. Klagmann’s debut is both wildly imaginative and gorgeously moving.”—Anne Valente, author of Our Hearts Will Burn Us Down
“In the eyes of This Impossible Brightness, humans bear a particular mark of distinction, one that’s spiritual or psychological rather than physical. We are the species that tries to change direction in midair; we attempt, impossibly, to take our fall and transform it into an ascent. Jessica Bryant Klagmann’s writing seems motivated by this same desire. Everywhere in her novel’s pages, you sense some force yearning to turn the future into the past—to forestall the autumn of the world, spin it around, and allow it to burst into spring. Through her focus on this effort, she produces a feeling that’s sustained and powerful, a clear-eyed grief leavened by a mad hope.”—Kevin Brockmeier, author of The Ghost Variations
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This newer edition of the King James Bible published in 1769 is usually preferred by most that read it over the older 1611 version. This 1769 edition is highly sought after due to being more reader/listener friendly than the 1611 since many typos were fixed.... We hope your new audio bible will go everywhere with you and be a blessing for years to come.
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Very Good
- By José de Ribera on 12-17-20
By: King James Bible
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He Who Fights with Monsters 2
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- By: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
- Narrated by: Heath Miller
- Length: 22 hrs and 1 min
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But Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone to compete for a grand prize. Jason must gather a band of companions if he is to stand a chance against the best the world has to offer. While the young adventurers are caught up in competition, the city leaders deal with revelations of betrayal as a vast and terrible enemy is revealed. Although Jason seems uninvolved, he has unknowingly crossed the enemy’s path before.
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Contrary to common reviews
- By Karen on 05-21-21
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The Jane Austen Collection
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- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Claire Foy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Billie Piper, and others
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Renowned as much for her wit and satirical social commentary as for her stories of love and romance, Jane Austen remains unfailingly relevant and one of Britain’s best loved authors. In this Audible Original collection, an all-star list of narrators (Billie Piper, Claire Foy, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) capture Austen’s pin-sharp humour and tone in these dramatisations of her six beloved novels accompanied by a full cast.
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Not a faithful rendition
- By Anne McClain on 12-13-20
By: Jane Austen
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Treasure Island
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- By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Marty Ross - adaptation
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Audible Originals takes to the high seas to bring to life this timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps and mutiny. When weathered old sailor Billy Bones arrives at the inn of young Jim Hawkins' parents, it is the start of an adventure beyond anything he could have imagined. When Bones dies mysteriously, Jim stumbles across a map of a mysterious island in his sea chest, where X marks the spot of a stash of buried pirate gold.
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A reflective adventure
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By: Robert Louis Stevenson, and others
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Dracula [Audible Edition]
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The modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.
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IS THAT NOT SO?
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By: Bram Stoker
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The Rip
- By: Holly Craig
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Luxury villas on hot white sand, views for miles over turquoise water. Flawless hostess Penny gathers guests to an island for her husband’s birthday celebrations. But she soon regrets inviting self-obsessed Eloise. When a child vanishes on the night of the party, their perfect island weekend is ripped apart. Even paradise harbours murky secrets… Has he been taken? Has he drowned? In the panic to find any trace, Penny casts about for someone to blame—even if that person is her own daughter, Rosie. Even clear waters descend to pitch black.
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Intriguing, Engaging, AND BEST NARATORS EVER
- By Hadassah on 03-12-24
By: Holly Craig
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The Secret Garden
- By: Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Mary Lennox starts her life as an unhappy victim of circumstance. After the loss of her parents, she moves to rural Yorkshire to live with a distant uncle where she resents the wildness of the countryside. At first, she struggles to find a place in this new existence. Although unsure about her surroundings and its occupants, through the gentle guidance of the maid she gradually becomes interested in the story of Mrs Craven, who apparently used to spend her time in a garden at the house, the key to which has vanished.
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Fabulous
- By Lady Lightning on 05-19-20
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The House on the Water
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Every year, Caroline Reed takes a trip with her best friend, Esme Lamont. They’re usually accompanied by their spouses - but this year, everything’s changed. Esme has just gone through a bitter divorce, and Caroline's wondering if her own marriage is reaching its breaking point as she and her husband, John, cope with the discovery that their son has been abusing drugs. Still, the inseparable duo books a weeklong stay at a beach-front home in Shoreham, Florida, inviting Esme’s brother, Nick, and his new husband. After a blissful first night in the vacation home, tragedy strikes.
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Wonderful Story
- By David M. Wilcox on 12-04-20
By: Margot Hunt
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- susan
- 02-15-24
Never Again
I read (and delighted in) the written pages first, and then I listened to the novel's audio a few days later. I'm so glad I did it in this order. They very much complement one another. The writer has given us gripping stories within the story, and compelling characters with complicated, intricate relationships. The sequence of reading and listening, for me, brought to life these stories, as well as the book's beautiful imagery, exquisite language, depth of emotion, and profound feelings of grief tempered by fragile hope. (In the audio version I also loved hearing the "French," spoken in a way I could never have read it!)
There are moments now, big and small, in my daily life that unexpectedly take me to Violette and the "characters" who live there. I will never again see a mushroom "clinging gently" to the earth without thinking of that little girl Alma, infuriated by her fieldtrip classmates who, without another thought, kicked the mushrooms from living to dying for sport.
Never again will I brew a pot of tea without imagining messages emanating from the kettle.
Never again will I nuzzle our big sweet aging dog without seeing Jupiter and wondering with deep sadness when the day and "that thing" will be at hand. And knowing full well that my pain will not be unlike that of Alma, whose love for her furry best friend was so deep she could not bring herself to move on, no matter how much she was told she should.
Never again will I listen to an echo without hearing the reverberations of the Echoes of Violette, unveiling the possibility of a happy ending, no matter how deep the grief....
Well done, Jessica. Encore please!
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- EBgood
- 03-09-24
Beautifully written and narrated
The author weaves a tale of the inevitability of change and the importance of discerning what is in our power to have an affect on all the changes, large and small, and what is not. She speaks for the planet, the wildlife, the stars, and the hearts of human beings in a way that gently but clearly says," Take of of one another." I also love,love, love the way the story shows the shift in the global awareness that we truly have more than our 5 senses. Can't wait for her next book!
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- Rosemary Friar
- 02-07-24
A Tour de Force
The author’s amazing use of words to convey feelings is nothing short of magic. The text is a rich tapestry of intertwined emotions that seep to the reader’s core and nestle in the psyche. This book resonates in a way that leaves the reader somehow changed for having been a witness.
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- Pamela Ann Plumer
- 02-03-24
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This was a great listen with an agreeable narrator I listened to this during my morning and I enjoyed it!
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- Evan K
- 02-12-24
Cinematic and serene!
Sometimes (but not often) a book is so well written, and a narration so perfectly delivered, that listening to the audiobook is like watching a movie. The words come at you like full-fledged scenes with color and light, sound and ambiance. It’s a strange phenomenon, to get so much sense and feeling from your ears, and so rare. But why I love audiobooks so much! From the prologue to the epilogue of this novel, I was transported to this quiet island in the North Atlantic, and hugged tight by this story of solitude. I didn’t want to leave, even as the waters were rising.
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- Candace A Milan
- 02-20-24
Very far fetched
Saw in facebook that this was a story of grief which is why I listened to it. It wasn’t clearly about grief, just a very weird dystopian story.
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- Brat
- 03-18-24
nothing
just couldn't get into it. not my type of story. too far fetched for me
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