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"André Santana's impressive narration deals with one family's contemporary problems...As one crisis bleeds into another, Santana's cool performance and objective distance make this entertaining listening."—AudioFile
“I don’t think I will find a book I love more this year.”—Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author
“Funny, poignant, joyous, explosive, but most of all affirming of our connections to one another. You Only Call When You're in Trouble is a book to cherish. A book that loves you back. What more could you want, my gosh? Read it!”—Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less Is Lost
Is it ever okay to stop caring for others and start living for yourself?
After a lifetime of taking care of his impossible but irresistible sister and his cherished niece, Tom is ready to put himself first. An architect specializing in tiny houses, he finally has an opportunity to build his masterpiece—“his last shot at leaving a footprint on the dying planet.” Assuming, that is, he can stick to his resolution to keep the demands of his needy family at bay.
Naturally, that’s when his phone rings. His niece, Cecily—the real love of Tom’s life, as his boyfriend reminded him when moving out—is embroiled in a Title IX investigation at the college where she teaches that threatens her career and relationship. And after decades of lying, his sister wants him to help her tell Cecily the real identity of her father.
Tom does what he’s always done—answers the call. Thus begins a journey that will change everyone’s life and demonstrate the beauty or dysfunction (or both?) of the ties that bind families together and sometimes strangle them.
Warm, funny, and deeply moving, You Only Call When You’re in Trouble is an unforgettable showcase for Stephen McCauley’s distinctive voice and unique ability to create complex characters that jump out of the book and straight into your heart.
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.
Critic reviews
“I read You Only Call When You're in Trouble at a moment when I needed to be around the intelligence and humanity of the novel's characters, and I'm still grateful for being so happily entertained and totally engrossed.”—Francine Prose, author of Blue Angel and The Vixen
“I can’t find the words to say how much I love You Only Call When You’re in Trouble. This perfect novel has profoundly moving observations of human nature, emotional acuity, and brilliant insights wrapped up in warmth and wit. I don’t think I will find a book I love more this year.”—Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author
“Picture F. Scott Fitzgerald with tongue in cheek and you get the gift of Stephen McCauley's You Only Call When You're in Trouble. I loved these deliciously flawed characters and every thought that runs through their heads. As with all things Stephen McCauley, it has the highest of wit and the sharpest of social commentary plus tenderness and much love.”—Elinor Lipman, author of Ms. Demeanor
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Heads Will Roll is an Audible Original from Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon and her cocreator/costar (and real-life sister) Emily Lynne. Produced by Broadway Video, this is not an audiobook - it’s a 10-episode, star-studded audio comedy that features performances from Meryl Streep, Tim Gunn, Peter Dinklage, Queer Eye’s Fab Five, and so many more. Please note: This content is not for kids.
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More like this please
- By Anon893 on 05-03-19
By: Kate McKinnon, and others
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I Can't Make This Up
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- By: Neil Strauss - contributor, Kevin Hart
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Superstar comedian and Hollywood box-office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together and you have the funniest, most heartfelt, and most inspirational memoir on survival, success, and the importance of believing in yourself since Old Yeller.
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Best Audiobook I Ever Listened To
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Green Wing: Resuscitated
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They’re back! The all-star cast multi-award-winning cult hit comedy returns, with more surreal goings-on in the lives and loves of the doctors and staff at East Hampton Hospital (warning: contains very little medical content).
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Wonderful to hear these voices again
- By LucilleB on 05-03-24
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Napoleon's Hemorrhoids…And Other Small Events That Changed History
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Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon's Hemorrhoids is a potpourri for serious historians and casual history buffs. In one of Phil Mason's many revelations, you'll learn that Communist jets were two minutes away from opening fire on American planes during the Cuban missile crisis, when they had to turn back as they were running out of fuel. You'll discover that before the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's painful hemorrhoids prevented him from mounting his horse to survey the battlefield.
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They just throw the facts too fast
- By Concerned_llama on 12-11-20
By: Phil Mason
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Escape from Virtual Island
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- By: John Lutz
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In the year 2038, there’s only one destination that can play host to the world’s wealthiest adventure seekers: the Pengalaman Island Resort and Virtual Reality Theme Park. Located on a private South Pacific island, guests here live out their wildest fantasies in custom-made virtual reality simulations while also enjoying the usual amenities of an exclusive five-star getaway. All is relatively breezy until famed billionaire and avid guest, Mr. Wagner, goes missing within a virtual simulation. His only hope? A daring rescue led by Derek Ambrose and his ragtag search party.
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Story is a Bit Stupid
- By Jeffrey veals on 04-03-20
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American Psycho
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Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront.
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Fanntastic book but maybe not for everyone....
- By So Fain on 03-27-11
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Brackish Waters
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When Kate wins an item at her children’s elementary school auction - an all-inclusive trip to SeaView at Sandpiper Bay - she thinks it’s just what her family needs after a decade of career disappointments and a marriage on its last legs. She has no reason to believe that said trip is a Fyre Festival-level fraud and, in fact, the catalyst to her unraveling. But it is. Oh, but it is.
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Christina Applegate is everything
- By Julie on 03-21-21
By: Matt Boren
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- Sidney
- 02-12-24
Narration distracting
The story is fun and compelling and the observations on society fun, too. The narration, however, is really distracting. It’s not just the bad female voices. It’s too much emphasis on every single word of every single sentence. The listener never gets a rest.
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- K. Kline
- 02-15-24
I hate when the ending of a complex story is ALL tied up in pretty bows!
The final chapter of this story that drew us into the lives of several fairly complex characters with complex lives was rushed and predictable.
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- Kelly&Anna
- 02-28-24
Why they chose a male narrator with a woman protagonist I’ll never know.
Meh! Just not a very interesting story line. The characters didn’t evoke much empathy in me. Blah blah blah 😑
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- QueeneB21
- 02-28-24
Friends and Family Change you
3.5 Stars. Well written story of the people who come and go thru your life and how their impact changes you, subtly. Family does the same, relationships change and sometimes grow and into rewarding connections that aren't just because you're family
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- Nikki
- 01-22-24
We're all a mess, but...
Thoroughly enjoyed. This story had a few moments of outlandishness but there were elements that hit home. We're all a mess, but when we take ownership of our mess sometimes things work out. The backstories resulted in each character making sense at this stage in life. The narrator did a good job of character switching.
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- Patt LaPierre
- 01-24-24
Perfect!
This is the book if you need refreshment and immersion in something outside yourself and the world.Beautiful well written and narration as flawless as the work!
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- John
- 01-17-24
Couldn’t put it down
The book captivated me from start to finish, immersing me in the intricately crafted lives of its characters. With a keen exploration of prevalent family issues and the complexities of aging in today's world, it proved to be a true gem. The author skillfully wove humor into the narrative, eliciting genuine belly laughs. Overall, an unforgettable read that I couldn't put down.
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- Miss B
- 01-21-24
Terrible Narrator
The only thing I really dislike about this book is the narrator. Didn’t anyone listen to him while he was recording his narration? Several times he mispronounced the most common words and phrases. The most egregious was pronouncing Jane Eyre’s last name as I-re, not A-re. Unbelievable. His female voices were astounding bad.
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- Marc W.
- 04-18-24
Rich, real characters and emotions
Superb work from a writer with deep sensibilities. There is conflict, revelations, and tenderness. Highly recommended!
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- Laurel
- 01-24-24
I was awaiting for the thing to happen…
Narration was fine, the story was… a bit like spending an afternoon peeking into your neighbors yard only to realize that your neighbors are boring, have boring problems and all that watching added little to no excitement to your day because nothing at all happened.
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