Play Audiobook Sample
Joy for Beginners Audiobook
Play Audiobook Sample
(4.29) - 14 listener ratings
Quick Stats About this Audiobook
Total Audiobook Chapters:
Longest Chapter Length:
Shortest Chapter Length:
Average Chapter Length:
Audiobooks by this Author:
Publisher Description
"Moving, touching, wonderfully written, inspiring to read." -Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the RainAt an intimate, festive dinner party in Seattle, six women gather to celebrate their friend Kate's recovery from cancer. Wineglass in hand, Kate strikes a bargain with them. To celebrate her new lease on life, she'll do the one thing that's always terrified her: white-water rafting. But if she goes, all of them will also do something they always swore they'd never do-and Kate is going to choose their adventures.Shimmering with warmth, wit, and insight, Joy for Beginners is a celebration of life: unexpected, lyrical, and deeply satisfying.
Download and start listening now!
"I have read two chapters so far, and I am completely intrigued with the characters. I loved her first book The School of Essential Ingredients and this is following through on that tradition. Rich characters, beautiful language, deep thought. I love it so far. "
— Thinders (5 out of 5 stars)
Quotes
-
A joy to read. Bauermeister gives us characters who revel in the best of what life has to offer—loving relationships, fine food, good books, and travel—and she writes with keen observance and wry wit...Readers will be inspired to leap into their own lives with renewed gusto.
— Stephanie Kallos, author of Sing Them Home -
“Erica Bauermeister’s prose is evocative and compelling.
— Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain -
Bauermeister has created a cast of textured and nuanced characters who individually and as a group speak to what makes women interesting and enigmatic. Her prose is velvety smooth, revealing life at once mournful and auspicious. Joyful, indeed.
— Library Journal (starred review) -
How transporting to live, even briefly, inside these women’s lives.
— Laura Hansen, Bookin’ it -
“Sensual...evocative...A book designed to fill you up and make you hungry for life.
— Publishers Weekly -
“Joy for Beginners is ultimately a celebration of life; a literary confirmation of the power of friendship.
— Carol Cassella, author of Oxygen
Awards
-
Selected for the June 2011 Indie Next List
-
A 2011 Library Journal Best Book for Fiction
Joy for Beginners Listener Reviews
-
" Good read. I enjoyed some of her other books more. "
— Iris, 6/20/2011 -
" not as good as her first book... "
— Kristie, 6/16/2011 -
" Nice! Erica Bauermeister is a good-hearted author who deftly paints her characters, their challenges, charms and friendships, with warmth and grace. A light and lovely read. "
— Jo, 6/16/2011 -
" I wish I could give this 4.5 stars. Loved the concept and message. I think it would make a great movie! "
— Megan, 6/13/2011 -
" This was a very good read. I am inspired to start a group with my friends to have each of us do one thing we have been putting off because we are afraid. This to be picked by the other friends in the my group. This is a good beach, vacation, summer read for women. "
— Tobi, 6/12/2011 -
" Easy fun read that makes you appreciate the women in your life and what friends means. Also makes you think about other less exciting things to add to a bucket list! "
— Karen, 6/10/2011
About Erica Bauermeister
Erica Bauermeister is the bestselling author of the three novels and the co-author of two nonfiction books.
About Cassandra Campbell
Cassandra Campbell has won multiple Audie Awards, Earphones Awards, and the prestigious Odyssey Award for narration. She was been named a “Best Voice” by AudioFile magazine and in 2018 was inducted in Audible’s inaugural Narrator Hall of Fame.