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Other Peoples Children: A Novel Audiobook, by RJ Hoffmann Play Audiobook Sample

Other People's Children: A Novel Audiobook

Other Peoples Children: A Novel Audiobook, by RJ Hoffmann Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Amanda Dolan, Madeleine Maby, Tara Sands, Pete Simonelli, Michael David Axtell, Marni Penning, various narrators Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781797118994

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

78

Longest Chapter Length:

24:24 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

06 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

06:47 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

A riveting debut novel about a couple whose dream of adopting a baby is shattered when the teenage mother reclaims her child.

What makes a family?

Gail and Jon Durbin moved to the Chicago suburbs to set up house as soon as Gail got pregnant. But then she miscarried—once, twice, three times. Determined to expand their family, the Durbins turn to adoption. When several adoptions fall through, Gail’s desire for a child overwhelms her.

Carli is a pregnant teenager from a blue-collar town nearby, with dreams of going to college and getting out of her mother’s home. When she makes the gut-wrenching decision to give her baby up for adoption, she chooses the Durbins. But Carli’s mother, Marla, has other plans for her grandbaby.

In Other People’s Children, three mothers make excruciating choices to protect their families and their dreams—choices that put them at decided odds against one another. You will root for each one of them and wonder just how far you’d go in the same situation. This riveting debut is a thoughtful exploration of love and family, and a heart-pounding page-turner you’ll find impossible to put down.

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“A nail-biting examination of socioeconomic disparity and loyalty…[The] believable characters don’t disappoint, and [Hoffmann’s] engrossing look at fraught issues piques. This sharp tale of heartache, loss, and redemption resonates.”

— Publishers Weekly

Quotes

  • “An engrossing debut about the different ways we find our way to parenthood and to the people we are meant to be.”

    — Laura Dave, author of The Last Thing He Told Me
  • “Hoffmann’s debut is powerful…The story takes turn after hairpin turn, moving into domestic suspense, that will have readers waiting with bated breath until the conclusion.”

    — Library Journal

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About the Authors

RJ Hoffmann is a writer whose work has won the Madison Review’s 2018 Chris O’Malley Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the Missouri Review’s 2019 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors Prize. His writing has appeared in Barely South Review, The Sun, Harpur Palate, The Roanoke Review, Booth, and Lunch Ticket. He was born and raised in St. Louis and received an MFA degree in fiction from Columbia College Chicago.

About the Narrators

Amanda Dolan is a professional actor in the MFA program at Brown University. Her credits include Richard III, Macbeth, Falsettos, The Rocky Horror Show, Hair, and The Who’s Tommy.

Madeleine Maby is a voice talent and AudioFile Earphones Award—winning narrator.

Tara Sands is an American actress, television host, and voice talent who has won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for narration. She is former cohost of Fridays on the Cartoon Network. In addition to performing in plays and musicals, her voice can be heard on numerous commercials, audiobooks, cartoons, and video games.

Pete Simonelli is a writer, audiobook narrator, and vocalist for the band Enablers.

Michael David Axtell is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.