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The Coast of Akron: A Novel Audiobook
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(1.95) - 86 listener ratings
Publisher Description
Adrienne Miller has been hailed as "one of the wittiest and most humane writers we have" by critically acclaimed author Dave Eggers. She makes a splash with this ambitious debut novel, a humorous tale of a dysfunctional family of eccentrics. It has been five years since famed artist Lowell Haven painted one of his gloriously narcissistic selfportraits. The estrangement of his daughter Merit is the main reason why. Now Lowell's partner Fergus hopes to lure Merit home by throwing an extravagant gala at the family's 65-room estate in Ohio.
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The Coast of Akron Listener Reviews
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" booooooooooooo "
— Sarah, 3/18/2013 -
" Terrible book. I couldn't finish it, and the hometown in-jokes weren't even enough to make me keep going. "
— Josh, 2/18/2013 -
" I'm not sure how this book got a good review from the New York Times. I have never before read a book where I hated all of the characters. "
— Kirkley, 1/10/2013 -
" Creepy, with unlikeable characters, yet a compelling and absorbing story. "
— Anne, 7/26/2011 -
" Horrible! Didn't even finish it! "
— Carissa, 7/28/2010 -
" It just went downhill with the blink of an eye. My expectations were Mt. Everest high. Tskkkkk...Im seriously disappointed. Rereading it after a few years will pass. :/ "
— Johanna, 8/21/2009 -
" It had such potential to be clever, but ultimately a bit of a snooze "
— Christy, 3/25/2009 -
" Terrible book. I couldn't finish it, and the hometown in-jokes weren't even enough to make me keep going. "
— Josh, 12/22/2008 -
" Creepy, with unlikeable characters, yet a compelling and absorbing story. "
— Anne, 2/17/2008 -
" It had such potential to be clever, but ultimately a bit of a snooze "
— Christy, 6/22/2007
About Adrienne Miller
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.
About the Narrators
Jennifer Ikeda has been narrating audiobooks since 2002. Among her readings are When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park; Just Listen by Sarah Dessen; and After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away by Joyce Carol Oates. She has won six AudioFile Earphones Awards.
Carol Monda is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and accomplished voice-over artist. She is also an award-winning actor known for her work in Out of Season, After You Left, and The Gentlemen.
Norm Lee is an actor and producer, known for Badder Up, A Whale for Jonah, and Survivor, Season 74: The Outhouse.