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The Pact: A Love Story Audiobook
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The Golds and the Hartes, neighbors for eighteen years, have always been inseparable. So have their children—and it’s no surprise that in high school, Chris and Emily’s friendship blossoms into something more. And then, suddenly, unimaginable tragedy strikes, threatening the bonds that had seemed so indestructible. When midnight calls from the hospital come in, no one is ready for the truth. Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head. There’s a single unspent bullet in the gun that Chris pilfered from his father’s cabinet—a bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself. But a local detective has doubts about the suicide pact that Chris describes. This extraordinary, poignant novel paints an indelible portrait of two families in anguish as they find themselves on opposite sides of a painful divide … and confronts every parent’s worst fear.
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"hard to put down once you start - there are a few things that really annoyed me about this book but overall I really liked it - as a Mother this is a bad bad nightmare and maybe the reality in it is that you can do the best you can but remember to listen to your kids"
— Julianabadescu (4 out of 5 stars)
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“The Pact is so good that we can’t put it down…suspenseful, intelligently written, topical.”
— Detroit Free Press
The Pact Listener Reviews
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Gloria Elsner, 5/11/2021
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" Loved this book, even though it was really sad at times. I was captivated by the story and couldn't stop reading. I've got the bags under my eyes to prove it! "
— Kelleystrombeck, 2/18/2014 -
" Great book that really makes you think. A great page turner. "
— Erika, 2/13/2014 -
" Wonderful book ! Not the ending that i was expecting. This was the first of her books that i had ever read and is what made me descide to see what she was about and i am glad that i did. She is an amazing writer "
— Leah, 2/12/2014 -
" LOVED this book but I confess I am a huge JP fan. As usual the characters here were wonderfully developed. The story was great and I was riveted from beginning to end. "
— jocelynn, 2/9/2014 -
" Just Finishing.....WOW, Jodi Picoult never seems to disappoint me. "
— Denise, 2/6/2014 -
" Even though the storyline was interesting, I found that I really couldn't identify with the problem of the main female character. The motivation for her objective wasn't clear throughout the book. By choosing to focus on such a difficult topic it leads the reader to ask the question why? The end is not satisfying because even then we still don't know. I have enjoyed Picoult's work in the past but to me this one missed the mark. "
— Patricia, 1/28/2014 -
" This book still haunts me. It is the first Picoult I read. I love her books but cannot reread this one. "
— Becky, 1/16/2014 -
" Bittersweet story of a young couple who make a suicide pact that goes terribly wrong. "
— Elaine, 1/11/2014 -
" Couldn't put this one down! Very good! "
— Allison, 12/29/2013 -
" I read this book over 10 years ago and it has stayed in the back of my head all this time. I loved this heart wrenchingly sad book. It was beautifully heartbreaking. "
— Hope, 12/11/2013 -
" So good!! But soo sad!! "
— Petey123, 12/6/2013 -
" So emotional. This was a book that tore at me from all angles and wouldn't let me put it down. This is my favorite book by Jodi Picoult so far. "
— Amber, 12/4/2013 -
" I couldn't put it down!!! My heart went out to Chris. I wanted to help him through all his hard times and try to talk him out of the terrible decision he so hastily made that changed his life. "
— Kristin, 11/25/2013 -
" I really enjoyed this book and didn't want the story to end. "
— Wendy, 9/20/2013 -
" Compelling, but I hated this book! Selfish stupid girl! Shit happens. In this world of so many resources you find someone to talk to! Ugh, so my passionate distaste may in fact mean this is a better book than I want it to be, but I hated it! "
— Aj, 8/18/2013 -
" Another very good Jodi Picoult book! "
— Gail, 8/17/2013 -
" Loved, Loved, Loved this book! "
— Barbara, 8/15/2013 -
" This was quite a sad book just like the majority of novels that this author writes, however it was difficult to keep reading some of the time. "
— Rachel, 8/15/2013 -
" Jodi keeps the suspense flowing with a few unexpected twists throughout. "
— Carrie, 1/31/2013 -
" Good book disappointing ending wanted to know more! "
— Gemma, 1/30/2012 -
" For a parent, very sad and very scary. At the same time, very enlightening. It's amazing what young love can do to one's mind. "
— Sherry, 12/2/2011 -
" This book will make you question everything you've thought about love, smash your heart into pieces, and somehow patch it back together to be much stronger than ever before. "
— Ambrosia, 10/28/2011 -
" Heartwarming and at the same time heartbreaking! "
— Dianne, 10/26/2011 -
" I wish I could give this book 10 stars!!!! It was an AMAZING, WELL WRITTEN, CAPTIVATING story that I won't soon forget!! "
— Becky, 8/25/2011 -
" Great book. Amazing about friendship and love "
— Agodley89, 5/24/2011 -
" It is not too often that after finishing a book I know that I will want to read it again and again. This is one of those books. Jodi really knows how to write about difficult subjects flawlessly. This book made me a lifetime reader of Jodi Picoult "
— Amber, 5/24/2011 -
" As with all the other books by this author,this one was really good. Couldn't put it down. "
— Rhonda, 5/23/2011 -
" Not one of her better books. Seemed too similar to 19 Minutes. The story would have been better if the character of Emily was more developed. Or perhaps the point was that no one really knew her? <br/>Much preferred My Sister's Keeper. "
— Susan, 5/23/2011 -
" A great overview of federal politics in the 1990s, this gives me a lot of respect (and disrespect) for Clinton & Gingrich. "
— Zak, 5/17/2011 -
" I liked this book, but not as much as I thought I would. I think it was missing a lot of the fire and excite that Picoult has in some of her other books. "
— Nikole, 5/17/2011 -
" The suspense is killing me, did he kill her or was it suicide?! "
— Belle, 5/15/2011 -
" Right now this is my favorite Jodi Picoult book. "
— Caroline, 5/15/2011 -
" Very thought provoking. Another great book by Picoult. "
— Stephanie, 5/14/2011 -
" You really want to feel for the young people in this story, but as an adult it is hard to remember the angst of youth. I know that I have lived and survived through worst tragedies so it was harder to sympathize than the author hoped. A sad story of waste. "
— JoDee, 5/12/2011 -
" This is an awesome book. It will break your heart. "
— Katherine, 5/12/2011
About Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times and London Sunday Times bestselling author of twenty-four stand-alone novels and three series, through the genres of fiction, romance, young-adult romance, mystery, and science fiction. She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the New England Bookseller Award for Fiction, the Alex Award from the YA Library Services Association, and the NH Literary Award for Outstanding Literary Merit. She studied creative writing at Princeton University and received her masters from Harvard. Visit her website at JodiPicoult.com.
About George Guidall
George Guidall, winner of more than eighty AudioFile Earphones Awards, has won three of the prestigious Audie Award for Excellence in Audiobook Narration. In 2014 the Audio Publishers Association presented him with the Special Achievement Award for lifetime achievement/ During his thirty-year recording career he has recorded over 1,700 audiobooks, won multiple awards, been a mentor to many narrators, and shown by example the potential of fine storytelling. His forty-year acting career includes starring roles on Broadway, an Obie Award for best performance off Broadway, and frequent television appearances.