Ex-Wife Audiobook By Ursula Parrott, Alissa Bennett - foreword, Marc Parrott - afterword cover art

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Ex-Wife

By: Ursula Parrott, Alissa Bennett - foreword, Marc Parrott - afterword
Narrated by: Alissa Bennett
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An instant bestseller when it was published anonymously in 1929—the story of a divorce and its aftermath, which scandalized the Jazz Age.

It's 1924, and Peter and Patricia have what looks to be a very modern marriage. Both drink. Both smoke. Both work, Patricia as a head copywriter at a major department store. When it comes to sex with other people, both believe in "the honesty policy." Until they don't. Or, at least, until Peter doesn't—and a shell-shocked, lovesick Patricia finds herself starting out all over again, but this time around as a different kind of single woman: the ex-wife.

An instant bestseller when it was published anonymously in 1929, Ex-Wife captures the speakeasies, night clubs, and parties that defined Jazz Age New York—alongside the morning-after aspirin and calisthenics, the lunch-hour visits to the gym, the girl-talk, and the freedoms and anguish of solitude. It also casts a cool eye on the bedrooms and the doctor's offices where, despite rising hemlines, the men still call the shots. The result is a unique view of what its author Ursula Parrott called "the era of the one-night stand": an era very much like our own.

©1929 Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, Inc.; copyright renewed 1957 by Lindsay Marc Parrott, Jr.; afterword copyright 1989 by Richard Kai Parrott; foreword copyright 2023 by Alissa Bennett (P)2024 Tantor Women's Fiction Marriage Genre Fiction Family Life World Literature Physical Exercise

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Annoying expressionless monotonous voice. Many mispronounced words. Text is read without reference to meaning of words or phrases. Comes off as a mockery of the novel very disappointing

Unbelievably badly performed

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Such a refreshing take on the era with forward thinking and stunning language. And thank you Alissa

Marvelous

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The author makes New York City come to life. A bittersweet storyline with clever twists throughout.
The reader narrates well. It is a wordy book that requires careful attention to the many details/points. The narrator does it well.

Descriptive of an era

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What a fabulous rediscovery!! Has anything except the dates changed? Nope! The Bennett distinct accent and sultry inflection help to rekindle this author in the present!

I loved listening

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Since the narrator has such a disgusting voice I cannot give this book 5 stars, since she managed to perform a 1 at maximum. great story though, so please make a new version!

sadly the narrator had a diagusting voice

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