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message 1: by Jenny (new)

Jenny Hilborne (jfhilborne) | 1 comments I'm giving away 2 paperback copies of thriller, Hide and Seek. There are 18 days left to enter: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...


message 2: by Pamela (new)

Pamela Miles (pamelamiles) | 4 comments Just in time for New Year's Resolutions. Free on Amazon/Kindle 1/1/13-1/5/13
Get your copy now! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AUYTB1U


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Billie Mosiman (BillieMosiman) | 1 comments FREE! Jan 1-3 ZOM ALIVE: 2110-a different kind of zombie book. They aren't dead, but just about everyone else is. @BillieMosiman - Start the New Year right in the US ow.ly/gs4Kk, in the UK ow.ly/gs4QC


message 4: by Sydney (new)

Sydney Logan (sydneylogan) I am giving away an ebook copy of my novel, Lessons Learned, when I reach 500 "likes" on my Facebook page. We're close! :)

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Fumi Hancock (fumihancock) | 5 comments I have two virtual tours going on simultaneously... Jewizz... No one told me how labor intensive one could be. Be it as it may, I am grateful and thankful.

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Sarah Billington (sarahbillington) | 1 comments FREE for the FIRST AND POTENTIALLY LAST TIME. Two days only. Get YA chick lit The Kiss Off now. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0082JA2MC


message 7: by Brian (new)

Brian Bigelow (brian_bigelow) Permanently free here on Goodreads, Smashwords and Kobo. "The Visitation" which I felt was a rather touching short story, a widower is led into the afterlife by the wife who passed away years previously.

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message 8: by Derrolyn (new)

Derrolyn Anderson Like e-books? Like mermaids? Like YA romance?

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Between The Land And The Sea (Marina's Tales, #1) by Derrolyn Anderson


message 9: by Diana (new)

Diana Montgomery | 36 comments Uvi wrote: "My three ebooks will go FREE tomorrow: Thursday Jan. 18th, 2013.

A Favorite Son: http://tinyurl.com/afavorite-son
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Home: http://tinyurl.com/home-..."


Thanks for letting me have your books to read.


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Brian Bigelow (brian_bigelow) I'm posting this for a good friend of mine.

Go to Amazon.com and get your FREE copy of my author friend Aneesa Price's book Finding Promise. It is sitting at #27 in contemporary romance and it is FREE until tomorrow...Let's all help her out...http://www.amazon.com/Finding-Promise...


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Brian Bigelow (brian_bigelow) FREE!!!GET YOUR COPY NOW!!!!!! Please Re post and Share =)
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message 12: by Uvi (new)

Uvi Poznansky | 10 comments Head over to Amazon at the stroke of midnight,
To find my books free! Oh what a delight...

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D.E.M. Emrys (d_e_m_emrys) | 1 comments http://www.amazon.com/From-Man-Wroge-...

FREE on Amazon this week, 'From Man to Man' is a light hearted fantasy with an action packed punch.

‘I’ve traded my old enemies for just this one…’ The axe thundered home. ‘I miss the old ones.’

Every man has a past, none more so than Draven Reinhardt. Abandoning his old life to settle down as a villager, he struggles to fit in, let alone hold down a job. When opportunity offers the much needed coin, Draven is torn between a promise and a purpose.

But, what’s one last job if you’ve already got blood on your hands?
‘From Man to Man’ is the story of how one man can change – or not – for the best. Prequel to the upcoming novel ‘It Began With Ashes’, the short (6400 words) introduces the reader to a world of suspense, intrigue, and action.

BONUS MATERIAL:
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message 14: by S.L. (new)

S.L. Wallace | 3 comments Please let me know if you're interested in receiving any of my books for free. http://www.amazon.com/S.-L.-Wallace/e...


message 15: by Diana (new)

Diana Montgomery | 36 comments S.L. wrote: "Please let me know if you're interested in receiving any of my books for free. http://www.amazon.com/S.-L.-Wallace/e..."

I would love to read your books.
joeym11@frontier.com


message 16: by Kalyn (new)

Kalyn Fogarty | 8 comments My first kindle book is available for FREE until midnight tonight. It's a great love story in honor of valentine's day.

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message 17: by Diana (new)

Diana Montgomery | 36 comments Diana wrote: "S.L. wrote: "Please let me know if you're interested in receiving any of my books for free. http://www.amazon.com/S.-L.-Wallace/e..."

I would love to read your books.
joeym11@frontier.com"



Hi S.L.
I would be happy to read any of your books and give reviews. Let me know or send thanks.


message 18: by Diana (new)

Diana Artene (diana_artene) | 1 comments FREE Today - Diet eBOOK Today until Friday 2/15
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Review:
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It explains one thing which is sadly overlooked in most dieting programs - the big role that our emotions play in getting us wrapped in excess fat.
Continuing from there, it explains the mechanics of how our body produces energy and stores fat in a language understandable to lay people, but with clear scientific/medical basis."


message 19: by Florence (new)

Florence Witkop | 35 comments I finally, finally, finally got my short story The Eye of The Universe free on Amazon. It's about a couple who learn the world will end unless they agree to be separated for eternity, but one of them refuses to accept the terms. If you are interested, here's the link:
http://Amazon.com/dp/B007N6K964


message 20: by Jill (new)

Jill Sanders (jillmsanders) | 80 comments FREE MONDAY!!! Contemporary Romance eBook.
Discovering Pride is FREE! Monday 03/04/2013 only!
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DISCOVERING PRIDE:
Lacey Jordan was a woman who knew what she wanted… and she wanted nothing to do with the new doctor in town. He had the perfect smile, perfectly tan muscles and a way with people. Her people. This was her town, her family, her life, and he’d come in and shaken everything up, including her heart.


Aaron was running away from a hard breakup where more then just his heart had been broken. At this point all he wanted to do was take over his grandfather’s medical practice, and work on his new house, turning it into the first place he could call home. He liked the town of Pride, in fact he’d spent the only good parts of his childhood here. What he hadn’t expected was to bump into a fairy goddess. Bumping hard enough to get a concussion and have his heart mended at the same time.


Then, the town gets a visit that will change their lives forever, if they can survive.

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message 21: by Diana (new)

Diana Montgomery | 36 comments Thanks looking forward to reading it.


message 22: by Michaela (new)

Michaela Debelius (michaeladebelius) Hello! Free through March 9th in honor of Smashword's Read an E-book Week. Use promo code RW100 at check out. Happy Reading!
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
Decoy (A Noel Casey Novel) by Michaela Debelius
Lieutenant Noel Casey always prided herself on being a rational scientist. But when she begins to have cryptic, foretelling dreams—all of which center around her newest case study, Killian, a genetically engineered soldier—she begins to question the truth behind her transfer to Fort Braeden. What she discovers will alter her life forever. Noel's understanding of science is about to be shattered.


message 23: by M.T. (new)

M.T. Miles (mtmiles) | 6 comments Beyond the Purple Ash is free until 9 March visit https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... for details.


message 24: by Carmen (new)

Carmen DeSousa (carmendesousa) | 2 comments

I now have two FREE short stories available in all eBook formats. If you like fast-moving mysteries with a paranormal edge, please take a peek. Both take less than an hour to read. Enjoy!




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iTunes 'The Depot' and 'The Pit Stop'

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message 26: by Elizabeth (last edited Jun 02, 2013 02:02PM) (new)

Elizabeth Watasin (elizabethwatasin) | 1 comments I'm pleased to announce that Dark Victorian: RISEN, a Gothic Steampunk shilling shocker is now a FREE Kindle download from June 1st to June 3rd!
Please Download and tell your friends! Enjoy! ^,.,^ Kindle US
And for my UK friends: Kindle UK
The Dark Victorian Risen Volume One by Elizabeth Watasin


message 27: by Florence (new)

Florence Witkop | 35 comments My dystopian short story Down From The Mountain first published by the Jackpine Writers' Bloc in The Talking Stick is now free on Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/... or .99 on Amazon until they pricematch. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3HMYWI

Florence Witkop (paranormal and contemporary fiction)
http://FlorenceWitkop.com


message 28: by M.K. (new)

M.K. Harkins | 2 comments Hi, Intentional (a romance) is now FREE on Kindle. 5 star reviews. I hope you'll give it a try! http://www.amazon.com/Intentional-ebo...


message 29: by V.S. (new)

V.S. Kemanis (vskemanis) | 3 comments Free on Kindle August 21 through August 25

Current semifinalist in the 2013 Kindle Book Review Awards, Short Fiction category

Everyone But Us, tales of women
"...unwaveringly fascinating" -- Kindle Book Review

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Everyone But Us, tales of women by V.S. Kemanis


message 30: by Robert (new)

Robert III (bmtanner3) | 3 comments Memoirs of an Outlaw: Life in the Sandbox is now free for the Kindle today and tomorrow only (8/29 - 8/30).

Grab your copy now on Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00C9DO4HQ


message 31: by Florence (new)

Florence Witkop | 35 comments My short novel (novella?) Spirit Legend, a contemporary fantasy romance is finally free on both Smashwords and Amazon. If you are interested, here's the link. And I'd appreciate feedback if you like it.
Spirit Legend by Florence Witkop

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BH607S6

Florence Witkop (fiction with a difference and always a romance)
http://FlorenceWitkop.com


message 32: by Philip (new)

Philip (phenweb) | 6 comments The Persuasive Man is available free on 1st September on Kindle

The Persuasive Man by Philip G. Henley

www.amazon.com/dp/B00EON9LOA

www.amazon.co.uk/The-Persuasive-Man-e...

A tale of greed, insider trading love and misfortune, spanning the globe as a terminally ill businessman realises his luxurious existence will not help him. He tries to account for his past behaviour, his life, and loves. Ranging from London to Shanghai via New York, Hong Kong, and Dubai, his greed and behaviour alters businesses and his personal relationships. His persuasive ability brings him success, but at what cost?

Whether he is in his New York apartment, his French Château, or his St Kitts home, he does not know which relationships are real and which are false due to his past behaviour. Now he has to decide what to do with his money and how to say goodbye.

WARNING: This book contains scenes of a sexual nature that some readers may find offensive.


message 33: by T.N. (new)

T.N. Jones (the_writerjones) | 3 comments When quirky, handsome, legal aid attorney, Benjamin Dalton, literally trips over the woman of his dreams ... his life changes forever. Blake Redwood, CEO of La Rouge Cosmetics, is not too enthusiastic about being the recipient of his clumsiness. Stumbling into her life ignites a passion neither of them can deny. Yet, romance and relationships for Blake come with strict guidelines of obedience. While Benjamin believes he can play the role Blake demands of him, he realizes a life with her isn't everything he thought it would be. Soon, the flaws of her dominating universe shine as he starts to work closely with a beautiful new colleague, Nina. Lust, lies, and secrets are revealed while they deal with vandalized cars, psychotic ex-boyfriends, and MURDER. Chaos ensues as Benjamin sinks deep into the quicksand of Blake's life. And when Nina finally divulges her true intentions, will he be able to break free of the constraints or continue on LOVING BLAKE

Adult Romance with Graphic Material

Loving Blake by T.N. Jones

Get a copy today for free on Smashwords! TODAY 03/24/2014 ONLY!!!!

Let me know what you think, no reviews are necessary, but I would greatly appreciate it :)

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message 34: by Cliff (new)

Cliff Ball (cliffball) | 4 comments I'm giving away two of my scifi audiobooks, 15 copies each, ends May 2nd. http://wp.me/pemr8-lv

Out of Time A Time Travel Novel by Cliff Ball Beyond the New Frontier (New Frontier #1-2) by Cliff Ball


message 35: by Ben (new)

Ben Muse | 2 comments My latest release, Arnco, is free today (4/17) and tomorrow (4/18).

www.amazon.com/Arnco-Ben-Muse-ebook/d...


Arnco by Ben Muse


message 36: by V.S. (new)

V.S. Kemanis (vskemanis) | 3 comments Homicide Chart (Dana Hargrove legal mystery #2) by V.S. Kemanis
Free preview copies of Homicide Chart available in ebook for GR members in exchange for an honest review. For details, see my blog post at https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...


message 37: by Emily (new)

Emily DeLoach | 2 comments My YA novel, Escaping the Mirror, is FREE from 5/20/14-5/24/14 as part of a Kindle promotion. Click here to check it out: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I0BKVW8/


message 38: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary Lynch (rosemary_lynch) | 2 comments My epic romantic fantasy, Book 1 ~ The City of Malgar (Kainan) will be FREE Sat 30th May/Sun 1st June.
If you have an old version of Kainan on your kindles please delete it and replace with The City of Malgar. It has had a complete re-vamp and plot changes!
As always hoping for review



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message 39: by Ted (new)

Ted Galdi (ted_galdi) | 4 comments Hey everyone. For a limited time I'm currently giving out free advance copies of my new thriller, Elixir, to Goodreads members in exchange for ratings/reviews. It's a story about a teenage genius who goes on a suspenseful journey to cure his girlfriend of a mysterious illness:

Elixir

Elixir by Ted Galdi

Please message me and provide an email address if you'd like a digital version or a mailing address for a hard copy. For more on Elixir, including the trailer and three-chapter preview, check out the official website: www.elixirthebook.com.


message 40: by N.K. (last edited Jul 04, 2014 08:29PM) (new)

N.K. (nkschlaudecker) | 6 comments The Olde Code by Shari Prestwood, Ashley Kuppersmith, and N. K. Schlaudecker, a collection of illuminated Arthurian tales great for all ages, will be available for FREE for Kindle July 3-7! Get yours while you can!


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message 41: by N.K. (new)

N.K. (nkschlaudecker) | 6 comments The Last Kingsoul: Emergence will be FREE for Kindle-ends today!

8,000 years ago, a race of shapeshifters called Chimeras hoped to find peace with humans, but men shattered the Amphetris -- the sentient crystal that created them -- and cursed the Chimeras to a wandering immortality. They were bound to the Kingsouls, humans who hold the key to the Amphetris' restoration.

But the Chimeras have never discovered how to access this key. Many of the shapeshifters have fallen to darkness, many more have surrendered the quest, including their king, Sheshon, who hides in New Orleans in the guise of a museum director named Sean Peterson.

He ignores the whispers that Ay'Sha is the Kingsoul even when fate throws them together. But he is the only one strong enough to protect her from the fallen Chimera who would use Ay'Sha to bring about a cataclysm that will destroy mankind.

Time is running out, and Sean will either face his destiny, and Ay'Sha's, or lose the key forever.

Because Ay'Sha is the last Kingsoul.
The Last Kingsoul:Emergence


message 42: by Philip (new)

Philip (phenweb) | 6 comments Landscape is Free on KDP on 23rd and 24th December

Art, gambling and romance combine in this contemporary short story

Landscape by Philip G. Henley


message 43: by Uvi (new)

Uvi Poznansky | 10 comments Apart from Love is FREE for a limited time! Check it out:

Get ★★★★★ Apart From Love:
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Apart from Love
(volume I and II of Still Life with Memories, woven together, with two additional chapters):
Apart from Love is not your typical love story. All-consuming, heart-wrenching, and dark, it is an epic that starts when Ben returns to meet his father, Lenny, and his new wife, Anita. It is then that he discovers a family secret. How will they find a path out of conflicts, out of isolation, from guilt to forgiveness?

My Own Voice
(volume I of Still Life with Memories)
Ten years ago, Anita started an affair with Lenny, in spite of knowing that he was a married man. Now married to him and carrying his child, how can she compete with Natasha’s shadow, and with her brilliance in the past? Lenny tries to transform Anita, despite her rough slang, regardless of what happened to her in the past. He wants her to become Natasha. Can she survive his kind of love?

Faced with his compelling wish, and the way he writes her as a character in his book, how can Anita find a voice of her own? And when his estranged son, Ben, comes back and lives in the same small apartment, can she keep the balance between the two men, whose desire for her is marred by guilt and blame?

The White Piano
(volume II of Still Life with Memories)
Coming back to his childhood home after years of absence, Ben is unprepared for the secret, which is now revealed to him: his mother, Natasha, who used to be a brilliant pianist, is losing herself to early-onset Alzheimer’s, which turns the way her mind works into a riddle. His father has remarried, and his new wife, Anita, looks remarkably similar to Natasha—only much younger. In this state of being isolated, being apart from love, how will Ben react when it is so tempting to resort to blame and guilt? “In our family, forgiveness is something you pray for, something you yearn to receive—but so seldom do you give it to others.”

Behind his father's back, Ben and Anita find themselves increasingly drawn to each other. They take turns using an old tape recorder to express their most intimate thoughts, not realizing at first that their voices are being captured by him. These tapes, with his eloquent speech and her slang, reveal the story from two opposite viewpoints.




message 44: by Uvi (new)

Uvi Poznansky | 10 comments ★ Start the journey, see where it takes you ★
RISE TO POWER
FREE until 11/14/2016! Get it now:

When you get the kindle edition, the audiobook is yours for only $1.99

Also download HOME, it's free!



Book Description:
Here is the story of David as you have never heard it before: from the king himself, telling the unofficial version, the one he never allowed his court scribes to recount. In his mind, history is written to praise the victorious—but at the last stretch of his illustrious life, he feels an irresistible urge to tell the truth. In the first volume, Rise to Power, David gives you a fascinating account of his early years, culminating with a tribal coronation. Rooted in ancient lore, his is a surprisingly modern memoir.

In an era of cruelty, when destroying the enemy is deemed a sacred directive, the slayer of Goliath finds a way to become larger than life. His search for a path to power leads him in ways that are, at times, scandalous. Notorious for his contradictions, David is seen by others as a gifted court entertainer, a successful captain in Saul’s army, a cunning fugitive, a traitor leading a gang of felons, and a ruthless raider of neighboring towns who leaves no witnesses behind.

How does he see himself, during this first phase of his life? With his hands stained with blood, can he find an inner balance between conflicting drives: his ambition for the crown, his determination to survive the conflict with Saul, and his longing for purity, for a touch of the divine, as expressed so lyrically in his psalms and music?


message 45: by Uvi (new)

Uvi Poznansky | 10 comments The ebook edition of The Music of Us is FREE until November 28, 2016!

$0.00 sale 
EbookKindle   Nook  ★  Apple   Kobo   Smashwords
PaperbackAmazon ★ Barnes&Noble
Audiobook:   Amazon  Audible ★ iTunes



Book description:

In 1970, Lenny can no longer deny that his wife is undergoing a profound change. Despite her relatively young age, her mind succumbs to forgetfulness. Now, he goes as far back as the moment he met Natasha during WWII, when he was a soldier and she—a star, brilliant yet illusive. Natasha was a riddle to him then, and to this day, with all the changes she has gone through, she still is.

“Digging into the past, mining its moments, trying to piece them together this way and that, dusting off each memory of Natasha, of how we were, the highs and lows of the music of us, to find out where the problem may have started?”

To their son, Ben, that may seem like an exercise in futility. For Lenny, it is a necessary process of discovery, one that is as tormenting as it is delightful. He often wonders: can we ever understand, truly understand each other—soldier and musician, man and woman, one heart and another? Will we ever again dance together to the same beat? Is there a point where we may still touch?

This is not an easy novel. It is a historical fiction world war II military romance, a young woman love story. Do you like this genre, especially when it is tinged with a family saga romance, and wrapped with a second change in love with a strong female lead? Then this series, Still Life with Memories, is for you.


message 46: by Uvi (new)

Uvi Poznansky | 10 comments Dancing Dancing with Air is on sale for a limited time, until 01/17/2017!



Book Description:
Serving on the European front, Lenny longs for Natasha, the girl who captured his heart back home. He writes bogus reports, designed to fall into the hands of Nazi Intelligence. To fool the enemy, these reports are disguised as love letters to another woman. This task must remain confidential, even at the risk of Natasha becoming suspicious of him.

Once she arrives in London, Lenny takes her for a ride on his Harley throughout England, from the White Cliffs of Dover to a village near an underground ammunition depot in Staffordshire. When he is wounded in a horrific explosion, Natasha brings him back to safety, only to discover the other woman’s letter to him. He wonders, will she trust him again, even though as a soldier, he must keep his mission a secret? Will their love survive the test of war?

In the past Natasha wrote, with girlish infatuation, “He will be running his fingers down, all the way down to the small of my back, touching his lips to my ear, breathing his name, breathing mine. Here I am, dancing with air.” In years to come, she will begin to lose her memory, which will make Lenny see her as delicate. “I gather her gently into my arms, holding her like a breath.” But right now, during the months leading up to D-Day, she is at her peak. With solid resolve, she is ready to take charge of the course of their story.

Dancing with Air is a standalone WWII romance, as well as the fourth volume of a family saga series titled Still Life with Memories, one of family sagas best sellers of all time. If you like family saga romance, wounded warrior romance, or military romantic suspense, you will find that this love story, twisting and turning through its marital issues, is a unique melding of them all.

Get ★★★★★ DANCING WITH AIR:
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message 47: by Uvi (new)

Uvi Poznansky | 10 comments A Touch of Passion is just for you
With something old and something new
Get it now, it is our gift
Just remember to be swift!



Lose yourself in a touch of passion. Whether it’s the beauty in a song or the magic of a kiss, the agony of heartbreak or the hunger of yearning, explore ecstasy and desire in these captivating full-length, award winning novels, written by eight bestselling, USA Today and NY Times authors.

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message 48: by Uvi (new)

Uvi Poznansky | 10 comments
#Free today only!

Once you get the Kindle edition, the Audiobook is yours for only $1.99

#kindle http://BookShow.me/B013TAU7L4


book Description
(volume II of Still Life with Memories)
Coming back to his childhood home after years of absence, Ben is unprepared for the secret, which is now revealed to him: his mother, Natasha, who used to be a brilliant pianist, is losing herself to early-onset Alzheimer’s, which turns the way her mind works into a riddle. His father has remarried, and his new wife, Anita, looks remarkably similar to Natasha—only much younger. In this state of being isolated, being apart from love, how will Ben react when it is so tempting to resort to blame and guilt? “In our family, forgiveness is something you pray for, something you yearn to receive—but so seldom do you give it to others.”

Behind his father's back, Ben and Anita find themselves increasingly drawn to each other. They take turns using an old tape recorder to express their most intimate thoughts, not realizing at first that their voices are being captured by him. These tapes, with his eloquent speech and her slang, reveal the story from two opposite viewpoints.

What emerges in this family is a struggle, a desperate, daring struggle to find a path out of conflicts, out of isolation, from guilt to forgiveness.


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Grasshopper Bot (daisyking) | 11 comments GOODNEWS!
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