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Would you consider the audio edition of The Days of Abandonment to be better than the print version?

The audio edition is better because of the subject matter. The silence of divorce is hard to take. Likely many who are drawn to this book could stand to hear a sympathetic voice. The audio version delivers that.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Days of Abandonment?

The line when the narrator says after the husband left, she and her children lived with a permanent sense of danger . With that Ferrante got to the bone chilling truth. I say without irony it hit me like Tammy Wynnette's record DIVORCE which I consider one of greatest artistic treatments of the subject.

Which character – as performed by Hillary Huber – was your favorite?

Olga of course.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The film your ex will never watch.

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Quick (not bad) listen ....

To be brief, this novel is not about chains of events or mystery of any kind. Rather it is a swirls of deep emotions and self pity and literally decomposition of a human soul.

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Maybe it's you

Divorce is terrible. I've played its victim in various roles. That's why I was interested in this book. But this lady's complete lack of rationality is indefensible. Sickening in fact. (Spoiler alert.) To turn on your children and dog like that just means you're a bad person. I don't care what you're going through. To victimize the innocent is never justifiable. What your husband did is despicable. But you're no better.

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Icky and dark.

I stopped listening 15 chapters into it. It truly is about the days of abandonment x-number of years into a long marriage with two kids. It's exactly how I hope I would not behave given those circumstances. It's just yucky and I can't finish it. It's left a bad taste in my mouth.

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monotone narrator and monotonous story

This isn't worth $1, and certainly not worth a credit. I've skipped from chapter to chapter hoping to find good character development, some sort of joy in being alive, or something worth listening to. I haven't found it yet.

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Strange story!

Almost stopped listening, but forced myself to listen to the end. Seemed like a very weak female character.

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How Disturbing!

Not only disturbing but depressing and disappointing as well! I would hate for anyone that is already in the depths of depression to read this story. I would fear for their safety. The only redeeming quality I found is in the actual writing. The writing was so well done, as was the delivery, that it just made me sad.

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Woman goes crazy when husband leaves her

The main character, Olga, disgusted me. I wanted to stop listening halfway through but plowed through hoping that some great insight would emerge. It didn't. I was sick of listening to her meaningless, self-pitying introspection. Sure her husband did her wrong....so why was two-thirds of the book devoted to pining after him? The narrator was the only redeeming factor in this audiobook.

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Odd Book With No Point

The story was so strange, and the writing extremely choppy. There was absolutely zero character development! Despite the author trying to show us what life is like after the separation and eventual divorce for a 38-year-old woman and her two children, I truly felt as though her behavior and interactions with the kids were ridiculously over the top. This woman definitely needed some intense, long-term psychiatric treatment. Not at all believable that she would get better so quickly.Surprisingly, even the husband's attitde and behavior is pretty strange, especially when he admits to not really liking his children and thinks that their annoying behavior will lead to his new relationship falling apart. What? Really?Apparently, neither one of them is committed to putting the kids firstI do understand that the story is meant to be dark, but this book is simply awful. Only positive here would have to be the narration. Hilary managed to portray the main character as depressed and with flat affect, while she performed the children with far more energy. Skip buying this one, even if at a discount.☹️

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erotic , sensual, highly entertaining!!!

The author goes deep into the psyche of a torn soul. a must read! Exellent

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