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The Life We Bury
- Narrated by: Zach Villa
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.
As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Aided by his skeptical neighbor, Lila, Joe throws himself into uncovering the truth. Thread by thread, he begins to unravel the tapestry of Carl's conviction. But as he and Lila dig deeper into the circumstances of the crime, the stakes grow higher. Will Joe discover the truth before it's too late to escape the fallout?
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- Mr. Raymond L. Kingdon
- 26-10-16
A most enjoyable story.
What did you like most about The Life We Bury?
The actual progression of the story with its twists and turns and changes in pace.
Narration was well-suited and warm; the tone and emphasis just right.
What did you like best about this story?
As above: twists and turns.
Which character – as performed by Zach Villa – was your favourite?
Characters complementary: wrong to single-out one character.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not possible.
Any additional comments?
On the look out for other works by the same writer and narrator.
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- Sharon
- 28-09-19
Beautiful story
I really enjoyed how the story unfolded. The narrator was perfectly suited. I can't wait to read another of Allen Esker books. This is a heartfelt story that shows through, understanding, compassion and listening to another, the truth does unfold.
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- Miss D. Thomas
- 30-09-22
What a find!!
I’ve recently downloaded 3 books and couldn’t complete any of them, I came across this book on YouTube and was relieved to find it here.
I listened to the book start to finish in one day, then again the next day. Loved how fast it cantered along while adding twists and turns and other layers of life
Highly recommend!
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- Miss Claire Dicken
- 17-04-24
Interesting storyline
Drew me in from the start. Easy to listen to narration. Listened right through from start to finish
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- ANNABEL
- 29-11-23
I loved this novel
I recommend this story if you like very pleasant good quality narration, an engaging twisty turny unexpected story. Well written in my opinion, interesting, emotional and satisfying. I’m glad to found it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-01-24
Excellent thriller
Well written and read with plenty of twists and a convincing plot line. Well drawn characters and a believable lead character coupled with an inventive and novel scenario made this a very entertaining read. Kept up the pace and quality to the end.
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- Kindle Customer
- 23-01-24
A great read
I wanted this book to last longer so it didn’t end! Great storyline and an amazing narrator. Highly recommend
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- Martine
- 09-08-22
Great story, full of suspense and well written.
Loved it. This is definitely worth a read. Good to have this kind of genre so well written.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-11-23
overall a good yarn
Good story well told, I liked the charactersand the unusual angles. The narrator reminded me of Kiefer Sutherland and I thought his performance was good, nice pace, no unnecessary locking of lips etc that can blight audio books esp. the free ones.
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- Mrs. L. Lawson
- 16-03-24
Determination of finding out the truth
What can I explain? How a man serve a lifetime off prison to a crime? You didn’t do
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