Audiobook13 hours
Liberating Paris
Written by Linda Bloodworth Thomason
Narrated by Cynthia Darlow
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
The bestselling debut novel by the creator of TV's "Designing Women" now comes to audio. Bloodworth Thomason pens the story of six friends on the verge of middle age who must come to terms with the past in order to claim the future for themselves and their children. Woodrow McIlmore is leading the perfect life in Paris, Arkansas: married to his high school sweetheart, he has two wonderful children and a warm circle of family and friends. When Wood's daughter announces that she wants to marry a college classmate, Wood is stunned. But that's just the tip of the iceberg - her intended is the son of the woman who left Wood twenty years earlier, the free-spirited Duff. And so begins a tumultuous year in Paris, as Duff returns and familiar sparks fly with her old flame. Their rekindled passion affects not only Wood and Duff but also their good friends, as they must now all decide what in their lives is worth keeping and what needs to be thrown away.
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Reviews for Liberating Paris
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3.5/5
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Read this when it was published and decided to listen while I did home repairs over the holidays, and glad I did. It's amazing how much our world has changed in almost 20 years; it's amazing how much I have changed in that time as well, mostly for the better. I enjoyed it even more this time and the narrator did a lovely job with the accents, which were diversely Southern (there are a million variations, depending on geography, Hollywood please take note). It was like a trip back home, for sure. As a daughter of one of those businesses made obsolete by "FedMart," I've always been on board with that sentiment. My first read, so many years ago, I felt like the mid-life crises were a little dramatic, but having lived through those now, they're spot on, if maybe not dramatic enough. Something happens when your worldview shifts, and the results are baffling to oneself and the world. Along with Callie Khouri, LBT nails the Southern conundrum for women. Especially loved the line (paraphrasing) that the woman was "So Southern she almost apologized for being in your presence." It's a help and hindrance growing up like this. The world outside the South will eat you alive with that approach, but sometimes, when truly a damsel in distress, it will evoke the kindness of strangers. I haven't read the other reviews, but I expect comments of an "insulated world" or thereabouts, but having grown up in a place like this and having ventured out into other wilds, I can certify this snapshot of life in a small town as 100% authentic. It explains a lot of the turmoil of 2020, quite actually, a lot of the "us vs. them" mentality. Just remember there is no "them," it's all "us," and we're in this together, no matter how much we bicker. I kept my hardback version of this book through three moves and 2000 miles, and can't wait to revisit it again in another 15-20 years. It's a keeper, heartbreaking, and funny, and touching. Exactly what I needed right now. Understanding the past is the key to a successful future, and this is a time capsule with abundant wisdom to impart for those willing to think.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I loved this book! It isn't about Paris, France, as I initially hoped. I started out quite slow, actually prepared to toss it aside because it seemed boring and ordinary reading about the lives of small town in Arkansas.
But was I surprised to get so drawn into the lives of the characters, so realistically written by Thomason.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I loved this book! It isn't about Paris, France, as I initially hoped. I started out quite slow, actually prepared to toss it aside because it seemed boring and ordinary reading about the lives of small town in Arkansas.
But was I surprised to get so drawn into the lives of the characters, so realistically written by Thomason.