NPR Driveway Moments Love Stories

Written by NPR

Narrated by Kelly McEvers

If you listen to NPR, you've had at least one ldquo;driveway moment.rdquo; You're sitting in your parked car, hooked by a story, needing to hear it all the way through. NPR celebrates the emotional bonds we share with this audio valentine that will warm hearts all year round. The story of an ex-monk and an ex-nun who form a family, as told by their son. The story of letters that continue to arrive from all over the world, addressed simply to Juliet, Verona, Italy. The softer side of Lyndon Johnson revealed in his letters to Lady Bird. A writer's true love for her beloved Volvo. The legend of Somalia's lovesick baker and the girl whose love he could not win. Lynda Barry on spring, thunderstorms, memories, and love. This heartfelt edition of Driveway Moments explores the surprising places we find love and the inspiring ways in which our most important relationships flourish.Featuring:The Love Story DeconstructedHappily Married Couples Tell TalesFather's Cufflinks Spark Thoughts About LoveOnline Dating's Siren SongLate-Blooming Aunt Ruth and Her Haphazard RomancesAdopted Son from China Transformed and Healed by LoveFinding Love at the Hebrew Home for the AgedAlzheimer's Disease Releases Couple to Love AgainAnd more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Highbridge Company
• Release date: Nov 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9781622315161

Reviews for NPR Driveway Moments Love Stories

[deldevries · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Most of the stories are Interesting and engaging. All are short stories!

[poolays · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Exactly what I expected it to be. Delightful snippets from NPR, some traditional, some less so, now, remembering that I have it, I might listen to it again.

[chuchu_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A lovely compilation of NPR's stories on the topic of Love. I'm a huge fan of This American Life and other human interest podcasts, so this was really right up my alley.I've always wished for a more organized ways of listening to the treasure trove of NPR content, and I think organizing stories around a theme is just the perfect way of collecting these gems of stories.

[she_climber · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I've listened to some of NPR's Driveway Moments compilations and this, like the others, are just interesting, entertaining, little vignettes. Such a nice break from the new reality (ie reality tv) to some true human interest.

[coho8 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a pleasant collection of stories with the common theme of love. It was not the compilation that I was expecting to hear, i.e. all heartwarming love stories, but it brings home the idea that the definition of love is broad. Pieces range from touching and tender to edgy, a couple of them bringing a tear to my eye or a chuckle and some that I found downright boring. All in all I enjoyed listening to the two CDs in the car and would recommend it, as there is something for everyone. The introductions by the host, Kelly McEvers, and the musical interludes were well done.

[dschander_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A series of short radio pieces that examine many types of romantic love. The variety means that every listener will probably find at least a few stories that speak particularly to them, though it also means that there will certainly be selections that don't touch them either. Probably not something I'd re-listen to it is entirety again.

[terrylynn_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

These truly are moments that I couldn't get out of my car, and had to listen until the story ended. My favorite, that not only brought tears to my eyes but also to my husband's eyes, Finding Love and Gaining a Grandaughter. So beautiful in how's she tells her granddaughter about her life and how she finally finds acceptance. This is a wonderful CD.

[detailmuse · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

An audio anthology of essays from NPR about love in all of its forms, the "driveway" referring to stories so good that the listener who arrives home in the middle of one will remain in the car in the driveway and listen to the end. There are 25 essays, about 2 hours, and it's the fastest 2 hours you'll know unless you limit yourself to a few at a time.All were interesting, and perhaps half developed a "driveway"-worthy narrative. I was most disappointed to hear Lyndon Johnson's love letters to his future bride when all I could hear in my mind were his inappropriate phone calls to widowed Jackie Kennedy. I was most happily surprised by the story of how Alzheimer's, decades after an acrimonious divorce, can replace the acrimony with tenderness. I was most heart-broken AND heart-warmed by the last story, about the foreign adoption of a child.Makes me interested to listen to some of NPR's other Driveway anthologies.