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    The House We Grew Up In
    The House We Grew Up In
    The House We Grew Up In
    Audiobook13 hours

    The House We Grew Up In

    Written by Lisa Jewell

    Narrated by Karina Fernandez

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    About this audiobook

    Years after an Easter weekend tragedy devastates a family, they return to the house they grew up in to unearth the many secrets hidden within the nooks and crannies of home.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateSep 17, 2019
    ISBN9781666579680
    The House We Grew Up In
    Author

    Lisa Jewell

    Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone, as well as Invisible Girl and Watching You. Her novels have sold over 10 million copies internationally, and her work has also been translated into twenty-nine languages. Connect with her on Twitter @LisaJewellUK, on Instagram @LisaJewellUK, and on Facebook @LisaJewellOfficial.

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    • 4/5
      I listened to an audiobook version of this story while I exercised - and at 13 CDs long, it kept me exercising for a long time. There were times when I thought it seemed like it needed a bit of editing, but in retrospect I think most of the content was quite justified. This is a story of a very disturbed family with the mother becoming an increasingly pathological hoarder. The children and husband become similarly dysfunctional and the question of cause and effect is explored. Family members end up in prison, in divorce, and in 'nervous breakdown'. Much of the disturbed behaviour takes place between family members and so Jewell seems to be asking the question as to whether families are in themselves pathological. There were many times during my reading when I felt the story line was a bit too close to home, and I almost had to stop listening. The ending was perhaps a little trite and romantic - I'm not sure my own family life will turn out so well.

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    • 5/5
      This book gave me a good deal to think about. Families, choices, secrets. We all have them. Made me really uncover some of the secrets from my own life. Loved the narrator too. Just another Jewel from Jewel!!
    • 5/5
      Excellent read. Couldn't put it down. Complex characters, complex plot, extremely well written. My favorite book by this author, Lisa Jewell.
    • 5/5
      Perhaps the best story I have yet to listen to on audiobooks. Fantastic deep characters, believable struggles and real life scenarios.
    • 5/5
      Excellent. I really enjoyed this book. Bent, bizarre and so true to life. We all know of that family who...
    • 5/5
      The book started slow and I almost put it down. So glad I didn’t! A story about family of secrets and how it affected them.
      Lots of twists and turns. Once it grabs your attention you can’t stop reading.
    • 5/5
      I really enjoyed listening to this book, I love how she writes, with her different perspectives on different situations. She is becoming one of my fave authors.
    • 5/5
      Very enjoyable book, good story and well thought out characters.
    • 5/5
      Lisa Jewell’s brilliant and moving depiction of a dysfunctional family is hard to put down. Dark and sad, and yet at times full of light, the story goes deep into the psyche of the well-developed characters. Lorelei, the mother, is absolutely fascinating, luminous, full of color and joy, yet very dark and complex in the deep recesses of her soul, and with a frightful hoarding disorder. The story moves back and forth in time, a writing style that is very much present in all of the books I have read by Jewell. The audio narrator is fantastic, adding another dimension to the book.
    • 4/5
      This one is a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. At times I liked and disliked every member of this crazy family. I enjoyed the book though and the crazy family.
    • 4/5
      Enjoyed the book. Complicated issues presented in a realistic manner.
    • 5/5
      I love all entire lifetime, multigenerational novels and this one did not disappoint. For fans of The Dutch House, this is a sure thing!
    • 5/5
      I received The House We Grew Up In as part of a Goodreads giveaway.

      The House We Grew Up In is the story of the Bird family: father Colin, mother Lorelai, daughters Megan and Beth and twins Rory and Rhys. Told mainly over a series of Easter Sundays spanning 30 years, it explores how the family is devastated by one major and many minor acts, and how, having fallen apart, the Birds must learn to slowly renegotiate and resurrect their relationships.

      This story was, quite frankly, unputdownable. I read it in less than 24 hours, and that's with a full night's sleep and a full day at work. Each character is beautifully drawn, flawed but relatable. The book touches on many themes, mental illness, betrayal, and the stresses that test relationships between spouses and/or romantic partners, siblings, parents, and children. I don't want to say too much for fear of spoiling it for others; my advice would be to experience it for yourself.

      Highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      This book was absolutely amazing. Had me in tears, made me laugh at times…just really really good. Very much recommended.
    • 4/5
      follows an entire family through childhood into adulthood and how their mothers hoarding effects each them. the hoarding however is not the main point of the story, just the backdrop.
    • 5/5
      Another fantastic, surprising, heartfelt novel. I love you Lisa Jewell!
    • 5/5
      A good book about family relations and life, quite enchanting, sad but with humor
    • 5/5
      The Bird family is perfect. Mom, Lorelei, Dad, Colin, Megan, Bethan, and the twins, Rory and Rhys. As the children grow, Lorelei saves all their artwork and other mementoes. After the death of Rhys, the family begins to come apart. The children grow up and go their separate ways - each having their own issues to deal with. Lorelei ultimately is alone in the big house and she becomes the county's worst hoarder. As they return to the house to clean it out after Loerlei's death, they finally cocme to understand the impact Rhy's death had on each of them and unearth secrets hidden among all of the clutter.
    • 5/5
      The most proficient narrator I’ve ever listened to!

      Such a shame that the author didn’t explore more in depth the benefit of therapy and self examination in any of the characters. It’s the only solution to the childhood trauma all of humanity undergoes—and becoming conscious is the universal step we all must take.
      People treat therapy as a joke: witness the food, substance, and reality TV abuse/addiction that they prefer to assuage their pain.
    • 4/5
      What a sad and bittersweet story. We all have regrets, big and small, but everyone deals with them differently. This book follows the Bird family-dad, mom, 2 daughters, 2 sons, and a few miscellaneous characters to make a perfectly normal, abnormal family. Told from each character’s point of view at some point, we get to see all aspects of the family. What’s left is the raw, open wounds of love. The book is a bit long, but ultimately each word adds something to the story. There are a few small family “mysteries” that are nicely resolved by the end.
    • 4/5
      It was a Slow burn but it was good!
    • 5/5
      May be one of the best books I’ve ever read. Wow.
    • 4/5
      (Fiction, Contemporary)This is another book that I chose to work through the trauma I had felt going through my deceased’s mother home and belongings.This fiction offering deals with adult children disposing of their hoarder mother’s ‘stuff’. It should have had a big impact on me but I don’t remember the plot at all.3½ stars
    • 3/5
      Story of a dysfunctional family headed by a matriarch that was a hoarder. Nothing in the way of a plot, but the characters were well developed. 416 pages
    • 5/5
      Captivating and unique story, beautifully told. Easy to be invested in the characters.
    • 5/5
      Easy yet compelling. Interesting characters and unpredictable plot line. KSK
    • 5/5
      Wow this story touched me! I was a little distracted in the beginning and found it hard to follow for a bit but it was such a good listen.
    • 4/5
      So we’ll written! Thanks for a story where each character has so much depth! I do not particularly care for the fact that so many writers now feel the need to include homosexuality in their stories (and other controversial topics). People are bombarded daily with all this stuff! I want to enjoy a story that doesn’t have the feel that it needed to cover the gamut of social issues!!! It’s entirely unnecessary and overkill!!!
      I personally do not condone such lifestyle and don’t care to hear about it in things I chose for entertainment! I’m in no way hostile, just don’t support it.
      It’s in every show, commercial etc and yet it represents only 5% of the population!
      I feel it’s a desperate attempt by so many to try to be inclusive at the cost of excluding so many others.
      My favorite part is the narration!!! Wow!!! What a dynamite job she did! I will definitely find other stories narrated by her!
      Overall, very much enjoyed it!
    • 3/5
      I've tried so hard to finish this but I just can't...
    • 4/5
      I got this book from Bookmarks to read and review.

      The Bird family live what seems an almost idyllic life and the four children enjoy their family life especially the annual Easter egg hunt. However one year an event so disturbing changes the family set-up forever ad not always in a good way.

      Many years later and events conspire to bring them all back together to the house, how will they react when forced to confront the past?

      I really enjoyed this book from an author I haven't come across before. It covers so many different subjects without being clumsy in going from one to another. The characters are real and shown with their flaws rather than being perfect individuals and one black sheep.

      It's hard to say much without giving away too much of the story, (which some reviewers do), but I will say that I particularly liked the descriptive qualities of the house when they return to it after several years.

      I can definitely recommend this book although concerned at times by the language used.