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Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm

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Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm

By: Laura Warrell
Narrated by: Nicole Lewis
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GMA BUZZ PICK • How do we find belonging when love is unrequited? A "gorgeously written debut" (Celeste Ng, best-selling author of Little Fires Everywhere) filled with jazz and soul, about the perennial temptations of dangerous love, told by the women who love Circus Palmer—trumpet player and old-school ladies’ man—as they ultimately discover the power of their own voices.

“Elegant, unexpected and…unforgettable.” —New York Times Book Review

“A modern masterpiece.” —Jason Reynolds, best-selling author of Look Both Ways

It’s 2013, and Circus Palmer, a forty-year-old Boston-based trumpet player and old-school ladies’ man, lives for his music and refuses to be tied down. Before a gig in Miami, he learns that the woman who is secretly closest to his heart, the free-spirited drummer Maggie, is pregnant by him. Instead of facing the necessary conversation, Circus flees, setting off a chain of interlocking revelations from the various women in his life.

Most notable among them is his teenage daughter, Koko, who idolizes him and is awakening to her own sexuality even as her mentally fragile mother struggles to overcome her long-failed marriage and rejection by Circus. Delivering a lush orchestration of diverse female voices, Warrell spins a provocative, soulful, and gripping story of passion and risk, fathers and daughters, wives and single women, and, finally, hope and reconciliation. Literary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Heartfelt Family Life African American Marriage Inspiring
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The story line was all over the place. So many different stories and characters that didn’t seem to knit together very well.

Just ok

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great multi character development through writing and descriptive choices that made me feel like i was in their shoes.

performance was in my top 2 of all audible books ...what a talent to be able to play so many chatacters in a unique and distinguishable was...and so nice on the ears

gratitude to you both and the team

satisfying

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Came across this book at barnes & noble.
loved every detail & change in settings.
Overall my type of book

Loved

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Despicable main character, what is the point of him? All the female characters are so poorly written I could have sworn this book was written by a man!

Why does anyone like this book?

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This slog of a book had a cast of underdeveloped, unlikeable characters. The plot was aimless, and the story was punctuated by cheesy descriptions of jazz. No one calls people “cat” anymore.

Aimless and cheesy

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