I purchased this audiobook for $1 at our local FOL Used Bookstore here in Carpinteria. It contains 8 unabridged compact discs. Happy listening!

Amazon Editorial Review:

"Laurel Gray Hawthorne needs to make things pretty. Coming from a family with a literal skeleton in their closet, she's developed this talent all her life, whether helping her willful mother to smooth over the reality of her family's ugly past, or elevating humble scraps of unwanted fabric into nationally acclaimed art quilts.

Her sister Thalia, an impoverished "Actress" with a capital A, is her opposite, and prides herself in exposing the lurid truth lurking behind life's everyday niceties. And while Laurel's life was neatly on track, a passionate marriage, a treasured daughter, and a lovely home in lovely suburban Victorianna, everything she holds dear is thrown into question the night she is visited by an apparition in her bedroom. The ghost appears to be her 14-year-old neighbor Molly Dufresne, and when Laurel follows this ghost , she finds the real Molly floating lifeless in her swimming pool. While the community writes the tragedy off as a suicide, Laurel can't. Reluctantly enlisting Thalia's aid, Laurel sets out on a life-altering investigation that triggers startling revelations about her own guarded past, the truth about her marriage, and the girl who stopped swimming.

Richer and more rewarding than any story from Joshilyn Jackson, THE GIRL WHO STOPPED SWIMMING is destined both to delight Jackson's loyal fans and capture a whole new audience."

I really enjoyed this unabridged audiobook! It's my first experience with anything written by Joshilyn Jackson. This audiobook is read by the author who does a fabulous job of reading her novel and there is even an interview of the author at the end, which I found enlightening... I enjoy learning how authors write their novels, which authors they like to read and which books they have read, etc.

I liked the story as it has ghosts, a mystery element to the storyline, a dysfunctional family, and skeletons in the closet!

See my post about The Girl Who Stopped Swimming on my book blog at the following link:

http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-girl-who-stopped-swimming-by.html

Released as part of iwillrejoice's audio vbb.

Thank you for sending this book!

We listened to this book. It was an interesting story...not my favorite.

This book is going into booklady331's CD only bookbox. Happy travels!

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A very entertaining book to listen to - although I did find my mind wandering at times.

This novel has an element of a mystery story woven in with old family secrets and a sister who will stir the pot for what seems like entertainment purposes.

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Thanks, Aberpeter.

Added to a RABCK audiobook box sent to book_drunkard in IN.

Received today.
Thank you very much!