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    Unstrung
    Unstrung
    Unstrung
    Audiobook15 hours

    Unstrung

    Written by Laura Spinella

    Narrated by Rachel Fulginiti

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    For fans of Inglath Cooper and Catherine Ryan Hyde, a novel that Publishers Weekly calls "…a wrenching tale of love and loss."

    Even as a violin prodigy, Olivia Klein courted trouble. But when her marriage to high-stakes investor Rob Van Doren takes another wrong turn, Olivia acts out once too often. A night of bad behavior results in community service hours. Time is to be served with Theo McAdams, an inner-city teacher whose passion for music eclipses Olivia's. As she inches toward a better place, life surprises Olivia in the form of her first husband—baseball legend Sam Nash.

    Years ago, Olivia fell in love with Sam. Their impulsive marriage imploded with a fateful car crash and harsh parting words. Olivia never expected to see him again. But now Sam is back, and he wants her forgiveness. He also wants to recapture their volatile love affair. Olivia is torn between rekindling romance and saving her marriage. To her surprise, it's the presence of the young music teacher—and the lessons from a reckless past—that may bring harmony to Olivia's off-key life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateFeb 21, 2017
    ISBN9781522635789
    Unstrung
    Author

    Laura Spinella

    Laura Spinella is the author of the #1 Kindle bestseller Ghost Gifts, as well as the highly acclaimed Unstrung and award-winning novel Beautiful Disaster. She also writes the Clairmont Series novels under the pen name L.J. Wilson. She consistently receives reader and industry praise for her multifaceted characters, emotional complexity, and intriguing story lines. Foretold is the second book in her Ghost Gifts trilogy; the third and final installment is slated for release in 2018. Spinella lives with her family near Boston, where she can always be found writing her next novel. She enjoys hearing from readers and chatting with book clubs. Visit her at www.lauraspinella.net.

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    • 4/5
      Great story but the recording seems messed up in several spots and I missed a lot of the important parts of the story. Not so much that I couldn’t follow but still annoying.
    • 4/5
      This is a lengthy read and not the kind of genre I usually prefer. There's no murder mystery, only mystery in the sense of family dynamics and history - some kept secret which is pivotal to the plot. I almost gave up several times while reading this but needed to know how things worked out (or not) for the protagonist. The more that I hung in there and kept reading, the more I wanted to know what was going to happen next. The characters are complex and there is more than one story interwoven into this book. Now that I'm finished I'm glad I read to the end. Highly recommend this.
    • 5/5
      I would like to thank NetGalley, Montlake Romance, and Laura Spinella for the ARC of "Unstrung" by Laura Spinella for my honest review. The genres of "Unstrung" are General Fiction(Adult) and Romance. I find that the author's vivid and colorful descriptions of her complex and complicated characters are amazing.I found myself wanting to scream at some of the characters for their decisions. I actually despised and hated some of the characters, and I was cheering for some. I I guess I got emotionally involved in this fictional story. The story opens with Olivia Klein, and her attorney facing a judge for charges against Olivia for destroying her husband's Porsche with a bat. To add insult to injury, Olivia profoundly tells the judge where he should go. Olivia is a famous Violinist with a chair in the symphony orchestra. Despite the fact that Olivia was drunk and angry that her husband Rob made some investments that might cost the loss of the home that was in Olivia's family for years, the judge sentences her to a night in jail and one hundred hours of community service. Olivia for her own personal reasons offers to do community service with a Music teacher in one of the worst schools in the area. Olivia's mother is furious at Olivia and reminds her that she always has been rebellious. Her mother warns her that this will be the second marriage that will be ruined. Olivia had a very short lived marriage when she was young that at the time was a bad decision. Olivia is a very insecure woman who feels imperfect and "unstrung", and her Mother lives to remind her of this.Rob, her husband vacillates between being a bad guy at times to a supportive good guy. Laura Spinella writes about honor, family, love, redemption, forgiving, second chances, and hope. The author also describes that no one is just good or bad, and that we should accept ourselves for who we are.There are surprises, twists and turns in this story. I would highly recommend this as an entertaining and intriguing read.