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4 audiobooks that span the globe

This month we travel to Africa, France, Massachusetts, and Mars. All titles are available to download from www.audible.com.

2. 'The Little Paris Bookshop,' by Nina George

Sept. 11, 2015, 10:45 a.m. ET

By Rochelle O'Gorman

(Read by Steve West, Emma Bering, with Cassandra Campbell; Random House Audio; 9 CDs; 11 hours)

Calling himself a “literary apothecary,” Monsieur Perdu uses intuition and a profound knowledge of human suffering to heal broken hearts and tortured souls from his bookstore-on-a-barge as it drifts along the rivers of France. Reserving his French accent for the dialogue, Steve West gently takes us on this lovely, adult journey without killing it with quirkiness. Emma Bering and Cassandra Campbell appear occasionally, adding emotional depth.

Grade: A-

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4 audiobooks that span the globe

This month we travel to Africa, France, Massachusetts, and Mars. All titles are available to download from www.audible.com.

2. 'The Little Paris Bookshop,' by Nina George

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4 audiobooks that span the globe

This month we travel to Africa, France, Massachusetts, and Mars. All titles are available to download from www.audible.com.

2. 'The Little Paris Bookshop,' by Nina George

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