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hermetic

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17. Oh dear,

Sun Aug 9, 2015, 04:22 PM

Aug 2015

I would never recommend The Shipping News as a first audio book. I suspect Newfie accents will be employed and if you're not familiar with them, you will be lost. If you read the book first, then listened to it, I think it would be much more enjoyable.

If you can't return it then maybe you can find an old boom box at a thrift store. I bought a new one last fall from Amazon since I have lots of music on cassette that I still want to listen to as long as possible.

Well, best of luck with whatever you decide.

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