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Falling Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Jane Green (Author, Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)
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The New York Times best-selling author of The Beach House, Jemima J, and Sister Stardust presents a novel about the pleasure and meaning of finding a home - and family - where you least expect them...

When Emma Montague left the strict confines of upper-crust British life for New York, she felt sure it would make her happy. Away from her parents and expectations, she felt liberated, throwing herself into Manhattan life replete with a high-paying job, a gorgeous apartment, and a string of successful boyfriends. But the cutthroat world of finance and relentless pursuit of more began to take its toll. This wasn’t the life she wanted either.

On the move again, Emma settles in the picturesque waterfront town of Westport, Connecticut, a world apart from both England and Manhattan. It is here that she begins to confront what it is she really wants from her life. With no job, and knowing only one person in town, she channels her passion for creating beautiful spaces into remaking the dilapidated cottage she rents from Dominic, a local handyman who lives next door with his six-year-old son.

Unlike any man Emma has ever known, Dominic is confident, grounded, and committed to being present for his son whose mother fled shortly after he was born. They become friends, and slowly much more, as Emma finds herself feeling at home in a way she never has before.

But just as they start to imagine a life together as a family, fate intervenes in the most shocking of ways. For the first time, Emma has to stay and fight for what she loves, for the truth she has discovered about herself, or risk losing it all.

In a novel of changing seasons, shifting lives, and selfless love, a story unfolds - of one woman’s far-reaching journey to discover who she is truly meant to be...

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  1. Listening Length
    12 hours and 19 minutes
  2. Author
    Jane Green
  3. Narrator
    Jane Green
  4. Audible release date
    July 19, 2016
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Penguin Audio
  7. ASIN
    B01FWJU18E
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 12 hours and 19 minutes
Author Jane Green
Narrator Jane Green
Audible.com Release Date July 19, 2016
Publisher Penguin Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B01FWJU18E
Best Sellers Rank #14,646 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#405 in Family Life Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#722 in Women's Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#1,015 in Family Life Fiction (Books)

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Emma Montague has had enough with her fast paced life and the finance world ladder she has been rapidly climbing in New York City for years. After moving to the United States from her society upbringing in England, Emma craves something more relaxed and settled and finds what she is looking for in a small cottage in Westport, Connecticut. Now in her late thirties, Emma is hoping to reinvent her life and finally find what she has been looking for her whole life. Her landlord, Dominic and his six year old son live next door and the three quickly become an unlikely trio. Just as things start to look like a "happily ever after" might be in her future fate steps in to test everything Emma has discovered about herself during her time in Westport. I won't trouble you with reading anymore of this contrived plot because it won't be worth your time...just like reading this book. I don't enjoy giving negative reviews but when a book causes me to actually roll my eyes while reading it I feel it necessary to let you know. This is my second book by Jane Green and what a difference in material. If you are looking for a book by this author, try "Second Chance" instead. "Falling" was a big miss for me.
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TeresaT
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Anticipated
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2016
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Jane Green has become one of my favorite authors. I eagerly await her new releases. The true test of a great book for me is whether the book can make me feel: laughing, crying, even getting angry. If more than one emotion is felt - well, that's a great book. I thought Falling was going to be a sweet and predictable love story; a light read to enjoy at the end of summer. It was more. It is not a deep or heavy read, but it is not predictable. The love story of Emma and Dominic (who may be my new book character crush ) is sweet, funny, real. It is not without problems, just like every other relationship. I cannot go into details without spoiling some key plot points, but the direction of the story takes a sharp turn that is most definitely not expected. The conclusion does not wrap up the story neatly like the reader thinks it will for most of the book, but it is a sweet and satisfying ending to a lovely book.
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Bearette24
4.0 out of 5 stars I really liked most of this book
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016
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I really liked most of this book, and I would have given it 5 stars if it ended differently. The protagonist, an English expatriate named Emma, was one of Green's most charming heroines in years. I warmed to her almost instantly (after a boring bit about interior design at the beginning) and I really cared about her and the other characters. There were many funny and true moments. Even the secondary characters (an older woman in Manhattan who only appears briefly) were well-drawn and compelling. But I didn't love the ending. It felt at odds with the tone of the rest of the book. But I would still recommend it; it's one of Green's better books.
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Camille stettler
3.0 out of 5 stars Loved other books by this author.
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
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She’s usually got great laugh out loud moments, none of those in this book. This one is not worth the sad ending.
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Lisa Barr
5.0 out of 5 stars Falling AND Picking Yourself Back Up
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2016
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There’s that pivotal moment we all experience when we want to transform our lives as we know it — perhaps pull a “Thelma & Louise” and just keep driving, or actually do something radical like Jane Green’s protagonist in her latest novel “Falling.” Emma Montague, a beautiful but “still seaching” expat from uppercrust London, moves to New York as a banker, and then decides to give up all the hustle-bustle for a life of internal peace and serenity in a small beach town in Westport, Connecticutt. The tradeoff is clear: escaping the world of finance for finding herself. Her handsome new landlord Dominic, a single Dad who comes from the “other side of the tracks”, and his adorable son Jesse, become the real game-changer for Emma. The duo challenges her beliefs, her ideals, her lifestyle, and ultimately, her ability to really love. Green, as usual, draws you into the hearts and minds of her characters. I found myself nearly three quarters through the book in a single sitting. It is truly a tale of girl meets boy, boy is a package deal, and girl learns to love them both while discovering the best parts of herself in the process. As with all Jane Green novels, life is simply not that simple. Emma has to confront her own family dysfunction and Dominic’s family issues, as she tries to accept a new kind of love. This is a modern love story of falling for a man whose greatest love and dedication is to his child. Yes, it’s complicated. Green’s gift is her flowing prose and depth of characters. Bring your Kleenex, and be ready to embrace a tale that leaves you simultaneously tearful and hopeful.
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KimGM
4.0 out of 5 stars A love story with a twist
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2016
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When Emma leaves her job in finance and NYC behind for Westport, Connecticut, she does not expect to meet and slowly fall in love with her landlord/neighbor Dominic. What starts as a casual friendship grows into something more and--despite their cultural differences and reticence about ruining the balance of their friendship/tenant/landlord relationship, they embark on a love story that will change them both forever.

I've been a big fan of Jane Green's novels since reading Jemima J way back in the 1990s (showing my age here). What I've always loved about her writing is how she brings her characters to life and how, with such a light touch, she captures the setting so you envision everything without a lot of unnecessary details. This is definitely true with Falling. I felt like I knew Westport like the back of my hand and I loved how she described the house Emma rents and transforms as she tries to figure out life and love. I especially loved the pacing of Emma and Dominic's relationship--while everyone around them was trying to rush them into something more than friendship, they both took their time and let things happen naturally.

The ending took me by surprise--I had sold myself on an HEA for Emma and Dominic, but I don't mind that the HEA we get is of another sort. Don't read Falling looking for a romance--this is a proper love story without following the prescribed rules of what constitutes a romantic novel.

My rating? 4.5 stars
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Carol Boyer
5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming, an Unlikely Romance Meant to Be....
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2016
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Falling - a perfect title for a delightful romantic novel that made me remember the highs and lows of falling in love and the sweeping uncertainties it can bring. Trust me you will need tissues. Emma who was born in England, left home to escape her family's expectations for her to marry nobility, moved to New York where she held a high paying banking job. Despairing of that world she moves to Westport, CT where she rents a charming but run down beach cottage which she deftly redecorates and finds herself becoming quickly infatuated with her landlord, Dominic. He is a carpenter, different from anyone she ever knew, who surprises her with his charm. Dominic, besides being a bartender, is a carpenter and helps her by building book shelves. Jesse, Dominic's young son, is manipulative, hard to win over, as he has been left motherless and is wary of having anyone take time away from his Dad. Their romance builds, but past relationships and both of their parents wishes are entanglements and things are not always what one dreams they should be...Emma is swept away with her feelings, not knowing what to trust, and the story has many turns where your heart feels the joy and the pain, and you wonder if there can be forgiveness enough to follow your own heart,. Falling is beautifully written, I love her characters, feel their courage and all their emotions deeply. You won't want to leave this novel, but it leaves you thinking for a long time.
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4.0 out of 5 stars It’s a matured and decent story not a love story
Reviewed in India on June 9, 2023
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Falling: Jane Green

English woman Emma an ex-banker left banking dull boyfriend and home to live happily. After seeing an add she took a cottage in Westport. Her aim was to find out what she wants in life and what makes her to lead a peaceful and happy life. The cottage she found was a shabby one and the landlord Dominic with his 6-year-old son stay next door.
The cottage needs lots and lots of changes and alteration and suddenly she felt her passion about interior designing and gardening, she hopes her new landlord agrees with it. Slowly she kept the foot in her favorite areas and started working as a team with Dominic.
Despite of the outside influences and cultures they built a strong relationship. She started feeling it as home, family. She started her new career and suddenly tragedy struck her life …….
Will she able to overcome the lose? Would she able to get the custody of the 6-year-old Jesse from his own mother? It’s a matured and decent story not a love story
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agapanthe19
5.0 out of 5 stars superbe....
Reviewed in France on January 16, 2022
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un très bon livre...
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Bill Thomson
5.0 out of 5 stars Each d y read
Reviewed in Germany on December 19, 2018
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A pleasant story, easy reading. Not the kind of book I would normally read. Very romantic and I suppose quite credible.
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anna
4.0 out of 5 stars Started cheesy but ended brilliant
Reviewed in Spain on July 24, 2017
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I must say this book really surprised me. At the beginning I thought the story was a bit unsubstantial, too cliche...and wondered how the author would make a book out of it. But then somewhere in the middle (or a bit more...) it starts gaining a lot of rhythm and there's a great twist I was not expecting at all... Good read.
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EmmieH
5.0 out of 5 stars Each character comes alive so beautifully and with an absolute understanding of how they got ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2016
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I have been a fan of Jane Green for as long as I can remember and wait each year for her next novel. She has an incredible way of weaving life lessons into her novels and that for me is an intrinsic quality that a number of authors in this genre can't quite get.

Our lives are made up of life-long experiences and decisions made both by ourselves and those that influence our lives. Each character comes alive so beautifully and with an absolute understanding of how they got to where they are today why they behave the way they do.

"Falling" is yet another hit. A story of love and hope mixed with the judgements and beliefs that appear for each of us in our lives each day. I honour Ms Green once again for creating a stunning book which has warmed my heart and also brought tears to my eyes.

Thank you!
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