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Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

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Then

Ingrid traveled all over Europe with her opera star mother, Margot-Sophia. Life was beautiful and bright, and every day soared with music.

Now

Ingrid is on a summertime wilderness survival trek for at-risk teens: addicts, runaways, and her. She's fighting to survive crushing humiliations, physical challenges that push her to her limits, and mind games that threaten to break her.

Then

When the curtain fell on Margot-Sophia's singing career, they buried the past and settled into a small, painfully normal life. But Ingrid longed to let the music soar again. She wanted it so much that, for a while, nothing else mattered.

Now

Ingrid is never going to make it through this summer if she can't figure out why she's here, what happened to Margot-Sophia, and why the music really stopped.

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  1. Listening Length
    9 hours and 58 minutes
  2. Author
    Danielle Younge-Ullman
  3. Narrator
    Phoebe Strole
  4. Audible release date
    February 21, 2017
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Listening Library
  7. ASIN
    B01N12UC54
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 9 hours and 58 minutes
Author Danielle Younge-Ullman
Narrator Phoebe Strole
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date February 21, 2017
Publisher Listening Library
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B01N12UC54
Best Sellers Rank #361,299 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#202 in Teen & Young Adult Theater Fiction
#287 in Fiction on Emotions & Feelings for Teens
#862 in Fiction on Family for Teens

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Khristina Chess
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2021
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In this absorbing novel, the mother-daughter relationship drives everything that’s happening, both in the present and in the past. The present is awful. Ingrid has been sent away to a 3-week wilderness program for at-risk teens, although she didn’t realize what she was signing up for at the time, and now she’s wet, miserable, mosquito-bitten, and trapped with a misfit group in the middle of nowhere. But she’s determined to see things through to prove something to her mother and earn the carrot, which is permission to attend a music school abroad.

The past is a complicated story about her mother’s beautiful opera voice and depression. There is a strong codependency relationship between the mother and daughter, since the mother is a depressed diva. From an early age, Ingrid took care of her mother since no father was in the picture.

I loved the mystery about how Ingrid ended up in the wilderness, and I was rooting for her to make it out.
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Mimah
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2020
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Really enjoyed the writing, the characters and the story.
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Leslie Zacks
5.0 out of 5 stars I absolutely loved the deeply-moving story telling and authentic voice that Danielle ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2017
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I absolutely loved the deeply-moving story telling and authentic voice that Danielle Young-Ullman has created in this book. It is all-at-once adventurous, confessional, deeply complex, shattering, self-deprecating and funny.For parents and teen children who enjoy reading books in parallel, this one will give you a great deal to discuss (without being too shocking) and leave you both feeling like you need to take a deep breath and have a good hug once you're done. The author has found a way to explain and engage kids struggling to understand love, loss and anything that can happen in-between, as well as parents trying to do the same. The ending is cautiously optimistic while avoiding anything remotely described as predictable, and will give super sensitive (often young adult) readers a reason to pull themselves together and forge ahead. But be warned:I dare anyone who has ever worn their broken, damaged heart on their sleeve or stuffed at the bottom of their cluttered purse to read this and finish it with a dry eye.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Heart gripping
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2018
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Written by an amazing storyteller. Gripping from the first page. I could not put it down. Ingrid's journey to self discovery and healing draws you in from the get go. Loved it!
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Jbay
5.0 out of 5 stars YA mature theme - A wonderful story that unfolds cleverly
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2017
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YA mature theme - A wonderful story that unfolds cleverly. A must read for all YA readers. Heartbreaking and funny coming of age. A colorful cast of characters.
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Z. de Ruiter
5.0 out of 5 stars From its eye-catching cover to its hopeful final page, this novel is a true beauty inside and out
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2018
Ingrid's big passion is music and she's been offered a place at a prestigious college in England. There is only one problem: she promised her mum to go to a wilderness summer camp before she's allowed to go to her dream school as she needs to show that she has the perseverance and strength to take such a big step. Ingrid agrees, she's willing to do anything to make her dream a reality, but when she arrives at the camp – or lack thereof – it isn't what she expected at all. Rather than cute cabins and organised games, the trip her mum signed her up for is a brutal hike without any amenities where the campers have to set up their own tents at night and battle the elements.

Not only that, but all the other teenagers in the group seem far more troubled than Ingrid. From a teen mum wanting to get strong to take care of her baby to an ex-con, Ingrid feels out of place and cheated. What is she really doing there? Why did her mum set her up to fail? As the weeks go by, the trip turns into a brutal yet enlightening self-discovery journey not only for the other campers but for Ingrid too. Along the way, as she writes letters to her mum in a notebook, as a reader you get to know all the campers, especially Ingrid, in a very honest and intimate way.

Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined is a heartbreaking yet inspirational tale of self-discovery, mental health and perseverance. The initially frustrated, angry and confused Ingrid seemed painfully out of place, because she was completely unprepared for the life-changing trip ahead of her. Yet despite this initial setback, she slowly but surely started to fit into the wilderness surroundings and the other misfits in the group as she grew stronger and more confident, surprising herself most of all with her growth over the course of the weeks. This journey was such a fascinating one and told with such perfect pacing, that it immediately grips the reader in its clutches.

Through flashbacks and the letters to her mum, we get to know Ingrid from a very young age and see her going through some immense hardships that have made her who she is today. Quite a bit of it was unexpected, making this book a constant discovery, and in hindsight it made complete sense as these parts of her life fitted as missing puzzle pieces into the person she came to be. The revelations along the way were carefully paced and were so very clever. And on a personal note, I was also very pleased to be reading a novel by a Canadian author set in Canada as it's one of my most favourite places in the world. Having lived in both key locations mentioned in the book made it even easier for me to connect to the story and characters, though the engaging writing did most of that hard work.

I didn't expect to be so gripped and emotionally invested in Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined as I was by the end of it, but the slowly revealed backstory and constantly engaging developments in the present timeline had me completely hooked. Author Danielle Younge-Ullman knew what she was doing – and it broke me. From its eye-catching cover to its hopeful final page, this novel is a true beauty inside and out.
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Michelegg
4.0 out of 5 stars Such A Beautiful Heartbreaking Book
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2017
This book just broke my heart. Ingrid was such an awesome character and I immediately connected to her. The back and forth between Then and Now was a lovely way to understand her and slowly discover what led her to the wilderness survival program. Her friendships and experiences there were so real to me. I felt like I was right there with her and I loved that about the writing in this book.

I highly recommend this book to lovers of family drama with characters you truly come to love and who leave you thinking about them days later. I enjoyed this book very very much
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Daphne from Toronto
5.0 out of 5 stars Attention grabber
Reviewed in Canada on February 21, 2021
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Firt of all, I really like the ease of use of the Kindle reader. Everytime I sign in it takes me to the page I last read...brilliant. "Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined" has a great story line. I believe many readers like myself can identify with some aspect of the story being told. Nicely done.
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Mary Gina Machado
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Reviewed in Canada on December 22, 2017
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I enjoyed this book and liked the writing style. Depression is such a sad thing and this book covers this terrible disease.
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Shay
5.0 out of 5 stars 'Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined' is a book that had me ...
Reviewed in Canada on March 2, 2017
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'Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined' is a book that had me laughing, crying, and wishing I could be back out hiking and canoeing again myself. There are so many novels for teens that do not show the struggles of growing up as well as this one. This book really takes you for a ride though the hardships of Ingrids life and I was hooked from the starting lines!

The best books are the ones that leave you feeling SOMETHING, and boy oh boy I was for sure feeling something! Grab your tissues people... this is one great book.
I plowed through this book in 24 hours - COULD NOT put it down!
Hoping for part two....
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Jen
5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous book
Reviewed in Canada on March 2, 2017
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This is an absolutely beautiful book. Younge-Ullman writes expertly about mothers and daughters, love, loss and, what is to be gained by persisting. This book is billed as The Breakfast Club meets Wild and it is all of that and more. Highly recommended for the teen and adult reader.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Ruined cover
Reviewed in Canada on October 19, 2020
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I am not sure this is happened in warehouse or during shipment, but the cover is badly ruined upon arrival. My daughter is disappointed.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Ruined cover
Reviewed in Canada on October 19, 2020
I am not sure this is happened in warehouse or during shipment, but the cover is badly ruined upon arrival. My daughter is disappointed.
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