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  • By: Meg Donohue
  • Narrator: Nicole Poole
  • Category: Fiction, General
  • Length: 7 hours 45 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: March 14, 2017
  • Language: English
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Every Wild Heart Audiobook Summary

From USA Today bestselling author Meg Donohue comes a mystery, a love story, and a mother-daughter tale about two women on a precarious journey to uncover their true selves.

Passionate and funny, radio personality Gail Gideon is a true original. Nine years ago when Gail’s husband announced that he wanted a divorce, her ensuing on-air rant propelled her local radio show into the national spotlight. Now, “The Gail Gideon Show” is beloved by millions of single women who tune-in for her advice on the power of self-reinvention. But fame comes at a price. After all, what does a woman who has staked her career on being single do when she finds herself falling in love? And is the person who is harassing her in increasingly troubling ways a misguided fan or a true danger to Gail and her daughter, Nic?

Fourteen-year-old Nic has always felt that she pales in comparison to her vibrant, outgoing mother. Plagued by a fear of social situations, she is most comfortable at the stable where she spends her afternoons. But when a riding accident lands Nic in the hospital, she awakens from her coma changed. Suddenly, she has no fear at all and her disconcerting behavior lands her in one risky situation after another. And no one, least of all her mother, can guess what she will do next…

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Every Wild Heart Audiobook Narrator

Nicole Poole is the narrator of Every Wild Heart audiobook that was written by Meg Donohue

Meg Donohue is the USA Today bestselling author of How to Eat a Cupcake, All the Summer Girls, and Dog Crazy. She has an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University and a BA in comparative literature from Dartmouth College. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she now lives in San Francisco with her husband, three children, and dog.

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Every Wild Heart Full Details

Narrator Nicole Poole
Length 7 hours 45 minutes
Author Meg Donohue
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date March 14, 2017
ISBN 9780062659927

Subjects

The publisher of the Every Wild Heart is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, General

Additional info

The publisher of the Every Wild Heart is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062659927.

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This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Deb

March 31, 2017

Although I have had How to Eat a Cupcake sitting in my TBR pile for ages, Every Wild Heart is my first book from Meg Donohue, although it will not be my last. It is an easy read, not too heavy, and full of warmth, love and humor. Although there is certainly some drama and a touch of suspense in the mix, it is a mostly feel-good story about the relationship between a single mother (Gail) and her fourteen-year-old daughter (Nic) and the changes that they and their relationship go through after Nic has a riding accident. The story is told in dual narration with chapters alternating between the two characters, each offering their perspectives. At first I was worried that there were a lot of sub-plots with Gail's career indecision, a angry 'fan' who seems to be stalking her, potential romances for both Nic and Gail, Nic's accident, and the horse riding and music (there's a great playlist in the back of the book) that are woven in throughout the story, but Donohue fairly masterfully fits its it all in and makes it work. It makes for a balanced and engaging book that while didn't deliver quite as much suspense as I was expecting from the blurb, certainly delivered in entertainment as there was just enough drama, romance, tense moments, and relationship/family drama to keep me turning the pages to find out what happened next. At it's core, Every Wild Heart is about growth, change, and moving forward despite our fears of letting go, as well as the changing relationship (but unconditional love) between a mother and daughter. It's a definite comfort read and manages to be sweet and thoughtful without being cloying. My only complaint? I would have liked more than 304 pages with these characters.You can see my review and a recipe for a dish inspired by the book on my blog post here: http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/20... Note: A review copy of the "Every Wild Heart" was provided to me by the publisher, Harper Collins, and TLC Book Tours. I was not compensated for this review and as always, my thoughts and opinions are my own.

DJ

April 05, 2017

Favorite Quotes:Radio, like the internet, offered a cloak of anonymity that suited harassers perfectly; add to that the dark hours of night during which I was on air, and The Gail Gideon Show had proven itself catnip for crazies.Lila began ferociously stabbing at the kale, farro, and chia seed salad that her dad had packed. She took an enormous bite and chewed quickly, one dangling ribbon of kale twitching at the corner of her mouth. Lila was tiny with keen brown eyes and sharp features; her steady diet of seeds and greens did nothing to alleviate her overall squirrel air. She vibrated with a unique mix of anxiety and optimism, aware of – but not particularly discouraged by – her low rank on the school’s totem pole.Years ago, I’d draped a pelt of gray fake fur over my rolling chair, and ever since Simone had referred to it as the Rat Throne. My Review:Every Wild Heart was a quick and easy read with hits of humor, intrigue, and highly observant and insightful musings. While the premise and storyline were relevant and entertaining; for me, the vibrant and quirky characters were the heart and soul of this tale. A loud, firebrand, women’s activist and talk-radio celebrity dearly loves yet worries about her timid, quiet, anxious, and social isolated teenaged daughter. Emotions were intense for each of them. The teenager didn’t just feel embarrassed, she was mortified and humiliated when simple missteps. She was desperate to be noticed yet at the same time so very fearful of attracting attention to herself in the torturous walls and halls of high school. But their worlds are rattled for the better when several unrelated incidents incite an awakening and renewal.

Diane

April 06, 2017

When we used to vacation in Cape Cod, after the kids were put to bed, my husband and I would listen to Delilah After Dark on the radio. People would call into Delilah, tell her a story about a lost love, a current love, anything to do with love, and request a song. It was very soothing to listen to Delilah's voice and drift off to sleep.Meg Donhue's protagonist in Every Wild Heart, Gail Gideon known as G.G. to her many listeners, hosts a nightly radio talk show (Donohue says that Delilah was an inspiration). G.G. gained national prominence when a YouTube video of her on-air rant the day that her husband asked for a divorce went viral.G.G. used to play music, but once people heard her rant, she became one of the most popular talk radio hosts in the country. Each night people call in to her show and she doles out advice, basically telling them if she could get over her divorce, they can make it too.G.G. has a 14-year-old daughter, Nicole, whom she loves more than life itself. She is on good terms with her ex-husband Tyler, now happily remarried with two boys, although she still has feelings for him.Nicole has a stutter, and that makes her reticient to speak in class. Everyday after school she goes to the stable where her horse is kept. She rides, helps clean out the stables, and is well-liked by Denny, the stable owner.Nicole has one good friend, and no boyfriends. She is a good kid, with a strong sense of fairness. She can't abide the bullying that goes on at her private school, and wishes she could do something about it.One day Nicole takes a terrible fall from her horse, and is knocked unconscious. After the fall, her personality changes. She becomes more daring, willing to take risks she never would have thought of trying before. This worries G.G. a great deal.Also worrying G.G. is the fact that it appears she has a stalker, one who wishes to do her harm. G.G. goes into Mama Bear mode to protect Nicole from the stalker and her own reckless behavior.Donohue has a way with a phrase, like these:"I would have taken the opportunity to remind him that he adored the beast in me right up until the moment he decided he didn't.""The strange thing about crazy people, I'd noticed in the years since my rant about Tyler had gone viral and I'd become a household name, was that they all shared a similar vocabulary, as though love could be found in a million variations, but hate was just hate, any way you slice it."Every Wild Heart has packed a lot inside- the depth of parental love, teenagers who want freedom to make decisions but don't yet fully understand the consequences of those decisions, chasing your dreams, women trusting themselves, and opening yourself up to love.The characters are fully drawn, and I particularly liked that the ex-husband isn't 'the bad guy', he loves his daughter and cares about his ex-wife. The story is told in the alternating voices of G.G. and Nicole, making this a great book for mothers and teenager daughters to read together.If you are a fan of Delilah After Dark, like to ride horses, or enjoy rock'n'roll music (there's a playlist at the end of the book), you'll get an extra level of enjoyment out of Every Wild Heart.

Roxanne

December 20, 2017

A wonderful story of a mother and daughter navigating the next step in their road together. The descriptions of life as an introverted, anxiety-ridden teen were amazing, sent me back to my own high-school years and that of my daughters. BUT the change that accompanied her recovery was astounding and so full of hope. My favorite part was the horseback riding. Excellent plotting and pacing, great characters, an overall great read!

Sara

April 22, 2017

Ah... who doesn't need a good chick lit in their life? We all do from time to time, and Meg Donohue just writes so beautifully you find yourself immersed in the story in no time. I immediately identified with Gail because I have three daughters (and one son) and my oldest is going to be in middle school next year and already I sometimes feel that chasm of teenage angst and the struggle of her wanting to just be a little kid but older than she is. I struggle with making sure I'm guiding her enough but also letting her make her own mistakes and learn who she is. It's a tough road, this parenting gig. So not only does Gail try to find the balance between being a good mom (a single one, at that) but she's also balancing out a red hot career with her own radio show which is ready for the big time. She finds herself with a crazy "fan" but also with a budding romance. Just as things start to heat up for her, her daughter has a scary accident which lands her in a coma. Her once overly cautious and timid daughter has seemingly turned into the polar opposite overnight and Gail has to juggle it all and decide where her loyalties lie. Can a woman have it all? Can she excel at every part of her life, even when they all demand the attention simultaneously? I'm giving this one a solid 4 stars. It's your standard chick lit, but it's not fluff. It has meat to it and you'll find yourself nodding along, chuckling at all the right parts, and you feel how torn Gail always is.

Laurie

April 30, 2019

I laughed and cried reading Meg Donohue's "Every Wild Heart" ,, another heartfelt mother-daughter family saga which presents many themes for young female book clubs including single parenting, teenagers, career challenges, the price of fame .. read it!

Jeanine

May 27, 2017

A bright quick read. I enjoyed the characters and I enjoyed the relationship between the mother and daughter. I remember what it felt like when my perfect little girls started to grow up and it just about turned my hair gray. Liked a little romance on the side too.

Laurel-Rain

July 21, 2017

Passionate and funny, radio personality Gail Gideon is a true original. Nine years ago when Gail’s husband announced that he wanted a divorce, her ensuing on-air rant propelled her local radio show into the national spotlight. Now, “The Gail Gideon Show” is beloved by millions of single women who tune-in for her advice on the power of self-reinvention. But fame comes at a price. After all, what does a woman who has staked her career on being single do when she finds herself falling in love? And is the person who is harassing her in increasingly troubling ways a misguided fan or a true danger to Gail and her daughter, Nic? Fourteen-year-old Nic has always felt that she pales in comparison to her vibrant, outgoing mother. Plagued by a fear of social situations, she is most comfortable at the stable where she spends her afternoons. But when a riding accident lands Nic in the hospital, she awakens from her coma changed. Suddenly, she has no fear at all and her disconcerting behavior lands her in one risky situation after another. And no one, least of all her mother, can guess what she will do next…My Thoughts: I love a good mother/daughter tale, and a single mother raising a teenager resonates with me.Gail is one of those characters I enjoy: feisty, opinionated, protective, talented, and smart. She is famous for all of those qualities on her radio show, and although she works at night and her daughter is at school in the daytime, they still manage to keep in touch.But Nic’s form of social anxiety worries her mother…and then when she has the horse riding accident, everything changes. It is as if a part of Nic, a wild side, has been awakened. Part of that awakening came in the form of a boy named Lucas Holt, a senior boy drawn to her, just as she was to him.Every Wild Heart kept me engaged all the way through, and I enjoyed the alternating narratives of Gail and Nic. Seeing each perspective kept me rooting for each of them.I wanted Gail to succeed, and a great offer for her to do a TV show was very tempting for her, but with all that Nic was going through, she was struggling with the decision. What would ultimately bring out the best in each of them without the other being sidelined? How would they find a way to work through the fearsome times? How would a sudden stalker threatening Gail and Nic bring the story to a crashing conclusion?I was stunned by the stalker reveal…and then the pieces fell into place for Gail and Nic moving forward. 4 stars.

Victoria

March 24, 2017

EVERY WILD HEART is one of those books that balances the emotion and family dynamics along with a hint of mystery that is threaded throughout. What I loved the most about this story is the evolution of Gail (the mother) and Nic (the daughter). Their relationship with each other and those around them was the element of the book that grabbed me the most. Through an honest and expressive voice, Donohue gives her readers a glimpse that the wonderfully imperfect relationship that mothers and daughters have all the while showing the love that always remains.This is my first novel by the author and I can tell you all that it will not be my last.Highly Caffeinated Rating of...✦ ✦ ✦ ✦Follow the Highly Caffeinated Victoria Colotta: Website | Facebook | Twitter @vcolotta | Instagram | GoodreadsFollow Art, Books, & Coffee: Website | Facebook✦ ✦ ✦ ✦

LeAnne

May 13, 2017

This is the first book I have read by this author, and I was pleasantly impressed! It is a perfect mixture of romance, mother daughter relationship, with a touch of mystery. As a once single mother myself, the characters and events throughout the book are quite relate-able. The story is told chapter by chapter by switching back and forth from mother....then daughter's point of view. I would consider it to be a "stress-free" read and the story moved relatively quickly! There were a few parts that were slow going...but keep reading, it picks back up quickly! I will definitely read more book from this author. It was a privilege to receive a copy of this book from the publisher through goodreads in exchange for this honest unbiased review.

Leanna

August 04, 2019

First time reading this author and enjoyed her apparent love of mother’s and daughters! Gail is a tough late night talk show host, that thrives on stirring the pot with her listeners. Her shy daughter, has none of her mother’s outgoing nature, and struggles to fit in, so takes solace in her horse and the stables, until a fall steers her in a more adventurous path. Strong likable characters, Meg Donohue gives us a page turner that will delight all readers, young and old. And since I’m a dog lover, I’m checking out the dog stories. My thanks to Meg for the signed copy.#EveryWildHeart #HarperCollinsPublishers

Mel

August 08, 2017

I enjoyed this book fast, easy read. There are parts in the book that remind me of a cheesy hallmark movie and parts that are really heart warming. I think some people may be offended by the romance between a 14 year old girl and 17 year old boy. In the end though what the book is is a sweet romance story between two teenagers and them growing up emotionally together through some tough situations. The mother who is a radio DJ also has to do some self analyzing and face past issues so she can move on into her future. After reading this book I would like to read more from the author. I won this book in a goodreads giveaway thank you!

Leah

July 01, 2017

I started reading this book on vacation this week and did absolutely nothing once home this morning (sorry, unpacking!) until I'd finished it. I loved this story--the relationship between Nic and G.G., Denny (Denny!), the descriptions of Nic and the horses, the twist at the end--all were woven together so beautifully. As a mom of young girls, it was neat to read this relationship between a teenage daughter and her mother, and Donohue has such a way of writing a feel-good story that her reader is thoroughly satisfied by time she gets to the last page. EVERY WILD HEART is my favorite Meg Donohue book so far. I completely that recommend fans of women's fiction add this to their TBR lists.

Miss

March 26, 2019

Easy to listen to audiobook. Great narrators. The story of a young girl who loves horses and her semi famous mom. The writer gave all the pertinent information without the fluff in so many books, making Ms. Donahue an excellent story teller. Just enough suspense, just enough fun. There's family love and faithful friends. So much occurred in a small amount of time without going overboard. The book didn't feel rushed or crowded. In the end, you know all will be okay. Even the bad guy ended up being a good guy.

Teri

October 18, 2018

Well written! Gail Gideon, a local radio show host, and her daughter Nic go through some changes that impact both of their lives in a big way. Gail evaluates her live as a divorced mom and realizes that maybe there's more for her. While Nic recovers from a riding accident with a significant personality change. I really loved the impact that Nic had on her classmates when she decided that she would use social media to provide positive, uplifting comments to her peers. The world could use a little more of this!!

Diane

April 29, 2019

Thank you Meg Donohue for this gift. Amazing story. Gail Gideon has one of the top talk radio shows, and a daughter dealing with extreme anxiety. Both are in a routine of keeping safe. Then Nic, the daughter gets thrown off a horse, and their whole course in life changed. It is a story or resilience, strength and letting go of the anger from the past. Beautifully written and powerfully moving. Unputdownable!

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