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    Bye, Baby: A Novel
    Bye, Baby: A Novel
    Bye, Baby: A Novel
    Audiobook11 hours

    Bye, Baby: A Novel

    Written by Carola Lovering

    Narrated by Helen Laser and Karissa Vacker

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    "Powerful, relatable and crazily addictive, Bye, Baby takes an unflinching look at the battling forces of toxicity and love which define so many female friendships. I couldn't put it down." —Rosie Walsh, New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted and The Love of My Life

    "Narrators Helen Laser and Karissa Vacker craft an amazing rhythm as the young women confront their toxic friendship. Listeners won't want to miss a word."—AudioFile

    Every friendship has its shadow...

    On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It's her lifelong best friend Cassie Barnwell, one floor above, and she's just realized her infant daughter has gone missing. Billie is shaken as she looks down into her own arms to see the baby, remembering—with a jolt of fear—that she is responsible for the kidnapping that has instantly shattered Cassie’s world.

    Once fiercely bonded by their secrets, Cassie and Billie have drifted apart in adulthood, no longer the inseparable pair they used to be in their small Hudson Valley hometown. Cassie is married to a wealthy man, has recently become a mother, and is building a following as a lifestyle influencer. She is desperate to leave her past behind—including Billie, who is single and childless, and no longer fits into her world. But Billie knows the worst thing Cassie has ever done, and she will do whatever it takes to restore their friendship…

    Told in alternating perspectives in Lovering’s signature suspenseful style, Bye, Baby confronts the myriad ways friendships change and evolve over time, the lingering echoes of childhood trauma, and the impact of women’s choices on their lifelong relationships.

    A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateMar 5, 2024
    ISBN9781250332363
    Bye, Baby: A Novel
    Author

    Carola Lovering

    Carola Lovering is the bestselling author of the novels Tell Me Lies, Too Good to Be True, and Can’t Look Away. She is a graduate of Colorado College, and her work has appeared in Vogue, New York Magazine, W Magazine, National Geographic, Marie Claire, and Yoga Journal, among other publications. Her novel Tell Me Lies is now a television series for Hulu. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and two young children.

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    • 3/5
      I think the most exciting part of the book occurred within the first 2 pages.. or rather, the first 3 minutes of the audiobook… that part was wonderful! I love that the story switches between the perspectives of the two main characters but… golly, it was such a disappointing ending to a plot that the storyline was being built upon.. at the main climax, I was sitting there thinking, “That’s IT?! That’s all you have to say?! That’s all you’re going to do?!” And then the ending conversation occurred in the last few pages, and I felt the same way of “That’s it?! That’s all you have to say?! All you are going to do?!” I’m absolutely 100% going to read the other books from this author because I LOVE a good narrator switch off, but fingers crossed that the next one will leave me a bit more fulfilled.

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    • 4/5
      I finished this book a few days ago, and I'm still trying to sort out my feelings about it. Part of that might be that I went into it thinking it would be more of a psychological thriller, and while there's a touch of that, the stakes aren't life and death - they're love and friendship. Many reviews mention a "toxic" friendship, in the beginning it's a friendship between two girls who are very different, but are still best friends as teens. Eventually those differences remain, and as adults they grow in very different directions, as is the case with many high school friendships. But in this instance, there's a defining moment that creates a kind of "forever" bond between them. Ultimately though, one of them is ready to release that friendship (despite the bond), the other isn't. And that's where the "toxicity" comes in, and one impulsive move brings things to a head.
      The history of their relationships with each other and with other significant people in their lives is revealed gradually as the time frame moves between past & present. Lovering does a good job of helping the reader keep track of those time shifts.
      Had I read this book from the page, it might've been 3 or 3.5 stars for me - but the narration by Helen Laser and Karissa Vacker definitely improved the experience for me. The voices of Cassie and Billie really helped cement their individual personalities in my mind, and while I wanted to give them each a good shake at various points in the book, I'm glad I read it.

      3 people found this helpful