Double Time
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Could you use another life? This is the story of a woman who has the courage to reinvent herself. Heirs to the Jackson textile mill, designer Dani and her singer/songwriter twin Dylan feel free to follow the siren call of the music world - until they’re interrupted by a car accident. With Dani behind the wheel, her father ends up on a stretcher. Youthful free spirits cut short, Dani swaps her fringed jacket for a business suit, the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the Brandenburg concertos.
Marrying attending physician Gunner Nygård seems a good move until a fertility quest reveals his hidden agenda. But the golden handcuffs of Dr. Gunner can’t hold Dani forever. Overworked and under loved, Dani hears a new tune, one that leads her where few will dare to follow.
Imbedded in this audiobook, seven songs underscore the unfolding events of the novel’s seven parts. Throughout, music is the freeing agent, the energizing constant, the consoling balm.
Double Time is a love story, set to music. With special thanks to the musicians, publishers, and recording studios whose cooperative efforts paved the way for the inclusion of the following songs: "Oxford Comma" by Vampire Weekend, "Ain’t Nobody’s Business" by Susan Tedeschi, "Daniella" by The John Butler Trio, "Polaroid Solution" by Faded Paper Figures, "Not Your Lover Anymore" by Blitzen Trapper, "Vienna" by Matt Costa, and "Untold by Pete Francis".
Customer Reviews
Narrated mixed tape? Old time radio show? Darned good, whatever it is!
Double Time is quite an interesting ride. Drama, comedy, romance, adventure, mystery--this story has it all. Well-drawn characters, a compelling plot and...MUSIC! make for great listening to pass the miles in your car, while you run, or wherever else you listen. More than once I found myself staying in my car or extending my run so I could hear what happened next.
Told primarily through entertaining, first-person narratives of several main characters, the story takes on new angles each time you gain a different perspective of the same situation from a different voice... literally and figuratively. The music provides nice segues and helps set the tone throughout.
Clendenen's knack for conveying details that are out of the ordinary, combined with the fine performances of the actor-readers, enables you to become so familiar with the characters that you start to feel that you know them, like members of your own extended family. And by the time it's over, you miss them and wonder what they are up to now.
A very enjoyable listen.