Dear Mr. You
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Dear Mr. You

Audio CD – Unabridged, November 10, 2015

Price
$19.99
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1442388352
Dimensions
5.13 x 0.7 x 5.88 inches
Weight
4.8 ounces

Description

From the Artist Mary-Louise Parker

Features & Highlights

  • 2017 Audie Award Finalist for Narration by the Author
  • The bestselling, wonderfully unconventional, “warmly conspiratorial…seriously good” (
  • The New York Times
  • ) literary memoir from the award-winning actress that has received fabulous and wide praise. “There is no one else quite like Mary-Louise Parker…Funny, heartbreaking and profound” (
  • Elle
  • ).An extraordinary literary work,
  • Dear Mr. You
  • renders the singular arc of a woman’s life through letters Mary-Louise Parker composes to the men, real and hypothetical, who have informed the person she is today. Beginning with the grandfather she never knew, the letters range from a missive to the beloved priest from her childhood to remembrances of former lovers to an homage to a firefighter she encountered to a heartfelt communication with the uncle of the infant daughter she adopted. Readers will be amazed by the depth and style of these letters, which reveal the complexity and power to be found in relationships both loving and fraught.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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I bought this audio book as well as the printed book simply because Mary-Louise Parker is adorable in the shows I've seen her in

Truth be told, I bought this audio book as well as the printed book simply because Mary-Louise Parker is adorable in the shows I've seen her in. What I didn't expect was that she could write so poetically and eloquently so as to keep me hanging on to her every word. There are times where it seems as though she has veered off-the-path but she always turns it around full-circle to give you a greater understanding. Beautifully written (and the audio version is even better with her sweet voice conveying exactly the right emotions for each circumstance). If you like Mary-Louise Parker or are simply curious about her thoughts on the males of our species, I think you'll like the poetic excellence that she has shared herein.
3 people found this helpful
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I bought this audio book as well as the printed book simply because Mary-Louise Parker is adorable in the shows I've seen her in

Truth be told, I bought this audio book as well as the printed book simply because Mary-Louise Parker is adorable in the shows I've seen her in. What I didn't expect was that she could write so poetically and eloquently so as to keep me hanging on to her every word. There are times where it seems as though she has veered off-the-path but she always turns it around full-circle to give you a greater understanding. Beautifully written (and the audio version is even better with her sweet voice conveying exactly the right emotions for each circumstance). If you like Mary-Louise Parker or are simply curious about her thoughts on the males of our species, I think you'll like the poetic excellence that she has shared herein.
3 people found this helpful
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Who knew she could write so well?

This is a review of the audio version, narrated by MLP herself. As one of her many male admirers, not only was it was a thrill to have this large a sample of her voice, it was surprising what an eloquent writer she is. The content was very engaging also (though I would omit the Cerberus story).
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