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Expect the Unexpected

By: Aggie Blum Thompson
Narrated by: Stephanie Einstein
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Emily does not like change—she spends each day working as a children’s librarian and every evening watching television with her cat, Miss Marple. She maintains her house exactly the way it was before her father died. But one day, a mysterious theft at the library pushes Emily out of her routine, forcing her to question if she really is better off all alone.

Aggie Blum Thompson worked as a newspaper reporter, covering cops, courts, and trials, with a healthy dose of the mundane mixed in before turning to thrillers. A native New Yorker, she now lives just over the Washington, DC, line in Bethesda, Maryland with her husband, two children, cat, and dog.
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a romantic short story

the magic of two people connecting over a book, stealing someone's favourite book can be stealing their heart. it's ok, but it think it would have worked well with a more developed plot.

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Underdeveloped

Unfortunately this short story is somewhat underdeveloped and as such has very little meaning within the message it's trying to convey. On the plus side, it's read very well by the narrator, the narrator does a good job at conveying the emotion were the writing fails.

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