Sit! Stay! Speak!, Annie England Noblin
Sit! Stay! Speak!, Annie England Noblin
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Sit! Stay! Speak!

Author: Annie England Noblin

Narrator: Joell A. Jacob

Unabridged: 9 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/05/2016

Categories: Fiction, Family Life


Synopsis

Addie Andrews is living a life interrupted. Tragedy sent her fleeing from Chicago to the shelter of an unexpected inheritance—her beloved aunt's somewhat dilapidated home in Eunice, Arkansas, population very tiny. There she reconnects with some of her most cherished childhood memories. If only they didn't make her feel so much!

People say nothing happens in small towns, but Addie quickly learns better. She's got an elderly next-door neighbor who perplexingly dances outside in his underwear, a house needing more work than she has money, a best friend whose son uncannily predicts the weather, and a local drug dealer holding a massive grudge against her.

Most surprising of all, she's got a dog. But not any dog: a bedraggled puppy she discovered abandoned, lost, and in desperate need of love. Kind of like Addie herself. She'd come to Eunice hoping to hide from the world, but soon she discovers that perhaps she's finding the way back—to living, laughing, and loving once more.

About Annie England Noblin

Annie England Noblin lives with her son, husband, and four rescued bulldogs in the Missouri Ozarks. She graduated with an MA in creative writing from Missouri State University and currently teaches English full-time for Arkansas State University in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Her first novel, Sit! Stay! Speak!, was inspired by the year she spent teaching developmental English in the Delta of Arkansas, a place she says still has her heart. Her poetry has been featured in publications such as the Red Booth Review and the Moon City Review.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicole on August 26, 2015

sit! stay! speak! was written by my best friend of nearly 20 years. but that's not why you should read it. i have other friends whose writing doesn't make me nearly so happy. but this book...well, i got to read it as it was being written. it arrived in my inbox chapter by chapter as it was born. and......more

Goodreads review by Eilonwy on September 21, 2016

When Addie Andrews’ great-aunt Tilda dies and leaves her everything, Addie figures she’ll zoom into the small town of Eunice, Arkansas, look over her inheritance, sell what’s worth anything, and zoom out. Then Addie finds Felix, a badly abused young pitbull; befriends Wanda, the bubbly veterinary as......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on August 19, 2015

Terrifically awesome first novel by Annie England Noblin--Addie is called to settle her aunt's estate and her whole world changes--she rescues an injured dog, senses that something is up and starts to irk some locals with frightening results. It's a dog story, it's a love story, it's a thriller. Thi......more

Goodreads review by DJ on September 08, 2015

Favorite Quotes: “He wouldn’t have bitten you. But you call my dog a menace again, and I might.” “You can’t feed a store-bought pie to the likes of Jasper Floyd… You want him to think you’re cheap and easy and lazy?” “This is the first place I’ve ever lived where I had to put a dryer sheet in my pants......more

Goodreads review by Kirsti on January 01, 2016

Although I read this book reasonably quickly, I did have some issues with it at the same time. The first is the timing and transitions. Often there is a scene where key points are skipped, or the timeline gets a little fuzzy. At one point, she is at work, and then without warning she's looking at a......more