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Like a Love Story Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Abdi Nazemian (Author), Lauren Ambrose (Narrator), Vikas Adam (Narrator),
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 787 ratings
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A 2020 Audie Awards finalist - young adult

“A love letter to queerness, self-expression, and individuality (also Madonna) that never shies away from the ever-present fear within the queer community of late '80s New York, Like a Love Story made me feel so full - of hope, love, courage, pride, and awe for the many people who fought for love and self-expression in the face of discrimination, cruelty, and death.

"A book for warriors, divas, artists, queens, individuals, activists, trend setters, and anyone searching for the courage to be themselves.” (Mackenzi Lee, New York Times best-selling author of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue)

It’s 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing.

Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He’s terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he’s gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media’s images of men dying of AIDS.

Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance...until she falls for Reza and they start dating.

Art is Judy’s best friend, their school’s only out and proud teen. He’ll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs.

As Reza and Art grow closer, Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won’t break Judy’s heart - and destroy the most meaningful friendship he’s ever known.

This is a bighearted, sprawling epic about friendship and love and the revolutionary act of living life to the fullest in the face of impossible odds.

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  1. Listening Length
    10 hours and 50 minutes
  2. Author
    Abdi Nazemian
  3. Narrator
    Lauren Ambrose, see all
  4. Audible release date
    June 4, 2019
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    HarperAudio
  7. ASIN
    B07MWCZGJB
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 10 hours and 50 minutes
Author Abdi Nazemian
Narrator Lauren Ambrose, Vikas Adam, Michael Crouch
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date June 04, 2019
Publisher HarperAudio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B07MWCZGJB
Best Sellers Rank #135,326 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#23 in Fiction on Emigration & Immigration for Teens
#133 in LGBTQ+ Romance for Teens
#274 in LGBTQ+ Literature & Fiction for Teens

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Brit *My Little Book Nook*
5.0 out of 5 stars I cannot sing this novel’s praises enough. It gets a billion stars and my highest recommendation.
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2019
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If you’re a fan of honest, hard-hitting contemporary YA, you need to read Like a Love Story.

I cannot, in recent memory, recall a book that has left me breathless and trembling quite like Like a Love Story. Days later and I am still given to bouts of overwhelming emotion because of this book. It’s brutally honest, witty, intriguing, and extremely diverse. It made me laugh and sob. It shattered my heart and left me sorrowful, but still filled me with happiness and hope. 

In my honest opinion, this is required reading.

These characters are works of art. Beautifully flawed, raw, and real. The passion and purpose that motivates them gave me chills, and even the secondary characters are brilliantly crafted. They have taken up residence in my heart and I will not soon forget them.

Like a Love Story is a wonderful coming of age story about finding oneself, finding purpose, and finding love. This story is affecting, thought-provoking, and compelling. It is unique and powerful, and it needs to be easily accessible to all people (and especially in high school libraries). Like a Love Story truly is a love story. It’s about loving yourself and embracing who you are, loving your history and others like you, loving the journey, and using that love to bring about change whenever and however you can.

And it’s also about loving Madonna.

I cannot sing this novel’s praises enough. It gets a billion stars from me and my highest recommendation.
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FLPeter
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2021
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Take my word for it…Most gay romances will pale in comparison to this awesome entry. It makes the top 100 YA lists for a reason…justifiably!

The writing is beautiful….Pure magic….Just transports you.
The characters are diverse and well developed. So many supporting characters lend importance to the tale.

The novel gets sadder and heavier as it goes on, but it stays “real” and there are events, and dialogue, and character-evolving that will inspire you and give you some hope. Not a sugar-coated HEA ending, but enough to pull you away from your Kleenex box and feel like things will be ok.

I thought it was creative to have some of the uncle’s index cards on gay history highlighted here & there in the book. Nice touch.

My only small complaint is the Pulse tie-in at the end felt a bit too much. I liked that it was referenced along with other milestone events, but not that their annual meeting took place the weekend of the Pulse tragedy. I was like “I can’t take much more of this.” Just my humble opinion.

This author is amazing, and I’m off to see what else I can read by him. And to refer this book to my friends and family.
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Erica A. Guillot
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2021
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Beautiful story with amazing characters and setting. It’s a little sexually graphic for what I consider young adult, but still a wonderful read.
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NataliaB
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Book!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2020
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Like a Love Story, it is a beautiful book that portrays the story of three teenagers in 1989, adolescence is a time of search, of discovery that is plagued with fears, pain and shame, and this book comes to counteract those feelings, brings Love and celebrate individuality. I hugged Reza, I felt like Judy and celebrated Art, although at the beginning as well as at the end I thought 'Wtf Art!' but you can't help but love him even so. Uncle Stephen, everyone needs a Uncle Stephen but Jimmy is the one who had my heart from the beginning.One of the most beautiful and powerful LGBTIQ books I have read, full of truth and strong voices. I definitely want my children to read this book, everyone should read this book and I would like to have those notes card from Uncle Stephen.I always wonder the same, how do I teach my children not to be ashamed? I teach them to be what they want, to dream big, not to use labels, to listen, to be strong and to be proud but all that is nothing if we fail to teach them not to be ashamed, for be and for ask and speak out loud.This book talks a lot about this andhave this beautiful characters that get in to you. I absolutely recommend it and I regret not having it on paper with that beautiful cover, surely it would be full of underlines, notes as I remain in my reader
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DVM95
5.0 out of 5 stars I THOROUGHLY Loved This Book!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2020
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I THOROUGHLY loved this book!!! It was a very nostalgic trip back to high school life in 1989.
The novel is set in New York City (1989) and tells the tale of three high school seniors.
Reza is an Iranian immigrant who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay, but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS.
Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen, a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance...until she falls for Reza and they start dating.
Art is Judy's best friend, their school's only out and proud student. He'll never be who his conservative parents want him to be, so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs.
The love triangle emerges as Reza realizes that his attempts to date Judy are not going to make him straight.....AND as he begins to fall in love with Art. Can these boys find happiness together without completely ruining their individual friendships with Judy?
Reza's feelings of fear, self-loathing, and trying to NOT be gay resonated true with my own experiences on the journey of self-acceptance.
This novel is a very touching and inspiring rememberance of a time when the gay community was first navigating the spectre of the AIDS epidemic in America. As such, it stirs up a mixture of emotions.....I cried, I laughed, but ultimately I experienced hope.
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Steph L
5.0 out of 5 stars A heavy but great novel
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2021
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This novel is about the AIDS Crisis so you know from the summary that it’s not a lighthearted story. I loved the characters they were so well crafted. I loved the story, yes it was heavy, but it is an emotional story, and there are fun moments. The writing in this book is fantastic. I loved the romance and the New York Setting. This is not a fun story, but I enjoyed my time reading it.
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Daniel lozano
5.0 out of 5 stars Bello! Excelente libro, divertido y emotivo
Reviewed in Mexico on December 22, 2022
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Excelente libro, muy bien redactado, me hizo recordar mis épocas de preparatoria. Conecte con los personajes y me transporto a la época, con elementos de la cultura pop!
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Ana Carla Campos
5.0 out of 5 stars o que é amor? será possível descreve-lo?
Reviewed in Brazil on July 15, 2021
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Tem como ler esse livro 20 vezes? Porque quero muito vivenciar essa história para o resto da minha vida. Esse foi um dos livros que acabei pensando: "Como seria incrível uma adaptação dessa história de amor"; amor? o que é amor? tantas descrições, um sentimento tão amplo, seria possível colocá-lo em apenas uma caixa? Essa história me fez refletir sobre o amor, o quão diferente ele pode ser para cada um de nós. Só leiam!
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Allan’s Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Like A Love Story
Reviewed in Canada on July 20, 2019
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I almost never give five-star reviews and I certainly haven’t ever given one before I finish a book but by the time I got to the end of #75 Love, I knew this book was made for breaking my own rules. The characters come to life and it’s just so wonderfully queer and so deliciously 80s — tinged with all the pain that comes with queer + 80s.
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Damien
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 22, 2020
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I love! Love! Love! This book. Its a bit on the expenisve side but the queslity of the book is amazing and the story is so gripping and u want to know what happens next. I highly recommend this book for pride or anytime .
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emanuele
3.0 out of 5 stars Non male
Reviewed in Italy on September 16, 2019
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Ho letto questo libro, in lingua inglese, su consiglio di un amico, perché cercavo storie ambientate a New York e poi perché sono un fan di Madonna da lungo tempo. La storia è molto carina, solo che l'ho trovata un po' naive. Personaggi un po' abbozzati, però devo dire che la vicenda cattura e si segue e le tematiche sono davvero molto importanti.
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