CW:(view spoiler)[death and disability caused by factory pollution (hide spoiler)]4.5 StarsWell that was a truly compelling read!I could literally feel myself being drawn slowly into to this story as the three wonderful main characters sleuthed their way into my heart. It actually took until about the 30 percent mark until I felt that the triplets separated out enough into three distinct voices for me. The writing was absolutely brilliant and the relationships between the different characters in...

A unique, well researched, thought provoking approach to eco- terrorism/ water pollution with original, creative , well- depicted, remarkable characterization! Yes, we already know Laurie Frankel is one of the skilled storyteller who can create so extra ordinary, detailedly elaborated, memorable characters! And she did it again! The story is centered around triplet teenagers: Mab, Monday, Mirabel : they are so different from each other, they have different dreams, expectations, perspectives. Th...

I have never read a novel by Ms. Frankel and was blown away by this audiobook!!!!! The narrators are great and with different voices it was easy to keep track of who was talking and the narrative flow was excellent.The blurb for the book sounds a bit like something I might have read about or seen a film about before. But I’m here to tell you that this novel is COMPLETELY UNIQUE!!! It’s almost as if the characters are writing the novel themselves as I was listening. THAT IS GREAT CHARACTER DEVELO...

Inspired by a true event of a chemical spill in West Virginia, author Laurie Frankel presents this hard-to-put-down story of teen triplets of fictitious town Bourne. I love the beautiful and well-thought characters. I love the sisters' bond, strength, and resilience. A bittersweet tale.The novel slowly introduced the triplets; Mab, Monday, and Mirabel or One, Two, and Three as they call themselves and the long-term effects of contaminated water that ruin the lives of small-town folk into poverty...

A touching read about family and resilienceNothing new ever happens in the town of Bourne. Everyone knows everyone. So when the moving trucks arrive, it causes a stir. Bourne is a town known for one thing: seventeen years ago, their water turned green. Many of their citizens of died, others have cancer and other illnesses, and others gave birth to children with birth defects. You'll never find a town more accommodating to wheelchairs. But it has one doctor (also the priest) and one therapist (No...

“One Two Three” by Laurie Frankel is unlike any book I’ve ever read before. It is wholly originally, complex, compelling, profound, quirky and brilliant. When I saw this book on Netgalley, I knew I had to read it, as I loved Laurie Frankel’s prior book, “This is How it Always Is.” This novel is completely different though it is also utterly compelling. Triplets Mab, Monday and Mirabel are teenagers who live in the town of Bourne. Raised by their single mother Nora, the four of them are as close...

If you had told me that I would absolutely love a book about environmental contamination and the search for justice I would have rolled my eyes and said "hard pass." Yet I decided to push against my instincts and give it a try and I am so very glad I did.Listened to this one as an audio book and the narrators are superb. Each sister has her own narrator that personifies her personality beautifully. It's the story of triplets in the small town of Borne, a town that has deeply suffered from the co...

4 sisterly starsThis unique book is narrated by a set of triplets – hence the title – one, two, three! Set in the small town of Bourne, which has seen better days. Nearly 17 years ago, tragedy struck Bourne when the nearby chemical plant turned the river (and the town’s drinking water) green. Plagued by cancer, birth defects, and unexplained illnesses, the town is limping along with a higher-than-average number of residents in wheelchairs.The Mitchell triplets – Mab, Monday, and Mirabel– have ve...

Reasons to read One Two Three, Laurie Frankel’s much-anticipated new novel following the success of her beloved This Is How It Always Is:1. Mab. The first triplet born to Nora, named with one syllable, who at the age of sixteen loves with all her heart while carrying the burden and guilt of being the “normal” one.2. Monday. The second triplet, two syllables, lover of books, defender of truth, physically capable but mentally and emotionally unique.3. Mirabel. Third triplet, three syllables, insig...

Testing 1, 2, 3. It’s a go!It’s pretty funny that I requested this book on NetGalley. When the author’s previous book, This Is How It Always Is, got rave reviews, I stayed away. The writer’s name is Frankel. How could a reality star/business woman write literary fiction, I wanted to know. Because she didn’t, dumb dumb Deb! Two people can have the same last name, it turns out. Geez, you would have thought I’d check out the first names, but no, I assumed the obnoxious and boisterous TV star, Beth

Laurie Frankel’s strength is her characters. Here, we have three teenage sisters - triplets. Mabs, One, is the normal one and carries that guilt. Monday, Two, is on the asperger’s spectrum. And Mirabel, Three, is brilliant but confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak except with a robotic speech synthesizer. All three live in Bourne, a town decimated by a man made environmental disaster that led to most folks dying or falling ill (think the Pacific Gas & Electric contamination that Erin Broc...

The small town of Bourne bears the scars of a chemical company that poisoned their water 17 years ago and left them with no recourse. The Mitchell family was devastated more than most. Nora Mitchell's husband died unexpectedly of cancer just weeks before she gave birth to triplets, two of whom were born severely disabled.Now that the triplets are 16 years old, it could be happening all over again. The chemical company is back promising much-needed jobs and promising they have fixed what was wron...

i had the strangest sense of déjà vu while reading this. i swear ive read another book about a towns water source being polluted, a dam being built, and a missing river. if anyone else has read something like this, let me know, because its driving me wild not remembering. regardless of feeling like ive read this before, i did enjoy the story. i think the highlight is definitely the three mitchell sisters. they are all such unique, amazing narrators that you cant help but support them and want to...

Audiobook ….read by Emma Galvin, Jesse Villnsky, Rebecca Soper ….14 hours and 59 minutesWhat I especially admire about Laurie Frankel, as an author, is her passion to explore the ranges of ‘normal’…..give alternative-type-families an inspiring voice. The three sisters in “One Two Three” are precious …lovable, and awkward in the best of ways……But….personally, I liked the ‘plot’ in “This Is How It Always Is”, by Laurie a little more— but …..I enjoyed both books…..and both books are inspiring.Both

I listened to the audio of “One Two Three” by Laurie Frankel and encourage any audio lovers to do the same. The audio production added to the enjoyment of listening to the novel’s three teenage narrators. An added bonus: at the end of the novel there is a discussion with Frankel about how she was inspired to write the story, plus a discussion with the sound editor of Macmillan Audio. I enjoyed listening to what goes into the production of an audio book….from hiring the perfect narrators to meldi...

I LOVED This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel so I was excited about this one but it just was a miss for me, I found myself very bored and I couldn't really keep track of the triplets as they seemed to just have the same voice. I can tell she tried to make them distinct but I still had a hard time keeping track so maybe it was just me? Other than that, this was just an okay read that I thought about not finishing quite a few times but had to push through. The narrators did do a great job br...

When I saw that Laurie Frankel had a new book out, I knew that it would be one I would want to read. Then I read the synopsis and was even more convinced that this would be one I would love. And love it I did! I loved the setting, the plot, the characters, the struggles, the regrets and the ending.This story centers around triplets born in a poor town, Bourne, that was devastated by a chemical company and their flippant and careless ways. The story is told through each of the sisters’ voices: On...

In a sleepy little town called Bourne where nothing ever happened and everyone knew everyone else a set of baby girl triplets were born seventeen years ago to Nora Mitchell and her husband. Nora gave birth to her triplets naturally and as she got ready to push her babies out she decided to give them all names with the initial letter M. First came Mab, the oldest, whose name possessed one syllable, and who would later have the ambition to go to college and leave Bourne. Two was named Monday becau...

If one thing is for sure it is the fact that Laurie Frankel can really spin a yarn. And if a second thing is for sure it is that I am, at the pit of my soul, a horrible person. You see, when I first saw people talking about this, my mind went to a severely underrated cartoon . . . . Proving I could never qualify as any sort of emotional support animal. But then I noticed this was by the author of This Is How it Always Is so even though I wasn’t super interested in reading it, I still needed

One, Two, Three is a fresh, well-plotted novel with three memorable characters - Mab, Monday and Mirabel. Each of the triplets, as well as other town residents, face challenges due to poison from a chemical company. Amazingly, Frankel has created 16-year-olds with rich interior lives who I actually wanted to spend time with. There is a simplicity to the David vs. Goliath plot but Frankel deftly avoids traps that would make the story reductive. I thoroughly enjoyed it!(Thank you to Henry Holt and...