Greetings from Asbury Park
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Greetings from Asbury Park by Luigina Vecchione | Free Audiobook

By Luigina Vecchione

Narrated by Virtual Voice

🎧 9 hours and 9 minutes 📘 Dennyloo Publishing 📅 October 6, 2025 🌐 English
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About This Audiobook

Mariella yearns for a new life. When she meets Jack, an American GI visiting Rome, they only have one day before he ships off to Japan. Will they find their way back to each other and rekindle their love?

War has forced 15-year-old Mariella to grow up too quickly. She is denied an education and obligated to care for her siblings while a horrific childhood tragedy haunts her. Adding to her misery, the Germans occupy Rome, and starvation, brutality, and fear have become the norm.

Then she meets Jack, a kind American soldier with an endearing smile, and suddenly, a bright future seems possible. Despite the language barrier, they share meaningful connections. They have the same scars.

But the next day, Jack is shipped off to Japan. Although they promise to keep in touch, both know things will change. Is their blossoming love destined to die just as it begins? Or will Mariella and Jack find their way back to each other?

Greetings from Asbury Park is a gripping, romantic, and emotional novel that explores the Nazi occupation of Rome, the struggles of family, and how fate plays a role in love.

Order your copy today and join Mariella on her journey of sacrifice, redemption, and the pursuit of true love.

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Our Review of Greetings from Asbury Park

Greetings from Asbury Park is a compelling YA listen that captures the intensity of growing up. Luigina Vecchione creates characters that feel real and relatable. The audiobook format brings their world to life with emotional depth.

Why Listen to Greetings from Asbury Park as an Audiobook?

YA audiobooks are perfect for teens and teens at heart. Virtual Voice delivers a stellar narration that brings the story to life. The narration captures every emotion and brings characters to life. At 9 hours and 9 minutes, it is the perfect length to fully immerse yourself. Great for road trips, study breaks, or bedtime.

What You Will Discover

A story about growing up, finding your place, and facing the world. Mariella yearns for a new life. When she meets Jack, an American GI visiting Rome, they only have one day before he ships off to Japan. Will they… Characters you will root for until the very end.

Who Is This Audiobook For?

Teens, young adults, and anyone who loves YA fiction will enjoy Greetings from Asbury Park. Fans of Luigina Vecchione and coming-of-age stories, this is your next listen.

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What Listeners Are Saying

★★★★★

Greetings from Asbury Park

I enjoyed this novel from beginning to end. I felt that I was sitting at the dinner table with the DeRosa family. This author described the heartbreak of wartime so clearly and the effect it had the citizens of Rome. This novel was a labor of love for the author…

– Rosie Vee
★★★★☆

engaging and suspenseful

I found this book to be an engaging and suspenseful story about love during a time of upheaval and dreadful uncertainty. Love in the form of family, friendship, and romance experienced through a plucky, conflicted, compassionate, and sensitive protagonist, Mariella.Don’t let the cover fool you. This is not just a…

– Jack Tran
★★★★★

Authentic and riveting

Great writer. Kept me in suspense until the very end.

– alita marlowe
★★★★★

Great story!

It always intrigues me how our lives unfold. The sacred story, with all the nooks and crannies of love, pain, heartbreak, misunderstanding, and joy. Following Mariella, Giacomo (Jack), and their families throughout this book was a pleasure.I enjoy reading historical fiction, and I’ve read many books about World War II….

– Tara
★★★★★

Must Read Historical Fiction

This affecting debut novel is a welcome addition to WWII historical fiction, in particular its depiction of the little known history of the nine-month Nazi occupation of Rome in 1943. Amidst the deprivations of occupation the author weaves a story of a loving family struggling to survive past and present…

– Margaret A Go

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