One Two Three by Laurie Frankel is at the intersection of a coming of age story and environmental fiction. It is the story of triplets: Mab, Monday, and Mirabel, one, two and three respectively. They live in a town called Bourne. This town would or could be any small town in America except that they are survivors. Their father is dead and the triplets were born with physical challenges that their mother believes is due to the chemical plant that has placed itself in their midst. The plant held so much promise for their small town, until the river turned green and those they loved started to die.

The Mitchell sisters are brilliant and layered in their complexities. Mirabel is beloved by everyone who knows her and has an incredible mind trapped within a body that refuses to work the way she would like. She is unable to speak and is confined to a wheelchair. Monday is smart and obsessive and organized, and on the spectrum. She is proudly in charge of the town’s abandoned library. Mab is raised to care for her sisters and support them when they have difficulties. She is expected to not just survive, but to experience life as any teen would. Then, move away to college, carrying the weight of a whole town’s hopes and dreams.

They have grown up watching their mother’s fight for justice and when the owners of the plant return they are faced with the past becoming the present. It is only when they take matters into their own hands that they begin to find it.

You will fall in love with these 3 girls, their passionate mother and the small town of Bourne, that is looking to be reborn. They are on the brink of survival and yet they still sparkle, insisting on life.

I highly recommend the audio version. The 3 distinct voices provide clear characters that hold all the layers of personality that each girl possesses. It was pure magic listening to them! Narrated by Emma Galvin, Jesse Vilinsky and Rebecca Soler.

I loved Laurie's Frankel's "This Is How It Always Is" so I was so looking forward to her novel, "One Two Three". This book did not disappoint! Frankel's novel, set in the small town of Bourne, and told through the eyes of triplet sisters, Mab, Monday, and Mirabel Mitchell, is an emotionally complicated telling of how the town and the girls came to be. I had the benefit of listening to the audiobook where each triplet was given a unique voice to match their written 'voice' in the novel Frankel handles each of the characters and their personality so well and this really comes through in the audiobook.

Mab is the 'normal' sister, although not so normal in Bourne. Monday has Aspberger's. Mirabel has been disabled since birth, confined to a wheelchair, and relying on the assistence of her sisters. All three sister's vividly come to life in this novel. Frankel's story takes you on an emotional rollercoaster....laughing out loud one minute, and jaw dropping in the next.

Frankel is an amazing storyteller. One wouldn't expect a story about the environmental destruction of a town to be such a compelling story, but Frankel is able to really bring all three girls' perspectives together. She weaves the history of the town with the present day so skillfully. The story unfolds slowly, but comes together brilliantly in the end.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in audiobook format.

One Two Three is a book about Triplet Sisters and their fight to get justice for a wrong done to them before they were born. While, I wanted to like this book it was a miss for me. The story is sold as one filled with mysteries, but it drags on and on without any wow factor. I love YA books, but even those parts did not add to the story. The only redeeming quality of this book were the three narrators chosen to read the story. They all did a great job playing each of the sisters.
I had high hopes, but I was let down.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishing house for allowing me the opportunity to listen to this book.

One Two Three
by: Laurie Frankel
Narrated by: Emma Galvin, Jesse Vilinsky, Rebecca Soler
Macmillan Audio and St. Martin's Press
Deep, multi-layered character development is the heart of Laurie Frankel's story centering around sixteen-year-old triplets Mab - one, Monday - two, and Mirabel - three. Before their birth, their small hometown of Bourne was sadly forever changed by the contamination of the water. Three talented audiobook narrators expertly provide the voices and capture the personalities of the three daughters of Nora. The girls' father, Nora's husband, died because of the environmental disaster. Although Mab's health was not impacted by the water, Mirabel is in a wheelchair and speaks with an augmentative communication device. Monday, although quirky and on the spectrum of Autism, is smart and takes care of the books from Bourne's abandoned library in the family home.
When the residents of Bourne find out that family of the controversial chemical plant has moved back to Bourne, the triplets' lives become even more complicated and challenging as mysteries are investigated and justice sought for all whose lives and health were impacted by poisoned water. I found Mab, Monday, and Mirabel to each be smart, complex, and driven, yet endearing, witty and rich in individuality. Emma Galvin, Jesse Vilinsky, Rebecca Soler brilliantly become one, two and three as they cohesively narrate the story of the triplets' roles in school, family, and community. An interview with author, Laurie Frankel, provides a bonus to listeners of this audiobook. It provides insight into her inspiration and research for the writing of the story. It was very interesting to hear how the narrators were chosen, as well. As a speech-language pathologist, I was fascinated with hearing how Mirabel's computer generated speech was produced.
Thank you to Macmillan Audio and St. Martin's Press for an Advanced Reader's Copy of this book, and I gladly provide my review.
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A moving story about triplets and a small forgotten town. Everyone here is special. These three were a delight to follow and I loved Monday.
Will there be justice? Can this town move on from the horrific things that happened here? You have to read it to find out.
This was an audiobook for me. It was narrated by Emma Galvin; Jesse Vilinsky; Rebecca Soler and they did a great job. I highly recommend listening to this.
Thanks to Macmillan Audio via Netgalley.

I had the opportunity to listen the audiobook thanks to Netgalley. Although the book was entertaining, It didn't do a whole lot for me. Mary Dixie Carter took Delta to a whole new level of crazy. Even though I didn't enjoy most of the characters, I did like Natalie! I could see the ending coming from a mile away but it was nice to get some closure. Glad I read it but definitely not one of my favorites this year.

One Two Three by Laurie Frankel was such a surprising read/listen! I had no idea what I was getting into and from looking at the description of it, I really didn't foresee this becoming a favorite read of the month. This story was touching and raw, deep and moving. I was drawn into the individual stories of the teenage triplets, One, Two, and Three. The overarching story was intriguing and tugs at your heart urging you to pay closer attention to negative environmental impacts. There are several very important lessons and messages in this story while simultaneously being a loving and sweet story about sisters and survival.

Narrated by Emma Galvin, Jesse Vilinsky, and Rebecca Soler - this audiobook was phenomenally produced and executed.

Thank you, Macmillan Audio, Henry Holt and Co.. and NetGalley, for a copy of this book for review!

This is a unique novel centered around triplets (One, Two & Three) affected by environmental chemical poisoning. The promos for this book described it as unforgettable, tragic and funny. It is unforgettable with a tragic plot but I must have missed the funny part. I found the subject matter to be too serious for laughter. Each triplet has a unique personality as well as unique afflictions caused by chemical runoff from the local plant. The plant that turned the river green, killed off wild life and caused multiple birth defects as well as cancers in the citizens of Bourne. Nora's love for her daughters and her town are front and center as well as her need for justice. The book is long, very long and contains a lot of dialogue. However, it is realistic, original and inspirational.
Thank you to NetGalley and Henry Holt and Co. for this advanced review copy. In return, I am submitting my unbiased and voluntary review. All opinions and thoughts are my own.

One Two Three by Laurie Frankel is brilliant. Just brilliant. Three young sisters, who have grown up under the cloud of a chemical plant which spewed effluvium into their water before they were born, killing wildlife, making people sick, making them die and causing birth defects. Mab is smart and seemingly unaffected by the chemicals. Monday is a bit different, only eating and wearing yellow things, unless it's raining, then she'll only eat or wear green. She is the town librarian, as the library is closed and she is very organized so they gave her all the books no one else wanted. She's definitely on the autism spectrum. Then there is Mirabel, the most severely affected of the triplets...she can't speak, except through an electronic keypad that she can use her one mobile hand to type with. She can't walk, is in a wheelchair, but she is the smartest of the three.

When the Templeton family who owned the chemical plant return to the small town of Bourne to reopen the plant after so many years, the residents are desperate and believe the lies that it is now safe to reopen and the poisoning won't happen again...but the sisters are determined to stop them. But what can three 16 year olds do to stop them? You'd be surprised! I loved the uniqueness of this novel, the POV of the young girls is a fresh one. It's refreshing to read a contemporary novel that is not a love story at its heart. The narrators did a fantastic job of portraying the girls, their thoughts, feelings and especially their disablities through their intonations while reading the story. Kudos to them!

Thank you to the author, Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for an ARC of this unique novel in exchange for my honest review.

Loved the story! (My review is linked.)

I thought the narrators did a great job bringing the characters to life. I will definitely recommend that readers get the audiobook along with the print or electronic version.

Huge thanks to @macmillan.audio and @netgalley for approving this audiobook early for review.
People: i absolutely ADORED this story and the audiobook as well. Triplet teenagers in a town broken by a chemical company tell this story from their own unique points of view. Narrated by #emmagalvin #jessevilinsky and #rebeccasoler as each girl's voice. This little town was duped by a chemical company who promised lots of jobs and growth for their town. The only growths they got were cancerous ones! First the wildlife and then their pets, then them! Not to mention their children born with deformities as well. When the story opens its been a good 15-20 years since that happened and the town is still fighting to bring a class action suit against the company to creation. Think Erin Brocovitch but split her into three precocious teenage girls who decide to take on the fight once the company comes BACK (yes the gall omg) to "try again" on another generation. This story has such fabulous disabled representation and female empowerment in general. You will fall in love with these girls, their town, and their mom, and will be fighting against the chemical company in your heart right along side them!
Like I said, I ADORED this story and want to get the hardback and read it on paper. Then I want to go back and read all of Laurie Frankel's stories. She has such a fantastic writing style, such a flow and such great character building along with a plot that races along. Couldnt stop listening to it. I miss those girls already!!
Highly recommend!

Image copied from @laurie.frankel's website for promotional purposes, I hope that is okay!

One, Two, Three by Laurie Frankel

If this name sounds familiar, thats because you’ve seen it on Reese’s pick “This is How It Always Is.”

This story is told through the views of triplets who are alike in as many ways as they are different. Sisters 1, 2, and 3, or Mab, Monday, and Mirabel live in a tightly-knit small town tragically abused by the severe environmental and health effects of a chemical plant that was supposed to grow their small economy and bring the little town to a new level. Twenty years later, the effects are still very present, and the triplets mom just cannot move forward nor let go of the futile legal battle she has been fighting since before the triplets were born. Then one day, the family who owns the plant moves back to town they devastated for reasons the girls are desperate to find out.

What I enjoyed:
-Mab, Monday, and Mirabel’s relationships were so sweet. I love their sisterhood. They also had very distinct voices, personalities, desires, and paradigms.
-Loved the representation of a neurodivergent perspective, as well as a differently-abled perspective. Both were lovable, but brutally honest. This story did not shy away from the hardest questions, and the most heartbreaking answers, but never let go of hope
-Environmental justice has an overarching conflict
-The way the story shines a light on money-driven media coverage
-How Nora, Mab, Monday, and Mirabel’s single mom, is extremely overworked, tired, snappy, but feisty, empathetic and an all around hero with flaws.
-The everybody knows everybody small town like when Oscar from the office is the store owner, the chef, and the stripper in The Proposal
-The romance is realistic and not the focal point

What I did not enjoy
-It felt extremely long
-The plot was more like rolling hills than a mountain and it was buried too deeply under a series of tangents

There was a line that said “stasis is hard,” and I cannot find it since I listened to the audio, but I just think about that all the time. Baseline human functioning is an unexciting, but pervasive and sometimes life and death struggle for some people and I breathed a sigh of relief to hear it put into even those simple words.

I listened to this audiobook and not only is it a great story, but the narrator did a fantastic job of making it easy to keep the characters straight.
This is an interesting story of a small town hit hard by greed, lies, and the repercussions to the townspeople because of it - told from triplet teenage girls' POV.
The triplets have very different personalities, and they shine in this story. Great research, great depth to the characters, and a fulfilling story of hope, grief, choices, and the trust and love that builds a town... and a family.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me a copy of this great audiobook.

Mab, Monday and Mirabel, also referred to as One, Two, Three, are triplets growing up in the small town of Bourne. Unfortunately, it's not a happy quiet town, it is one riddled with the aftermath of a chemical plant gone bad 17 years ago. The residents are suffering severe consequences, including illness and even death.

Nora, the triplet's mom, had been fighting for damages for all 17 years and the girls are her cheerleader and sometimes ringleaders of their own.

Told in the alternating voices of each of the girls, you get to really know each of them. I love a character driven story so I appreciated getting to know their personalities.

This is a story of a fierce, tireless mom. Nora was a woman to admire and cheer for.

It is also a story about community and connection. I loved the small town feel.

Lastly it is a coming of age story which reminded me of those teen books I read oh so long ago.

I strongly encourage everyone to get their hands on the audio because it makes a great story even better, with not one, not two but THREE fantastic narrators.

Seventeen years ago, the water in the town of Bourne turned green. An unusual number of residents got cancer. Some died. Babies were born with disabilities, physical and mental. The chemical plant closed, but no one could ever prove it caused the problems. Now, Bourne is a dying, insular town. The teenage Mitchell triplets–Mab, Monday, and Mirabel–are well-known and beloved, but they each have challenges stemming from that environmental disaster, and their mother Nora remains obsessed with bringing the company to justice.

When a family moves into town–the first in years–they present new opportunity, but the town is divided on what kind. Some hope for revitalization, while others hope for justice. The triplets are determined to learn the truth about what happened. With captivating, alternating voices, Mab, Monday, and Mirabel tell their story.

This book from the author of the wonderful This Is How It Always Is was fantastic on audio–the characters were distinct and quirky, perceptive, and heartfelt. I’ve seen other reviewers say they are tougher to distinguish in print, so I do recommend the audio.

This is the best audio book I've read in a long time. Five stars. I'm not a big audio reader but I loved This is How it Always is so I jumped at the chance to listen to Frankel's newest. I think audio actually worked particularly well to bring each of the sister's personalities to life. The fact that the "voice" of Mirabelle was assisted was a reminder of inclusivity throughout. Oh, that this was a reality of everyday America. This book is SO clever. There is a fantastic plot, likeable and well developed characters and even some vocabulary development built right in. The teacher in me loved the new words I got to pick up without any effort on my part. Frankel really is an author who writes with her reader in mind; I was never confused about who was talking or where we were in the story despite the fact that it started 16 years before this tale began. The past reveals itself slowly and steadily and this book moves gently from darkness to light. It ends with hope and love and sisters who are even closer. If you want to be entertained while considering important deep contemporary social issues this is your book. There is so much humor built in right along all the horrible stuff.
I don't know how Frankel does this but it makes for such an enjoyable reading experience. And if girl power gets you excited you'll love this. If you like to bond with your characters, these girls will stay with you. There is so much in this book, including a few love stories if that's your thing. Monday, the librarian, will stay with me for a long time. Books in the microwave and under the sink shows a real commitment to that library! I really thought Frankel did a great job showing how, even family members have a difficult time really seeing all the possibilities for a non verbal, non mobile sister. Mirabelle is a whole human with all the capacities to love and feel. I felt schooled in the best possible way. Mirabelle is not just a miracle, she revealed herself to be the most empathetic, understanding, clever character of all and the one I would most want on my team. If you have or are a sister you will relate with this quirky family and you won't forget them. This was a pleasure to read and I envy those who get to start this book.

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One Two Three by Laurie Frankel
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When I started reading this book I had no idea what it was about. Because of that, I was completely taken away. This was such a unique read.

One Two Three centers around three triplets; Mab, Monday, and Mirabel who live in the city of Bourne. The same city that had their water supply contaminated by chemical dumping. When the river turned green, their life changed and it hasn’t changed in any other way since until a moving van brings a new family to the town.

I loved being able to listen to this book and would highly recommend the audiobook to anyone who wants to read it. Having three different narrators for each one of the triplets was a phenomenal move. Their voices all matched their personalities perfectly and made this such an immersive read. I typically speed the narration up a bit, but I found myself toning this one back down to the original speed because I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything.

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the opportunity to read and review this book in return for an honest review!
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Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4)/5

After loving This is How It Always Is, I was really excited when I saw this was coming out. This was very interesting as a premise, and the sisters’ all had such distinct voices and situations, and they were so strong in different ways and worked well together. The audio was extremely well done, I already love Rebecca Soler, but I loved all three narrators because they helped keep distinct voices.

It was a pretty serious topic, but the sisters were so funny sometimes that I’d start laughing while I was listening. Definitely recommend if you want some neurodivergent, disability rep, though the rest of the cast didn’t feel particularly diverse, a couple characters were different races but it was only touched upon.

This was the first time I had ever listened to an audiobook. It was a great book to listen to especially as they had a different person narrate for each of the 3 girls. The small town of Bourne had it's river polluted by a Chemical Plant that had turned the river green. seventeen years ago. This resulted in a large number of residents dying as a result of cancer. and a number of birth defects. One set of triplets were born at that time. One of the girls is in a wheelchair and can't talk, another of the triplets has major emotional issues and peculiar behaviors but the third triplet does not appear to have any disabilities. The girls have a very close relationship and look out for each other. After the river turned green, the Chemical Company left town. When the girls were 16 years old, the son of the Chemical Plant's owner moved his family back into town, He told the town that they were going to reopen the plant and had great jobs for the townspeople. As the town had very few employment opportunities, some people were interested in the jobs. Other people were very upset about the opening of the plant as they had been affected by the polluted river. The grandchild of the owner of the plant was in the same class as the triplets. The girls became friends with River however most of the other children at school bullied him. This book is very interesting and I recommend it,

Triplets with distinct voices propel this story of a community ravaged by tragedy but holding on to hope.