• The Smallest Part

  • By: Amy Harmon
  • Narrated by: Almarie Guerra
  • Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (563 ratings)

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The Smallest Part

By: Amy Harmon
Narrated by: Almarie Guerra
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“In the end, only three things matter. How much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” (Unknown)

It was a big lie. The biggest lie she’d ever told. It reverberated through her head as she said it, ringing eerily, and the girl behind her eyes - the girl who knew the truth - screamed, and her scream echoed along with the lie.

“Are you in love with Noah, Mercedes?” Cora asked. “I mean . . . I know you love him. You’ve been friends forever. We all have. But are you in love with him?”

If it had been anyone else - anyone - Mercedes would have stuck out her chest, folded her skinny arms, and let her feelings be known. She would have claimed him. But it was Cora. Brave, beautiful, broken Cora, and Cora loved Noah too.

So Mercedes lied.

And with that lie, she lost him. With that lie, she sealed her fate.

She was the best friend, the bridesmaid, the godmother, the glue. She was there for the good times and the bad, the ups and the downs, the biggest moments and the smallest parts. And she was there when it all came crashing down.

This is the tale of the girl who didn’t get the guy.

©2018 Amy Harmon (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Most enjoyable story of three best friends who were The Three Amigos. Through the years,their friendship remained . How their story unfolds is a riveting drama of love, forgiveness, and unselfishness. The audio only added to the delight.

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Totally a love story.

Not as in-depth as some as her others but still a great read. Great development of characters.

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Story Line and Characters are Enchanting

Each time I read an Amy Harmon book I think that I can’t love a character as much as the characters I would’ve just been introduced to. Then I read another and am proven wrong.

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Rollercoaster ride of emotions!

Intriguing story of friendship, hardship, love, and family. A rollercoaster of emotions, but a great read. Excellent performance by Almarie Guerra.

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My favorite Amy Harmon story so far

It was just everything I want in a love story. My only complaint is, there could’ve been one more “small part” in the epilogue…

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Read in 2018 and listened to it in 2024

WOW! I loved this book.

Brilliant, extraordinary, heart-touching… those are just a few words to describe The Smallest Part and yet there are still so much more that I could use to describe this magnificent story and still not do it justice. Ms. Harmon reached through the pages and grabbed my heart and kept it long after the story was done.

"In the end, only three things matter: Who He is. Who you are, who your friends are."

As I sat down and reflected on the story I noticed something - my very favorite book by Ms. Harmon dealt with three too. It had three characters and the one with the smallest part (secondary character) stole the show for me in Making Faces. In The Smallest Part there are three characters too, yes, there are more characters than three but three that are the main focus of the story.

What’s so special about the number three, you might wonder? Three has lots of significance because it can represent time (past, present, future/birth, life, death/beginning, middle, end). We use it to say, “The third time's the charm.” And then, of course, there’s the biblical reference about how 3 strands are stronger than 1. In the end, I love how number three played a role throughout this story.

Each chapter begins with a little piece of their childhood and the reader gets a glimpse into how the past played a role in the present. It tied everything in the story and gave us more insight into the situation.

The Smallest Part was an emotional experience for me. Reading the acknowledgment at the end of the book made me shed tears. That experience has touched my life so knowing Ms. Harmon felt that too - hit me in the heart. The whole story reflects a deeper meaning of what family and friendship have in bonding to one another.

”Sometimes it’s the smallest part that steals the show.”

Life is messy.

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another great story from Amy Miller

Really loved the characters. I especially enjoyed seeing favorite characters from other books! Wonderful story of friendship and love.

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Good but not great

I love Amy Harmon and have been almost exclusively reading her lately. This one was good, but just not great. It was a bit slow and there was a bit too much back and forth from characters I felt. Overall good story though.

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Good story

I loved the story line and how it connected with Amy Harmon’s book Moses. A like slow in the begging but stick with it there’s a lot of twists and turns and great story.

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I love Amy Harmony s characters I totally enjoy her writing.

Amy s characters are so endearing I love the way she built this story. I am hooked on this author.

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