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Manhattan Beach
- A Novel
- Written by: Jennifer Egan
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Heather Lind, Vincent Piazza
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 58
Anna Kerrigan, nearly 12 years old, accompanies her father to the house of a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. Anna observes the uniformed servants, the lavishing of toys on the children, and some secret pact between her father and Dexter Styles. Years later her father has disappeared, and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that had always belonged to men.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Totally Bored by this Book
- By Melanie O on 2018-04-30
- Manhattan Beach
- A Novel
- Written by: Jennifer Egan
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Heather Lind, Vincent Piazza
This book was like a dream
Reviewed: 2018-09-26
Jennifer Egan’s writing is stunning - emotive, sometimes funny, complex when it’s needed and sparse when it’s not. Her characters are fully formed, deep, and sometimes a mystery to themselves and the read. It isn’t a short book, but the perfect pace and outstanding performances made me slip my headphones over my ears at every opportunity. I’d definitely recommend this book/audiobook to fiction lovers and those who just want to be told a great story. #Audible1
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So You Want to Talk About Race
- Written by: Ijeoma Oluo
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 514
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 444
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Story5 out of 5 stars 441
In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word. Perfectly positioned to bridge the gap between people of color and white Americans struggling with race complexities, Oluo answers the questions listeners don't dare ask and explains the concepts that continue to elude everyday Americans.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting listen
- By Anonymous User on 2020-06-14
- So You Want to Talk About Race
- Written by: Ijeoma Oluo
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
Required listening
Reviewed: 2018-09-13
“Love” isn’t the only word to describe how I feel about this book, but it’s one word to describe it. “Respect” is another one. “Am grateful for,” works too. So You Want To Talk About Race? is such an important book and genuinely is required reading/listening. Oluo’s writing is intelligent, direct, accessible, warm, and welcoming. She’s done so much for all of humankind in putting these ideas, perspectives, and lessons on paper. Bahni Turpin also does a beautiful job of reading Ijeoma’s words - it felt like a frank, honest conversation with a friend whose life experience has been different than my own. If your goal, like mine, is to do better and do right by your fellow humans, reading/listening to this book is a small but effective step towards that goal. Thank you, Ijeoma. #SoYouWantToTalkAboutRace #Audible1
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