Lynn Labe
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I Am, I Am, I Am
- Seventeen Brushes with Death
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Daisy Donovan
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 871
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 766
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 758
I Am, I Am, I Am is Maggie O'Farrell's astonishing memoir of the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life. The childhood illness that left her bedridden for a year, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter with a disturbed man on a remote path. And, most terrifying of all, an ongoing, daily struggle to protect her daughter - for whom this book was written - from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life's myriad dangers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Her prose is beautiful!
- By Judy on 03-25-18
- I Am, I Am, I Am
- Seventeen Brushes with Death
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Daisy Donovan
Wonderful
Reviewed: 02-21-22
This is a magnificently written memoir in the form of the author’s many brushes with death. She reads it really beautifully and it was a great lesson. Highly recommend.
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The Vanishing American Adult
- Our Coming-of-Age Crisis - and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance
- By: Ben Sasse
- Narrated by: Ben Sasse
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,811
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,593
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,584
From these disparate phenomena: Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse who as president of a Midwestern college observed the trials of this generation up close, sees an existential threat to the American way of life. In The Vanishing American Adult, Sasse diagnoses the causes of a generation that can't grow up and offers a path for raising children to become active and engaged citizens. He identifies core formative experiences that all young people should pursue.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A truly non-partisan essay on being an American
- By Anne on 07-06-17
- The Vanishing American Adult
- Our Coming-of-Age Crisis - and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance
- By: Ben Sasse
- Narrated by: Ben Sasse
Important book for all parents
Reviewed: 08-05-20
This book brings up an important aspect of our hovering parent culture and how our best intentions for our children are backfiring. Ben Sasse (wasn’t familiar with him before) is an obviously brilliant thinker but he talks straight and clear. Important to consider his suggestions for how to raise self- reliant, confident adults.
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Certain Woman of an Age
- By: Margaret Trudeau
- Narrated by: Margaret Trudeau
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5,676
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,852
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,823
Margaret Trudeau, former wife of Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada, mother of Justin Trudeau, Canada's current Prime Minister, and international mental health advocate, brought her intimate staged performance, Certain Woman of an Age, to the Minetta Lane Theatre, where it was recorded live for Audible Theater. In this "fearless and vulnerable" (Chicago Tribune) one-woman show, Trudeau opens up - with refreshing candor - about her extraordinary life and her encounters with some of the most important icons of our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it. Lived it. Living it
- By squishy on 03-08-20
- Certain Woman of an Age
- By: Margaret Trudeau
- Narrated by: Margaret Trudeau
Overdone
Reviewed: 05-30-20
Interesting story, performance a little heavy- handed . Story itself had some gaps- what was it like to get divorced to a public figure? What was a the second divorce about? What is her life like now living with treated bipolar disorder?
Interesting enough for an hour but could have dug deeper for a story that could have been compelling.
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Son
- By: Jack Olsen
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,672
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,383
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,376
Recounts the tragic events that followed the arrest of Fred Coe, a conservative, clean-cut young man, for a series of rapes committed in the city of Spokane and led to revenge and murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Psychopathy Born or Made?
- By Michael on 04-29-15
- Son
- By: Jack Olsen
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
Too much
Reviewed: 01-28-20
Compelling writing, great narrating. Needed a good edit. I found many of the characters (friends and girlfriends of “Son”) unbelievably naive right up to the end. Interesting story, be prepared to be disgusted, creeped out , and- if you’re a woman- being extra careful in the dark.
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The Best of Us
- A Memoir
- By: Joyce Maynard
- Narrated by: Joyce Maynard
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 228
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 200
In 2011, when she was in her late 50s, beloved author and journalist Joyce Maynard met the first true partner she had ever known. Jim wore a rakish hat over a good head of hair; he asked real questions and gave real answers; he loved to see Joyce shine, both in and out of the spotlight; and he didn't mind the mess she made in the kitchen. He was not the husband Joyce imagined, but he quickly became the partner she had always dreamed of. Then, just after their one-year wedding anniversary, her new husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love Joyce Maynard- I'm a longtime fan
- By Susie Q on 11-06-17
- The Best of Us
- A Memoir
- By: Joyce Maynard
- Narrated by: Joyce Maynard
Lovely memoir of late love and caretaking
Reviewed: 01-01-20
This book is really special in many ways. The beginning is not great- dating stories that are kind of shallow- but it picks up when Joyce meets her man. A sweet tale of love, loss and taking care of her soulmate through his illness.
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The Center Cannot Hold
- By: Elyn R. Saks
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,498
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,200
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,206
Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness. In The Center Cannot Hold, Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a misguided health-care system, and social stigmas. But she would not be defeated. With a strength and force of will that most can only imagine, Saks reclaimed her life and went on to achieve great success.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Schizophrenia Inside Out
- By Pamela Harvey on 07-23-09
- The Center Cannot Hold
- By: Elyn R. Saks
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
Wonderful and brave account
Reviewed: 01-01-20
I’ve never had such a clear view into the mind of a schizophrenic, and I’m a psychiatrist. Thank you Professor Saks for a brave, revealing and wonderful memoir. You are an amazing role model for how to thrive in life, even in the face of a serious mental illness .
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The Home Front: Life in America During World War II
- By: Dan Gediman, Martha C. Little
- Narrated by: Martin Sheen
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13,596
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,535
Narrated by Emmy Award–winning actor Martin Sheen, The Home Front: Life in America During World War II takes listeners into the lives of Americans at home—part of the Greatest Generation—who supported the war effort and sustained the country during wartime. The war brought immediate, life-changing shifts: the rationing of meat, dairy products, and sugar; an explosion of war-related jobs; and, despite mixed signals, a greater role for women working outside the home.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent! But incessant breaks with credits along the way.
- By Bradley Justice on 09-11-17
Fabulous
Reviewed: 01-01-20
Loved the format, the narration, the production and of course the writing. This one’s a gem in the format of a radio program. With freebies like this, it’ll be hard to ever leave Audible. :)
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A Life of My Own
- A Memoir
- By: Claire Tomalin
- Narrated by: Penelope Wilton
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Marked by honesty, humility, and grace, rendered in the most elegant of prose, A Life of My Own is a portrait of a life, replete with joy and heartbreak. With quiet insight and unsparing clarity, Claire Tomalin writes autobiography at its most luminous, delivering an astonishing and emotionally taut masterpiece.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Flat, name dropping with no insight
- By Mary on 01-01-19
- A Life of My Own
- A Memoir
- By: Claire Tomalin
- Narrated by: Penelope Wilton
A bit too private for this genre
Reviewed: 01-01-20
Claire Tomalin is a beautiful writer , but for a memoir I felt she was too reserved and private- about her kids, her second marriage, her managing career with children, etc. There were nice tidbits here and she has no doubt had an interesting life but I wished for more detail. Great narration from Penelope Wilton, whose dry delivery always seems to be holding back a smile.
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The Madness of Crowds
- Gender, Race and Identity
- By: Douglas Murray
- Narrated by: Douglas Murray
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 9,343
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8,266
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8,184
In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of ‘woke’ culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of ‘wokeness’, the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Urgent Read for Our Over-woke Times
- By Justin J. Norman on 09-26-19
- The Madness of Crowds
- Gender, Race and Identity
- By: Douglas Murray
- Narrated by: Douglas Murray
Must -read to understand today’s insanity
Reviewed: 01-01-20
This is my first foray into Douglas Murray’s writing and thinking. It won’t be my last. He is obviously brilliant and measured, scholarly in his approach but compelling to listen to. This book is truly perspective- changing and he is also a fantastic narrator. A dry sense of humor shines through his writing and narration. Highly, highly recommend for anyone trying to understand what is going on in mass culture today.
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Buried Deep
- By: Margot Hunt
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 38,963
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35,096
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Story4 out of 5 stars 35,037
In this pulse-pounding short thriller for fans of Big Little Lies and The Last Mrs. Parrish, Maggie Cabot refuses to sit by idly as police re-open an investigation into the mysterious death of a woman her husband used to know. After two decades in a near-perfect marriage, Maggie and James Cabot are enjoying their first year as empty-nesters in their charming Florida suburb, until two detectives arrive at their front door and change their lives forever.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Drivel
- By Pamela B on 12-11-19
- Buried Deep
- By: Margot Hunt
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
Skip this one
Reviewed: 01-01-20
Lame story, characters are cardboard, narration was overdone. It was free but there are zillions if other books better than this one to spend your time on. Hard pass.
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