
Cut Me Loose
Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood
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Leah Vincent
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Leah Vincent was born into the Yeshivish community, a fundamentalist sect of ultra-Orthodox Judaism. As the daughter of an influential rabbi, Leah and her ten siblings were raised to worship two things: God and the men who ruled their world. But the tradition-bound future Leah envisioned for herself was cut short when, at sixteen, she was caught exchanging letters with a male friend, a violation of religious law that forbids contact between members of the opposite sex. Leah's parents were unforgiving.
Afraid, in part, that her behavior would affect the marriage prospects of their other children, they put her on a plane and cut off ties. Cast out in New York City, without a father or husband tethering her to the Orthodox community, Leah was unprepared to navigate the freedoms of secular life. She spent the next few years using her sexuality as a way of attracting the male approval she had been conditioned to seek out as a child, while becoming increasingly unfaithful to the religious dogma of her past.
Fast-paced, mesmerizing, and brutally honest, Cut Me Loose tells the story of one woman's harrowing struggle to define herself as an individual. Through Leah's eyes, we confront not only the oppressive world of religious fundamentalism, but also the broader issues that face even the most secular young women as they grapple with sexuality and identity.
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- De Jessica Williams en 01-21-12
De: Wally Lamb
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All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
- De: Janelle Brown
- Narrado por: Rebecca Lowman
- Duración: 14 h y 30 m
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A smart, comic pause-resister about a Silicon Valley family in free fall over the course of one eventful summer from the author of Watch Me Disappear and Pretty Things. When Paul Miller’s pharmaceutical company goes public, making his family IPO millionaires, his wife, Janice, is sure this is the windfall she’s been waiting years for - until she learns, via messengered letter, that her husband is divorcing her (for her tennis partner!) and cutting her out of the new fortune.
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The Perfect Life Ain't So Perfect
- De Theresa en 12-28-08
De: Janelle Brown
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Family Secrets
- A Novel
- De: Nancy Thayer
- Narrado por: Coleen Marlo
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
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Though Diane Randall’s jewelry business is a great success, her marriage is not, and she finds herself growing lonely as her children near adulthood. Meanwhile, her eighteen-year-old daughter Julia is falling dangerously in love, and Diane’s mother, Jean, is relishing her newfound freedom as a single woman in Europe. Distracted by their individual concerns, the three women are ill-prepared for the crisis that suddenly appears on Diane’s doorstep in the form of a handsome FBI agent asking about an explosive secret that’s laid buried for decades.
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Nancy! Is there a sequel? What?
- De PattieLynn en 12-02-22
De: Nancy Thayer
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The Widow of Wall Street
- A Novel
- De: Randy Susan Meyers
- Narrado por: Susan Bennett
- Duración: 11 h y 19 m
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Phoebe has loved Jake Pierce since childhood, and that love continues without hesitation while she watches him create a financial dynasty. But when Phoebe learns that her husband's triumphs are the result of an elaborate Ponzi scheme, her world unravels. Lies underpin her life and marriage. And as Jake's crime is uncovered, the world obsesses over her. Did she know her gilded life was fabricated by fraud?
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Here's a Miracle: Sympathy for Ruth Madoff
- De Godwillen en 05-24-17
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The Life List
- A Novel
- De: Lori Nelson Spielman
- Narrado por: Rebecca Gibel
- Duración: 11 h y 33 m
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Brett Bohlinger has forgotten all about the list of life goals she’d written as a naïve teenager. In fact, at 34, Brett seems to have it all—a plum job at her family’s multimillion-dollar company and a spacious loft with her irresistibly handsome boyfriend. But when her beloved mother, Elizabeth, passes away, Brett’s world is turned upside down. Rather than simply naming her daughter the new CEO of Bohlinger Cosmetics, Elizabeth’s will comes with one big stipulation: Brett must fulfill the list of childhood dreams she made so long ago.
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Truly Terrible.
- De Cricket en 04-27-14
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The Opportunist
- De: Tarryn Fisher
- Narrado por: Andi Arndt
- Duración: 8 h y 2 m
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Olivia Kaspen has just discovered that her ex-boyfriend Caleb Drake has lost his memory. With an already lousy reputation for taking advantage of situations, Olivia must decide how far she is willing to go to get Caleb back.
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overall: irritating book
- De DD en 02-14-17
De: Tarryn Fisher
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If I am Missing or Dead
- A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation
- De: Janine Latus
- Narrado por: Shelly Frasier
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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In April 2002, Janine Latus' youngest sister, Amy, wrote a note and taped it to the inside of her desk drawer. "Today Ron Ball and I are romantically involved", it read, "but I fear I have placed myself at risk in a variety of ways. Based on his criminal past, writing this out just seems like the smart thing to do. If I am missing or dead this obviously has not protected me...."
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All About Janine
- De Ellen en 07-02-07
De: Janine Latus
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Speak No Evil
- A Novel
- De: Uzodinma Iweala
- Narrado por: Prentice Onayemi, Julia Whelan
- Duración: 6 h y 21 m
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On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, DC, he's a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard in the fall, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: He is queer - an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents. No one knows except Meredith, his best friend, the daughter of prominent Washington insiders - and the one person who seems not to judge him.
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So incredibly sad
- De Amazon Kunde en 02-08-20
De: Uzodinma Iweala
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The Good Goodbye
- De: Carla Buckley
- Narrado por: Ali Ahn, Suzy Jackson, Eva Kaminsky
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
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Two cousins, Rory and Arden, lie unconscious in a hospital burn unit. The fire, which broke out in their shared college dorm room, killed another student, and the police want answers. Tension between Rory and Arden's parents was already at an all-time high before the fire, owing to a recent financial crisis and the decline of the family business. As the parents huddle anxiously in the waiting room, carefully avoiding the subject of their own unraveling relationships, disturbing truths come to light.
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I could not stop listening.
- De Amy Davis en 05-29-16
De: Carla Buckley
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You Know When the Men Are Gone
- De: Siobhan Fallon
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
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In Fort Hood housing, like all army housing, you get used to hearing through the walls. You learn too much. And you learn to move quietly through your own small domain. You also know when the men are gone. As Siobhan Fallon shows in this collection of loosely interconnected short stories, each woman deals with her husband's absence differently.
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You know when you've got a great read!
- De Pamela Harvey en 01-22-11
De: Siobhan Fallon
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Hiding Out
- A Memoir of Drugs, Deception, and Double Lives
- De: Tina Alexis Allen
- Narrado por: Tina Alexis Allen
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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Actress and playwright Tina Alexis Allen's audacious memoir unravels her privileged suburban Catholic upbringing that was shaped by her formidable father - a man whose strict religious devotion and dedication to his large family hid his true nature. When Tina was 18 her father accidently discovered the truth about her sexuality. Instead of dragging her to the family priest and lecturing her with tearful sermons about sin and damnation, her father shocked her with his honest response. The two became trusted confidants in a relationship that eventually spiraled out of control.
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Self-indulgent crap
- De Bridgid O'Donnell en 03-27-18
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Orphan Number Eight
- A Novel
- De: Kim van Alkemade
- Narrado por: Andi Arndt, Ginny Auer
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
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In 1919, Rachel Rabinowitz is a vivacious four-year-old living with her family in a crowded tenement on New York City's Lower East Side. When tragedy strikes, Rachel is separated from her brother, Sam, and sent to a Jewish orphanage where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research. Subjected to X-ray treatments that leave her disfigured, Rachel suffers years of cruel harassment from the other orphans.
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Stopped after a few hours
- De Tamara en 01-03-20
De: Kim van Alkemade
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The Untelling
- De: Tayari Jones
- Narrado por: Michele Blackmon
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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Aria is no stranger to tragedy. Fifteen years ago, a family outing took the lives of her father and baby sister, leaving remaining members of this fractured family struggling with their own guilt - real and imagined. At 25, Aria believes she can reinvent herself through her planned marriage with all its promise of a family of her own. Her infertility changes her life as swiftly and irrevocably as the urban landscape around her.
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Don’t waste your time!
- De shasha en 09-18-20
De: Tayari Jones
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- DeLuca
- 01-27-14
The narration nearly ruined this book
Would you try another book from Leah Vincent and/or Emily Durante?
I would read another Leah Vincent book. I found her prose engaging and smooth. I would never listen to an Emily Durante narration. While her voice is pleasant, she turned this book into a farce.
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I enjoyed this story, and found it hard to stop listening at times. I have a Jewish background, and am familiar enough with the Haredi community to know that it is true-to-life. Vincent's determination and struggle were inspiring, and her pain was made palpable.
However, the voice narrating was all wrong. The fake accents and fake male voices made even deadly serious scenes seems cartoonish. Her rendering of the author's timidity in a breathy, whiny voice made the author seem annoying and unlikeable. Just terrible and should be re-recorded in Vincent's own voice.
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- Silver
- 05-01-24
Amazing woman
This book was referred to me by a friend who also left the community.
Such a great book, Well written but yet still careful.
I admire the strength and courage of the woman.
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- Susan
- 02-04-15
Wow...
This is a hard listen. As the mother of a beautiful, talented, intelligent daughter-- I cannot even begin to understand what madness her parents were enveloped by-- that would allow them to reject their daughter. Abandon her first in Israel and again in New York City.
It is child abuse masquerading as religious devotion.
Good for her that survived.
Her parents. I'm not sure I would ever find it in me to forgive them...
A powerful book, a powerful story.
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- Erin G.
- 08-22-15
Good story; bad accent
This was a great book, but it was frustrating that the reader mispronounced even the most basic of Hebrew terms, including the name of a major character. It really took away from the story. But otherwise, it was a solid performance and a good read.
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- NorthSouth
- 09-15-22
Extremely poor narration
The narrator uses a demeaning accent for Black characters and couldn’t be bothered to learn the correct pronunciation for almost any of the Jewish cultural terms or names. Almost sounds like a voice to text robot. Absolutely horrible and took away from what was otherwise an interesting story.
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- David Shear
- 01-23-14
In the end I didn't like her
The first half of this book was great. Leah tells her story well, adding details that make it interesting and make you really root for her. As she makes her way out on her own, you can see the mistakes she's about to make and you want to help her. It's a great roller coaster ride as you grow up with her.
After about 2/3's of the book though, it fell apart for me. I just didn't care anymore about how she became more and more pathetic. In one scene with her and her dad, I completing agreed with everything her dad said to her, and I think the reader (listener) was supposed to be appalled by it.
I think I might have sympathized with her more if she'd told more of her story than just the sex. She became very one-dimensional and that dimension was a simpering, shallow sycophant. If she'd talked more about her job, how and why she got a promotion, or describe the neighborhoods she lived in, anything to add another facet then just sex.
The narrator didn't help with the "simpering" part. I was so tired of her whining that I almost didn't finish the book. I saw that I had only one hour left and I decided to push through. But by the ending, I truly didn't care at all what happened to her. I know it sounds harsh, but I was disappointed, especially since I'd been so drawn in by the first half of her story.
I do not recommend this book.
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- Antoinette
- 08-28-21
What a waste of time
Frankly, I am not sure why I even persevered to read this book to the end. She clearly had no respect for herself. We don’t get to choose our families, that’s true but, having grown up in a dysfunctional family myself, where you don’t feel important, valued, or wanted means that you have to work extra hard to learn coping skills along the way and to fashion a life that is healthy, productive and satisfactory. No one forced her to live the life that she did. The bad language and the descriptive language did not add to the story. Glad that she turned her life around in the end but, she caused most of her problems herself and unfortunately, she paid a big price and suffered a great deal for her choices. Being poor and not liking the way she was raised, was not an excuse for trashing her life. Too many excuses for choices she made to justify screwing up her life.
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- autumnmemory80
- 11-04-18
A Strong Woman, Not a Strong Book
I feel like there could have been so much to this autobiography, but there was not. So many missed opportunities. The author had many struggles, and I know I would have not had the ability to deal with all of this on my own as she did, or been as successful in the end. I hope I could, but it would have been a true test of my will. Overall, this was okay, but not great. I especially got tired of the last hour or so and hearing about how she felt she truly made it. I honestly could not wait for this book to be over. Save your time and credit, or money, and pass on this book.
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- TS
- 08-11-24
self centered and depressing
the narration was fine, but the story was narcissistic at best. Very narrow description and portrayal of the jewish orthodox world. character development was poor, mental health options and healing within the community were poorly portrayed. It came across as another hit job on orthodox judaism. If you're looking for that kind of story you might like this story--but its really anemic in its portrayal. In the end, nothing was solved, nothing resolved. So what? was all I got out of this book. Also, didn't appreciate the pornography.
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- Mary D.
- 01-10-21
Cut me loose is a waste of time
Don’t waste your time with this book. I can’t believe anyone so sexually promiscuous would write a tell all book. Harold, the head of the English department at the Brooklyn college should have been fired. I doubt Leah was the first girl he exploited.
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