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"My mother was gone. I never thought I would survive her death." A major, best-selling novelist and former magazine editor, long married to a handsome and successful stockbroker with whom she has a beautiful daughter and son, Benilde Little once had every reason to feel on top of the world. But as illness, the aging of her parents, and other hurdles interrupted her seemingly perfect life, she took a tailspin into a pit of clinical depression. Told in her own fearless and wise voice, Welcome to My Breakdown chronicles a cavern of depression so dark that Benilde didn't know if she'd ever recover from what David Foster Wallace called "a nausea of the soul". She discusses everything from her Newark upbringing, once-frequent visits to a Muslim mosque, and how it felt to date a married man to her doubts about marriage, being caught between elder care and childcare, and ultimately how she treated her depression and found a way out. Writing in the courageous tradition of great female storytellers such as Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, and Pearl Cleage, Benilde doesn't hold back as she shares insights, inspiration, and intimate details of her life. Powerful, relatable, and ultimately redemptive, Welcome to My Breakdown is a remarkable memoir about the power within us all to rise from despair and to feel hope and joy again.
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Complaining about her dead mom.
- De Erik Hermansen en 11-23-14
De: Meghan Daum
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I Can Barely Take Care of Myself
- Tales from a Happy Life Without Kids
- De: Jen Kirkman
- Narrado por: Jen Kirkman
- Duración: 6 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 538
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 487
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"You'll change your mind." That's what everyone says to Jen Kirkman - and countless women like her - when she confesses she doesn't plan to have children. But you know what? It's hard enough to be an adult. You have to dress yourself and pay bills and remember to buy birthday gifts. You have to drive and get annual physicals and tip for good service. Some adults take on the added burden of caring for a tiny human being with no language skills or bladder control.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny. Not fall down laughing funny, but funny
- De david en 05-22-13
De: Jen Kirkman
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If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother
- De: Julia Sweeney
- Narrado por: Julia Sweeney
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 175
Since her time on Saturday Night Live, where she created the infamous androgynous character "Pat", Julia Sweeney has gone on to establish herself as a witty, captivating performer of one-woman shows, like God Said Ha!, In the Family Way, and Letting Go of God. She gave a TED talk sharing how she explained the birds and the bees to her eight-year-old daughter, Mulan, which ignited an incredible response. Now, when it comes to talking about motherhood, people want to hear what Julia has to say.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I Love Julia Sweeney
- De Lisa en 04-05-13
De: Julia Sweeney
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Mother Daughter Me
- A Memoir
- De: Katie Hafner
- Narrado por: Katie Hafner
- Duración: 9 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
The complex, deeply binding relationship between mothers and daughters is brought vividly to life in Katie Hafner's remarkable memoir, an exploration of the year she and her mother, Helen, spent working through, and triumphing over, a lifetime of unresolved emotions. Dreaming of a "year in Provence" with her mother, Katie urges Helen to move to San Francisco to live with her and Zoe, Katie's teenage daughter. Katie and Zoe had become a mother-daughter team, strong enough, Katie thought, to absorb the arrival of a 77-year-old woman set in her ways....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listen and be swept away!
- De Barbara Quick en 06-02-22
De: Katie Hafner
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Fairyland
- A Memoir of My Father
- De: Alysia Abbott
- Narrado por: Alysia Abbott
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 112
A beautiful, vibrant memoir about growing up motherless in 1970s and 80s San Francisco with an openly gay father. After his wife dies in a car accident, bisexual writer and activist Steve Abbott moves with his two-year-old daughter to San Francisco. There they discover a city in the midst of revolution, bustling with gay men in search of liberation - few of whom are raising a child. Steve throws himself into San Francisco's vibrant cultural scene.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great representation of the time
- De AvidReader22 en 06-07-19
De: Alysia Abbott
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Because I Come from a Crazy Family
- The Making of a Psychiatrist
- De: Edward M. Hallowell
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
When Edward M. Hallowell was 11, a voice out of nowhere told him he should become a psychiatrist. A mental health professional of the time would have called this psychosis. But young Edward (Ned) took it in stride, despite not quite knowing what "psychiatrist" meant. With a psychotic father, an alcoholic mother, an abusive stepfather, and two so-called learning disabilities of his own, Ned was accustomed to unpredictable behaviour from those around him and to a mind he felt he couldn't always control.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love and connection permeates through this book!
- De Steve Steinmetz en 06-29-18
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The Unspeakable
- And Other Subjects of Discussion
- De: Meghan Daum
- Narrado por: Meghan Daum
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 102
It's a report tempered by hard times. In "Matricide", Daum unflinchingly describes a parent's death and the uncomfortable emotions it provokes; and in "Diary of a Coma" she relates her own journey to the twilight of the mind. But Daum also operates in a comic register. With perfect precision, she reveals the absurdities of the marriage-industrial complex, of the New Age dating market, and of the peculiar habits of the young and digital.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Complaining about her dead mom.
- De Erik Hermansen en 11-23-14
De: Meghan Daum
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My Inappropriate Life
- Some Material Not Suitable for Small Children, Nuns, or Mature Adults
- De: Heather McDonald
- Narrado por: Heather McDonald
- Duración: 5 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 337
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 297
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 298
In her hilarious New York Times best seller You’ll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again, Heather McDonald recounted her adventures as an unwilling virgin in Hollywood. Now happily married with three wonderful kids, she shows that life as a grown-up - even a pretend grown-up - has its challenges. Heather’s a working mom with parents who live next door, a sister who keeps asking for one of her still-fertile eggs, and friends who are up to more hijinks than even Heather can handle.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Irritating
- De TrishS en 04-23-13
De: Heather McDonald
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Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul
- Stories of Changes, Choices, and Growing Up for Kids Ages 9-13
- De: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, y otros
- Narrado por: Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, Irene Dunlap
- Duración: 1 h y 13 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 51
Our preteen years, ages nine to 13, can present some of the most difficult times in our young lives, a period of tremendous physical and emotional change. We're eager to leave the "kid" stage, yet we're uncertain about what adolescence will bring; we start hearing the familiar refrain "wait until you're older" far too often. Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul is a companion guide for these transitional years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for children!
- De T Renaud en 01-04-15
De: Jack Canfield, y otros
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Modern Loss
- Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome.
- De: Rebecca Soffer, Gabrielle Birkner
- Narrado por: Meredith Mitchell, Josh Bloomberg
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
At a time when we mourn public figures and national tragedies with hashtags, where intimate posts about loss go viral and we receive automated birthday reminders for dead friends, it's clear we are navigating new terrain without a road map. Let's face it: Most of us have always had a difficult time talking about death and sharing our grief. We're awkward and uncertain; we avoid, ignore, or even deny feelings of sadness; we offer platitudes; we send sympathy bouquets whittled out of fruit.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not What I Was Expecting
- De Bessie Mae en 03-01-23
De: Rebecca Soffer, y otros
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Here's the Story
- Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
- De: Maureen McCormick
- Narrado por: Maureen McCormick
- Duración: 5 h y 58 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 583
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 470
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 469
Marcia Brady, eldest daughter on television's The Brady Bunch, had it all. But what viewers didn't know about the always sunny, perfect Marcia was that offscreen, her real-life counterpart, Maureen McCormick was living a very different - and not so wonderful - life. Maureen tells the shocking and inspirational true story of the beloved teen and the woman she became.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping
- De Chris en 08-12-14
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Not Afraid of Life
- My Journey So Far
- De: Bristol Palin, Nancy French
- Narrado por: Bristol Palin
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26
In this personal memoir, Bristol Palin opens up for the first time ever. She takes listeners behind the scenes, from growing up in Alaska to coming of age amid the media and political frenzy surrounding her mother's political rise; from becoming a single mother while still a teenager to coping as her relationship with the baby's father crumbled publicly. Through all of these ups and downs, Bristol learned how to face her challenges head-on, with courage and grace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Forgiveness
- De Dennis en 01-16-16
De: Bristol Palin, y otros
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Miss Fortune
- Fresh Perspectives on Having It All from Someone Who Is Not Okay
- De: Lauren Weedman
- Narrado por: Lauren Weedman
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Lauren Weedman is not okay. She's living what should be the good life in sunny Los Angeles. After a gig as a correspondent with The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she scored parts in blockbuster movies, which led to memorable recurring roles on HBO's Hung and Looking. She had a loving husband and an adorable baby boy. In these comedic essays, she turns a piercingly observant, darkly funny lens on the ways her life is actually not okay.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good
- De Ajules29 en 04-02-16
De: Lauren Weedman
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Americanized
- Rebel Without a Green Card
- De: Sara Saedi
- Narrado por: Lameece Issaq
- Duración: 5 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
At 13, bright-eyed straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: She was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled Iran, she didn't learn of her undocumented status until her older sister wanted to apply for an after-school job but couldn't because she didn't have a Social Security number. Fear of deportation kept Sara up at night, but it didn't keep her from being a teenager.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Corny Cheesy
- De Mina00 en 09-06-18
De: Sara Saedi
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The Wrong End of the Table
- A Mostly Comic Memoir of a Muslim Arab American Woman Just Trying to Fit In
- De: Ayser Salman, Reza Aslan - foreword
- Narrado por: Ayser Salman, Assaf Cohen
- Duración: 7 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 34
Part memoir and part how-not-to guide, The Wrong End of the Table is everything you wanted to know about Arabs but were afraid to ask, with chapters such as “Tattoos and Other National Security Risks,” “You Can’t Blame Everything on Your Period; Sometimes You’re Going to Be a Crazy Bitch: and Other Advice from Mom,” and even an open letter to Trump. This is the story of every American outsider on a path to find themselves in a country of beautiful diversity.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I was looking for
- De Amazon Customer en 09-01-22
De: Ayser Salman, y otros
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Fat Girl Walking
- Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin...Every Inch of It
- De: Brittany Gibbons
- Narrado por: Lauren Fortgang
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 689
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 634
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 634
Fat Girl Walking is a collection of stories from my life, my thoughts about the issues that I have faced as a woman, wife, mom, daughter, daughter-in-law, and Internet personality in regards to my weight. I have tried to be as honest as I possibly could - apologies in advance to my husband and parents, but hopefully any discomfort you feel is quickly replaced by laughter.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One Woman's Body; One Woman's Story
- De Meghan Matt en 06-03-15
De: Brittany Gibbons
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My Lobotomy
- A Memoir
- De: Howard Dully, Charles Fleming
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 334
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 218
"In 1960 I was given a transorbital, or 'ice pick' lobotomy. My stepmother arranged it. My father agreed to it. Dr. Walter Freeman, the father of the American lobotomy, told me he was going to do some 'tests'. It took 10 minutes and cost 200 dollars." Assisted by journalist/novelist Charles Fleming, Howard Dully recounts a family tragedy of Sophoclean proportions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Freeman's Folly
- De James Gordon en 10-28-07
De: Howard Dully, y otros
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Wilde Lake
- A Novel
- De: Laura Lippman
- Narrado por: Kathleen McInerney, Nicole Poole
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 578
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 513
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 514
Luisa "Lu" Brant is the newly elected - and first female - state's attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her widower father famously served. Fiercely intelligent and ambitious, she sees an opportunity to make her name by trying a mentally disturbed drifter accused of beating a woman to death in her home. It's not the kind of case that makes headlines, but peaceful Howard County doesn't see many homicides.
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2 out of 5 stars
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In a word saccharine and boring
- De Rena en 05-12-16
De: Laura Lippman
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Finding Me
- A Memoir
- De: Viola Davis
- Narrado por: Viola Davis
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 41,502
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 38,023
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 37,837
In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely beautifully Written❤️
- De Love bug23 en 05-02-22
De: Viola Davis
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Welcome to My Breakdown
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- Morpheusman
- 08-15-22
Thought provoking, intuitive, touching
I probably could not have found this book at a better time. Between loss of my father, a relative taking POA over my parents estate and dementia claiming my mother, this author spelled out everything that I had been feeling and they were able to articulate it in words I could not find. I would suggest this book to anyone who has feelings of discontent, depression and feelings of inadequacy. This story will lift your spirits and give you hope that there is a way out despite all the messy situations life throws at you, Sincerely your really are not alone.
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- Wendy P.
- 03-03-18
Breakdown
Narration was in a depressed tone. Very good story. Wished the author didn't sound so depressed.
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