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Kelly

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  • Running with Scissors: A Memoir | [Augusten Burroughs]
    Running with Scissors: A Memoir
    UNABRIDGED

    Running with Scissors: A Memoir

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 37 mins)
    • By Augusten Burroughs
    • Narrated By Augusten Burroughs
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (923)
    Performance
    (168)
    Story
    (163)

    Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of being Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead ringer for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain.

    Arthur Held says: "NOT what I was expecting"
    "Hilarious! And a little sad..."
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    Excellent book - I've read some reviews of Burroughs work where they compare him to David Sedaris (who I adore), but other than being gay and funny, comparison stops there. He is so open about his life - painfully so at times - and it really drew me in to his story. With a lot of humor and a gift for communicating the grotesque in a light handed way, Burroughs is an amazing writer. I listen in my car on MP3 player and found myself sitting in parking lots, outside of my house, etc. just so I could keep listening before I had to stop the player.

    22 of 24 people found this review helpful
  • The Secret Life of Bees | [Sue Monk Kidd]
    The Secret Life of Bees
    UNABRIDGED

    The Secret Life of Bees

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By Sue Monk Kidd
    • Narrated By Jenna Lamia
    Overall
    (2490)
    Performance
    (246)
    Story
    (246)

    Lily Owens has shaped her entire life around one devastating memory - the day her mother was killed. When she and her "stand-in-mother," a fierce-hearted black woman named Rosaleen, are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily enters a secret world of bees and honey, and of the Black Madonna who presides over this household of strong, wise women.

    France says: "Secret Life of Bees"
    "Amazingly well written"
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    Well written and also well read...I was enthralled by this book from start to finish. The descriptions of the characters, the setting - Kidd depicts the South right down to sounds, smells, food, conflict, etc. so wonderfully. If I had been reading rather than listening, I wouldn't have been able to put this one down.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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