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  • 72 Hour Hold | [Bebe Moore Campbell]
    72 Hour Hold
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    72 Hour Hold

    • ABRIDGED (4 hrs and 49 mins)
    • By Bebe Moore Campbell
    • Narrated By Petronia Paley
    Overall
    (16)
    Performance
    (2)
    Story
    (3)

    In this novel of family and redemption, a mother struggles to save her 18-year-old daughter from the devastating consequences of mental illness by forcing her to deal with her bipolar disorder. New York Times best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell draws on her own powerful emotions and African-American roots, showcasing her best writing yet.

    R says: "The ups and downs of mental illness"
    "The ups and downs of mental illness"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    This story placed me beside Carrie Whitmore on her emotional roller coaster ride. I don't have any personal experience loving or mothering a person with mental illness (yet) but this was reminiscent enough of living through any child's teenage/young adult years.

    I rated 4 instead of 5 because the narrator's pitch got annoying from time to time, and the writing is more telling then describing which I prefer.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance | [Barack Obama]
    Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
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    Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

    • ABRIDGED (7 hrs and 13 mins)
    • By Barack Obama
    • Narrated By Barack Obama
    Overall
    (1544)
    Performance
    (306)
    Story
    (307)

    In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father, a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man, has been killed in a car accident.

    Marcelaine says: "I laughed and cried, what a great listen!"
    "Inside perspective from an outsider"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    Biracial Obama was first raised by the Anglo part of his family then entered and lived African-American in early adulthood. He is able to view social dynamics from many perspectives. By revealing his journey in such a compelling manner, he helps the listener consider our American society from its good and its bad sides. This is a great listen.

    26 of 31 people found this review helpful

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