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Johanna

Sausalito, United States Minor Outlying Islands | Member Since 2010

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  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | [Rebecca Skloot]
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 30 mins)
    • By Rebecca Skloot
    • Narrated By Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2986)
    Performance
    (1636)
    Story
    (1649)

    Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells, taken without her knowledge, became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first immortal human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than 60 years.

    Deborah Covington says: "Get This Book!!!"
    "Glad I read this"
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    Well written -- shocking, astounding, and compelling. Read it for my book club and I'm glad it was suggested.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin | [Erik Larson]
    In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
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    In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 55 mins)
    • By Erik Larson
    • Narrated By Stephen Hoye
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1753)
    Performance
    (1187)
    Story
    (1187)

    The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the “New Germany,” she has one affair after another....

    Patrick says: "compelling father-daughter story"
    "Another well written book"
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    A thoughtful insight into the political chaos of the embassy before and dring the war.

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration | [Isabel Wilkerson]
    The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
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    The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

    • UNABRIDGED (22 hrs and 42 mins)
    • By Isabel Wilkerson
    • Narrated By Robin Miles
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (523)
    Performance
    (384)
    Story
    (383)

    In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to previously untapped data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves.

    Lila says: "Superior non-fiction"
    "WOW -- what a powerful"
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    It is clear that the interviews the author did getting ready to write this book paid off. I could not quit listening. A great reminder of where the bias's of the nation have been and are, as we learn, again, about the flight and fight so many brave people took moving from the 'cotton curtain' to the warmth of other suns.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Please Look After Mom | [Kyung-Sook Shin, Chi-Young Kim (translator)]
    Please Look After Mom
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    Please Look After Mom

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 57 mins)
    • By Kyung-Sook Shin, Chi-Young Kim (translator)
    • Narrated By Mark Bramhall, Samantha Quan, Janet Song, and others
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (142)
    Performance
    (90)
    Story
    (89)

    On a family visit to the city, Mom is right behind her husband when the train pulls out of Seoul Station without her, and she is lost, possibly forever. As her children argue over how to find her, they each recall their lives with her. Have they lived up to her expectations? Was she happy? Through the piercing voices of daughter, son, and husband, and through Mom’s own words in the novel’s shattering conclusion, we learn what happened that day, and explore an even deeper mystery—of motherhood itself.

    Diana - Audible says: "A moving family portrait"
    "Not what I expected"
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    I felt the story dragged a bit -- some folks will like it, but it just wasn't for me.

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful

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