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What You Owe Me

By: Bebe Moore Campbell
Narrated by: Caroline Clay
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Bebe Moore Campbell is a New York Times best-selling author and an NAACP Image award winner. In What You Owe Me, an epic tale of friendship, betrayal, loss, accountability, and healing, she spans 50 years of African-American history.

New to Los Angeles, Hosanna Clark, a farm worker from Texas, befriends Holocaust survivor Gilda Rosenstein. Together they build a cosmetics company and a deep friendship. Then Gilda disappears, taking with her the company's assets. The loss leaves Hosanna financially ruined and emotionally damaged. Years later, after her death, Hosanna's daughter will look to collect the debt Gilda owes.

In addition to her novels, Bebe Moore Campbell is the author of several nonfiction books including Successful Women, Angry Men, which explores the changing dynamics within families. Narrator Caroline Clay masterfully takes us through the heartaches and the victories of this emotional journey.

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Great story!

The book was a great story about friendship, love and holding grudges. The narrator did an excellent job with the characters and kept your interest.

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Awesome

This one is so amazing that I literally force others to read/listen...A book for all to read to get a deeper understanding of a history we were not taught...Brava!

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great book

This was a great read. I truly enjoyed it. No surprise that it got so.much acclaim.

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Beautiful story

Beautiful story of African-American determination, pain and triumph. Well read with quiet emotion. Most enjoyable.

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Enjoyed it

A little longer than expected. lots of stories to keep up with - but I understand the connection. Amazing how Ms. Moore was able to keep them all relatable.

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The writing style and characters are magical!

This book takes the reader into the lives of many different people who have inward and outward struggles that they are dealing with.
I loved it!

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GOOD TAKE A CHANCE

THIS ONE STARTS OUT KIND SLOW BUT ONCE YOU LISTEN FOR AN HOUR ,YOU'LL START LOVING IT IS VERY GOOD

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Very moving, very complex

The story deals with complex issues of hurt, help, guilt, struggle and it's impact on current and subsequent generations. The characters are real, complex, lovable yet flawed (like the rest of us). While I thought parts of the book dragged, in the 90 minutes or so - all the pieces came together in a very moving, magical and emotionally powerful way. The reader is good.

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wonderful

this was a really nice long book. didn't like the part about the ghost, but lots of characters all with good storyline that blended and are relatable.

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Best book ever

I love this book truly the best book ever , it made me laugh ,cry,happy and sad I hated tor it to end , best book ever .

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