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Three generations of Roths live together in a crowded tenement flat. Long-widowed Manya is the family's head and its heart. But Manya is no soft touch, except, perhaps, where her granddaughter Elka is concerned. Precocious Elka is her closest companion and confidante. Through Elka's eyes we come to know the fascinating characters who move in and out of the Roths' lives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tenement Life From a Child's Point of View
- De Sara en 08-10-14
De: Eleanor Widmer
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Homesick for Another World
- Stories
- De: Ottessa Moshfegh
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan, Richard Poe
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 283
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 251
There's something eerily unsettling about Ottessa Moshfegh's stories, something almost dangerous, while also being delightful and even laugh-out-loud funny. Her characters are all unsteady on their feet in one way or another; they all yearn for connection and betterment, though each in very different ways, but they are often tripped up by their own baser impulses and existential insecurities.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny, Dynamic Writing
- De Sofia Macht en 06-13-18
De: Ottessa Moshfegh
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Caramelo
- De: Sandra Cisneros
- Narrado por: Sandra Cisneros
- Duración: 15 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Lala Reyes’ grandmother is descended from a family of renowned rebozo, or shawl-makers. The striped (caramelo) is the most beautiful of all, and the one that makes its way, like the family history it has come to represent, into Lala’s possession. The novel opens with the Reyes’ annual car trip - a caravan overflowing with children, laughter, and quarrels - from Chicago to “the other side”, Mexico City. It is there, each year, that Lala hears her family’s stories, separating the truth from the “healthy lies” that have ricocheted from one generation to the next.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love, family, history, and fantasy, Caramelo
- De Michele en 08-07-20
De: Sandra Cisneros
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Running on Red Dog Road
- And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood
- De: Drema Hall Berkheimer
- Narrado por: Bailey Carr
- Duración: 6 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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Gypsies, faith-healers, moonshiners, and snake handlers weave through Drema's childhood in 1940s Appalachia after her father is killed in the coal mines, her mother goes off to work as a Rosie the Riveter, and she is left in the care of devout Pentecostal grandparents. What follows is a spitfire of a memoir that feels like a novel with intrigue, sweeping emotion, and indisputable charm. Drema's coming of age is colored by tent revivals with Grandpa, poetry-writing hobos, and traveling carnivals, and through it all, she serves witness to a multi-generational family.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator’s attempt at a southern accent distracting to story
- De Ryan C. Bango en 01-05-22
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The Lost Family
- A Novel
- De: Jenna Blum
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 14 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 101
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In 1965 Manhattan, patrons flock to Masha’s to savor its brisket bourguignon and impeccable service and to admire its dashing owner and head chef Peter Rashkin, the most eligible bachelor in town. But Peter does not care for the parade of eligible women who come to the restaurant hoping to catch his eye. Running Masha’s consumes him, as does his terrible guilt over surviving the horrors of the Nazi death camp while his wife, Masha - the restaurant’s namesake - and two young daughters perished. Then exquisitely beautiful June Bouquet, an up-and-coming young model, appears at the restaurant, piercing Peter’s guard.
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5 out of 5 stars
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STIMULATES THE HEART, MIND AND IMAGINATION
- De Miss Manners en 07-01-18
De: Jenna Blum
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The Story of Arthur Truluv
- A Novel
- De: Elizabeth Berg
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Berg
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,326
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,159
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,153
Three people find their way back from loss and loneliness to a different kind of belonging in this deeply moving novel. Arthur, an old widower struggling to overcome his grief, meets Maddy, a troubled teenage girl who avoids school by hiding out where Arthur goes every day for lunch. The two strike up a friendship that draws them out of isolation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Sickly Sweet
- De Amazon Customer en 01-19-18
De: Elizabeth Berg
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Toast
- The Story of a Boy's Hunger
- De: Nigel Slater
- Narrado por: Nigel Slater
- Duración: 6 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 119
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 55
Toast is Nigel Slater's truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. In each chapter, as he takes listeners on a tour of the contents of his family's pantry (rice pudding, tinned ham, cream soda, mince pies, lemon drops, bourbon biscuits), we are transported.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Nigel Slater is fabulous!
- De S en 02-13-07
De: Nigel Slater
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She's Come Undone
- De: Wally Lamb
- Narrado por: Linda Stephens
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,759
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,775
Meet Dolores Price. She's 13, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood goodbye. Beached like a whale in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the Mallomars, potato chips, and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally rolls into young womanhood at 257 pounds, Dolores is no stronger and life is no kinder. But this time she's determined to rise to the occasion and give herself one more chance before really going belly-up.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Really disappointing narrator!
- De Jessica Williams en 01-21-12
De: Wally Lamb
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The Pull of the Moon
- De: Elizabeth Berg
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Berg
- Duración: 4 h y 55 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 89
In the middle of her life, Nan decides to leave her husband at home and begin an impromptu trek across the country, carrying with her a turquoise leather journal she intends to fill. The Pull of the Moon is a novel about a woman coming to terms with issues of importance to all women. In her journal, Nan addresses the thorniness - and the allure - of marriage, the sweet ties to children, and the gifts and lessons that come from random encounters.
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4 out of 5 stars
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For women over 50
- De Laura en 07-07-15
De: Elizabeth Berg
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- De: Maya Angelou
- Narrado por: Maya Angelou
- Duración: 10 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9,355
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8,236
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 8,204
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age - and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. But years later, she learns about love for herself and the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Emotional & Powerful
- De Miss Toni en 06-30-13
De: Maya Angelou
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Paradise
- De: Toni Morrison
- Narrado por: Toni Morrison
- Duración: 15 h y 19 m
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In Paradise - her first novel since she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature - Toni Morrison gives us a bravura performance. As the book begins deep in Oklahoma early one morning in 1976, nine men from Ruby (pop. 360), in defense of "the one all-black town worth the pain", assault the nearby Convent and the women in it. From the town's ancestral origins in 1890 to the fateful day of the assault, Paradise tells the story of a people ever mindful of the relationship between their spectacular history and a void.
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5 out of 5 stars
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MORRISON AT HER MOST COMPLEX
- De Kennedi Hill en 11-07-19
De: Toni Morrison
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Notes on a Banana
- A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression
- De: David Leite
- Narrado por: David Leite
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 53
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Reminiscing about the people and events that shaped him, David looks back at the highs and lows of his life, from his rejection of being gay and his attempt to "turn straight" through Aesthetic Realism, a cult in downtown Manhattan, to becoming a writer, cookbook author, and web publisher, to his 23-year relationship with Alan, known to millions of David's readers and listeners as "The One", which began with (what else?) food.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finished it in a day!
- De Kathryn en 08-23-17
De: David Leite
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The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder
- De: Rebecca Wells
- Narrado por: Judith Ivey
- Duración: 12 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 420
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A tale of family and friendship, tragedy and triumph, loss and love, The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder features the warmth, humor, soul, and wonder that have made Wells one of today's most cherished writers, and gives us an unforgettable new heroine to treasure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it, Ya'll!
- De Ella Gracen en 08-11-09
De: Rebecca Wells
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Goodbye, Vitamin
- A Novel
- De: Rachel Khong
- Narrado por: Therese Plummer
- Duración: 4 h y 59 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 299
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 268
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 267
Freshly disengaged from her fiancé and feeling that life has not turned out quite the way she planned, 30-year-old Ruth quits her job, leaves town, and arrives at her parents' home to find that situation more complicated than she'd realized. Her father, a prominent history professor, is losing his memory and is only erratically lucid. Ruth's mother, meanwhile, is lucidly erratic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hello Sweet Sweet Book
- De Syd Young en 08-06-17
De: Rachel Khong
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Tar Baby
- De: Toni Morrison
- Narrado por: Desiree Coleman
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 300
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Jadine Childs is a Black fashion model with a white patron, a white boyfriend, and a coat made out of ninety perfect sealskins. Son is a Black fugitive who embodies everything she loathes and desires. As Morrison follows their affair, which plays out from the Caribbean to Manhattan and the deep South, she charts all the nuances of obligation and betrayal between Blacks and whites, masters and servants, and men and women.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So good that I'm writing my first Audible review!
- De BL en 12-10-11
De: Toni Morrison
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Mermaids
- De: Patty Dann
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Evans
- Duración: 4 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 62
So begins this extraordinary first novel about one wild year in the life of 14-year-old Charlotte Flax, when she and her sister Kate move with Mrs. Flax into a sleepy 1960's Massachusetts town. Mrs. Flax is a woman who wears polka-dot dresses and serves hors d'oeuvres for dinner every night, and Kate is a child who basically wants to be a fish. And then there's Charlotte, who in Patty Dann's hands, is transformed into a young woman of infinite whim and variety.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Finally!
- De Daryl en 05-07-13
De: Patty Dann
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The Visiting Privilege
- New and Collected Stories
- De: Joy Williams
- Narrado por: Richard Powers, Emily Woo Zeller, Elisabeth Rodgers, y otros
- Duración: 20 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
Joy Williams has been celebrated as a master of the short story for four decades, her renown passing from one generation to the next even in the shifting landscape of contemporary writing. And at long last the incredible scope of her singular achievement is put on display: 33 stories drawn from three much-lauded collections and another 13 appearing here for the first time in book form.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I sure tried.
- De A.C. CALLOWAY en 01-28-24
De: Joy Williams
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Fat Girl
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- Anonymous User
- 07-05-20
very sad but good story
reallt helps you see the internal struggle of one of one poor girl. goes to show you that you never know what someone is truly going through. everyone has a story
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- K. Nance
- 08-25-20
It kept me interested
This was a very well written memoir. I listened quickly and I sometimes have difficulty staying interested in audio books. Other reviewers described the story as sad, but I didn't see it that way. I thought it was just very raw and open. Obviously there were sad elements, but there were also good ones, and kindness interspersed. I enjoyed the story and appreciated the viewpoint and the insights.
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- Prof Kitty
- 05-05-22
Heartbreaking
Poor little kid.
If you’re the type of person that get emotionally involved, prepare for a ride. I swear to god , I wanted to steal this little girl and tell her she was wonderful until she agreed. Mean grandmas are a horrible waste.
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- Kristen M. Broom
- 08-21-23
Disappointing and brutal
This listen was so far from what I expected. There was no hope, no strength, and no word of a future with purpose. I’m saddened from listening and not enriched in any way. The writer missed an opportunity to inspire others who may have similar experiences. I believe she over-shared and under-delivered.
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- Janrose Veras
- 10-27-23
Pathetic but honest
An honest struggle sorry story that mounts to nothing in the end. You keep hoping it will be interesting at some point but it doesn’t. I love sad stories, but this is just ick.
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- leh0724
- 06-03-19
Angry, Honest and Painful
The first thing that struck me was that the reader/performer must have been the author, since there was such suppressed anger and vitriol. I was surprised to find that was not the case. However, it rings true, since I've often been told that every lb. of overweight is a lb. of anger unexpressed.
It bothered me that the author never dealt with her obesity. But she clearly stated at the beginning this is not what this book was to deliver. It left me feeling depressed, angry; wanting more. (Perhaps that says something about me not dealing with my issues?)
I do hope she got some peace at some point during her life. It would be a tragedy for this little, lost, unloved girl. My heart broke for her. If that was point of the book, and that is the only reason I could ascertain it was written, then the author succeeded.
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