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The Hospital Always Wins
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 30
For decades, actress and director Christine Lahti has captivated the hearts and minds of her audience through iconic roles in Chicago Hope, Running on Empty, Housekeeping, And Justice for All, Swing Shift, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, God of Carnage, and The Blacklist. Now, in True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness, this acclaimed performer channels her creativity inward to share her own story for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Christine Lahti, Actress, Activist and A+ Author!
- De L. Cat Schultz en 10-26-18
De: Christine Lahti
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Trans Figured
- My Journey from Boy to Girl to Woman to Man
- De: Brian Belovitch
- Narrado por: Joel Froomkin
- Duración: 8 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Brian Belovitch has the rare distinction of coming out three times: first as a queer teenager; second as a glamorous transgender woman named Tish, and later, Natalia Gervais; and finally as an HIV-positive gay man surviving the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. From growing up in a barely-working-class first-generation immigrant family in Fall River, Massachusetts, to spinning across the disco dance floor of Studio 54 in New York City, Brian escaped many near-death experiences. Trans Figured chronicles a life lived on the edge with an unforgettable cast of characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How utterly exhausting
- De Leah en 11-19-18
De: Brian Belovitch
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The Soloist
- A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
- De: Steve Lopez
- Narrado por: William Hughes
- Duración: 6 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 738
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 492
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 492
When journalist Steve Lopez sees Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles' skid row, he finds it impossible to walk away. More than 30 years ago, Ayers was a promising classical bass student at Juilliard - ambitious, charming, and also one of the few African-Americans there - until he gradually lost his ability to function, overcome by schizophrenia.
Over time, the two men form a bond and Lopez imagines that he might be able to change Ayers' life. The Soloist is a beautifully told story of devotion in the face of seemingly unbeatable challenges.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Audiobook
- De reggie p en 06-26-08
De: Steve Lopez
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Finding Fish
- A Memoir
- De: Antwone Q. Fisher
- Narrado por: Thomas Penny
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 84
Baby Boy Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment of his birth in prison to a single mother. He ultimately came to live with a foster family, where he endured near-constant verbal and physical abuse. In his midteens he escaped and enlisted in the navy, where he became a man of the world, raised by the family he created for himself. Finding Fish shows how, out of this unlikely mix of deprivation and hope, an artist was born.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book will not disappoint you.
- De Joseph en 10-16-16
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The Pursuit of Happyness (Abridged)
- De: Chris Gardner
- Narrado por: Andre Blake
- Duración: 5 h y 42 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 418
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 256
At the age of 20, Chris Gardner arrived in San Francisco to pursue a promising career in medicine. However, he surprised everyone and himself by setting his sights on the competitive world of high finance. Yet no sooner had he landed an entry-level position at a prestigious firm, Gardner found himself caught in a web of incredibly challenging circumstances that left him part of the city's working homeless with his toddler son.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Story!
- De Lito Da Critic en 06-02-06
De: Chris Gardner
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In the Country We Love
- My Family Divided
- De: Diane Guerrero, Michelle Burford
- Narrado por: Diane Guerrero
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,280
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,998
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,987
Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just 14 years old on the day her parents were detained and deported while she was at school. Born in the US, Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Moves very slowly
- De Laura S. en 07-23-16
De: Diane Guerrero, y otros
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Member of the Family
- My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties
- De: Dianne Lake, Deborah Herman
- Narrado por: Dianne Lake
- Duración: 12 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,328
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,182
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,179
In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence, coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into one of the 20th century's most notorious criminals and life as one of his "girls". While much has been written about Charles Manson, this riveting account from an actual Family member is a chilling portrait that recreates in vivid detail one of the most horrifying chapters in modern American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dianne sets the record straight . . . Finally.
- De POLLY POIZENDEM en 11-18-17
De: Dianne Lake, y otros
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Because I Come from a Crazy Family
- The Making of a Psychiatrist
- De: Edward M. Hallowell
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
When Edward M. Hallowell was 11, a voice out of nowhere told him he should become a psychiatrist. A mental health professional of the time would have called this psychosis. But young Edward (Ned) took it in stride, despite not quite knowing what "psychiatrist" meant. With a psychotic father, an alcoholic mother, an abusive stepfather, and two so-called learning disabilities of his own, Ned was accustomed to unpredictable behaviour from those around him and to a mind he felt he couldn't always control.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love and connection permeates through this book!
- De Steve Steinmetz en 06-29-18
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The Hour I First Believed
- A Novel
- De: Wally Lamb
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 25 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,215
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 854
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 856
When high-school teacher Caelum Quirk and his wife, Maureen, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, while Caelum is away, Maureen finds herself in the library at Columbine, cowering in a cabinet and expecting to be killed. Miraculously, she survives. But when Caelum and Maureen flee to an illusion of safety on the Quirk family's Connecticut farm, they discover that the effects of chaos are not easily put right.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent all around yarn
- De G. en 01-10-09
De: Wally Lamb
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Fairyland
- A Memoir of My Father
- De: Alysia Abbott
- Narrado por: Alysia Abbott
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
A beautiful, vibrant memoir about growing up motherless in 1970s and 80s San Francisco with an openly gay father. After his wife dies in a car accident, bisexual writer and activist Steve Abbott moves with his two-year-old daughter to San Francisco. There they discover a city in the midst of revolution, bustling with gay men in search of liberation - few of whom are raising a child. Steve throws himself into San Francisco's vibrant cultural scene.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great representation of the time
- De AvidReader22 en 06-07-19
De: Alysia Abbott
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Here's the Story
- Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
- De: Maureen McCormick
- Narrado por: Maureen McCormick
- Duración: 5 h y 58 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 543
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 435
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 434
Marcia Brady, eldest daughter on television's The Brady Bunch, had it all. But what viewers didn't know about the always sunny, perfect Marcia was that offscreen, her real-life counterpart, Maureen McCormick was living a very different - and not so wonderful - life. Maureen tells the shocking and inspirational true story of the beloved teen and the woman she became.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping
- De Chris en 08-12-14
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Weekends at Bellevue
- De: Julie Holland MD
- Narrado por: Julie Holland MD
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 318
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 251
His name was Joshua Silver. He was 23 years old, educated, and had an impressive vocabulary. The NYPD had found Joshua Silver naked in Times Square, barking like a dog. It was just another night for Julie Holland, the attending doctor in the world famous Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric emergency room.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An Uneven Memoir
- De A. M. Dalessandro en 09-24-10
De: Julie Holland MD
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Rock Monster
- My Life with Joe Walsh
- De: Kristin Casey
- Narrado por: Vanessa Johansson
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
Far from bitter or self-pitying, Rock Monster is an honest account of one woman's life-changing experience in a relationship with rock legend Joe Walsh. At once envious, glamorous, debauched, and disturbing, it's her long and winding journey from life in the fast lane to sobriety and redemption.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Still a crazy Joe fan 😜
- De Mandymay💄👠👛 en 03-22-18
De: Kristin Casey
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Dancing For the Devil
- One Woman's Dramatic and Divine Rescue from the Sex Industry
- De: Anny Donewald, Carrie Gerlach Cecil
- Narrado por: Anny Donewald
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
The daughter of an NCAA Championship-winning basketball coach and a stay-at-home mom, Anny Donewald had a seemingly blessed childhood. Then, at thirteen, one of her father’s players sexually abused her, and Donewald embarked on a path toward self-destruction. When Donewald was convinced to compete in an amateur night at a strip club, she found herself drawn into a world of drugs, money, and flesh peddlers in Michigan and Chicago - and eventually Las Vegas’ hottest XXX clubs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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blunt
- De nicole en 05-23-15
De: Anny Donewald, y otros
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A Bad Idea I'm About to Do
- True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure
- De: Chris Gethard
- Narrado por: Chris Gethard
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 159
Chris Gethard has often found himself in awkward situations most people, including you, probably would have safely avoided. The good news is now, thanks to this book, you can enjoy the painfully funny consequences of his unfortunate decisions at a safe distance. A Bad Idea I'm About to Do invites listeners to join Chris as he navigates an adolescence and adulthood mired in hilariously ill-fated nerdom, and to take comfort in the fact that - as his experiences often prove - things could always be much, much worse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!!!
- De Amber G en 10-02-20
De: Chris Gethard
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Finding Me
- A Memoir
- De: Viola Davis
- Narrado por: Viola Davis
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 38,452
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 35,173
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 34,986
In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely beautifully Written❤️
- De Latwhit22 en 05-02-22
De: Viola Davis
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Scale
- A Novel
- De: Keith Buckley
- Narrado por: Keith Buckley
- Duración: 5 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
As a hopeless and struggling indie rock musician, Ray Goldman's best chance of discovering any beauty and purpose in his dysfunctional life will come only when he ceases to struggle against life itself. Scale chronicles Ray Goldman’s journey downward through the adversarial trials that sometimes prove necessary in facilitating an eventual ascent into truth and happiness. The odd chapters of the novel find Ray, now a 31-year-old guitar player, seeking fulfillment in the wake of a life-altering tragedy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poor Presentation
- De mmacedonia en 04-16-19
De: Keith Buckley
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Agorafabulous!
- Dispatches From My Bedroom
- De: Sara Benincasa
- Narrado por: Sara Benincasa
- Duración: 7 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 84
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 76
One of the funniest and most poignant books ever written about a mental illness, Agorafabulous! is a hilarious, raw, and unforgettable account of how a terrified young woman, literally trapped by her own imagination, evolved into a (relatively) high-functioning professional smartass. Down to earth and seriously funny, Benincasa's no-holds-barred revelations offer listeners the politically incorrect hilarity they heartily crave, yet is so often missing from your typical, weepy, and redemptive personal memoir.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More Fun than a Good Cry in a Bathroom Stall
- De Susie en 03-05-15
De: Sara Benincasa
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Hospital Always Wins
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Total1 out of 5 stars
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- Artur
- 07-17-16
Gave up after 1.5 hours!
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Gave up after 1.5 hours. Most of it was about family dynamics, goals and gossip. Not entertaining or informative! Maybe 15 minutes from the first 1.5 hours was about experience from the mental hospital. Not what I was expecting.
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