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Overall4 out of 5 stars 614
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Jen Kirkman wants to be the voice in your head that says, "Hey, you're okay. Even if you sometimes think you aren't! And especially if other people try to tell you you're not." In I Know What I'm Doing - and Other Lies I Tell Myself, Jen offers up all the gory details of a life permanently in progress. She reassures you that it's okay to not have life completely figured out, even when you reach middle age (and find your first gray pubic hair!).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Now that's entertainment
- By Keiran McLaren on 03-20-17
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Not That Kind of Girl
- A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
- By: Lena Dunham
- Narrated by: Lena Dunham
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,881
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4,207
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For readers or listeners of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms Lena Dunham - the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO's Girls - as one of the brightest and most original writers working today.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some interesting parts, but on the whole... meh
- By Amazon Customer on 10-06-14
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The Breakdown Lane
- By: Jacquelyn Mitchard
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Where can a woman turn when her own life threatens to overwhelm her ability to keep her children safe? New York Times best-selling author Jacquelyn Mitchard takes the readers of her newest novel on a wry and moving journey of loss and healing.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A So-So Story
- By Patti on 09-25-07
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The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
- By: Amy Schumer
- Narrated by: Amy Schumer
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,093
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,248
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In The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy mines her past for stories about her teenage years, her family, relationships, and sex and shares the experiences that have shaped who she is - a woman with the courage to bare her soul to stand up for what she believes in, all while making us laugh. Down to earth and relatable, frank and unapologetic, Amy Schumer is one of us: She relies on her sister for advice, still hangs out with her high school pals, and continues to navigate the ever-changing boundaries in love, work, and life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So very relatable
- By Nick M. on 12-29-18
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RISK!
- True Stories People Never Thought They'd Dare to Share
- By: Kevin Allison - editor
- Narrated by: Kevin Allison, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Collecting the most celebrated stories from the hit podcast RISK!, along with all-new true tales about explosive secrets and off-the-wall adventures, this book paints a spellbinding portrait of the transformational moments we experience in life but rarely talk about. No topics are off-limits in RISK!, no memories too revealing to share. From accidentally harboring a teen fugitive to being poisoned while tripping on LSD in the Mayan ruins, these stories transport readers into uncharted territory and show how your life can change when you take an extraordinary leap.
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2 out of 5 stars
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don't buy the audible
- By Natasha on 10-02-18
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The Arrangement
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Dunn
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,332
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,220
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,217
Lucy and Owen, ambitious, thoroughly-therapized New Yorkers, have taken the plunge, trading in their crazy life in a cramped apartment for Beekman, a bucolic Hudson Valley exurb. They've got a 200-year-old house, an autistic son obsessed with the Titanic whose verbal ticks often sound like a broken record, and 17 chickens, at last count.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story!
- By Teresa on 05-16-17
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I'm Just Happy to Be Here: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering
- By: Janelle Hanchett
- Narrated by: Janelle Hanchett
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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From the creator of the blog Renegade Mothering, Janelle Hanchett's forthright, darkly funny, and ultimately empowering memoir chronicling her tumultuous journey from young motherhood to abysmal addiction and a recovery she never imagined possible. Pregnant at 21 by a man she'd known three months, Janelle Hanchett embraced motherhood with the determined optimism of the recklessly self-confident. After giving birth, she found herself bored, directionless, and seeking relief in wine, which she justified as sophisticated and going well with chicken.
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5 out of 5 stars
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There are REAL people in the world....amazing
- By Amazon Customer on 06-27-18
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One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
- Essays
- By: Scaachi Koul
- Narrated by: Scaachi Koul
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 140
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Story4 out of 5 stars 126
Scaachi Koul deploys her razor-sharp humor to share all the fears, outrages, and mortifying moments of her life. She learned from an early age what made her miserable, and for Scaachi anything can be cause for despair, whether it's a shopping trip gone awry, enduring awkward conversations with her bikini waxer, overcoming her fear of flying while vacationing halfway around the world, dealing with Internet trolls, or navigating the fears and anxieties of her parents.
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3 out of 5 stars
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So here's the thing...
- By Laura on 08-15-17
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The Middle Place
- By: Kelly Corrigan
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 162
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 80
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In a coming-of-age memoir about a woman who loved being a girl and what made her finally grow up, Kelly Corrigan brilliantly explores the "middle place" between childhood and adulthood and how one woman made the leap to the other side.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Narcissistic, whiny, boring
- By Jill on 03-21-09
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Two Kisses for Maddy
- A Memoir of Loss & Love
- By: Matthew Logelin
- Narrated by: Matthew Logelin
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
Matt and Liz Logelin were high school sweethearts. The pair settled together in Los Angeles and they had it all: the perfect marriage, a beautiful new home, and a baby girl on the way. But just 27 hours after they welcomed Madeline into the world, Liz suffered a pulmonary embolism and instantly died, without ever holding the daughter whose arrival she had so eagerly awaited.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Recommended by my wife... ended up loving it!
- By Nathanael Parson on 05-05-11
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Hungry Heart
- Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing
- By: Jennifer Weiner
- Narrated by: Jennifer Weiner
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 457
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 413
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No matter what was happening in Jennifer Weiner's life - whether good, bad, or very, very ugly - her mother, Fran, would say the same thing: It's all material. Now the number-one New York Times best-selling author and "one of the biggest names in popular fiction" ( USA Today), beloved on Twitter and hailed as "an unlikely feminist enforcer" ( The New Yorker), takes the raw stuff of her personal life and spins it into a collection of personal essays as uproariously funny and heartfelt as the best of Tina Fey and Nora Ephron.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life changing
- By Nora J Kinard on 01-07-18
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Goodbye for Now
- A Novel
- By: Laurie Frankel
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Sam Elling works for an internet dating company, but he still can't get a date. So he creates an algorithm that will match you with your soul mate. Sam meets the love of his life, Meredith. When Meredith's grandmother, Livvie, dies suddenly, Sam creates a computer program that will allow Meredith to have one last conversation with her grandmother. Mining from all her correspondence - email, Skype, texts - Sam constructs a computer simulation of Livvie who can respond to email or video chat just as if she were still alive. Meredith loves it, and the couple to wonders if this is something that could help more people through their grief.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, original, but slightly creepy idea
- By Bonny on 08-31-12
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With or Without You
- A Memoir
- By: Domenica Ruta
- Narrated by: Domenica Ruta
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 143
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Domenica Ruta grew up in a working-class, unforgiving Italian town north of Boston where in the seventeenth century women were hanged as witches. Her mother, Kathi, a notorious figure in this hardscrabble place, was a drug addict and sometime dealer whose life swung between welfare and riches, whose highbrow taste was at odds with her base appetites.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A real and riveting story-beautifully written
- By Courtney on 03-02-13
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Second Nature
- A Love Story
- By: Jacquelyn Mitchard
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 39
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Sicily Coyne was just thirteen when her father was killed in a school fire that left her face disfigured. Twelve years later, a young surgeon, Eliza Cappadora, offers hope in the form of a revolutionary new surgery that may give Sicily back the grace and function she lost. Raised by a dynamic, tenacious aunt who taught her to lead a normal life, and engaged to a wonderful man who knew her long before the accident, Sicily rejects the offer: She knows who she is, and so do the people who love her. But a secret surfaces that shatters Sicily’s world....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating read
- By mendolynne on 06-03-12
Publisher's Summary
Joining the ranks of Let's Pretend This Never Happened and Carry On, Warrior, a fierce, hysterically funny memoir that reminds us that comedy equals tragedy plus time.
Twentysomething Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to boyfriend and job to job. Then she met Aaron, a charismatic art director and her kindred spirit. They made mixtapes (and pancakes) into the wee hours of the morning. They finished each other's sentences. They just knew.
When Aaron was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer, they refused to let it limit their love. They got engaged on Aaron's hospital bed and married after his first surgery. They had a baby when he was on chemo. They shared an amazing summer filled with happiness and laughter. A few months later, Aaron died in Nora's arms in another hospital bed. His wildly creative obituary, which they wrote together, touched the world.
Now Nora shares hysterical, moving, and painfully honest stories about her journey with Aaron. It's Okay to Laugh explores universal themes of love, marriage, work, (single) motherhood, and depression through her refreshingly frank viewpoint. A love letter to life in all of its messy glory and what it's like to still be kickin', It's Okay to Laugh is like a long chat with a close friend over a cup of coffee (or chardonnay).
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- ashton
- 05-31-16
Fresh, brutally raw and honest
Thank god for this perspective, and the brutal truths that come with it. I've followed this story from just a few weeks before purmorts death - reading the entire back log of the blog, and following since on Instagram, tumblr and Twitter. I've been captivated by Nora's writing, but the picture that these mediums painted didn't feel complete. This book answered the rest. Addressing ones right to selfishness, grief,quitting, and self care are what so many need to hear.
This one will be with me for quite some time to come.
15 people found this helpful
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- Laura Hott
- 05-27-16
Best book!
LOVED this! I especially loved that this is actually Nora reading this. Heartfelt and beautifully written/read.
8 people found this helpful
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- Rose F.
- 05-27-16
Beautiful
That is all I can think of to say. If you want to bring a touch of beauty into your life, listen to this story about love. All kinds of love.
5 people found this helpful
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- Michelle Runge
- 05-07-17
Wonderful
This book is wonderful, has helped me more than words can explain! I will definitely listen over and over and recommend to friends.
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- Tara Wilson
- 01-14-17
not sure this is what I was expecting
so don't want to give anyone the impression not a good book..just not.my.cup.of tea. I am totally fine with her cynical humor just think I wanted something different. very light hearted for the books I usually listen to so maybe that is a good thing. I love how she spoke her truth . above and beyond anything she did make me stop and think.
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- Kate S.
- 05-07-17
Nora McInerny is amazing.
After encountering a guest post written by Nora McInerny on a blog a few months ago, I've scoured the internet for everything she has ever written. I read every blog post, listened to every episode of her podcast and, finally, turned to her memoir, It's Okay to Laugh. What could have been an unbearably depressing tale of grief (a la The Wave), is instead a portrait of love, filled with humor and wit. I'm sure I am not alone in saying that I wish Nora was my best friend, because grief stricken and broken as she might be, she is hilarious and pretty awesome.
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- Angela
- 08-04-16
Can we be besties Nora?
I can't be the first person to ask. If I am, shame on the roest of you. I loved this book and everything Nora has written. Please write more!!!
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- Mark
- 08-01-17
Interesting, funny, sad, engaging
This book is a wash of emotions ....for me is was so engaging and interesting ...and as strong as those feelings are being funny and incredibly sad probably are probably tenfold ...this story is incredible. Nora, Aaron and of course many of the other people in this story are awesome ....but Nora and Aaron ...you both rock. May Aaron rest in peace.
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- Lana Lee Plum
- 06-06-17
Coping with a modern tragedy.
This is the best book I have ever heard of on the struggle of coping with death. Nora demonstrates what it takes to deal with the death of a loved one. She keeps you engaged with the full range of emotions and the strength it takes to be" there " for the person who is dealing with the ending of their life. It was narrated by the author and she is outstanding for sharing her experience with such humor and honesty. Thank you Nora for the treasure you have given us.
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- Crystal
- 05-27-16
Eh
***If you don't like language, this is not the book for you.***
My expectations for this book were completely different from what I got. The book offers memories from Purmort's life before and after the deaths of her child, father, and husband. In some ways it is more autobiographical. It is not in the same category with (nor should it be) Until I say Goodbye or When Breath Becomes Air. If you are looking for deep profundity, I don't think you'll find it here. What you'll find is a Northern woman who is just trying to navigate her way through life through doing whatever works for her. It was nice that Purmort read the book.
13 people found this helpful