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Mama Don't Like Ugly
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Publisher's Summary
Mama Don't Like Ugly takes listeners on a journey of Dana Calhoun's life growing up in Nautica, Louisiana. Her mama finds her dark skin repulsive, so she abuses and neglects her. Also, she constantly compares Dana to her light-skinned sister. Regardless of Dana's unconditional love for her mama, she still encounters a cycle of torment. Will Mama finally realize that Dana is a beautiful person in spite of her dark skin or will she continue to spew those hateful words, "Mama don't like ugly"?
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Mama Don't Like Ugly
Is there anything you would change about this book?
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Has Mama Don't Like Ugly turned you off from other books in this genre?
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This was the saddest book I ever listened to! :-(.. It was awful to hear how a mother could treat her own child :(..
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loved it
- By Crystal Lasiter on 04-02-19
By: Jenny B. Jones
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Rush
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Patton
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 886
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 800
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 793
Lilith Whitmore appoints recent empty-nester Wilda to the Rush Advisory Board and suggests their daughters, both incoming freshman, room together. It's all part of Lilith's plan to ensure her own daughter receives an Alpha Delt bid - no matter what. Cali Watkins possesses all the qualities sororities are looking for in a potential new member, but her resume lacks a vital ingredient: pedigree. And if anyone discovers the dark family secrets she's hiding, she'll be dropped from rush in an instant.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WHOA! I loved this book.
- By Carol Johnson on 03-05-19
By: Lisa Patton
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Orange Mint and Honey
- By: Carleen Brice
- Narrated by: Cherise Booth
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
After grad school, Shay Dixon feels like she's had enough for awhile. Inspired by her spiritual adviser - a soul-soothing blues player named Nina Simon - Shay calls her estranged mother Nona for the first time in years, and shocks herself by asking if it would be okay to come home for a while.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One For The Money
- By DiaRose on 09-25-17
By: Carleen Brice
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The Memory Box
- By: Eva Lesko Natiello
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 542
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 497
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 496
In this gripping psychological thriller, a group of privileged suburban moms amuse themselves by googling everyone in town, digging up dirt to fuel thorny gossip. Caroline Thompson, devoted mother of two, sticks to the moral high ground and attempts to avoid these women. She's relieved to hear her name appears only three times, citing her philanthropy. Despite being grateful that she has nothing to hide, a delayed pang of insecurity prods Caroline to google her maiden name - which none of the others know.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Just couldn't finish it...
- By Maria on 04-10-16
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Shelter Me
- By: Juliette Fay
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,321
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,200
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,195
the tradition of Marisa de los Santos and Anne Tyler comes a moving debut about a young mother’s year of heartbreak, loss, and forgiveness—and help that arrives from unexpected sources.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Beware of swearing
- By Judith A Casey on 02-07-21
By: Juliette Fay
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The First Bad Man
- A Novel
- By: Miranda July
- Narrated by: Miranda July
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,020
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 916
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Story4 out of 5 stars 905
Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when she was six, who sometimes recurs as other people's babies. Cheryl is also obsessed with Phillip, a philandering board member at the women's self-defense nonprofit where she works. She believes they've been making love for many lifetimes, though they have yet to consummate in this one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Yes, yes, yes.
- By Jo on 02-03-15
By: Miranda July
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Sugar
- By: Deirdre Riordan Hall
- Narrated by: Tara Sands
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,234
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,117
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,120
Sugar Legowski-Gracia wasn't always fat, but fat is what she is now at age seventeen. Not as fat as her mama, who is so big she hasn't gotten out of bed in months. Not as heavy as her brother, Skunk, who has more meanness in him than fat, which is saying something. But she's large enough to be the object of ridicule wherever she is: at the grocery store, walking down the street, at school. Sugar's life is dictated by taking care of Mama in their run-down home - cooking, shopping, and, well, eating.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Yes, Plenty of Eating, but Even More Heart!
- By Gillian on 01-30-17
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Momma's Baby Daddy's Maybe
- By: Jamise L. Dames
- Narrated by: Patricia R. Floyd
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 318
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 198
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 198
Momma's Baby Daddy's Maybe is an Essence best seller by popular author Jamise L. Dames. This steamy tale revolves around the lives of the three Jacobs siblings: wild Kennedy, corporate Simone, and handsome Derrick.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Ceectee on 07-13-07
By: Jamise L. Dames
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Accidents of Marriage
- By: Randy Susan Meyers
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 316
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 286
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Story4 out of 5 stars 289
Maddy is a social worker trying to balance her career and three children. Years ago, she fell in love with Ben, a public defender, drawn to his fiery passion, but now he's lashing out at her during his periodic verbal furies. She vacillates between tiptoeing around him and asserting herself for the sake of their kids - which works to keep a fragile peace - until the rainy day when they're together in the car and Ben's volatile temper gets the best of him, leaving Maddy in the hospital fighting for her life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love Is Not Always Enough
- By Pamela Dale Foster on 11-08-14
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You and Only You
- Blessings, Georgia Series #1
- By: Sharon Sala
- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 217
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 216
Mike Dalton has secretly loved LilyAnn Bronte since they were children together in the small town of Blessings, Georgia. But one fateful day, T. J. Lachlan roars into town and starts showering LilyAnn with his charm, and Mike feels his dream of them being more than friends slipping away. LilyAnn, as anyone in Blessings will tell you, let herself go after her fiancé was killed in Iraq. The attention of the handsome new guy shocks her into a revelation: She's ready to live again, and maybe the best is yet to come.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It was a great story
- By Victoria on 10-12-18
By: Sharon Sala
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Leaving Atlanta
- By: Tayari Jones
- Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor, Kevin R. Free, Robin Miles
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 338
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 293
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 293
Award-winning novelist Tayari Jones delivers a story based on the 1979-1980 Atlanta child murders. Told from the perspective of three fifth-grade classmates, Leaving Atlanta is a vividly disturbing, but hopeful novel.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Why does Audible make you answer these questions?
- By Rich in BCS on 04-03-13
By: Tayari Jones
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The Education of Dixie Dupree
- By: Donna Everhart
- Narrated by: Amy Melissa Bentley
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 114
In 1969 Dixie Dupree is 11 years old and already an expert liar. Sometimes the lies are for her mama Evie's sake - to explain away a bruise brought on by her quick-as-lightning temper. And sometimes the lies are to spite Evie, who longs to leave her unhappy marriage in Perry County, Alabama, and return to her beloved New Hampshire. But for Dixie and her brother, Alabama is home, a place of pine-scented breezes and hot, languid afternoons.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Quite Believable!!!
- By Gwendolyn Washington on 11-20-16
By: Donna Everhart
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Deep Down True
- By: Juliette Fay
- Narrated by: Robynn Rodriguez
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4 out of 5 stars 40
Newly divorced Dana Stellgarten has always been unfailingly nice—even to telemarketers—but now her patience is wearing thin. Money is tight, her kids are reeling from their dad’s departure, and her goth teenage niece has just landed on her doorstep. As she enters the slipstream of postdivorce romance and is befriended by the town queen bee, Dana finds that the tension between being true to yourself and being liked doesn’t end in middle school—and that sometimes it takes a real friend to help you embrace adulthood in all its flawed complexity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable story and characters, felt true to life
- By Gary B. Bernstein on 04-23-12
By: Juliette Fay
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What Remains True
- A Novel
- By: Janis Thomas
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo, Scott Lange, Mikael Naramore, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 439
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 382
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 382
From the outside, the Davenports look like any other family living a completely ordinary life - until that devastating day when five-year-old Jonah is killed, and the family is torn apart. As the fury of guilt engulfs them, the Davenports slowly start to unravel, one by one. Losing her son forces Rachel to withdraw into a frayed, fuzzy reality. Her husband, Sam, tries to remain stoic, but he's consumed by regret with the choices he's made. Eden mourns her brother, while desperately fighting to regain a sense of normalcy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Strange and Distant Point Of View
- By Sara on 02-28-18
By: Janis Thomas
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Three Little Words
- A Memoir
- By: Ashley Rhodes-Courter
- Narrated by: Ashley Rhodes-Courter
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,069
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,821
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,821
Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in 14 different foster homes. As her mother spirals out of control, Ashley is left clinging to an unpredictable, dissolving relationship, all the while getting pulled deeper and deeper into the foster-care system. In this inspiring, unforgettable memoir, Ashley finds the courage to succeed - and in doing so, discovers the power of her own voice.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Been there, done that
- By Sher from Provo on 01-16-12