• May Cause Drowsiness and Blurred Vision: The Side Effects of Bravery

  • The C'mon Funk Series, Book 1
  • By: Gloria Squitiro
  • Narrated by: Liz Porter
  • Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
May Cause Drowsiness and Blurred Vision: The Side Effects of Bravery  By  cover art

May Cause Drowsiness and Blurred Vision: The Side Effects of Bravery

By: Gloria Squitiro
Narrated by: Liz Porter
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $19.95

Buy for $19.95

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

They can throw her out, but they can't shut her up!

In 2008, Gloria Squitiro was legally banned from the Kansas City, MO City Hall, where her husband, Mark Funkhouser ("Funk"), was mayor. Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, NY Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, and even Great Britain's left-wing The Guardian and, eww, America's right-wing Rush Limbaugh did stories about her.

Funk calls her "a skydiver afraid of heights" - someone who figures out how to spend a cost-free summer in Europe, arranges it all, but when it's time to leave, has an anxiety attack walking out the door. In this first volume of her humorous, sharp-witted, and brutally honest memoir, Gloria pushes past her fears, spends the summer abroad with her family (living far outside her comfort zone) before setting up a campaign office, and eventually, without any experience, helps Funk cross the finish line...only to learn that being Kansas City's First Lady will be much more difficult than she could've ever imagined (but those stories are saved for later books).

In sharing her story of courage and becoming her new and better self, Gloria hopes to inspire you to also step out in faith, to make a difference where it counts, and to stand up for others...and yourself. Despite spending years in Nashville, Kansas City, and Washington, DC, Gloria Squitiro is still a New York Italian girl at heart, who can't - and won't - stop voicing what most of us know but are unwilling to say.

"A bundle of ideas." (The Wall Street Journal)

"A sharp-elbowed New Yorker." (NBC News)

©2019 Gloria Squitiro (P)2019 Gloria Squitiro

What listeners say about May Cause Drowsiness and Blurred Vision: The Side Effects of Bravery

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Kudos and Raucous Applause

I am heartened to have read this lovely brave soul masquerading as Gloria Squitiro. Gloria’s showing up is exemplary in the highest order. Any acknowledgements I proffer are profoundly insufficient — utter understatements. I bow! The reader, Liz Porter did Gloria’s work proud! Thank you.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!