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Publisher's Summary
What do you do if you have a message from God that makes everyone around you angry?
MiMi knows she is meant for something greater. This belief, together with tragedy, moves her from the mixed-religion home of her early childhood to Orthodox Judaism in her teens, to the establishment and development of her cult in the Israeli desert.
MiMi draws from the women in her life, in the Bible, and in other ancient texts, weaving modern and biblical dilemmas, as she shapes a truly unique place for her followers and herself. As her fame and following grow, she struggles with the attention from the press, the betrayals by some of her supporters, and the anger of her extended family. When her life and utopian community grow more turbulent and even violent, she questions her mission.
Deeply affecting and thought-provoking, Memoirs of a False Messiah is the richly told story of a young woman's struggle to find her place in a world reluctant to accept her.
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- Ashley Hedden
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Good Read
Memoirs of a False Messiah was a good read by Pamela Becker. Mimi has always known that she had a God-given gift and was meant for something greater. She grew up in a mixed religion home, but life circumstances lead her to Orthodox Judaism. She wound up establishing and developing a cult in the Israeli desert. She starts question her mission when violence enters her community. I enjoyed reading Mimi’s story.
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By: Nadia Owusu
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Three Girls from Bronzeville
- A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
- By: Dawn Turner
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 249
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 246
They were three Black girls. Dawn, tall and studious; her sister, Kim, younger by three years and headstrong as they come; and her best friend, Debra, already prom-queen pretty by third grade. They bonded—fervently and intensely in that unique way of little girls—as they roamed the concrete landscape of Bronzeville, a historic neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, the destination of hundreds of thousands of Black folks who fled the ravages of the Jim Crow South.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating, in a Every-Day-Life Way
- By Blondae on 09-23-21
By: Dawn Turner
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The Margot Affair
- A Novel
- By: Sanaë Lemoine
- Narrated by: Hope Newhouse
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4 out of 5 stars 114
Margot Louve is a secret: the child of a longstanding affair between an influential French politician with presidential ambitions and a prominent stage actress. This hidden family exists in stolen moments in a small Parisian apartment on the Left Bank. It is a house of cards that Margot - fueled by a longing to be seen and heard - decides to tumble. The summer of her 17th birthday, she meets the man who will set her plan in motion: a well-regarded journalist whose trust seems surprisingly easy to gain.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not much about Paris like I wanted
- By Gloria on 08-26-22
By: Sanaë Lemoine
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The Beauty of Your Face
- A Novel
- By: Sahar Mustafah
- Narrated by: Lameece Issaq, Michael Braun
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 97
A uniquely American story told in powerful, evocative prose, The Beauty of Your Face navigates a country growing ever more divided. Afaf Rahman, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, is the principal of Nurrideen School for Girls, a Muslim school in the Chicago suburbs. One morning, a shooter - radicalized by the online alt-right - attacks the school.
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5 out of 5 stars
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wonderful read!
- By Tana Beverwyk-Abouda on 08-04-22
By: Sahar Mustafah
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Made in China
- A Memoir of Love and Labor
- By: Anna Qu
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family’s garment factory in Queens. At home, she is treated as a maid and suffers punishment for doing her homework at night. Her mother wants to teach her a lesson: She is Chinese, not American, and such is their tough path in their new country. But instead of acquiescing, Qu alerts the Office of Children and Family Services, an act with consequences that impact the rest of her life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredibly Insightful and Beauitfully Written
- By b on 02-22-22
By: Anna Qu
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White Ivy
- A Novel
- By: Susie Yang
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 753
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 678
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Story4 out of 5 stars 678
Raised outside of Boston, Ivy’s immigrant grandmother relies on Ivy’s mild appearance for cover as she teaches her granddaughter how to pilfer items from yard sales and second-hand shops. Thieving allows Ivy to accumulate the trappings of a suburban teen - and, most importantly, to attract the attention of Gideon Speyer, the golden boy of a wealthy political family. But when Ivy’s mother discovers her trespasses, punishment is swift and Ivy is sent to China, and her dream instantly evaporates.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.
- By KayMac on 11-06-20
By: Susie Yang
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Morningside Heights
- A Novel
- By: Joshua Henkin
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur, Shane Baker
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Story4 out of 5 stars 101
Thirty years later, something is wrong with Spence. The Great Man can’t concentrate; he falls asleep reading The New York Review of Books. With their daughter, Sarah, away at medical school, Pru must struggle on her own to care for him. One day, feeling especially isolated, Pru meets a man, and the possibility of new romance blooms. Meanwhile, Spence’s estranged son from his first marriage has come back into their lives. Arlo, a wealthy entrepreneur who invests in biotech, may be his father’s last, best hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 glowing stars!!
- By Barbara S on 07-06-21
By: Joshua Henkin
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Burnt Sugar
- By: Avni Doshi
- Narrated by: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 68
In vivid and visceral prose, Tibor Jones South Asia Prize-winning writer Avni Doshi tells a story, at once shocking and empathetic, about love and betrayal between a mother and a daughter. A journey into shifting memories, altering identities, and the subjective nature of truth, Burnt Sugar is a stunning and unforgettable debut.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful narration - Story is lacking.
- By Anon54fdgnb7 on 02-05-21
By: Avni Doshi
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Gold Diggers
- A Novel
- By: Sanjena Sathian
- Narrated by: Rama Vallury
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 302
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 258
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Story4 out of 5 stars 258
A floundering second-generation teenager growing up in the Bush-era Atlanta suburbs, Neil Narayan is funny and smart but struggles to bear the weight of expectations of his family and their Asian American enclave. He tries to want their version of success, but mostly, Neil just wants his neighbor across the cul-de-sac, Anita Dayal.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Somewhat underwhelming
- By B on 01-22-22
By: Sanjena Sathian
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Everything Inside
- Stories
- By: Edwidge Danticat
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 212
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4 out of 5 stars 177
In these eight powerful, emotionally absorbing stories, a romance unexpectedly sparks between two wounded friends; a marriage ends for what seem like noble reasons, but with irreparable consequences; a young woman holds on to an impossible dream even as she fights for her survival; two lovers reunite after unimaginable tragedy, both for their country and in their lives; a baby's christening brings three generations of a family to a precarious dance between old and new; a man falls to his death in slow motion, reliving the defining moments of the life he is about to lose.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I liked it but I wanted to like it more than I did.
- By Nath G. on 07-11-20
By: Edwidge Danticat
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Motherland
- A Memoir of Love, Loathing, and Longing
- By: Elissa Altman
- Narrated by: Elissa Altman
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
After surviving a traumatic childhood in 1970s New York and young adulthood living in the shadow of her flamboyant mother, Rita, a makeup-addicted former television singer, Elissa Altman has managed to build a very different life, settling in Connecticut with her wife of nearly 20 years. After much time, therapy, and wine, Elissa is at last in a healthy place, still orbiting around her mother but keeping far enough away to preserve the stable, independent world she has built as a writer and editor. Then Elissa is confronted with the unthinkable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best memoirs of 2021
- By NMwritergal on 11-17-21
By: Elissa Altman
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Surviving the White Gaze
- A Memoir
- By: Rebecca Carroll
- Narrated by: Rebecca Carroll
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 223
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 181
Rebecca Carroll grew up the only Black person in her rural New Hampshire town. Adopted at birth by artistic parents who believed in peace, love, and zero population growth, her early childhood was loving and idyllic - and yet she couldn’t articulate the deep sense of isolation she increasingly felt as she grew older. Everything changed when she met her birth mother, a young White woman, who consistently undermined Carroll’s sense of her blackness and self-esteem.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- By Steve Shirley on 02-08-21
By: Rebecca Carroll
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The House of Eve
- By: Sadeqa Johnson
- Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Nicole Lewis
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 374
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 351
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 351
15-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright. Eleanor Quarles arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition and secrets. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But William hails from one of DC’s elite wealthy Black families, and his parents don’t let just anyone into their fold.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I want more!!!! I enjoyed every bit of this book!
- By Shenieque on 02-09-23
By: Sadeqa Johnson
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Mrs. Everything
- A Novel
- By: Jennifer Weiner
- Narrated by: Ari Graynor, Beth Malone
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,704
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,110
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,086
Growing up in 1950s Detroit, they live in a perfect “Dick and Jane” house, where their roles in the family are clearly defined. Jo is the tomboy, the bookish rebel with a passion to make the world more fair; Bethie is the pretty, feminine good girl, a would-be star who enjoys the power her beauty confers and dreams of a traditional life. But the truth ends up looking different from what the girls imagined. Jo and Bethie survive traumas and tragedies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely beautiful
- By Courtney Engle on 06-13-19
By: Jennifer Weiner
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How We Fight for Our Lives
- By: Saeed Jones
- Narrated by: Saeed Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 596
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 517
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 511
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power. Blending poetry and prose, Jones has developed a style that is equal parts sensual, beautiful, and powerful - a voice that’s by turns a river, a blues, and a nightscape set ablaze. How We Fight for Our Lives is a one-of-a-kind memoir and an audiobook that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer for our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This guy can write (and read)
- By Reader X on 11-12-19
By: Saeed Jones
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Fairyland
- A Memoir of My Father
- By: Alysia Abbott
- Narrated by: Alysia Abbott
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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
- By AvidReader22 on 06-07-19
By: Alysia Abbott
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The Arsonists' City
- By: Hala Alyan
- Narrated by: Leila Buck
- Length: 19 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 114
The Nasr family is spread across the globe - Beirut, Brooklyn, Austin, the California desert. A Syrian mother, a Lebanese father, and three American children: all have lived a life of migration. Still, they’ve always had their ancestral home in Beirut - a constant touchstone - and the complicated, messy family love that binds them. But following his father's recent death, Idris, the family's new patriarch, has decided to sell. The decision brings the family to Beirut, where everyone unites against Idris in a fight to save the house.
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5 out of 5 stars
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amazing
- By Kindle Customer on 05-07-22
By: Hala Alyan
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Sunshine Girl
- An Unexpected Life
- By: Julianna Margulies
- Narrated by: Julianna Margulies
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 988
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 860
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 852
As an apple-cheeked bubbly child, Julianna was bestowed with the family nickname “Sunshine Girl”. Shuttled back and forth between her divorced parents, often on different continents, she quickly learned how to be of value to her eccentric mother and her absent father.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Cringe-y at times, but entertaining
- By Jeannette L. on 06-21-21