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Intimate and Intriguing

What made the experience of listening to Things I Should Have Told My Daughter the most enjoyable?

Pearl Cleage is authentic and candid. Her story inspires the underachiever.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Pearl is my favorite character.

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wisdom personified.

thanks Pearl. sharing with my daughters. keep the wisdom flowing. God bless the daughters of the work.

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Wonderful!

It was really entertaining in easily one of my most favorite audibles thus far. It's really a great read for anyone familiar with the feminist struggle. :-)

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perhaps it is a better read wasn't engaging enough

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I saw myself

Pearl is older than myself but I truly felt that I only had some of these thoughts. Thanks for sharing a piece of you as it solidified I am going to be ok in being myself.