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Local
- A Memoir
- Narrado por: Mapuana Makia
- Duración: 6 h y 54 m
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Resumen del Editor
A powerful, lush memoir about a Hawaiian woman who ran away from paradise to discover who she is and where she belongs.
Born and raised in Hawai‘i by a father whose ancestors are indigenous to the land and a mother from the American South, Jessica Machado wrestles with what it means to be “local.” Feeling separate from the history and tenets of Hawaiian culture that have been buried under the continental imports of malls and MTV, Jessica often sees her homeland reflected back to her from the tourist perspective—as an uncomplicated paradise. Her existence, however, feels far from that ideal. Balancing her parents’ divorce, an ailing mother, and growing anxiety, Jessica rebels. She moves to Los Angeles, convinced she’ll leave her complicated family behind and define herself. Instead, her isolation only becomes more severe, and her dying mother follows her to California. For Jessica, the only way to escape is a reckless downward spiral.
Interwoven with a rich and nuanced exploration of Hawaiian history and traditions, Local is a personal and moving narrative about family, grief, and reconnecting to the land she tried to leave behind.
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“Mapuana Makia lends fluidity to this memoir's descriptions of Hawaii—its lush settings, legends and lore, and musical language. In contrasting tones, Makia delivers the painful history of colonialism and stereotyping of Hawaii as merely a tourist destination. Similarly, Makia gives listeners a felt sense of the intersectional issues faced by Machado through the juxtaposition of her proper, directive white Southern mother and her passive-seeming Indigenous father. Most memorable are Makia's vivid depictions of Machado's fierce rebelliousness and discomfort in a seeming paradise.”—AudioFile Magazine
“Narrator Mapuana Makia skillfully reads the historical sections of this memoir, enlivening them with her lyrical pronunciation of Hawaiian words. She brings out the passion in Machado’s telling of myth and legend and conveys Machado’s forthright approach as she shares her personal stories and history. A moving portrait of a woman navigating culture and identity, elevated by the use of beautiful Hawaiian language.”—Library Journal
“Mapuana Makia handles the story adeptly and has a deliberate clarity that helps the listener absorb sections exploring Hawaiian culture and mythology. Her commitment to that tone and pacing also makes clear the book is a memoir, handling the sometimes challenging subject matter as a retelling; never going too far to infuse dramatic flair. She instead lets the author's words carry the weight. This is not to say her read lacks depth or flavor, though. She's an excellent choice for the material.”—Booklist
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Krys Malcolm Belc has thought a lot about the interplay between parenthood and gender. As a nonbinary, transmasculine parent, giving birth to his son Samson clarified his gender identity. And yet, when his partner Anna adopted Samson, the legal documents listed Belc as "the natural mother of the child." The Natural Mother of the Child journeys both toward and through common perceptions of what it means to have a body and how that body can influence the perception of a family.
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Excellent
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Two Truths and a Lie
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Truth: Sherri Griffin and her daughter, Katie, recently moved to the idyllic beach town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. They’ve been welcomed by Rebecca Coleman, unofficial former leader of the Newburyport Mom Squad, and her teenage daughter Alexa, Katie’s new babysitter. Truth: Alexa has time on her hands after a falling-out with her friends involving her popular YouTube channel.
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Really more of a YA novel...
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My Body
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Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actress, an engaged political progressive, a formidable entrepreneur, a global social media phenomenon, and now, a writer. Rocketing to world fame at age 21, Ratajkowski sparked both praise and furor with the provocative display of her body as an unapologetic statement of feminist empowerment. The subsequent evolution in her thinking about our culture’s commodification of women is the subject of this book.
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so vain..
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Home Baked
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During the '70s in San Francisco, Alia's mother ran the underground Sticky Fingers Brownies, delivering upwards of 10,000 illegal marijuana edibles per month throughout the circus-like atmosphere of a city in the throes of major change. She exchanged psychic readings with Alia's future father, and thereafter had a partner in business and life. Exhilarating, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreaking, Home Baked celebrates an eccentric and remarkable extended family, taking us through love, loss, and finding home.
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Everything and more
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Fault Lines
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Mizuki is a Japanese housewife. She has a hardworking husband, two adorable children, and a beautiful Tokyo apartment. It’s everything a woman could want, yet sometimes she wonders whether she would rather throw herself off the high-rise balcony than spend another evening not talking to her husband and hanging up laundry.
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Confused by the choice of narrator
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The Fourth Child
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The author of Break in Case of Emergency follows up her the “extraordinary debut” (The Guardian) with a moving novel about motherhood and marriage, adolescence and bodily autonomy, family and love, religion and sexuality, and the delicate balance between the purity of faith and the messy reality of life.
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Just OK - Considered Bailing
- De Madeleine Homan en 04-18-21
De: Jessica Winter
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He Came in with It
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In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations enjoy deep roots in old homes, the O’Rourke family fits right in. Miriam and Craig are both artists and their four children carry on the legacy. When their teenage son, Nick, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a tumultuous decade ensues in which the family careens off the conventional course. Like the 10 Biblical plagues, they are hit by one catastrophe after another: violence, evictions, arrests, a suicide attempt, a near-drowning - even cancer and a brain tumor - play against the backdrop of a wild teenage bacchanal.
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So Beautifully Written
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De: Miriam Feldman
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Where I Left Her
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Whitney had some misgivings when she dropped her increasingly moody teenage daughter, Amelia, off at Lauren’s house. She’d never met the parents, and usually she’d go in, but Amelia clearly wasn’t going to let something so humiliating happen, so instead Whitney waved to her daughter before pulling away from the little house with the roses in front. But when she goes back the next day, an elderly couple answers the door - Amelia and Lauren aren’t there, and this couple swears they never were, that she’s at the wrong house.
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Kept me guessing!!
- De Sheppardspie en 09-13-21
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- Brooke
- 07-28-24
Not bad but pointless
I don’t know what I was expecting but this book was good but boring. The same story of my life too. I listened to the whole book because it was interesting but….
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- Jan M. Reber
- 10-28-23
Great story and narration, but…
I enjoyed the story and the narration is excellent, but I found the constant talk about and references to sex a bit monotonous.
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- Trina Ann
- 05-31-23
Loved this!
I really enjoyed listening/reading this book. My Puerto Rican family is from Hawaii and I really enjoyed hearing about the history in this story telling way.
The only thing that would’ve made it better is a PLAYLIST!!!! I’m an 80s baby so all of her song references were spot on. I guess I’ll have to read again and make notes!
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- Janice Hill
- 01-27-23
Authentic Aloha for all Things Local
I am a retired Maui teacher with kama’aina kids who can relate to this heartfelt story of real Hawaii and all things Local. Mapuana Malia read the Hawaiian words beautifully. I highly recommend this book.
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- misty
- 08-12-24
Local kanaka
Love the local info and locations. Story reflected my own memories of my childhood. Trader did a great job of pronouncing the Hawaiian words.
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- Mimi
- 05-24-23
A good sale book
I bought this because I’m always really interested in the Hawaiian culture. In that respect, I really learned a lot. The author’s story about her family was sad. What I could have done without is the details of her sex life; I don’t think it was necessary. Night life, boyfriends, partying, OK I get it. The rest, in my opinion, did nothing to enhance the story.
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- Real Rain
- 06-22-23
Interesting enough
I enjoyed listening to the descriptions of Hawaiian music, food, culture and diversity. It’s a raw story of a young girl’s life and discovering who she is and where she fits. The story takes you through to adulthood and parenthood. It involves her relationships with each parent and their lives. Pretty good listening.
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- Thelma
- 01-21-23
great taste in music
I love all the references she gives about her taste in music, she really had impeccable taste in it and I love how she shared all her concert trips and music taste.
Her life wasn't easy and she is determined to live happily even if that means moving to another place only to find that no matter where she goes she carries her story behind and she has to make new stories to move forward and create new worlds.
the narrations by Mapuana Makia were great
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- The Village Witch
- 08-28-23
Great narrator, good memoir
I listened to this over the course of a week, and was impressed by both story and narrator. I’ve read a number of memoirs set in the islands but this one seemed to really capture a vivid sense of place for the reader. Recommended!
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- hawaiibecca
- 01-11-23
Loved it
A great read. I didn’t want to put it down. I love her style with words and she’s brutally honest with humility and sarcasm.
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