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Title: Fast Girl

Subtitle: A Life Spent Running from Madness

Author: Suzy Favor Hamilton

Narrator: Nan McNamara, Suzy Favor Hamilton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-15

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 473 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

The former middle-distance Olympic runner and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about her battle with mental illness and how mania controlled and compelled her in competition but also in life. This is a heartbreakingly honest yet hopeful memoir reminiscent of Manic, Electroboy, and An Unquiet Mind.

During the 1990s three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton was the darling of American track and field. An outstanding runner, a major sports-apparel spokesperson, and a happily married wife, she was the model for an active, healthy, and wholesome life. But her perfect facade masked a dark truth: manic depression and bipolar disorder that drove her obsession to perform and win. For years after leaving the track, Suzy wrestled with her condition as well as the loss of a close friend, conflicted feelings about motherhood and her marriage, and lingering shame about her athletic career. After a misdiagnosis and a recommendation for medication that only exacerbated her mania and made her hypersexual, Suzy embarked on a new path and assumed a new identity. Fueled by a newfound confidence, a feeling of strength, and independence and a desire she couldn't tamp down, she became a high-priced escort in Las Vegas, working as "Kelly".

But Suzy could not keep her double life a secret forever. When it was eventually exposed, it sent her into a reckless suicidal period where the only option seemed out. Finally, with the help of her devoted husband, Suzy got the proper medical help she needed. In this startling, frank memoir, she recounts the journey to outrun her demons, revealing how a woman used to physically controlling her body learned to come to terms with her unstable mind.

Members Reviews:

Brave, Powerful & Compelling

Well written and inspiring, Suzy Favor Hamilton shares her story in a way that makes you want to listen non stop.

Wisconsin girl

Being from Wisconsin and knowing of Suzy over the years with her running ability and then about her being an escort it intrigued me to read/listen to this book to see why. Sad to find out that all along she had bipolar disease and I am sure that is why she never went anywhere in the Olympics...such as shame. Hope she can help a lot of people with her story. Couldn't turn the book off wanted to keep listening to see what was next. A must read book or listen.

Sad Story

If you could sum up Fast Girl in three words, what would they be?

I was interested throughout but I was turned off by the author. Yes, she was an amazing athlete, but the nature of her behavior was so arrogant and self serving. I feel sorry for her family, especially her husband. After I realized I contributed to this family's bottom line by buying this book it made me a little sick. I am glad I got it on one of those 4.95 specials, lol

Would you be willing to try another book from Suzy Favor Hamilton? Why or why not?

no

What about Suzy Favor Hamilton and Nan McNamara s performance did you like?

Great narration and voice

sexy

very sexy, you may want to Google the pictures and read the related news for a complete experience

A brave story

Suzy shows much bravery in telling her story. Good luck w everything. Pulling for you!

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Title: Our Crime Was Being Jewish

Subtitle: Hundreds of Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Stories

Author: Anthony S. Pitch

Narrator: Malk Williams, Fenella Fudge

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-07-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 119 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

In the shouted words of a woman bound for Auschwitz to a man about to escape from a cattle car, "If you get out, maybe you can tell the story! Who else will tell it?"

Our Crime Was Being Jewish contains 576 vivid memories of 358 Holocaust survivors. These are the true, insider stories of victims, told in their own words. They include the experiences of teenagers who saw their parents and siblings sent to the gas chambers; of starving children beaten for trying to steal a morsel of food; of people who saw their friends commit suicide to save themselves from the daily agony they endured. The recollections are from the start of the war - the home invasions, the Gestapo busts, and the ghettos - as well as the daily hell of the concentration camps and what actually happened inside.

Six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and this hefty collection of stories told by its survivors is one of the most important books of our time. It was compiled by award-winning author Anthony S. Pitch, who worked with sources such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to get survivors' stories compiled together and to supplement them with images from the war. These memories must be told and held on to so what happened is documented; so the lives of those who perished are not forgotten; so history does not repeat itself.

Members Reviews:

Fascinating and Disturbing

What did you love best about Our Crime Was Being Jewish?

This may be one of the most informative books I have ever read about Holocaust survivors. It terrifies, it invokes empathy,it enlists great respect for the plight of the Jewish people and it is compelling. I have read hundreds of books about the Holocaust and the Nazis, but this shed even more light on the atrocities committed against the Jewish people of Europe and those who helped them.

What did you like best about this story?

It is not a story but a series of brief interviews with survivors; a recollection of events that marked their lives during WWII. The courage of these survivors and liberators is beyond imagination. For Holocaust deniers, this is a MUST read.

What does Malk Williams and Fenella Fudge bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Their complete immersion into reading the personal horrors of the survivors. The feeling that they put into the reading makes you feel as though you are listening to the actual people tell their rememberances.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No. You could never digest this in one sitting. It is a book I will listen to more than once.

Any additional comments?

I have such deep feelings for the Jewish people who suffered under the Nazis, and for those who risked their lives to protect them in any way they could. The US military men who spoke about what they saw should be a light to all who try to deny the Holocaust. It happened and it should never be forgotten.

Opening eyes a little more

I found out through DNA and process of elimination that my grandfather was Jewish. this piece of information sent me into immersion of the history of the time. I am not certain that this book taught me anything that I didn't already know but hearing it first person was moving and bittetsweet.

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Title: How Dante Can Save Your Life

Subtitle: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem

Author: Rod Dreher

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-30-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 80 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Following the death of his little sister and the publication of his New York Times best-selling memoir The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Rod Dreher found himself living in the small community of Starhill, Louisiana, where he grew up. But instead of the fellowship he hoped to find, he discovered that fault lines within his family had deepened. Dreher spiraled into depression and a stress-related autoimmune disease. Doctors told Dreher that if he didn't find inner peace, he would destroy his health. Soon after, he came across The Divine Comedy in a bookstore and was enchanted by its first lines, which seemed to describe his own condition.

In the months that followed, Dante helped Dreher understand the mistakes and mistaken beliefs that had torn him down and showed him that he had the power to change his life. Dreher knows firsthand the solace and strength that can be found in Dante's great work and distills its wisdom for those who are lost in the dark wood of depression, struggling with failure (or success), wrestling with a crisis of faith, alienated from their families or communities, or otherwise enduring the sense of exile that is the human condition.

Inspiring, revelatory, and packed with penetrating spiritual, moral, and psychological insights, How Dante Can Save Your Life is a book for people, both religious and secular, who find themselves searching for meaning and healing. Dante told his patron that he wrote his poem to bring readers from misery to happiness. It worked for Rod Dreher.

Dante saved Rod Dreher's life. And in this audiobook, Dreher shows you how Dante can save yours.

Critic Reviews:

"As a well-written chronicle of choice between the 'success' of big cities and life in the far simpler world of old traditions and deep family ties..." (Kirkus)

Members Reviews:

Dante as Healer and Friend

Where does How Dante Can Save Your Life rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

This book is read by someone who sounds very similar to the author and that makes is so easy to assimilate. The account is very compelling.

What was one of the most memorable moments of How Dante Can Save Your Life?

The author explains the moment his life course changed forever: At 14 he had tried so hard to please his parent, but his parent was blind to the sensitive nature of the son. Without foreseeing the damage, an epithet is used that was considered innocuous but because of the grief of the moment and the stress of trying so hard to be pleasing, it was a sharp barb that stuck deeper than all could have predicted.

Which character as performed by Sean Runnette was your favorite?

This is a memoir so there aren't "characters", other than that of Dante and his book as its being used to change the life of the author. So my favorite is the author. His story is compelling and I recognize the struggles he had growing up in the South because I am from the South.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It did make me cry and empathize. If anyone has every been misunderstood by their parents or picked on because they don't fit in with their surroundings, they will love this book. Or if you just enjoy observing human nature and the power of transformation in a person's life.

Any additional comments?

The book is so well written, so well constructed.

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Title: The Shepherd's Life

Subtitle: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape

Author: James Rebanks

Narrator: Bryan Dick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-15

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 309 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

The instant number-one international best seller.

Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. He's the first son of a shepherd who was the first son of a shepherd himself; his family have lived and worked in the Lake District of Northern England for generations, further back than recorded history. It's a part of the world known mainly for its romantic descriptions by Wordsworth and the much-loved illustrated children's books of Beatrix Potter.

But James' world is quite different. His way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand. It hasn't changed for hundreds of years: sending the sheep to the fells in the summer and making the hay; the autumn fairs where the flocks are replenished; the grueling toil of winter when the sheep must be kept alive, and the lightheadedness that comes with spring, as the lambs are born and the sheep get ready to return to the hills and valleys.

The Shepherd's Life is the story of a deep-rooted attachment to place, modern dispatches from an ancient landscape that describe a way of life that is little noticed and yet has profoundly shaped the landscape over time. In evocative and lucid prose, James Rebanks takes us through a shepherd's year, offering a unique account of rural life and a fundamental connection with the land that most of us have lost. It is a story of working lives, the people around him, his childhood, his parents and grandparents, a people who exist and endure even as the culture - of the Lake District and of farming - changes around them. Many memoirs are of people working desperately hard to leave a place. This is the story of someone trying desperately hard to stay.

Critic Reviews:

"It's bloody marvelous." (Helen Macdonald,

New York Times best-selling author of

H Is for Hawk)

"Captivating.... A book about continuity and roots and a sense of belonging in an age that's increasingly about mobility and self-invention. Hugely compelling." (Michiko Kakutani,

The New York Times)

Members Reviews:

The Author Wears His Life As A Heavy Mantle

To me this book is burdened by a strong and at times harsh sense of judgmental and contentious attitudes, personal stands and beliefs. The story is not linear but instead circles around and around the same tales told and issues redressed. Due to this style of writing the reader hears the same themes repeated--intensely--with a force that made me wince.

There are moments of beauty in the writing--but these were not enough to counter the general feeling of hostility that rushes out at the listener as the book progresses. Some of this may be due to the tone of the narrator. However, I think in the end it is the message not the messenger that gave me pause. To me, an angry and sad book that is more about blame and setting the record straight than anything else.

A good story, well told

I have an Australian Shepherd dog and thought whimsically that this would be a fun book to read -- even if it were awful, I would hear stories about dogs herding sheep. I was SO surprised to be completely swept up into the story and looking forward to every minute I spent with it.

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Title: The Ghost in My Brain

Subtitle: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back

Author: Clark Elliott

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-02-15

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 303 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

The dramatic story of one man's recovery offers new hope to those suffering from concussions and other brain traumas.

In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a single day. At times he couldn't walk across a room, or even name his five children. Doctors told him he would never fully recover. After eight years, the cognitive demands of his job, and of being a single parent, finally became more than he could manage. As a result of one final effort to recover, he crossed paths with two brilliant Chicago-area research-clinicians - one a specialized optometrist, the other a cognitive psychologist - working on the leading edge of brain plasticity. He was substantially improved within weeks.

Remarkably, Elliott kept detailed notes throughout his experience, from the moment of impact to the final stages of his recovery, astounding documentation that is the basis of this fascinating audiobook. The Ghost in My Brain gives hope to the millions who suffer from head injuries each year, and provides a unique and informative window into the world's most complex computational device: the human brain.

Members Reviews:

Mostly Tedious With Moments of Insight

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The core of this book is interesting and insightful. The author conveys some aspects of living with brain injury that are rarely talked about and difficult to describe. However, these glimpses are buried in a seemingly endless tedium of repetition, recital of dates and facts, and other mundane details that are truly irrelevant.

My advice: Read/listen to the first half of the book. Then, just be aware that author claims to have been successfully treated using a series of custom prescription glasses. Very little new is revealed in the second half aside from this fact, which almost reads as a footnote to the author's almost daily journal of every minute observation (each one being very similar to dozens of previous observations).

Aside from these criticisms, the book is still important for the way it describes living with brain injury. It is just not a story told in a skillful way, but more as an unedited journal.

Would you recommend The Ghost in My Brain to your friends? Why or why not?

I would recommend the first half of the book, as it offers some glimpse into what it is like living with a brain injury. The recommendation would come with the caveat to go ahead and put the book down as soon as it started to become tedious, because it would not recover.

Do you think The Ghost in My Brain needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

A follow-up is definitely unnecessary. It is difficult to imagine the author left out the slightest detail. A sequel would, possibly, go into slightly more detail about what he had for lunch each day.

really helped me relate

narrator was boring but the story was really eye opening. it really hit home and helped me understand my own struggles with a car accident based concusion and TBI.

Every TBI survivor/parent of Sufferer should read

Would you listen to The Ghost in My Brain again? Why?

Already have, I'm following the same protocol currently.

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Title: The Hunter Killers

Author: Dan Hampton

Narrator: John Pruden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-02-15

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 293 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War

A gripping chronicle of the band of maverick aviators who signed on for the suicidal, dangerous top-secret "Wild Weasel" missions during the Vietnam War - which used controversial and revolutionary tactics to combat Soviet missile technology - from New York Times best-selling author Dan Hampton.

On July 24, 1965, Soviet advisors to North Vietnam launched an SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM), blowing an American F-4 Phantom out of the sky - the first of several kills using this menacing system. To counter this new weaponry, stunned Pentagon officials created a classified program - "Wild Weasel I" - pairing experimental equipment with a highly select group of electronic warfare officers and fighter pilots to combat this deadly threat. The men who did this became the "Hunter Killers" - and it is time to know their names.

Fifty years later Dan Hampton provides a cockpit view of this highly classified military program that was a radical departure from conventional fighter jet tactics. These courageous, daring, and skilled warriors risked their lives to fight the SAMs and save their brother aviators.

Using firsthand accounts and declassified documents from both sides of the conflict, The Hunter Killers takes listeners into the skies and up close to the bloody duels that left half the Weasels dead or captured. At its center are the men who risked everything to fight the most dangerous antiaircraft weapons the world had seen.

Acclaimed Texas historian Stephen L. Moore's Texas Rising, the official companion to the epic History series of the same name, brings to life the violent Texas frontier and the Rangers' heroic deeds during the Texas Revolution. Texas Rising is an unforgettable history of this iconic band of fighters.

Members Reviews:

False Advertising

What disappointed you about The Hunter Killers?

I was looking forward to a history of the wild weasels, and instead I got a "fighter pilots" history of the Vietnam War with only brief stories from the weasels interspersed. Johnson, and McNamara bad, general's bad, some fighter pilots good.

Vietnam was a complicated war, and the treatment it was given in this books was cursory at best. Even more disappointing was the very brief story of the weasels. These were brave men who were struggling the technologies cutting edge. I wanted to see their story fleshed out more. For example, he retells the story of the first SAM kill by a weasel, and then as an after thought it was mentioned that only a few pilots from the first group of weasels in Vietnam successfully completed their tour. The story gives the impression that they've got the problem solved, and then afterwards you find out that there was a very low survival rate.

In summary, I wanted a history of the Wild Weasels, and not a history of the Vietnam War with some Weasel stories.

A Wild Weasel Primer

Any additional comments?

This is an excellent book for someone who has little or no previous knowledge of the Vietnam War in general or the Wild Weasel mission in particular. If you are well versed on those topics, you might be a bit let down. Easily half the book is devoted to historical background and explaining technical topics.The remainder are the 'war stories' (which is what I wanted to hear).

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Title: Lakota Woman

Author: Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes

Narrator: Emily Durante

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-06-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Mary Brave Bird grew up fatherless in a one-room cabin, without running water or electricity, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Rebelling against the aimless drinking, punishing missionary school, narrow strictures for women, and violence and hopeless of reservation life, she joined the new movement of tribal pride sweeping Native American communities in the '60s and '70s. Mary eventually married Leonard Crow Dog, the American Indian Movement's chief medicine man, who revived the sacred but outlawed Ghost Dance.

Originally published in 1990, Lakota Woman was a national best seller and winner of the American Book Award. It is a unique document, unparalleled in American Indian literature, a story of death, of determination against all odds, of the cruelties perpetuated against American Indians, and of the Native American struggle for rights. Working with Richard Erdoes, one of the 20th century's leading writers on Native American affairs, Brave Bird recounts her difficult upbringing and the path of her fascinating life.

Members Reviews:

Sad Day on the Reservation

What made the experience of listening to Lakota Woman the most enjoyable?

I wasn't aware of all of the strife that went/goes on at a reservation and this certainly opened my eyes to the problems. It is very sad commentary on what has been done to the Native Americans.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Well, of course the main character--the Lakota Woman.

Have you listened to any of Emily Durantes other performances before? How does this one compare?

No not that I remember but her performance was very good.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

I don't know.

Don't learn this in history class

Amazing depiction of a woman's journey growing up Lakota as an activist, as a woman and the struggles of life of just being native. Highly recommend.

Loved it

What made the experience of listening to Lakota Woman the most enjoyable?

I liked the flow... Her story was sad & empowering

What other book might you compare Lakota Woman to and why?

Not sure

Have you listened to any of Emily Durantes other performances before? How does this one compare?

Loved her voice

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Any additional comments?

Great

Lakota Woman

Perfect representation of the indigenous people with identical struggles and barriers being forced into poverty and oppression much like the Maori and Aboriginal of Australia

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Title: The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly

Subtitle: A Physician's First Year

Author: Matt McCarthy

Narrator: Matt McCarthy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-07-15

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 366 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

In medical school, Matt McCarthy dreamed of being a different kind of doctor - the sort of mythical, unflappable physician who could reach unreachable patients. But when a new admission to the critical care unit almost died his first night on call, he found himself scrambling. Visions of mastery quickly gave way to hopes of simply surviving hospital life, where confidence was hard to come by and no amount of med school training could dispel the terror of facing actual patients.

This funny, candid memoir of McCarthy's intern year at a New York hospital provides a scorchingly frank look at how doctors are made, taking readers into patients' rooms and doctors' conferences to witness a physician's journey from ineptitude to competence. McCarthy's one stroke of luck paired him with a brilliant second-year adviser he called "Baio" (owing to his resemblance to the Charles in Charge star), who proved to be a remarkable teacher with a wicked sense of humor. McCarthy would learn even more from the people he cared for, including a man named Benny, who was living in the hospital for months at a time awaiting a heart transplant. But no teacher could help McCarthy when an accident put his own health at risk, and showed him all too painfully the thin line between doctor and patient.

The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly offers a window on to hospital life that dispenses with sanctimony and self-seriousness while emphasizing the black-comic paradox of becoming a doctor: How do you learn to save lives in a job where there is no practice?

Critic Reviews:

"[This] rousing memoir describes [a] tumultuous year of medical internship at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, a 12-month marathon noteworthy for a steep learning curve, emotional extremes, and chronic sleep deprivation... A genuine glimpse at the making of a doctor." (Booklist)

"This story is a year in the life of an almost-doctor, but it is so much more than that. It's a book about mentorship, compassion, pride, and the insecurity of learning the most important lessons in your career - and in your life - long after those lessons were supposed to be taught. It's about the precarious and often unclear boundary between life and death, and those tasked with maintaining this boundary, even at the end of a thirty-hour shift. Perhaps above all, it's about decent people doing a very hard, decent thing with their lives. Yes, doctors are people too - and McCarthy tempers and then transcends the unease of such a reminder by telling his story with much humor, and even more heart." (Jeff Hobbs, author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace)

"Matt McCarthy's new book, The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly, is an honest, beautiful, and terrifying look at what goes into creating a doctor. Filled with very human characters, both doctors and patients alike, Matt's well-paced writing makes it easy to imagine yourself in the shoes of a brand new intern, nervous and afraid, yet still tasked with literal life and death decisions.

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Title: A Fine Romance

Author: Candice Bergen

Narrator: Candice Bergen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-07-15

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 426 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

In the follow-up to Knock Wood - her best-selling "engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecating autobiography" (The New York Times) - Candice Bergen shares the big events: her marriage to a famous French director, the birth of her daughter, Murphy Brown, widowhood, falling in love again, and watching her daughter blossom.

A Fine Romance begins with Bergen's charming first husband, French director Louis Malle, whose huge appetite for life broadened her horizons and whose occasional darkness never diminished their love for each other. But her real romance begins when she discovers overpowering love for her daughter after years of ambivalence about motherhood. As Chloe grows up, Bergen finds her comic genius in the biggest TV role of the '80s, Murphy Brown, and makes unwanted headlines when Dan Quayle pulls her into the 1992 presidential campaign.

Fifteen years into their marriage, Malle is diagnosed with cancer, and Candice is unflinching in describing her and Chloe's despair over his death. But after years of widowhood, she feels the sweet shock of finding a different kind of soul mate. Candice takes us through the first years of her new marriage and shares the bittersweetness of watching Chloe leave home and flourish - and the comedy of a losing battle against those damn wrinkles and extra pounds.

A natural writer, Candice is hilarious, brutally honest, down to earth, and wise. She may be a beautiful Hollywood actress with a charmed life, but Candice is someone who can talk frankly about extraordinary events. Listeners will feel like they've just made a best friend.

Members Reviews:

up the speed to 1.5 and Candace sounds way better

Any additional comments?

There seemed to be a lot of complaints about Candace reading her story. I normally listen to books at1.25x's and on this book I upped it to 1.5 x's and it improved the listening pleasure ten-fold!!

A fine recounting of a life well lived

I enjoyed this book that felt honest and direct in recounting Candice Bergen's experiences and feelings. Well worth the time and well read by the author.

Enchanting Love Story

Clearly written with love and appreciation for her daughter, Chloe Malle. Redefining one's self as age and appearance changes, Candy is honest about the pitfalls of feeling less relevant. Her candor and wit are her saving grace as she navigates this stage in life.

Candy.... Sweet romance!

Excellent and selfless demonstration of a mothers' s love.... The greatest love between a parent and child, Bergen's love for Louis Malle, Murphy Brown, broadway, Marshall rose.... She takes us through her journey and she is appreciative, every step of the way, for her good fortune!

Fantastic!

Loved that the author was reading the book. It felt like she was telling me her story over a cup of tea. Bravo Ms. Bergen!

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Title: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot: A 15-minute Summary & Analysis

Author: Instaread

Narrator: Jason P. Hilton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-31-15

Publisher: Instaread

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 20 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

Rebecca Skloot's book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, chronicles the life, death, and immortality of Henrietta Lacks, a young black woman whose cervical cancer cells became one of the most important factors in bringing about important scientific and medical advancements in the 20th century. Her family, however, did not know that researchers were using Henrietta's cells in their experiments until much later. When the family learned the truth, they endured turmoil and heartache in the decades that followed.

Henrietta grew up in Clover, Virginia, where she lived and worked on a tobacco farm with her grandfather, Tommy Lacks, and many cousins. One of these cousins was David "Day" Lacks, who would become her husband.

Please note: This is an unofficial summary and analysis of the book and not the original book.

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About the author: With Instaread, you can get the summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, summarize it, and analyze it for your convenience.

Members Reviews:

Summary OK, analysis & takeaways better

This was the first time I listened to a 15-minute summary & analysis to save time from reading/listening to the book itself. It was informative enough. I'm not sure I would listen to one of these again were it not for the thought-provoking section at the end that analyzed the impact of the major points of the story. I enjoyed that more than anything. Wish the full version of books included "for further thinking" discussion prompts like these at the end. I might consider buying one of these summaries for books I HAVE read just for the analysis section to further contemplate what I read.

ehh....

pronunciation was quite off, that it became annoying throughout the read. u see, the story within talks about pronunciation, and the reader was just wrong. Ex. Hela he pronounced "hayla". big No No...., Hey (Guy), was pronounced "Gay"..... needs some fixn.