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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538014 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eden's Story: Thrown Away Children, Book 3 Series: #3 of Thrown Away Children Author: Theresa Mcavoy, Louise Allen Narrator: Melanie Crawley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Ashley is a young single mum raising her daughter, Eden, and working hard to do the very best job she can - until one night she can't find a babysitter and makes the decision to leave Eden home alone for a couple of hours, asleep inside a wardrobe. It is an action that begins a terrible downward spiral for both of them. When Eden arrives at experienced foster carer Louise Allen's home, she has entered the care system because her mother is in prison. Eden is five years old and will not speak to any human. She begins exhibiting some other disturbing behaviours alongside the mutism, too, including torturing the family pets she loves. This eventually leads Louise to discover the pain and tragic reality behind Eden's Story.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/534756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It's Not a Rumour: A Rock and Roll Journey Through Life and Alzheimer's Author: Frederick Moore Narrator: Michael Butler Murray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 7, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Frederick Moore spent his 1950s Minneapolis childhood obsessively teaching himself guitar and writing songs. In the 1960s his bands Skogie and the Flaming Pachucos reached local stardom. After, they put everything they had into their cars and caravanned to Los Angeles. From a garage in suburban Arleta, they evolved Skogie into a new band called The Kats. In the 1980s, The Kats sold out every major club in Los Angeles. The Kats were offered dozens of record contracts while headlining alongside The Police, The Knack, Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids, and The Motels. They turned down every single one. The 1990s and early 2000s led Moore to the computer-programming world. Coding and music seemed to go hand in hand for him, and he found himself rising through the programming ranks quickly until developing early-onset Alzheimer's. It's Not a Rumour is an unorthodox, hysterical story of survival, and of making it big in music and life without ever making a dime. It's also about getting diagnosed with one of the most frightening diseases known to man, treating memory loss through writing, music, diet, exercise, and natural supplements, and Moore's wife, Renee, who, through her tireless love and research, helped him hold on to these memories as long as he could to share them with the world.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/526850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life Author: Suzanne Koven Narrator: Suzanne Koven Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by female physicians, including her own personal struggle with 'imposter syndrome'—a long-held secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a 'real' doctor. Accessed by thousands of readers around the world, Koven's 'Letter to a Young Female Physician' has evolved into a deeply felt reflection on her career in medicine. Koven tells candid and illuminating stories about her pregnancy during a grueling residency in the AIDS era; the illnesses of her child and aging parents during which her roles as a doctor, mother, and daughter converged, and sometimes collided; the sexism, pay inequity, and harassment that women in medicine encounter; and the twilight of her career during the COVID-19 pandemic. As she traces the arc of her life, Koven finds inspiration in literature and faces the near-universal challenges of burnout, body image, and balancing work with marriage and parenthood. Letter to a Young Female Physician reveals a woman forging her authentic identity in a modern landscape that is as overwhelming and confusing as it is exhilarating in its possibilities. Koven offers an indelible account, by turns humorous and profound, that sheds light on our desire to find meaning, and on a way to be our own imperfect selves in the world. '[Koven] is rueful and delightful and keeps on building a careening and fascinating life . . . [Letter to a Young Female Physician] is a warm and wry epistle, the endless and near-perfect email you wish your mother, your mentor and your therapist would sit down and type out together.' —Laura Kolbe, Wall Street Journal '[These] phenomenal essays . . . are full of acuity and generosity . . . [Koven's] writing is full of humor, candor, by turns (and often simultaneously) beautiful and heartbreaking shards of narrative, about her own life and the lives of her patients and colleagues. She's also got a killer sense of humor and a fantastic eye for detail.' —Leslie Jamison, LitHub 'Suzanne Koven's Letter to a Young Female Physician is so wise, beautifully written, tender, and full of heart that it should be required reading for every person—young, female, physician, or otherwise. This is a transporting memoir, and an instructive one.' —Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/531801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sects and narcissists: From the Claws of a Narcissist Series: #1 of Setted Mind Author: Fabian Nowakowski Narrator: Maxy Ruhig Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes Release date: September 3, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The new audiobook from Fabian Nowakowski's first work published in 2018. The author describes his encounter with a narcissist who integrated him into a sect. After a brainwashing and the isolation of his environment, a desperate fight for survival began. The reader witnesses a transformation that is unlike any other. 'Break the rules before they break you' 'Fight for your life' are the messages of the first book of the Setted Mind Trilogy, which is revealed to the reader page by page. The author describes in detail how far the personality disorder of narcissism is widespread in our society and makes attentive, after dangerous Behavioural patterns that these 'dirty animals' exhibit. This work does not only serve the people affected by narcissistic violence, but also concerns the protection against manipulation to which we are exposed every day. Non-fiction? Biography? Or help for self-help? This book cannot and should not be pigeonholed. The author himself sees this work as a monument to our Narcissistic Plural Society. Where norms and rules decide about human life. Fabian Nowakowski

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/537798 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Friend Fox Author: Heidi Everett Narrator: Heidi Everett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 1, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The fox sits on the outer waiting for me to discover him because at the moment, I am on the outer too. He watches me. Can you see him? He's clever at hiding. Just like fox, Heidi has lived on the outer. The ‘official record' of her life has been her mental health record: Primary diagnosis – Schizoaffective; Comorbidity – Major depression, juvenile autism, and not her own memories. This is the living, breathing version of Heidi's mental health file that psych wards, doctors, mental health staff or rehab workers know little about or worse, use as evidence of diagnoses. This is Heidi's account of what happened, shadowed by the story of a fox who knows he'll never belong. Part parable, part memoir, My Friend Fox is a story that might be familiar to some – searching everywhere to finally feel at home. With Fox as her guide, Heidi comes to know how to live authentically, and venture into a future of her own making. ‘Tender, wise and deeply true.' ANDREW DENTON ‘Humorous, heartfelt and humane, My Friend Fox is deeply moving and essential.' FIONA MURPHY, author of The Shape Of Sound ‘Blazingly beautiful and devastating. I wept but felt less alone as a human.' FAVEL PARRETT, author of Past The Shallows and There Was Still Love ‘My Friend Fox is a beautiful memoir about experiencing diverse mental health. Heidi Everett is generous and gentle in sharing her story in order to demand a better mental health system for all.' CARLY FINDLAY, author of Say Hello and editor of Growing Up Disabled in Australia ‘If ever there was an authentic voice for survival from mental distress, then this is it. As painful as Heidi Everett's story is, it is told in the most inventive and magical way. Her use of language and imagery is that of poet who constantly surprises and startles. Creativity and imagination are the soul food that nourish Heidi back to sanity. As does her dog Tigger, her inseparable companion with whom she shares her life and struggles. This is a most wonderful book from a most wonderful writer.' SANDY JEFFS, author of Flying With Paper Wings ‘This book is a story of reclamation, resilience and resistance. Heidi reclaims her story from the mental health industry that has defined her based on diagnoses and rewrites it as her own, rich, important experience which holds lessons for us all. My Friend Fox is an evocative and emotive memoir from an outstandingly talented writer.' JAX KACKI BROWN ‘A raw and harrowing glimpse into life lived on the precipice, My Friend Fox boldly rips the facade from our sanitised perception of mental health treatment. And yet it is also tender and beautiful, with wisps of fable sprouting through the cracks; radiant art hewn from the darkness of the abyss.' BRAM PRESSER, author of The Book of Dirt

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/534757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hallucinations from Hell: Confessions of an Angry Samoan Author: Gregg H. Turner Narrator: Gregg H. Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 31, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: The stories in this here anthology may in fact be true wild tales I've absorbed over time. Perhaps drenched with generous hyperbole? I'll let you decide. As one of the founding members of the seminal punk band Angry Samoans, Gregg Turner has seen his fair share of weird shit. From his time at Creem Magazine in the 1970s and '80s to the formation of the Angry Samoans in Los Angeles, and all the travels, trials, and tribulations that occurred after, Turner takes us through a wild ride of stories he's heard, stories he's lived, and some he may or may not have made up. Hallucinations from Hell is an onslaught of a book that will appeal to any listener who loves a good story.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/545693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fighting For A Future: Trapped Behind The Border Author: Shabnam Ighani Narrator: Viv Marena Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 26, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'Our guide would show us the lights in the distance and tell us we were nearly there. But I knew it was a lie. Those lights were at least a few days away.' Shabnam Ighani's happy and carefree life shattered after the revolution of the Islamic Republic in 1979, bringing discrimination for her Bahá'i faith and being a female, a marriage she felt trapped in, and a desire only to escape and build a better future for her family. Determined, Shabnam fled Iran with only what she could carry and her two young sons. Follow Shabnam on her harrowing and triumphant escape from Iran, and discover the 10 self-made rules she used to build a new future for her family, free to mix into society with the freedom to fight for a better future.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/536380 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Librarian: The Library Saved Her. Now She Wants To Save The Library Author: Allie Morgan Narrator: Kirsty Cox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: August 25, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The library saved her. Now she wants to save the library. I'm a librarian. Every day I encounter people. I serve the regulars, the crime enthusiastics, the bookworms, the homeless, the eccentrics, the jobless, the teenagers, the toddlers, the aged. I know my community well. And they know me. The library is a sanctuary for some, a place for warmth for others and, on many occassions, an internet cafe. It's not always the books that bring us together. That's why you might be surprised to hear that I've been a witness to an attempted murder, a target for a drugs gang and the last hope for people in desperate poverty. The quirks of library life. But what I didn't expect was for a simple part-time job to become a passionate battle for survivial, both for me and for the library. I'm sharing stories from my daily life to show you that being a librarian isn't what you think it is. Libraries are falling apart at the seams and we need to start caring before its too late. So this is my eye-opening account of the strange and wonderful library that saved me and why I'm on a mission to save yours. © Allie Morgan 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/536687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience Author: Helen Knott Narrator: Helen Knott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 24, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she offers a different perspective. In My Own Moccasins is an unflinching account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds brought on by sexual violence. It is also the story of sisterhood, the power of ceremony, the love of family, and the possibility of redemption. With gripping moments of withdrawal, times of spiritual awareness, and historical insights going back to the signing of Treaty 8 by her great-great grandfather, Chief Bigfoot, her journey exposes the legacy of colonialism, while reclaiming her spirit.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/531551 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Glittering a Turd Author: Kris Hallenga Narrator: Kris Hallenga Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 19, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Kris was living a totally normal life as a twenty-three-year-old: travelling the world, falling in love, making plans. However, when she found a lump in her boob and was told that it was not only cancer, but also incurable, life took on a completely new meaning. She was diagnosed at an age when life wasn't something to be grateful for, but a goddamn right. Little did Kris know it was cancer that would lead her to a life she had never considered: a happy one. From founding a charity to visiting Downing Street, campaigning at festivals to appearing on TV, and being present at the birth of her nephew; in the face of all the possible prognoses, Kris is surviving, thriving, and resolutely living. Glittering a Turd is more than just another cancer memoir; it's a handbook for living life to the fullest, shining a new perspective on survival and learning to glitter your own turd, whatever it might be. Kris has survived the unsurvivable for twelve years. Here, she begins to discover why. 'This honest and beautiful book is a story of resilience and doing life your way' Fearne Cotton 'With some extraordinary writing and brutal honesty, Kris' story never lingers on tragedy. Instead, we are offered humour, motivation and hope. It is a manifesto for how to be alive. It will leave you calm, hopeful and unafraid. A bold reminder to live your life your way. You'll be endlessly inspired by her perspective' Dawn O'Porter 'A story of how a diagnosis of incurable cancer can compel you to live your life more vividly that you could have ever imagined. Kris's writing is frank and funny, the lightness of her tone in stark contrast with the graveness of her experience. By the end I wanted to give her a standing ovation. (After checking my boobs of course)' Annie Mac 'Kris writes with such ease, sprinkling humour and glitter in all the right places. Glittering a Turd is the life-affirming boost we all need' Giovanna Fletcher