Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Memoirs

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/802087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Light at the End of the Tunnel: Surviving the shame of disability within an ethnic family Author: Cassy Martin Narrator: Lena Fiszman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 15, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Cassy is the first of her generation born into a Christian Lebanese family after they emigrated to Australia, and she was set to be the golden grandchild. But when it was discovered that she had cerebral palsy, the promise of her wonderful future vanished, and a veil of shame descended. Now an embarrassment to the family, Cassy was hidden away from the community, just tolerated at home, and told she was an embarrassment, useless and would have no future. Her innocence protected her from realising she was unwanted, so Cassy put everything she had into living her life to its fullest. Once Cassy bravely stood up to her oppressors and became an independent individual, she would never be held back again. ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’ is an autobiography chronicling Cassy’s journey through hard times and tough lessons supported by good friends and personal achievements. She hopes to inspire by sharing the lessons she has learned to build on your inner strength and fulfill your dreams.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/783017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable Author: Sarah Gerard Narrator: Sarah Gerard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 9, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed author Sarah Gerard turns her keen observational eye and penetrating prose to the 2016 murder of her friend Carolyn Bush, examining the multi-faceted reasons for her death?personal and societal, avoidable and inevitable?as “nuanced and subtly intimate” (NPR) as her lauded essay collection, Sunshine State.   On the night of September 28, 2016, twenty-five-year-old Carolyn Bush was brutally stabbed to death in her New York City apartment by her roommate Render Stetson-Shanahan, leaving friends and family of both reeling. In life, Carolyn was a gregarious, smart-mouthed aspiring poet, who had seemingly gotten along well with Render, a reserved art handler. Where had it gone so terribly wrong?   This is the question that has plagued acclaimed author Sarah Gerard and driven her obsessive pursuit to understand this horrific tragedy. In Sarah’s exploration of Carolyn’s life and death, she spent thousands of hours interviewing Carolyn's and Render’s friends and family, poring over court documents and news media, reading obscure writings and internet posts, and attending Carolyn’s memorials and Render’s trial.   What emerged from Sarah’s relentless instinct to follow a story and its characters to their darkest ends is a book that is at once a striking homage to Carolyn’s life, a chilling excavation of a brutal crime, and a captivating whydunit with a shocking conclusion.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/794776 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Last Lunch: A Final Meal with Those Who Meant So Much to Us Author: Erica Heller Narrator: Kim Niemi, Paul Woodson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 9, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: In this heartwarming essay collection, dozens of authors, actors, artists, and others imagine one last lunch with someone they cherished. A few years ago, Erica Heller realized how universal the longing is for one more moment with a lost loved one. It could be a parent, a sibling, a mentor, or a friend, but who wouldn't love the opportunity to sit down, break bread, and just talk? Who wouldn't jump at the chance to ask those unasked questions, or share those unvoiced feelings? In One Last Lunch, Heller has asked friends and family of authors, artists, musicians, comedians, actors, and others, to recount one such fantastic repast. Muffie Meyer and her documentary subject Little Edie Beale go to a deli in Montreal. Kirk Douglas asks his father what he thought of him becoming an actor. Sara Moulton dines with her friend Julia Child. The Anglican priest George Pitcher has lunch with Jesus. And Heller herself connects with her father, the renowned author Joseph Heller. These richly imagined stories are endlessly revealing, about the subject, the writer, the passage of time, regret, gratitude, and the power of enduring love.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/789212 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An American in the Making, the Life Story of an Immigrant Author: Marcus Eli Ravage Narrator: Lillian Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 6, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: 'An American in the Making: The Life Story of an Immigrant' is an unconventional immigrant memoir written by Marcus Eli Ravage in 1917. Ravage, a Jewish American writer and journalist originally from Romania, provides a unique perspective on Americanization and the immigrant experience during the early 20th century. Here are some key points about this thought-provoking work: Context and Purpose: Ravage's memoir was conceived at a time when immigrant writers were competing with sociological accounts of 'the immigrant story.' Against the growing nativism of the late 1910s and 1920s, Ravage responded to previous representations of 'the immigrant' by both immigrant and American writers and critics. His work engages political and cultural debates surrounding Americanization. Challenging Americanization: Ravage presents an unexpected story of Americanization. He portrays himself as 'an American in the making,' neither fully Americanized nor a greenhorn but a subject of literary production. His memoir challenges the dialectic of Americanization and shows awareness of his objectification in contemporaneous sociological studies and photojournalistic exposés. Genre and Identity: Ravage rewrites the genre of immigrant autobiography. He invites readers to rethink assumptions about immigrant autobiography. By making immigrant and immigrant intellectual labor coterminous, he blurs the boundaries between these categories. Legacy: 'An American in the Making' remains timely, especially given contemporary debates about immigration and national identity. Ravage's memoir dramatizes the multifaceted facets of Americanization discourses and practices. This memoir offers a fresh perspective on the immigrant experience, identity, and the complexities of becoming an American'

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/790298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gigmentia: A Drummer's Love Song to Rock Shows, Fatherhood, Writing, and the Passing of a Beloved Mom Author: Michael B. Koep Narrator: Michael B. Koep Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 2, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Gig, a slang word coined in the 1920s by jazz musicians, short for engagement or live musical performance, combined with the latin based suffix -mentia, meaning, condition of the mind, the invented word gigmentia might be defined as engagement of the mind. Or, perhaps, that confusing state of too many shows, too many late nights, too many repetitions to remember accurately—the struggle to recount the long performance that is our life. Gigmentia is a reflection on the raw, challenging, and gritty vocation of a blue-collar musician living in the Pacific Northwest, and the varied adventures of a hard working, day-in day-out rock band. Introspective, insightful, and eloquently observed, Koep chronicles a summer season of fifty rock shows performed in small clubs, huge bars, and on outdoor festival stages, in barns, backyards, and the middle of the woods. Between gigs, Koep writes of sword fights on the lawn with his young son, the challenges of building a household, of world travel, pop music, poetry, and of the fascinating pursuit of the writer’s craft as he works toward completing his third novel. As the summer wanes and he balances the rigors and joys of live performance, promoting his books, and being a father and partner, his mother descends into dementia and forgets the world around her, including her son. Gigmentia is an intimate tableau of an artist’s life; a love song to drums, fatherhood, writing, and to the passing of a beloved mom.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/782445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Another Step Up the Mountain Author: Dianette Wells Narrator: Pete Cross, Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 2, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A True Story of Triumph Over Adversity and the Loss of a Child In this gripping memoir, learn the true story of how mountaineering and extreme sports enthusiast Dianette Wells endures the devastating loss of her son and learns to balance motherhood with a life of extreme adventure. Climbing over adversity. In her groundbreaking memoir, Another Step Up the Mountain, Dianette tells of her unique experiences climbing the Seven Summits, participating in adventure races (including four Eco-Challenges and ultra marathons around the world), as she raised three wonderful children. Trying to survive a tumultuous marriage, Dianette felt empty and unhappy. However, everything changed when she discovered adventure racing. Full of beautiful and uplifting moments, Dianette’s story will inspire you to discover the meaning of joy in your own healing journey. Grief recovery and restoration with every step of the way. In 2015, Dianette lost her son Johnny to a wingsuiting accident, driving her to withdraw into severe depression. However, with the support of those around her, Dianette’s desire to compete in endurance sports and her love of mountain climbing helped her find an inner strength to begin healing. As she had in the past, she faced adversity and found her inner power by embracing her devotion to sports and family. Full of beautiful and uplifting moments, Dianette’s story will inspire you to rediscover what joy means to you and how we must cherish our intrinsic abilities. Inside discover how Dianette: - Discovers inner strength amidst adversity - Balances motherhood while participating in extreme sports - Finds resilience through mountaineering and ultra marathons - Lives with tragic loss with unwavering determination If you liked books such as No Summit Out of Sight; Climbing High; Into Thin Air; or Mother, Nature, you’ll love Another Step Up the Mountain.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/784351 to listen full audiobooks. Title: For Life Author: Ailsa Piper Narrator: Ailsa Piper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 2, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: For fans of Julia Baird's Phosphorescence, Heather Rose's Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here or Indira Naidoo's The Space Between the Stars comes an unforgettable and moving insight into loss, hope and starting again, aided by the incredible healing power of nature and a community of unexpected angels. I landed in this place six years ago in a welter of panic, pain and instinct. I'd been in fight-or-flight mode for twelve months, wanting only to keep on flying – or fleeing. I brought almost nothing of my previous life. Grief had made me ruthless; I threw and threw. (And yes, I knew how appalled you'd have been, Pete.) My father implored me to stay with the familiar. Constants, he said, would give me scaffolding. Decades ago, when his second wife, my stepmother, died suddenly, habits were his protection and rituals his comfort - along with a packet or two of cigarettes a day. Friends, too, urged me to wait, to slow, to keep, to stay, but instead, I discarded and flew – or fled? - to this harbour… A place of shelter or refuge.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/794668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Longest War: A Psychotherapist’s Experience of Divorce, Custody, and Power Author: Catherine Harrington Ph.D. Narrator: Victoria Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 2, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: As a naive freshman, Catherine meets Walter, a senior and Big Man on Campus whose sophistication, confidence, and wealth both intimidate and excite her. A three-year absentee courtship follows, during which time the idea of Walt tethers Catherine to safety. She was programmed to marry someone like him, so she ignores the warning signs that they might not be a good match. Hoping to please her mother and seeking refuge from her fraught childhood, she marries and has children with him—but the marriage doesn’t last. Once divorced, Catherine finds herself in a war with Walt over money, and then over access to her children—and suddenly, she can no longer ignore her childhood trauma. The high stakes of her battle with her ex-husband forge her like steel, finding every vulnerability where she needs to heal. Gradually, she develops a backbone, relinquishes her trauma-induced, people-pleasing ways, and steps into her own power. Honest and unflinching, The Longest War reminds us that there’s always a way through when we access the courage within ourselves. No matter how painful life’s difficulties, they offer us the opportunity to heal ourselves and evolve into more open, loving, compassionate people. The choice is ours.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/798365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Door: 'an addict's journey' Author: Abner Mariri Narrator: Abner Mariri Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 1, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: During a fateful evening at a house party, successful business leader and renowned public speaker, Abner Mariri, unwittingly stumbles through a door into a private room. What he discovers inside is the harrowing story this book unfolds. Titled “The Door,” this unflinching autobiography reveals how a single misstep plunged Abner into the depths of drug addiction. It’s a raw and unfiltered account of an addict who’s seen it all. Yet, this narrative goes beyond the struggle; it shines as a beacon of hope for anyone trapped by addiction’s grip, illustrating a journey of redemption and the formidable strength of the human spirit. Whether you are battling addiction or know someone who is, “The Door” is an invitation – to challenge, to inspire, and to ignite the flame of recovery in the hearts of all who turn its pages.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/793466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 16 Weeks & Everything After...: A Thalidomide Survivor's Journey to Self Discovery Author: Paul Whymark Narrator: Martin Carroll Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 28, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Updated 2024 to include significant additional material from 2018 to 2024. At the 16 week foetal stage, Paul Whymark's brain development was frozen as a consequence of the drug, Thalidomide. His journey is one of considerable self discovery, but also reveals greater societal insights. '16 Weeks and Everything After...'uncovers the remarkable fact that over the last 50-60 years the establishment has failed to genuinely independently review Thalidomide, and as a consequence, harms on developing life continue to have the potential to occur into the future. Worse is that the insidious nature of many of the unacknowledged harms of Thalidomide are still not related to the drug. Hence such consequences are unrecognised and are at odds with official and textbook accounts even over 50 years on. Therefore, as well as appealing to general readers and other professionals, this book urgently needs to be on every medical personnel's (or trainee personnel's) required reading list. '16 Weeks and Everything After…' manages to communicate the minutia of subtle but all-important detail to uncover a quite different picture to that has been reported thus far. It has been written in an uplifting and heart-warming way, with the attitude of turning negatives into positives, but without losing sight of the underlying issues. The author has sought to stand up for his late mother, who like all mothers of children harmed by drugs consumed during pregnancy, carry the resulting additional challenges. This has sustained Paul's drive through the years of both official impasse and life's ups and downs. The book comprises a set of micro-narratives, but join together to reveal a significant personal journey in addition to a much larger and wider untold picture.