Top-Rated Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Women

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/805258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knockout: A Memoir Author: Mia Kang Narrator: Mia Kang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 22, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: At age twenty-seven, and more than a decade into her modeling career, Mia Kang found herself in Thailand, standing at the edge of a Muay Thai gym thousands of miles from her New York apartment, watching fighters she didn’t know spar and sweat. As she stood there, something primal came over her—the desire to fight. What began as a short vacation to escape the toxic world of modeling became the start of an incredible journey that would forever change Kang’s relationship to food, to her body, and to her own sense of self.Mia Kang is many things: a sought-after model, an immigrant, a master’s degree holder, and a Muay Thai practitioner. However, beneath her success is the story of a woman who once lived and died by her weight. In her first book, Knockout, Kang opens up about her struggles with bullying, drug addiction, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts, and how she ultimately eschewed normative body standards and learned to use martial arts to redefine her sense of self-worth.In a charming, fierce, and intimate voice, Kang invites readers into her life and implores women to seek confidence and live outside the mold of what they’ve been taught is “feminine.” With the strength of one who has fought and survived, Mia shares the lesson that’s kept her going through it all: to not let anyone else dictate who you are supposed to be.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/818384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Julia Child’s Kitchen: The Design, Tools, Stories, and Legacy of an Iconic Space Author: Paula J. Johnson Narrator: Jacques Pépin, Elizabeth Wiley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 22, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Julia Child's 20' x 14' kitchen was a serious workspace and recipe-testing lab that exuded a sense of mid-century homey comfort. Now, it has been on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, for most of the past twenty years. Between lively narrative and detailed commentary on Julia's favorite kitchen gadgets, Julia Child's Kitchen illuminates the stories behind the room's design, use, significance, and legacy, showing how deeply Julia Child continues to influence food today. The kitchen contains more than one thousand parts and pieces—tools, appliances, utensils, furniture, artwork, knick-knacks, books, and bits of whimsy—all reflecting Julia's status as an accomplished chef, gastronome, delightful cooking teacher, television trailblazer, women's advocate, mentor, and generous, jovial friend. The kitchen's layout, design, and contents reflect Julia's philosophy of cooking as well as a period of social and cultural change in the United States, providing a platform for exploring such post-World War II themes as shifting attitudes about gender roles and domesticity or the tension between tradition and innovation regarding culinary tools, materials, cooking, and food itself. This book, a beautiful tribute to Julia Child's legacy, will be a must-listen for every home cook and Julia Child fan.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/834687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ashes to Ink: A Memoir Author: Lisa Lucca Narrator: Lisa Lucca Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: October 22, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Acceptance struggles to emerge from a cocoon of family secrets . . . After her parents' divorce in 1974, Lisa Lucca's idyllic Midwestern childhood is shattered when she learns her father is gay. Sworn to secrecy, she begins carrying the emotions of her family like a cracked bucket, making a mess as she embarks on a life of rebellious choices. Decades later, faced with the aftermath of her father’s death, Lisa revisits the complicated relationship she had with him, delving deeper into the stories she’s held about love, sexuality, and the family she comes from with a shimmering clarity that arises from her grief. A story of heartache and the power of forgiveness, Ashes to Ink shines a light on the challenges of living true to who we are. “Lisa Lucca weaves the past and present into a vividly written and important story with many layers: family secrets, fathers and daughters, love and sexuality, and at the core, forgiveness. What touched me most was the call to action to become the love of your own life. Read, learn, and become!”—Laura Munson, New York Times bestselling author

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/827312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Memory Boxes: Illuminating a Path to Happiness Author: Yvonne Tomlinson Narrator: Yvonne Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 50 minutes Release date: October 21, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Open up this memory box to reveal one woman's memoir of forced adoption, loss and self-loathing. Locked away for years, these memories have now found their voice as Yvonne Tomlinson bravely shares Memory Boxes with the world. Through raw honesty and unwavering courage, Yvonne invites readers to explore the contents of her memory boxes, revealing the resilience and strength that have carried her through the darkest of times. Join Yvonne on her healing journey as she explores the power of forgiveness and the unbreakable human spirit.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/824694 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Lisa Marie Presley. Desde aquí a lo desconocido: Memorias Author: Riley Keough, Lisa Marie Presley Narrator: Susana Ballesteros, Fabiola Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 17, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Hija de uno de los mayores mitos de Estados Unidos y criada en el territorio salvaje de Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley cuenta por primera vez su historia en estas memorias sinceras, conmovedoras y totalmente únicas, fielmente completadas por su hija, Riley Keough. En 2022, Lisa Marie Presley le pidió a su hija que la ayudase a terminar las memorias que tanto tiempo llevaba preparando. Un mes después, Lisa Marie fallecía, dejando al mundo sin la posibilidad de escuchar su historia en sus propias palabras. Nunca llegarían a descubrir a la mujer apasionada, alegre, cariñosa y complicada que Riley tanto quería y añoraba. Riley recogió las cintas que su madre había grabado para el libro, se tumbó en su cama, y escuchó a Lisa Marie contar historia tras historia sobre cómo solían estrellar coches de golf en los jardines de Graceland, sobre el amor incondicional que le profesaba su padre, sobre el tiempo que pasaban en la planta de arriba, solos los dos. Y sobre cómo tuvieron que sacarla a la fuerza del cuarto de baño mientras corría chillando hacia su cuerpo, inerte en el suelo. Sobre su vida con su madre en Los Ángeles, donde pasaba de un colegio a otro, acumulando expulsiones, siempre metida en líos. Sobre la especial relación con Danny Keough, que se prolongó durante toda su vida, sobre su matrimonio con Michael Jackson y todo lo que tenían en común. Sobre la maternidad. Sobre los abismos de la adicción. Sobre la tristeza que la acechaba constantemente. Riley supo que tenía que cumplir el deseo de su madre y compartir esos recuerdos, incandescentes y dolorosos, con el mundo. Para permitir que la conozcamos por fin. Este libro extraordinario está compuesto tanto de la voz de Lisa Marie como de la de Riley, una madre y una hija comunicándose incluso después de la muerte para intentar curarse la una a la otra. Profundamente conmovedora e intensamente reveladora, Desde aquí a lo desconocido es una obra inigualable: las últimas palabras de la única hija de una auténtica leyenda.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/816775 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Bossin: Von der Hood an die Spitze des Musikbusiness - Mein Weg zum Erfolg in 20 Rules Author: Marina Buzunashvilli, Nina Sternburg Narrator: Marina Buzunashvilli Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 1 minute Release date: October 16, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Marina Buzunashvilli gilt als eine der einflussreichsten Größen im deutschen Musikbusiness, ihr Weg an die Spitze aber war alles andere als leicht. Aufgewachsen in Kreuzberg, war ihr Umfeld geprägt von Gewalt und Verbrechen. Einzig ihre Liebe zur Musik ermöglichte ihr den Aufstieg, gegen alle Widerstände. Heute ist Marina Director of PR bei Sony Music Germany, war maßgeblich daran beteiligt, den Deutschrap von Kool Savas, Xatar oder Haftbefehl groß zu machen und arbeitet regelmäßig mit Künstlern wie Robbie Williams und Adele zusammen. Erstmals erzählt sie jetzt ihre ganze Geschichte und teilt die 20 Rules, die sie zum Erfolg geführt haben. Ein faszinierender Blick hinter die Kulissen des Musikgeschäfts und ein Leitfaden für alle, die ein erfolgreiches, selbstbestimmtes Leben führen wollen – egal was andere davon halten!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/754925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dorothy Parker in Hollywood Author: Gail Crowther Narrator: Samantha Desz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: An expansive and illuminating study of legendary writer Dorothy Parker’s life and legacy in Hollywood from the author of the “fascinating” (Town & Country) Three Martini Afternoons at the Ritz. The glamorous extravagances and devasting lows of her time in Hollywood are revealed as never before in this fresh new biography of Dorothy Parker—from leaving New York City to work on numerous classic screenplays such as the 1937 A Star Is Born to the devastation of alcoholism, a miscarriage, and her husband’s suicide. Parker’s involvement with anti-fascist and anti-racist groups, which led to her ultimate blacklisting, and her early work in the civil rights movement that inspired her to leave her entire estate to the NAACP are also explored as never before. Just as she did with her “deliriously fast-paced and erudite” (Library Journal) dual biography of Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath, Gail Crowther brings Parker back to life on the page in all her wit, grit, and brilliance.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/829170 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Камера хранения Author: Нюта Федермессер Narrator: Нюта Федермессер Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 15, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Нюта Федермессер — известный российский общественный деятель, учредитель Благотворительного фонда помощи хосписам «Вера», на званного в честь ее мамы, врача Веры Васильевны Миллионщиковой, одной из основателей хосписного движения в России. Уже почти два десятилетия Нюта записывает все, что успевает за фиксировать из безумного списка событий и встреч, чтобы однажды остановиться, вернуться, перечитать, чтобы сохранить память. В книге «Камера хранения» собраны крохотные рассказы: заметки на полях, выдержки из дневника, попытки передачи сильных эмоций, записи собственных размышлений и воспоминаний, сны, мечты, путевые записки — о том, что близко и важно всем нам: о любви и печали, о накопившейся боли, о доброте и радости, о причинах своего раздражения и усталости, о счастье, о горечи разлук, о связи родителей и детей, о вере, нежности и сострадании.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/795911 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unexpected Abigail Adams: A Woman 'Not Apt to Be Intimidated' Author: John L. Smith Jr. Narrator: Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 8, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, was an eyewitness to America's founding, and helped guide the new nation through her observations and advice to her famously prickly husband, who cherished her. In The Unexpected Abigail Adams: A Woman 'Not Apt to Be Intimidated,' writer and researcher John L. Smith, Jr. draws on more than two thousand letters of Abigail's spanning from the 1760s to her death in 1818, interweaving Abigail's colorful correspondence with a contextual narrative. In this priceless documentation of one of the most important periods of world history she comments on the varied personalities she encountered and, while her husband was away from home serving in the Continental Congresses and as a diplomatic envoy in Europe, she wrote him frequently about their home in Massachusetts, their family, national and local politics, and, during the early years of the war, crucial information concerning revolutionary activities around Boston. She was an advocate for education for women, a shrewd businesswoman, and had an unrivaled political acumen. This major biography of Abigail is a riveting, revealing portrait of a remarkable woman that listeners will find very relatable—and one that transforms how she is perceived.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821040 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pressing Stones: The Healing Journey of a Nazi's Daughter Author: Andrea van de Loo Narrator: Andrea van de Loo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 14 minutes Release date: September 25, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Born during WWII in the Netherlands, Andrea van de Loo experienced a traumatic childhood, with her father’s past as a member of the Nazi SS casting a long shadow over her life. Despite these challenges, she embarked on an inspirational journey toward healing and self-discovery. Her search for self took her across the globe, where she found solace, purpose, and community. Encompassing eighty years of the author’s life, The Pressing Stones guides readers through a deeply intimate and emotional journey, exploring family, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, motherhood, psychedelic therapy, addiction recovery, and the generational impacts of war. It also presents a personal portrait of life in Auroville, the “City of Dawn,” dedicated to the spiritual visions of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. This poignant portrayal of one woman’s courage and determination to follow her inner guidance, and overcome her childhood trauma, is a testament to the power of consciousness and the human spirit, inspiring readers to find their own paths toward healing and fulfillment. Andrea’s story illustrates how freedom, joy, peace of mind, and happiness are possible, as we face our deepest truths and emerge from our darkest tribulations.