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Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me by Glory Edim

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/572983 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/572983] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me Author: Glory Edim Narrator: Glory Edim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: October 29, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A “dramatic [and] ingeniously crafted” (Los Angeles Times) memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well-Read Black Girl. “A beautiful portrait of a full life that has been buoyed by an expansive and ever-growing love for words and for language.”—Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There’s Always This Year “She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.”—Toni Morrison, Beloved   For Glory Edim, that “friend of my mind” is books. Edim, who grew up in Virginia to Nigerian immigrant parents, started the popular Well-Read Black Girl book club at age thirty, eventually reaching a community of half a million readers. But her own love of books stretches far back.   Edim’s father moved back to Nigeria while she was still a child, marking the beginning of a series of traumatic changes and losses for her family. What became an escape, a safe space, and a second home for her and her brother was their local library. Books were where Edim found community, and as she grew older she discovered authors and ideas that she wasn’t being taught about in class. Reading wherever and whenever she could, be it in her dorm room or when traveling by subway or plane, she found the Black writers whose words would forever change her life: Nikki Giovanni, through children’s poetry cassettes; Maya Angelou, through a critical high school English teacher; Toni Morrison, while attending Morrison’s alma mater, Howard University; Audre Lorde, on a flight to Nigeria. In prose full of both joy and heartbreak, Edim recounts how these writers and so many others taught her how to value herself by helping her to find her own voice when her mother lost hers, to trust her feelings when her father remarried, and to create bonds with other Black women and uplift their stories.   Gather Me is a glowing testament to how the power of representation in literature can gather the disparate parts that make us who we are and assemble them into a portrait of discovery.

Nine Lives and Counting: A Bounty Hunter’s Journey to Faith, Hope, and Redemption by Duane Chapman

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586445 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/586445] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nine Lives and Counting: A Bounty Hunter’s Journey to Faith, Hope, and Redemption Author: Duane Chapman Narrator: Francie Chapman, Duane Chapman, Mike Ortego Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 16, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Includes an audiobook-exclusive introduction from the author. Go behind-the-scenes with Duane 'Dog' Chapman, star of the hit reality show Dog the Bounty Hunter and two-time New York Times bestselling author, as he shares new stories about his faith in Jesus, family, and the discovery of God's grace at work throughout his life. From being in a motorcycle gang, to being incarcerated, and then becoming a widely-know TV personality, Duane's life has been anything but ordinary. But, through every success and failure, the one constant has been his faith in God. For the first time, Daune is sharing how his faith has brought him through life's greatest difficulties, giving him renewed purpose and meaning. In Nine Lives and Counting Duane offers fresh insight into some of his well-known life events, and he also gives you access to previously untold stories. You will hear about: - memories of the painful events that shaped Duane's childhood, - the impact of his relationship with his praying mother, - the surprising hope he found in prison, - triumphs and failures from his days as a single dad, - new previously untold stories of bounty hunting, - the tragic loss of his beloved wife Beth to cancer, - the unexpected blessing of finding his new wife Francie, - the work he and Francie are doing to preach and share about Jesus, - his relationship with his kids and family, - and much more.   With all the plot twists of a page-turning novel, Nine Lives and Counting is a real-life chronicle of God's amazing grace and restoration that have marked Duane's journey of faith. You will be inspired.

Waiting for the Monsoon by Rod Nordland

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589910 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/589910] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waiting for the Monsoon Author: Rod Nordland Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 5, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A legendary New York Times war correspondent delivers his unforgettable final dispatch: a deeply moving meditation on life inspired by his sudden battle with terminal brain cancer. For thirty years, Rod Nordland shadowed death. As one of his generation's preeminent war correspondents, he reported in over 150 countries, many of which were in violent upheaval, and was no stranger to witnessing tragedy. But in summer 2019, during the height of India’s erratic monsoon season, Nordland was suddenly faced with a tragedy of his own: he collapsed in the middle of a morning jog, was rushed to the hospital, and diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor. After decades chasing conflicts across the globe, Nordland, now confined to a hospital bed, found the strength to face more personal conflicts. He reconnected with his estranged children and became closer with them than he ever thought possible. He repaired a friendship with a best friend that had been broken for twenty years. The arrogance and certitude that dominated his every action was replaced by a lucid sense of humility and generosity that persisted even after he left the hospital. Norland’s tragedy became, in his own words, “a gift that has enriched my life.”   Waiting for the Monsoon is the exemplary story of confronting death with both eyes open, and of the human capacity to persevere even in the most difficult of times. With tremendous clarity, grace, and courage, Nordland has delivered a powerful final assignment, revealing how facing the unknown can transform experience and change our relationship to the world around us.  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Living My Best Life, Hun: Following Your Dreams Is No Joke by London Hughes

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/573742 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/573742] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Living My Best Life, Hun: Following Your Dreams Is No Joke Author: London Hughes Narrator: London Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From stand-up comedian, actress, and host of The Netflix Afterparty, London Hughes, comes an uplifting and raucously funny memoir to show you how to ditch the self-loathing, start the self-loving, and engage with your inner winner. London Hughes has come a long way from secretly writing Frasier fan fiction alone in her bedroom. Between her breakout Netflix comedy special, To Catch a D*ck, her dating podcast “London, Actually,” and her award-winning TV performances, London the South Londoner has taken the entertainment world by storm. And now, in this sassy, brash, fearless, and funny memoir, London is ready to inspire women of all ages and races with her story—because London is absolutely the best person in the whole wide world to take you on a wild journey of self-discovery. As she herself puts it: “I’ve always been funny. I’ve always been cute. I’ve always been confident. I was born to do this shit.” All her life, London longed to be a badass—an awesome bullet-proof woman who nobody could mess with. At a young age, she made sure she was ready to become a star, developing her own living-room popstar training regimen to prepare for her future life. But London also had her fair share of disastrous experiences in terms of friendships, relationships, and career choices. Each of the fiascos in London’s life has, with hindsight, proved to be a formative life lesson, and helped her grow into the fearless person she is today. You'll definitely be grateful these setbacks happened to her and not you, but you'll also learn that however bad things get, you can always build your self-worth, think long-term, and emerge triumphant, no matter what the world throws at you. From starring in a school sex education video called “Swings and Roundabouts” to being gushed over by a fan while standing next to the Renee Zellweger, London leaves no stone unturned in Living My Best Life, Hun. It took London some time to find her voice and her people, but now that she has, she's mentally high-fiving her 14-year-old self every day.

The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place by Sally Bayley

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577186 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577186] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place Author: Sally Bayley Narrator: Sally Bayley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and their teachers. In the style of her memoir Girl with Dove, this book explores a child’s search for artistic education and a sense of self. Lyrical and playful, Sally Bayley’s writing transports the reader into an eccentric world of teachers, guardians and guiding spirits of place. Moved by her female teachers, and guided by the artist J.M.W. Turner, Bayley’s protagonist goes in search of her maternal ancestors, in particular her grandmother, Edna May Turner. Following the narratives of other women in history who have taken different routes to independence and artistic freedom – including the educational suffragist Mary Neal, actress Margaret Rutherford, and poet Stevie Smith – Bayley considers the paths to happiness and the limitations social convention imposes. Part novel, part memoir, The Green Lady continues the traditions of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando as an imagined biography which urgently understands the need for a space of one’s own in which to thrive. As one of the book’s several foster children, Bayley reminds us that families and homes can be found and built within literature and the arts as well as nature's green spaces.