Heather Hawley
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All Fours
- A Novel
- By: Miranda July
- Narrated by: Miranda July
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman.
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would not recommend
- By Amazon Customer on 05-21-24
- All Fours
- A Novel
- By: Miranda July
- Narrated by: Miranda July
disgusting
Reviewed: 12-19-24
this book is not the least bit erotic. I thought it would have a point to it but it's just listening to p*** basically. he did this to me and this to me and I fantasize about doing this to him then this to him. yes, it does contain details so if that's what you're into then go for it.
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The Rebound
- By: Leeanne Slade
- Narrated by: Claudia Jessie
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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Kitty Harris has it all: cosily coupled up with boyfriend Archie, she’s putting in the hours at an ad agency to land her dream job. OK, so maybe they’ve become a bit too comfortable in their routine, with pizza night every Thursday, and maybe the agency isn’t so much up-and-coming as been-and-gone, but Kitty is happy. Until one diamond ring sitting pretty in her pepperoni ruins everything. Kitty does NOT want to get married, not after being caught in the crosshairs of her parent’s destructive divorce.
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PERFECTION!
- By Kelly on 05-05-23
- The Rebound
- By: Leeanne Slade
- Narrated by: Claudia Jessie
Exactly what I needed!!!
Reviewed: 12-08-24
SUCH a good book!! Easy listening. It gave me a much needed different outlook on love. As fiction as it may be, I was sucked right in. I highly recommend!!
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People of the ER
- By: Philip Allen Green MD
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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Standing in the trauma room of an emergency department is like standing at ground zero of a nuclear reaction, only it's not radiation that is released - but stories. Stories that are told and retold, sometimes just until the end of the shift, but sometimes for decades.
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Good..... but......
- By Fact addict on 04-11-19
- People of the ER
- By: Philip Allen Green MD
- Narrated by: David de Vries
Fantastic!! I like when people write about small town U. S. A.
Reviewed: 11-30-23
This doctor truly cared about the field of emergency medicine. He didn't use it as a stepping stone to a specialty or move to a big city. He liked small town U. S. A. and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. He knew a lot of his patients' life stories from his years of seeing them come thru the ER. Who takes the time to learn about one patient, let alone a hundred? I would say, although this man likely never would, that he was a much beloved not only doctor, but friend. He probably took his family to the local fair and the farmer's market. He was no high class broad, although he could have been. This man realizes the true meaning of life, love, and the pursuit of happiness. God bless him!
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A Stolen Life
- A Memoir
- By: Jaycee Dugard
- Narrated by: Jaycee Dugard
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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"In the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother who loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen. For eighteen years I was a prisoner. I was an object for someone to use and abuse. For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name. I became a mother and was forced to be a sister. For eighteen years I survived an impossible situation. On August 26, 2009, I took my name back. My name is Jaycee Lee Dugard. I dont think of myself as a victim. I survived...."
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Terrific
- By Daniel on 07-27-11
- A Stolen Life
- A Memoir
- By: Jaycee Dugard
- Narrated by: Jaycee Dugard
Blessed?!? Yes!!!
Reviewed: 11-06-23
This book gave me a different outlook, an entirely different perspective on where I am now versus where I think I ought to be. I could have been in Jaycee's shoes, just as anyone. While I still struggle with accepting the fact that I am not where I want to be, I think about where Jaycee was when she got rescued. She had absolutely nothing to her name, a fifth grade education, and two daughters for which to care as a single mom in a world that was overwhelming, considering that she had spent 18 years in solitary. She had to start from square one 29 years old and even had to get to know her real family as if they were strangers bc it had been so long. I find that most days seem so long. However, comparing my long days to 18 years, I know I will survive. If Jaycee can have a such an incredible zest for life and considering herself blessed despite all that she has had to endure, then I can get through one long day after the next. At least I can freely choose to change my situation. May God bless Jaycee and her girls in the years to come. I am so glad I chose to hear her story.
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The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year
- By: Sue Townsend
- Narrated by: Caroline Quentin
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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The day her children leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. She's had enough - of her kids' carelessness, her husband's thoughtlessness and of the world's general indifference. Brian can't believe his wife is doing this. Who is going to make dinner? But Eva won't budge; and soon she realises to her horror that everyone has been taking her for granted - including herself.
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Quite Wonderful!
- By Brenda on 03-13-13
- The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year
- By: Sue Townsend
- Narrated by: Caroline Quentin
Sad, relatable, and funny.
Reviewed: 09-23-23
I really wish I had the financial cushion to remain in bed for a year, even if people think I am crazy. Meh. Water under the bridge. I felt sorry for Eva, although the way in which she conducted herself throughout most of the book was hilarious! "I'm not crazy! I just need a break!" AMEN, sister! But no one would believe her. I think so many of us are right there with her, myself included. The demands of life and family in this day and time are overwhelming for a lot of people, myself included. When I think about what I have to do in the week ahead, I sigh and get a sickening feeling. Although I always get through it, I almost never get everything done that needed to be or that I had planned. That hasn't happened in at least a year. I do not have much zest for life but living alone for four years has a way of doing that to a person, although I've been alone in my mind for much longer. I think that's where Eva is and was throughout her infidelity-filled marriage. I was married once myself and like Eva, I too was alone even then. We didn't have much in common, failed to understand each other, and frankly, neither of us cared enough about the other to even try. That is where Eva and Brian were, I think, especially since Eva was willing to move in his mistress without a second thought, as long as she could have their room. This is another reminder of how money can't buy happiness, the ideal family can be miserable, and getting some on the side is the rule and not the exception these days, only to learn that side piece(s) are far from perfect themselves. What are we really trying to find?
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The In-Between
- Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
- By: Hadley Vlahos R.N.
- Narrated by: Hadley Vlahos R.N.
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Talking about death and dying is considered taboo in polite company, and even in the medical field. Our ideas about dying are confusing at best: Will our memories flash before our eyes? Regrets consume our thoughts? Does a bright light appear at the end of a tunnel? For most people, it will be a slower process, one eased with preparedness, good humor, and a bit of faith. At the forefront of changing attitudes around palliative care is hospice nurse Hadley Vlahos, who shows that end-of-life care can teach us just as much about how to live as it does about how we die.
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Author's Reach is Beyond Her Grasp
- By CW on 07-26-23
- The In-Between
- Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
- By: Hadley Vlahos R.N.
- Narrated by: Hadley Vlahos R.N.
The absolute BEST book I've listened to in YEARS!
Reviewed: 06-18-23
I cannot say enough good things about this book. It changed my perspective on life and I just couldn't stop listening, even when I wasn't supposed to be listening or had other things to do. I have always wondered myself, why in the world would anyone want to work in hospice care? I know the service is needed; I just believed hospice workers to be "birds of a different feather." I mean, why would you want to sit and watch people die day in and day out, yet not do anything to intervene? I thought it had to be a special kind of torture. Yet, after listening to this book, although I have zero medical training, it makes ME want to become a hospice nurse and I never saw myself as even a regular nurse before this point. I am more open to the belief that sometimes people grow tired of medical intervention that is only prolonging their misery and they are ready to go. They just want to be surrounded by the people they love and die in peace instead of being hooked up to IV's, monitors, and everything else hospital-related. I already knew, as we all do, that death is inevitable but the fear of death doesn't have to be. A peaceful passing is nearly always achievable but without hospice, there would be much more unnecessary suffering, simply bc it is company (hospital) policy to repeatedly conduct vital and heart checks, etc. Hospice exempts a person from all of that, rightfully so when they are dying anyway. I believe the least a person deserves from having endured ruthless ailments and diseases is a comfortable death. My sincere thanks to ALL of the hospice workers out there. You are grossly underappreciated. I hope you feel a sense of pride in what you do and why bc you are true angels on earth. God bless you all.
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How to Stop Procrastinating
- A Proven Guide to Overcome Procrastination, Cure Laziness & Perfectionism, Using Simple 5-Minute Practices
- By: Chase Hill, Scott Sharp
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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Do you struggle with procrastination and laziness? Have no free time for your loved one, your family, your friends? Think that you are missing your life, limiting your potential? Feel overwhelmed and guilty about yourself and beloved people? Sometimes, by the time you understand the influence caused by procrastination, it will be too late to correct things. In life, you have to seize the chances that you get because it only takes a few seconds before it reaches another person. Get this audiobook to get started, and stop procrastinating for good!
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Wow! 27 Tactics to beat procrastination!
- By Anonymous User on 07-04-19
- How to Stop Procrastinating
- A Proven Guide to Overcome Procrastination, Cure Laziness & Perfectionism, Using Simple 5-Minute Practices
- By: Chase Hill, Scott Sharp
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
One awesome book!!
Reviewed: 06-03-23
I learned more from this self-help book than I have from anything else in a very long time. The author gives techniques that work instead of just talking about changing ourselves for the better, yet leaving us wondering, How do we do that?!? He gives tried and true answers that can be applied in real life. I highly recommend this book to anyone who struggles with procrastination like myself.
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Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
- A Guide to Disharming, Thriving and Surviving a Narcissist
- By: Mary Williams
- Narrated by: Katrina Medina
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
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Do you feel you're not the individual you used to be anymore? Do you feel all your lovely qualities have been stripped away? Are you struggling to see what's true and what's not? Chances are you have been associated with a narcissist for quite a while, living in a false reality. The casual tossing-around of the term "narcissist" has resulted in many individuals assuming wrongly that a narcissist is just someone who has an inflated sense of self-trust and, maybe, a mildly inflated ego as well.
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Insightful
- By Chelle on 08-29-23
- Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
- A Guide to Disharming, Thriving and Surviving a Narcissist
- By: Mary Williams
- Narrated by: Katrina Medina
What a great resource!!!
Reviewed: 05-07-23
This book held my interest from beginning to end. I have been in and on again off again (discarding/love bombing) relationship with someone that I whole-heartedly believe to be a narcissist for around four years. I finally ended it a little over a month ago. My heart aches but as many times as I have been discarded in the past, this is not the hardest time I've ever had. There was a point where I just wanted to die and did not have a clue how I would make it through this so-called breakup. I mean, it was as real as anything else to me and phenomenal at first. I just knew we were meant to be but the fact is, he could be an award-winning actor. He is that good at his game. Enough about me, but I will say that because of my experience, this book gave me some tips that I found helpful in closing the book for good, and burning it. The fact that he never even liked me, let alone love me, was very hard to hear but I know it's the God's honest truth. He only loved what he could take from me. I can only pray that I do better next time and not fall hard before recognizing the signs. If it feels too good to be true on that first day or even first week, it probably is. Thank you! Keep writing.
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Cook County ICU
- 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
- By: Cory Franklin MD
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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Author Cory Franklin, MD, who headed the hospital's intensive care unit from the 1970s through the 1990s, shares his most unique and bizarre experiences, including the deadly Chicago heatwave of 1995, treating the first AIDS patients in the country before the disease was diagnosed, the nurse with rare Munchausen syndrome, the only surviving ricin victim, and the professor with Alzheimer's hiding the effects of the wrong medication.
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Very impressive..
- By Andrey Borul on 04-19-16
- Cook County ICU
- 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
- By: Cory Franklin MD
- Narrated by: John Pruden
Excellent!
Reviewed: 04-12-23
Well worth the read. I love medical stories. this thing is making me write 15 words so I'm using this to take up space
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- And Other Lessons from the Crematory
- By: Caitlin Doughty
- Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty - a 20-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre - took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life’s work. With an original voice that combines fearless curiosity and mordant wit, Caitlin tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters, gallows humor, and vivid characters (both living and very dead).
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Loved it So Much I Bought it After Reading it Free
- By J. Mattox on 05-17-17
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- And Other Lessons from the Crematory
- By: Caitlin Doughty
- Narrated by: Caitlin Doughty
A FANTASTIC BOOK!!
Reviewed: 02-25-23
This one changed my opinion of cremation quite a bit. I've never wanted it for myself but now, I'm rethinking that. It really isn't hell on earth like I imagined. Glad I was enlightened.
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