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  • Scary Close

  • Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy
  • By: Donald Miller, Bob Goff
  • Narrated by: Webb Wilder
  • Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,335 ratings)

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Scary Close

By: Donald Miller, Bob Goff
Narrated by: Webb Wilder
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Publisher's summary

A New York Times best seller, Scary Close is Donald Miller at his best.

From the author of Blue Like Jazz comes a story about finding the keys to a healthy relationship and discovering they are also the keys to a healthy family, a healthy career, and a healthy mind. And it all feels like a conversation with the best kind of friend: smart, funny, true, important.

After decades of failed relationships and painful drama, Donald Miller decided he’d had enough. Impressing people wasn’t helping him connect with anyone. He’d built a life of public isolation, yet he dreamed of meaningful relationships. So at 40-years-old, he made a scary decision: to be himself no matter what it cost.

Scary Close is a book about the risk involved in choosing to impress fewer people and connect with more, about the freedom that comes when we stop acting and start loving. It is a story about knocking down old walls to create a healthy mind, a strong family, and a satisfying career. And it all feels like a conversation with the best kind of friend: smart, funny, true, important.

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Enlightening!

I'm so glad I listened to this book. It made a difference in my life and made me see my strengths and weaknesses in past and present relationships clearer.

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Great Book

Amazing story, the book made me stop and reflect a few times. I had to slow down the speed to make the story sound right. It went way too fast without pauses if not.

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Quick listen, amazing book!

Don does an amazing job of sharing his story to clarify the importance of vulnerability, realness, and connection. No preaching here, just stories!

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A Must Read!

I absolutely loved this book, I listened to the audible and have the actual book as well. The relationship insight is so different from your normal ‘relationship/dating’ books, very relatable to how we work as individuals in any intimate relationship setting, friends, family and dating. I highly recommend.

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Intimacy beats acting every time

This was a truly great and transparent story of Donald's journey towards discovering true intimacy in relationships.

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Great Book

I really enjoyed this book it's full of great truths to lead or move towards an emotional healthy life.

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Great read for anybody

Scary Close far exceeded my expectations. The way Don writes, it feels like you're on a great road trip, experiencing all of the adventures and the expectation of new discovery through his stories.

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Insightful and entertaining

An interesting and insightful look into relationships. A great book for anyone considering marriage. Also a very good read for someone who is interested in the psychology of intimate relationships. The reader was average. Not a great performance. Pace was a little slow for my taste, but story was engaging none the less. I would definitely recommend.

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Strangely quick narration

Loved the book, the content and writing but it's like the reader was reading @ 1.5x speed. No pause between chapters...really odd. I listen to a lot of audible books and haven't heard anything quite like this. I tried to slow it down but then the narration got even wonkier.

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So good!

I am living in this story right now and the pain is hard...however It’s never too late! Thanks Donald for sharing.

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