cynthia Harris
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Bad Animals
- A Father's Accidental Education in Autism
- By: Joel Yanofsky
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
A veteran book reviewer, Yanofsky has spent a lifetime immersed in literature (not to mention old movies and old jokes), which he calls shtick. This account of a year in the life of a family describes a father’s struggle to enter his son’s world, the world of autism, using the materials he knows best: self-help books, feel-good memoirs, literary classics from the Bible to Dr. Seuss, old movies, and, yes, shtick. Funny, wrenching, and unfailingly candid, Bad Animals is both an exploration of a baffling condition and a quirky love story told by a gifted writer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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bravo
- By cynthia Harris on 12-09-20
- Bad Animals
- A Father's Accidental Education in Autism
- By: Joel Yanofsky
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
bravo
Reviewed: 12-09-20
as a single mom with two children who have autism let me just say how refreshing it is to finally listen to something that says it honestly. if I read or listen to one more book that only talks about how perfect it is and how lovely life is with autism I'll throw up. yes we have wonderful days . and if that is your life with autism. that's wonderful. I love my children and yes every single day we struggle.and every single day I'm overwhelmed. and every sungle day I ask myself if I am failing them. and then I see the look on their face when they master something they have worked unbelievably hard to learn. in that moment every time there was a melt down and the times I was hit and every night with litle sleep they all dissapear. and I remember no matter how hard it can be for me it must be so so so much harder for them. it feels good to know I'm not the only one strubbeling and questioning myself on our journey with autism.
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Understanding the Borderline Mother
- Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship
- By: Christine Ann Lawson
- Narrated by: Heather Auden
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 777
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 656
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Story5 out of 5 stars 643
The first love in our lives is our mother. Recognizing her face, her voice, the meaning of her moods, and her facial expressions is crucial to survival. In this book, Dr. Christine Ann Lawson vividly describes how mothers who suffer from borderline personality disorder produce children who may flounder in life even as adults, futilely struggling to reach the safety of a parental harbor, unable to recognize that their borderline parent lacks a pier, or even a discernible shore.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It took me 45 years to finally know why my Mother is as she is.
- By Angela on 06-07-17
- Understanding the Borderline Mother
- Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship
- By: Christine Ann Lawson
- Narrated by: Heather Auden
fantastic
Reviewed: 09-19-19
I finally understand the madness of my relationship with my mother. I also understand her relationship with her mother. I am 43 years old and its getting worse not better.
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Between the World and Me
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 31,223
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27,577
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27,393
Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race”, a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of Black women and men - bodies exploited through slavery and segregation and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a Black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Heartfelt Self-aware Literary Masterpiece
- By T Spencer on 07-30-15
- Between the World and Me
- By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Narrated by: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Amazing, horrible, heart breaking, eye opening
Reviewed: 06-30-17
What made the experience of listening to Between the World and Me the most enjoyable?
This short book has changed me as a person... I do not have words to explaine how this touched my soul.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
All of the book completely moved me
Any additional comments?
Every person in the United States should read this book period
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The Grapes of Wrath
- By: John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,022
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,513
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,474
Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic The Grapes of Wrath remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of Tom Joad and his family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel west in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires, and broken dreams, yet out of their suffering Steinbeck created a drama that is intensely human, yet majestic in its scale and moral vision.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wish I could give it 10 stars!
- By P. Minor on 07-18-14
- The Grapes of Wrath
- By: John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
I love everything about this book
Reviewed: 07-13-16
Where does The Grapes of Wrath rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Top 5
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Grapes of Wrath?
When the preacher was killed
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
Any additional comments?
So many parts of this book reminded me of my maternal grandparents... they were poor farm/dairy workers with 13 kids that traveled all ofvery the country for work...
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