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James
- A Novel
- By: Percival Everett
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,436
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11,807
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Story5 out of 5 stars 11,807
When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can we ever be free
- By J. Stirling on 04-04-24
- James
- A Novel
- By: Percival Everett
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Brilliant
Reviewed: 03-25-24
Writing and narration superb.so we understand the true horror of slavery as opposed to some of the recent revisionist bs
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A Darkness of the Heart
- A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery, Book 18
- By: Gail Bowen
- Narrated by: Athena Karkanis
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance2.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
When, at the age of sixty, Joanne learns that Douglas Ellard, the reserved general practitioner whom she had grown up believing to be her father was, in fact, the best friend of her biological father, the brilliant visual artist Desmond Love, she begins to question not just who she is, but what factors play a role in shaping all of us and in making us who we really are. Joanne is offered the chance to revisit her family history when writer Roy Brodnitz approaches her with the idea of making a mini-series about the close relationship between the Ellard and Love families
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love listening to the books
- By Ruhi on 11-10-23
- A Darkness of the Heart
- A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery, Book 18
- By: Gail Bowen
- Narrated by: Athena Karkanis
Love listening to the books
Reviewed: 11-10-23
After a day at the computer I listen to fiction.
I am listening to all the recordings and enjoying the narrator. May end up reading the early ones that dont seem to be recorded. The characters are enjoyable as are the family interactions.
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
- An Oprah’s Book Club Novel
- By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Karen Chilton, Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 29 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,849
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,538
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,524
The great scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about the problem of race in America, and what he called “Double Consciousness,” a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois’s words all too well. Bearing the names of two formidable Black Americans—the revered choreographer Alvin Ailey and her great grandmother Pearl, the descendant of enslaved Georgians and tenant farmers—Ailey carries Du Bois’s problem on her shoulders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Great American Novel is finally inclusive.
- By Margaret on 12-28-21
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
- An Oprah’s Book Club Novel
- By: Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Karen Chilton, Prentice Onayemi
Brilliant and a must read
Reviewed: 03-13-22
I waited to start to read this book when I had time to savor it. I think it is one of the most brilliant books of the last 50 or more years. The characters become our family, and their joys and sorrows become our own.as a fair housing/fair lending lawyer I read and write reports on racial justice. As a south Asian immigrant it has given me an understanding of racism at a visceral level that even long friendships with Black friends have not . I am asking friends to read it and hoping that the sadness arising from the times of slavery,jim crow and the long history of violence against African Americans will be trumped by the sheer brilliance of ms. Jeffers.
Hopefully mcArthur will give her the genius award.
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