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A Woman of Endurance
- A Novel
- By: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
- Narrated by: Tracey Leigh
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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A Woman of Endurance, set in nineteenth-century Puerto Rican plantation society, follows Pola, a deeply spiritual African woman who is captured and later sold for the purpose of breeding future slaves. The resulting babies are taken from her as soon as they are born. Pola loses the faith that has guided her and becomes embittered and defensive. The dehumanizing violence of her life almost destroys her. But this is not a novel of defeat but rather one of survival, regeneration, and reclamation of common humanity.
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The difference in this book.
- By all our stories on 06-08-22
- A Woman of Endurance
- A Novel
- By: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
- Narrated by: Tracey Leigh
Great story!!
Reviewed: 05-03-24
It was such a captivating novel. I highly recommend the reader. Loved it!! I felt I knew the struggles the main characters went through and rose above the pain.
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The Downstairs Girl
- By: Stacey Lee
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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By day, 17-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for the genteel Southern lady, "Dear Miss Sweetie". When her column becomes wildly popular, she uses the power of the pen to address some of society's ills, but she's not prepared for the backlash that follows when her column challenges fixed ideas about race and gender.
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inaccurate historic details
- By kmh on 12-31-19
- The Downstairs Girl
- By: Stacey Lee
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Wonderful story and reader!!
Reviewed: 10-06-19
This story had me imagining the heroine and all her surroundings. The author wrote beautiful detail that took me along for a captivating journey!! Thank you Ms Lee for sharing such a gift with me!!!
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
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Great book and perfect narration
- By MarilynArms on 12-15-16
- Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
This is Incredible!!!
Reviewed: 06-12-18
The entire concept, I.e. performance, story, feeling to take away, of his book is a GIFT to all of this!!
It was truly a learning experience for me. I have always enjoyed Trevor, but now idealize, respect and idolize him!!
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