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Take My Hand
- By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Narrated by: Lauren J. Daggett
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
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Page Turner Based off True Events
- By LATOYA LEWIS on 06-10-22
- Take My Hand
- By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Narrated by: Lauren J. Daggett
The compassion this RN had!
Reviewed: 03-16-24
I am a nurse and this novel reminded me of how "gung hoe" I was for my patients and clients! I would go to bat for them just like Civil!!!! Loooooved this book!! My family is from Deep South Carolina! I could relate to so much in here even though I am a Cali Girl!
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Their Vicious Games
- By: Joelle Wellington
- Narrated by: Ariel Blake
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Adina Walker has known this the entire time she’s been on scholarship at the prestigious Edgewater Academy—a school for the rich (and mostly white) upper class of New England. It’s why she works so hard to be perfect and above reproach, no matter what she must force beneath the surface. Even one slip can cost you everything.
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Will You Finish ….
- By ms.butler on 07-05-24
- Their Vicious Games
- By: Joelle Wellington
- Narrated by: Ariel Blake
The craziness!
Reviewed: 01-16-24
Just like a young girl on Social media stated!! The Hunger Games and The Bachelor smushed together!!! That was a wild ride!!!!
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Leaving Home
- A Memoir
- By: Art Buchwald
- Narrated by: Art Buchwald
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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Funny men don't necessarily have funny childhoods. Art Buchwald had to find his humor the hard way. In this poignant memoir, Buchwald writes with intimacy and candor about his early years—of a life constantly on the move, in the company of strangers. "Shortly after I was born, my mother was taken away from me or I was taken from my mother,' he begins, as he tells of a childhood which took him from a Seventh-Day Adventist shelter to new York's Hebrew Orphan Asylum to a series of foster homes—all before the age of fifteen.
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Short an sweet
- By Tanda on 08-04-23
- Leaving Home
- A Memoir
- By: Art Buchwald
- Narrated by: Art Buchwald
Short an sweet
Reviewed: 08-04-23
Never would have picked a book like this for our Bookclub, however, I'm glad I stuck with it! It's His-story!!! All of us together make history! All are important! He was a tough cookie !
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Our Reckless Hope
- Muted Hopelessness, Book 3
- By: Love Belvin
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Ingram, Wesleigh Siobhan
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
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I was in your kitchen when you told me cheating is wrong, and it will never be right. But the biggest conflict is when you fall in love with someone who isn’t yours. You said people fall in and out of love every day, and that most of it is bullshit...being more about passion and temporary emotions. But when the person you’re cheating with is worth a commitment and a sacrifice, and when you’re prepared in your heart and mind to walk through the fire of the mess, it might be something real after all.
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Omgheee
- By Myboys83 on 07-29-21
- Our Reckless Hope
- Muted Hopelessness, Book 3
- By: Love Belvin
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Ingram, Wesleigh Siobhan
Obsessed with Love!
Reviewed: 06-03-23
Bravo!! I'm done with all three books and I'm sad! LOL! My daughters and daughters-in-love have all read the series! So now I'm waiting on some grands! LOL!!
:-) I'm going to post these three books on my Bookclub website for those that dare venture from our safer book selections! Thank you for a beautiful, robust, and exciting love story with a girl who sounds like she looks like me!
Tanda Blackwell
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I Am These Truths
- A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds
- By: Sunny Hostin, Charisse Jones
- Narrated by: Sunny Hostin
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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The Emmy Award-winning legal journalist and co-host of The View Sunny Hostin chronicles her journey from growing up in a South Bronx housing project to becoming an assistant US attorney and journalist in this powerful memoir that offers an intimate and unique look at identity, intolerance, and injustice.
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South Bronx Stand Up
- By SJM on 10-01-20
- I Am These Truths
- A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds
- By: Sunny Hostin, Charisse Jones
- Narrated by: Sunny Hostin
That's why you are my imaginary cousin!!
Reviewed: 05-09-23
Sunny! My Bookclub read "Summer On The Bluffs!" Loved btw!! Some time ago, and are now preparing to read "Summer on Sag Harbor!" In thee in between I read this book and I just love you more!! It was so well written and intricately illustrated and articulated, I couldn't stop listening on Audible!! I'm always waiting for you to put your take on every topic!! Whoopi, Joy an You!! You guys are bomb and I love you even more after reading YOUR STORY!!! Keep on keeping on Sis!!! We see you!!!! ;-)
Tanda Blackwell
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Finding Me
- A Memoir
- By: Viola Davis
- Narrated by: Viola Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me.
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Absolutely beautifully Written❤️
- By Love bug23 on 05-02-22
- Finding Me
- A Memoir
- By: Viola Davis
- Narrated by: Viola Davis
Love Her Even More...
Reviewed: 10-27-22
I have ALWAYS LOVED VIOLA every since Antwan Fisher!! Someone who looks like me? Chocolate Beauty!! After reading her book, an both my parents from Rock Hill, SC not far from where her parents were from, I feel this sense of family. I had some of the same experiences growing up with two older brothers and a physically abusive Father, to my Mom. I related to one too many stories an was moved to tears on several instances!! Great book!! Very profound and REAL!!! Bravo to you my dear heart!! Wish I had followed my dream of the big screen!! Maybe it could have happened for me too! ;-)
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Mrs. Wiggins
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Shari Peele
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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The daughter of a prostitute mother and an alcoholic father, Maggie Franklin knew her only way out was to marry someone upstanding and church-going. Someone like Hubert Wiggins, the most eligible man in Lexington, Alabama - and the son of its most revered preacher. Proper and prosperous, Hubert is glad to finally have a wife, even one with Maggie's background. For Hubert has a secret he desperately needs to stay hidden. And Maggie's unexpected charm, elegance, and religious devotion makes her the perfect partner in lies....
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Really enjoyed
- By avidreader on 04-07-21
- Mrs. Wiggins
- By: Mary Monroe
- Narrated by: Shari Peele
My Goodness!!
Reviewed: 07-26-22
This book was nothing I expected! I did not read the epilogue or anything giving away its content. I hated when I got too sleepy to keep on listening! I read along with my Bookclub and cannot wait to discuss it!! My Lord.... smh
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As the Wicked Watch
- The First Jordan Manning Novel
- By: Tamron Hall
- Narrated by: Susan Dalian
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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When crime reporter Jordan Manning leaves her hometown in Texas to take a job at a television station in Chicago, she’s one step closer to her dream: a coveted anchor chair on a national network. Jordan is smart and aggressive, with unabashed star-power, and often the only woman of color in the newsroom. Her signature? Arriving first on the scene—in impractical designer stilettos. Armed with a master’s degree in forensic science and impeccable instincts, Jordan has been able to balance her dueling motivations: breaking every big story—and giving a voice to the voiceless.
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Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover
- By M.A. on 03-06-22
- As the Wicked Watch
- The First Jordan Manning Novel
- By: Tamron Hall
- Narrated by: Susan Dalian
A Must Read! Captivating!
Reviewed: 04-28-22
We read this book for our Book Club and I was a little skeptical at first, however I have always been open to different stories of different genres and unexpected outcomes! This story was captivating and I found myself hurried to finish my daily chores and obligations so I could listen uninterrupted! Great Job Tamron!! Or should I say "Jordan!😉
Tanda Blackwell
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You Got Anything Stronger?
- Stories
- By: Gabrielle Union
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Union
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Remember when we hit it off so well that we decided we’re going to need more wine? Well, this time you and I are going to turn to our friend the bartender and ask, you got anything stronger? I promise to continue to make you laugh, but with this round, the stakes get higher as the conversation goes deeper.
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Best listen of the year
- By Bethany Bruder on 09-15-21
- You Got Anything Stronger?
- Stories
- By: Gabrielle Union
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Union
Deep!
Reviewed: 01-30-22
Gabby..... girl!!!! I knew you were real, but after reading this book and relating to more than I ever expected to, I have a WHOLE NEW RESPECT FOR YOU!! This book had me laughing, crying, on the edge of my seat(when you were running from skinheads), anticipating the birth of my niece Kav, and hot as fish grease! This will be a lively discussion at Bookclub! Gotta read your first book now! Kiddos to you Lil sis!!
Tanda B
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Life After Death
- By: Sister Souljah
- Narrated by: Nia Long
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
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Winter Santiaga hit time served. Still stunning, still pretty, still bold, still loves her father more than any man in the world, still got her hustle and high fashion flow. She’s eager to pay back her enemies, rebuild her father’s empire, reset his crown, and ultimately to snatch Midnight back into her life no matter which bitch had him while she was locked up. But Winter is not the only one with revenge on her mind.
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What was that?
- By denea on 03-02-21
- Life After Death
- By: Sister Souljah
- Narrated by: Nia Long
Trash!
Reviewed: 04-10-21
This was sooooo disappointing! I don't know who approved this mess!! So far removed from the original book! No tie in or reference made to tie into what made us all fall in live with the tough Winter Santiago!! All those years of anticipation were deflated with each weird chapter! Getting rid of all the series.!
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