
Blackbird
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Narrated by:
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Jennifer Lauck
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By:
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Jennifer Lauck
The house on Mary Street was home to Jennifer; her older brother B.J.; their hardworking father, who smelled like aftershave and read her Snow White; and their mother, who called her little daughter Sunshine and embraced Jackie Kennedy's sense of style. Through a child's eyes, the skies of Carson City were forever blue, and life was perfect- a world of Barbies, Bewitched, and the Beatles.
Even her mother's pain from her mysterious illness could be patted away with hairspray, powder, and a kiss on the cheek... But soon, everything Jennifer has come to love and rely on begins to crumble, sending her on a roller coaster of loss and loneliness. In a world unhinged by tragedy, where beautiful mothers die and families are warped by more than they can bear, a young girl must transcend a landscape of pain and mistreatment to discover her richest resource: her own unshakable will to survive.
©2000 Jennifer Lauck. All Rights Reserved (P)2000 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All Rights ReservedListeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
- 2000 Winner of Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award: Biography/Memoir
"The unblinking look of one child at a hard world. Written gorgeously and movingly." (Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes)
Such a touching story
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moving
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What did you like best about Blackbird? What did you like least?
The images are so vivid I was completely present for every heartbreaking instant.Have you listened to any of Jennifer Lauck’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Jennifer Lauck is an amazing presenter with a knack for invoking gales of laughter with a bucket full of tears chaser.Do you think Blackbird needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
There is definitely much more to this tale yet to be written.A Beautifully, brilliant punch in the gut.
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Rated R for language, drugs
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