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  • You Better Be Lightning

  • By: Andrea Gibson
  • Narrated by: Andrea Gibson
  • Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (138 ratings)

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You Better Be Lightning

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Publisher's summary

You Better Be Lightning ranges from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world, exploring the expansiveness of the human experience from love to illness, from space to climate change, and so much more in between.

One of the most celebrated poets and performers of the last two decades, Andrea Gibson's trademark honesty and vulnerability are on full display in You Better Be Lightning, welcoming and inviting listeners to be just as they are.

©2021 Andrea Gibson (P)2021 Andrea Gibson
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LOVE LOVE LOVE

I will listen to this many more times and renewed my Audible subscription so I could.
I feel like I've met Andrea everywhere.
Her words stick with me like lint to a pair of black slacks. Her frequency is addictive and I simply must have more.
Love you Sister, Like no other. Peace2u's ALWAYS. xoxo

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The company I keep

Andrea, you’ve walked with me through more than a decade of my life. Thank you for encapsulating this insane journey of embracing pain and becoming more human. You are everything.

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Incredible

Words and feelings that I never knew existed. Absolutely beautiful and I will revisit it often.

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Chicken-soup for the soul!

I found it healing my tattered soul, with every word uttered. It's nice to know a kindred spirit exists.

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Beautiful

My first listen won’t be my last, I think I could listen to this every day for a year and still laugh and cry with it.

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Wonderful!

These poems are ones you will ruminate in for hours & days to come. Words become visions. Andrea is a master at showing her darkest and brightest stars & stops me in my tracks every time.

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Incredible and inspiring in every way

I will listen to this over and over. It feels like finding the perfect theme song to go with my life. Her vulnerability left me feeling much less alone.

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My favorite poet.

Andrea Gibson is, unquestionably, the most soul stirring poet I've ever had the privilege of reading.

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Brilliant, phenomenal, amazing

Andrea Gibson is phenomenal. I’ve listened to this book many times and will listen many more.

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Goosebumps!!💕💕💕💕

Never before have I heard such raw, beautiful, real, truth! Will, undoubtedly listen again, and again, and again.

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