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Shrill
- Notes from a Loud Woman
- De: Lindy West
- Narrado por: Lindy West
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,087
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,526
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,498
Shrill is an uproarious memoir, a feminist rallying cry in a world that thinks gender politics are tedious and that women, especially feminists, can't be funny. Coming of age in a culture that demands women be as small, quiet, and compliant as possible - like a porcelain dove that will also have sex with you - writer and humorist Lindy West quickly discovered that she was anything but. With inimitable good humor, vulnerability, and boundless charm, Lindy boldly shares how to survive in a world where not all stories are created equal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bookclub or no bookclub?
- De Dan Mulligan en 06-17-16
- Shrill
- Notes from a Loud Woman
- De: Lindy West
- Narrado por: Lindy West
Completely necessary
Revisado: 11-07-16
She put into words so eloquently the dehumanization of women who are overweight or obese. It was fun, funny, strong, and not once did feel sorry for herself or try to change herself in hopes people might be nice to her. I tend to despise people more when my appearance is more acceptance, all of a sudden they can turn-on a decency switch & treat you how'd they'd expect to be treated. Funny thing most of the 180 degree personality change is by people who could loose a couple pounds themselves, the nerve! Anyway, she's a brilliant writer and thinker. I admire her for this book.
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American Pain
- How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic
- De: John Temple
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,360
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,217
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,212
American Pain chronicles the rise and fall of this game-changing pill mill and how it helped tip the nation into its current opioid crisis. The narrative, which swings back and forth between Florida and Kentucky, is populated by a diverse cast of characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Now I understand the problem
- De Amazon Customer in Sanford NC en 07-07-16
- American Pain
- How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic
- De: John Temple
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
Meh
Revisado: 08-18-16
Not such an edgy & relevant topic it read like John Walsh dictating facts of what could have been a really interesting story. I found myself not paying attention to about 70% of this & feeling though I was being talked at.
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A Manual for Cleaning Women
- Selected Stories
- De: Lucia Berlin
- Narrado por: Thom Rivera, Dawn Harvey, Carol Monda, y otros
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 385
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 324
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 324
A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday, uncovering moments of grace in the laundromats and halfway houses of the American Southwest, in the homes of the Bay Area upper class, among switchboard operators and struggling mothers, hitchhikers, and bad Christians.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Exquisite writing, lopsided performances
- De Sazafrass en 03-02-16
- A Manual for Cleaning Women
- Selected Stories
- De: Lucia Berlin
- Narrado por: Thom Rivera, Dawn Harvey, Carol Monda, Hillary Huber, Bernadette Dunne, Kyla Garcia
Hard to get through
Revisado: 08-09-16
What did you like best about A Manual for Cleaning Women? What did you like least?
I think this would have been much more enjoyable reading instead of listening. The stories jump around too much and it's hard to tell if some of the short stories are connected. I like the way it was written, but again it would have been much more suiting to read it through, because I believe it takes patience, undivided attention and dedication to enjoy it as an audio book. It's more of a heady book.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Something a little more spicy, lively and inspiring.
Would you be willing to try another one of the narrators’s performances?
No, I found the main women a little monotonous. Her performance fell flat and didn't give good opportunity for funny or dramatic material.
Did A Manual for Cleaning Women inspire you to do anything?
Eh...not especially inspiring. Some really nice keepsake sayings and thoughts here and there, but not exceptionally provocative.
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