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All Gone
- A Memoir of My Mother's Dementia. With Refreshments
- De: Alex Witchel
- Narrado por: Alex Witchel
- Duración: 5 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 9
At just past 70, Alex Witchel’s smart, adoring, ultra-capable mother began to exhibit undeniable signs of dementia. Witchel reacted as she’d been raised: If something was broken, she would fix it. But as medical reality undid that hope, she retreated to the kitchen, trying to reclaim the mother who was disappearing in plain sight, by cooking the comforting foods that were her mother’s signature. Reproducing the perfect meat loaf was no panacea, but it helped a grieving daughter come to terms with her predicament, the growing phenomenon of "ambiguous loss" - loss of a beloved one who lives on.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ethnic Food Porn
- De Pamela Harvey en 10-03-12
- All Gone
- A Memoir of My Mother's Dementia. With Refreshments
- De: Alex Witchel
- Narrado por: Alex Witchel
Very close to home
Revisado: 11-29-12
What made the experience of listening to All Gone the most enjoyable?
This book hit a very personal note for me. My mother suffered from dementia. She passed away this year and this book was actually comforting. I could really relate to the relationship the author had with her mother and thought the book was very well written and not overly sentimental.
What did you like best about this story?
The relationship between mother and daughter.
What about Alex Witchel’s performance did you like?
It felt her performance was very genuine and engaging.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Cherish the love of the people who mean the most to you.
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This Is How You Lose Her
- De: Junot Díaz
- Narrado por: Junot Díaz
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,498
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,305
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,320
The stories in This Is How You Lose Her, by turns hilarious and devastating, raucous and tender, lay bare the infinite longing and inevitable weaknesses of our all-too-human hearts. They capture the heat of new passion, the recklessness with which we betray what we most treasure, and the torture we go through - "the begging, the crawling over glass, the crying" - to try to mend what we've broken beyond repair. They recall the echoes that intimacy leaves behind, even where we thought we did not care.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Yes, he lost her. So deservedly.
- De McSue en 10-16-12
- This Is How You Lose Her
- De: Junot Díaz
- Narrado por: Junot Díaz
LOVED IT
Revisado: 10-29-12
What did you love best about This Is How You Lose Her?
I thought Junot Diaz did an incredible job narrating his book. I enjoyed reading about Dominican culture as seen through the eyes of different age groups and sexes.
What other book might you compare This Is How You Lose Her to and why?
I love short stories, but I don't think I have read anything that I could compare to this.
What about Junot Díaz’s performance did you like?
Loved the inclusion of Spanish/Dominican slang.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The ending!
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