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Last Call
- A Memoir
- De: Nancy L. Carr
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 6 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Memoir Synopsis “That evening I wanted to go to a teenage party, and I wanted to drink alcohol, the grownup beverage of choice, the potion glamorized on TV and in movies, the stuff the older cool kids were drinking every weekend. I wanted to be cool. I wanted to fit in. Whatever it took.” She was attractive, popular and determined to grow up in a hurry. How would she have known that at age thirteen, during her first teenage drinking party, her life would play out in such a way that it would rule her life decisions going forward? The handsome boys and pretty girls were guzzling a certain...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't finish, AI was terrible
- De Janel Shaughnessy en 04-12-25
- Last Call
- A Memoir
- De: Nancy L. Carr
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
Such a beautiful book! This deserved much more than the robot voice.
Revisado: 08-15-24
I thought this story was magnificently written and beautifully told. I related to so much! The author did a fantastic job at balancing the reality of the situation with just the right amount of humor. My only problem is that I think something this well-crafted should be narrated by a human voice. Listening to this with all the weird AI glitches was distracting. Otherwise, I thought this memoir was brilliant!!!
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Cook County ICU
- 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
- De: Cory Franklin MD
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 7 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,197
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,036
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,031
Author Cory Franklin, MD, who headed the hospital's intensive care unit from the 1970s through the 1990s, shares his most unique and bizarre experiences, including the deadly Chicago heatwave of 1995, treating the first AIDS patients in the country before the disease was diagnosed, the nurse with rare Munchausen syndrome, the only surviving ricin victim, and the professor with Alzheimer's hiding the effects of the wrong medication.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very impressive..
- De Andrey Borul en 04-19-16
- Cook County ICU
- 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
- De: Cory Franklin MD
- Narrado por: John Pruden
I only could get through an hour or so
Revisado: 08-25-23
The way this guy writes is so arrogant, and the narrator’s tone doesn’t help. From what I got from this book was mainly this guy bragging. I found it boring and was expecting more from a book about a notorious ICU. When he made up the fake radiation test to fool that poor man was when I had to stop. There probably was something seriously wrong with him and this asshole fooled him into thinking he was ok. Then he laughed about it with his colleagues.
Untold numbers of people die because doctors don’t take them seriously and discharge them with no help or treatment at all. Just like this guy did.
If you want a much, much better read about the Cook County ICU than read/listen to “County.” Can’t remember the author’s name but it’s on audible. The doctor/author is humble, knowledgeable, compassionate and tells a much more action-packed and interesting history of the ICU in Cook County.
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Quitter
- A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery
- De: Erica C. Barnett
- Narrado por: Jean Ann Douglass
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 233
A startlingly frank memoir, Quitter documents one woman's struggles with alcoholism and recovery, with essential new insights into addiction and treatment.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Long Drunkaloug But Well Defined
- De Danielle T en 11-16-20
- Quitter
- A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery
- De: Erica C. Barnett
- Narrado por: Jean Ann Douglass
One of the best recovery books ever!
Revisado: 08-24-20
So glad I found this one. Great for anyone who might think it’s too late. Her story will not be forgotten. Brave and inspiring.
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Through the Shadowlands
- A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand
- De: Julie Rehmeyer
- Narrado por: Julie Rehmeyer
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Julie fully expected to be breathing at the end of the trip - but driving into Death Valley felt like giving up, surrendering. She'd spent years battling a mysterious illness so extreme that she often couldn't turn over in her bed. The top specialists in the world were powerless to help, and research on her disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, was at a near standstill. Having exhausted the plausible ideas, Julie turned to an implausible one. Going against both her instincts and her training, she followed the advice of strangers she'd met on the Internet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gives me a whole new respect for patients w this
- De JJ Edwards en 11-13-22
- Through the Shadowlands
- A Science Writer's Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn't Understand
- De: Julie Rehmeyer
- Narrado por: Julie Rehmeyer
Beautiful story of struggle and survival
Revisado: 05-14-20
I’m addicted to this book! It is a beautiful description of having CFS and she gives such awesome and accurate details of the daily horrors of this condition. At the same time I’m tempted to stop and get the paperback book though.
I truly appreciate the author’s reading, but it sounds like she really needs a drink of water throughout the narrative. I’m having trouble getting over the constant dry, sticky saliva sounds. My guess is that she was on medication that caused dry mouth, which totally sucks cause I know what that’s like.
Whoever presided over this recording should have given this exceptionally talented woman a few more glasses of water!
Julie, well done!!
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Diary of an Alcoholic Housewife
- De: Brenda Wilhelmson
- Narrado por: Brenda Wilhelmson
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 186
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 166
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 164
Brenda Wilhelmson was like a lot of women in her neighborhood. She had a husband and two children. She was educated and made a good living as a writer. She had a vibrant social life with a tight circle of friends. She could party until dawn and take her children to school the next day. From the outside, she appeared to have it all together. But, in truth, alcohol was slowly taking over, turning her world on its side.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Life Changer!
- De Merryman Cassels en 01-26-19
- Diary of an Alcoholic Housewife
- De: Brenda Wilhelmson
- Narrado por: Brenda Wilhelmson
This woman’s life is WAY too clean and tidy
Revisado: 05-10-19
Not a real recovery story. She just talks about herself and her kids and her friends ad nauseam. She doesn’t ever really seem to struggle at all. Not recommended. Way too long and pretty much no story. There are much, much better options out there for this genre.
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