The Many Lives of Mama Love Audiobook By Lara Love Hardin cover art

The Many Lives of Mama Love

A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing

Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

The Many Lives of Mama Love

By: Lara Love Hardin
Narrated by: Lara Love Hardin
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $19.49

Buy for $19.49

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

“Once you start reading, be prepared, because you won’t want to stop.” —Oprah Winfrey

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter in this harrowing, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir.

No one expects the police to knock on the door of the million-dollar two-story home of the perfect cul-de-sac housewife. But soccer mom Lara Love Hardin has been hiding a shady secret: she is funding her heroin addiction by stealing her neighbors’ credit cards.

Lara is convicted of thirty-two felonies and becomes inmate S32179. She finds that jail is a class system with a power structure that is somewhere between an adolescent sleepover party and Lord of the Flies. Furniture is made from tampon boxes, and Snickers bars are currency. But Lara quickly learns the rules and brings love and healing to her fellow inmates as she climbs the social ladder and acquires the nickname “Mama Love,” showing that jailhouse politics aren’t that different from the PTA meetings she used to attend.

When she’s released, she reinvents herself as a ghostwriter. Now, she’s legally co-opting other people’s identities and getting to meet Oprah, meditate with the Dalai Lama, and have dinner with Archbishop Desmond Tutu. But the shadow of her past follows her. Shame is a poison worse than heroin—there is no way to detox. Lara must learn how to forgive herself and others, navigate life as a felon on probation, and prove to herself that she is more good than bad, among other essential lessons.

The Many Lives of Mama Love is a heartbreaking and tender journey from shame to redemption, despite a system that makes it almost impossible for us to move beyond the worst thing we have ever done.

©2023 Lara Love Hardin (P)2023 Simon & Schuster Audio
Dysfunctional Families Dysfunctional Relationships Parenting & Families Relationships True Crime Memoir Inspiring Exciting Funny Witty Feel-Good

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Sun Does Shine Audiobook By Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin, Bryan Stevenson - foreword cover art
The Sun Does Shine By: Anthony Ray Hinton, and others
The Woman in Me Audiobook By Britney Spears cover art
The Woman in Me By: Britney Spears
None of This Is True Audiobook By Lisa Jewell cover art
None of This Is True By: Lisa Jewell
Tom Lake Audiobook By Ann Patchett cover art
Tom Lake By: Ann Patchett
Everything Nothing Someone Audiobook By Alice Carrière cover art
Everything Nothing Someone By: Alice Carrière
Bright Young Women Audiobook By Jessica Knoll cover art
Bright Young Women By: Jessica Knoll
The Anti-Cool Girl Audiobook By Rosie Waterland cover art
The Anti-Cool Girl By: Rosie Waterland
Happiness Falls (Good Morning America Book Club) Audiobook By Angie Kim cover art
Happiness Falls (Good Morning America Book Club) By: Angie Kim
Stash Audiobook By Laura Cathcart Robbins cover art
Stash By: Laura Cathcart Robbins
Wellness Audiobook By Nathan Hill cover art
Wellness By: Nathan Hill
High Achiever Audiobook By Tiffany Jenkins cover art
High Achiever By: Tiffany Jenkins
I'm Glad My Mom Died Audiobook By Jennette McCurdy cover art
I'm Glad My Mom Died By: Jennette McCurdy
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Audiobook By Matthew Perry cover art
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing By: Matthew Perry
While You Were Out Audiobook By Meg Kissinger cover art
While You Were Out By: Meg Kissinger
The Whispers Audiobook By Ashley Audrain cover art
The Whispers By: Ashley Audrain
Hello Beautiful Audiobook By Ann Napolitano cover art
Hello Beautiful By: Ann Napolitano
Kasher in the Rye Audiobook By Moshe Kasher cover art
Kasher in the Rye By: Moshe Kasher
Tell Me Everything Audiobook By Minka Kelly cover art
Tell Me Everything By: Minka Kelly
Finding Me Audiobook By Viola Davis cover art
Finding Me By: Viola Davis
Shark Heart Audiobook By Emily Habeck cover art
Shark Heart By: Emily Habeck

People who viewed this also viewed...

The Sun Does Shine Audiobook By Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin, Bryan Stevenson - foreword cover art
The Sun Does Shine By: Anthony Ray Hinton, and others
The Mother Next Door Audiobook By Andrea Dunlop, Mike Weber cover art
The Mother Next Door By: Andrea Dunlop, and others
The Tell Audiobook By Amy Griffin cover art
The Tell By: Amy Griffin
The Anti-Cool Girl Audiobook By Rosie Waterland cover art
The Anti-Cool Girl By: Rosie Waterland
Sociopath Audiobook By Patric Gagne Ph.D. cover art
Sociopath By: Patric Gagne Ph.D.
If You Tell Audiobook By Gregg Olsen cover art
If You Tell By: Gregg Olsen
The Friday Edition Audiobook By Betta Ferrendelli cover art
The Friday Edition By: Betta Ferrendelli
Broken Audiobook By Shy Keenan cover art
Broken By: Shy Keenan
The Sun Does Shine (Young Readers Edition) Audiobook By Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich cover art
The Sun Does Shine (Young Readers Edition) By: Anthony Ray Hinton, and others
Sanders' Starfish Audiobook By Tara C. Allred cover art
Sanders' Starfish By: Tara C. Allred
Murder in the Dollhouse Audiobook By Rich Cohen cover art
Murder in the Dollhouse By: Rich Cohen
The Demon Next Door Audiobook By Bryan Burrough cover art
The Demon Next Door By: Bryan Burrough
The House of My Mother Audiobook By Shari Franke cover art
The House of My Mother By: Shari Franke
Hello Beautiful Audiobook By Ann Napolitano cover art
Hello Beautiful By: Ann Napolitano
What My Bones Know Audiobook By Stephanie Foo cover art
What My Bones Know By: Stephanie Foo
A Stolen Life Audiobook By Jaycee Dugard cover art
A Stolen Life By: Jaycee Dugard
American Predator Audiobook By Maureen Callahan cover art
American Predator By: Maureen Callahan
Down to the Bone Audiobook By Caitlin Rother cover art
Down to the Bone By: Caitlin Rother
Raw Honesty • Powerful Redemption • Authentic Narration • Inspiring Resilience • Emotional Storytelling
Highly rated for:
Most relevant  
I thought this was a great book, well written and read. It made me consider the almost impossible odds people face upon being released from jail/prison. How can a system assist and guide ex inmates while ensuring they’re accountable in a more achievable manner? How many successes versus failures? This books really shines a light on the battle.

Great Book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Wonderful real life story that would easily inspire anyone to not give up. Each day is a day to make the life you want it didn’t know you wanted. Mama Love has inspired me through this book and she will inspire you too.

Wow!! Outstanding!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

What a story!! Letting all of us in to have a snapshot of your life. You have guts and I am so glad I got to feel like I was part of your journey and many lives. I would want to be your friend! The people you met along the way seem wonderful and supportive. I only wish good things for you and your family. It is so deserved!! Thank you also for helping so many others. I think your story will change lives and outlooks. Xoxo

Unbelievable and wow!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Thank you for your courageous honesty. I was immediately captured by your voice and captured by your story.

Amazingly Inspirational

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I loved every part of this book! Mama Love truly learned from her mistakes and turned her suffering into a beautiful lesson. One of my top 5 books of 2023!

A beautiful story of resilience and strength

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Wow. Just wow. This book opened my eyes to so many things. It’s what Christianity and all true religions are really about without ever mentioning it in the book.

Should be required reading for all middle aged people

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Addiction is such a curse. It was refreshing to read a book that gave hope that some people are able to manage and overcome the negative impact of this disease.

Hopeful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Amazing story and was read so well. I loved it from the start and listened as a few hours flew by. I don’t listen to audibles very often but I’m so glad I listened to this one.. it’s the first in my favorite file.

Mama Love

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

This book absolutely blew me away. I can't suggest it enough. I will be talking about and sharing this book for the rest of my life. Wow, wow, wow. Lara, you are amazing and I am so thankful you shared these parts of yourself with us.

Best book I've ever read.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I liked how it was honest, concise and taught you something. Well done and I hope there’s another book down the road…

Honesty

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews