A Memoir
By: Tara Westover / Narrated By: Julia Whelan
Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
Big Sis and I differed on this, but hey! listen to meeeeee: Devastatingly fanTAStic!!!
A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
By: Laurence Leamer / Narrated By: Carrington MacDuffie
Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
A mishmash of EVERYthing that adds up to…? Uhm… not much…
A Chef's Hunger for More
By: Fatima Ali / Contributor: Tarajia Morrell / Narrated By: Nikhaar Kishnani, Deepa Samuel
Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
Oh thank GOSH! A Thanksgiving Listen that causes cravings, causes cheering, causes tears
How an Underachieving Labrador Won Our Hearts and Brought Us Peace
By: Mel C. Miskimen / Narrated By: Pam Ward
Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
Life after Loss… and plenty o’ Laughs?!
The Story of the Lunachicks
Written and Narrated By: The Lunachicks, Jeanne Fury
Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
Memories! Ahhh, memories! Come for this reminder of simpler times, tutu and combat boots times!
A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C.
By: Diane Carlson Evans / Contributor: Bob Welch / Foreword By: Joseph Galloway / Narrated By: Janet Metzger
Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
So sobering; so very good
My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals
By: Laurie Zaleski / Narrated By: Erin Moon
Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
Oh a mighty HUZZAH for Moms and Animals!
Written and Narrated By: Kristin Knight Pace
Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
Wellll, this has its merits… -but- it has plenty of >meh< also
Seventeen Brushes with Death
By: Maggie O'Farrell / Narrated By: Daisy Donovan
Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
Beautifully written, hauntingly touching; just absolutely stunning…
Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
By: Kim Barker / Narrated By: Kirsten Potter
Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
Looking for darkly comedic? Comedic darkness? Looking for good writing? Uhm…?
Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality
By: Tomiko Brown-Nagin / Narrated By: Karen Chilton
Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
Okay, this jumps around ALL OVER THE PLACE, but boy is it awesome!!!
Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
Written and Narrated By: Sierra Crane Murdoch
Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
One journalist’s obsession with one woman’s obsession…
By: Alicia Elliott / Narrated By: Kyla Garcia
Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
Kyla Garcia turns mostly-crotchety essays into chipper and jaunty musings… Whatthe?!?
When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes
By: Elizabeth Lesser / Narrated By: Xe Sands
Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
First time? Liked it. Second time? Oh gosh! juuuuuust what I NEEDED!!!
By: Sarah Vowell / Narrated By: Sarah Vowell, Conan O'Brien, Seth Green, Stephen Colbert
Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
No finer essayist on All Things American—The Good, The Bad, The Ugly… The Hilarious…!
A Chef’s Story of Family, Food, and Forgiveness
By: Cat Cora / Narrated By: Cassandra Campbell
Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
Oy vey: Clueless! clueless! exASPeratingly clueless!
The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
By: Katherine Sharp Landdeck / Narrated By: Gabra Zackman
Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
Such AWEsome women in this well-crafted and engaging audiobook!
Written and Narrated By: Marcia Gay Harden
Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
Lovely, lyrical, just wondered when the heck her Mom was gonna get her Meeee Time…?
Coping with Loss Every Day
By: Ty Alexander / Foreword By: Tia Williams, Janina Edwards / Narrated By: Myra Lucretia Taylor
Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins
Yup, there are dated references (And nods to Oprah...Ick), but soooo glorious…!
Memory, My Mother, and Me
By: Cathie Borrie / Narrated By: Jill Tucker, Cathie Borrie
Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
Sometimes lovely, sometimes heartbreaking—Bits and pieces strung together; it’s Life in all its desperate and gorgeous glory…
The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II
By: Ben Montgomery / Narrated By: Joe Barrett
Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
Wait, I know there’s a story in here SOMEwhere…!
How a Dog That No One Wanted Inspired the World
By: Joal Derse Dauer, Elizabeth Ridley / Narrated By: Ann Richardson
Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
Gosh, how I do haaaate it when I’m disappointed in an Animals Pick…
A Memoir
By: Melissa Gould / Narrated By: Rachel Botchan
Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
Where I FINally lost all sympathy and wanted to throttle Gould… wait for it… wait for it… HERE:
An Irish Girl's Journey from Maiden to Mother to Crone
Written and Narrated By: Alicia McMahon
Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
Kinda sweet, kinda endearing, but I kinda shot m’self in the foot because—
One Woman, Ten Thousand Miles, and a Journey into the Heart of Shelters and Rescues
Written and Narrated By: Cara Sue Achterberg
Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
From fostering, to “pulling” from kill-shelters; Cara’s journey continues…
A Memoir
By: Betsy Lerner / Narrated By: Orlagh Cassidy
Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
S’posed to be about the mother/daughter bond, but, uhm…
A True Story of Love and Friendship
Written and Narrated By: Martha Teichner
Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
Jeez! Oh how I haaaate saying with this one: I Want My Hours Back…! Also, a tiiiiiiny bit of a Spoiler Alert within this, sooo…
Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True
Written and Narrated By: Gabrielle Union
Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
Would I love to have a glass of wine with Union? Yesss! Would I listen to more of her essays? Nooooo!