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Listen with Liz - October 2024

I love nonfiction audiobooks. This is a totally random list of titles I listened to in September 2024. Titles are listed in alphabetical order. #IndyPLAdults #IndyPLAudiobooks #audiobooks #GoodListens #ListenWithLiz #memoirs

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10 items

  • All in Stride

    a Journey in Running, Courage, and the Search for the American Dream

    Garton, Johanna,
    Johanna Garton the inspiring stories of distance runners Elvin Kibet and Shadrack Kipchirchir. Both grew up in rural villages in Kenya. They had met in their youth but their paths crossed again when they were both attending American universities.…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2024[Holland] : Dreamscape Media, 2024.
  • Jennifer Romolini achieved it all, she had a high-level job with a C-suite office. But when she is let go but the company her unhappiness comes to the surface and she must deal with her past trauma and unresolved issues. Romolini is gifted writer…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2024.
  • But What Will People Say?

    Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures

    Kaur Kohli, Sahaj,
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli is a writer and a therapist. As the child of immigrants Kohl grew up feeling like she was straddling two worlds. She combines personal experiences with research and analysis. She offers advice and tools for those who find themselves…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2024New York : Books on Tape, 2024.
  • In reviews this book has been compared to Educated and Glass Castles. Debra Harding was kidnapped at knifepoint from a church parking lot then left out in the country to die. She survived but in her dysfunctional family her parents acted like it…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2020New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
  • I had seen promos for this book last year and kind of forgot about it until I got notice that it was available. I am not huge fan of Frank Zappa and remember Moon Unit Zappa and the valley girl song. This was a real, honest and at times very sad…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2024New York : HarperAudio, 2024.
  • Like Streams to the Ocean

    Notes on Ego, Love, and the Things That Make Us Who We Are

    Jenkins, Jedidiah,
    After listening to Jedidiah Jenkins's To Shake the Sleeping Self (see below) I decided to give this a listen. This is a collection of essays so a bit more random than the first one I listened too. Also available as a physical book and an eBook
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2020New York : Convergent, [2020]
  • Anna Marie Tendler is an artist and writer. In 2021 after battling anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and self-harm she checked herself into a psychiatric hospital. This is her story of her time there as well as when she left the hospital. As…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2024[S.I.] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2024.
  • After listening to Jedidiah Jenkins's To Shake the Sleeping Self (see below) and Like Streams to the Ocean (see above) I wanted to listen to this one. This is the story of his driving trip his mom and dad hiked before he was born. While it talks…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023New York, NY : Convergent Books, [2023]
  • So Long as It's Wild

    Standing Strong After My Famous Walk Across America

    Jenkins, Barbara,
    Barbara Jenkins is the coauthor of The Walk West and this is her long-awaited book telling her perspective. Barbara Jenkins grew up in the Ozarks, spending her days outside dreaming of far away places and escaping her life of poverty. When she is…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023[Place of publication not identified] : Dexterity, 2023.
  • After listening to the Barbara Jenkins book (see above) I decided to give her son's book a listen and really loved it. This one is about his cycling journey from Oregon down to Patagonia. With that much time on the bike Jenkins has plenty of time to…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2018New York : Convergent Books, [2018]