When ABC News' Good Morning America asked its viewers to write essays describing true-life experiences, the network never imagined receiving more than twenty thousand pages of inspiring stories. After a panel of bestselling authors and editors chose three finalists, America was given the opportunity to vote on which aspiring author's story would be published. This audiobook is the result of the most ambitious search ever conducted to publish an extraordinary life story.
Farah Ahmedi is born into the world just as the war between the mujahideen and the Soviets reached its peak in Afghanistan. Bombs are falling all over her country, and her native Kabul is swelling with thousands of people looking for homes and jobs. When Farah steps on a land mine on her way to school, her world becomes much smaller than the dreams and hopes in her heart.
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky recounts an epic journey. It deftly interweaves a childhood in Afghanistan — where the classrooms are naked chambers with only chalkboards on the walls — with an American adolescence, where teenagers struggle to decide whether to try out for school plays and where to go to college.
Thanks to a number of good people who crossed her path at critical moments, Farah is thriving. She is actively enjoying the realization of her childhood dreams. Farah is living proof that not only can the human heart endure, it can also thrive. The Story of My Life is our new great American memoir.
Sue Ellen Cooper
Narrated By : Sue Ellen Cooper
Publisher : Hachette Audio
Duration : 3 hours
Women Autobiography
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Susan Estrich
Narrated By : Susan Estrich
Publisher : Harper Collins US
Duration : 6 hours
Politics Women Rich & Famous 21st Century American
Download Price : $29.95 $19.95
With arguments both stirring and sensible, she reminds us that if Hillary should succeed America and the World would be changed forever and for the better. See full description...
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The Schindler Family
Narrated By : Kate McIntyre and Don Leslie
Publisher : Hachette Audio
Duration : 3 hours 30 minutes
Women
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In 2004-5, when the Terri Schiavo case divided the country, one side of the story was buried under the avalanche of politics and power. Now Terri Schiavo's parents, brother, and sister speak out... See full description...
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Mark Fuhrman
Narrated By : John Hinch
Publisher : Harper Collins US
Duration : 5 hours 30 minutes
Women
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Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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