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Auto/biographies by/about women on Audible - recommendations please!

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IwantToRetire · 19/01/2025 20:43

Have only recently started using Audible, and had a short list of books I listened to.

After that I realised I wasn't sure what to listen to next. I saw the Casual Vacancy (JKR) which although meant to be funny was so despressing about women's lives as wives, daughters, lovers, workers, I nearly didn't finish. So depressed.

So was hoping for recommenations for auto/biographies by/about women. Not saying I want anything light and fluffy, but something which has some positivity even if hard times along the way.

(Not against other recommendations whether crime, sci-fi, or whatever, but thought it might be nice to be inspired.)

Have some credit so happy to take the plunge into something unknown to me.

Many thanks.

Edited to add, not against anything discussing feminism, but have FWR for that!

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IwantToRetire · 20/01/2025 17:52

Many thanks to everyone!

So interesting to get such a range of suggestions.

This is really what I appreciate. Hearing / reading about women's lives and situations that I have no awareness of.

Thanks for BorrowBox suggestion, as I reminds me I do have access via my local library to audio books. Blush

So with so many suggestions when my credits run out cant sort out using the local libary option.

Flowers

(Hope others will find this thread interesting.)

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Fallingdownhouse · 20/01/2025 14:04

Can I suggest: Strong Female Character by Fern Brady; She's a Scottish comedian and autistic; her story is poignant, funny in parts and searingly honest. It also gave me a lot of insights into autism from a woman's perspective.
I would also recommend I'm Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCuddy; She played Sam in iCarly. She lifts the lid on the toxic Hollywood environment round child stars and you fully understand the shocking title by the middle of the book.

UnderTheCover · 20/01/2025 05:04

"Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal" by Jeanette Winterson is one of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to, and I've never read any of her other books. It's a compelling and uplifting memoir.

AuntieAgnesPoodle · 20/01/2025 03:23

Thoroughly recommend Miranda Hart's recent book I haven't been entirely honest with you. It isn't in the slightest bit depressing, it's very interesting and there's a lot to make you feel better about everything.

Have you tried BorrowBox from your local library? They have a great selection of audiobooks on there, which can be used to complement Audible - you are not making any kind of commitment when you borrow the book, if you don't like it you just return it.

AudiobookListener · 19/01/2025 21:22

I'm about to start Quartet by Leah Broad, about four twentieth-century female composers.

On my wishlist I have A Flat Place by Noreen Masud, Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream, Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell, How to Supress Women's Writing by Joanna Russ

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