This was definitely a better vacation read for me. I listened to the audiobook on my long road trip, because hearing these stories is the most beautiful part to me. I love mornings when I catch StoryCorps on NPR. The little glimpses into the heartbreaking, loving, deeply moving lives of ordinary peo...
Short piece with questions and answers from a variety of individuals. It was interesting to hear what people had to say in their own words but these are really short pieces and I have to admit that I wanted a bit more.
Review first posted on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2014/01/ties-that-bind-stories-of-love.htmlBefore reading this book, I was not familiar with the StoryCorps project . I am so glad that I read the book and learned more. I will now follow the project and perhaps, at some point, b...
This book seemed to have a great premise, but it fell short for me. I think that if I had heard the audio or seen a video of these people telling their stories, it would have been much more impactful. So much of the meaning of words--ESPECIALLY where emotions are concerned--comes from the facial exp...
Listening is what I did in my job at the federal government. I loved that job. I loved listening to the stories of people. People are good, I discovered, much better than you’d think from the media. This was a book of everyday stories, the stories of people’s lives. It was taken from the projec...
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