Sara Sheckells has narrated 2 audiobooks on Listento.it by 2 authors. The most-rated is Growing Old.
Ernest's Way
Summary
Ernest Hemingway, the Nobel Prize-winning author, was known as much for his prose as for his travels to exotic locales; his gusto and charm created excitement wherever he went. In Ernest's Way, we follow Cristen around the globe to the places he lived, wrote, fought, drank, fished, ran with the bulls, and held court with T.S. Elliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, and many other influential writers, artists, and intellectuals of the 20th century. Written with intimate insights, history, and essential logistical information, Ernest's Way is the first comprehensive guide to the legendary author’s adventures, showcasing for listeners the places that shaped his life and writing. With fresh and lively prose, Cristen bings these places to life for the modern listener, allowing all who admire Hemingway's life and literature to enjoy his legacy in a new and vibrant way.
©2019 Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
Growing Old
Summary
From the revered author of the best-selling The Hidden Life of Dogs, a witty, engaging, life-affirming account of the joy, strength, and wisdom that comes with age. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas has spent a lifetime observing the natural world, chronicling the customs of precontact hunter-gatherers and the secret lives of deer and dogs. In this audiobook, the capstone of her long career, Thomas, now 88, turns her keen eye to her own life. The result is an account of growing old that is at once funny and charming and intimate and profound, both a memoir and a life-affirming map all of us may follow to embrace our later years with grace and dignity. A charmingly intimate account and a broad look at the social and historical traditions related to aging, Growing Old explores a wide range of issues connected with growing older, from stereotypes of the elderly as burdensome to the methods of burial humans have used throughout history to how to deal with a concerned neighbor who assumes you’re buying cat food to eat for dinner. Written with the wit of Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck and the lyrical beauty and serene wisdom of When Breath Becomes Air, Growing Old is an expansive and deeply personal paean to the beauty and the brevity of life that offers understanding for everyone, regardless of age.
©2020 Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers