Black Girl Lost Free Audiobook Download by Gary Rodriguez,Donald Goines
Gary Rodriguez Donald Goines books have been around for a long time. In this book Gary tells the story of a young African American woman who is lost and on the run with her partner and their daughter.
This audiobook's narrator is Bahni Turpin. The book was published in 1973 and is set in Harlem, New York City during the late 1960s. The author of Black Girl Lost shared a story of a young woman who falls into poverty and struggles to survive while creating a new life for herself.
Gary Rodriguez Donald Goines's Black Girl Lost is a story of coming-of-age in the rough streets of Harlem. The main character, Toni Morrison, is a young woman who is desperately seeking acceptance, love, and understanding from her family and peers. She often feels like she doesn't belong anywhere. However, she finds herself in many places because "Love comes to those who dream."
This audiobook is the story of a young woman, Janet Palmer, a black woman who is entering her mid-twenties. A middle child who has been constantly overshadowed by her older brother and sister, she is attempting to break away from the cycle of poverty and abuse she's known since childhood. She sets out to find herself, only to be drawn back repeatedly into that same cycle. Black Girl Lost follows Palmer as she tries to create an identity for herself and figure out how her community is portrayed in the media. The audiobook starts with a quote from Junot Díaz's 'This Is How You Lose Her': "the part of you that feels like you deserve better." In his audiobook, Rodriguez uses it to introduce
I am just going to say this up front. If you did not read the book, you are missing out on so much. It is a story that takes place in Harlem during the late 1960's and early 70's. There is no romance as such but there is some love between two people who really have to fight for their happiness.
Black Girl Lost audiobook by Gary Rodriguez and Donald Goines is a story of the struggles faced by many African American women during the late 1950s. This audiobook download tells the story through the eyes of Bahni Turpin, an African American woman living in Newark, New Jersey. She is trying to figure out how to navigate her family, relationships and society while struggling with how she fits into these two worlds as a black woman.
Published Date | 2014-05-01 |
Duration | 4 hours 34 minutes |
Author | Gary Rodriguez, Donald Goines |
Narrated | Bahni Turpin |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Fiction & Literature |
Parent Category | Black Literature, General |