In the Dream House: A Memoir Free Audiobook Download by Carmen Maria Machado

This is a beautifully written memoir about the author's childhood, and her family faced with dangerous alcoholism and drug addiction. The writing is lyrical, but also direct and honest. I found myself tearing up at some points in the book. Overall it's a thought-provoking read.

Carmen Maria Machado tells the story of her difficult childhood. Her parents and their relationship is part of a painful history that includes heavy drinking, money problems and mental illness. However, the author does not wallow in self-pity or misery - she takes us on an emotional rollercoaster as she shows us how she survived and thrived.

In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado narrated by [Carmen Maria Machado] is an audiobook download of a woman's life and journey from childhood to adulthood. It captures the feelings of loss, regret and a search for self-acceptance while taking readers on a journey through time and space through her own unique language that takes the listener on a trip.

The audiobook "In the Dream House" has been narrated by Carmen Maria Machado, who is a First Place winner of the 2014 Boston Review Short Story Contest. This memoir was published in 2015 and it was written by Carmen Maria Machado and her husband on their then new home. The narrator's husband had designed their dream house before they moved into it which is why he wrote this memoir with the guidance and assistance of his wife.

The premise of the book is that the narrator, Carmen Maria Machado, a novelist and professor at Portland State University, has recently had a dream. In it, she was visited by her deceased mother who told her it's time to write a book. So when she wakes up from this dream, which seems like a premonition, she takes it as the sign that she needs to write the story of her mother's life.

Carmen Maria Machado's memoir, In the Dream House: A Memoir, tells the story of her family’s journey in the seventies from New York to LA. It covers themes such as immigration and assimilation, loneliness, and racism.