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Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project

Penguin Audio Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project


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Product Detail Information:
ASIN:0143142615
Sales Rank: 11051
Catalog:Book
Binding:Audio CD
Product Group:Book
Product Type:Abis Book
Manufacturer:Penguin Audio
EAN: 9780143142614
Publication Date: 2007-11-08
Format: Abridged
Audiobook
Number Of Items: 1


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Drawn from the work of StoryCorps, the largest and most ambitious private oral history project in American history, comes this tapestry of the stories Americans have been sharing from their lives to leave behind to their loved ones.



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Profound
11/4/2008
I first heard about the StoryCorps Project a few years ago and was immediately charmed by the idea of it. Two people important to one another enter a soundproof booth and spend 40 minutes as interviewer and interviewee. The interview is recorded. They are provided with suggested questions, but more often than not it seems that once the conversation gets rolling, it becomes just that - a conversation, and not so much an interview after all. Their stories unfold, and what happens is almost magical. At the end of the session, a high-quality copy of the recording is given to the participants, and another copy is sent to the Library of Congress. The whole point is to give a voice to everyone willing to sound it. A collection of some of these recordings has been compiled by Dave Isay in the amazing book Listening Is an Act of Love.

The stories shared here are conversations between husbands and wives, aunts and nephews, coworkers, friends. The stories are funny, shocking, heartwarming, and heartbreaking. I am haunted by the stories of those closely impacted by 9/11. I cried when I read a story about a daughter asking her father to remember his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. Some of the "how we met and fell in love" stories made me chuckle. The stories included in this book are from such different people in such different walks of life, yet so many common themes arise. Everyone wants to love and be loved, everyone makes mistakes, everyone hurts.

I borrowed this book from the library and read it in one sitting. It was so moving, so profound, that I want my own copy to keep. I want to hear these voices again and again, to remind myself that we all - all of us - have a story to tell.
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The Better to Understand America
11/2/2008
I laughed, I cried, I understood better the perspective of people whose lives are very different from mine. This book reminded me of the goodness and wonderful diversity of Americans. I'm looking forward to many more StoryCorps books.
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Story Corps project
10/31/2008
The Story Corps Project is a wonderful project, and this book introduces you to people from every walk of life, even prison. It is true that EVERYONE has a story, and most are very, very interesting.
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great stories
10/5/2008
If you love the real life stories you hear on NPR this is for you. Touching and poignant, listening to these give you hope and understanding for people in many different walks of life.
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6/4/2008
This was a great purchase. I haven't finished it, but wish I would of known about this sooner.
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