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Loive Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Definitive Redux Second EditionBy R. Antonio Matta
Length6h 45m
About this audiobook
Love Is in the Eye of the Beholder follows Dalesa's raw journey from suicidal despair to tentative hope through a "literary musical"—narrative prose interwoven with 26 spoken word poems. After a lifetime of abuse and a trauma that leaves her HIV-positive, she finds an unexpected lifeline in Romeo, a therapist who sees her worth when she cannot. This hybrid work weaves prose with verse and spiritual reflection, exploring how we learn to love ourselves after the world has taught us we are unlovable.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry, Psychology
Length6 hrs 45 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
24Chapter 7: Rubber Bands and Sacred Scars
2Dedicated to…
25Heart Of a Fighter
3Corinthians 13:2-8
26Don’t Live Without One
4Forward
27Be Gone
5Prologue: Tick Tock
28Chapter 8: Missing Sessions, Present Absence: Smiling
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6Chapter 1: The Inheritance of Wounds
29Smiling
7Warmth Of Your Love
30Chapter 9: Wednesday Night Liturgies
8Unexpected Possibility
31Come Find Me
9Chapter 2: Maps of Uncharted Territory: Farewell To Misery’s Company
32Anatomy Of Sadness
10Farewell to Misery's Company
33Chapter 10: Divine Love and Human Boundaries: The Most in My Life
11Chapter 3: The Archaeology of Silence
34The Most in My Life
12Stop
35Chapter 11: The Friendship Curriculum: More Than Just a Friend
13Let It In
36More Than Just a Friend
14Chapter 4: Performed Selves and Hidden Truths
37Chapter 12: Pharmaceutical Symphonies
15Eye See You
38Swallow
16A Mother’s Love
39Too Deep
17The Forgotten Embrace
40No Vacancy
18Chapter 5: When Bodies Become Crime Scenes
41Chapter 13: Professional Distance, Personal Proximity: This Is…
19Maybe I Deserve It
42This Is...
20The Last Time
43Chapter 14: The Revolution of Self-Recognition: It Belongs to Me
21Chapter 6: The Chemistry of Surviving
44It Belongs to Me
22Monsters
45For more content by R. Antonio Matta…
23Go On
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