Length1h 51m
About this audiobook
A woman named Nora finds a forgotten 1987 book called Pregnant Slouch in a secondhand store. Though not pregnant, she becomes consumed by its wisdom about carrying invisible weight. She reads it five times, paints her basement wall in stripes, and travels to find the author's grave. The book helps her stop apologizing for existing. She starts a support circle for tired women, helps her sister through divorce, and reconciles with her mother. Nora learns that slouching is not weakness but survival. Humans bend, straighten, and bend again. That is not a cycle. That is a life.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length1 hr 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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