Audio only
This Life Is in Your Hands
One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family UndoneBy Melissa ColemanNarrated by Melissa ColemanLength9h 38m
About this audiobook
“Lyrical and down-to-earth, wry and heartbreaking, This Life Is in Your Hands is a fascinating and powerful memoir. Melissa Coleman doesn’t just tell the story of her family’s brave experiment and private tragedy; she brings to life an important and underappreciated chapter of our recent history.” —Tom Perrotta
In a work of power and beauty reminiscent of Tobias Wolff, Jeannette Walls, and Dave Eggers, Melissa Coleman delivers a luminous, evocative childhood memoir exploring the hope and struggle behind her family's search for a sustainable lifestyle. With echoes of The Liars’ Club and Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Coleman’s searing chronicle tells the true story of her upbringing on communes and sustainable farms along the rugged Maine coastline in the 1970’s, embedded within a moving, personal quest for truth that her experiences produced.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.9 (3.1K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length9 hrs 38 mins
Narrated byMelissa Coleman
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 12, 2011
LanguageEnglish
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m4.6 (178K)$7 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m4.7 (2.5K)$40 · $0.00
Evidence Not SeenDarlene Deibler Rose11h 11m4.6 (11.9K)$29 · $0.00
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m4.7 (351)$20 · $0.00
Will You Love Me?Cathy Glass9h 5m4.6 (9.3K)$29 · $0.00
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m4.7 (343)$20 · $0.00
HostageEli Sharabi5h 25m4.6 (10.8K)$24 · $0.00
Finding MeViola Davis9h 15m4.6 (256.4K)$29 · $0.00
The Dangerous Truth about Today’s MarijuanaLaura Stack CSP, MBA9h 57m4.7 (385)$20 · $0.00
Birdie & HarlowTaylor Wolfe7h 50m4.6 (6.5K)$26 · $0.00
The Lives of BrianBrian Johnson9h 45m4.6 (3.5K)$29 · $0.00
I Am The StormJanice Dean9h4.6 (1.5K)$8 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
Just as I AmCicely Tyson16h 8m4.6 (99K)$33 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m4.6 (2.6K)$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m4.6 (16.7K)$26 · $0.00
My Bondage and My Freedom (Annotated)Frederick Douglass15h 30m4.6 (2.4K)$2 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m4.6 (16.1K)$29 · $0.00
CrossroadsKaleb Dahlgren7h 56m4.6 (4.9K)$26 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m4.6 (927)$29 · $0.00
You may also like
The Great DivideCristina Henriquez13h 22m3.8 (36.2K)$33 · $0.00
Manatee SummerEvan Griffith6h 25m4.3 (1.3K)$24 · $0.00
The One and Only RubyKatherine Applegate3h 5m4.4 (13.1K)$18 · $0.00
The Borning RoomPaul Fleischman2h 20m3.9 (1.1K)$15
Jacob Have I LovedKatherine Paterson2h 57m3.9 (40K)$18 · $0.00
FamilyJ. California Cooper4h 43m4.4 (3.6K)$15
Ruby Lost and FoundChristina Li7h 6m4.3 (1.1K)$24 · $0.00
Homeland and Other StoriesBarbara Kingsolver3h4.0 (11K)$18 · $0.00
Big LoveBrooke Blurton7h 21m4.3 (943)$24 · $0.00
Burn the PlaceIliana Regan7h 22m3.8 (4.2K)$20 · $0.00
Clayton Byrd Goes UndergroundRita Williams-Garcia3h 45m4.0 (3.5K)$18 · $0.00
Managing ExpectationsMinnie Driver6h 49m4.2 (8K)$24 · $0.00
VilletteCharlotte Brontë23h 25m4.1 (111.2K)$4 · $0.00
The Story of UsCatherine Hernandez8h 43m4.0 (2.3K)$28 · $0.00
The Gangster We Are All Looking Forlê thi diem thúy4h 29m3.8 (4.3K)$15
The Longest Trip HomeJohn Grogan10h 43m4.1 (5K)$29 · $0.00
Mornings Without MiiMayumi Inaba4h 53m3.8 (2.7K)$20 · $0.00
UnravelingPeggy Orenstein5h 52m4.0 (6.8K)$8 · $0.00
Extinction Capital of the WorldMariah Rigg6h 10m4.0 (275)$24 · $0.00
Which Side Are You OnRyan Lee Wong5h 39m3.7 (1.7K)$17