The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates audiobook

The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Read by JD Jackson

Recorded Books, Recorded Books, Inc. 9780385527460

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 2 Formats: CD
  • 2 Formats: Library CD

  • ISBN: 9781664496620

  • ISBN: 9781664604452

Runtime: 6.36 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

Oprah Pick for Best Memoirs of a Generation

Ta-Nehisi Coates' debut is an infectious, reflective memoir-a lyrical saga of surviving the crack-stricken streets of Baltimore in the '80s. Son of Vietnam vet and black awareness advocate Paul Coates-a poor man who set out to publish lost classics of black history-Ta- Nehisi drifts toward salvation at Howard University, while his ominous brother Big Bill finds his own rhythm hustling.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A searing and soulful memoir.” —Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author
“A brilliant coming-of-age story.” —People
“Haunting and healing…a splendid memoir.” —Essence
“A remarkable, blunt portrait of an adolescence filled with danger, chaos, flaws, and tragedy…A love story, dispatched from the front lines of a family.” —Time Out New York

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Author

Author Bio: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Author Bio: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates, American writer, journalist, and educator, is the award-winning author of the memoirs The Beautiful Struggle and Between the World and Me. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2016 by Time.com. Between the World and Me was longlisted for the National Book Award and was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He has received the National Magazine Award, the Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism, the George Polk Award, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Prize, and a “Genius” grant from the MacArthur Foundation. He is a national correspondent for the Atlantic.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD
Category: Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography
Runtime: 6.36
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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