Audiobooks by Joni Rodgers

Where There's Hope: Healing, Moving Forward, and Never Giving Up

Elizabeth Smart follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller, My Story-about being held in captivity as a teenager, and how she managed to survive-with a powerful and inspiring audiobook about what it takes to overcome trauma, find the strength to move on, and reclaim one's life. Author. Activist. Victim-no more. In her fearless memoir, My Story-the basis of the Lifetime Original movie I Am Elizabeth Smart-Elizabeth detailed, for the first time, the horror behind the headlines of her abduction by religious fanatic Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee. Since then, she's married, become a mother, and traveled the world as the president of the Elizabeth Smart Foundation, sharing her story with the intent of helping others along the way. Over and over, Elizabeth is asked the same question: How do you find the hope to go on? In this audiobook, Elizabeth returns to the horrific experiences she endured, and the hard-won lessons she learned, to provide answers. She also calls upon others who have dealt with adversity-victims of violence, disease, war, and loss-to explore the pathways toward hope. Through conversations with such well-known voices as Anne Romney, Diane Von Furstenburg, and Mandy Patinkin to spiritual leaders Archbishop John C. Wester and Elder Richard Hinckley to her own parents, Elizabeth uncovers an even greater sense of solace and understanding. Where There's Hope is the result of Elizabeth's mission: It is both an up-close-and-personal glimpse into her healing process and a heartfelt how-to guide for readers to make peace with the past and embrace the future.

Elizabeth A. Smart, Elizabeth Smart, Joni Rodgers (Author), Elizabeth A. Smart, Elizabeth Smart (Narrator)

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Part Swan, Part Goose: An Uncommon Memoir of Womanhood, Work, and Family

In a wise, warmhearted memoir that celebrates her extraordinary life and stellar career, Swoosie Kurtz shares just the right combination of personal misadventure and showbiz lore, candidly reflecting on the right choices that empowered her, the wrong choices that enlightened her, and the intimate journey of caring for an aging parent. Animating this remarkable memoir is Swoosie's relationship with her equally remarkable parents. Her father, Frank, was an Olympic athlete and highly decorated World War II airman. He flew a record number of missions in a cobbled-together B-17D called the Swoose. Her mother, Margo, was the quintessential military wife but with the spunk and will to match her husband's. Her 1945 memoir, My Rival, the Sky, chronicled their lives up to the time of the birth of their daughter. Today, Margo, who is fast approaching her hundredth birthday, lives with Swoosie. And Swoosie's life has become a precarious and precious balancing act as she struggles to stay ahead of her mother's increasing needs while navigating a showbiz career that keeps one foot in Hollywood and the other on Broadway. **Includes a PDF of a digital photo gallery The critics love Swoosie Kurtz.... "Inimitable...one of the best comic actors of our time." -USA Today "[An] expert comic actress...may just be the most seductive woman on the New York stage right now." -Charles Isherwood, The New York Times and "full of surprises...expressive...devastating...unforgettable." -Ben Brantley, The New York Times

Joni Rodgers, Swoosie Kurtz (Author), Swoosie Kurtz (Narrator)

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Promise Me: How a Sister's Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer

Joni Rodgers, Nancy G. Brinker (Author), Coleen Marlo (Narrator)

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A Little Bit Wicked

'Life's too short. I'm not.' You might know her as a Tony Award-winning Broadway star, who originated the role of Galinda the Good Witch in the smash musical Wicked and won a Tony for 1999's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Or you may recognize her from her starring roles on TV-The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, Sesame Street...oh, and her huge hit sitcom Kristin on NBC. Or her appearance on Pat Robertson's The 700 Club. The 700 Club? Kristin is a wonderful collection of contradictions- but everyone who's ever met her remembers her as the little girl with the big voice. At four foot eleven, Kristin Chenoweth is an immense talent in a petite but powerful package. In this lively, laugh-out-loud audio book, Kristin shares her journey from Oklahoma beauty queen to Broadway leading lady, reflecting on how faith and family have kept her grounded in the dysfunctional rodeo of showbiz. The daughter of an engineer and nurse, Kristin was singing in front of thousands at Baptist conventions by age twelve and winning beauty pageants by age twenty-two. (Well, actually she was second runner-up almost every freaking time. But, hey, she's not bitter.) On her way to a career as a professional opera singer, she stopped in New York to visit a friend and went on a whim to an audition. Through a combination of talent, hard work, and (she's quick to add) the grace of God, Kristin took Broadway by storm. But of course, into every storm, the occasional drizzle of disaster must fall.

Joni Rodgers, Kristin Chenoweth (Author), Kristin Chenoweth (Narrator)

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