EPISODE · Sep 5, 2023 · 3 MIN
This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel by Jenny Laden
from Best Full Trial Audiobooks in Better in Audio, Audie-Award Winners · host Berta Abernathy
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel Author: Jenny Laden Narrator: Gail Shalan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Audie-Award Winners Publisher's Summary: In this heartbreaking multimedia debut—filled with drawings, poems, and journal entries—author Jenny Laden draws on her own experience to create a story of grief and transcendence, perfect for fans of Francesca Zappia and Jennifer Niven. Danielle Silver is a Philadelphia high school senior at the dawn of the ’90s. Ever since her parents split up, she has known her father was gay, but she never expected to be hit with the bombshell that he is HIV positive. As he sickens, and AIDS starts to claim the lives of his friends, Danielle searches for silver linings while trying to balance paralyzing fear, grief, her social life, and schoolwork—capturing all the feelings as adolescence and some hard facts collide. An Educator’s Guide is available: https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.blackstoneaudio.com/docs/This%20Terrible%20True%20Thing_Education%20Guide.pdf
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel Author: Jenny Laden Narrator: Gail Shalan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Audie-Award Winners Publisher's Summary: In this heartbreaking multimedia debut—filled with drawings, poems, and journal entries—author Jenny Laden draws on her own experience to create a story of grief and transcendence, perfect for fans of Francesca Zappia and Jennifer Niven. Danielle Silver is a Philadelphia high school senior at the dawn of the ’90s. Ever since her parents split up, she has known her father was gay, but she never expected to be hit with the bombshell that he is HIV positive. As he sickens, and AIDS starts to claim the lives of his friends, Danielle searches for silver linings while trying to balance paralyzing fear, grief, her social life, and schoolwork—capturing all the feelings as adolescence and some hard facts collide. An Educator’s Guide is available: https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.blackstoneaudio.com/docs/This%20Terrible%20True%20Thing_Education%20Guide.pdf
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