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Media personality Faith Salie gives an expressive, nimble performance of her memoir, which bounces back and forth in time as it covers her childhood, career, two marriages, and path to motherhood. Salie employs the full range of her voice, from loud and expansive to quiet confessional asides, engaging listeners more fully with her stories of overachieving and building her life and career. While humor drives the book, Salie embraces emotional complexity in her exploration of sensitive subjects such as grief, miscarriage, and divorce. She balances seriousness with a comedian's recognition of the absurdity embedded in so many of life's challenges. This chatty, relatable listen will win Salie new fans. A.F. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine