Download a Free Digital Audiobook of “Life Itself: A Memoir (Unabridged)” from Audible.com

Life Itself: A Memoir (Unabridged) can now be purchased in digital audiobook format from Audible.com. The book was provided by Hachette Audio and was written by Roger Ebert.Life Itself: A Memoir (Unabridged) was narrated by 34.98 and has a length of 14 hours and 16 min. It was first released in August 2011 and a sample is available for download.

Audible.com’s description of the audiobook is “”I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.”
—from Life Itself Roger Ebert is the best-known film critic of our time. He has been reviewing films for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and was the first film critic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize. He has appeared on television for four decades, including 23 years as cohost of Siskel & Ebert at the Movies. In 2006, complications from thyroid cancer treatment resulted in the loss of his ability to eat, drink, or speak. But with the loss of his voice, Ebert has only become a more prolific and influential writer. And now, for the first time, he tells the full, dramatic story of his life and career. Roger Ebert’s journalism carried him on a path far from his nearly idyllic childhood in Urbana, Illinois. It is a journey that began as a reporter for his local daily, and took him to Chicago, where he was unexpectedly given the job of film critic for the Sun-Times, launching a lifetime’s adventures. In this candid, personal history, Ebert chronicles it all: his loves, losses, and obsessions; his struggle and recovery from alcoholism; his marriage; his politics; and his spiritual beliefs. He writes about his years at the Sun-Times, his colorful newspaper friends, and his life-changing collaboration with Gene Siskel. He remembers his friendships with Studs Terkel, Mike Royko, Oprah Winfrey, and Russ Meyer (for whom he wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and an ill-fated Sex Pistols movie). He shares his in…”

The book is typically sold by Audible.com for $24.49, but if you’re not already a member of the AudibleListener® program, you can get a great deal and get Life Itself: A Memoir (Unabridged) or any other book for free with a 30-day free trial. If you are already a member of the AudibleListener® program, the book is available for 1 credit(s).

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