My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir Audiobook

" This is actually a 3+. It is a family memoir by Mark Whitaker, a biracial man who is the executive vice president of CNN Worldwide. His parents, both college professors, divorced when he was a child. He traces his parents and his own rather chaotic childhood to the person he is today. "

" Started off well but the second half was very disappointing. I guess the Syl and Jeanne story is more interesting than the Mark story or Whitaker finds it easier to "report" on his parents than on himself. "

" Received this as an ARC: I was absorbed in the beginning chapters but then lost steam. "

" I found this book to be boring and the writing style plodding. But, what annoyed me the most were the amount of misspellings, wrong words used, wrong tenses. Appalling editing and not proofread. I didn't finish it nor did I get too far. "

" I enjoyed reading this book, but it was slow the first half because he gave too much educational background information on his parents life. It gave a good understanding of what it is to be brought up by a white French mother and black American. Mark whitaker started his career with Newsweek as reporter, then editor. He then was Washington bureau chief at NBC and now executive vice-president and managing editor of CNN. "

" Very readable and enriching bio of intellectual elite Black/white journalist and his dad and mom. "

" The last of 3 memoirs I read for the Elle book jury, and by far the best. An intriguing family past, combined with the lessons he learns from both of his parents' experiences, made for a great read. "

" First book on CD. Great listen to, interesting life, mother French and fater African American. "

" This is a fascinating memoir written by Mark Whitaker the managing editor of CCN Worldwide. With a French mother and a black father, he relates the history of his family and his relationship with his father. "

" The overall story was interesting but this was a very easy book to put down. I felt there was way too much trivial detail and I was not really very impressed with this book. I found it rather depressing and it certainly makes you realize how awful the racial barriers have been. "

" Well-written, interesting storiesand got anxious for it to end about 50 pages short of the end. Glad I finished it. "

" I enjoyed taking the journey with Mark through his life as he came to understand his parents and how they shaped his life. "

" Interesting and informative, but at times the journalistic writing was not the most engaging. Mark Whitaker's upbringing is unique, and overall this memoir was a worthwhile read. (I was between a 3 and 4 star on this one--good, not great.) "

" Wow, I was hoping for an interesting and well written story and instead this book is surprisingly dull for a book about a mixed race marriage in the 1950s, and the life of a child from that marriage. It is so devoid of emotion as to make all of the characters cardboard figures. "

" very honest, introspective account of author's family. "