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Audiobook (abridged)57 minutes
Braces
Written by Donald Davis
Narrated by Donald Davis
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Braces hurt. Braces are embarrassing. Braces are inconvenient.
Many get fitted with them at the very time of their life when their self-confidence is lowest and their self-consciousness is highest.
This coming-of-age story, created and performed by Donald Davis, employs the author's trademark characterizations and humor to explore the state of uncertainty that getting braces throws one into. Also includes another Davis favorite, Everybody Goes to the Beach, which recalls the time he talked his mother into letting him go to Myrtle Beach with his friends under the supposedly watchful eye of one friend's grandmother, who, Davis recalls, "was a better enabler than governor".
For Adults and Young Adults.
An August House audio production.
Author
Donald Davis
Donald Davis was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013 and lost his wife to cancer in 2020. As long as he has a left hand that he can type with, he chooses to inspire others not to give up. He has found his faith and has chosen to live his life for Christ.
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