Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
Audiobook10 hours
Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Written by Drew Gilpin Faust
Narrated by Drew Gilpin Faust
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Culminating in the upheavals of 1968, this coming-of-age memoir captures a time of rapid change and fierce reaction as played out in the life of one young Virginian.
Author
Drew Gilpin Faust
Drew Gilpin Faust is president of Harvard University. Her books include Southern Stories: Slaveholders in Peace and War, The Creation of Confederate Nationalism: Ideology and Identity in the Civil War South, and This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War.
Related to Necessary Trouble
Related audiobooks
Omega Farm: A Memoir Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Southern Discomfort: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rock Needs River: A Memoir About a Very Open Adoption Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWomen We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5EVERYTHING/NOTHING/SOMEONE: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Larry McMurtry: A Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One Way Back: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Heart that Works Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Romney: A Reckoning Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dinner With the President Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The White House Plumbers: The Seven Weeks That Led to Watergate and Doomed Nixon's Presidency Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devout: A Memoir of Doubt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Sons of Omaha: The Tragic Deaths of Jake Gardner and James Scurlock in a Fractured America (t) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Story of Art Without Men Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stash: My Life in Hiding Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Through the Groves: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Personal Memoirs For You
Counting the Cost Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Glass Castle: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roxane Gay & Everand Originals: My Year of Psychedelics: Lessons on Better Living Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Woman in Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'm Glad My Mom Died Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Making It So: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bad Mormon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sociopath: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Enough Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Night: New translation by Marion Wiesel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Roxane Gay & Everand Originals: Built for This: The Quiet Strength of Powerlifting Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finding Me: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good Girls Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5See You on the Way Down: Catch You on the Way Back Up! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yes Please Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roxane Gay & Everand Originals: Stand Your Ground: A Black Feminist Reckoning with America’s Gun Problem Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Year of Magical Thinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Down the Drain Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wishful Drinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Many Lives of Mama Love (Oprah's Book Club): A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
Timothy Egan Rewrites History 100% found this document usefulOlympian Gracie Gold on Surviving Trauma, Family Secrets & The Pressures of Competitive Figure Skating 0% found this document usefulMatthew Desmond, "Poverty, By America" 0% found this document usefulLeslie Jordan: From Dance Floor Drugs to Daily Gratitudes: Leslie Jordan: From Dance Floor Drugs to Daily Gratitudes 0% found this document useful'And There Was Light' traces Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery and religion 0% found this document useful37: Run, Rose, Run 0% found this document usefulScamanda Ft. Charlie Webster 0% found this document useful"On Our Best Behavior" With Elise Loehnen 100% found this document usefulHeather Richardson: Democracy Awakening 0% found this document usefulJennifer Grey | Out of the Corner 0% found this document usefulHeather Cox Richardson on History, Conservatism, and the Awakening of American Democracy 100% found this document usefulThe Revolutionary Samuel Adams with Stacy Schiff 0% found this document usefulSuleika Jaouad | Between Two Kingdoms 0% found this document usefulTraveling in time with Emma Straub in her new novel 'This Time Tomorrow' 0% found this document usefulWhat Actually Motivates Change? (Carrie Wilkins, PhD): ADDICTION 0% found this document usefulThe Dust Bowl | The Land of Opportunity | 1 0% found this document usefulPaula McLain, "When The Stars Go Dark" 0% found this document usefulTwo thrillers unfold in the shadows of Appalachia 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Jeanette Walls' 'Hang The Moon' Transports Readers To Prohibition NPRArticle
Jeanette Walls' 'Hang The Moon' Transports Readers To Prohibition
Mar 29, 2023
3 min read'Honor' Is A Searing Meditation On The Meaning Of Dignity In A Dehumanizing World NPRArticle
'Honor' Is A Searing Meditation On The Meaning Of Dignity In A Dehumanizing World
Jan 26, 2022
4 min readThe Plan for 7,000 Bodies Discovered Under a Mississippi Campus The AtlanticArticle
The Plan for 7,000 Bodies Discovered Under a Mississippi Campus
Jun 12, 2017
5 min readCheap Land Colorado 5280 MagazineArticle
Cheap Land Colorado
Oct 28, 2022
10 min readIn 'Quietly Hostile,' Samantha Irby Trains A Cynical Eye Inward NPRArticle
In 'Quietly Hostile,' Samantha Irby Trains A Cynical Eye Inward
May 15, 2023
3 min readSelma Blair’s Revealing Memoir Mean Baby Captures The Final Days Of Hollywood Privacy The IndependentArticle
Selma Blair’s Revealing Memoir Mean Baby Captures The Final Days Of Hollywood Privacy
May 24, 2022
4 min readAre Authors Now Writing For TV Producers Rather Than Readers? The IndependentArticle
Are Authors Now Writing For TV Producers Rather Than Readers?
Jul 13, 2024
5 min readBritney Spears’ ‘The Woman In Me’: 8 Takeaways From A Book Full Of Fury Los Angeles TimesArticle
Britney Spears’ ‘The Woman In Me’: 8 Takeaways From A Book Full Of Fury
Oct 20, 2023
6 min readIn Shrill, Another Fat Lead Whose Character Is Too Thin TIMEArticle
In Shrill, Another Fat Lead Whose Character Is Too Thin
Mar 25, 2019
2 min readIn 'How Much Of These Hills Is Gold,' This Land Is Not Your Land NPRArticle
In 'How Much Of These Hills Is Gold,' This Land Is Not Your Land
Apr 10, 2020
2 min readLauren Groff Has Written a New Gospel The AtlanticArticle
Lauren Groff Has Written a New Gospel
Sep 12, 2023
7 min readFebruary’s BOOK CLUB Woman & HomeArticle
February’s BOOK CLUB
Jan 5, 2023
River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (£18.99, HB, Headline) It’s Barbados 1834 and slavery has been abolished, but former slaves must work for another six years – for free! In an act of resistance, Rachel heads off through the Caribbean and South A
4 min readBarbara Kingsolver’s Superficial View of the American Family in the Trump Era The AtlanticArticle
Barbara Kingsolver’s Superficial View of the American Family in the Trump Era
Oct 13, 2018
7 min readIn The Land Of Steady Habits, Biographer Robert Caro Prepares The Final LBJ Volume TIMEArticle
In The Land Of Steady Habits, Biographer Robert Caro Prepares The Final LBJ Volume
Apr 15, 2019
5 min read'I Have Some Questions For You' Is A Dark, Uncomfortable Story That Feels Universal NPRArticle
'I Have Some Questions For You' Is A Dark, Uncomfortable Story That Feels Universal
Feb 27, 2023
3 min read'Rogues' Showcases Patrick Radden Keefe's Preternatural Gift For Reading People NPRArticle
'Rogues' Showcases Patrick Radden Keefe's Preternatural Gift For Reading People
Jun 27, 2022
3 min read27 Best New Books To Read, From Historical Fiction To Romance Novels The IndependentArticle
27 Best New Books To Read, From Historical Fiction To Romance Novels
Aug 2, 2024
15 min readLiz Cheney Already Has a 2024 Strategy The AtlanticArticle
Liz Cheney Already Has a 2024 Strategy
Aug 17, 2022
6 min readKevin Wilson Is On Fire In 'Nothing To See Here' NPRArticle
Kevin Wilson Is On Fire In 'Nothing To See Here'
Nov 2, 2019
3 min readBonnie Garmus Wrote 'Lessons In Chemistry.' She Learned The Formula For TV Would Bring Changes Los Angeles TimesArticle
Bonnie Garmus Wrote 'Lessons In Chemistry.' She Learned The Formula For TV Would Bring Changes
Sep 11, 2023
10 min readIn The 1920s, A Community Conspired To Kill Native Americans For Their Oil Money NPRArticle
In The 1920s, A Community Conspired To Kill Native Americans For Their Oil Money
Apr 17, 2017
5 min read'Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold' Plays It As It Lays NPRArticle
'Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold' Plays It As It Lays
Oct 26, 2017
2 min readEMMA & ELLIOT: IT’S OVER You South AfricaArticle
EMMA & ELLIOT: IT’S OVER
Feb 12, 2021
4 min readInside The Garden Of Evil The AtlanticArticle
Inside The Garden Of Evil
May 22, 2023
18 min readWitchcraft, Field Hockey And 1980s Massachusetts Meet In 'We Ride Upon Sticks' NPRArticle
Witchcraft, Field Hockey And 1980s Massachusetts Meet In 'We Ride Upon Sticks'
Mar 4, 2020
3 min readTop 10 Books AppleMagazineArticle
Top 10 Books
Aug 19, 2022
1 min read'All The Rage' Isn't About Moms Having It All — It's About Moms Doing It All NPRArticle
'All The Rage' Isn't About Moms Having It All — It's About Moms Doing It All
May 12, 2019
4 min readThe Boys In The Boat: Incredible True Story Behind George Clooney’s New Film The IndependentArticle
The Boys In The Boat: Incredible True Story Behind George Clooney’s New Film
Dec 23, 2023
2 min read‘Where Are Your Parents?’ The AtlanticArticle
‘Where Are Your Parents?’
Jul 12, 2023
6 min readWhy My Parents Chose Life The AtlanticArticle
Why My Parents Chose Life
Jun 6, 2022
4 min read
Related categories
Reviews for Necessary Trouble
Rating: 4.5625 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
16 ratings1 review
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very well written and narrated by the author
Anyone who grew up in the 1960s would enjoy reimagining that era