This Month's Thrift Store CD Sharity

Goldie Hawn, A Lotus Grows in the Mud (Penguin Audio, 2005)

I don't usually provide CD rips, for a lot of different reasons that aren't necessary to recount. But, in my bargain thrifty searches, I came across a free copy of this abridged audio version of Hawn's autobiographical book (the actual discs are a library discard). As the audiobook seems to be unavailable on Amazon (leading me to think this might be out-of-print), I'll offer the tracks this month.

So, is it any good? I dunno, really. You see, I don't like audiobooks that much. And I don’t usually like (auto)biographies, either.

But a Hollywood audiobook? Doesn't that promise narcissistic, excessive, campy fun? Well, maybe. Narcissistic this is. But it is also played pretty straight. So, while Goldie is quite deep in thought here, perhaps as introspective and thoughtful as she'll ever be, it just isn't over-the-top, wacky fun. It sometimes seems quite maudlin.

Anyway, there's a lot of Goldie here: five discs worth, in three different zip files: one, two, three.