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My Year of Living Vulnerably
- Narrated by: Rick Morton
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From Rick Morton, the author of the best-selling, critically acclaimed memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt comes a dazzlingly brilliant book about love, trauma, and recovery, My Year of Living Vulnerably.
'Wonderfully readable and wide-ranging exploration of the visible and invisible touchstones of our lives...this is nourishing reading for our lonely, frightening, and fraught times. Part self-help book, part treatise on the importance of love, kindness, and forgiveness...Morton is a national treasure and we need more like him." (Books+Publishing)
In early 2019, Rick Morton, author of acclaimed, best-selling memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt, was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder - which, as he says, is just a fancy way of saying that one of the people who should have loved him the most during childhood didn't.
So, over the course of 12 months, he went on a journey to rediscover love. To get better. Not cured, not fixed. Just, better. This is a book about his journey to betterness, his year of living vulnerably. It's a book about love. What love is, how we see it, what forms it takes, how we practice it in our lives, what it means to us, and how we really, really can't live without it, even if, like Rick for many years, we think we can.
As he says: "People think they want cars - and they do, to get to jobs and appointments in cities and regions where public transport has failed them. But what gets them into those cars, out of the house, out of bed for God's sake, is love."
"Read this investigation because it will remind you of how optimism and love work together. Read it because your heart has been broken somewhere along the line and you need to know how to mend. Read this book because Rick Morton is the bloke we all need in our life to show us it is going to be okay." (Readings)
"Wryly comic, hard-thought and deeply-felt.... It is a heartbreaking book, but a beguiling and necessary one. And a work far wiser than the modesty of its author would allow." (The Saturday Paper)
"One of the many charms of Morton's seductively clever book is the treasure trove of scientific, philosophic, and literary observations, scattered throughout its pages, like beacons.... This is a significant book, to be read, dipped into, put aside and then revisited. Morton writes with grace, enlivened by vivid imagery and spontaneous wit." (The Canberra Times)
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-04-2021
amazing words.
I loved every minute and I cried when it was over. I'm sad that it's finished and I eagerly await his next words.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-04-2021
Excellent narration from the author
Rick Morton’s latest book is a feat of vulnerability, an ode to love (in all its forms), and somehow both deeply invested in unfolding the intricacies of human pain while very often being snort-out-loud funny. Definitely recommend this recording, too.
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- Jacob
- 14-08-2021
Ooh love
LOVE hurts, it makes my cry, it keeps me going. Finished the book in the first lockdown, in one day
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- KarlettaA
- 08-10-2022
Well worth it for me
Loved it. Did not know what to expect. Too much trauma? Not enough relief and enjoying life moments?
Nope. Did skip a bit or two. Beautiful storytelling.
Took a year to finish - in three sessions but - I've been off most of my fav genres for a few years now.
Beautiful. Thank you Rick.
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- Perry Duffin
- 24-03-2021
Essential
Each page is a mirror that left me nowhere to hide.
Required reading for anyone who wants to understand Australia and what it does particularly to its men.
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- Liane
- 31-07-2021
Entertaining, amusing, heartfelt, inspiring
Endearingly meandering at times. Being read by the Author makes it like hearing a deftly composed and compelling confessional or philosophical musing. I was engaged from beginning to end. Rick captures the impact of early life trauma with authenticity and a surprisingly light touch given the subject matter.
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- RAJN2001
- 07-06-2021
Props to you for sharing
Excellent dissertation on what means to live with vulnerability. Thank you for your courage Rick.
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- Tracey
- 17-04-2022
Many unexpected "Aha" Moments
Listening to Rick's voice narrate his own work as per this Audiobook would be my recommended vehicle for this book. Rick has many nuances in his writing, he is, afterall ,a journalist. It made for engaging listening and also brought through the authenticity of his message, I was right there with you, Rick. More than this was the number of unexpected moments of congruity where his emotional experience mirrors my own exactly, yet our childhood settings could not be more different. I now realise that I too am suffering from complex post traumatic stress, and as Rick points out so correctly, just being able to give your ailment a name brings a type of healing all of it's own. Rick, I want to thank you for being so vulnerable as to reveal your inner most thoughts and 'secrets' to the world. You gave us your heart on a plate and I honour that and thank you. I have listened and re-listened to your book, and am buying a hard copy so I can underline the poignant sections in black and white. This work is well researched and cleverly set out. I hope it becomes a number one seller. You are helping to heal the world one heart at a time. Thank you.
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- Denyse
- 05-08-2021
Must Read & Great Listening. Rick Morton Nails It!
Rick Morton, a talented man, was seeking more answers to questions he never knew he had until 2019. It was when it struck him, as he listened to a speaker outlining Complex PTSD at a writers festival that this fitted him. But how & what to do with that, is what Rick's second book, My Year of Living Vulnerably outlines with personal experiences & research about Complex PTSD. I Highly recommend listening to his first book One Hundred Years of Dirt too. We all need more of Rick Morton's words to better understand our human qualities which he outlines with humour, insight & overarching kindness.
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- MISS
- 19-04-2022
Great Book
A good follow on from 100 Years of Dirt. Interesting story of self discovery. Brilliant narration, really brings the book alive. Great for a car journey.
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