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There’s an African proverb that says “It takes a village to raise a child”. Hollywood producer and best-selling author DeVon Franklin offers a personal twist: It Takes a Woman. In this riveting and soul-stirring Audible Original, Franklin introduces us to the women who raised him—a “village of love” that selflessly came together to shape him into the man he is today.

Meet Ida LeClair. She lives in the small town of Mahoosuc Mills, Maine, with her husband, Charlie. Stories? She's got a double-wide mobile home full of them! Find out what happens when the husbands go off hunting for the weekend! Hear about the amazing adventures Ida and her friends, Celeste, Rite, Betty, Dot, and Shirley, have in "the Bonneville". You've heard of Maine humor Down East? Here's Maine humor from in-state, the heart of the North Country, where the women run with the moose!

Ida Lupino was a trail-blazer. Not only was she one of the most vibrant Hollywood actresses of the 1940s and 1950s, but she was also only the second woman to become a member of the Director's Guild. Michael B. Druxman's one-woman play, Ida: The Last Lupino, joins Ida in 1983 when she is living alone in her decaying Brentwood home as a virtual hermit, lamenting the break-up of her marriage with Howard Duff. Ida: The Last Lupino is a vivid, often witty, portrait of a woman who conquered a man's world.

Karl Aage Rasmussens nye musikbiografi omhandler den russiske komponist Sergej Prokofjev, som levede fra 1891 til 1953. Prokofjev blev født før den russiske revolution, i en forholdsvis velhavende familie og fik sine første værker uropført i Rusland; men under revolutionen forlod han sit fædreland og turnerede rundt som pianist i både Europa og USA. Han fik også værker uropført i Europa, men løb ind i forskellige skuffelser og blev efterhånden tiltrukket af de løfter om rige muligheder i Sovjetunionen, og fra 1933 til sin død boede han der.