Audiobook Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu in the ListenBook app
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Book description
October 17th
Just finished Someone Like Us on audiobook, and I'm still sitting here with the headphones off, not quite ready to step back into my own life. It's rare for a book to feel this immediate, this close, but Dinaw Mengestu's storytelling, delivered with such quiet intensity by the narrator, did exactly that.
I'd heard it was a story about family secrets and the weight of the past, but hearing it unfold-Mamush's voice, so weary yet searching, carrying the history of his Ethiopian community in DC-made it visceral. The way the narrator handled Mamush's internal shifts, that slow dawning of understanding about his father figure Samuel, the man found dead in his garage... it wasn't just telling me the story. It was making me feel the dust on the old neighborhood streets, the tightness in Mamush's chest as he revisits places he'd sworn never to return to.
What struck me most? The audiobook made the silence matter. Not just the silence of a garage where Samuel was found, but the unspoken things between Mamush and Hannah, the things he'd buried for years. The narrator never overplayed it-just let the pauses breathe, and suddenly, the absence of words felt louder than any confession. You could almost hear Mamush's own heart beating in the quiet moments, the way he'd been masking his pain for so long.
And the setting! Washington DC, the immigrant community, the way Mengestu captures the rhythm of a neighborhood where everyone knows your business but also your history. The audiobook made it feel like a living, breathing place-like you could turn a corner and bump into Mamush's mother, her quiet strength radiating even through the narration. You could hear the weight of her unspoken judgment, the care beneath her stoicism.
I was especially moved by how the journey across America-Mamush driving through unfamiliar landscapes, chasing ghosts of his past-felt so deeply personal, even as he moved through vast, empty spaces. The narrator's voice didn't rush it. It lingered on the details: the way the sun hit a roadside diner, the sound of a train passing at night, the way Mamush finally allowed himself to remember things he'd spent years avoiding. It wasn't just about finding answers to Samuel's death. It was about Mamush learning how to be present again, how to let himself be seen.
By the end, I wasn't just relieved the story had a resolution-I was grateful. Grateful for the way Mengestu didn't offer easy fixes, but showed how healing is messy, how it starts with just asking the questions you were told never to ask. And the audiobook? It made every word feel like a secret whispered just for you. You didn't just read about Mamush finding his way back to himself; you felt it, step by step, through the quiet power of the voice guiding you there.
This isn't just a book you listen to. It's one that stays with you long after the last word fades-like a conversation you've had with a friend you've known your whole life, one that leaves you feeling both lighter and deeper, like you've finally come home to a part of yourself you'd forgotten existed. Unforgettable, as they said. And so, so true.
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