Carly Israel

SECONDS and INCHES

Arts EN ↓ 6 episodes

This is the audiobook from my memoir, Seconds and Inches. My soul baby. A love story? Painful truths. Generational trauma. Addiction. Recovery. Motherhood. Facing ourselves.

Author

Carly Israel

Episodes

6-Seconds and Inches-Chapter 3 15.03.2026 6:58

Part I: My Holocaust Chapter 3: Sylvia’s Choice

5-Seconds and Inches-Chapter 2 15.03.2026 9:30

Part I: My Holocaust Chapter 2: Shtetls and Fox Holes

4-Seconds and Inches-Chapter 1 15.03.2026 2:12

Part I: My Holocaust Chapter 1: Trapped in a Burning Building

3-Seconds and Inches-INTRODUCTION 15.03.2026 10:34

"I wear a sash like a beauty queen," writes Carly Israel, "except mine reads Broken ." A child of alcoholics and grandchild of Holocaust survivors, Israel felt pressured to deny that anything was wrong at home. To the outside world she was an overachieving, straight-A student, but the reality included substance abuse starting at age nine, an eating disorder, exercising to the point of injury, and...

2-Seconds and Inches-Disclosure 15.03.2026 1:43

“Where we come from changes us, whether we are aware of it or not,” Carly Israel writes in the opening pages of her debut memoir, Seconds and Inches . “The heat and the weight of what our ancestors endured is passed on.” What follows is a deeply introspective look at the ways in which trauma can move through a family, beginning with ancestors who survived the Holocaust, continuing with the author...

1-Seconds and Inches-TITLE 15.03.2026 0:08

This is the full audiobook of my memoir. For free. Enjoy. "I wear a sash like a beauty queen," writes Carly Israel, "except mine reads Broken ." A child of alcoholics and grandchild of Holocaust survivors, Israel felt pressured to deny that anything was wrong at home. To the outside world she was an overachieving, straight-A student, but the reality included substance abuse st...