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03157aim a22003495i 4500 001 5B3D45EAD7AA11EAACEF483997128E48 003 SILO 005 20200806010102 007 sd fungnnuuneu 008 181202s2019 nnnn ## n eng d 020 $a 1982687835 020 $a 9781982687830 (audiobook) 040 $a CTMM $b eng $e rda $c CTMM $d SILO 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23 100 $a Payne, Doris. 245 00 $a Diamond Doris : $b The true story of the world's most notorious jewel thief $h [sound recording] / $c Doris Payne. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [Ashland, Oregon] : $b [Blackstone Audio], $c [2019]. 300 $a 6 sound discs (approximately 7 hours) : $b digital, CD audio ; $c 4 3/4 in. 500 $a [Typographic symbols and accents removed for systems compatibility.] 511 1 $a Read by Robin Miles. 520 $a "In the ebullient spirit of Ocean's 8, The Heist, and Thelma & Louise, a sensational and entertaining memoir of the world's most notorious jewel thief-a woman who defied society's prejudices and norms to carve her own path, stealing from elite jewelers to live her dreams. Growing up during the Depression in the segregated coal town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, Doris Payne was told her dreams were unattainable for poor black girls like her. Surrounded by people who sought to limit her potential, Doris vowed to turn the tables after the owner of a jewelry store threw her out when a white customer arrived. Neither racism nor poverty would hold her back; she would get what she wanted and help her mother escape an abusive relationship. Using her southern charm, quick wit, and fascination with magic as her tools, Payne began shoplifting small pieces of jewelry from local stores. Over the course of six decades, her talents grew with each heist. Becoming an expert world-class jewel thief, she daringly pulled off numerous diamond robberies and her Jewish boyfriend fenced the stolen gems to Hollywood celebrities. Doris's criminal exploits went unsolved well into the 1970s-partly because the stores did not want to admit that they were duped by a black woman. Eventually realizing Doris was using him, her boyfriend turned her in. She was arrested after stealing a diamond ring in Monte Carlo that was valued at more than half a million dollars."--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Jewel thieves $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237. $z United States $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330 $v Biography. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001237. 650 0 $a Celebrities $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330. $x Crimes against $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005432 $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330. 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026047. 700 1 $a Miles, Robin, $e narrator. 941 $a 1 945 $a cdab 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20220806013938.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5B3D45EAD7AA11EAACEF483997128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search