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If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>enFictionCopyright Kaelyn Rathhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c7d292b251429ecb830825427f1fb652.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/listen-to-latest-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-coming-of-age--6575890Sat, 29 Mar 2025 02:59:43 +0000Kaelyn RathKaelyn Rathfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/396/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you looking for a treasure trove of knowledge with over 500,000+ audiobooks? We are proud to introduce diverse...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/396/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you looking for a treasure trove of knowledge with over 500,000+ audiobooks? We are proud to introduce diverse categories such as Business & Career Development, Communication Skills, and Health & Fitness. Especially, you will receive 3 free audiobooks to experience. You can listen to books anytime, anywhere on devices like iPhone, iPad, Android, and more. Don't miss the opportunity to enhance your knowledge and entertainment with us! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-man-of-honour-by-barbara-taylor-bradford--65202607https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410605 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Man of Honour Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Aidan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 11, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The prequel to the million-copy bestseller, A Woman of Substance, where, high on the Yorkshire moors, the story of Blackie O’Neill and Emma Harte begins… Orphaned and alone, 13-year-old Blackie O’Neill must leave County Kerry to find work and put food in his mouth. His only chance of survival lies with his mother’s brother, far away in Leeds. There, amid the noise and bustle, the mills and manufactories of the clothing industry that have made Leeds one of England’s most prosperous cities, Blackie’s spark of ambition becomes a flame. Working in his Uncle’s business, he nurtures a dream of throwing off the impotence of poverty, of building houses and perhaps even of becoming a gentleman. And then, high on the Yorkshire moors, in the mists of a winter morning, he meets a kitchen maid called Emma Harte. And as the Victorian world gives way to the freedom of the Edwardian age, so a young man and a servant girl seize a chance, against the odds, to build a better life… ‘Heart-soaring and hopefuly, this is a story about love, courage and ambition. A true treat for anyone fell in love with the original novel’ Yours ‘This captivating read chronicles 13-year-old orphan Blackie O’Neill’s migration from Ireland . . . when he meets Emma Harte, it ignites a lifetime of friendship’ Woman Don’t miss this stunning new novel from Barbara Taylor Bradford!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410605Thu, 11 Nov 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410605 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Man of Honour Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Aidan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410605 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Man of Honour Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Aidan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 11, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The prequel to the million-copy bestseller, A Woman of Substance, where, high on the Yorkshire moors, the story of Blackie O’Neill and Emma Harte begins… Orphaned and alone, 13-year-old Blackie O’Neill must leave County Kerry to find work and put food in his mouth. His only chance of survival lies with his mother’s brother, far away in Leeds. There, amid the noise and bustle, the mills and manufactories of the clothing industry that have made Leeds one of England’s most prosperous cities, Blackie’s spark of ambition becomes a flame. Working in his Uncle’s business, he nurtures a dream of throwing off the impotence of poverty, of building houses and perhaps even of becoming a gentleman. And then, high on the Yorkshire moors, in the mists of a winter morning, he meets a kitchen maid called Emma Harte. And as the Victorian world gives way to the freedom of the Edwardian age, so a young man and a servant girl seize a chance, against the odds, to build a better life… ‘Heart-soaring and hopefuly, this is a story about love, courage and ambition. A true treat for anyone fell in love with the original novel’ Yours ‘This captivating read chronicles 13-year-old orphan Blackie O’Neill’s migration from Ireland . . . when he meets Emma Harte, it ignites a lifetime of friendship’ Woman Don’t miss this stunning new novel from Barbara Taylor Bradford!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/freckles-by-cecelia-ahern--65202644https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430024 to listen full audiobooks. Title: freckles Author: Cecelia Ahern Narrator: Amy Mcallister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Discover this 5-star read: ‘Wow’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Heartwarming’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Uplifting’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Thought-provoking’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐’One of those rare, special and unique heroines’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A joy to read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What if the people who have the power to change your life are the ones who have been there all along… Like stars in the night sky, freckles are scattered across Allegra Bird’s arms, a legacy from her beloved father. Her legacy from her mother is more complicated – until one question from a stranger inspires a change. What if it isn’t about fitting in, but finding the people who make you who you are? Who would those people be? As she searches for connection, Allegra is about to find out that it is our differences that make life worth living – if only someone can help you to join the dots . . . Praise for Freckles ‘Fans will adore this heart-warming story about loneliness and connection’ Daily Mail ‘Funny, thought-provoking and original’ Mirror ‘A warm and bittersweet tale about finding yourself through family and friendship’ Sunday Telegraph ‘An endearing story of human frailty, connection and growth’ Irish Independent ‘Everything a greedy reader wants: a moving story, absorbing characters, engaging writing and as much of a page-turner as you’d expect’ Irish Times ‘Ahern was born to write and her books to be read by all’ My Weekly ‘Fresh and timely… asking bolding what and who make us who we are, Freckles manages to team wit and wisdom harmoniously’ Echo ‘A beautiful, hopeful book when the world needs hope most… inspiring, life-affirming and full of insight’ Cathy Kelly Cecelia Ahern’s previous novel Postscript was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16th September 2019.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430024Thu, 02 Sep 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430024 to listen full audiobooks. Title: freckles Author: Cecelia Ahern Narrator: Amy Mcallister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 2, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430024 to listen full audiobooks. Title: freckles Author: Cecelia Ahern Narrator: Amy Mcallister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: September 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Discover this 5-star read: ‘Wow’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Heartwarming’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Uplifting’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Thought-provoking’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐’One of those rare, special and unique heroines’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A joy to read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What if the people who have the power to change your life are the ones who have been there all along… Like stars in the night sky, freckles are scattered across Allegra Bird’s arms, a legacy from her beloved father. Her legacy from her mother is more complicated – until one question from a stranger inspires a change. What if it isn’t about fitting in, but finding the people who make you who you are? Who would those people be? As she searches for connection, Allegra is about to find out that it is our differences that make life worth living – if only someone can help you to join the dots . . . Praise for Freckles ‘Fans will adore this heart-warming story about loneliness and connection’ Daily Mail ‘Funny, thought-provoking and original’ Mirror ‘A warm and bittersweet tale about finding yourself through family and friendship’ Sunday Telegraph ‘An endearing story of human frailty, connection and growth’ Irish Independent ‘Everything a greedy reader wants: a moving story, absorbing characters, engaging writing and as much of a page-turner as you’d expect’ Irish Times ‘Ahern was born to write and her books to be read by all’ My Weekly ‘Fresh and timely… asking bolding what and who make us who we are, Freckles manages to team wit and wisdom harmoniously’ Echo ‘A beautiful, hopeful book when the world needs hope most… inspiring, life-affirming and full of insight’ Cathy Kelly Cecelia Ahern’s previous novel Postscript was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16th September 2019.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fierce-little-thing-a-novel-by-miranda-beverly-whittemore--65202470https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fierce Little Thing: A Novel Author: Miranda Beverly-Whittemore Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 27, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “A Secret History-esque tale...All the ingredients for the perfect summer read.” —The Millions “Captivating, thoughtful, and tense, a great read for those who enjoy psychological thrillers and complex puzzles. Highly recommended.” —New York Journal Review of Books “It’s time to come Home. All five of you. Or else.” Saskia was a damaged, lonely teenager when she arrived at the lakeside commune called Home. She was entranced by the tang of sourdough starter; the midnight call of the loons; the triumph of foraging wild mushrooms from the forest floor. But most of all she was taken with Abraham, Home's charismatic leader, the North Star to Saskia and the four other teens who lived there, her best and only friends. Two decades later, Saskia is shuttered in her Connecticut estate, estranged from the others. Her carefully walled life is torn open by threatening letters. Unless she and her former friends return to the land in rural Maine, the terrible thing they did as teenagers—their last-ditch attempt to save Home—will be revealed. From vastly different lives, the five return to confront their blackmailer and reckon with the horror that split them apart. How far will they go to bury their secret forever? New York Times bestselling author Miranda Beverly-Whittemore’s Fierce Little Thing is a mesmerizing story of friendship and its reckonings. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451833Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fierce Little Thing: A Novel Author: Miranda Beverly-Whittemore Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fierce Little Thing: A Novel Author: Miranda Beverly-Whittemore Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 27, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “A Secret History-esque tale...All the ingredients for the perfect summer read.” —The Millions “Captivating, thoughtful, and tense, a great read for those who enjoy psychological thrillers and complex puzzles. Highly recommended.” —New York Journal Review of Books “It’s time to come Home. All five of you. Or else.” Saskia was a damaged, lonely teenager when she arrived at the lakeside commune called Home. She was entranced by the tang of sourdough starter; the midnight call of the loons; the triumph of foraging wild mushrooms from the forest floor. But most of all she was taken with Abraham, Home's charismatic leader, the North Star to Saskia and the four other teens who lived there, her best and only friends. Two decades later, Saskia is shuttered in her Connecticut estate, estranged from the others. Her carefully walled life is torn open by threatening letters. Unless she and her former friends return to the land in rural Maine, the terrible thing they did as teenagers—their last-ditch attempt to save Home—will be revealed. From vastly different lives, the five return to confront their blackmailer and reckon with the horror that split them apart. How far will they go to bury their secret forever? New York Times bestselling author Miranda Beverly-Whittemore’s Fierce Little Thing is a mesmerizing story of friendship and its reckonings. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bachelor-a-novel-by-andrew-palmer--65202474https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bachelor: A Novel Author: Andrew Palmer Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 20, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A “witty and wise” (People) debut novel about love and commitment, celebrity and obsession, poetry and reality TV. “Palmer’s novel wryly tracks an earnest interrogation of art and selfhood.”—The New Yorker Reeling from a breakup with his almost fiancée, the narrator of Andrew Palmer’s debut novel returns to his hometown in Iowa to house-sit for a family friend. There, a chance flick of the TV remote and a new correspondence with an old friend plunge him into unlikely twin obsessions: the reality show The Bachelor and the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet John Berryman. As his heart begins to mend, his fascination with each deepens, and somewhere along the way, representations of reality become harder and harder to distinguish from real life. Soon he finds himself corresponding with multiple love interests, participating in an ill-considered group outing, and trying to puzzle through the strange turn his life seems to have taken. An absorbing coming-of-age tale “that marks the debut of a significant talent” (Kirkus Reviews, starred), The Bachelor approaches—with wit and grace—the high-stakes questions of an overconnected world: If salvation can no longer be found in fame, can it still be found in romantic relationships? In an era of reality TV, where does entertainment end and reality begin? And why do we, season after season, repeat the same mistakes in love and life?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462985Tue, 20 Jul 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bachelor: A Novel Author: Andrew Palmer Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/462985 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bachelor: A Novel Author: Andrew Palmer Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 20, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A “witty and wise” (People) debut novel about love and commitment, celebrity and obsession, poetry and reality TV. “Palmer’s novel wryly tracks an earnest interrogation of art and selfhood.”—The New Yorker Reeling from a breakup with his almost fiancée, the narrator of Andrew Palmer’s debut novel returns to his hometown in Iowa to house-sit for a family friend. There, a chance flick of the TV remote and a new correspondence with an old friend plunge him into unlikely twin obsessions: the reality show The Bachelor and the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet John Berryman. As his heart begins to mend, his fascination with each deepens, and somewhere along the way, representations of reality become harder and harder to distinguish from real life. Soon he finds himself corresponding with multiple love interests, participating in an ill-considered group outing, and trying to puzzle through the strange turn his life seems to have taken. An absorbing coming-of-age tale “that marks the debut of a significant talent” (Kirkus Reviews, starred), The Bachelor approaches—with wit and grace—the high-stakes questions of an overconnected world: If salvation can no longer be found in fame, can it still be found in romantic relationships? In an era of reality TV, where does entertainment end and reality begin? And why do we, season after season, repeat the same mistakes in love and life?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-touch-of-jen-by-beth-morgan--65202476https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Touch of Jen Author: Beth Morgan Narrator: Casey Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A young couple's toxic Instagram crush spins out of control and unleashes a sinister creature in this twisted, viciously funny, "bananas good" story (Carmen Maria Machado). "Um, holy shit...This novel will be the most fun you'll have this summer." —Emily Temple, Literary Hub Remy and Alicia, a couple of insecure  service workers, are not particularly happy together. But they are bound by a shared obsession with Jen, a beautiful former co-worker of Remy’s who now seems to be following her bliss as a globe-trotting jewelry designer. In and outside the bedroom, Remy and Alicia's entire relationship revolves around fantasies of Jen, whose every Instagram caption, outfit, and new age mantra they know by heart. Imagine their confused excitement when they run into Jen, in the flesh, and she invites them on a surfing trip to the Hamptons with her wealthy boyfriend and their group. Once there, Remy and Alicia try (a little too hard) to fit into Jen’s exalted social circle, but violent desire and class resentment bubble beneath the surface of this beachside paradise, threatening to erupt. As small disturbances escalate into outright horror, we find ourselves tumbling with Remy and Alicia into an uncanny alternate reality, one shaped by their most unspeakable, deviant, and intoxicating fantasies.  Is this what “self-actualization” looks like? Part millennial social comedy, part psychedelic horror, and all wildly entertaining, A Touch of Jen is a sly, unflinching examination of the hidden drives that lurk just outside the frame of our carefully curated selves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485013Tue, 13 Jul 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Touch of Jen Author: Beth Morgan Narrator: Casey Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Touch of Jen Author: Beth Morgan Narrator: Casey Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 44 minutes Release date: July 13, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A young couple's toxic Instagram crush spins out of control and unleashes a sinister creature in this twisted, viciously funny, "bananas good" story (Carmen Maria Machado). "Um, holy shit...This novel will be the most fun you'll have this summer." —Emily Temple, Literary Hub Remy and Alicia, a couple of insecure  service workers, are not particularly happy together. But they are bound by a shared obsession with Jen, a beautiful former co-worker of Remy’s who now seems to be following her bliss as a globe-trotting jewelry designer. In and outside the bedroom, Remy and Alicia's entire relationship revolves around fantasies of Jen, whose every Instagram caption, outfit, and new age mantra they know by heart. Imagine their confused excitement when they run into Jen, in the flesh, and she invites them on a surfing trip to the Hamptons with her wealthy boyfriend and their group. Once there, Remy and Alicia try (a little too hard) to fit into Jen’s exalted social circle, but violent desire and class resentment bubble beneath the surface of this beachside paradise, threatening to erupt. As small disturbances escalate into outright horror, we find ourselves tumbling with Remy and Alicia into an uncanny alternate reality, one shaped by their most unspeakable, deviant, and intoxicating fantasies.  Is this what “self-actualization” looks like? Part millennial social comedy, part psychedelic horror, and all wildly entertaining, A Touch of Jen is a sly, unflinching examination of the hidden drives that lurk just outside the frame of our carefully curated selves.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shoulder-season-a-novel-by-christina-clancy--65202530https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451819 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shoulder Season: A Novel Author: Christina Clancy Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Named a Best Book of Summer by Good Morning America • CNN • Parade • EW • Travel & Leisure • PopSugar • New York Post • BuzzFeed • Brit & Co • SheReads • Women.com A dazzling portrait of a young woman coming into her own, the youthful allure of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and what we lose—and gain—when we leave home. ONCE IN A LIFETIME, YOU CAN HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE The small town of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is an unlikely location for a Playboy Resort, and nineteen-year old Sherri Taylor is an unlikely bunny. Growing up in neighboring East Troy, Sherri plays the organ at the local church and has never felt comfortable in her own skin. But when her parents die in quick succession, she leaves the only home she’s ever known for the chance to be part of a glamorous slice of history. In the winter of 1981, in a costume two sizes too small, her toes pinched by stilettos, Sherri joins the daughters of dairy farmers and factory workers for the defining experience of her life. Living in the “bunny hutch”—Playboy’s version of a college dorm—Sherri gets her education in the joys of sisterhood, the thrill of financial independence, the magic of first love, and the heady effects of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. But as spring gives way to summer, Sherri finds herself caught in a romantic triangle—and the tragedy that ensues will haunt her for the next forty years. From the Midwestern prairie to the California desert, from Wisconsin lakes to the Pacific Ocean, this is a story of what happens when small town life is sprinkled with stardust, and what we lose—and gain—when we leave home. With a heroine to root for and a narrative to get lost in, Christina Clancy's Shoulder Season is a sexy, evocative tale, drenched in longing and desire, that captures a fleeting moment in American history with nostalgia and heart. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451819Tue, 06 Jul 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451819 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shoulder Season: A Novel Author: Christina Clancy Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451819 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shoulder Season: A Novel Author: Christina Clancy Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Named a Best Book of Summer by Good Morning America • CNN • Parade • EW • Travel & Leisure • PopSugar • New York Post • BuzzFeed • Brit & Co • SheReads • Women.com A dazzling portrait of a young woman coming into her own, the youthful allure of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and what we lose—and gain—when we leave home. ONCE IN A LIFETIME, YOU CAN HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE The small town of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is an unlikely location for a Playboy Resort, and nineteen-year old Sherri Taylor is an unlikely bunny. Growing up in neighboring East Troy, Sherri plays the organ at the local church and has never felt comfortable in her own skin. But when her parents die in quick succession, she leaves the only home she’s ever known for the chance to be part of a glamorous slice of history. In the winter of 1981, in a costume two sizes too small, her toes pinched by stilettos, Sherri joins the daughters of dairy farmers and factory workers for the defining experience of her life. Living in the “bunny hutch”—Playboy’s version of a college dorm—Sherri gets her education in the joys of sisterhood, the thrill of financial independence, the magic of first love, and the heady effects of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. But as spring gives way to summer, Sherri finds herself caught in a romantic triangle—and the tragedy that ensues will haunt her for the next forty years. From the Midwestern prairie to the California desert, from Wisconsin lakes to the Pacific Ocean, this is a story of what happens when small town life is sprinkled with stardust, and what we lose—and gain—when we leave home. With a heroine to root for and a narrative to get lost in, Christina Clancy's Shoulder Season is a sexy, evocative tale, drenched in longing and desire, that captures a fleeting moment in American history with nostalgia and heart. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rock-the-boat-a-novel-by-beck-dorey-stein--65202496https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rock the Boat: A Novel Author: Beck Dorey-Stein Narrator: Kristen Dimercurio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “[A] witty, heartfelt debut novel about a belated coming-of-age.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) Old friends discover how much has changed (and how much has stayed the same) when they reunite in their seaside hometown for one unforgettable summer—from the New York Times bestselling author of From the Corner of the Oval When Kate Campbell’s life in Manhattan suddenly implodes, she is forced to return to Sea Point, the small town full of quirky locals, quaint bungalows, and beautiful beaches where she grew up. She knows she won’t be home for long; she’s got every intention (and a three-point plan) to win back everything she thinks she’s lost.  Meanwhile, Miles Hoffman—aka “The Prince of Sea Point”—has also returned home to prove to his mother that he’s capable of taking over the family business, and he’s promised to help his childhood best friend, Ziggy Miller, with his own financial struggles at the same time. Kate, Miles, and Ziggy converge in Sea Point as the town faces an identity crisis when a local developer tries to cash in on its potential. The summer swells, and white lies and long-buried secrets prove as corrosive as the salt air, threatening to forever erode not only the bonds between the three friends but also the landscape of the beachside community they call home. Full of heart and humor—and laced with biting wit—Rock the Boat proves that even when you know all the back roads, there aren’t any shortcuts to growing up.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457118Tue, 29 Jun 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rock the Boat: A Novel Author: Beck Dorey-Stein Narrator: Kristen Dimercurio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457118 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rock the Boat: A Novel Author: Beck Dorey-Stein Narrator: Kristen Dimercurio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “[A] witty, heartfelt debut novel about a belated coming-of-age.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) Old friends discover how much has changed (and how much has stayed the same) when they reunite in their seaside hometown for one unforgettable summer—from the New York Times bestselling author of From the Corner of the Oval When Kate Campbell’s life in Manhattan suddenly implodes, she is forced to return to Sea Point, the small town full of quirky locals, quaint bungalows, and beautiful beaches where she grew up. She knows she won’t be home for long; she’s got every intention (and a three-point plan) to win back everything she thinks she’s lost.  Meanwhile, Miles Hoffman—aka “The Prince of Sea Point”—has also returned home to prove to his mother that he’s capable of taking over the family business, and he’s promised to help his childhood best friend, Ziggy Miller, with his own financial struggles at the same time. Kate, Miles, and Ziggy converge in Sea Point as the town faces an identity crisis when a local developer tries to cash in on its potential. The summer swells, and white lies and long-buried secrets prove as corrosive as the salt air, threatening to forever erode not only the bonds between the three friends but also the landscape of the beachside community they call home. Full of heart and humor—and laced with biting wit—Rock the Boat proves that even when you know all the back roads, there aren’t any shortcuts to growing up.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/city-on-the-edge-by-david-swinson--65202482https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: City on the Edge Author: David Swinson Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An American teen living abroad discovers the truth about himself and his family in this thrilling novel from "one of the best dialogue hounds in the business" (New York Times Book Review). In the wake of a baffling tragedy, 13-year-old Graham moves with his family to Beirut, Lebanon, a city on the edge of the sea and cataclysmic violence. Inquisitive and restless by nature, Graham suspects his State Department father is a CIA operative, and that their family’s fragile domesticity is merely a front for American efforts along the nearby Israeli border. Over the course of one year, 1974, Graham’s life will utterly change. Two men are murdered, his parent’s marriage disintegrates, and Graham, along with his two ex-pat friends, run afoul of forces they cannot understand.  The City on the Edge is elegiac, atmospheric, and utterly authentic. It’s the story of innocents caught within the American net of espionage, of the Lebanese transformed by such interference, of the children who ran dangerously beside the churning wheel of history. One part Stephen King’s “The Body” and another John le Carre’s A Perfect Spy, it’s a transformative crime story told with heart and genuine experience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456801Tue, 25 May 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: City on the Edge Author: David Swinson Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: City on the Edge Author: David Swinson Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An American teen living abroad discovers the truth about himself and his family in this thrilling novel from "one of the best dialogue hounds in the business" (New York Times Book Review). In the wake of a baffling tragedy, 13-year-old Graham moves with his family to Beirut, Lebanon, a city on the edge of the sea and cataclysmic violence. Inquisitive and restless by nature, Graham suspects his State Department father is a CIA operative, and that their family’s fragile domesticity is merely a front for American efforts along the nearby Israeli border. Over the course of one year, 1974, Graham’s life will utterly change. Two men are murdered, his parent’s marriage disintegrates, and Graham, along with his two ex-pat friends, run afoul of forces they cannot understand.  The City on the Edge is elegiac, atmospheric, and utterly authentic. It’s the story of innocents caught within the American net of espionage, of the Lebanese transformed by such interference, of the children who ran dangerously beside the churning wheel of history. One part Stephen King’s “The Body” and another John le Carre’s A Perfect Spy, it’s a transformative crime story told with heart and genuine experience.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/burn-it-all-down-by-nicolas-didomizio--65202479https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burn It All Down Author: Nicolas Didomizio Narrator: Mark Sanderlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Take the ride of a lifetime with this mother/son, crime/revenge thriller James Patterson praises as “audacious, addictive, highly entertaining.” ​  Eighteen-year-old aspiring comic Joey Rossi just found out his boyfriend has been cheating on him for the past ten months. But what did he expect? Joey was born with an addiction to toxic jerks—something he inherited from his lovably messy, wisecracking, Italian-American spitfire of a mom (and best friend): 34-year-old Gia Rossi.   When Gia’s latest non-relationship goes up in flames only a day later, the pair’s Bayonne, New Jersey apartment can barely contain their rage. In a misguided attempt at revenge, Joey and Gia inadvertently commit a series of crimes and flee the state, running to the only good man either of them has ever known—Gia’s ex, Marco. As they hide out from the law at Marco’s secluded lake house, Joey and Gia must confront all the bad habits and mistakes they’ve made that have led them to this moment—and find a way to take responsibility for what they’ve done.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456805Tue, 25 May 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burn It All Down Author: Nicolas Didomizio Narrator: Mark Sanderlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456805 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burn It All Down Author: Nicolas Didomizio Narrator: Mark Sanderlin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Take the ride of a lifetime with this mother/son, crime/revenge thriller James Patterson praises as “audacious, addictive, highly entertaining.” ​  Eighteen-year-old aspiring comic Joey Rossi just found out his boyfriend has been cheating on him for the past ten months. But what did he expect? Joey was born with an addiction to toxic jerks—something he inherited from his lovably messy, wisecracking, Italian-American spitfire of a mom (and best friend): 34-year-old Gia Rossi.   When Gia’s latest non-relationship goes up in flames only a day later, the pair’s Bayonne, New Jersey apartment can barely contain their rage. In a misguided attempt at revenge, Joey and Gia inadvertently commit a series of crimes and flee the state, running to the only good man either of them has ever known—Gia’s ex, Marco. As they hide out from the law at Marco’s secluded lake house, Joey and Gia must confront all the bad habits and mistakes they’ve made that have led them to this moment—and find a way to take responsibility for what they’ve done.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/friends-from-home-by-lauryn-chamberlain--65202588https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends from Home Author: Lauryn Chamberlain Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 18, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “An insightful, keenly observant debut about the power and complexities of a lifelong female friendship. Engrossing and wildly relatable.”—Carola Lovering, author of Too Good to Be True “A bighearted story with deep roots in a complicated old friendship . . . [A] moving tale of love and life-changing choices.”—Hannah Orenstein, author of Head Over Heels A timeless story about female friendship with an incredibly timely hook that makes it perfect for the millennial reader Jules O'Brien and Michelle Davis have been best friends since third grade, when Jules and her single mother moved from Cleveland to the small Alabama town where Michelle's family has lived for generations. Now in their midtwenties, the childhood friends live miles and worlds apart. When Jules agrees to be the maid of honor in Michelle's wedding, she quickly realizes just how different the two have become. Over the years, their passions and politics have diverged, and in the middle of wedding-planning squabbles, they feel more like strangers than the sisters they once were. When their friendship reaches a breaking point, Jules will have to decide if the bond they once had as girls is strong enough to reunite the women they are now. Is shared history enough to carry their friendship through a lifetime?   Disarming and wildly relatable, this novel is perfect for anyone who knows the complex love we have for our friends from home. It will have you calling the Michelle to your Jules immediately to discuss.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463965Tue, 18 May 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends from Home Author: Lauryn Chamberlain Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/463965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends from Home Author: Lauryn Chamberlain Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 18, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “An insightful, keenly observant debut about the power and complexities of a lifelong female friendship. Engrossing and wildly relatable.”—Carola Lovering, author of Too Good to Be True “A bighearted story with deep roots in a complicated old friendship . . . [A] moving tale of love and life-changing choices.”—Hannah Orenstein, author of Head Over Heels A timeless story about female friendship with an incredibly timely hook that makes it perfect for the millennial reader Jules O'Brien and Michelle Davis have been best friends since third grade, when Jules and her single mother moved from Cleveland to the small Alabama town where Michelle's family has lived for generations. Now in their midtwenties, the childhood friends live miles and worlds apart. When Jules agrees to be the maid of honor in Michelle's wedding, she quickly realizes just how different the two have become. Over the years, their passions and politics have diverged, and in the middle of wedding-planning squabbles, they feel more like strangers than the sisters they once were. When their friendship reaches a breaking point, Jules will have to decide if the bond they once had as girls is strong enough to reunite the women they are now. Is shared history enough to carry their friendship through a lifetime?   Disarming and wildly relatable, this novel is perfect for anyone who knows the complex love we have for our friends from home. It will have you calling the Michelle to your Jules immediately to discuss.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-guest-by-charlotte-northedge--65202546https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Guest Author: Charlotte Northedge Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 13, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The perfect family. The perfect chance. The perfect lie. A stunning novel about motherhood and betrayal, for readers who love Sarah Vaughan and Louise Candlish. ‘Deliciously dark and totally twisted’ ERIN KELLY ‘Very acute on class, aspiration, women and status’ SARAH PERRY, author of THE ESSEX SERPENT Kate trusts Della, and Della trusts Kate. Their downfall is each other. When Kate moves to London after the disappearance of her sister, she’s in need of a friend. A chance meeting leads Kate to Della, a life coach who runs support groups for young women, dubbed by Kate as ‘the Janes.’ Della takes a special interest in Kate, and Kate soon finds herself entangled in Della’s life – her house, her family, and her husband. It’s only when she realises that she’s in too deep that Della’s veneer begins to crumble, and the warnings from ‘the Janes’ begin to come true. Why is Della so keen to keep Kate by her side? What does Kate have that Della might want? And what really lies beneath the surface of their friendship? A twisty psychological thriller for fans of Louise Candlish and Harriet Tyce. ‘This twisty thriller is jam-packed with tense moments and a growing sense of unease’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘Dark, smart and classy’ GILLIAN MCALLISTER ‘Northedge is good at portraying the distinction between the real insecurities of some young women and the minor problems of the privileged type’ DAILY MAIL ‘Charlotte Northedge turns the psychological thumbscrews with relish’ THE TIMES ‘Full of twists, The House Guest spirals towards its dark conclusion, wrong footing the increasingly uneasy reader at every turn.’ THE OBSERVER]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482599Thu, 13 May 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Guest Author: Charlotte Northedge Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/482599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House Guest Author: Charlotte Northedge Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 13, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The perfect family. The perfect chance. The perfect lie. A stunning novel about motherhood and betrayal, for readers who love Sarah Vaughan and Louise Candlish. ‘Deliciously dark and totally twisted’ ERIN KELLY ‘Very acute on class, aspiration, women and status’ SARAH PERRY, author of THE ESSEX SERPENT Kate trusts Della, and Della trusts Kate. Their downfall is each other. When Kate moves to London after the disappearance of her sister, she’s in need of a friend. A chance meeting leads Kate to Della, a life coach who runs support groups for young women, dubbed by Kate as ‘the Janes.’ Della takes a special interest in Kate, and Kate soon finds herself entangled in Della’s life – her house, her family, and her husband. It’s only when she realises that she’s in too deep that Della’s veneer begins to crumble, and the warnings from ‘the Janes’ begin to come true. Why is Della so keen to keep Kate by her side? What does Kate have that Della might want? And what really lies beneath the surface of their friendship? A twisty psychological thriller for fans of Louise Candlish and Harriet Tyce. ‘This twisty thriller is jam-packed with tense moments and a growing sense of unease’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘Dark, smart and classy’ GILLIAN MCALLISTER ‘Northedge is good at portraying the distinction between the real insecurities of some young women and the minor problems of the privileged type’ DAILY MAIL ‘Charlotte Northedge turns the psychological thumbscrews with relish’ THE TIMES ‘Full of twists, The House Guest spirals towards its dark conclusion, wrong footing the increasingly uneasy reader at every turn.’ THE OBSERVER]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-our-shimmering-skies-by-trent-dalton--65202489https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486406 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Our Shimmering Skies Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Ruby Rees Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 13, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘The most extraordinary writer – a rare talent' NIKKI GEMMELL, internationally bestselling author ‘A lyrical and mesmerising mythic quest story’ SUNDAY EXPRESS ‘Extravagantly beautiful writing’ ADELAIDE ADVERTISER ‘Unputdownable’ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 1942 – Japanese bombs rain down in Darwin, Australia. Motherless Molly Hook, the gravedigger’s daughter, turns to the road, seeking the deep-country sorcerer who put a curse on her family. By her side are the most unlikely travelling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress, and Yukio, a fallen Japanese fighter pilot. As they journey from the vine forests to Australia’s wild and magical monsoon lands, they will encounter grave danger and discover true love… Immerse yourself in a love letter to Australia from its best-loved writer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486406Thu, 13 May 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486406 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Our Shimmering Skies Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Ruby Rees Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 13, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486406 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Our Shimmering Skies Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Ruby Rees Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 13, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘The most extraordinary writer – a rare talent' NIKKI GEMMELL, internationally bestselling author ‘A lyrical and mesmerising mythic quest story’ SUNDAY EXPRESS ‘Extravagantly beautiful writing’ ADELAIDE ADVERTISER ‘Unputdownable’ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 1942 – Japanese bombs rain down in Darwin, Australia. Motherless Molly Hook, the gravedigger’s daughter, turns to the road, seeking the deep-country sorcerer who put a curse on her family. By her side are the most unlikely travelling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress, and Yukio, a fallen Japanese fighter pilot. As they journey from the vine forests to Australia’s wild and magical monsoon lands, they will encounter grave danger and discover true love… Immerse yourself in a love letter to Australia from its best-loved writer.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/angel-hannah-a-novel-in-verse-by-ishle-yi-park--65202491https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angel & Hannah: A Novel in Verse Author: Ishle Yi Park Narrator: Ishle Yi Park Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 11, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The sweeping, unforgettable story of an interracial couple in 1990s New York City who are determined to protect their love against all odds—a reimagining of Romeo and Juliet “Triumphant . . . sensuous, tender, and faceted like cut glass.”—Cathy Park Hong, award-winning author of Minor Feelings Hannah, a Korean American girl from Queens, New York, and Angel, a Puerto Rican boy from Brooklyn, fall in love in the spring of 1993 at a quinceañera: under a torn pink streamer loose as a tendril of hair—lush— his eyes. Darkluminous. Warm. A blush floods her. Hannah sucks in her breath, but can’t pull back. Music fades. A hush ~ he’s a young buck in the underbrush, still in a disco ball dance of shadow & light Their forbidden love instantly and wildly blooms along the Jackie Robinson Expressway. Told across the changing seasons, Angel & Hannah holds all of the tension and cadence of blank verse while adding dynamic and expressive language rooted in a long tradition of hip-hop and spoken word, creating new and magnetic forms. The poetry of Angel and Hannah’s relationship is dynamic, arresting, observant, and magical, conveying the intimacies and sacrifices of love and family and the devastating realities of struggle and loss.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454362Tue, 11 May 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angel & Hannah: A Novel in Verse Author: Ishle Yi Park Narrator: Ishle Yi Park Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 7 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Angel & Hannah: A Novel in Verse Author: Ishle Yi Park Narrator: Ishle Yi Park Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 11, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The sweeping, unforgettable story of an interracial couple in 1990s New York City who are determined to protect their love against all odds—a reimagining of Romeo and Juliet “Triumphant . . . sensuous, tender, and faceted like cut glass.”—Cathy Park Hong, award-winning author of Minor Feelings Hannah, a Korean American girl from Queens, New York, and Angel, a Puerto Rican boy from Brooklyn, fall in love in the spring of 1993 at a quinceañera: under a torn pink streamer loose as a tendril of hair—lush— his eyes. Darkluminous. Warm. A blush floods her. Hannah sucks in her breath, but can’t pull back. Music fades. A hush ~ he’s a young buck in the underbrush, still in a disco ball dance of shadow & light Their forbidden love instantly and wildly blooms along the Jackie Robinson Expressway. Told across the changing seasons, Angel & Hannah holds all of the tension and cadence of blank verse while adding dynamic and expressive language rooted in a long tradition of hip-hop and spoken word, creating new and magnetic forms. The poetry of Angel and Hannah’s relationship is dynamic, arresting, observant, and magical, conveying the intimacies and sacrifices of love and family and the devastating realities of struggle and loss.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/snowflake-winner-of-newcomer-of-the-year-by-louise-nealon--65202483https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Snowflake: Winner of Newcomer of the Year Author: Louise Nealon Narrator: Louisa Harland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF SUNDAY INDEPENDENT NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2021, AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 'Wonderful' Roddy Doyle 'Sparks with tender charm and humour . . . Fresh, bleakly funny' Sunday Times 'Sharp, clever and affecting' The Independent 'Beautifully written . . . emotionally intelligent and thought-provoking' Daily Mail 'GAS and beautiful and truthful and touching' Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups 'A novel for anyone who's ever felt lost in the world' John Boyne, author of The Heart's Invisible Furies 'Astonishing' Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars Eighteen-year-old Debbie White lives on a dairy farm with her mother, Maeve, and her uncle, Billy. Billy sleeps out in a caravan in the garden with a bottle of whiskey and the stars overhead for company. Maeve spends her days recording her dreams, which she believes to be prophecies. This world is Debbie's normal, but she is about to step into life as a student at Trinity College in Dublin. As she navigates between sophisticated new friends and the family bubble, things begin to unravel. Maeve's eccentricity tilts into something darker, while Billy's drinking gets worse. Debbie struggles to cope with the weirdest, most difficult parts of herself, her family and her small life. But the fierce love of the White family is never in doubt, and Debbie discovers that even the oddest of families are places of safety. A startling, honest, laugh and cry novel about growing up and leaving home, only to find that you've taken it with you, Snowflake is a novel for a generation, and for everyone who's taken those first, terrifying steps towards adulthood.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437298Mon, 10 May 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Snowflake: Winner of Newcomer of the Year Author: Louise Nealon Narrator: Louisa Harland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Snowflake: Winner of Newcomer of the Year Author: Louise Nealon Narrator: Louisa Harland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 10, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF SUNDAY INDEPENDENT NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2021, AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 'Wonderful' Roddy Doyle 'Sparks with tender charm and humour . . . Fresh, bleakly funny' Sunday Times 'Sharp, clever and affecting' The Independent 'Beautifully written . . . emotionally intelligent and thought-provoking' Daily Mail 'GAS and beautiful and truthful and touching' Marian Keyes, author of Grown Ups 'A novel for anyone who's ever felt lost in the world' John Boyne, author of The Heart's Invisible Furies 'Astonishing' Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars Eighteen-year-old Debbie White lives on a dairy farm with her mother, Maeve, and her uncle, Billy. Billy sleeps out in a caravan in the garden with a bottle of whiskey and the stars overhead for company. Maeve spends her days recording her dreams, which she believes to be prophecies. This world is Debbie's normal, but she is about to step into life as a student at Trinity College in Dublin. As she navigates between sophisticated new friends and the family bubble, things begin to unravel. Maeve's eccentricity tilts into something darker, while Billy's drinking gets worse. Debbie struggles to cope with the weirdest, most difficult parts of herself, her family and her small life. But the fierce love of the White family is never in doubt, and Debbie discovers that even the oddest of families are places of safety. A startling, honest, laugh and cry novel about growing up and leaving home, only to find that you've taken it with you, Snowflake is a novel for a generation, and for everyone who's taken those first, terrifying steps towards adulthood.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leda-and-the-swan-a-novel-by-anna-caritj--65202507https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leda and the Swan: A Novel Author: Anna Caritj Narrator: Alex Mckenna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Affecting narrative about consent, power and loneliness.”—Time “Intoxicatingly ominous.”—Kirkus Reviews In a hothouse of collegiate sex and ambition, one young woman mysteriously disappears after a wild campus party, and another becomes obsessed with finding her.   It’s Halloween night on a pastoral East Coast college campus. Scantily costumed students ride the fine line between adolescence and adulthood as they prepare for a night of drinking and debauchery. Expectations are high as Leda flirts with her thrilling new crush, Ian, and he flirts back. But by the end of the night, things will have taken a turn.   A mysterious young woman in a swan costume speaks with Leda outside a party—and then vanishes. When Leda later wakes up in Ian’s room the next morning, she is unsure exactly what happened between them. Meanwhile, as the campus rouses itself to respond to the young woman’s disappearance, rumors swirl, suspicious facts pile up, and Leda’s obsession with her missing classmate grows. Is it just a coincidence that Ian used to date Charlotte, the missing woman? Is Leda herself in danger? As Leda becomes more and more dangerously consumed with the mystery of Charlotte and questions about Ian, her motivations begin to blur. Is Leda looking for Charlotte, or trying to find herself?   In Leda and the Swan, Anna Caritj’s riveting storytelling brings together a suspenseful plot; an intimate, confessional voice; and invaluable insights into sex, power, and contemporary culture.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455867Tue, 04 May 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leda and the Swan: A Novel Author: Anna Caritj Narrator: Alex Mckenna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/455867 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leda and the Swan: A Novel Author: Anna Caritj Narrator: Alex Mckenna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Affecting narrative about consent, power and loneliness.”—Time “Intoxicatingly ominous.”—Kirkus Reviews In a hothouse of collegiate sex and ambition, one young woman mysteriously disappears after a wild campus party, and another becomes obsessed with finding her.   It’s Halloween night on a pastoral East Coast college campus. Scantily costumed students ride the fine line between adolescence and adulthood as they prepare for a night of drinking and debauchery. Expectations are high as Leda flirts with her thrilling new crush, Ian, and he flirts back. But by the end of the night, things will have taken a turn.   A mysterious young woman in a swan costume speaks with Leda outside a party—and then vanishes. When Leda later wakes up in Ian’s room the next morning, she is unsure exactly what happened between them. Meanwhile, as the campus rouses itself to respond to the young woman’s disappearance, rumors swirl, suspicious facts pile up, and Leda’s obsession with her missing classmate grows. Is it just a coincidence that Ian used to date Charlotte, the missing woman? Is Leda herself in danger? As Leda becomes more and more dangerously consumed with the mystery of Charlotte and questions about Ian, her motivations begin to blur. Is Leda looking for Charlotte, or trying to find herself?   In Leda and the Swan, Anna Caritj’s riveting storytelling brings together a suspenseful plot; an intimate, confessional voice; and invaluable insights into sex, power, and contemporary culture.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-property-an-uplifting-joyful-book-about-hope-kindness-and-finding-where-you-belong-by-helen-paris--65202464https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Property: An uplifting, joyful book about hope, kindness and finding where you belong Author: Helen Paris Narrator: Joanna Scanlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A story of hope, forgiveness and kindness, Lost Property reminds us to keep our loved ones (along with our bags and umbrellas) close... One lost purse. One lost woman. A chance encounter that changes everything. Dot Watson has lost her way. Wracked with guilt and struggling with grief, she has tucked herself away in the London Transport Lost Property office, finding solace in the process of cataloguing misplaced things. It's not glamorous or exciting, but it's solitary - just the way Dot likes it. That is, until elderly Mr Appleby walks through the door in search of his late wife's purse and Dot immediately feels a connection to him. Determined to help, she sets off on an extraordinary journey, one that could lead Dot to reclaim her life and find where she truly belongs... 'An enthralling read, full of rich descriptions and characters you can't help but love.' Hazel Prior 'A wonderfully rich, funny and brimming with heart book.' Beth Morrey © Helen Paris 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461796Thu, 15 Apr 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Property: An uplifting, joyful book about hope, kindness and finding where you belong Author: Helen Paris Narrator: Joanna Scanlan Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/461796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Property: An uplifting, joyful book about hope, kindness and finding where you belong Author: Helen Paris Narrator: Joanna Scanlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 15, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A story of hope, forgiveness and kindness, Lost Property reminds us to keep our loved ones (along with our bags and umbrellas) close... One lost purse. One lost woman. A chance encounter that changes everything. Dot Watson has lost her way. Wracked with guilt and struggling with grief, she has tucked herself away in the London Transport Lost Property office, finding solace in the process of cataloguing misplaced things. It's not glamorous or exciting, but it's solitary - just the way Dot likes it. That is, until elderly Mr Appleby walks through the door in search of his late wife's purse and Dot immediately feels a connection to him. Determined to help, she sets off on an extraordinary journey, one that could lead Dot to reclaim her life and find where she truly belongs... 'An enthralling read, full of rich descriptions and characters you can't help but love.' Hazel Prior 'A wonderfully rich, funny and brimming with heart book.' Beth Morrey © Helen Paris 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bookstore-on-the-beach-by-brenda-novak--65202537https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bookstore on the Beach Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: "A page-turner with a deep heart."—Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of Girls of Summer How do you start a new chapter of your life when you haven’t closed the book on the previous one? Eighteen months ago, Autumn Divac’s husband went missing. Her desperate search has yielded no answers, and she can’t imagine moving forward without him. But for the sake of their two teenage children, she has to try. Autumn takes her kids home for the summer to the charming beachside town where she was raised. She seeks comfort working alongside her mother and aunt at their bookshop, only to learn that her daughter is facing a huge life change and her mother has been hiding a terrible secret for years. And when she runs into the boy who stole her heart in high school, old feelings start to bubble up again. Is she free to love him, or should she hold out hope for her husband’s return? She can only trust her heart…and hope it won’t lead her astray. "A heart-tugging romance. Readers are sure to be sucked in.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review   Don’t miss New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak’s latest novel, The Seaside Library! Other charming reads from Brenda Novak:  - Summer on the Island - One Perfect Summer]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439542Tue, 06 Apr 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bookstore on the Beach Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 6,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bookstore on the Beach Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: "A page-turner with a deep heart."—Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of Girls of Summer How do you start a new chapter of your life when you haven’t closed the book on the previous one? Eighteen months ago, Autumn Divac’s husband went missing. Her desperate search has yielded no answers, and she can’t imagine moving forward without him. But for the sake of their two teenage children, she has to try. Autumn takes her kids home for the summer to the charming beachside town where she was raised. She seeks comfort working alongside her mother and aunt at their bookshop, only to learn that her daughter is facing a huge life change and her mother has been hiding a terrible secret for years. And when she runs into the boy who stole her heart in high school, old feelings start to bubble up again. Is she free to love him, or should she hold out hope for her husband’s return? She can only trust her heart…and hope it won’t lead her astray. "A heart-tugging romance. Readers are sure to be sucked in.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review   Don’t miss New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak’s latest novel, The Seaside Library! Other charming reads from Brenda Novak:  - Summer on the Island - One Perfect Summer]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-from-the-island-by-lorna-cook--65202587https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl from the Island Author: Lorna Cook Narrator: Charlotte Newton John Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A USA Today Bestseller! ‘Wow! What an enthralling and emotional read! I was literally in tears… Captivating.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A world at war. One woman will risk everything. Another will uncover her story. 1940: When the island of Guernsey is invaded by the Nazis, two sisters are determined to rebel in any way they can. But when forced to take in a German soldier, they are shocked to find a familiar face on their doorstep – a childhood friend who has now become their enemy. 2016: Two generations later, Lucy returns to Guernsey after the death of a distant cousin. As she prepares the old family house for sale, Lucy discovers a box of handwritten notes, one word standing out: resistance. Lucy’s search for the author will uncover the story of a forgotten sister who vanished from the island one night, never to be seen again. A timeless story of love and bravery. Fans of Fiona Valpy and Kate Quinn will be absolutely gripped from the very first page. Readers love The Girl from the Island: ‘I finished this novel last night and I cannot get it out of my head… Put the phone off the hook, pour yourself a nice hot chocolate and settle down for a wonderful read’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was gripped from the beginning and could not put it down. I lost a lot of sleep on this one and do not regret it in the slightest!!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Unputdownable, passionate, captivating, and magnetic!!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely brilliant… I had to stay up late to read the next chapter!! I couldn't put it down’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Gripping and very emotional… This book has it all and I loved it’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A heart wrenching story of love, loss and survival’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A beautiful, wonderful, and poignant story’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Utterly beautiful and poignant… I was blown away’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431493Thu, 01 Apr 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl from the Island Author: Lorna Cook Narrator: Charlotte Newton John Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl from the Island Author: Lorna Cook Narrator: Charlotte Newton John Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A USA Today Bestseller! ‘Wow! What an enthralling and emotional read! I was literally in tears… Captivating.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A world at war. One woman will risk everything. Another will uncover her story. 1940: When the island of Guernsey is invaded by the Nazis, two sisters are determined to rebel in any way they can. But when forced to take in a German soldier, they are shocked to find a familiar face on their doorstep – a childhood friend who has now become their enemy. 2016: Two generations later, Lucy returns to Guernsey after the death of a distant cousin. As she prepares the old family house for sale, Lucy discovers a box of handwritten notes, one word standing out: resistance. Lucy’s search for the author will uncover the story of a forgotten sister who vanished from the island one night, never to be seen again. A timeless story of love and bravery. Fans of Fiona Valpy and Kate Quinn will be absolutely gripped from the very first page. Readers love The Girl from the Island: ‘I finished this novel last night and I cannot get it out of my head… Put the phone off the hook, pour yourself a nice hot chocolate and settle down for a wonderful read’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was gripped from the beginning and could not put it down. I lost a lot of sleep on this one and do not regret it in the slightest!!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Unputdownable, passionate, captivating, and magnetic!!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Absolutely brilliant… I had to stay up late to read the next chapter!! I couldn't put it down’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Gripping and very emotional… This book has it all and I loved it’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A heart wrenching story of love, loss and survival’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A beautiful, wonderful, and poignant story’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Utterly beautiful and poignant… I was blown away’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-inverts-by-crystal-jeans--65202466https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inverts Author: Crystal Jeans Narrator: Olivia Dowd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: *Get your copy of Crystal Jeans' deliciously funny new novel, ACCIDENTAL DARLINGS, now!* ‘An absolute *blinder* … so so funny and sexy. So excited now to read everything by Crystal Jeans’ Caroline O’Donoghue, author of Scenes of a Graphic Nature ‘A glorious celebration of queer friendship and all kinds of love. Funny, outrageous, heartbreaking and so much fun’ Kate Davies, winner of the Polari Prize ‘Hilarious, fresh and sexy, with a tale that takes the reader from Egypt to Hollywood’ Irish Independent ‘Funny, filthy and phenomenally good’ Matt Cain ‘Filthy and hilarious, this is a gloriously naughty romp of a read that also has something serious to say about queer love. I didn’t want it to end’ S.J. Watson ‘Perfect for fans of Tipping the Velvet and Gentleman Jack… a delicious and diligent piece of fiction that will provide you with enough great comebacks to last a lifetime… This is a delightful book I wish to fling at my friends with affectionate abandon' DIVA ‘By turns raucous and poignant, hilarious and shattering this is a wonder of a story’ Jess Kidd ‘This delicious romp is the sort of thing Nancy Mitford might have written if she’d been gay… wonderfully blithe, witty and moving’ Rowan Pelling, DAILY MAIL 1921: a boy, a girl, a moonlit midnight kiss. A terrible, repulsive kiss. Bettina and Bart have grown up as best friends, so surely they will end up together? After all, Bettina is young, rich, headstrong…. and gay. Bart is young, rich, charismatic… and also, definitely, gay. Any doubts are dispelled by, in short order: that ghastly kiss; a torrid encounter for Bettina in the school boiler-rooms; and an eye-opening Parisian visit for Bart. Society will never stand for it. What else can they do but enter into a ‘lavender marriage’ and carry on indulging their true natures in secret? As the ’20s and ’30s whizz past in a haze of cigarettes, champagne and casual sex, Bart and Bettina have no idea that they are hurtling, via Hollywood and Egypt, Paris and London, towards tragedy and bloodshed…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457077Thu, 01 Apr 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inverts Author: Crystal Jeans Narrator: Olivia Dowd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inverts Author: Crystal Jeans Narrator: Olivia Dowd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 1, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: *Get your copy of Crystal Jeans' deliciously funny new novel, ACCIDENTAL DARLINGS, now!* ‘An absolute *blinder* … so so funny and sexy. So excited now to read everything by Crystal Jeans’ Caroline O’Donoghue, author of Scenes of a Graphic Nature ‘A glorious celebration of queer friendship and all kinds of love. Funny, outrageous, heartbreaking and so much fun’ Kate Davies, winner of the Polari Prize ‘Hilarious, fresh and sexy, with a tale that takes the reader from Egypt to Hollywood’ Irish Independent ‘Funny, filthy and phenomenally good’ Matt Cain ‘Filthy and hilarious, this is a gloriously naughty romp of a read that also has something serious to say about queer love. I didn’t want it to end’ S.J. Watson ‘Perfect for fans of Tipping the Velvet and Gentleman Jack… a delicious and diligent piece of fiction that will provide you with enough great comebacks to last a lifetime… This is a delightful book I wish to fling at my friends with affectionate abandon' DIVA ‘By turns raucous and poignant, hilarious and shattering this is a wonder of a story’ Jess Kidd ‘This delicious romp is the sort of thing Nancy Mitford might have written if she’d been gay… wonderfully blithe, witty and moving’ Rowan Pelling, DAILY MAIL 1921: a boy, a girl, a moonlit midnight kiss. A terrible, repulsive kiss. Bettina and Bart have grown up as best friends, so surely they will end up together? After all, Bettina is young, rich, headstrong…. and gay. Bart is young, rich, charismatic… and also, definitely, gay. Any doubts are dispelled by, in short order: that ghastly kiss; a torrid encounter for Bettina in the school boiler-rooms; and an eye-opening Parisian visit for Bart. Society will never stand for it. What else can they do but enter into a ‘lavender marriage’ and carry on indulging their true natures in secret? As the ’20s and ’30s whizz past in a haze of cigarettes, champagne and casual sex, Bart and Bettina have no idea that they are hurtling, via Hollywood and Egypt, Paris and London, towards tragedy and bloodshed…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-vietri-project-a-novel-by-nicola-derobertis-theye--65202528https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Vietri Project: A Novel Author: Nicola Derobertis-Theye Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Lithub, Good Reads, Bustle, and The Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2021 ''The Vietri Project is a riveting, shifting quest, an evocative trip to Rome, and a beautiful portrayal of the ways you need to return to the past in order to move forward. A great delight from start to finish.”--Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers and Lovers A search for a mysterious customer in Rome leads a young bookseller to confront the complicated history of her family, and that of Italy itself, in this achingly intimate debut with echoes of Lily King and Elif Batuman. Working at a bookstore in Berkeley in the years after college, Gabriele becomes intrigued by the orders of signor Vietri, a customer from Rome whose numerous purchases grow increasingly mystical and esoteric. Restless and uncertain of her future, Gabriele quits her job and, landing in Rome, decides to look up Vietri. Unable to locate him, she begins a quest to unearth the well-concealed facts of his life. Following a trail of obituaries and military records, a memoir of life in a village forgotten by modernity, and the court records of a communist murder trial, Gabriele meets an eclectic assortment of the city’s inhabitants, from the widow of an Italian prisoner of war to members of a generation set adrift by the financial crisis. Each encounter draws her unexpectedly closer to her own painful past and complicated family history—an Italian mother diagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized during her childhood, and an extended family in Rome still recovering from the losses and betrayals in their past. Through these voices and histories, Gabriele will discover what it means to be a person in the world; a member of a family and a citizen of a country—and how reconciling these stories may be the key to understanding her own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442003Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Vietri Project: A Novel Author: Nicola Derobertis-Theye Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Vietri Project: A Novel Author: Nicola Derobertis-Theye Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Lithub, Good Reads, Bustle, and The Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2021 ''The Vietri Project is a riveting, shifting quest, an evocative trip to Rome, and a beautiful portrayal of the ways you need to return to the past in order to move forward. A great delight from start to finish.”--Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers and Lovers A search for a mysterious customer in Rome leads a young bookseller to confront the complicated history of her family, and that of Italy itself, in this achingly intimate debut with echoes of Lily King and Elif Batuman. Working at a bookstore in Berkeley in the years after college, Gabriele becomes intrigued by the orders of signor Vietri, a customer from Rome whose numerous purchases grow increasingly mystical and esoteric. Restless and uncertain of her future, Gabriele quits her job and, landing in Rome, decides to look up Vietri. Unable to locate him, she begins a quest to unearth the well-concealed facts of his life. Following a trail of obituaries and military records, a memoir of life in a village forgotten by modernity, and the court records of a communist murder trial, Gabriele meets an eclectic assortment of the city’s inhabitants, from the widow of an Italian prisoner of war to members of a generation set adrift by the financial crisis. Each encounter draws her unexpectedly closer to her own painful past and complicated family history—an Italian mother diagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized during her childhood, and an extended family in Rome still recovering from the losses and betrayals in their past. Through these voices and histories, Gabriele will discover what it means to be a person in the world; a member of a family and a citizen of a country—and how reconciling these stories may be the key to understanding her own.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-ll-thank-me-for-this-a-novel-by-nina-siegal--65202522https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You'll Thank Me for This: A Novel Author: Nina Siegal Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This pulse-pounding psychological thriller takes roots from the Dutch tradition of blindfolding and dropping your adolescent child in the middle of the wilderness—and shows what happens when it goes horribly wrong.   Twelve-year old Karin is blindfolded and dropped into the Hoge Veluwe National Forest with three other children. With nothing but a few basic supplies and emergency food, the children are tasked with working together to navigate one of the Netherlands' most beautiful and wild locations and return home to where their families are anxiously waiting.   The youngest of the group and distracted by her own thoughts, Karin lags behind, suddenly looking up to see that the other children have vanished.   As Karin struggles against the elements to find her way back, she soon realizes that something far more sinister lurks in the woods.   Meanwhile, the parents are reeling from the knowledge that none of the children have returned. The authorities are alerted, and the news media descends, turning the disappearances into a public frenzy. Amidst the chaos and hysteria, Karin's mother, Grace, is facing threats of her own, making her doubt who she can trust. Will she be able to untangle this web of false leads and fake news to find her daughter—before it's too late?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444618Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You'll Thank Me for This: A Novel Author: Nina Siegal Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/444618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You'll Thank Me for This: A Novel Author: Nina Siegal Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This pulse-pounding psychological thriller takes roots from the Dutch tradition of blindfolding and dropping your adolescent child in the middle of the wilderness—and shows what happens when it goes horribly wrong.   Twelve-year old Karin is blindfolded and dropped into the Hoge Veluwe National Forest with three other children. With nothing but a few basic supplies and emergency food, the children are tasked with working together to navigate one of the Netherlands' most beautiful and wild locations and return home to where their families are anxiously waiting.   The youngest of the group and distracted by her own thoughts, Karin lags behind, suddenly looking up to see that the other children have vanished.   As Karin struggles against the elements to find her way back, she soon realizes that something far more sinister lurks in the woods.   Meanwhile, the parents are reeling from the knowledge that none of the children have returned. The authorities are alerted, and the news media descends, turning the disappearances into a public frenzy. Amidst the chaos and hysteria, Karin's mother, Grace, is facing threats of her own, making her doubt who she can trust. Will she be able to untangle this web of false leads and fake news to find her daughter—before it's too late?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/raft-of-stars-a-novel-by-andrew-j-graff--65202518https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441999 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raft of Stars: A Novel Author: Andrew J. Graff Narrator: Lincoln Hoppe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “A rousing adventure yarn full of danger and heart and humor.” —Richard Russo An instant classic for fans of Jane Smiley and Kitchens of the Great Midwest: when two hardscrabble young boys think they’ve committed a crime, they flee into the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Will the adults trying to find and protect them reach them before it’s too late? It’s the summer of 1994 in Claypot, Wisconsin, and the lives of ten-year-old Fischer “Fish” Branson and Dale “Bread” Breadwin are shaped by the two fathers they don’t talk about. One night, tired of seeing his best friend bruised and terrorized by his no-good dad, Fish takes action. A gunshot rings out and the two boys flee the scene, believing themselves murderers. They head for the woods, where they find their way onto a raft, but the natural terrors of Ironsforge gorge threaten to overwhelm them. Four adults track them into the forest, each one on a journey of his or her own. Fish’s mother Miranda, a wise woman full of fierce faith; his granddad, Teddy, who knows the woods like the back of his hand; Tiffany, a purple-haired gas station attendant and poet looking for connection; and Sheriff Cal, who’s having doubts about a life in law enforcement. The adults track the boys toward the novel’s heart-pounding climax on the edge of the gorge and a conclusion that beautifully makes manifest the grace these characters find in the wilderness and one another. This timeless story of loss, hope, and adventure runs like the river itself amid the vividly rendered landscape of the Upper Midwest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441999Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441999 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raft of Stars: A Novel Author: Andrew J. Graff Narrator: Lincoln Hoppe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441999 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Raft of Stars: A Novel Author: Andrew J. Graff Narrator: Lincoln Hoppe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “A rousing adventure yarn full of danger and heart and humor.” —Richard Russo An instant classic for fans of Jane Smiley and Kitchens of the Great Midwest: when two hardscrabble young boys think they’ve committed a crime, they flee into the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Will the adults trying to find and protect them reach them before it’s too late? It’s the summer of 1994 in Claypot, Wisconsin, and the lives of ten-year-old Fischer “Fish” Branson and Dale “Bread” Breadwin are shaped by the two fathers they don’t talk about. One night, tired of seeing his best friend bruised and terrorized by his no-good dad, Fish takes action. A gunshot rings out and the two boys flee the scene, believing themselves murderers. They head for the woods, where they find their way onto a raft, but the natural terrors of Ironsforge gorge threaten to overwhelm them. Four adults track them into the forest, each one on a journey of his or her own. Fish’s mother Miranda, a wise woman full of fierce faith; his granddad, Teddy, who knows the woods like the back of his hand; Tiffany, a purple-haired gas station attendant and poet looking for connection; and Sheriff Cal, who’s having doubts about a life in law enforcement. The adults track the boys toward the novel’s heart-pounding climax on the edge of the gorge and a conclusion that beautifully makes manifest the grace these characters find in the wilderness and one another. This timeless story of loss, hope, and adventure runs like the river itself amid the vividly rendered landscape of the Upper Midwest.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-with-the-silver-bangle-by-linda-finlay--65202578https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl with the Silver Bangle Author: Linda Finlay Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 18, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Far from home, she never gave up hope… A heart-warming tale from the Queen of West Country Saga, Linda Finlay. The Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author Dilly Court says Linda Finlay is ‘SURE TO DELIGHT’! AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW. London, 1910. A cruel twist of fate means Daisy must give up the job she loves painting for a theatre company and move to Devon. Only the silver bangle she wears on her wrist brings comfort, reminding her of a young man who once promised her his heart. In Devon, life is very different. Lodging with her uncle at his busy tavern, Daisy must scrub and serve for her keep. And when her uncle catches her sketching, he is furious and forbids her to draw. But a chance meeting with two travelling artists offers Daisy a different path, and steeling her courage, Daisy runs away with them to Lamorna, Cornwall, home to a famous group of bohemian artists… This heart-warming tale of love and triumph from Linda Finlay, the Queen of West Country saga, will enchant readers. Praise for Linda Finlay: ‘Sure to delight her ever-growing legion of fans’ Dilly Court 'Warm and atmospheric, you can practically taste the sea breeze' The Express ‘Rich with carefully drawn characters who really come to life in the hands of this skilled writer’ NorthernReader ‘Evocative’ Frost Magazine ‘A treasure of a read with romance, rural history and a happy ending’ Devon Life]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418857Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl with the Silver Bangle Author: Linda Finlay Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl with the Silver Bangle Author: Linda Finlay Narrator: Charlie Sanderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 18, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Far from home, she never gave up hope… A heart-warming tale from the Queen of West Country Saga, Linda Finlay. The Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author Dilly Court says Linda Finlay is ‘SURE TO DELIGHT’! AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW. London, 1910. A cruel twist of fate means Daisy must give up the job she loves painting for a theatre company and move to Devon. Only the silver bangle she wears on her wrist brings comfort, reminding her of a young man who once promised her his heart. In Devon, life is very different. Lodging with her uncle at his busy tavern, Daisy must scrub and serve for her keep. And when her uncle catches her sketching, he is furious and forbids her to draw. But a chance meeting with two travelling artists offers Daisy a different path, and steeling her courage, Daisy runs away with them to Lamorna, Cornwall, home to a famous group of bohemian artists… This heart-warming tale of love and triumph from Linda Finlay, the Queen of West Country saga, will enchant readers. Praise for Linda Finlay: ‘Sure to delight her ever-growing legion of fans’ Dilly Court 'Warm and atmospheric, you can practically taste the sea breeze' The Express ‘Rich with carefully drawn characters who really come to life in the hands of this skilled writer’ NorthernReader ‘Evocative’ Frost Magazine ‘A treasure of a read with romance, rural history and a happy ending’ Devon Life]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lake-by-louise-sharland--65202511https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lake Author: Louise Sharland Narrator: Vinny Moli, Hattie Ladbury Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 18, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The truth lies just beneath the surface… *With exclusive audio content.* Kate's world falls apart when her teenage son drowns in the waters by his school. She’s convinced it wasn’t just a tragic accident, but no one will listen. Then, six years later, Kate unearths Michael’s lost diary and realises she may finally be able uncover what really happened that night. But as she delves deeper, she begins to realise that she didn’t really know her son – or the people in his life – at all. And that, sometimes, secrets are better left submerged… An absorbing, emotionally-charged and addictive page-turner that will keep you gripped into the dark hours, perfect for fans of Linda Green and Teresa Driscoll. Readers love The Lake: ‘Atmospheric, unsettling, and gripping, Louise is clearly a fresh new talent to the genre’ Phoebe Morgan, author of The Babysitter ‘One of the best debut novels I have read – compelling, claustrophobic and captivating’ Katerina Diamond, author of The Heatwave 'An intelligent and thought-provoking story that combines psychological thrills with the heartfelt emotions of a grieving mother, with a great cast of characters, this book is highly recommended’ Louise Douglas, author of The House by the Sea]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460603Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lake Author: Louise Sharland Narrator: Vinny Moli, Hattie Ladbury Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460603 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lake Author: Louise Sharland Narrator: Vinny Moli, Hattie Ladbury Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 18, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The truth lies just beneath the surface… *With exclusive audio content.* Kate's world falls apart when her teenage son drowns in the waters by his school. She’s convinced it wasn’t just a tragic accident, but no one will listen. Then, six years later, Kate unearths Michael’s lost diary and realises she may finally be able uncover what really happened that night. But as she delves deeper, she begins to realise that she didn’t really know her son – or the people in his life – at all. And that, sometimes, secrets are better left submerged… An absorbing, emotionally-charged and addictive page-turner that will keep you gripped into the dark hours, perfect for fans of Linda Green and Teresa Driscoll. Readers love The Lake: ‘Atmospheric, unsettling, and gripping, Louise is clearly a fresh new talent to the genre’ Phoebe Morgan, author of The Babysitter ‘One of the best debut novels I have read – compelling, claustrophobic and captivating’ Katerina Diamond, author of The Heatwave 'An intelligent and thought-provoking story that combines psychological thrills with the heartfelt emotions of a grieving mother, with a great cast of characters, this book is highly recommended’ Louise Douglas, author of The House by the Sea]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-sister-s-war-by-molly-green--65202494https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sister’s War Series: #3 of The Victory Sisters Author: Molly Green Narrator: Sophie Bentinck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 18, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ⭐ Don’t miss the new uplifting historical saga series from Molly Green, set at famous Bletchley Park: Summer Secrets at Bletchley Park – available to pre-order now! ⭐ Britain, 1943 Ronnie Linfoot may be the youngest of three sisters, but she’s determined to do her bit… Against her strict mother’s wishes, Ronnie signs up to join the Grand Union Canal Company, where she’ll be working on a narrowboat taking critical supplies between London and Birmingham. But with no experience on the waterways, she must learn the ropes quickly. She’s facing dreadful weather, long days, and rough living conditions. At least she isn’t on her own. In the toughest times, will Ronnie and her fellow trainees pull together? For even in the darkest days of war, hope and friendship can see you through… An uplifting tale of courage and camaraderie, perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Elaine Everest. ‘Molly Green creates realistic characters and situations that keep you turning the pages’ Katie Fforde, Sunday Times bestseller 'A moving, gripping story set during WW2’ Kitty Neale, Sunday Times bestseller]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454438Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sister’s War Series: #3 of The Victory Sisters Author: Molly Green Narrator: Sophie Bentinck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sister’s War Series: #3 of The Victory Sisters Author: Molly Green Narrator: Sophie Bentinck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 18, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ⭐ Don’t miss the new uplifting historical saga series from Molly Green, set at famous Bletchley Park: Summer Secrets at Bletchley Park – available to pre-order now! ⭐ Britain, 1943 Ronnie Linfoot may be the youngest of three sisters, but she’s determined to do her bit… Against her strict mother’s wishes, Ronnie signs up to join the Grand Union Canal Company, where she’ll be working on a narrowboat taking critical supplies between London and Birmingham. But with no experience on the waterways, she must learn the ropes quickly. She’s facing dreadful weather, long days, and rough living conditions. At least she isn’t on her own. In the toughest times, will Ronnie and her fellow trainees pull together? For even in the darkest days of war, hope and friendship can see you through… An uplifting tale of courage and camaraderie, perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Elaine Everest. ‘Molly Green creates realistic characters and situations that keep you turning the pages’ Katie Fforde, Sunday Times bestseller 'A moving, gripping story set during WW2’ Kitty Neale, Sunday Times bestseller]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-o-clock-in-the-morning-a-novel-by-gianrico-carofiglio--65202477https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three O'Clock in the Morning: A Novel Author: Gianrico Carofiglio Narrator: Gary Furlong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 16, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning.'' - F. Scott Fitzgerald A coming-of-age novel—a heady union of Before Sunrise and Beautiful Ruins—about a father and his teenage son who are forced to spend two sleepless nights exploring the city of Marseilles, a journey of unexpected adventure and profound discovery that helps them come to truly know each other. Antonio is eighteen years old and on the cusp of adulthood. His father, a brilliant mathematician, hasn’t played a large part in his life since divorcing Antonio’s mother but when Antonio is diagnosed with epilepsy, they travel to Marseille to visit a doctor who may hold the hope for an effective treatment. It is there, in a foreign city, under strained circumstances, that they will get to know each other and connect for the first time. A beautiful, gritty, and charming port city where French old-world charm meets modern bohemia, father and son stroll the streets sharing strained small talk. But as the hours pass and day gives way to night, the two find themselves caught in a series of caffeine-imbued adventures involving unexpected people (and unforeseen trysts) that connect father and son for the first time. As the two discuss poetry, family, sex, math, death, and dreams, their experience becomes a mesmerizing 48-hour microcosm of a lifetime relationship. Both learn much about illusions and regret, about talent and redemption, and, most of all, about love.  Elegant, warm, and tender, set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Marseille and its beautiful calanques—a series of cliffs and bays on the city’s outskirts—Three O’Clock in the Morning is a bewitching coming-of-age story imbued with nostalgia and a revelatory exploration of time and fate, youth and adulthood.  Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441033Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three O'Clock in the Morning: A Novel Author: Gianrico Carofiglio Narrator: Gary Furlong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 55 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/441033 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three O'Clock in the Morning: A Novel Author: Gianrico Carofiglio Narrator: Gary Furlong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 55 minutes Release date: March 16, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning.'' - F. Scott Fitzgerald A coming-of-age novel—a heady union of Before Sunrise and Beautiful Ruins—about a father and his teenage son who are forced to spend two sleepless nights exploring the city of Marseilles, a journey of unexpected adventure and profound discovery that helps them come to truly know each other. Antonio is eighteen years old and on the cusp of adulthood. His father, a brilliant mathematician, hasn’t played a large part in his life since divorcing Antonio’s mother but when Antonio is diagnosed with epilepsy, they travel to Marseille to visit a doctor who may hold the hope for an effective treatment. It is there, in a foreign city, under strained circumstances, that they will get to know each other and connect for the first time. A beautiful, gritty, and charming port city where French old-world charm meets modern bohemia, father and son stroll the streets sharing strained small talk. But as the hours pass and day gives way to night, the two find themselves caught in a series of caffeine-imbued adventures involving unexpected people (and unforeseen trysts) that connect father and son for the first time. As the two discuss poetry, family, sex, math, death, and dreams, their experience becomes a mesmerizing 48-hour microcosm of a lifetime relationship. Both learn much about illusions and regret, about talent and redemption, and, most of all, about love.  Elegant, warm, and tender, set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Marseille and its beautiful calanques—a series of cliffs and bays on the city’s outskirts—Three O’Clock in the Morning is a bewitching coming-of-age story imbued with nostalgia and a revelatory exploration of time and fate, youth and adulthood.  Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stella-by-takis-wurger--65202635https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stella Author: Takis Würger Narrator: Will Damron, Shayna Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of The Club comes a new novel of love and betrayal, set in Berlin in 1942 In 1942, Friedrich, an even-keeled but unworldly young man, arrives in Berlin from bucolic Switzerland with dreams of becoming an artist. At a life drawing class, he is hypnotized by the beautiful model, Kristin, who soon becomes his energetic yet enigmatic guide to the bustling and cosmopolitan city, escorting him to underground jazz clubs where they drink cognac, dance, and kiss. The war feels far away to Friedrich, who falls in love with Kristin as they spend time together in his rooms at the Grand Hotel, but as the months pass, the mood in the city darkens as the Nazis tighten their hold on Berlin, terrorizing any who are deemed foes of the Reich. One day, Kristin comes back to Friedrich's rooms in tears, battered and bruised. She tells him that her real name is Stella, and that she is Jewish, passing for Aryan. More disturbing still, she has troubling connections with the Gestapo that Friedrich does not fully understand. As Friedrich confronts Stella's unimaginable choices, he finds himself woefully unprepared for the history he is living through. Based in part on a real historical character, Stella sets a tortured love story against the backdrop of wartime Berlin, and powerfully explores questions of naiveté, young love, betrayal, and the horrors of history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452062Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stella Author: Takis Würger Narrator: Will Damron, Shayna Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stella Author: Takis Würger Narrator: Will Damron, Shayna Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of The Club comes a new novel of love and betrayal, set in Berlin in 1942 In 1942, Friedrich, an even-keeled but unworldly young man, arrives in Berlin from bucolic Switzerland with dreams of becoming an artist. At a life drawing class, he is hypnotized by the beautiful model, Kristin, who soon becomes his energetic yet enigmatic guide to the bustling and cosmopolitan city, escorting him to underground jazz clubs where they drink cognac, dance, and kiss. The war feels far away to Friedrich, who falls in love with Kristin as they spend time together in his rooms at the Grand Hotel, but as the months pass, the mood in the city darkens as the Nazis tighten their hold on Berlin, terrorizing any who are deemed foes of the Reich. One day, Kristin comes back to Friedrich's rooms in tears, battered and bruised. She tells him that her real name is Stella, and that she is Jewish, passing for Aryan. More disturbing still, she has troubling connections with the Gestapo that Friedrich does not fully understand. As Friedrich confronts Stella's unimaginable choices, he finds himself woefully unprepared for the history he is living through. Based in part on a real historical character, Stella sets a tortured love story against the backdrop of wartime Berlin, and powerfully explores questions of naiveté, young love, betrayal, and the horrors of history.]]>605rgercleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bone-maker-a-novel-by-sarah-beth-durst--65202515https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bone Maker: A Novel Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''Durst consistently defies expectations.''—Publishers Weekly (starred review) From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, a standalone epic fantasy set in a brand-new world of towering mountains and sparkling cities, in which a band of aging warriors have a second chance to defeat dark magic and avenge a haunting loss. Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat the bone maker Eklor—a corrupt magician who created an inhuman army using animal bones. But victory came at a tragic price. Only four of the heroes survived.  Since then, Kreya, the group’s leader, has exiled herself to a remote tower and devoted herself to one purpose: resurrecting her dead husband. But such a task requires both a cache of human bones and a sacrifice—for each day he lives, she will live one less. She’d rather live one year with her husband than a hundred without him, but using human bones for magic is illegal in Vos. The dead are burned—as are any bone workers who violate the law. Yet Kreya knows where she can find the bones she needs: the battlefield where her husband and countless others lost their lives. But defying the laws of the land exposes a terrible possibility. Maybe the dead don’t rest in peace after all.   Five warriors—one broken, one gone soft, one pursuing a simple life, one stuck in the past, and one who should dead. Their story should have been finished. But evil doesn’t stop just because someone once said, “the end.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440195Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bone Maker: A Novel Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 35 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/440195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bone Maker: A Novel Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''Durst consistently defies expectations.''—Publishers Weekly (starred review) From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, a standalone epic fantasy set in a brand-new world of towering mountains and sparkling cities, in which a band of aging warriors have a second chance to defeat dark magic and avenge a haunting loss. Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat the bone maker Eklor—a corrupt magician who created an inhuman army using animal bones. But victory came at a tragic price. Only four of the heroes survived.  Since then, Kreya, the group’s leader, has exiled herself to a remote tower and devoted herself to one purpose: resurrecting her dead husband. But such a task requires both a cache of human bones and a sacrifice—for each day he lives, she will live one less. She’d rather live one year with her husband than a hundred without him, but using human bones for magic is illegal in Vos. The dead are burned—as are any bone workers who violate the law. Yet Kreya knows where she can find the bones she needs: the battlefield where her husband and countless others lost their lives. But defying the laws of the land exposes a terrible possibility. Maybe the dead don’t rest in peace after all.   Five warriors—one broken, one gone soft, one pursuing a simple life, one stuck in the past, and one who should dead. Their story should have been finished. But evil doesn’t stop just because someone once said, “the end.”]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girls-are-all-so-nice-here-by-laurie-elizabeth-flynn--65202512https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452287 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls Are All So Nice Here Author: Laurie Elizabeth Flynn Narrator: Alex Allwine, Erin Mallon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Gone Girl meets Mean Girls and The Secret History’ Guardian A darkly intoxicating novel of female friendship and obsession that will keep you turning the pages, perfect for fans of My Dark Vanessa and The Virgin Suicides ––––––––––––––––– Nice girls can do bad things… When Ambrosia first arrives at prestigious college Wesleyan, she’s desperate to fit in. But Amb struggles to navigate the rules of this strange, elite world, filled with privileged ‘nice’ young women – until she meets the charismatic but troubled Sully, with whom she forms an obsessive friendship. Intoxicated by Sully’s charm and determined to impress her, Amb finds herself drawn deep into her new best friend’s dangerous manipulations. But if she wants to play Sully at her own game, Amb has no idea just how devastating the consequences will be… Deeply unsettling and compulsive, The Girls Are All So Nice Here is a gripping exploration of the brutal lengths girls will go to, to take what they think they are owed. –––––––––––––––––––––– Readers are gripped by The Girls Are All So Nice Here: ‘I couldn’t stop turning the pages of this obsessive thriller’ ‘The Secret History meets Heathers, with a dash of Mean Girls’ ‘Dark, twisted and compelling’ ‘A compulsive exploration of the dark complexities of female friendship’ ‘Gripping and addictive’ ‘This deliciously dark tale had me on the edge of my seat’ ‘Impossible to put down’ ‘This book really got under my skin’]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452287Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452287 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls Are All So Nice Here Author: Laurie Elizabeth Flynn Narrator: Alex Allwine, Erin Mallon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452287 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls Are All So Nice Here Author: Laurie Elizabeth Flynn Narrator: Alex Allwine, Erin Mallon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Gone Girl meets Mean Girls and The Secret History’ Guardian A darkly intoxicating novel of female friendship and obsession that will keep you turning the pages, perfect for fans of My Dark Vanessa and The Virgin Suicides ––––––––––––––––– Nice girls can do bad things… When Ambrosia first arrives at prestigious college Wesleyan, she’s desperate to fit in. But Amb struggles to navigate the rules of this strange, elite world, filled with privileged ‘nice’ young women – until she meets the charismatic but troubled Sully, with whom she forms an obsessive friendship. Intoxicated by Sully’s charm and determined to impress her, Amb finds herself drawn deep into her new best friend’s dangerous manipulations. But if she wants to play Sully at her own game, Amb has no idea just how devastating the consequences will be… Deeply unsettling and compulsive, The Girls Are All So Nice Here is a gripping exploration of the brutal lengths girls will go to, to take what they think they are owed. –––––––––––––––––––––– Readers are gripped by The Girls Are All So Nice Here: ‘I couldn’t stop turning the pages of this obsessive thriller’ ‘The Secret History meets Heathers, with a dash of Mean Girls’ ‘Dark, twisted and compelling’ ‘A compulsive exploration of the dark complexities of female friendship’ ‘Gripping and addictive’ ‘This deliciously dark tale had me on the edge of my seat’ ‘Impossible to put down’ ‘This book really got under my skin’]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-favour-by-laura-vaughn--65202485https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Favour Author: Laura Vaughn Narrator: Helen Keeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 4, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ada Howell had an idyllic childhood growing up in Garreg Las, the ancient country house of her adopted father. But when he dies, Ada's mother quickly sells up taking her daughter to live a far more modest life in London – a life so frightfully mediocre, Ada refuses to accept it as her own. When Ada's eccentric godmother gifts her with an exclusive gap-year art history trip to Italy, Ada finally finds herself amongst the kind of people she aspires to be: sophisticated, cultured, privileged. Over the course of two dazzling months, Ada does everything in her power to prove she is one of them. But it is only when Mallory, the least popular member of the group, dies in suspicious circumstances that Ada spots an opportunity to permanently bind herself to the lives of her companions. To do so, she must help bury a secret, but everything hidden must eventually surfaces and when it does, Ada realises she's been keeping a far darker secret than she ever imagined.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459584Thu, 04 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Favour Author: Laura Vaughn Narrator: Helen Keeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 4, 2021 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Favour Author: Laura Vaughn Narrator: Helen Keeley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: March 4, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ada Howell had an idyllic childhood growing up in Garreg Las, the ancient country house of her adopted father. But when he dies, Ada's mother quickly sells up taking her daughter to live a far more modest life in London – a life so frightfully mediocre, Ada refuses to accept it as her own. When Ada's eccentric godmother gifts her with an exclusive gap-year art history trip to Italy, Ada finally finds herself amongst the kind of people she aspires to be: sophisticated, cultured, privileged. Over the course of two dazzling months, Ada does everything in her power to prove she is one of them. But it is only when Mallory, the least popular member of the group, dies in suspicious circumstances that Ada spots an opportunity to permanently bind herself to the lives of her companions. To do so, she must help bury a secret, but everything hidden must eventually surfaces and when it does, Ada realises she's been keeping a far darker secret than she ever imagined.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-incredible-winston-browne-by-sean-dietrich--65202561https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Incredible Winston Browne Author: Sean Dietrich Narrator: Sean Dietrich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Beloved writer Sean Dietrich—also known as Sean of the South—will warm your heart with this rich and nostalgic tale of a small-town sheriff, a mysterious little girl, and a good-hearted community pulling together to help her. Folks in Moab live for ice cream socials, baseball, and the local paper’s weekly gossip column. Sheriff Winston Browne has watched over Moab with a generous eye for a decade, and by now he’s used to handling the daily dramas that keep life interesting for Moab’s quirky residents. But just after Winston receives some terrible, life-altering news, a seemingly mute runaway with no clear origin arrives in Moab.  The residents do what they believe is right and take her in—until two suspicious strangers arrive and begin looking for her. Suddenly Winston has a child in desperate need of protection—as well as a secret of his own to keep. With the help of Moab’s goodhearted townsfolk, the humble and well-meaning Winston Browne still has some heroic things to do. He finds romance, family, and love in unexpected places. He stumbles upon adventure, searches his soul, and grapples with the past. In doing so, he just might discover what a life well-lived truly looks like. Sometimes ordinary people do the most extraordinary things of all. Praise for The Incredible Winston Browne: “Sean Dietrich has written a home run of a novel with The Incredible Winston Browne. Every bit as wonderful as its title implies, it’s the story of Browne—a principled, baseball-loving sheriff—a precocious little girl in need of help, and the community that rallies around them. This warm, witty, tender novel celebrates the power of friendship and family to transform our lives. It left me nostalgic and hopeful, missing my grandfathers, and eager for baseball season to start again. I loved it.” —Ariel Lawhon, New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia “Make no mistake. [The Incredible Winston Browne] is a classic story, told by an expert storyteller.” —Shawn Smucker, author of Light from Distant Stars - Stand-alone historical novel set in the 1950s - Audiobook narrated by the author]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425837Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Incredible Winston Browne Author: Sean Dietrich Narrator: Sean Dietrich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Incredible Winston Browne Author: Sean Dietrich Narrator: Sean Dietrich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Beloved writer Sean Dietrich—also known as Sean of the South—will warm your heart with this rich and nostalgic tale of a small-town sheriff, a mysterious little girl, and a good-hearted community pulling together to help her. Folks in Moab live for ice cream socials, baseball, and the local paper’s weekly gossip column. Sheriff Winston Browne has watched over Moab with a generous eye for a decade, and by now he’s used to handling the daily dramas that keep life interesting for Moab’s quirky residents. But just after Winston receives some terrible, life-altering news, a seemingly mute runaway with no clear origin arrives in Moab.  The residents do what they believe is right and take her in—until two suspicious strangers arrive and begin looking for her. Suddenly Winston has a child in desperate need of protection—as well as a secret of his own to keep. With the help of Moab’s goodhearted townsfolk, the humble and well-meaning Winston Browne still has some heroic things to do. He finds romance, family, and love in unexpected places. He stumbles upon adventure, searches his soul, and grapples with the past. In doing so, he just might discover what a life well-lived truly looks like. Sometimes ordinary people do the most extraordinary things of all. Praise for The Incredible Winston Browne: “Sean Dietrich has written a home run of a novel with The Incredible Winston Browne. Every bit as wonderful as its title implies, it’s the story of Browne—a principled, baseball-loving sheriff—a precocious little girl in need of help, and the community that rallies around them. This warm, witty, tender novel celebrates the power of friendship and family to transform our lives. It left me nostalgic and hopeful, missing my grandfathers, and eager for baseball season to start again. I loved it.” —Ariel Lawhon, New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia “Make no mistake. [The Incredible Winston Browne] is a classic story, told by an expert storyteller.” —Shawn Smucker, author of Light from Distant Stars - Stand-alone historical novel set in the 1950s - Audiobook narrated by the author]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/before-my-actual-heart-breaks-by-tish-delaney--65202608https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before My Actual Heart Breaks Author: Tish Delaney Narrator: Saoirse-Monica Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 18, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An unforgettable love story with the energy of Derry Girls and the intensity of The Ferryman ‘If I could go back to being sixteen again, I’d do things differently.' 'Everyone over the age of forty feels like that, you total gom,' says my best friend Lizzie Magee. When she was young Mary Rattigan wanted to fly. She was going to take off like an angel from heaven and leave the muck and madness of troubled Northern Ireland behind. Nothing but the Land of Happy Ever After would do for her. But as a Catholic girl with a B.I.T.C.H. for a Mammy and a silent Daddy, things did not go as she and Lizzie Magee had planned. Now, five children, twenty-five years, an end to the bombs and bullets, enough whisky to sink a ship and endless wakes and sandwich teas later, Mary’s alone. She’s learned plenty of hard lessons and missed a hundred steps towards the life she'd always hoped for. Will she finally find the courage to ask for the love she deserves? Or is it too late? © Tish Delaney 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409655Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before My Actual Heart Breaks Author: Tish Delaney Narrator: Saoirse-Monica Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before My Actual Heart Breaks Author: Tish Delaney Narrator: Saoirse-Monica Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 18, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An unforgettable love story with the energy of Derry Girls and the intensity of The Ferryman ‘If I could go back to being sixteen again, I’d do things differently.' 'Everyone over the age of forty feels like that, you total gom,' says my best friend Lizzie Magee. When she was young Mary Rattigan wanted to fly. She was going to take off like an angel from heaven and leave the muck and madness of troubled Northern Ireland behind. Nothing but the Land of Happy Ever After would do for her. But as a Catholic girl with a B.I.T.C.H. for a Mammy and a silent Daddy, things did not go as she and Lizzie Magee had planned. Now, five children, twenty-five years, an end to the bombs and bullets, enough whisky to sink a ship and endless wakes and sandwich teas later, Mary’s alone. She’s learned plenty of hard lessons and missed a hundred steps towards the life she'd always hoped for. Will she finally find the courage to ask for the love she deserves? Or is it too late? © Tish Delaney 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-one-hundred-years-of-lenni-and-margot-by-marianne-cronin--65202575https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Author: Marianne Cronin Narrator: Rebecca Benson, Sheila Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: February 18, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories. Their last one begins here. Life is short - no one knows that better than seventeen year-old Lenni Petterssen. On the Terminal Ward, the nurses are offering their condolences already, but Lenni still has plenty of living to do. When she meets 83-year-old Margot Macrae, a fellow patient offering new friendship and enviable artistic skills, Lenni's life begins to soar in ways she'd never imagined. As their bond deepens, a world of stories opens up: of wartime love and loss, of misunderstanding and reconciliation, of courage, kindness and joy. Stories that have led Lenni and Margot to the end of their days. Fiercely alive, disarmingly funny, and brimming with tenderness, THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LENNI AND MARGOT unwraps the extraordinary gift of life even when it is about to be taken away, and revels in our infinite capacity for friendship and love when we need it most. 'Emotional, involving, witth and sad. All my favourite things. Everyone is going to love LENNI AND MARGOT' JILL MANSELL 'Full of wisdom and kindness. It is just the kind of book I adore' JOANNA CANNON 'Touching and honest and funny. I completely and wholeheartedly fell for Lenni and Margot' NINA POTTELL © Marianne Cronin 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437373Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Author: Marianne Cronin Narrator: Rebecca Benson, Sheila Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Author: Marianne Cronin Narrator: Rebecca Benson, Sheila Reid Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: February 18, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories. Their last one begins here. Life is short - no one knows that better than seventeen year-old Lenni Petterssen. On the Terminal Ward, the nurses are offering their condolences already, but Lenni still has plenty of living to do. When she meets 83-year-old Margot Macrae, a fellow patient offering new friendship and enviable artistic skills, Lenni's life begins to soar in ways she'd never imagined. As their bond deepens, a world of stories opens up: of wartime love and loss, of misunderstanding and reconciliation, of courage, kindness and joy. Stories that have led Lenni and Margot to the end of their days. Fiercely alive, disarmingly funny, and brimming with tenderness, THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LENNI AND MARGOT unwraps the extraordinary gift of life even when it is about to be taken away, and revels in our infinite capacity for friendship and love when we need it most. 'Emotional, involving, witth and sad. All my favourite things. Everyone is going to love LENNI AND MARGOT' JILL MANSELL 'Full of wisdom and kindness. It is just the kind of book I adore' JOANNA CANNON 'Touching and honest and funny. I completely and wholeheartedly fell for Lenni and Margot' NINA POTTELL © Marianne Cronin 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/plain-bad-heroines-by-emily-m-danforth--65202516https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445737 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Plain Bad Heroines Author: Emily M. Danforth Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Brimming from start to finish with sly humour and gothic mischief’ SARAH WATERS ‘Beguilingly clever, very sexy and seriously frightening’ GUARDIAN ‘Atmospheric, sexy, creepy…totally addictive’ KATE DAVIES, author of In At The Deep End ‘A gloriously over-the-top queer romp’ I PAPER ‘It’s a terrible story and one way to tell it is this: two girls in love and a fog of wasps cursed the place forever after…’ BROOKHANTS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: Infamous site of a series of tragic deaths over a hundred years ago. Soon to be the subject of a controversial horror movie about the rumoured ‘Brookhants curse’: In the early 1900’s, Brookhants students Flo and Clara fell madly in love, brought together by their obsession for a scandalous memoir. A few months later they were found dead in the woods, after a horrific wasp attack, the book lying next to their intertwined bodies. Three more grisly deaths followed before the school was forced to close. Now, the school’s doors are open once more. But as the crew of glamorous young actresses assemble to start filming, past and present begin to blur. And soon it’s impossible to tell quite where the curse ends and Hollywood begins… ‘Buzzing with wickedness…sly, wry and dangerous to know’ Rosie Garland ‘Ingenious, jaw-dropping…a queer roar and it's terrifying and it's a goddamned triumph’ Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World ‘Wears its brilliance lightly…it's dark, sweet, and addictive. Simply one of the best books I've read in the last decade’ Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman ‘A hot amalgamation of gothic horror and Hollywood satire, it’s draped with depth but bursting with life’ Washington Post ‘A deviously delicious cake’ O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445737Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445737 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Plain Bad Heroines Author: Emily M. Danforth Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445737 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Plain Bad Heroines Author: Emily M. Danforth Narrator: Xe Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Brimming from start to finish with sly humour and gothic mischief’ SARAH WATERS ‘Beguilingly clever, very sexy and seriously frightening’ GUARDIAN ‘Atmospheric, sexy, creepy…totally addictive’ KATE DAVIES, author of In At The Deep End ‘A gloriously over-the-top queer romp’ I PAPER ‘It’s a terrible story and one way to tell it is this: two girls in love and a fog of wasps cursed the place forever after…’ BROOKHANTS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: Infamous site of a series of tragic deaths over a hundred years ago. Soon to be the subject of a controversial horror movie about the rumoured ‘Brookhants curse’: In the early 1900’s, Brookhants students Flo and Clara fell madly in love, brought together by their obsession for a scandalous memoir. A few months later they were found dead in the woods, after a horrific wasp attack, the book lying next to their intertwined bodies. Three more grisly deaths followed before the school was forced to close. Now, the school’s doors are open once more. But as the crew of glamorous young actresses assemble to start filming, past and present begin to blur. And soon it’s impossible to tell quite where the curse ends and Hollywood begins… ‘Buzzing with wickedness…sly, wry and dangerous to know’ Rosie Garland ‘Ingenious, jaw-dropping…a queer roar and it's terrifying and it's a goddamned triumph’ Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World ‘Wears its brilliance lightly…it's dark, sweet, and addictive. Simply one of the best books I've read in the last decade’ Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman ‘A hot amalgamation of gothic horror and Hollywood satire, it’s draped with depth but bursting with life’ Washington Post ‘A deviously delicious cake’ O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-crow-folk-the-witches-of-woodville-1-by-mark-stay--65202499https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crow Folk: The Witches of Woodville 1 Author: Mark Stay Narrator: Candida Gubbins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: February 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Beautiful and engaging and clever and what more could you ask for in a book?' Manda Scott, bestselling author of A Treachery of Spies 'A story that is full of magic and delight that will thrill readers of any age' Rowan Coleman, author of The Girl at the Window ‘A rural Ben Aaronovitch!’ C. K. McDonnell, author of The Stranger Times As Spitfires roar overhead and a dark figure stalks the village of Woodville, a young woman will discover her destiny . . . Faye Bright always felt a little bit different. And today she’s found out why. She’s just stumbled across her late mother’s diary which includes not only a spiffing recipe for jam roly-poly, but spells, incantations, runes and recitations . . . a witch's notebook. And Faye has inherited her mother’s abilities.  Just in time, too. The Crow Folk are coming. Led by the charismatic Pumpkinhead, their strange magic threatens Faye and the villagers. Armed with little more than her mum's words, her trusty bicycle, the grudging help of two bickering old ladies, and some aggressive church bellringing, Faye will find herself on the front lines of a war nobody expected. *** For fans of Lev Grossman and Terry Pratchett comes this delightful novel of war, mystery and a little bit of magic . . . Don't miss the other magical books in the WITCHES OF WOODVILLE series! #1 The Crow Folk #2 Babes in the Wood #3 The Ghost of Ivy Barn  #4 The Holly King  Praise for THE CROW FOLK 'Stay has brewed a cracking blend of charm and creepiness in The Crow Folk. A rip-roaring tale of bravery and witchcraft on the wartime home front, expertly told with lashings of wit and warmth' Pernille Hughes, author of Probably the Best Kiss in the World   'Warm, witty, witchy wartime fun. With Mark Stay as writer you're always guaranteed a magical read' Julie Wassmer, author of the Whitstable Pearl Mysteries   'You'll love it: Doctor Who meets Worzel Gummidge' Lorna Cook, author of The Forgotten Village   'A jolly romp with witches, demons, and bellringing. Pratchett fans will enjoy this, and Faye is a feisty and fun hero. Dad's Army meets Witches of Eastwick' Ian W Sainsbury ‘Mark Stay’s brilliantly written Witches of Woodville books are somehow funny, cosy, clever and disturbingly dark all at the same time. Terry Pratchett fans will LOVE em’ Lucy Strange 'Extremely funny, full of imagination, verve and typical English "home counties" wit' Irish Independent]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452675Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crow Folk: The Witches of Woodville 1 Author: Mark Stay Narrator: Candida Gubbins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452675 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crow Folk: The Witches of Woodville 1 Author: Mark Stay Narrator: Candida Gubbins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: February 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Beautiful and engaging and clever and what more could you ask for in a book?' Manda Scott, bestselling author of A Treachery of Spies 'A story that is full of magic and delight that will thrill readers of any age' Rowan Coleman, author of The Girl at the Window ‘A rural Ben Aaronovitch!’ C. K. McDonnell, author of The Stranger Times As Spitfires roar overhead and a dark figure stalks the village of Woodville, a young woman will discover her destiny . . . Faye Bright always felt a little bit different. And today she’s found out why. She’s just stumbled across her late mother’s diary which includes not only a spiffing recipe for jam roly-poly, but spells, incantations, runes and recitations . . . a witch's notebook. And Faye has inherited her mother’s abilities.  Just in time, too. The Crow Folk are coming. Led by the charismatic Pumpkinhead, their strange magic threatens Faye and the villagers. Armed with little more than her mum's words, her trusty bicycle, the grudging help of two bickering old ladies, and some aggressive church bellringing, Faye will find herself on the front lines of a war nobody expected. *** For fans of Lev Grossman and Terry Pratchett comes this delightful novel of war, mystery and a little bit of magic . . . Don't miss the other magical books in the WITCHES OF WOODVILLE series! #1 The Crow Folk #2 Babes in the Wood #3 The Ghost of Ivy Barn  #4 The Holly King  Praise for THE CROW FOLK 'Stay has brewed a cracking blend of charm and creepiness in The Crow Folk. A rip-roaring tale of bravery and witchcraft on the wartime home front, expertly told with lashings of wit and warmth' Pernille Hughes, author of Probably the Best Kiss in the World   'Warm, witty, witchy wartime fun. With Mark Stay as writer you're always guaranteed a magical read' Julie Wassmer, author of the Whitstable Pearl Mysteries   'You'll love it: Doctor Who meets Worzel Gummidge' Lorna Cook, author of The Forgotten Village   'A jolly romp with witches, demons, and bellringing. Pratchett fans will enjoy this, and Faye is a feisty and fun hero. Dad's Army meets Witches of Eastwick' Ian W Sainsbury ‘Mark Stay’s brilliantly written Witches of Woodville books are somehow funny, cosy, clever and disturbingly dark all at the same time. Terry Pratchett fans will LOVE em’ Lucy Strange 'Extremely funny, full of imagination, verve and typical English "home counties" wit' Irish Independent]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/open-water-winner-of-the-costa-first-novel-award-2021-by-caleb-azumah-nelson--65202471https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Open Water: Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2021 Author: Caleb Azumah Nelson Narrator: Caleb Azumah Nelson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2021 WINNER OF DEBUT OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2022 WINNER OF BAD FORM BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD NO.1 BESTSELLER IN THE TIMES SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE AND THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2021 A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD '5 UNDER 35' HONOREE Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong, both are now artists - he a photographer, she a dancer - trying to make their mark in a city that by turns celebrates and rejects them. Tentatively, tenderly, they fall in love. But two people who seem destined to be together can still be torn apart by fear and violence. At once an achingly beautiful love story and a potent insight into race and masculinity, Open Water asks what it means to be a person in a world that sees you only as a Black body, to be vulnerable when you are only respected for strength, to find safety in love, only to lose it. With gorgeous, soulful intensity, Caleb Azumah Nelson has written the most essential British debut of recent years. 'A tender and touching love story, beautifully told' Observer 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021 'Hands-down the best debut I've read in years' The Times 'A beautiful and powerful novel about the true and sometimes painful depths of love' Candice Carty-Williams, bestselling author of QUEENIE 'An unforgettable debut... it's Sally Rooney meets Michaela Coel meets Teju Cole' New York Times 'A love song to Black art and thought' Yaa Gyasi, bestselling author of HOMEGOING and TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM 'An amazing debut novel. You should read this book. Let's hear it for Caleb Azumah Nelson, also known as the future' Benjamin Zephaniah 'A short, poetic and intellectual meditation on art and a relationship between a young couple' Bernardine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER 'A very touching and heartfelt book' Diana Evans, award-winning author of ORDINARY PEOPLE 'A lyrical modern love story, brilliant on music and art, race and London life, I enjoyed it hugely' David Nicholls, author of ONE DAY and SWEET SORROW 'Caleb is a star in the making' Nikesh Shukla, editor of THE GOOD IMMIGRANT and BROWN BABY 'A stunning piece of art' Bolu Babalola, bestselling author of LOVE IN COLOUR 'For those that are missing the tentative depiction of love in Normal People, Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water is set to become one of 2021's unmissable books. Utterly transporting, it'll leave you weeping and in awe.' Stylist 'An exhilarating new voice in British fiction' Vogue 'A poetic novel about Black identity and first love in the capital from one of Britain's most exciting young voices' Harper's Bazaar 'An intense, elegant debut' Guardian © Caleb Azumah Nelson 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452655Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Open Water: Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2021 Author: Caleb Azumah Nelson Narrator: Caleb Azumah Nelson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Open Water: Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2021 Author: Caleb Azumah Nelson Narrator: Caleb Azumah Nelson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2021 WINNER OF DEBUT OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2022 WINNER OF BAD FORM BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD NO.1 BESTSELLER IN THE TIMES SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE AND THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2021 A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD '5 UNDER 35' HONOREE Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong, both are now artists - he a photographer, she a dancer - trying to make their mark in a city that by turns celebrates and rejects them. Tentatively, tenderly, they fall in love. But two people who seem destined to be together can still be torn apart by fear and violence. At once an achingly beautiful love story and a potent insight into race and masculinity, Open Water asks what it means to be a person in a world that sees you only as a Black body, to be vulnerable when you are only respected for strength, to find safety in love, only to lose it. With gorgeous, soulful intensity, Caleb Azumah Nelson has written the most essential British debut of recent years. 'A tender and touching love story, beautifully told' Observer 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021 'Hands-down the best debut I've read in years' The Times 'A beautiful and powerful novel about the true and sometimes painful depths of love' Candice Carty-Williams, bestselling author of QUEENIE 'An unforgettable debut... it's Sally Rooney meets Michaela Coel meets Teju Cole' New York Times 'A love song to Black art and thought' Yaa Gyasi, bestselling author of HOMEGOING and TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM 'An amazing debut novel. You should read this book. Let's hear it for Caleb Azumah Nelson, also known as the future' Benjamin Zephaniah 'A short, poetic and intellectual meditation on art and a relationship between a young couple' Bernardine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER 'A very touching and heartfelt book' Diana Evans, award-winning author of ORDINARY PEOPLE 'A lyrical modern love story, brilliant on music and art, race and London life, I enjoyed it hugely' David Nicholls, author of ONE DAY and SWEET SORROW 'Caleb is a star in the making' Nikesh Shukla, editor of THE GOOD IMMIGRANT and BROWN BABY 'A stunning piece of art' Bolu Babalola, bestselling author of LOVE IN COLOUR 'For those that are missing the tentative depiction of love in Normal People, Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water is set to become one of 2021's unmissable books. Utterly transporting, it'll leave you weeping and in awe.' Stylist 'An exhilarating new voice in British fiction' Vogue 'A poetic novel about Black identity and first love in the capital from one of Britain's most exciting young voices' Harper's Bazaar 'An intense, elegant debut' Guardian © Caleb Azumah Nelson 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bad-muslim-discount-a-novel-by-syed-m-masood--65202539https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bad Muslim Discount: A Novel Author: Syed M. Masood Narrator: Hend Ayoub, Pej Vahdat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 1990s to San Francisco in 2016, The Bad Muslim Discount is an inclusive, comic novel about Muslim immigrants finding their way in modern America. “Masood’s novel presents a stereoscopic, three-dimensional view of contemporary Muslim America: the way historical conflict in the Middle East lingers in individual lives, the way gossip travels in a close-knit immigrant community.” —The New York Times Book Review It is 1995, and Anvar Faris is a restless, rebellious, and sharp-tongued boy doing his best to grow up in Karachi, Pakistan. As fundamentalism takes root within the social order and the zealots next door attempt to make Islam great again, his family decides, not quite unanimously, to start life over in California. Ironically, Anvar's deeply devout mother and his model-Muslim brother adjust easily to life in America, while his fun-loving father can't find anyone he relates to. For his part, Anvar fully commits to being a bad Muslim. At the same time, thousands of miles away, Safwa, a young girl living in war-torn Baghdad with her grief-stricken, conservative father will find a very different and far more dangerous path to America. When Anvar and Safwa's worlds collide as two remarkable, strong-willed adults, their contradictory, intertwined fates will rock their community, and families, to their core. The Bad Muslim Discount is an irreverent, poignant, and often hysterically funny debut novel by an amazing new voice. With deep insight, warmth, and an irreverent sense of humor, Syed M. Masood examines universal questions of identity, faith (or lack thereof), and belonging through the lens of Muslim Americans.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422849Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bad Muslim Discount: A Novel Author: Syed M. Masood Narrator: Hend Ayoub, Pej Vahdat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bad Muslim Discount: A Novel Author: Syed M. Masood Narrator: Hend Ayoub, Pej Vahdat Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 1990s to San Francisco in 2016, The Bad Muslim Discount is an inclusive, comic novel about Muslim immigrants finding their way in modern America. “Masood’s novel presents a stereoscopic, three-dimensional view of contemporary Muslim America: the way historical conflict in the Middle East lingers in individual lives, the way gossip travels in a close-knit immigrant community.” —The New York Times Book Review It is 1995, and Anvar Faris is a restless, rebellious, and sharp-tongued boy doing his best to grow up in Karachi, Pakistan. As fundamentalism takes root within the social order and the zealots next door attempt to make Islam great again, his family decides, not quite unanimously, to start life over in California. Ironically, Anvar's deeply devout mother and his model-Muslim brother adjust easily to life in America, while his fun-loving father can't find anyone he relates to. For his part, Anvar fully commits to being a bad Muslim. At the same time, thousands of miles away, Safwa, a young girl living in war-torn Baghdad with her grief-stricken, conservative father will find a very different and far more dangerous path to America. When Anvar and Safwa's worlds collide as two remarkable, strong-willed adults, their contradictory, intertwined fates will rock their community, and families, to their core. The Bad Muslim Discount is an irreverent, poignant, and often hysterically funny debut novel by an amazing new voice. With deep insight, warmth, and an irreverent sense of humor, Syed M. Masood examines universal questions of identity, faith (or lack thereof), and belonging through the lens of Muslim Americans.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fake-accounts-by-lauren-oyler--65202513https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fake Accounts Author: Lauren Oyler Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE A wry, provocative and very funny debut novel about identity, authenticity and the self in the age of the internet ‘I loved it’ Zadie Smith ‘Brilliant, very funny’ Guardian ‘Prepare to feel very seen’ I-D On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a young woman snoops through her boyfriend’s phone and makes a startling discovery: he’s an anonymous Internet conspiracy theorist, and a popular one at that. Already fluent in Internet fakery, irony, and outrage, she’s not exactly shocked by the revelation. But this is only the first in a series of bizarre twists that expose a world whose truths are shaped by online lies. Suddenly left with no reason to stay in New York – or be anywhere in particular – she flees to Berlin, and embarks on her own cycles of manipulation in the deceptive spaces of her daily life, from dating apps to expat social events, open-plan offices to bureaucratic waiting rooms. Narrated in a voice as seductive as it is subtly subversive, Fake Accounts is a wry, provocative and very funny debut novel about identity and authenticity in the age of the internet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451536Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fake Accounts Author: Lauren Oyler Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fake Accounts Author: Lauren Oyler Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE A wry, provocative and very funny debut novel about identity, authenticity and the self in the age of the internet ‘I loved it’ Zadie Smith ‘Brilliant, very funny’ Guardian ‘Prepare to feel very seen’ I-D On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a young woman snoops through her boyfriend’s phone and makes a startling discovery: he’s an anonymous Internet conspiracy theorist, and a popular one at that. Already fluent in Internet fakery, irony, and outrage, she’s not exactly shocked by the revelation. But this is only the first in a series of bizarre twists that expose a world whose truths are shaped by online lies. Suddenly left with no reason to stay in New York – or be anywhere in particular – she flees to Berlin, and embarks on her own cycles of manipulation in the deceptive spaces of her daily life, from dating apps to expat social events, open-plan offices to bureaucratic waiting rooms. Narrated in a voice as seductive as it is subtly subversive, Fake Accounts is a wry, provocative and very funny debut novel about identity and authenticity in the age of the internet.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-can-only-save-ourselves-a-novel-by-alison-wisdom--65202498https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439577 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Can Only Save Ourselves: A Novel Author: Alison Wisdom Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''Alison Wisdom's addictive, down-the-rabbit-hole debut reads like The Girls by way of The Virgin Suicides, with an extra dash of Cheever's unsettling suburbia. The result is sinister and surprising: a novel I couldn't put down, and one that I kept thinking about long after I'd reached its unexpected, chilling end.'' —Emily Temple, author of The Lightness One of Newsweek, Bustle, and LitHub's Most Anticipated Books and Goodreads' ''Debut Novels to Discover in 2021,'' We Can Only Save Ourselves is the story of one teenage girl’s unlikely indoctrination and the reverberations in the tight-knit community she leaves behind. Alice Lange’s neighbors are proud to know her—a high-achieving student, cheerleader, and all-around good citizen, she’s a perfect emblem of their sunny neighborhood. The night before she’s expected to be crowned Homecoming Queen, though, she commits an act of vandalism, then disappears, following a magnetic stranger named Wesley to a bungalow in another part of the state. There, he promises, Alice can be her true self, shedding the shackles of conformity. At the bungalow, however, she learns that four other young women seeking enlightenment and adventure have already followed him there. Her new lifestyle is intoxicating at first, but as Wesley’s demands on all of them increase, the house becomes a pressure cooker—until one day they reach the point of no return. Back home, the story of Alice’s disappearance and radicalization is framed by the first-person plural chorus of the mothers who knew her before, who worry about her, but also resent the tear she made in the fabric of their perfect world, one that exposes the question: Isn’t suburbia a kind of cult unto itself? Combining the sharp social critique of Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere with the elegiac beauty of Emma Cline’s The Girls, this is a fierce literary debut from a writer to watch.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439577Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439577 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Can Only Save Ourselves: A Novel Author: Alison Wisdom Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 58 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439577 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Can Only Save Ourselves: A Novel Author: Alison Wisdom Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''Alison Wisdom's addictive, down-the-rabbit-hole debut reads like The Girls by way of The Virgin Suicides, with an extra dash of Cheever's unsettling suburbia. The result is sinister and surprising: a novel I couldn't put down, and one that I kept thinking about long after I'd reached its unexpected, chilling end.'' —Emily Temple, author of The Lightness One of Newsweek, Bustle, and LitHub's Most Anticipated Books and Goodreads' ''Debut Novels to Discover in 2021,'' We Can Only Save Ourselves is the story of one teenage girl’s unlikely indoctrination and the reverberations in the tight-knit community she leaves behind. Alice Lange’s neighbors are proud to know her—a high-achieving student, cheerleader, and all-around good citizen, she’s a perfect emblem of their sunny neighborhood. The night before she’s expected to be crowned Homecoming Queen, though, she commits an act of vandalism, then disappears, following a magnetic stranger named Wesley to a bungalow in another part of the state. There, he promises, Alice can be her true self, shedding the shackles of conformity. At the bungalow, however, she learns that four other young women seeking enlightenment and adventure have already followed him there. Her new lifestyle is intoxicating at first, but as Wesley’s demands on all of them increase, the house becomes a pressure cooker—until one day they reach the point of no return. Back home, the story of Alice’s disappearance and radicalization is framed by the first-person plural chorus of the mothers who knew her before, who worry about her, but also resent the tear she made in the fabric of their perfect world, one that exposes the question: Isn’t suburbia a kind of cult unto itself? Combining the sharp social critique of Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere with the elegiac beauty of Emma Cline’s The Girls, this is a fierce literary debut from a writer to watch.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-heaven-for-good-boys-a-novel-by-keisha-bush--65202596https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Heaven for Good Boys: A Novel Author: Keisha Bush Narrator: Samba Schutte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • Set in Senegal, this modern-day Oliver Twist is a meditation on the power of love and the strength that can emerge when we have no other choice but to survive. “I loved this book because it is a story about generations of parents and children saving one another with a love so powerful that it transcends distance, time, and reason.”—Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward Six-year-old Ibrahimah loves snatching pastries from his mother’s kitchen, harvesting string beans with his father, and searching for sea glass with his sisters. But when he is approached in his rural village one day by Marabout Ahmed, a seemingly kind stranger and highly regarded teacher, the tides of his life turn forever. Ibrahimah is sent to the capital city of Dakar to join his cousin Étienne in studying the Koran under Marabout Ahmed for a year, but instead of the days of learning that Ibrahimah’s parents imagine, the young boys, called Talibé, are forced to beg in the streets in order to line their teacher’s pockets. To make it back home, Étienne and Ibrahimah must help each other survive both the dangers posed by their Marabout, and the darker sides of Dakar: threats of black-market organ traders, rival packs of Talibé, and mounting student protest on the streets. Drawn from real incidents and transporting readers between rural and urban Senegal, No Heaven for Good Boys is a tale of hope, resilience, and the affirming power of love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417264Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Heaven for Good Boys: A Novel Author: Keisha Bush Narrator: Samba Schutte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Heaven for Good Boys: A Novel Author: Keisha Bush Narrator: Samba Schutte Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • Set in Senegal, this modern-day Oliver Twist is a meditation on the power of love and the strength that can emerge when we have no other choice but to survive. “I loved this book because it is a story about generations of parents and children saving one another with a love so powerful that it transcends distance, time, and reason.”—Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward Six-year-old Ibrahimah loves snatching pastries from his mother’s kitchen, harvesting string beans with his father, and searching for sea glass with his sisters. But when he is approached in his rural village one day by Marabout Ahmed, a seemingly kind stranger and highly regarded teacher, the tides of his life turn forever. Ibrahimah is sent to the capital city of Dakar to join his cousin Étienne in studying the Koran under Marabout Ahmed for a year, but instead of the days of learning that Ibrahimah’s parents imagine, the young boys, called Talibé, are forced to beg in the streets in order to line their teacher’s pockets. To make it back home, Étienne and Ibrahimah must help each other survive both the dangers posed by their Marabout, and the darker sides of Dakar: threats of black-market organ traders, rival packs of Talibé, and mounting student protest on the streets. Drawn from real incidents and transporting readers between rural and urban Senegal, No Heaven for Good Boys is a tale of hope, resilience, and the affirming power of love.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sophomores-by-sean-desmond--65202497https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433527 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sophomores Author: Sean Desmond Narrator: John Pirhalla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'What a vibrant, propulsive, wildly intelligent and big-hearted slice of life Sophomores is, an intricate portrait of a family in crisis rendered with a great deal of humor and compassion. I loved this family, this corner of the world, this novel.' -Claire Lombardo, author of The Most Fun We Ever Had The late 1980s come alive in this moving and keenly observed story of one boy's unforgettable sophomore year, and his parents' surprising journey alongside him. It's fall 1987 and life as normal is ending for the Malone family. With their sterile Dallas community a far cry from the Irish-American Bronx of their youth, Pat and Anne Malone have reached a breaking point. Pat, faced with a debilitating MS diagnosis, has fallen into his drinking. Anne, his devoutly Catholic wife, is selected as a juror for a highly publicized attempted murder trial, one that raises questions--about God, and about men in power--she has buried her entire life. Together, they try to raise their only son, Daniel, a bright but unmotivated student who is shocked into actual learning by an enigmatic English teacher. For once, Dan is unable to fly under the radar, and is finally asked to consider what he might want to make of his life. With humor and tenderness, Sophomores brilliantly captures the enduring poignancy of coming of age, teenage epiphanies and heartbreak, and family redemption.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433527Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433527 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sophomores Author: Sean Desmond Narrator: John Pirhalla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433527 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sophomores Author: Sean Desmond Narrator: John Pirhalla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'What a vibrant, propulsive, wildly intelligent and big-hearted slice of life Sophomores is, an intricate portrait of a family in crisis rendered with a great deal of humor and compassion. I loved this family, this corner of the world, this novel.' -Claire Lombardo, author of The Most Fun We Ever Had The late 1980s come alive in this moving and keenly observed story of one boy's unforgettable sophomore year, and his parents' surprising journey alongside him. It's fall 1987 and life as normal is ending for the Malone family. With their sterile Dallas community a far cry from the Irish-American Bronx of their youth, Pat and Anne Malone have reached a breaking point. Pat, faced with a debilitating MS diagnosis, has fallen into his drinking. Anne, his devoutly Catholic wife, is selected as a juror for a highly publicized attempted murder trial, one that raises questions--about God, and about men in power--she has buried her entire life. Together, they try to raise their only son, Daniel, a bright but unmotivated student who is shocked into actual learning by an enigmatic English teacher. For once, Dan is unable to fly under the radar, and is finally asked to consider what he might want to make of his life. With humor and tenderness, Sophomores brilliantly captures the enduring poignancy of coming of age, teenage epiphanies and heartbreak, and family redemption.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/girl-a-by-abigail-dean--65202613https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404716 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl A Author: Abigail Dean Narrator: Holliday Grainger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 21, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 3.44 of Total 16 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTONS CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR ‘The year’s best debut’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘The best crime novel of the year’ INDEPENDENT ‘Sensational. Gripping, haunting, and beautifully written’ RICHARD OSMAN CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE TIMES, THE FT, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, STYLIST AND MORE! ‘The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl’ ELLE ‘The novel you’ll stay up reading until 3am’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘An astonishing achievement.’ JESSIE BURTON ‘Gripping, beautifully written perfection.’ SOPHIE HANNAH ‘A masterpiece.’ LOUISE O’NEILL ‘Fantastic.’ PAULA HAWKINS ‘Girl A,’ she said. ‘The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you.’ I am Lex Gracie: but they call me Girl A. I grew up with my family on the moors. I escaped when I was fifteen years old. NOW SOMETHING IS PULLING ME BACK… RIGHTS SOLD IN 36 TERRITORIES SOON TO BE A TV SHOW DIRECTED BY JOHAN RENCK (Chernobyl) ‘Incendiary, beautifully written debut’ Guardian ‘Psychologically astute, adroitly organised, written with flair’ Sunday Times ‘Terrifyingly gripping’ SUSIE STEINER ‘Beautiful’ ADELE PARKS ‘Incredibly well written, devastating in a good way, and intriguing to the last page’ LIZ NUGENT ‘I was obsessed by it. As close to perfect as thrillers get’ JOHN MARRS ‘A gripping debut’ Oprah magazine One of Marie Claire, Waterstones and Grazia’s best books for 2021 A Sunday Times No.2 bestseller for w/e 6/2/21 A New York Times bestseller]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404716Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404716 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl A Author: Abigail Dean Narrator: Holliday Grainger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 21, 2021...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404716 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl A Author: Abigail Dean Narrator: Holliday Grainger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 21, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 3.44 of Total 16 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTONS CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR ‘The year’s best debut’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘The best crime novel of the year’ INDEPENDENT ‘Sensational. Gripping, haunting, and beautifully written’ RICHARD OSMAN CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE TIMES, THE FT, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, STYLIST AND MORE! ‘The biggest mystery thriller since Gone Girl’ ELLE ‘The novel you’ll stay up reading until 3am’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘An astonishing achievement.’ JESSIE BURTON ‘Gripping, beautifully written perfection.’ SOPHIE HANNAH ‘A masterpiece.’ LOUISE O’NEILL ‘Fantastic.’ PAULA HAWKINS ‘Girl A,’ she said. ‘The girl who escaped. If anyone was going to make it, it was going to be you.’ I am Lex Gracie: but they call me Girl A. I grew up with my family on the moors. I escaped when I was fifteen years old. NOW SOMETHING IS PULLING ME BACK… RIGHTS SOLD IN 36 TERRITORIES SOON TO BE A TV SHOW DIRECTED BY JOHAN RENCK (Chernobyl) ‘Incendiary, beautifully written debut’ Guardian ‘Psychologically astute, adroitly organised, written with flair’ Sunday Times ‘Terrifyingly gripping’ SUSIE STEINER ‘Beautiful’ ADELE PARKS ‘Incredibly well written, devastating in a good way, and intriguing to the last page’ LIZ NUGENT ‘I was obsessed by it. As close to perfect as thrillers get’ JOHN MARRS ‘A gripping debut’ Oprah magazine One of Marie Claire, Waterstones and Grazia’s best books for 2021 A Sunday Times No.2 bestseller for w/e 6/2/21 A New York Times bestseller]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-divines-a-novel-by-ellie-eaton--65202550https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/429262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Divines: A Novel Author: Ellie Eaton Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 19, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Elin Hilderbrand Literati Book Club Pick! Recommended by Entertainment Weekly * CNN * Harper's BAZAAR * E! Online * Refinery 29 * Bustle * Shondaland * Vulture * The Millions * Lit Hub * Electric Literature * Parade * MSN * and more! “For when you want a coming-of-age novel with a dark twist. In this provocative novel, the past isn’t always as far away as you think.” —The Skimm “[S]o beautifully written that I marked lines—for their perceptive genius—on nearly every page... This perfectly paced novel examines class structures and sexual identity and betrayals and tragedy in a way that had be both wanting to rip through the pages and wanting to savor each sentence until the extremely satisfying end.'' —Elin Hilderbrand for Literati Can we ever really escape our pasts? The girls of St John the Divine, an elite English boarding school, were notorious for flipping their hair, harassing teachers, chasing boys, and chain-smoking cigarettes. They were fiercely loyal, sharp-tongued, and cuttingly humorous in the way that only teenage girls can be. For Josephine, now in her thirties, the years at St John were a lifetime ago. She hasn’t spoken to another Divine in fifteen years, not since the day the school shuttered its doors in disgrace. Yet now Josephine inexplicably finds herself returning to her old stomping grounds. The visit provokes blurry recollections of those doomed final weeks that rocked the community. Ruminating on the past, Josephine becomes obsessed with her teenage identity and the forgotten girls of her one-time orbit. With each memory that resurfaces, she circles closer to the violent secret at the heart of the school’s scandal. But the more Josephine recalls, the further her life unravels, derailing not just her marriage and career, but her entire sense of self.  Suspenseful, provocative, and compulsively readable, The Divines explores the tension between the lives we lead as adults and the experiences that form us, probing us to consider how our memories as adults compel us to reexamine our pasts.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/429262Tue, 19 Jan 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/429262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Divines: A Novel Author: Ellie Eaton Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/429262 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Divines: A Novel Author: Ellie Eaton Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 19, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Elin Hilderbrand Literati Book Club Pick! Recommended by Entertainment Weekly * CNN * Harper's BAZAAR * E! Online * Refinery 29 * Bustle * Shondaland * Vulture * The Millions * Lit Hub * Electric Literature * Parade * MSN * and more! “For when you want a coming-of-age novel with a dark twist. In this provocative novel, the past isn’t always as far away as you think.” —The Skimm “[S]o beautifully written that I marked lines—for their perceptive genius—on nearly every page... This perfectly paced novel examines class structures and sexual identity and betrayals and tragedy in a way that had be both wanting to rip through the pages and wanting to savor each sentence until the extremely satisfying end.'' —Elin Hilderbrand for Literati Can we ever really escape our pasts? The girls of St John the Divine, an elite English boarding school, were notorious for flipping their hair, harassing teachers, chasing boys, and chain-smoking cigarettes. They were fiercely loyal, sharp-tongued, and cuttingly humorous in the way that only teenage girls can be. For Josephine, now in her thirties, the years at St John were a lifetime ago. She hasn’t spoken to another Divine in fifteen years, not since the day the school shuttered its doors in disgrace. Yet now Josephine inexplicably finds herself returning to her old stomping grounds. The visit provokes blurry recollections of those doomed final weeks that rocked the community. Ruminating on the past, Josephine becomes obsessed with her teenage identity and the forgotten girls of her one-time orbit. With each memory that resurfaces, she circles closer to the violent secret at the heart of the school’s scandal. But the more Josephine recalls, the further her life unravels, derailing not just her marriage and career, but her entire sense of self.  Suspenseful, provocative, and compulsively readable, The Divines explores the tension between the lives we lead as adults and the experiences that form us, probing us to consider how our memories as adults compel us to reexamine our pasts.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-forever-girl-a-novel-by-jill-shalvis--65202541https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forever Girl: A Novel Series: #7 of The Wildstone Series Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Erin Mallon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 12, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis does it once again with a heartfelt story of family, forgiveness, and secrets that have the power to change the course of more than one life. When Maze returns to Wildstone for the wedding of her estranged bff and the sister of her heart, it’s also a reunion of a once ragtag team of teenagers who had only each other until a tragedy tore them apart and scattered them wide. Now as adults together again in the lake house, there are secrets and resentments mixed up in all the amazing childhood memories. Unexpectedly, they instantly fall back into their roles: Maze their reckless leader, Cat the den mother, Heather the beloved baby sister, and Walker, a man of mystery.  Life has changed all four of them in immeasurable ways. Maze and Cat must decide if they can rebuild their friendship, and Maze discovers her long-held attraction to Walker hasn’t faded with the years but has only grown stronger.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430512Tue, 12 Jan 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forever Girl: A Novel Series: #7 of The Wildstone Series Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Erin Mallon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forever Girl: A Novel Series: #7 of The Wildstone Series Author: Jill Shalvis Narrator: Erin Mallon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: January 12, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis does it once again with a heartfelt story of family, forgiveness, and secrets that have the power to change the course of more than one life. When Maze returns to Wildstone for the wedding of her estranged bff and the sister of her heart, it’s also a reunion of a once ragtag team of teenagers who had only each other until a tragedy tore them apart and scattered them wide. Now as adults together again in the lake house, there are secrets and resentments mixed up in all the amazing childhood memories. Unexpectedly, they instantly fall back into their roles: Maze their reckless leader, Cat the den mother, Heather the beloved baby sister, and Walker, a man of mystery.  Life has changed all four of them in immeasurable ways. Maze and Cat must decide if they can rebuild their friendship, and Maze discovers her long-held attraction to Walker hasn’t faded with the years but has only grown stronger.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-children-s-train-a-novel-by-viola-ardone--65202480https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486717 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Children's Train: A Novel Author: Viola Ardone Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 12, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “The innocence of childhood collides with the stark aftermath of war in this wrenching and ultimately redemptive tale of family, seemingly impossible choices, and the winding paths to destiny, which sometimes take us to places far beyond our imaginings.” – Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Before We Were Yours and The Book of Lost Friends ''Ardone’s beautifully crafted story explores the meaning of identity and belonging...recommended to fans of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels.''  – The Library Journal Based on true events, a heartbreaking story of love, family, hope, and survival set in post-World War II Italy—written with the heart of Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours—about poor children from the south sent to live with families in the north to survive deprivation and the harsh winters. Though Mussolini and the fascists have been defeated, the war has devastated Italy, especially the south. Seven-year-old Amerigo lives with his mother Antonietta in Naples, surviving on odd jobs and his wits like the rest of the poor in his neighborhood. But one day, Amerigo learns that a train will take him away from the rubble-strewn streets of the city to spend the winter with a family in the north, where he will be safe and have warm clothes and food to eat.  Together with thousands of other southern children, Amerigo will cross the entire peninsula to a new life. Through his curious, innocent eyes, we see a nation rising from the ashes of war, reborn. As he comes to enjoy his new surroundings and the possibilities for a better future, Amerigo will make the heartbreaking choice to leave his mother and become a member of his adoptive family. Amerigo’s journey is a moving story of memory, indelible bonds, artistry, and self-exploration, and a soaring examination of what family can truly mean. Ultimately Amerigo comes to understand that sometimes we must give up everything, even a mother's love, to find our destiny.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486717Tue, 12 Jan 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486717 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Children's Train: A Novel Author: Viola Ardone Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 53 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486717 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Children's Train: A Novel Author: Viola Ardone Narrator: Tim Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 12, 2021 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “The innocence of childhood collides with the stark aftermath of war in this wrenching and ultimately redemptive tale of family, seemingly impossible choices, and the winding paths to destiny, which sometimes take us to places far beyond our imaginings.” – Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Before We Were Yours and The Book of Lost Friends ''Ardone’s beautifully crafted story explores the meaning of identity and belonging...recommended to fans of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels.''  – The Library Journal Based on true events, a heartbreaking story of love, family, hope, and survival set in post-World War II Italy—written with the heart of Orphan Train and Before We Were Yours—about poor children from the south sent to live with families in the north to survive deprivation and the harsh winters. Though Mussolini and the fascists have been defeated, the war has devastated Italy, especially the south. Seven-year-old Amerigo lives with his mother Antonietta in Naples, surviving on odd jobs and his wits like the rest of the poor in his neighborhood. But one day, Amerigo learns that a train will take him away from the rubble-strewn streets of the city to spend the winter with a family in the north, where he will be safe and have warm clothes and food to eat.  Together with thousands of other southern children, Amerigo will cross the entire peninsula to a new life. Through his curious, innocent eyes, we see a nation rising from the ashes of war, reborn. As he comes to enjoy his new surroundings and the possibilities for a better future, Amerigo will make the heartbreaking choice to leave his mother and become a member of his adoptive family. Amerigo’s journey is a moving story of memory, indelible bonds, artistry, and self-exploration, and a soaring examination of what family can truly mean. Ultimately Amerigo comes to understand that sometimes we must give up everything, even a mother's love, to find our destiny.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shadow-of-fog-island-by-mariette-lindstein--65202542https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow of Fog Island Series: #2 of Fog Island Trilogy Author: Mariette Lindstein Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: You can try to leave but they’ll never let you go… Are YOU ready to return to FOG ISLAND? The gripping sequel to Fog Island from the international bestseller Mariette Lindstein… Sofia may have escaped from Fog Island, but she can’t escape the horror… Thanks to her, cult-leader Franz Oswald, head of the sinister organisation on Fog Island which held Sofia captive, is now in custody awaiting trial for the horrific things that took place on the island. With the help of a ruthless lawyer, Franz is spinning a web of revenge that stretches far outside his prison walls… When Sofia determines to speak out about the sect, her life once again turns into a living nightmare. No matter where she runs, Oswald’s network seems to reach her. And in the wake of his final revenge, Sofia must ask herself the crucial question – can one ever be free from a cult? Praise for Fog Island: ‘Chillingly authentic’ Guardian ‘I loved it – tense and atmospheric, slowly drawing the reader in to a reality that is utterly terrifying’ Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Have You Seen Her and The Perfect Couple ‘An interesting exposition of the psychology and the insidious methods that govern cults’ Daily Mail ‘An intense, terrifying, and utterly believable journey into the shadowy world of cult leaders and cult members. A just-one-more-page thriller that will have you reading late into the night and holding your breath until the very end. I loved it!’ Karen Dionne, internationally bestselling author of Home ‘A vivid crime novel’ Express ‘This intense thriller completely grips you from the off’ Heat]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428913Thu, 07 Jan 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow of Fog Island Series: #2 of Fog Island Trilogy Author: Mariette Lindstein Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow of Fog Island Series: #2 of Fog Island Trilogy Author: Mariette Lindstein Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: January 7, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: You can try to leave but they’ll never let you go… Are YOU ready to return to FOG ISLAND? The gripping sequel to Fog Island from the international bestseller Mariette Lindstein… Sofia may have escaped from Fog Island, but she can’t escape the horror… Thanks to her, cult-leader Franz Oswald, head of the sinister organisation on Fog Island which held Sofia captive, is now in custody awaiting trial for the horrific things that took place on the island. With the help of a ruthless lawyer, Franz is spinning a web of revenge that stretches far outside his prison walls… When Sofia determines to speak out about the sect, her life once again turns into a living nightmare. No matter where she runs, Oswald’s network seems to reach her. And in the wake of his final revenge, Sofia must ask herself the crucial question – can one ever be free from a cult? Praise for Fog Island: ‘Chillingly authentic’ Guardian ‘I loved it – tense and atmospheric, slowly drawing the reader in to a reality that is utterly terrifying’ Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Have You Seen Her and The Perfect Couple ‘An interesting exposition of the psychology and the insidious methods that govern cults’ Daily Mail ‘An intense, terrifying, and utterly believable journey into the shadowy world of cult leaders and cult members. A just-one-more-page thriller that will have you reading late into the night and holding your breath until the very end. I loved it!’ Karen Dionne, internationally bestselling author of Home ‘A vivid crime novel’ Express ‘This intense thriller completely grips you from the off’ Heat]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-crooked-tree-a-novel-by-una-mannion--65202505https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Crooked Tree: A Novel Author: Una Mannion Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 5, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A haunting, suspenseful literary debut that combines a classic coming of age story with a portrait of a fractured American family dealing with the fallout of one summer evening gone terribly wrong. “The night we left Ellen on the road, we drove up the mountain in silence.” It is the early 1980s and fifteen-year-old Libby is obsessed with The Field Guide to the Trees of North America, a gift her Irish immigrant father gave her before he died. She finds solace in “The Kingdom,” a stand of red oak and thick mountain laurel near her home in suburban Pennsylvania, where she can escape from her large and unruly family and share menthol cigarettes and lukewarm beers with her best friend. One night, while driving home, Libby’s mother, exhausted and overwhelmed with the fighting in the backseat, pulls over and orders Libby’s little sister Ellen to walk home. What none of this family knows as they drive off leaving a twelve-year-old girl on the side of the road five miles from home with darkness closing in, is what will happen next. A Crooked Tree is a surprising, indelible novel, both a poignant portrayal of an unmoored childhood giving way to adolescence, and a gripping tale about the unexpected reverberations of one rash act.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431178Tue, 05 Jan 2021 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Crooked Tree: A Novel Author: Una Mannion Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431178 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Crooked Tree: A Novel Author: Una Mannion Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 5, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A haunting, suspenseful literary debut that combines a classic coming of age story with a portrait of a fractured American family dealing with the fallout of one summer evening gone terribly wrong. “The night we left Ellen on the road, we drove up the mountain in silence.” It is the early 1980s and fifteen-year-old Libby is obsessed with The Field Guide to the Trees of North America, a gift her Irish immigrant father gave her before he died. She finds solace in “The Kingdom,” a stand of red oak and thick mountain laurel near her home in suburban Pennsylvania, where she can escape from her large and unruly family and share menthol cigarettes and lukewarm beers with her best friend. One night, while driving home, Libby’s mother, exhausted and overwhelmed with the fighting in the backseat, pulls over and orders Libby’s little sister Ellen to walk home. What none of this family knows as they drive off leaving a twelve-year-old girl on the side of the road five miles from home with darkness closing in, is what will happen next. A Crooked Tree is a surprising, indelible novel, both a poignant portrayal of an unmoored childhood giving way to adolescence, and a gripping tale about the unexpected reverberations of one rash act.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ruthie-fear-a-novel-by-maxim-loskutoff--65202524https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruthie Fear: A Novel Author: Maxim Loskutoff Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 17, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: As a child in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, Ruthie Fear sees an apparition: a strange, headless creature near a canyon creek. Its presence haunts her throughout her youth. Raised in a trailer by her stubborn, bowhunting father, Ruthie develops a powerful connection with the natural world but struggles to find her place in a society shaped by men. Development, gun violence, and her father's vendettas threaten her mountain home. As she comes of age, her small community begins to fracture in the face of class tension and encroaching natural disaster, and the creature she saw long ago reappears as a portent of the valley's final reckoning. An entirely new kind of western and the first novel from one of this generation's most wildly imaginative writers, Ruthie Fear captures the destruction and rebirth of the modern American West with warmth, urgency, and grandeur. The Technicolor bursts of action that test Ruthie's commitment to the valley and its people invite us to look closer at our nation's complicated legacy of manifest destiny, mass shootings, and environmental destruction. Anchored by its unforgettable heroine, Ruthie Fear presents the rural West as a place balanced on a knife-edge, at war with itself, but still unbearably beautiful and full of love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457849Thu, 17 Dec 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruthie Fear: A Novel Author: Maxim Loskutoff Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 17,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruthie Fear: A Novel Author: Maxim Loskutoff Narrator: Corey M. Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 17, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: As a child in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, Ruthie Fear sees an apparition: a strange, headless creature near a canyon creek. Its presence haunts her throughout her youth. Raised in a trailer by her stubborn, bowhunting father, Ruthie develops a powerful connection with the natural world but struggles to find her place in a society shaped by men. Development, gun violence, and her father's vendettas threaten her mountain home. As she comes of age, her small community begins to fracture in the face of class tension and encroaching natural disaster, and the creature she saw long ago reappears as a portent of the valley's final reckoning. An entirely new kind of western and the first novel from one of this generation's most wildly imaginative writers, Ruthie Fear captures the destruction and rebirth of the modern American West with warmth, urgency, and grandeur. The Technicolor bursts of action that test Ruthie's commitment to the valley and its people invite us to look closer at our nation's complicated legacy of manifest destiny, mass shootings, and environmental destruction. Anchored by its unforgettable heroine, Ruthie Fear presents the rural West as a place balanced on a knife-edge, at war with itself, but still unbearably beautiful and full of love.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/september-girl-a-novel-by-kathryn-leigh-scott--65202525https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: September Girl: A Novel Author: Kathryn Leigh Scott Narrator: Kathryn Leigh Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A novel about first loves, last loves, second chances—and all of life's messiness in between.Newly widowed at the start of the new millennium, novelist Olivia Hammond is at loose ends—until an unexpected discovery resurfaces a long-ago secret and makes her question the story she thought she knew about her past. As she embarks on a book tour for her new novel, Livvie reconnects with Robert Yardley, a legendary photographer and her first love. During a road trip to Robert's Southern childhood home, the two dissect their splintered relationship and the life they might have had.1965, New York City. In an era when women were relegated to the role of office girls, young, ambitious magazine writer Livvie meets seasoned photojournalist Robert while covering the Great Northeastern Blackout. Theirs is a globe-spanning, news-chasing romance worthy of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Livvie imagines it lasting forever—but instead, it burns bright and fast, for reasons she's never entirely sure of, and irrevocably alters the course of her future.Alternating between the past and the present, September Girl will appeal to readers of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney, Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen, and Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. It's a novel about a changing era, about the reasons we keep secrets, and about whether the life we would have chosen is ever the life we were meant to lead.Includes a reading group guide and book club discussion questions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450949Tue, 08 Dec 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: September Girl: A Novel Author: Kathryn Leigh Scott Narrator: Kathryn Leigh Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450949 to listen full audiobooks. Title: September Girl: A Novel Author: Kathryn Leigh Scott Narrator: Kathryn Leigh Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A novel about first loves, last loves, second chances—and all of life's messiness in between.Newly widowed at the start of the new millennium, novelist Olivia Hammond is at loose ends—until an unexpected discovery resurfaces a long-ago secret and makes her question the story she thought she knew about her past. As she embarks on a book tour for her new novel, Livvie reconnects with Robert Yardley, a legendary photographer and her first love. During a road trip to Robert's Southern childhood home, the two dissect their splintered relationship and the life they might have had.1965, New York City. In an era when women were relegated to the role of office girls, young, ambitious magazine writer Livvie meets seasoned photojournalist Robert while covering the Great Northeastern Blackout. Theirs is a globe-spanning, news-chasing romance worthy of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Livvie imagines it lasting forever—but instead, it burns bright and fast, for reasons she's never entirely sure of, and irrevocably alters the course of her future.Alternating between the past and the present, September Girl will appeal to readers of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney, Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen, and Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. It's a novel about a changing era, about the reasons we keep secrets, and about whether the life we would have chosen is ever the life we were meant to lead.Includes a reading group guide and book club discussion questions.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mermaid-from-jeju-by-sumi-hahn--65202465https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mermaid from Jeju Author: Sumi Hahn Narrator: Raymond J. Lee, Cindy Kay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the aftermath of World War II, Goh Junja is a girl just coming into her own. She is the latest successful deep-sea diver in a family of strong haenyeo. Confident she is a woman now, she urges her mother to allow her to make their annual trip to Mt. Halla, where they trade sea delicacies for pork. A sea-village girl, Junja has never been to the mountains, where it smells like mushrooms and earth, and it is there she falls in love with mountain-boy Yang Suwol, who rescues her after a particularly harrowing journey. But when Junja returns one day later, it is just in time to see her mother take her last breath, beaten by the waves during a dive she was taking in Junja's place. Spiraling in grief, Junja sees her younger siblings sent to live with their estranged father, Suwol gone, and the ghost of her mother haunting their home—from the meticulously tended herb garden that has begun sprouting weeds to the field where their bed sheets are beaten. She has only her grandmother and herself. But the world moves on without Junja. The political climate is perilous. Still reeling from Japan's forced withdrawal from the peninsula, Korea is forced to accommodate the rapid establishment of US troops, and Junja’s grandmother, who lived through the Japanese invasion that led to Korea's occupation, understands the signs of danger all too well. When Suwol is arrested for working with and harboring communists, Junja must learn to navigate a tumultuous world unlike anything she's ever known.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487175Tue, 08 Dec 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mermaid from Jeju Author: Sumi Hahn Narrator: Raymond J. Lee, Cindy Kay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mermaid from Jeju Author: Sumi Hahn Narrator: Raymond J. Lee, Cindy Kay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: December 8, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the aftermath of World War II, Goh Junja is a girl just coming into her own. She is the latest successful deep-sea diver in a family of strong haenyeo. Confident she is a woman now, she urges her mother to allow her to make their annual trip to Mt. Halla, where they trade sea delicacies for pork. A sea-village girl, Junja has never been to the mountains, where it smells like mushrooms and earth, and it is there she falls in love with mountain-boy Yang Suwol, who rescues her after a particularly harrowing journey. But when Junja returns one day later, it is just in time to see her mother take her last breath, beaten by the waves during a dive she was taking in Junja's place. Spiraling in grief, Junja sees her younger siblings sent to live with their estranged father, Suwol gone, and the ghost of her mother haunting their home—from the meticulously tended herb garden that has begun sprouting weeds to the field where their bed sheets are beaten. She has only her grandmother and herself. But the world moves on without Junja. The political climate is perilous. Still reeling from Japan's forced withdrawal from the peninsula, Korea is forced to accommodate the rapid establishment of US troops, and Junja’s grandmother, who lived through the Japanese invasion that led to Korea's occupation, understands the signs of danger all too well. When Suwol is arrested for working with and harboring communists, Junja must learn to navigate a tumultuous world unlike anything she's ever known.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-gente-normal-by-sally-rooney--65202467https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487844 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Gente normal Author: Sally Rooney Narrator: Sara Heras Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Después de Conversaciones entre amigos, Sally Rooney vuelve a deslumbrarnos con una historia sobre la fascinación mutua entre dos personas que no consiguen encontrarse. Narrado por la dobladora de Marianne en la serie Normal people. Marianne y Connell son compañeros de instituto pero no se cruzan palabra. Él es uno de los populares y ella, una chica solitaria que ha aprendido a mantenerse alejada del resto de la gente. Todos saben que Marianne vive en una mansión y que la madre de Connell se encarga de su limpieza, pero nadie imagina que cada tarde los dos jóvenes coinciden. Uno de esos días, una conversación torpe dará comienzo a una relación que podría cambiar sus vidas. Gente normal es una historia de fascinación mutua, de amistad y de amor entre dos personas que no consiguen encontrarse, una reflexión sobre la dificultad de cambiar quienes somos. La segunda novela de Sally Rooney, narrada en formato audiolibro por la dobladora de Marianne en la serie Normal people, acompaña durante años a dos protagonistas magnéticos y complejos, dos jóvenes que llegamos a entender hasta en su contradicción más sonada y en sus más graves malentendidos. Esta es una historia agridulce que muestra cómo nos conforman el sexo y el poder, el deseo de herir y ser herido, de amar y ser amado. Nuestras relaciones son una conversación a lo largo del tiempo. Nuestros silencios, lo que las define. La crítica ha dicho... «Marianne y Connell se acercan, se alejan, se aman, dudan, cada uno piensa que al otro no le importa lo bastante, se deprimen, sufren, gozan y el vals que nos narra Sally Rooney termina siendo una historia de amor cercana, honesta, pura y bellísima.» Isabel Coixet «Rooney consigue satisfacer a aquellos que nos obsesionamos con Conversaciones entre amigos y, al mismo tiempo, crear algo absolutamente nuevo [...] Es mi escritora favorita de ficción contemporánea.» Lena Dunham «Puede que Gente normal no trate sobre lo que significa ser joven ahora mismo, sino de algo mejor que eso: muestra qué supone ser joven y estar enamorado en cualquier momento. Un clásico del futuro.» The Guardian «Es capaz de poner a sus lectores en un estado de agitación emocional. La atención de Rooney, su rigor y sensibilidad hacia las personas y las relaciones es una incómoda e importante reprimenda. Terminé el libro decidido a mirar el mundo de manera diferente. No conozco un mejor cumplido para atribuirle a una novela.» James Marriott, The Times «La calidad de su pensamiento elimina la necesidad de florituras retóricas. Rooney estira y retuerce sus frases como si fueran esas esculturas de globos. Las palabras son su superpoder.» The New Yorker «Rooney es como uno de esos magos que pueden perforar una sandía con un naipe. Así escribe sobre el amor y la lujuria entre dos jóvenes dañados, solos y anhelantes. Una escritora original que solo está empezando.» The New York Times «Una novela preciosa, profunda e inteligente. Es admirablemente honesta desde el punto de vista emocional y sexual, aunque también es gentil, sabia, aguda y entrañable. Un compasivo y sucinto estudio sobre las innumerables formas en que hombres y mujeres intentan entenderse entre ellos, y cómo fracasan constantemente.» The Observer]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487844Thu, 26 Nov 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487844 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Gente normal Author: Sally Rooney Narrator: Sara Heras Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487844 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Gente normal Author: Sally Rooney Narrator: Sara Heras Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: November 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Después de Conversaciones entre amigos, Sally Rooney vuelve a deslumbrarnos con una historia sobre la fascinación mutua entre dos personas que no consiguen encontrarse. Narrado por la dobladora de Marianne en la serie Normal people. Marianne y Connell son compañeros de instituto pero no se cruzan palabra. Él es uno de los populares y ella, una chica solitaria que ha aprendido a mantenerse alejada del resto de la gente. Todos saben que Marianne vive en una mansión y que la madre de Connell se encarga de su limpieza, pero nadie imagina que cada tarde los dos jóvenes coinciden. Uno de esos días, una conversación torpe dará comienzo a una relación que podría cambiar sus vidas. Gente normal es una historia de fascinación mutua, de amistad y de amor entre dos personas que no consiguen encontrarse, una reflexión sobre la dificultad de cambiar quienes somos. La segunda novela de Sally Rooney, narrada en formato audiolibro por la dobladora de Marianne en la serie Normal people, acompaña durante años a dos protagonistas magnéticos y complejos, dos jóvenes que llegamos a entender hasta en su contradicción más sonada y en sus más graves malentendidos. Esta es una historia agridulce que muestra cómo nos conforman el sexo y el poder, el deseo de herir y ser herido, de amar y ser amado. Nuestras relaciones son una conversación a lo largo del tiempo. Nuestros silencios, lo que las define. La crítica ha dicho... «Marianne y Connell se acercan, se alejan, se aman, dudan, cada uno piensa que al otro no le importa lo bastante, se deprimen, sufren, gozan y el vals que nos narra Sally Rooney termina siendo una historia de amor cercana, honesta, pura y bellísima.» Isabel Coixet «Rooney consigue satisfacer a aquellos que nos obsesionamos con Conversaciones entre amigos y, al mismo tiempo, crear algo absolutamente nuevo [...] Es mi escritora favorita de ficción contemporánea.» Lena Dunham «Puede que Gente normal no trate sobre lo que significa ser joven ahora mismo, sino de algo mejor que eso: muestra qué supone ser joven y estar enamorado en cualquier momento. Un clásico del futuro.» The Guardian «Es capaz de poner a sus lectores en un estado de agitación emocional. La atención de Rooney, su rigor y sensibilidad hacia las personas y las relaciones es una incómoda e importante reprimenda. Terminé el libro decidido a mirar el mundo de manera diferente. No conozco un mejor cumplido para atribuirle a una novela.» James Marriott, The Times «La calidad de su pensamiento elimina la necesidad de florituras retóricas. Rooney estira y retuerce sus frases como si fueran esas esculturas de globos. Las palabras son su superpoder.» The New Yorker «Rooney es como uno de esos magos que pueden perforar una sandía con un naipe. Así escribe sobre el amor y la lujuria entre dos jóvenes dañados, solos y anhelantes. Una escritora original que solo está empezando.» The New York Times «Una novela preciosa, profunda e inteligente. Es admirablemente honesta desde el punto de vista emocional y sexual, aunque también es gentil, sabia, aguda y entrañable. Un compasivo y sucinto estudio sobre las innumerables formas en que hombres y mujeres intentan entenderse entre ellos, y cómo fracasan constantemente.» The Observer]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/witch-of-the-federation-vi-by-michael-anderle--65202501https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witch of the Federation VI Series: #6 of Federal Histories Author: Michael Anderle Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Telorans just got pummeled in Meligorn space, but the victory came with unexpectedly bad news: there is another Teloran fleet heading in their direction. What will the Federation Navy decide to do? On Earth, Stephanie's plans to help rebuild are slowly taking shape. Will her team be able to figure out a plan to reduce the toxic radiation zones, or will they die of radiation sickness or magical destruction and sink the future of the planet? Regardless of the victories, some in power are willing to make deals to try and cut Stephanie and her team out of the future. But she is a MORGANA. There are no other alternatives, no matter the risk to her and her team.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486042Tue, 24 Nov 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witch of the Federation VI Series: #6 of Federal Histories Author: Michael Anderle Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/486042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witch of the Federation VI Series: #6 of Federal Histories Author: Michael Anderle Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Telorans just got pummeled in Meligorn space, but the victory came with unexpectedly bad news: there is another Teloran fleet heading in their direction. What will the Federation Navy decide to do? On Earth, Stephanie's plans to help rebuild are slowly taking shape. Will her team be able to figure out a plan to reduce the toxic radiation zones, or will they die of radiation sickness or magical destruction and sink the future of the planet? Regardless of the victories, some in power are willing to make deals to try and cut Stephanie and her team out of the future. But she is a MORGANA. There are no other alternatives, no matter the risk to her and her team.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-orchard-a-novel-by-david-hopen--65202535https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orchard: A Novel Author: David Hopen Narrator: Micky Shiloah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Recommended Book From: Entertainment Weekly * Electric Literature * Alma A commanding debut and a poignant coming-of-age story about a devout Jewish high school student whose plunge into the secularized world threatens everything he knows of himself Ari Eden’s life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, his days are dedicated to intense study and religious rituals, and adolescence feels profoundly lonely. So when his family announces that they are moving to a glitzy Miami suburb, Ari seizes his unexpected chance for reinvention. Enrolling in an opulent Jewish academy, Ari is stunned by his peers’ dizzying wealth, ambition, and shameless pursuit of life’s pleasures. When the academy’s golden boy, Noah, takes Ari under his wing, Ari finds himself entangled in the school’s most exclusive and wayward group. These friends are magnetic and defiant—especially Evan, the brooding genius of the bunch, still living in the shadow of his mother’s death. Influenced by their charismatic rabbi, the group begins testing their religion in unconventional ways. Soon Ari and his friends are pushing moral boundaries and careening toward a perilous future—one in which the traditions of their faith are repurposed to mysterious, tragic ends. Mesmerizing and playful, heartrending and darkly romantic, The Orchard probes the conflicting forces that determine who we become: the heady relationships of youth, the allure of greatness, the doctrines we inherit, and our concealed desires.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421780Tue, 17 Nov 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orchard: A Novel Author: David Hopen Narrator: Micky Shiloah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 17,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orchard: A Novel Author: David Hopen Narrator: Micky Shiloah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Recommended Book From: Entertainment Weekly * Electric Literature * Alma A commanding debut and a poignant coming-of-age story about a devout Jewish high school student whose plunge into the secularized world threatens everything he knows of himself Ari Eden’s life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, his days are dedicated to intense study and religious rituals, and adolescence feels profoundly lonely. So when his family announces that they are moving to a glitzy Miami suburb, Ari seizes his unexpected chance for reinvention. Enrolling in an opulent Jewish academy, Ari is stunned by his peers’ dizzying wealth, ambition, and shameless pursuit of life’s pleasures. When the academy’s golden boy, Noah, takes Ari under his wing, Ari finds himself entangled in the school’s most exclusive and wayward group. These friends are magnetic and defiant—especially Evan, the brooding genius of the bunch, still living in the shadow of his mother’s death. Influenced by their charismatic rabbi, the group begins testing their religion in unconventional ways. Soon Ari and his friends are pushing moral boundaries and careening toward a perilous future—one in which the traditions of their faith are repurposed to mysterious, tragic ends. Mesmerizing and playful, heartrending and darkly romantic, The Orchard probes the conflicting forces that determine who we become: the heady relationships of youth, the allure of greatness, the doctrines we inherit, and our concealed desires.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-betrayals-by-bridget-collins-sarah-ovens--65202567https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/426804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Betrayals Author: Bridget Collins, Sarah Ovens Narrator: Sam Woolf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: *PRE-ORDER BRIDGET COLLINS' STUNNING NEW NOVEL, THE SILENCE FACTORY, NOW* LOSE YOURSELF IN THE MOST EPIC BOOK OF THE YEAR. ‘Mesmerising’ Erin Kelly ‘Sumptuous’ Observer ‘Dizzyingly wonderful’ The Times WINNING WAS EVERYTHING… UNTIL IT DESTROYED THEM Two young men, Léo and Carfax, close friends and fierce rivals. A family ripped apart by madness and tragedy. One woman, her life built upon a lie, with a mysterious connection to them all… ‘INGENIOUS’ GUARDIAN ‘A STORYTELLER OF RARE IMAGINATION’ MAIL ON SUNDAY 'BEAUTIFUL' JOANNA CANNON ‘BRILLIANT’ WOMAN & HOME ‘A RICH DELIGHT’ SANDRA NEWMAN 'TOTALLY ADDICTIVE' JOANNA GLEN ‘CAPTIVATING’ DAILY MIRROR ‘AN IMMERSIVE, IMAGINATIVE SLICE OF STORYTELLING’ DAILY EXPRESS ‘MAGICAL’ IRISH INDEPENDENT]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/426804Thu, 12 Nov 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/426804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Betrayals Author: Bridget Collins, Sarah Ovens Narrator: Sam Woolf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 14 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/426804 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Betrayals Author: Bridget Collins, Sarah Ovens Narrator: Sam Woolf Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: *PRE-ORDER BRIDGET COLLINS' STUNNING NEW NOVEL, THE SILENCE FACTORY, NOW* LOSE YOURSELF IN THE MOST EPIC BOOK OF THE YEAR. ‘Mesmerising’ Erin Kelly ‘Sumptuous’ Observer ‘Dizzyingly wonderful’ The Times WINNING WAS EVERYTHING… UNTIL IT DESTROYED THEM Two young men, Léo and Carfax, close friends and fierce rivals. A family ripped apart by madness and tragedy. One woman, her life built upon a lie, with a mysterious connection to them all… ‘INGENIOUS’ GUARDIAN ‘A STORYTELLER OF RARE IMAGINATION’ MAIL ON SUNDAY 'BEAUTIFUL' JOANNA CANNON ‘BRILLIANT’ WOMAN & HOME ‘A RICH DELIGHT’ SANDRA NEWMAN 'TOTALLY ADDICTIVE' JOANNA GLEN ‘CAPTIVATING’ DAILY MIRROR ‘AN IMMERSIVE, IMAGINATIVE SLICE OF STORYTELLING’ DAILY EXPRESS ‘MAGICAL’ IRISH INDEPENDENT]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dark-passages-by-kathryn-leigh-scott--65202502https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dark Passages Author: Kathryn Leigh Scott Narrator: Kathryn Leigh Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Dark Passages is a coming-of-age story encapsulating the romance and innocence of JFK’s Camelot era and the tumultuous “dark passages” of Meg Harrison, a vampire raised by her mother to resist the temptation of human blood. Meg arrives in New York determined not to use her vampiric gifts to fulfill her dream of becoming an actress. She joins the cast of the cult hit Dark Passages, only to face her nemesis, a beautiful 300-year-old witch bent on destroying her. "eir rivalry leads to a final confrontation as the telekinetic vampire and spell-weaving sorceress engage in a spectacular battle for supremacy. It takes all of Meg’s wit and tenacity to defeat the witch and win the affections of a handsome young mortal with a secret life of his own. In the end, Meg realizes that the powers she always denied within herself are not a curse, but a blessing.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450948Tue, 10 Nov 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dark Passages Author: Kathryn Leigh Scott Narrator: Kathryn Leigh Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dark Passages Author: Kathryn Leigh Scott Narrator: Kathryn Leigh Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Dark Passages is a coming-of-age story encapsulating the romance and innocence of JFK’s Camelot era and the tumultuous “dark passages” of Meg Harrison, a vampire raised by her mother to resist the temptation of human blood. Meg arrives in New York determined not to use her vampiric gifts to fulfill her dream of becoming an actress. She joins the cast of the cult hit Dark Passages, only to face her nemesis, a beautiful 300-year-old witch bent on destroying her. "eir rivalry leads to a final confrontation as the telekinetic vampire and spell-weaving sorceress engage in a spectacular battle for supremacy. It takes all of Meg’s wit and tenacity to defeat the witch and win the affections of a handsome young mortal with a secret life of his own. In the end, Meg realizes that the powers she always denied within herself are not a curse, but a blessing.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mr-wilder-and-me-a-love-letter-to-the-spirit-of-cinema-guardian-by-jonathan-coe--65202571https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Wilder and Me: ‘A love letter to the spirit of cinema’ Guardian Author: Jonathan Coe Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. From the prize-winning, bestselling author of Middle England. In the heady summer of 1977, a naïve young woman called Calista sets out from Athens to venture into the wider world. On a Greek island that has been turned into a film set, she finds herself working for the famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder, about whom she knows almost nothing. But the time she spends in this glamorous, unfamiliar new life will change her for good. While Calista is thrilled with her new adventure, Wilder himself is living with the realisation that his star may be on the wane. Rebuffed by Hollywood, he has financed his new film with German money, and when Calista follows him to Munich for the shooting of further scenes, she finds herself joining him on a journey of memory into the dark heart of his family history. In a novel that is at once a tender coming-of-age story and an intimate portrait of one of cinema's most intriguing figures, Jonathan Coe turns his gaze on the nature of time and fame, of family and the treacherous lure of nostalgia. When the world is catapulting towards change, do you hold on for dear life or decide it's time to let go? Praise for Jonathan Coe 'Coe is a writer of uncommon decency' Observer 'Brilliantly funny' Economist 'Superb' Times 'Very, very funny' Stylist © Jonathan Coe 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423415Thu, 05 Nov 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Wilder and Me: ‘A love letter to the spirit of cinema’ Guardian Author: Jonathan Coe Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Wilder and Me: ‘A love letter to the spirit of cinema’ Guardian Author: Jonathan Coe Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. From the prize-winning, bestselling author of Middle England. In the heady summer of 1977, a naïve young woman called Calista sets out from Athens to venture into the wider world. On a Greek island that has been turned into a film set, she finds herself working for the famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder, about whom she knows almost nothing. But the time she spends in this glamorous, unfamiliar new life will change her for good. While Calista is thrilled with her new adventure, Wilder himself is living with the realisation that his star may be on the wane. Rebuffed by Hollywood, he has financed his new film with German money, and when Calista follows him to Munich for the shooting of further scenes, she finds herself joining him on a journey of memory into the dark heart of his family history. In a novel that is at once a tender coming-of-age story and an intimate portrait of one of cinema's most intriguing figures, Jonathan Coe turns his gaze on the nature of time and fame, of family and the treacherous lure of nostalgia. When the world is catapulting towards change, do you hold on for dear life or decide it's time to let go? Praise for Jonathan Coe 'Coe is a writer of uncommon decency' Observer 'Brilliantly funny' Economist 'Superb' Times 'Very, very funny' Stylist © Jonathan Coe 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-illustrated-child-by-polly-crosby--65202557https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Illustrated Child Author: Polly Crosby Narrator: Rosie Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A young girl. A hidden treasure. A dark family secret. ‘Evocative and enchanting – a future classic' Veronica Henry ‘An extraordinary debut… beautiful, dark, haunting’ Edward Carey ‘A captivating coming-of-age story’ Daily Mail ‘A bewitching read' Woman & Home Romilly Kemp has an idyllic childhood, roaming the wilderness that surrounds her father’s ramshackle farmhouse. But when he makes her the star of his beautifully illustrated books, her carefree if somewhat lonely existence is threatened. The books are thought to hold clues to an elaborate treasure hunt, and strangers turn up at their door, anxious to get a glimpse of the ‘Kemp Treasure Girl’. But when her father falls ill, leaving Romilly more isolated and alone than ever, she begins to delve deeper into the books – and her past. As she makes sense of the clues he has hidden, she finds a truth that is far darker and more devastating than any treasure hunt has a right to be. For not everything that is hidden is gold. Praise for The Illustrated Child: 'Evocative and enchanting – a future classic and a star in the making' Veronica Henry ‘An extraordinary debut… beautiful, dark, haunting and unforgettable. I loved it’ Edward Carey ‘A captivating coming-of-age story with memorable characters beautifully brought to life in a setting dripping with atmosphere’ Daily Mail ‘Part fantasy, part coming of age, the undercurrents of child neglect and mental ill health pull at you all the way through this poignant tale’ Heat ‘A bewitching read' Woman & Home ‘Written in fine, delicate prose, this treasure of a debut takes up the palette of emotions and paints with all the colours. Beautiful’ Nydia Hetherington ‘Exquisitely written, stunning, totally unique. Everyone needs to read this’ Jessica Ryn ‘A magical tale, beautifully written, evocative and mysterious, and stitched through with a dark thread that I wasn’t expecting. What a wonderful book’ Anita Frank ‘A beautifully written tale that evokes dreams and imagination’ Daily Record]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412913Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Illustrated Child Author: Polly Crosby Narrator: Rosie Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 29,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Illustrated Child Author: Polly Crosby Narrator: Rosie Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A young girl. A hidden treasure. A dark family secret. ‘Evocative and enchanting – a future classic' Veronica Henry ‘An extraordinary debut… beautiful, dark, haunting’ Edward Carey ‘A captivating coming-of-age story’ Daily Mail ‘A bewitching read' Woman & Home Romilly Kemp has an idyllic childhood, roaming the wilderness that surrounds her father’s ramshackle farmhouse. But when he makes her the star of his beautifully illustrated books, her carefree if somewhat lonely existence is threatened. The books are thought to hold clues to an elaborate treasure hunt, and strangers turn up at their door, anxious to get a glimpse of the ‘Kemp Treasure Girl’. But when her father falls ill, leaving Romilly more isolated and alone than ever, she begins to delve deeper into the books – and her past. As she makes sense of the clues he has hidden, she finds a truth that is far darker and more devastating than any treasure hunt has a right to be. For not everything that is hidden is gold. Praise for The Illustrated Child: 'Evocative and enchanting – a future classic and a star in the making' Veronica Henry ‘An extraordinary debut… beautiful, dark, haunting and unforgettable. I loved it’ Edward Carey ‘A captivating coming-of-age story with memorable characters beautifully brought to life in a setting dripping with atmosphere’ Daily Mail ‘Part fantasy, part coming of age, the undercurrents of child neglect and mental ill health pull at you all the way through this poignant tale’ Heat ‘A bewitching read' Woman & Home ‘Written in fine, delicate prose, this treasure of a debut takes up the palette of emotions and paints with all the colours. Beautiful’ Nydia Hetherington ‘Exquisitely written, stunning, totally unique. Everyone needs to read this’ Jessica Ryn ‘A magical tale, beautifully written, evocative and mysterious, and stitched through with a dark thread that I wasn’t expecting. What a wonderful book’ Anita Frank ‘A beautifully written tale that evokes dreams and imagination’ Daily Record]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/norwegian-wood-by-haruki-murakami--65202545https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425764 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Norwegian Wood Author: Haruki Murakami Narrator: Adam Sims Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The haunting love story that turned Murakami into a literary superstar. When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the future and the past. 'Evocative, entertaining, sexy and funny; but then Murakami is one of the best writers around' Time Out 'Such is the exquisite, gossamer construction of Murakami's writing that everything he chooses to describe trembles with symbolic possibility' Guardian 'This book is undeniably hip, full of student uprisings, free love, booze and 1960s pop, it's also genuinely emotionally engaging, and describes the highs of adolescence as well as the lows' Independent on Sunday © Haruki Murakami 1987 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425764Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425764 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Norwegian Wood Author: Haruki Murakami Narrator: Adam Sims Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425764 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Norwegian Wood Author: Haruki Murakami Narrator: Adam Sims Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The haunting love story that turned Murakami into a literary superstar. When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the future and the past. 'Evocative, entertaining, sexy and funny; but then Murakami is one of the best writers around' Time Out 'Such is the exquisite, gossamer construction of Murakami's writing that everything he chooses to describe trembles with symbolic possibility' Guardian 'This book is undeniably hip, full of student uprisings, free love, booze and 1960s pop, it's also genuinely emotionally engaging, and describes the highs of adolescence as well as the lows' Independent on Sunday © Haruki Murakami 1987 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-by-roddy-doyle--65202636https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Author: Roddy Doyle Narrator: Roddy Doyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 15, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. ‘A profound examination of friendship, romantic confusion and mortality’ John Boyne One summer’s evening, two men meet up in a Dublin restaurant. Old friends, now married and with grown-up children, their lives have taken seemingly similar paths. But Joe has a secret he has to tell Davy, and Davy, a grief he wants to keep from Joe. Both are not the men they used to be. Neither Davy nor Joe know what the night has in store, but as two pints turns to three, then five, and the men set out to revisit the haunts of their youth, the ghosts of Dublin entwine around them. Their first buoyant forays into adulthood, the pubs, the parties, broken hearts and bungled affairs, as well as the memories of what eventually drove them apart. As the two friends try to reconcile their versions of the past over the course of one night, Love offers up a delightfully comic, yet moving portrait of the many forms love can take throughout our lives. ©Roddy Doyle 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396236Thu, 15 Oct 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Author: Roddy Doyle Narrator: Roddy Doyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 15, 2020 Genres: Coming of...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Author: Roddy Doyle Narrator: Roddy Doyle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 15, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. ‘A profound examination of friendship, romantic confusion and mortality’ John Boyne One summer’s evening, two men meet up in a Dublin restaurant. Old friends, now married and with grown-up children, their lives have taken seemingly similar paths. But Joe has a secret he has to tell Davy, and Davy, a grief he wants to keep from Joe. Both are not the men they used to be. Neither Davy nor Joe know what the night has in store, but as two pints turns to three, then five, and the men set out to revisit the haunts of their youth, the ghosts of Dublin entwine around them. Their first buoyant forays into adulthood, the pubs, the parties, broken hearts and bungled affairs, as well as the memories of what eventually drove them apart. As the two friends try to reconcile their versions of the past over the course of one night, Love offers up a delightfully comic, yet moving portrait of the many forms love can take throughout our lives. ©Roddy Doyle 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/big-wednesday-by-john-milius-denny-aaberg--65202650https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Wednesday Author: John Milius, Denny Aaberg Narrator: A.T. Chandler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 13, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Big Wednesday, based on the cult 1978 film by the same name, follows three California beach buddies begin to realize there is more to life than waxing down their surfboards as they ditch their alcoholic and unruly ways to go fight in the Vietnam War. When they reunite ten years later, they find that things in Malibu are much different after fighting a war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421690Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Wednesday Author: John Milius, Denny Aaberg Narrator: A.T. Chandler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 37 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421690 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Wednesday Author: John Milius, Denny Aaberg Narrator: A.T. Chandler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 13, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Big Wednesday, based on the cult 1978 film by the same name, follows three California beach buddies begin to realize there is more to life than waxing down their surfboards as they ditch their alcoholic and unruly ways to go fight in the Vietnam War. When they reunite ten years later, they find that things in Malibu are much different after fighting a war.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rebellion-of-jane-clarke-a-novel-by-sally-cabot-gunning--65202574https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415633 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rebellion of Jane Clarke: A Novel Author: Sally Cabot Gunning Narrator: Piper Goodeve Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Widow’s War and Bound comes a compelling new novel about a young woman’s struggle to decide where her loyalties lie—with family or wiht forbidden love; with roaylist tradition or upstart independence—on the eve of the Revolutionary War. It’s 1769. The Winslow and Clarke families have been feuding over mill stream rights for generations, but Jane Clarke has managed to stay comfortably aloof, neither doubting her father’s claims nor getting overly involved. But when someone hacks the ears off Mr. Winslow’s horse, everyone in town believes that Mr. Clarke is the culprit, and Jane’s world view and trust in her father are turned upside down. So when Phineas Pain asks for her hand in marriage after securing her father’s blessing, Jane says no, and is sent to Boston as punishment to care for her spinster aunt. But when Jane arrives in Boston the only thing she can think about is the conflict in her life—father vs. daughter, loyalist vs. rebel, Winslow vs. Clarke—that is now complicated further by her seemingly unbalanced aunt, the kind British soldiers and the local townspeople who taunt them, and her beloved brother who is fervently channeling his own frustrations into rebel activity. As political tensions mount, Jane finds herself deeply embroiled in the impending war, and as a witness to the Boston Massacre, and she comes to question the seeming truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415633Tue, 06 Oct 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415633 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rebellion of Jane Clarke: A Novel Author: Sally Cabot Gunning Narrator: Piper Goodeve Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415633 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rebellion of Jane Clarke: A Novel Author: Sally Cabot Gunning Narrator: Piper Goodeve Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Widow’s War and Bound comes a compelling new novel about a young woman’s struggle to decide where her loyalties lie—with family or wiht forbidden love; with roaylist tradition or upstart independence—on the eve of the Revolutionary War. It’s 1769. The Winslow and Clarke families have been feuding over mill stream rights for generations, but Jane Clarke has managed to stay comfortably aloof, neither doubting her father’s claims nor getting overly involved. But when someone hacks the ears off Mr. Winslow’s horse, everyone in town believes that Mr. Clarke is the culprit, and Jane’s world view and trust in her father are turned upside down. So when Phineas Pain asks for her hand in marriage after securing her father’s blessing, Jane says no, and is sent to Boston as punishment to care for her spinster aunt. But when Jane arrives in Boston the only thing she can think about is the conflict in her life—father vs. daughter, loyalist vs. rebel, Winslow vs. Clarke—that is now complicated further by her seemingly unbalanced aunt, the kind British soldiers and the local townspeople who taunt them, and her beloved brother who is fervently channeling his own frustrations into rebel activity. As political tensions mount, Jane finds herself deeply embroiled in the impending war, and as a witness to the Boston Massacre, and she comes to question the seeming truth.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-wild-winter-swan-a-novel-by-gregory-maguire--65202563https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wild Winter Swan: A Novel Author: Gregory Maguire Narrator: John Mcdonough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: After brilliantly reimagining the worlds of Oz, Wonderland, Dickensian London, and the Nutcracker, the New York Times bestselling author of Wicked turns his unconventional genius to Hans Christian Andersen's ''The Wild Swans,'' transforming this classic tale into an Italian-American girl's poignant coming-of-age story, set amid the magic of Christmas in 1960s New York. Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. The quiet, awkward teenager has been getting into trouble at home and has been expelled from her high school for throwing a record album at a popular girl who bullied her. When Christmas is over and the new year begins, Laura may find herself at boarding school in Montreal.  Nearly unmoored from reality through her panic and submerged grief, Laura is startled when a handsome swan boy with only one wing lands on her roof. Hiding him from her ever-bickering grandparents, Laura tries to build the swan boy a wing so he can fly home. But the task is too difficult to accomplish herself. Little does Laura know that her struggle to find help for her new friend parallels that of her grandparents, who are desperate for a distant relative’s financial aid to save the family store.  As he explores themes of class, isolation, family, and the dangerous yearning to be saved by a power greater than ourselves, Gregory Maguire conjures a haunting, beautiful tale of magical realism that illuminates one young woman’s heartbreak and hope as she begins the inevitable journey to adulthood.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416232Tue, 06 Oct 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wild Winter Swan: A Novel Author: Gregory Maguire Narrator: John Mcdonough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wild Winter Swan: A Novel Author: Gregory Maguire Narrator: John Mcdonough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: After brilliantly reimagining the worlds of Oz, Wonderland, Dickensian London, and the Nutcracker, the New York Times bestselling author of Wicked turns his unconventional genius to Hans Christian Andersen's ''The Wild Swans,'' transforming this classic tale into an Italian-American girl's poignant coming-of-age story, set amid the magic of Christmas in 1960s New York. Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in a lonely townhouse she shares with her old-world, strict, often querulous grandparents. But the arrangement may be temporary. The quiet, awkward teenager has been getting into trouble at home and has been expelled from her high school for throwing a record album at a popular girl who bullied her. When Christmas is over and the new year begins, Laura may find herself at boarding school in Montreal.  Nearly unmoored from reality through her panic and submerged grief, Laura is startled when a handsome swan boy with only one wing lands on her roof. Hiding him from her ever-bickering grandparents, Laura tries to build the swan boy a wing so he can fly home. But the task is too difficult to accomplish herself. Little does Laura know that her struggle to find help for her new friend parallels that of her grandparents, who are desperate for a distant relative’s financial aid to save the family store.  As he explores themes of class, isolation, family, and the dangerous yearning to be saved by a power greater than ourselves, Gregory Maguire conjures a haunting, beautiful tale of magical realism that illuminates one young woman’s heartbreak and hope as she begins the inevitable journey to adulthood.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-now-and-then-by-lesley-kagen--65202504https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Now and Then Author: Lesley Kagen Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The summer of 1960 was the hottest ever for Summit, Wisconsin. For kids seeking relief from the heat, there was a creek to be swum in, sprinklers to run through, and ice cream at Whitcomb's Drugstore. But for Frankie, Viv, and Biz, eleven-year-old best friends, it would forever be remembered as the summer that evil paid a visit to their small town—and took their young lives as they'd known them as a souvenir. With a to-do list in hand, the girls set forth from their hideout to make their mark on that summer, but when three patients escape from Broadhurst Mental Institution, their idyllic lives take a sinister turn. Determined to uncover long-held secrets, the girls have no idea that what they discover could cost them their lives and the ones they hold dear. Six decades later, Biz, now a bestselling novelist, remembers that long-ago summer and how it still haunts her and her lifelong friends in Every Now and Then, a story about the ties that bind us, the timelessness of grief and guilt—and the everlasting hope for redemption.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453874Tue, 06 Oct 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Now and Then Author: Lesley Kagen Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 6, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/453874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Now and Then Author: Lesley Kagen Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The summer of 1960 was the hottest ever for Summit, Wisconsin. For kids seeking relief from the heat, there was a creek to be swum in, sprinklers to run through, and ice cream at Whitcomb's Drugstore. But for Frankie, Viv, and Biz, eleven-year-old best friends, it would forever be remembered as the summer that evil paid a visit to their small town—and took their young lives as they'd known them as a souvenir. With a to-do list in hand, the girls set forth from their hideout to make their mark on that summer, but when three patients escape from Broadhurst Mental Institution, their idyllic lives take a sinister turn. Determined to uncover long-held secrets, the girls have no idea that what they discover could cost them their lives and the ones they hold dear. Six decades later, Biz, now a bestselling novelist, remembers that long-ago summer and how it still haunts her and her lifelong friends in Every Now and Then, a story about the ties that bind us, the timelessness of grief and guilt—and the everlasting hope for redemption.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-by-mark-twain--65202529https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445018 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Bing Crosby Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 3.17 of Total 6 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. During a long hot summer, a young boy’s taste for excitement lands him in and out of trouble. Bing Crosby narrates the coming-of-age tale that made Mark Twain one of America’s best loved novelist with all of Tom’s mischief and fun. Tom catches criminals, gets the girl and carries out hijinks, all with his best friend Huckleberry Finn at his side.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445018Thu, 01 Oct 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445018 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Bing Crosby Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445018 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Bing Crosby Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 28 minutes Release date: October 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 3.17 of Total 6 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. During a long hot summer, a young boy’s taste for excitement lands him in and out of trouble. Bing Crosby narrates the coming-of-age tale that made Mark Twain one of America’s best loved novelist with all of Tom’s mischief and fun. Tom catches criminals, gets the girl and carries out hijinks, all with his best friend Huckleberry Finn at his side.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boy-by-brent-van-staalduinen--65202579https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Author: Brent Van Staalduinen Narrator: James Fouhey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 26, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A story as magical as it is real, that asks, if you could stop and restart time for a second chance, would you? Boy's final year of high school is unraveling. Fast. He had it all worked out, from crushing his final exams to military school to a career in the air force. But his family's tragic past and its complicated present have caught up to him, and his marks are slipping, jeopardizing all of his plans. When Boy befriends Mara, a homeless man who can seemingly stop and restart time at will, he has to weigh his family's needs and his own conscience against the potential contained within Mara's mysterious and powerful gift. And he soon realizes the hardest truths about time: the past can't be undone, memories are as fragile as moments, and the future rarely turns out like we think it will.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438111Sat, 26 Sep 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Author: Brent Van Staalduinen Narrator: James Fouhey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 26, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438111 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Author: Brent Van Staalduinen Narrator: James Fouhey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 26, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A story as magical as it is real, that asks, if you could stop and restart time for a second chance, would you? Boy's final year of high school is unraveling. Fast. He had it all worked out, from crushing his final exams to military school to a career in the air force. But his family's tragic past and its complicated present have caught up to him, and his marks are slipping, jeopardizing all of his plans. When Boy befriends Mara, a homeless man who can seemingly stop and restart time at will, he has to weigh his family's needs and his own conscience against the potential contained within Mara's mysterious and powerful gift. And he soon realizes the hardest truths about time: the past can't be undone, memories are as fragile as moments, and the future rarely turns out like we think it will.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bicycle-man-by-bob-deans--65202478https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bicycle Man Author: Bob Deans Narrator: Coby Batty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 22, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: For Sandy Rivers, the known world is the suburban landscape of his morning paper route, an intimate if unsteady place where the illusions of comfort, sanctuary and myth are shattered by daily headlines that chronicle a country torn by Vietnam, Civil Rights and the struggle for national purpose. It’s the spring of 1968. Belief in American providence is clashing with the limits of American might. During the next sixteen months, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Bobby Kennedy is killed in L.A., Richard Nixon goes to the White House, and Neil Armstrong walks on the moon. For a Virginia community on the outskirts of Richmond, the racial fault line is a bamboo grove by a honeysuckle swamp. The messenger for national promise and peril is Sandy, who delivers the news, the good with the bad. And helping him sort out the growing pains of a new job and young love is a mysterious figure with a tragic secret who both challenges the boy and stands by him as Sandy confronts a staggering loss. This is a story of friendship. This is a story of hope. It’s the story of an era that helped shape our country and define our times, told through one boy’s extraordinary journey through his own small patch of America. And it’s the story of a debt he can never repay to someone he knows only as, The Bicycle Man.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484828Tue, 22 Sep 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bicycle Man Author: Bob Deans Narrator: Coby Batty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 22, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/484828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bicycle Man Author: Bob Deans Narrator: Coby Batty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 22, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: For Sandy Rivers, the known world is the suburban landscape of his morning paper route, an intimate if unsteady place where the illusions of comfort, sanctuary and myth are shattered by daily headlines that chronicle a country torn by Vietnam, Civil Rights and the struggle for national purpose. It’s the spring of 1968. Belief in American providence is clashing with the limits of American might. During the next sixteen months, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Bobby Kennedy is killed in L.A., Richard Nixon goes to the White House, and Neil Armstrong walks on the moon. For a Virginia community on the outskirts of Richmond, the racial fault line is a bamboo grove by a honeysuckle swamp. The messenger for national promise and peril is Sandy, who delivers the news, the good with the bad. And helping him sort out the growing pains of a new job and young love is a mysterious figure with a tragic secret who both challenges the boy and stands by him as Sandy confronts a staggering loss. This is a story of friendship. This is a story of hope. It’s the story of an era that helped shape our country and define our times, told through one boy’s extraordinary journey through his own small patch of America. And it’s the story of a debt he can never repay to someone he knows only as, The Bicycle Man.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-women-by-louisa-may-alcott--65202527https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Women Author: Louisa May Alcott Narrator: Glenda Jackson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 17, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. Adored across the world by girls and women of all ages, never once having gone out of print, Little Women is as fresh today as it was when it was first published to instant enormous success. Meet Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy: four sisters growing up in America just after the Civil War. Each has their own dreams, each has their own destiny. Hugely charming and big-hearted, it is read by the inimitable, Academy-award winning Glenda Jackson.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445011Thu, 17 Sep 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Women Author: Louisa May Alcott Narrator: Glenda Jackson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 17, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/445011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Women Author: Louisa May Alcott Narrator: Glenda Jackson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 53 minutes Release date: September 17, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. Adored across the world by girls and women of all ages, never once having gone out of print, Little Women is as fresh today as it was when it was first published to instant enormous success. Meet Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy: four sisters growing up in America just after the Civil War. Each has their own dreams, each has their own destiny. Hugely charming and big-hearted, it is read by the inimitable, Academy-award winning Glenda Jackson.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/witch-of-the-federation-v-by-michael-anderle--65202493https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witch Of The Federation V Series: #5 of Federal Histories Author: Michael Anderle Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Federation knows where a lurking Teloran ship is hiding and decides to send Morgana Inc. to ferry a special-operations team to procure data. Unfortunately, the team only needs to provide the data, getting back off is up to them. Since this team is the Hooligans, led by Stephanie's boyfriend, they secretly suspect she will help. But what happens when Morgana shows up scares Todd's team to their core. Will they share what they find out with the Navy Brass? Then what Todd's team finds changes the whole future of the war. Will the Federation succumb to the Telorans, or will the Telorans find out an ancient enemy still fights them to this day? Elizabeth is pulling together the largest, fastest computer the Federation has...Can Stephanie help create the sensitive parts? Will they be able to move BURT if they do? The small girl from the gov-subs now moves the forces of the Universe to stop an implacable foe. Will she burn her energy pathways out in the process? She is THE MORGANA. There are no other alternatives, no matter the risk to her and her team.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456663Thu, 17 Sep 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witch Of The Federation V Series: #5 of Federal Histories Author: Michael Anderle Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witch Of The Federation V Series: #5 of Federal Histories Author: Michael Anderle Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 17, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Federation knows where a lurking Teloran ship is hiding and decides to send Morgana Inc. to ferry a special-operations team to procure data. Unfortunately, the team only needs to provide the data, getting back off is up to them. Since this team is the Hooligans, led by Stephanie's boyfriend, they secretly suspect she will help. But what happens when Morgana shows up scares Todd's team to their core. Will they share what they find out with the Navy Brass? Then what Todd's team finds changes the whole future of the war. Will the Federation succumb to the Telorans, or will the Telorans find out an ancient enemy still fights them to this day? Elizabeth is pulling together the largest, fastest computer the Federation has...Can Stephanie help create the sensitive parts? Will they be able to move BURT if they do? The small girl from the gov-subs now moves the forces of the Universe to stop an implacable foe. Will she burn her energy pathways out in the process? She is THE MORGANA. There are no other alternatives, no matter the risk to her and her team.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shanghaied-by-david-paul-collins--65202468https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shanghaied Author: David Paul Collins Narrator: Andrew Tell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 9, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.9 of Total 10 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When fifteen-year-old Jack Sligo runs away from his loving Boston-Irish family, he hopes to get a summer job on a cruise ship. His dream becomes a nightmare when two strangers give him mysterious drinks in a waterfront saloon. Jack wakes up, far at sea, shanghaied aboard an African freighter. The ship’s first call is a remote jungle port in Venezuela where there’s plenty of thieves, rum and women, but no opportunity for escape. Manor Nelson, the ship’s bo’sun, is his secret protector. A silent bond grows between them as they fight the inhumanity of the ship’s master and Jack learns the cruelty of segregation. But Jack needs more than friends to survive a vicious life at sea. He plans to escape with the help of seventeen-year-old Winston, a Jamaican, on the ship since he was twelve. He befriends men like stone silent Ebanks, whose black ancestors disgraced themselves as slave traders; Smitty, the dangerous mulatto seaman who is his boss; and “Chips,” the ship’s carpenter from Cayman Brac who knows all about God. Even a curious shipwreck in a jungle fails to sway Jack from his goal to find a way to get home. “Though this is the author’s first book, it is his first-hand experience, having been shanghaied aboard an African freighter, that makes the book come to life. Fans of other sea-set teen novels like Avi’s The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle will like this book, which captures well the story of an utterly inexperienced kid being thrust into a situation he isn’t quite ready for, as well as the adventure he has in exploring new countries and learning to survive on the open sea.” Molly Horan, ForeWord Reviews, Young Adult Fiction “David Collins' novel narrates his remarkable real-life story of running away from home at 15 and being 'shanghaied' aboard an African freighter. The book is rich with adventure, longing, and twists that will keep the reader turning the page.” Margot Lee Shetterly, Author, Hidden Figures]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457967Wed, 09 Sep 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shanghaied Author: David Paul Collins Narrator: Andrew Tell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 9, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shanghaied Author: David Paul Collins Narrator: Andrew Tell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 9, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.9 of Total 10 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When fifteen-year-old Jack Sligo runs away from his loving Boston-Irish family, he hopes to get a summer job on a cruise ship. His dream becomes a nightmare when two strangers give him mysterious drinks in a waterfront saloon. Jack wakes up, far at sea, shanghaied aboard an African freighter. The ship’s first call is a remote jungle port in Venezuela where there’s plenty of thieves, rum and women, but no opportunity for escape. Manor Nelson, the ship’s bo’sun, is his secret protector. A silent bond grows between them as they fight the inhumanity of the ship’s master and Jack learns the cruelty of segregation. But Jack needs more than friends to survive a vicious life at sea. He plans to escape with the help of seventeen-year-old Winston, a Jamaican, on the ship since he was twelve. He befriends men like stone silent Ebanks, whose black ancestors disgraced themselves as slave traders; Smitty, the dangerous mulatto seaman who is his boss; and “Chips,” the ship’s carpenter from Cayman Brac who knows all about God. Even a curious shipwreck in a jungle fails to sway Jack from his goal to find a way to get home. “Though this is the author’s first book, it is his first-hand experience, having been shanghaied aboard an African freighter, that makes the book come to life. Fans of other sea-set teen novels like Avi’s The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle will like this book, which captures well the story of an utterly inexperienced kid being thrust into a situation he isn’t quite ready for, as well as the adventure he has in exploring new countries and learning to survive on the open sea.” Molly Horan, ForeWord Reviews, Young Adult Fiction “David Collins' novel narrates his remarkable real-life story of running away from home at 15 and being 'shanghaied' aboard an African freighter. The book is rich with adventure, longing, and twists that will keep the reader turning the page.” Margot Lee Shetterly, Author, Hidden Figures]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-truth-turned-upside-down-by-penelope-j-bristol--65202488https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth Turned Upside Down Author: Penelope J Bristol Narrator: Kathleen Li Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 5, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Lucy had an older sister that was nothing like her. When she emptied them, Anne's eyes could look at you and tell you lies, mostly because they didn't see you anymore. She found herself watching her sister's eyes and waiting for the screaming to start. Lucy’s mom seemed to like one of her girls much better than the other, and that girl was not Lucy. She did not remember the day or age when she first realized this fact, but over the years, it became clear that Anne was the better daughter. And Lucy, loving Anne too much to take offense, readily agreed. The Morgan family, riddled with lies, dysfunction and abuse, ticks along maintaining an outward appearance of normality, until one day, Lucy overhears a shocking conversation between her mom and sister. This new information forces Lucy to look at something traumatic she experienced in childhood with definite clarity. Parts of her sister's life have been completely hidden from her, and worse than that, her best friend, Finn, is involved. As Lucy struggles to decide what to do next, she realizes, no one she loves will come away from this unscathed-including her.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457960Sat, 05 Sep 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth Turned Upside Down Author: Penelope J Bristol Narrator: Kathleen Li Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/457960 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth Turned Upside Down Author: Penelope J Bristol Narrator: Kathleen Li Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 5, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Lucy had an older sister that was nothing like her. When she emptied them, Anne's eyes could look at you and tell you lies, mostly because they didn't see you anymore. She found herself watching her sister's eyes and waiting for the screaming to start. Lucy’s mom seemed to like one of her girls much better than the other, and that girl was not Lucy. She did not remember the day or age when she first realized this fact, but over the years, it became clear that Anne was the better daughter. And Lucy, loving Anne too much to take offense, readily agreed. The Morgan family, riddled with lies, dysfunction and abuse, ticks along maintaining an outward appearance of normality, until one day, Lucy overhears a shocking conversation between her mom and sister. This new information forces Lucy to look at something traumatic she experienced in childhood with definite clarity. Parts of her sister's life have been completely hidden from her, and worse than that, her best friend, Finn, is involved. As Lucy struggles to decide what to do next, she realizes, no one she loves will come away from this unscathed-including her.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-they-was-by-gabriel-krauze--65202569https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who They Was Author: Gabriel Krauze Narrator: Gabriel Krauze Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 A Spectator Book of the Year ‘A literary rendering of the Top Boy generation… I cannot conjure another work which captures this culture in such depth – or with such brutal honesty – as only lived experience can tell ’ Graeme Armstrong, author of The Young Team ’An astonishingly powerful book’ Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love This life is like being in an ocean. Some people keep swimming towards the bottom. Some people touch the bottom with one foot, or even both, and then push themselves off it to get back up to the top, where you can breathe. Others get to the bottom and decide they want to stay there. I don’t want to get to the bottom because I’m already drowning. This is a story of a London you won’t find in any guidebooks. This is a story about what it’s like to exist in the moment, about boys too eager to become men, growing up in the hidden war zones of big cities – and the girls trying to make it their own way. This is a story of reputations made and lost, of violence and vengeance – and never counting the cost. This is a story of concrete towers and blank eyed windows, of endless nights in police stations and prison cells, of brotherhood and betrayal. This is about the boredom, the rush, the despair, the fear and the hope. This is about what’s left behind.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420443Thu, 03 Sep 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who They Was Author: Gabriel Krauze Narrator: Gabriel Krauze Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 3, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who They Was Author: Gabriel Krauze Narrator: Gabriel Krauze Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: September 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 A Spectator Book of the Year ‘A literary rendering of the Top Boy generation… I cannot conjure another work which captures this culture in such depth – or with such brutal honesty – as only lived experience can tell ’ Graeme Armstrong, author of The Young Team ’An astonishingly powerful book’ Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love This life is like being in an ocean. Some people keep swimming towards the bottom. Some people touch the bottom with one foot, or even both, and then push themselves off it to get back up to the top, where you can breathe. Others get to the bottom and decide they want to stay there. I don’t want to get to the bottom because I’m already drowning. This is a story of a London you won’t find in any guidebooks. This is a story about what it’s like to exist in the moment, about boys too eager to become men, growing up in the hidden war zones of big cities – and the girls trying to make it their own way. This is a story of reputations made and lost, of violence and vengeance – and never counting the cost. This is a story of concrete towers and blank eyed windows, of endless nights in police stations and prison cells, of brotherhood and betrayal. This is about the boredom, the rush, the despair, the fear and the hope. This is about what’s left behind.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unraveling-of-cassidy-holmes-a-novel-by-elissa-r-sloan--65202610https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes: A Novel Author: Elissa R. Sloan Narrator: Natalie Naudus, Jayme Mattler, Megan Tusing, Piper Goodeve, Caitlin Kelly, Stephen Graybill, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: September 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes is a page-turning peek inside the glamour and brutality of life as a pop star. Sloan takes us on a wild ride through the world of music video shoots, expensive hotels, and arena tours—showing us the darkness that threatens just below the surface.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and The Six “I didn't know I was waiting for a smart, literary writer to craft a novel about the rise and fall of a teen star akin to Britney Spears until I discovered The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes. A witty, bright, hilarious—and at times devastating—read. I loved it.'' —Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters Cassidy Holmes isn't just a celebrity. She is “Sassy Gloss,” the fourth member of the hottest pop group America has ever seen. Hotter than Britney dancing with a snake, hotter than Christina getting dirrty, Gloss was the pop act that everyone idolized. Fans couldn't get enough of them, their music, and the drama that followed them like moths to a flame—until the group’s sudden implosion in 2002. And at the center of it all was Sassy Cassy, the Texan with a signature smirk that had everyone falling for her.  But now she's dead. Suicide. The world is reeling from this unexpected news, but no one is more shocked than the three remaining Glossies. Fifteen years ago, Rose, Merry, and Yumi had been the closest to Cassidy, and this loss is hitting them hard. Before the group split, they each had a special bond with Cassidy—truths they told, secrets they shared. But after years apart, each of them is wondering: what could they have done? Told in multiple perspectives—including Cassidy herself—and different timelines, this is a behind-the-scenes look into the rise and fall of a pop icon, and a penetrating examination of the dark side of celebrity and the industry that profits from it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412016Tue, 01 Sep 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes: A Novel Author: Elissa R. Sloan Narrator: Natalie Naudus, Jayme Mattler, Megan Tusing, Piper Goodeve, Caitlin Kelly,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes: A Novel Author: Elissa R. Sloan Narrator: Natalie Naudus, Jayme Mattler, Megan Tusing, Piper Goodeve, Caitlin Kelly, Stephen Graybill, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: September 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes is a page-turning peek inside the glamour and brutality of life as a pop star. Sloan takes us on a wild ride through the world of music video shoots, expensive hotels, and arena tours—showing us the darkness that threatens just below the surface.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and The Six “I didn't know I was waiting for a smart, literary writer to craft a novel about the rise and fall of a teen star akin to Britney Spears until I discovered The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes. A witty, bright, hilarious—and at times devastating—read. I loved it.'' —Amanda Eyre Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters Cassidy Holmes isn't just a celebrity. She is “Sassy Gloss,” the fourth member of the hottest pop group America has ever seen. Hotter than Britney dancing with a snake, hotter than Christina getting dirrty, Gloss was the pop act that everyone idolized. Fans couldn't get enough of them, their music, and the drama that followed them like moths to a flame—until the group’s sudden implosion in 2002. And at the center of it all was Sassy Cassy, the Texan with a signature smirk that had everyone falling for her.  But now she's dead. Suicide. The world is reeling from this unexpected news, but no one is more shocked than the three remaining Glossies. Fifteen years ago, Rose, Merry, and Yumi had been the closest to Cassidy, and this loss is hitting them hard. Before the group split, they each had a special bond with Cassidy—truths they told, secrets they shared. But after years apart, each of them is wondering: what could they have done? Told in multiple perspectives—including Cassidy herself—and different timelines, this is a behind-the-scenes look into the rise and fall of a pop icon, and a penetrating examination of the dark side of celebrity and the industry that profits from it.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lying-life-of-adults-by-elena-ferrante--65202580https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lying Life of Adults Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Marisa Tomei Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 78 Ratings of Narrator: 4.53 of Total 15 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Now a NETFLIX Original Series. A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL set in a divided Naples by ELENA FERRANTE, the New York Times best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter. “There’s no doubt [the publication of The Lying Life of Adults] will be the literary event of the year.”—Elle  Giovanna’s pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Is she turning into Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father clearly despise? Surely there is a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is. Giovanna is searching for her reflection in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: a Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and a Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves between both in search of the truth, but neither city seems to offer answers or escape. Named one of 2016’s most influential people by TIME Magazine and frequently touted as a future Nobel Prize-winner, Elena Ferrante has become one of the world’s most read and beloved writers. With this novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, Ferrante proves once again that she deserves her many accolades. In The Lying Life of Adults, listeners will discover another gripping, highly addictive, and totally unforgettable Neapolitan story. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2020 The New York Times Book Review ・ Vogue ・ Entertainment Weekly ・ ELLE Magazine ・ BuzzFeed ・ The Millions ・ The Seattle Times ・ USA Today ・ Town & Country ・ Thrillist ・ Publishers Weekly ・ Library Journal ・ Harper's Bazaar ・ BookPage ・ Literary Hub ・ BBC Culture]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424553Tue, 01 Sep 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lying Life of Adults Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Marisa Tomei Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lying Life of Adults Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Marisa Tomei Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 78 Ratings of Narrator: 4.53 of Total 15 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Now a NETFLIX Original Series. A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL set in a divided Naples by ELENA FERRANTE, the New York Times best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter. “There’s no doubt [the publication of The Lying Life of Adults] will be the literary event of the year.”—Elle  Giovanna’s pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Is she turning into Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father clearly despise? Surely there is a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is. Giovanna is searching for her reflection in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: a Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and a Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves between both in search of the truth, but neither city seems to offer answers or escape. Named one of 2016’s most influential people by TIME Magazine and frequently touted as a future Nobel Prize-winner, Elena Ferrante has become one of the world’s most read and beloved writers. With this novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, Ferrante proves once again that she deserves her many accolades. In The Lying Life of Adults, listeners will discover another gripping, highly addictive, and totally unforgettable Neapolitan story. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2020 The New York Times Book Review ・ Vogue ・ Entertainment Weekly ・ ELLE Magazine ・ BuzzFeed ・ The Millions ・ The Seattle Times ・ USA Today ・ Town & Country ・ Thrillist ・ Publishers Weekly ・ Library Journal ・ Harper's Bazaar ・ BookPage ・ Literary Hub ・ BBC Culture]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-vida-mentirosa-de-los-adultos-by-elena-ferrante--65202531https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La vida mentirosa de los adultos Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: LA AUTORA DE LA SAGA DOS AMIGAS VUELVE PARA RECORDARNOS POR QUÉ FASCINA A 20.000.000 DE LECTORES EN 42 PAÍSES Y ES EL MAYOR ENIGMA DE LA LITERATURA ACTUAL DE PRÓXIMA ADAPTACIÓN A UNA SERIE PARA NETFLIX Uno de los 100 libros del año según Time, Esquire y Trendencias «Ferrante es una contadora de historias nata, tan extraordinaria y adictiva como mi también adorado John Irving, una escritora clásica en el sentido maravilloso de la palabra.» Milena Busquets «Dos años antes de irse de casa, mi padre le dijo a mi madre que yo era muy fea». Así empieza esta novela extraordinaria sobre el descubrimiento de la mentira, el amor y el sexo, narrada por la inolvidable voz de Giovanna, una joven empeñada en conocer a su tía Vittoria, incomprensiblemente borrada de las conversaciones y álbumes de fotografías. Con ello desencadenará sin saberlo el desmoronamiento de su familia intelectual y burguesa, perfecta solo en apariencia. Maestra absoluta de la intriga, Ferrante siembra la trama de sorpresas y anuda prodigiosamente la misteriosa historia familiar y amorosa en torno a una pulsera que pasa de mano en mano. Nadie como ella para describir la complejidad de las pasiones humanas y todas las intermitencias del pensamiento y el corazón. La crítica ha dicho: «Un magnético coming-of-age en el Nápoles de los 90». Woman «Como si de un combinado se tratara, ha metido en una coctelera todos esos ingredientes que le han llevado al éxito: amistad, adolescencia, familia, fealdad, religión, mentiras, clase social, sexo y Nápoles.» Pilar Parra, ABC «La misteriosa superstar de la narrativa actual, experta en una de las zonas más inexploradas de la geografía emocional, la sororidad femenina, lo ha vuelto a hacer, sí. En este caso, lanza a su protagonista, una niña de 12 años, a un viaje iniciático que, como a Ulises en la Odisea, la llevará por puertos desconocidos, experiencias nuevas exteriores e interiores, horrores y placeres, cegueras y visiones.» Ana Bretón, El Mundo «No se dejen engañar. El mayor misterio no es quién es o quién deja de ser Elena Ferrante [...]: el misterio es su escritura y su capacidad de evocación. Un fenómeno torrencial, magnético, imparable.» Quico Alsedo, El Mundo «Una pequeña gran historia, [...] una obra universal [de] una maestra retratista de todo lo que nos preocupa, de todo lo que nos duele. Esdifícil encontrar alguien de quien decir esto y que aún esté entre nosotros. Que en vida ya sea un clásico.» Víctor M. González, GQ «Ferrante muestra con enorme habilidad los contrastes sociales, explorando los barrios bajos y las zonas residenciales, dos mundos aparentemente opuestos, pero en los que se ama, se espera y se sufre con la misma intensidad. [...] Una impecable crónica de la ferocidad humana.» Rafael Narbona, El Cultural «La ecuación perfecta entre novela de autor y bestseller. Algo que está al alcance de muy pocos pero que Elena Ferrante, quien quiera que sea, ha conseguido.» Ahora qué leo, La Sexta «Su primer párrafo hizo que dejara todo lo pendiente por leer y me centrara en él». Rocío P. Sánchez, Ideal]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451438Tue, 01 Sep 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La vida mentirosa de los adultos Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451438 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La vida mentirosa de los adultos Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 49 minutes Release date: September 1, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: LA AUTORA DE LA SAGA DOS AMIGAS VUELVE PARA RECORDARNOS POR QUÉ FASCINA A 20.000.000 DE LECTORES EN 42 PAÍSES Y ES EL MAYOR ENIGMA DE LA LITERATURA ACTUAL DE PRÓXIMA ADAPTACIÓN A UNA SERIE PARA NETFLIX Uno de los 100 libros del año según Time, Esquire y Trendencias «Ferrante es una contadora de historias nata, tan extraordinaria y adictiva como mi también adorado John Irving, una escritora clásica en el sentido maravilloso de la palabra.» Milena Busquets «Dos años antes de irse de casa, mi padre le dijo a mi madre que yo era muy fea». Así empieza esta novela extraordinaria sobre el descubrimiento de la mentira, el amor y el sexo, narrada por la inolvidable voz de Giovanna, una joven empeñada en conocer a su tía Vittoria, incomprensiblemente borrada de las conversaciones y álbumes de fotografías. Con ello desencadenará sin saberlo el desmoronamiento de su familia intelectual y burguesa, perfecta solo en apariencia. Maestra absoluta de la intriga, Ferrante siembra la trama de sorpresas y anuda prodigiosamente la misteriosa historia familiar y amorosa en torno a una pulsera que pasa de mano en mano. Nadie como ella para describir la complejidad de las pasiones humanas y todas las intermitencias del pensamiento y el corazón. La crítica ha dicho: «Un magnético coming-of-age en el Nápoles de los 90». Woman «Como si de un combinado se tratara, ha metido en una coctelera todos esos ingredientes que le han llevado al éxito: amistad, adolescencia, familia, fealdad, religión, mentiras, clase social, sexo y Nápoles.» Pilar Parra, ABC «La misteriosa superstar de la narrativa actual, experta en una de las zonas más inexploradas de la geografía emocional, la sororidad femenina, lo ha vuelto a hacer, sí. En este caso, lanza a su protagonista, una niña de 12 años, a un viaje iniciático que, como a Ulises en la Odisea, la llevará por puertos desconocidos, experiencias nuevas exteriores e interiores, horrores y placeres, cegueras y visiones.» Ana Bretón, El Mundo «No se dejen engañar. El mayor misterio no es quién es o quién deja de ser Elena Ferrante [...]: el misterio es su escritura y su capacidad de evocación. Un fenómeno torrencial, magnético, imparable.» Quico Alsedo, El Mundo «Una pequeña gran historia, [...] una obra universal [de] una maestra retratista de todo lo que nos preocupa, de todo lo que nos duele. Esdifícil encontrar alguien de quien decir esto y que aún esté entre nosotros. Que en vida ya sea un clásico.» Víctor M. González, GQ «Ferrante muestra con enorme habilidad los contrastes sociales, explorando los barrios bajos y las zonas residenciales, dos mundos aparentemente opuestos, pero en los que se ama, se espera y se sufre con la misma intensidad. [...] Una impecable crónica de la ferocidad humana.» Rafael Narbona, El Cultural «La ecuación perfecta entre novela de autor y bestseller. Algo que está al alcance de muy pocos pero que Elena Ferrante, quien quiera que sea, ha conseguido.» Ahora qué leo, La Sexta «Su primer párrafo hizo que dejara todo lo pendiente por leer y me centrara en él». Rocío P. Sánchez, Ideal]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/v-for-victory-a-warm-and-witty-novel-by-the-sunday-times-bestseller-by-lissa-evans--65202548https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/435898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: V for Victory: A warm and witty novel by the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Lissa Evans Narrator: Lucy Briers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 27, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. It’s late 1944. Hitler’s rockets are slamming down on London with vicious regularity and it’s the coldest winter in living memory. Allied victory is on its way, but it’s bloody well dragging its feet. In a large house next to Hampstead Heath, Vee Sedge is just about scraping by, with a herd of lodgers to feed, and her young charge Noel ( almost fifteen ) to clothe and educate. When she witnesses a road accident and finds herself in court, the repercussions are both unexpectedly marvellous and potentially disastrous – disastrous because Vee is not actually the person she’s pretending to be, and neither is Noel. The end of the war won’t just mean peace, but discovery... With caustic wit and artful storytelling, Lissa Evans elegantly summons a time when the world could finally hope to emerge from the chaos of war. As sharply comic as Old Baggage and emotionally poignant as Crooked Heart, V For Victory once again shows Lissa Evans to be one of our most brilliant and subtle writers. Lissa Evans' writing is: Wise and witty - Sarah Hughes, Observer Original and so timely. And it made me weep at the end. - JoJo Moyes Bittersweet and comic. - Guardian Inspiring, moving, warm and wry...wonderful! - Marian Keyes © Lissa Evans 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/435898Thu, 27 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/435898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: V for Victory: A warm and witty novel by the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Lissa Evans Narrator: Lucy Briers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/435898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: V for Victory: A warm and witty novel by the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Lissa Evans Narrator: Lucy Briers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 27, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. It’s late 1944. Hitler’s rockets are slamming down on London with vicious regularity and it’s the coldest winter in living memory. Allied victory is on its way, but it’s bloody well dragging its feet. In a large house next to Hampstead Heath, Vee Sedge is just about scraping by, with a herd of lodgers to feed, and her young charge Noel ( almost fifteen ) to clothe and educate. When she witnesses a road accident and finds herself in court, the repercussions are both unexpectedly marvellous and potentially disastrous – disastrous because Vee is not actually the person she’s pretending to be, and neither is Noel. The end of the war won’t just mean peace, but discovery... With caustic wit and artful storytelling, Lissa Evans elegantly summons a time when the world could finally hope to emerge from the chaos of war. As sharply comic as Old Baggage and emotionally poignant as Crooked Heart, V For Victory once again shows Lissa Evans to be one of our most brilliant and subtle writers. Lissa Evans' writing is: Wise and witty - Sarah Hughes, Observer Original and so timely. And it made me weep at the end. - JoJo Moyes Bittersweet and comic. - Guardian Inspiring, moving, warm and wry...wonderful! - Marian Keyes © Lissa Evans 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/into-the-free-by-julie-cantrell--65202514https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Free Author: Julie Cantrell Narrator: Laura Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Saturated in Southern ambiance and written in the vein of other literary bestsellers like Kathryn Stockett’s The Help and Tom Franklin’s Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, Julie Cantrell’s New York Times bestselling Into the Free that will sweep you away long after the novel ends. In Depression-era Mississippi, Millie Reynolds longs to escape the madness that marks her world. With an abusive father and a “nothing mama,” she struggles to find a place where she really belongs. For answers, Millie turns to the Gypsies who caravan through town each spring. The travelers lead Millie to a key that unlocks generations of shocking family secrets. When tragedy strikes, the mysterious contents of the box give Millie the tools she needs to break her family’s longstanding cycle of madness and abuse. Through it all, Millie experiences the thrill of first love while fighting to trust the God she believes has abandoned her. With the power of forgiveness, can she finally make her way into the free? Millie is just a girl. But she’s the only one strong enough to break the family cycle. “Gritty, compelling, and beautifully told, Into the Free will take you into a coming-of-age story filled with heartrending hardship and luminous hope. Julie Cantrell is a writer to watch!” —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours “Readers will fall in love with Millie Reynolds, girl with one eye on the heavens and the other on the savages that occupy our world . . . a searing tale of heartache, faith, forgiveness, and doubt set amid gypsies, angels, addicts, asylums, roughnecks, and rodeo hands.” —Neil White, author of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts “A lyrical, moving, haunting, wise, brutal, warmhearted, and ultimately freeing and inspiring coming-of-age tale told with poetic honesty. . . . Into the Free swept me up and swept me along.” —Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of The Ice Master - New York Times bestseller - Can be read as a stand-alone novel, although the story continues in When Mountains Move - Book length: approximately 90,000 words - Includes a reader’s guide, author interview, and discussion questions for book clubs]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442768Tue, 25 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Free Author: Julie Cantrell Narrator: Laura Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/442768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Free Author: Julie Cantrell Narrator: Laura Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 25, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Saturated in Southern ambiance and written in the vein of other literary bestsellers like Kathryn Stockett’s The Help and Tom Franklin’s Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, Julie Cantrell’s New York Times bestselling Into the Free that will sweep you away long after the novel ends. In Depression-era Mississippi, Millie Reynolds longs to escape the madness that marks her world. With an abusive father and a “nothing mama,” she struggles to find a place where she really belongs. For answers, Millie turns to the Gypsies who caravan through town each spring. The travelers lead Millie to a key that unlocks generations of shocking family secrets. When tragedy strikes, the mysterious contents of the box give Millie the tools she needs to break her family’s longstanding cycle of madness and abuse. Through it all, Millie experiences the thrill of first love while fighting to trust the God she believes has abandoned her. With the power of forgiveness, can she finally make her way into the free? Millie is just a girl. But she’s the only one strong enough to break the family cycle. “Gritty, compelling, and beautifully told, Into the Free will take you into a coming-of-age story filled with heartrending hardship and luminous hope. Julie Cantrell is a writer to watch!” —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours “Readers will fall in love with Millie Reynolds, girl with one eye on the heavens and the other on the savages that occupy our world . . . a searing tale of heartache, faith, forgiveness, and doubt set amid gypsies, angels, addicts, asylums, roughnecks, and rodeo hands.” —Neil White, author of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts “A lyrical, moving, haunting, wise, brutal, warmhearted, and ultimately freeing and inspiring coming-of-age tale told with poetic honesty. . . . Into the Free swept me up and swept me along.” —Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of The Ice Master - New York Times bestseller - Can be read as a stand-alone novel, although the story continues in When Mountains Move - Book length: approximately 90,000 words - Includes a reader’s guide, author interview, and discussion questions for book clubs]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nightfall-by-den-patrick--65202572https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nightfall Series: #3 of Ashen Torment Author: Den Patrick Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: August 20, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Book Three in stunning Scandinavia-inspired fantasy trilogy The Ashen Torment. The sky is filled with dragons: the people are ready to burn the regime to the ground. The seas churn with monsters and the tide is changing: revolution is coming. Steiner has at last realised the part he will play in this fight. Kimi knows now what it is to lead, but must learn to overcome differences if she is to unite and defeat the dragon factions. Silverdust inches towards a final revenge. Across the ocean, Kjellrun feels the call of war. But she must reconcile her new responsibilities to the people of the temple with the urge to find her family. Leaders, all – and all are desperate. For the Emperor will not give up easily. He will rule – and he cares not if his subjects are alive… or if they are dead. Worlds and outlooks collide, wars begin and lives will end in this spectacular finale by a new master in the fantasy genre. The stakes have never been higher in the roaring conclusion to the beloved Ashen Torment series.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400797Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nightfall Series: #3 of Ashen Torment Author: Den Patrick Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nightfall Series: #3 of Ashen Torment Author: Den Patrick Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: August 20, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Book Three in stunning Scandinavia-inspired fantasy trilogy The Ashen Torment. The sky is filled with dragons: the people are ready to burn the regime to the ground. The seas churn with monsters and the tide is changing: revolution is coming. Steiner has at last realised the part he will play in this fight. Kimi knows now what it is to lead, but must learn to overcome differences if she is to unite and defeat the dragon factions. Silverdust inches towards a final revenge. Across the ocean, Kjellrun feels the call of war. But she must reconcile her new responsibilities to the people of the temple with the urge to find her family. Leaders, all – and all are desperate. For the Emperor will not give up easily. He will rule – and he cares not if his subjects are alive… or if they are dead. Worlds and outlooks collide, wars begin and lives will end in this spectacular finale by a new master in the fantasy genre. The stakes have never been higher in the roaring conclusion to the beloved Ashen Torment series.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-hate-the-player-hate-the-game-by-katie-ashley--65202618https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Hate the Player…Hate the Game Author: Katie Ashley Narrator: Tim Paige Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: For Noah Sullivan, being the best friend of Jake Nelson has never been easy. It's been a rocky road since kindergarten when Jake duct taped Noah to his chair before recess. With just six weeks to high school graduation, Jake accidentally blows his drunken ass up on his grandfather's tractor, and Noah finds himself immersed not only in a whirlwind of grief, but on a quest to find a mystery girl from Jake's past. While cleaning out Jake's room, Noah and Jake's dad make a startling discovery. Instead of the obligatory porn collection or pot stash, they find a ring. After Jake's mom pleads with Noah to find the girl who meant so much to Jake, Noah begins a modern day Grail quest to track the girl down. Since Jake was a notorious player, Noah finds himself in over his head. There are the usual suspects like Avery, the Ice Princess Jake dated for appearances, or Presley, the school mattress Jake dated for convenience. But the trail begins to point to the most unlikely of suspects: Maddie, the Valedictorian and choir girl who was trying to help the unmotivated jock graduate—the girl who also has surprisingly caught Noah's eye and meddled with his heart. Contains mature themes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430930Tue, 18 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Hate the Player…Hate the Game Author: Katie Ashley Narrator: Tim Paige Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Hate the Player…Hate the Game Author: Katie Ashley Narrator: Tim Paige Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: For Noah Sullivan, being the best friend of Jake Nelson has never been easy. It's been a rocky road since kindergarten when Jake duct taped Noah to his chair before recess. With just six weeks to high school graduation, Jake accidentally blows his drunken ass up on his grandfather's tractor, and Noah finds himself immersed not only in a whirlwind of grief, but on a quest to find a mystery girl from Jake's past. While cleaning out Jake's room, Noah and Jake's dad make a startling discovery. Instead of the obligatory porn collection or pot stash, they find a ring. After Jake's mom pleads with Noah to find the girl who meant so much to Jake, Noah begins a modern day Grail quest to track the girl down. Since Jake was a notorious player, Noah finds himself in over his head. There are the usual suspects like Avery, the Ice Princess Jake dated for appearances, or Presley, the school mattress Jake dated for convenience. But the trail begins to point to the most unlikely of suspects: Maddie, the Valedictorian and choir girl who was trying to help the unmotivated jock graduate—the girl who also has surprisingly caught Noah's eye and meddled with his heart. Contains mature themes.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-american-by-micheline-aharonian-marcom--65202585https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New American Author: Micheline Aharonian Marcom Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This “harrowing, heartbreaking story” (Kirkus Reviews) depicts the epic journey of a young Guatemalan American college student, a “dreamer,” who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California. One day, Emilio learns the shocking secret: he is undocumented. His parents, who emigrated from Guatemala to California, had never told him. Emilio slowly adjusts to his new normal. All is going well, he’s in his second year at UC Berkeley...then he gets into a car accident, and—without a driver’s license or any ID—the policeman on the scene reports him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Once deported to Guatemala, Emilio is determined to get back to California, the only home he has ever known. It is an epic journey that takes him across thousands of miles and eventually the Sonoran Desert of the United States-Mexico border, meeting thieves and corrupt law enforcement but also kind strangers and new friends. Inspired in part by interviews with Central American refugees, and told in lyrical prose, Micheline Aharonian Marcom weaves a “powerful, heartbreaking” (Publishers Weekly) tale of adventure. In The New American, Marcom “depicts inhumanity with visceral force, but her bracing empathy (and hope) shines above all” (Entertainment Weekly). This is a compassionate story of one young man who risks so much to return home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406399Tue, 18 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New American Author: Micheline Aharonian Marcom Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The New American Author: Micheline Aharonian Marcom Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This “harrowing, heartbreaking story” (Kirkus Reviews) depicts the epic journey of a young Guatemalan American college student, a “dreamer,” who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California. One day, Emilio learns the shocking secret: he is undocumented. His parents, who emigrated from Guatemala to California, had never told him. Emilio slowly adjusts to his new normal. All is going well, he’s in his second year at UC Berkeley...then he gets into a car accident, and—without a driver’s license or any ID—the policeman on the scene reports him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Once deported to Guatemala, Emilio is determined to get back to California, the only home he has ever known. It is an epic journey that takes him across thousands of miles and eventually the Sonoran Desert of the United States-Mexico border, meeting thieves and corrupt law enforcement but also kind strangers and new friends. Inspired in part by interviews with Central American refugees, and told in lyrical prose, Micheline Aharonian Marcom weaves a “powerful, heartbreaking” (Publishers Weekly) tale of adventure. In The New American, Marcom “depicts inhumanity with visceral force, but her bracing empathy (and hope) shines above all” (Entertainment Weekly). This is a compassionate story of one young man who risks so much to return home.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/making-magic-by-michael-anderle-martha-carr--65202503https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446163 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Magic Series: #2 of Witches of Pressler Street Author: Michael Anderle, Martha Carr Narrator: Cassandra Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Gorafrex is trying to power an ancient ship that could destroy not just Austin. Big sister Laura may have the key to solve it. It’s not a problem she can solve alone, but she knows just who to call when she's in trouble. It’s good to have friends who know the secrets your family is keeping. Nickie has to learn to control her magical music without killing herself or her sisters. Emily wants to be a Head Chef if she can just keep her magical feelings out of her cooking and away from paying customers. The sisters have a lot to learn about their magic, the legacy rings, and the strange iron weapons the rings created. And if they don’t work together, they’ll never find the pieces they’re missing before the Gorafrex takes another human host. Step 1: Destroy the energy cores. Step 2: Lock up the Gorafrex. Step 3: Lead a normal life as a Hadstrom witch and tell your boyfriend nothing. No pressure.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446163Tue, 18 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446163 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Magic Series: #2 of Witches of Pressler Street Author: Michael Anderle, Martha Carr Narrator: Cassandra Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/446163 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Making Magic Series: #2 of Witches of Pressler Street Author: Michael Anderle, Martha Carr Narrator: Cassandra Morris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Gorafrex is trying to power an ancient ship that could destroy not just Austin. Big sister Laura may have the key to solve it. It’s not a problem she can solve alone, but she knows just who to call when she's in trouble. It’s good to have friends who know the secrets your family is keeping. Nickie has to learn to control her magical music without killing herself or her sisters. Emily wants to be a Head Chef if she can just keep her magical feelings out of her cooking and away from paying customers. The sisters have a lot to learn about their magic, the legacy rings, and the strange iron weapons the rings created. And if they don’t work together, they’ll never find the pieces they’re missing before the Gorafrex takes another human host. Step 1: Destroy the energy cores. Step 2: Lock up the Gorafrex. Step 3: Lead a normal life as a Hadstrom witch and tell your boyfriend nothing. No pressure.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sarah-a-novel-by-jt-leroy--65202462https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488082 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sarah: A Novel Author: Jt Leroy Narrator: Leigh Ledare, Winsome Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A reissue of the national bestselling novel by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert Sarah never admits that she is his mother, but the beautiful boy has watched her survive as a “lot lizard,” a prostitute working the West Virginia truck stops. Desperate to win her love, he decides to surpass her as the best and most famous lot lizard ever. With his own leather miniskirt and a makeup bag that closes with Velcro, the young “Cherry Vanilla” embarks on a journey through the Appalachian wilds, dining on transcendental cuisine, supplicating to the mystical Jackalope, encountering the most terrifying of pimps, walking on water, being venerated as an innocent girl saint—and then being denounced as the devil. By turns exhilarating and shocking, magical and realistic, Sarah brings urgency, wit, and imagination to an unknown and unforgettable world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488082Tue, 18 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488082 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sarah: A Novel Author: Jt Leroy Narrator: Leigh Ledare, Winsome Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/488082 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sarah: A Novel Author: Jt Leroy Narrator: Leigh Ledare, Winsome Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A reissue of the national bestselling novel by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert Sarah never admits that she is his mother, but the beautiful boy has watched her survive as a “lot lizard,” a prostitute working the West Virginia truck stops. Desperate to win her love, he decides to surpass her as the best and most famous lot lizard ever. With his own leather miniskirt and a makeup bag that closes with Velcro, the young “Cherry Vanilla” embarks on a journey through the Appalachian wilds, dining on transcendental cuisine, supplicating to the mystical Jackalope, encountering the most terrifying of pimps, walking on water, being venerated as an innocent girl saint—and then being denounced as the devil. By turns exhilarating and shocking, magical and realistic, Sarah brings urgency, wit, and imagination to an unknown and unforgettable world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/witch-of-the-federation-iv-by-michael-anderle--65202520https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witch Of The Federation IV Series: #4 of Federal Histories Author: Michael Anderle Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 40 minutes Release date: August 13, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Vishlog is working to understand the Morgana group and just what he has “volunteered” to be part of. Hopefully, he won't die before he learns. The Witch of the Federation has matured, and she has learned how to be a bit more aggressive. She chooses to use this new strength...to go on a date. Will Todd be able to handle the new Stephanie, or will even the Toddster succumb to fear when and if the Morgana reveals herself? Stephanie and her team need a break, but the Federal Navy comes to Elizabeth, hat in hand, to ask for a favor. Unfortunately, it requires the team to go active earlier than they should. Will they accept? Will Stephanie's team be able to defend the Federation? She is a MORGANA. There are no other alternatives, no matter the risk to her and her team.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450741Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witch Of The Federation IV Series: #4 of Federal Histories Author: Michael Anderle Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/450741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witch Of The Federation IV Series: #4 of Federal Histories Author: Michael Anderle Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 40 minutes Release date: August 13, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.9 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Vishlog is working to understand the Morgana group and just what he has “volunteered” to be part of. Hopefully, he won't die before he learns. The Witch of the Federation has matured, and she has learned how to be a bit more aggressive. She chooses to use this new strength...to go on a date. Will Todd be able to handle the new Stephanie, or will even the Toddster succumb to fear when and if the Morgana reveals herself? Stephanie and her team need a break, but the Federal Navy comes to Elizabeth, hat in hand, to ask for a favor. Unfortunately, it requires the team to go active earlier than they should. Will they accept? Will Stephanie's team be able to defend the Federation? She is a MORGANA. There are no other alternatives, no matter the risk to her and her team.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/before-you-go-a-novel-by-tommy-butler--65202560https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before You Go: A Novel Author: Tommy Butler Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Hats off to that brave soul daring to write what might be called speculative literary fiction, and willing to venture answers to questions beyond even those of life & death. Tommy Butler’s debut novel Before You Go has a big beating heart and a mind all its own.” — Joshua Ferris, author of The Dinner Party and Then We Came to the End A big, rich, life-affirming debut that explores the most perplexing questions of existence: purpose, the pain of loneliness, the desire for happiness, and the price we pay as we search for fulfillment. In the Before, humankind is created with a hole in its heart, the designers not realizing their mistake—if it was a mistake—until too late. Elliot Chance is just a boy, and knows nothing of this. All he knows is that he doesn’t feel at home in this world, and his desire for escape becomes more urgent as he grows into adulthood, where the turbulence of life seems to offer no cure for the emptiness. Desperate and lost, he stumbles upon a support group on the edge of Manhattan. There he meets two other drifting souls—Sasha, a young woman who leaves coded messages in the copy she writes for advertising campaigns, and Bannor, whose detailed depictions of the future make Elliot think he may have actually been there. With these two unlikely allies, Elliot launches into the business of life, determined to be happy in spite of himself. Yet the hole in the heart is not so easily filled. Profound yet playful, Before You Go is a beautiful, imaginative journey into the ache and wonder of being human, and the quest for a meaningful life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408932Tue, 11 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before You Go: A Novel Author: Tommy Butler Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Before You Go: A Novel Author: Tommy Butler Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Hats off to that brave soul daring to write what might be called speculative literary fiction, and willing to venture answers to questions beyond even those of life & death. Tommy Butler’s debut novel Before You Go has a big beating heart and a mind all its own.” — Joshua Ferris, author of The Dinner Party and Then We Came to the End A big, rich, life-affirming debut that explores the most perplexing questions of existence: purpose, the pain of loneliness, the desire for happiness, and the price we pay as we search for fulfillment. In the Before, humankind is created with a hole in its heart, the designers not realizing their mistake—if it was a mistake—until too late. Elliot Chance is just a boy, and knows nothing of this. All he knows is that he doesn’t feel at home in this world, and his desire for escape becomes more urgent as he grows into adulthood, where the turbulence of life seems to offer no cure for the emptiness. Desperate and lost, he stumbles upon a support group on the edge of Manhattan. There he meets two other drifting souls—Sasha, a young woman who leaves coded messages in the copy she writes for advertising campaigns, and Bannor, whose detailed depictions of the future make Elliot think he may have actually been there. With these two unlikely allies, Elliot launches into the business of life, determined to be happy in spite of himself. Yet the hole in the heart is not so easily filled. Profound yet playful, Before You Go is a beautiful, imaginative journey into the ache and wonder of being human, and the quest for a meaningful life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wish-list-by-sophia-money-coutts--65202552https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wish List Author: Sophia Money-Coutts Narrator: Sophia Money-Coutts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This Christmas, love is top of Florence Fairfax’s wish list ’Feel-good and enormous fun’ Sophie Kinsella ‘Full of wit, warmth and heart’ Beth O’Leary ‘You want me to write a list? Like a shopping list?' 'Exactly. But for what you want from a man’ Florence Fairfax might have been single for quite a while – well, forever, actually – but she isn’t lonely. She loves her job at the little bookshop in Chelsea and her beloved cat Marmalade who keeps her company at night. She’s perfectly happy, thank you. So when Florence meets an eccentric love coach who asks her to write a wish list describing her perfect man, she refuses to take it seriously. Until later that week, Rory, a handsome blond man with the sexual athleticism of James Bond she asked for just happens to walk into the bookshop… Rory seems to tick all of the boxes on Florence’s list. But is she about to discover there’s more to love than being perfect on paper? A gloriously funny and feel-good read for anyone searching for their perfect match who ticks all of the boxes. Fans of Sophie Kinsella and Beth O’Leary will snort with laughter at this hilarious and heart-warming read. *** Your favourite authors LOVE The Wish List: ’Queen of the smart rom-com. Full of wit, warmth and a truly sweet, satisfying happy ever after’ Daisy Buchanan, Insatiable ‘Funny, touching and totally addictive’ Zara Stoneley, The First Date ‘Impossibly hilarious yet hopeful and heart-warming to book’ Abbie Greaves, The Silent Treatment ‘So clever, funny and brilliantly relatable. I loved, loved loved it! Lucy Vine, Hot Mess ‘Funny and biting, I couldn’t get enough’ Laura Jane Williams, The Love Square ‘Funny and romantic. The perfect escapist read!’ Cressida McLaughlin, The Cornish Cream Tea Summer ’Whipsmart and properly funny, I laughed from the first page’ Alex Brown, A Postcard From Paris]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409000Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wish List Author: Sophia Money-Coutts Narrator: Sophia Money-Coutts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wish List Author: Sophia Money-Coutts Narrator: Sophia Money-Coutts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This Christmas, love is top of Florence Fairfax’s wish list ’Feel-good and enormous fun’ Sophie Kinsella ‘Full of wit, warmth and heart’ Beth O’Leary ‘You want me to write a list? Like a shopping list?' 'Exactly. But for what you want from a man’ Florence Fairfax might have been single for quite a while – well, forever, actually – but she isn’t lonely. She loves her job at the little bookshop in Chelsea and her beloved cat Marmalade who keeps her company at night. She’s perfectly happy, thank you. So when Florence meets an eccentric love coach who asks her to write a wish list describing her perfect man, she refuses to take it seriously. Until later that week, Rory, a handsome blond man with the sexual athleticism of James Bond she asked for just happens to walk into the bookshop… Rory seems to tick all of the boxes on Florence’s list. But is she about to discover there’s more to love than being perfect on paper? A gloriously funny and feel-good read for anyone searching for their perfect match who ticks all of the boxes. Fans of Sophie Kinsella and Beth O’Leary will snort with laughter at this hilarious and heart-warming read. *** Your favourite authors LOVE The Wish List: ’Queen of the smart rom-com. Full of wit, warmth and a truly sweet, satisfying happy ever after’ Daisy Buchanan, Insatiable ‘Funny, touching and totally addictive’ Zara Stoneley, The First Date ‘Impossibly hilarious yet hopeful and heart-warming to book’ Abbie Greaves, The Silent Treatment ‘So clever, funny and brilliantly relatable. I loved, loved loved it! Lucy Vine, Hot Mess ‘Funny and biting, I couldn’t get enough’ Laura Jane Williams, The Love Square ‘Funny and romantic. The perfect escapist read!’ Cressida McLaughlin, The Cornish Cream Tea Summer ’Whipsmart and properly funny, I laughed from the first page’ Alex Brown, A Postcard From Paris]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-little-piece-of-my-heart-by-non-pratt--65202536https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/429808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Little Piece of My Heart Author: Non Pratt Narrator: Chris Devon, Jennifer Lim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: UK YA Book Prize-shortlisted author When Sophie receives a parcel from her best friend, Freya, she expects it to contain the reason why Freya left town so suddenly, without goodbyes and without explanation. Instead, she finds a letter addressed to Win, a girl Freya barely knew – or did she? As more letters arrive for more people on the periphery of Freya's life, Sophie and Win begin to piece together who Freya was and why she left. Sometimes it's not about who's gone, but about who they leave behind… Perfect for fans of Beautiful Broken Things and The Sun Is Also a Star. 'Pratt's characters are rib-achingly funny, outrageous and entirely true to life.' Metro 'A writer to watch.' The Guardian 'A leading name in UK YA literature.' The Bookseller]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/429808Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/429808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Little Piece of My Heart Author: Non Pratt Narrator: Chris Devon, Jennifer Lim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/429808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Little Piece of My Heart Author: Non Pratt Narrator: Chris Devon, Jennifer Lim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: UK YA Book Prize-shortlisted author When Sophie receives a parcel from her best friend, Freya, she expects it to contain the reason why Freya left town so suddenly, without goodbyes and without explanation. Instead, she finds a letter addressed to Win, a girl Freya barely knew – or did she? As more letters arrive for more people on the periphery of Freya's life, Sophie and Win begin to piece together who Freya was and why she left. Sometimes it's not about who's gone, but about who they leave behind… Perfect for fans of Beautiful Broken Things and The Sun Is Also a Star. 'Pratt's characters are rib-achingly funny, outrageous and entirely true to life.' Metro 'A writer to watch.' The Guardian 'A leading name in UK YA literature.' The Bookseller]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/perfect-tunes-by-emily-gould--65202526https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436055 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Perfect Tunes Author: Emily Gould Narrator: Candace Thaxton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Shows the ways in which we are all, always, having to reimagine the story of our lives' Refinery29 'Really smart and exceptionally good' Curtis Sittenfeld 'A moving investigation of love, loss and parenthood' Esquire 'Mind-blowing . . . brilliant and fearless' Elif Batuman The perfect song. The biggest dream. The love of her life. It’s the early days of the new millennium, and Laura has arrived in New York City’s East Village in the hopes of recording her first album. A songwriter with a one-of-a-kind talent, she’s just beginning to book gigs with her beautiful best friend when she falls hard for a troubled but magnetic musician whose star is on the rise. Their time together is stormy and short-lived – but will reverberate for the rest of Laura’s life. Fifteen years later, Laura’s teenage daughter is asking questions about her father, questions Laura does not want to answer. Laura has built a stable life in Brooklyn that bears little resemblance to the one she envisioned all those years ago, and she’s taken pains to close the door on what was and what might have been. When her best friend – now a famous musician – comes to town, opportunity knocks for Laura for a second time. Has growing older changed who she is and what she most wants? After all the sacrifices and compromises she’s made along the way, how much is she still that girl from Ohio, with big talent and big dreams? Funny, wise and tender-hearted, Perfect Tunes explores the fault lines in our most important relationships, and asks whether dreams deferred can ever be reclaimed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436055Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436055 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Perfect Tunes Author: Emily Gould Narrator: Candace Thaxton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436055 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Perfect Tunes Author: Emily Gould Narrator: Candace Thaxton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 56 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Shows the ways in which we are all, always, having to reimagine the story of our lives' Refinery29 'Really smart and exceptionally good' Curtis Sittenfeld 'A moving investigation of love, loss and parenthood' Esquire 'Mind-blowing . . . brilliant and fearless' Elif Batuman The perfect song. The biggest dream. The love of her life. It’s the early days of the new millennium, and Laura has arrived in New York City’s East Village in the hopes of recording her first album. A songwriter with a one-of-a-kind talent, she’s just beginning to book gigs with her beautiful best friend when she falls hard for a troubled but magnetic musician whose star is on the rise. Their time together is stormy and short-lived – but will reverberate for the rest of Laura’s life. Fifteen years later, Laura’s teenage daughter is asking questions about her father, questions Laura does not want to answer. Laura has built a stable life in Brooklyn that bears little resemblance to the one she envisioned all those years ago, and she’s taken pains to close the door on what was and what might have been. When her best friend – now a famous musician – comes to town, opportunity knocks for Laura for a second time. Has growing older changed who she is and what she most wants? After all the sacrifices and compromises she’s made along the way, how much is she still that girl from Ohio, with big talent and big dreams? Funny, wise and tender-hearted, Perfect Tunes explores the fault lines in our most important relationships, and asks whether dreams deferred can ever be reclaimed.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-moon-by-lucy-cuthew--65202506https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Moon Author: Lucy Cuthew Narrator: Harrie Dobby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Written with humour and understanding, this is the book young people need.' Sara Pascoe PERIODS, SEX AND ONLINE SHAMING. AN EXTRAORDINARY VERSE NOVEL FROM A BOLD NEW VOICE IN YA FICTION. During astronomy-lover Frankie's first sexual experience with the quiet and lovely Benjamin, she gets her period. It's only blood, they agree. But soon a graphic meme goes viral, turning their fun, intimate afternoon into something disgusting, mortifying and damaging. As the online shaming takes on a horrifying life of its own, Frankie begins to wonder: is her real life over?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438054Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Moon Author: Lucy Cuthew Narrator: Harrie Dobby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/438054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Moon Author: Lucy Cuthew Narrator: Harrie Dobby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Written with humour and understanding, this is the book young people need.' Sara Pascoe PERIODS, SEX AND ONLINE SHAMING. AN EXTRAORDINARY VERSE NOVEL FROM A BOLD NEW VOICE IN YA FICTION. During astronomy-lover Frankie's first sexual experience with the quiet and lovely Benjamin, she gets her period. It's only blood, they agree. But soon a graphic meme goes viral, turning their fun, intimate afternoon into something disgusting, mortifying and damaging. As the online shaming takes on a horrifying life of its own, Frankie begins to wonder: is her real life over?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flying-tips-for-flightless-birds-by-kelly-mccaughrain--65202492https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flying Tips for Flightless Birds Author: Kelly Mccaughrain Narrator: Kelly Mccaughrain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From debut author Kelly McCaughrain comes a sweet and kooky romcom for fans of Wonder, Sarah Crossan and Susin Nielsen's We Are All Made of Molecules, starring flying-trapeze double act and brother/sister twins, Finch and Birdie Franconi, and their geeky friend, Hector Hazzard. After Birdie's terrifying trapeze accident, serious performer Finch and clumsy wannabe Hector must work together to save the family circus school and put on the biggest show ever. Together they learn to walk the high-wire of teen life and juggle the demands of friends, family, first love and facing up to who they are - all served up with a dash of circus-showbiz magic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430689Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flying Tips for Flightless Birds Author: Kelly Mccaughrain Narrator: Kelly Mccaughrain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430689 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flying Tips for Flightless Birds Author: Kelly Mccaughrain Narrator: Kelly Mccaughrain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: August 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From debut author Kelly McCaughrain comes a sweet and kooky romcom for fans of Wonder, Sarah Crossan and Susin Nielsen's We Are All Made of Molecules, starring flying-trapeze double act and brother/sister twins, Finch and Birdie Franconi, and their geeky friend, Hector Hazzard. After Birdie's terrifying trapeze accident, serious performer Finch and clumsy wannabe Hector must work together to save the family circus school and put on the biggest show ever. Together they learn to walk the high-wire of teen life and juggle the demands of friends, family, first love and facing up to who they are - all served up with a dash of circus-showbiz magic.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bright-side-sanctuary-for-animals-a-novel-by-becky-mandelbaum--65202625https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals: A Novel Author: Becky Mandelbaum Narrator: Tim Paige, Rebekkah Ross, Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the winner of the 2016 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction comes a “heartwarming and sharp-witted debut” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) set over one emotionally charged weekend at an animal sanctuary in western Kansas, where maternal, romantic, and community bonds are tested in the wake of an estranged daughter’s homecoming. The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals is in trouble. It’s late 2016 when Ariel discovers that her mother Mona’s animal sanctuary in Western Kansas has not only been the target of anti-Semitic hate crimes—but that it’s also for sale, due to hidden financial ruin. Ariel, living a new life in progressive Lawrence, and estranged from her mother for six long years, knows she has to return to her childhood home—especially since her own past may have played a role in the attack on the sanctuary. Ariel expects tension, maybe even fury, but she doesn’t anticipate that her first love, a ranch hand named Gideon, will still be working at Bright Side. Back in Lawrence, Ariel’s charming but hapless fiancé, Dex, grows paranoid about her sudden departure. After uncovering Mona’s address, he sets out to confront Ariel, but instead finds her grappling with the life she’s abandoned. Amid the reparations with her mother, it’s clear that Ariel is questioning the meaning of her life in Lawrence, and whether she belongs with Dex or someone else, somewhere else. Acclaimed writer Pam Houston says that “Mandelbaum is wise beyond her years and twice as talented,” and The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals poignantly explores the unique love and tension between mothers and daughters, and humans and animals alike. “A story of reconciliation and forgiveness (and so many animals)” (Steven Rowley, bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus), Mandelbaum’s debut offers a panoramic view of the meaning of home and reminds us that love provides refuge, and underscores our similarities as human beings, no matter how alone or far apart we may feel.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403833Tue, 04 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals: A Novel Author: Becky Mandelbaum Narrator: Tim Paige, Rebekkah Ross, Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403833 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals: A Novel Author: Becky Mandelbaum Narrator: Tim Paige, Rebekkah Ross, Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the winner of the 2016 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction comes a “heartwarming and sharp-witted debut” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) set over one emotionally charged weekend at an animal sanctuary in western Kansas, where maternal, romantic, and community bonds are tested in the wake of an estranged daughter’s homecoming. The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals is in trouble. It’s late 2016 when Ariel discovers that her mother Mona’s animal sanctuary in Western Kansas has not only been the target of anti-Semitic hate crimes—but that it’s also for sale, due to hidden financial ruin. Ariel, living a new life in progressive Lawrence, and estranged from her mother for six long years, knows she has to return to her childhood home—especially since her own past may have played a role in the attack on the sanctuary. Ariel expects tension, maybe even fury, but she doesn’t anticipate that her first love, a ranch hand named Gideon, will still be working at Bright Side. Back in Lawrence, Ariel’s charming but hapless fiancé, Dex, grows paranoid about her sudden departure. After uncovering Mona’s address, he sets out to confront Ariel, but instead finds her grappling with the life she’s abandoned. Amid the reparations with her mother, it’s clear that Ariel is questioning the meaning of her life in Lawrence, and whether she belongs with Dex or someone else, somewhere else. Acclaimed writer Pam Houston says that “Mandelbaum is wise beyond her years and twice as talented,” and The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals poignantly explores the unique love and tension between mothers and daughters, and humans and animals alike. “A story of reconciliation and forgiveness (and so many animals)” (Steven Rowley, bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus), Mandelbaum’s debut offers a panoramic view of the meaning of home and reminds us that love provides refuge, and underscores our similarities as human beings, no matter how alone or far apart we may feel.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/louisiana-lucky-a-novel-by-julie-pennell--65202565https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Louisiana Lucky: A Novel Author: Julie Pennell Narrator: Megan Tusing, Rebekkah Ross, Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the critically acclaimed author of The Young Wives Club, a “heartwarming story about friendship, heartache, and self-discovery” (Karen White, New York Times bestselling author), comes a charming novel reminiscent of the works of Mary Alice Monroe and Kristy Woodson Harvey, about three sisters who win a huge lottery prize and learn what it truly means to be lucky. Lexi, Callie, and Hanna Breaux grew up in small-town Louisiana, and have always struggled to make ends meet. For years, they’ve been playing the lottery, fantasizing about how much better life would be if they had the money. For Lexi, it means the perfect wedding; for Callie, it means having the courage to go after her career dreams; and for Hanna, it means buying a house that isn’t falling apart and sending her bullied son to private school. When the incredible happens and the Breaux sisters hit it big—$204 million dollars big—all their dreams come true. Or so they think. Because it’s actually not a cliché—money isn’t the answer to everything, and it often comes with problems of its own. Heartfelt, engaging, and featuring characters you’ll root for from the first moment you meet them, Louisiana Lucky is a satisfying page-turner from a rising star in women’s fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414794Tue, 04 Aug 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Louisiana Lucky: A Novel Author: Julie Pennell Narrator: Megan Tusing, Rebekkah Ross, Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Louisiana Lucky: A Novel Author: Julie Pennell Narrator: Megan Tusing, Rebekkah Ross, Nancy Wu Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: August 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the critically acclaimed author of The Young Wives Club, a “heartwarming story about friendship, heartache, and self-discovery” (Karen White, New York Times bestselling author), comes a charming novel reminiscent of the works of Mary Alice Monroe and Kristy Woodson Harvey, about three sisters who win a huge lottery prize and learn what it truly means to be lucky. Lexi, Callie, and Hanna Breaux grew up in small-town Louisiana, and have always struggled to make ends meet. For years, they’ve been playing the lottery, fantasizing about how much better life would be if they had the money. For Lexi, it means the perfect wedding; for Callie, it means having the courage to go after her career dreams; and for Hanna, it means buying a house that isn’t falling apart and sending her bullied son to private school. When the incredible happens and the Breaux sisters hit it big—$204 million dollars big—all their dreams come true. Or so they think. Because it’s actually not a cliché—money isn’t the answer to everything, and it often comes with problems of its own. Heartfelt, engaging, and featuring characters you’ll root for from the first moment you meet them, Louisiana Lucky is a satisfying page-turner from a rising star in women’s fiction.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/farewell-summer-by-ray-bradbury--65202591https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Farewell Summer Author: Ray Bradbury Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The master of American fiction returns to the territory of his beloved classic, Dandelion Wine—a sequel 50 years in the making Some summers refuse to end . . . October 1st, the end of summer. The air is still warm, but fall is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, his younger brother Tom, and their friends do their best to take advantage of these last warm days, rampaging through the ravine, tormenting the girls . . . and declaring war on the old men who run Green Town, IL. For the boys know that Colonel Quartermain and his cohorts want nothing more than to force them to put away their wild ways, to settle down, to grow up. If only, the boys believe, they could stop the clock atop the courthouse building. Then, surely, they could hold onto the last days of summer . . . and their youth. But the old men were young once, too. And Quartermain, crusty old guardian of the school board and town curfew, is bent on teaching the boys a lesson. What he doesn’t know is that before the last leaf turns, the boys will give him a gift: they will teach him the importance of not being afraid of letting go.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420399Tue, 28 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Farewell Summer Author: Ray Bradbury Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Farewell Summer Author: Ray Bradbury Narrator: Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The master of American fiction returns to the territory of his beloved classic, Dandelion Wine—a sequel 50 years in the making Some summers refuse to end . . . October 1st, the end of summer. The air is still warm, but fall is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, his younger brother Tom, and their friends do their best to take advantage of these last warm days, rampaging through the ravine, tormenting the girls . . . and declaring war on the old men who run Green Town, IL. For the boys know that Colonel Quartermain and his cohorts want nothing more than to force them to put away their wild ways, to settle down, to grow up. If only, the boys believe, they could stop the clock atop the courthouse building. Then, surely, they could hold onto the last days of summer . . . and their youth. But the old men were young once, too. And Quartermain, crusty old guardian of the school board and town curfew, is bent on teaching the boys a lesson. What he doesn’t know is that before the last leaf turns, the boys will give him a gift: they will teach him the importance of not being afraid of letting go.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pigs-by-johanna-stoberock--65202562https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pigs Author: Johanna Stoberock Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Four children live on an island that serves as the repository for all the world’s garbage. Trash arrives, the children sort it, and then they feed it to a herd of insatiable pigs: a perfect system. But when a barrel washes ashore with a boy inside, the children must decide whether he is more of the world’s detritus, meant to be fed to the pigs, or whether he is one of them. Written in exquisite prose, Pigs asks questions about community, environmental responsibility, and the possibility of innocence.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443829Tue, 28 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pigs Author: Johanna Stoberock Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pigs Author: Johanna Stoberock Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Four children live on an island that serves as the repository for all the world’s garbage. Trash arrives, the children sort it, and then they feed it to a herd of insatiable pigs: a perfect system. But when a barrel washes ashore with a boy inside, the children must decide whether he is more of the world’s detritus, meant to be fed to the pigs, or whether he is one of them. Written in exquisite prose, Pigs asks questions about community, environmental responsibility, and the possibility of innocence.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bottled-goods-a-novel-by-sophie-van-llewyn--65202533https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/435583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bottled Goods: A Novel Author: Sophie Van Llewyn Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize, this poignant, lyrical novel is set in 1970s Romania during Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s regime—and depicts childhood, marriage, family, and identity in the face of extreme obstacles. Alina yearns for freedom. She and her husband Liviu are teachers in their twenties, living under the repressive regime of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in the Socialist Republic of Romania in the 1970s. But after her brother-in-law defects, Alina and Liviu fall under suspicion and surveillance, and their lives are suddenly turned upside down—just like the glasses in her superstitious Aunt Theresa's house that are used to ward off evil spirits.  But Alina's evil spirits are more corporeal: a suffocating, manipulative mother; a student who accuses her; and a menacing Secret Services agent who makes one-too-many visits. As the couple continues to be harassed, their marriage soon deteriorates. With the government watching—and most likely listening—escape seems impossible . . . until Alina’s mystical aunt proposes a surprising solution to reduce her problems to a manageable size. Weaving elements of magic realism, Romanian folklore, and Kafkaesque paranoia into a gritty and moving depiction of one woman's struggle for personal and political freedom, Bottled Goods is written in short bursts of “flash fiction” and explores universal themes of empowerment, liberty, family, and loyalty.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/435583Tue, 28 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/435583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bottled Goods: A Novel Author: Sophie Van Llewyn Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 55 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/435583 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bottled Goods: A Novel Author: Sophie Van Llewyn Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize, this poignant, lyrical novel is set in 1970s Romania during Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s regime—and depicts childhood, marriage, family, and identity in the face of extreme obstacles. Alina yearns for freedom. She and her husband Liviu are teachers in their twenties, living under the repressive regime of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in the Socialist Republic of Romania in the 1970s. But after her brother-in-law defects, Alina and Liviu fall under suspicion and surveillance, and their lives are suddenly turned upside down—just like the glasses in her superstitious Aunt Theresa's house that are used to ward off evil spirits.  But Alina's evil spirits are more corporeal: a suffocating, manipulative mother; a student who accuses her; and a menacing Secret Services agent who makes one-too-many visits. As the couple continues to be harassed, their marriage soon deteriorates. With the government watching—and most likely listening—escape seems impossible . . . until Alina’s mystical aunt proposes a surprising solution to reduce her problems to a manageable size. Weaving elements of magic realism, Romanian folklore, and Kafkaesque paranoia into a gritty and moving depiction of one woman's struggle for personal and political freedom, Bottled Goods is written in short bursts of “flash fiction” and explores universal themes of empowerment, liberty, family, and loyalty.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gnome-s-magic-by-michael-anderle-martha-carr--65202523https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gnome's Magic Series: #2 of The Adventures of Maggie Parker Author: Michael Anderle, Martha Carr Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Maggie Parker is an Elemental learning to make magic. After a showdown with Simon Wesley, it’s clear she’s running out of time. Nothing is going as planned. Did she just turn a mouse into a corgi? Magic is a lot more complicated than she realized. Maggie has to find the magic compass and rescue an old friend who may hold the answers. Did I mention she’s living on borrowed time? The quest could fix it all. A Godwin Knight has joined Maggie and Bernie, swearing to protect the newest Elemental on her journey, but Maggie needs to figure out whom she can trust, including that tall drink of water, Jake. She needs a plan and fast. Will she find the other four Elementals in time to gather the necessary ancient tools?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443825Tue, 28 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gnome's Magic Series: #2 of The Adventures of Maggie Parker Author: Michael Anderle, Martha Carr Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443825 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gnome's Magic Series: #2 of The Adventures of Maggie Parker Author: Michael Anderle, Martha Carr Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: July 28, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Maggie Parker is an Elemental learning to make magic. After a showdown with Simon Wesley, it’s clear she’s running out of time. Nothing is going as planned. Did she just turn a mouse into a corgi? Magic is a lot more complicated than she realized. Maggie has to find the magic compass and rescue an old friend who may hold the answers. Did I mention she’s living on borrowed time? The quest could fix it all. A Godwin Knight has joined Maggie and Bernie, swearing to protect the newest Elemental on her journey, but Maggie needs to figure out whom she can trust, including that tall drink of water, Jake. She needs a plan and fast. Will she find the other four Elementals in time to gather the necessary ancient tools?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/panhead-by-bill-schubart--65202487https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Panhead Author: Bill Schubart Narrator: Kent Cassella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 24, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Paul and Glenda grew up on a farm in Vermont’s remote Northeast Kingdom. They keep close to each other and have a shared sense that their way of life is coming to an end. But only when Paul returns home on his Harley Panhead to help his parents with the farm does the drama really begin. The dream of the open road—wind in the hair, power in the groin—is common among men young and old, but it is fraught with complexity and often danger. Panhead follows Paul on his journey from a hillside farm to college, to work in the Midwest and almost home again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454069Fri, 24 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Panhead Author: Bill Schubart Narrator: Kent Cassella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 24, 2020 Genres: Coming...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/454069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Panhead Author: Bill Schubart Narrator: Kent Cassella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 24, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Paul and Glenda grew up on a farm in Vermont’s remote Northeast Kingdom. They keep close to each other and have a shared sense that their way of life is coming to an end. But only when Paul returns home on his Harley Panhead to help his parents with the farm does the drama really begin. The dream of the open road—wind in the hair, power in the groin—is common among men young and old, but it is fraught with complexity and often danger. Panhead follows Paul on his journey from a hillside farm to college, to work in the Midwest and almost home again.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-i-had-your-face-assured-bold-and-electrifying-taylor-jenkins-reid-bestselling-author-of-malibu-rising-by-frances-cha--65202602https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If I Had Your Face: 'Assured, bold, and electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of MALIBU RISING Author: Frances Cha Narrator: Jeena Yi, Frances Cha, Ruthie Ann Miles, Sue Jean Kim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 23, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Gripping' Curtis Sittenfeld * 'Electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid * 'Remarkable' Kevin Kwan * 'Stunning' Sunday Times * 'Brilliant' Pandora Sykes In South Korea, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are balancing on a razor's edge: Kyuri, a beautiful 'room salon' girl paid to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours. Miho, an artist whose life becomes enmeshed with the offspring of the super-wealthy elite. Ara, a hairstylist whose obsession with a K-pop star leads her to violent extremes. Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she can't afford. Set in the drinking dens and beauty salons of Seoul, If I Had Your Face is an electrifying debut novel about female strength, resilience and the solace that friendship can provide. 'Cha's writing always crackles . . . Touching, compelling and icily cool' Observer 'Fascinating, eye-opening, compelling - like the film Parasite, If I Had Your Face is also an exposé of the class system in South Korea' Independent 'Absolutely stunning. . . Assured, bold, and electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of DAISY JONES & THE SIX 'One of the buzziest debuts of the year, If I Had Your Face transports readers to glittering, futuristic Seoul... Essential reading' Vogue 'Culturally fascinating, emotionally layered, gripping and smart' Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE 'Glittering, engrossing' Helen Oyeyemi, author of GINGERBREAD 'Remarkable, brilliantly crafted and devastatingly exquisite' Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of CRAZY RICH ASIANS LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2021 © Frances Cha 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416253Thu, 23 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If I Had Your Face: 'Assured, bold, and electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of MALIBU RISING Author: Frances Cha Narrator: Jeena Yi,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If I Had Your Face: 'Assured, bold, and electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of MALIBU RISING Author: Frances Cha Narrator: Jeena Yi, Frances Cha, Ruthie Ann Miles, Sue Jean Kim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 23, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Gripping' Curtis Sittenfeld * 'Electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid * 'Remarkable' Kevin Kwan * 'Stunning' Sunday Times * 'Brilliant' Pandora Sykes In South Korea, where impossible beauty standards and ruthless social hierarchies dictate your every move, four women are balancing on a razor's edge: Kyuri, a beautiful 'room salon' girl paid to entertain wealthy businessmen after hours. Miho, an artist whose life becomes enmeshed with the offspring of the super-wealthy elite. Ara, a hairstylist whose obsession with a K-pop star leads her to violent extremes. Wonna, their neighbour, pregnant with a child that she can't afford. Set in the drinking dens and beauty salons of Seoul, If I Had Your Face is an electrifying debut novel about female strength, resilience and the solace that friendship can provide. 'Cha's writing always crackles . . . Touching, compelling and icily cool' Observer 'Fascinating, eye-opening, compelling - like the film Parasite, If I Had Your Face is also an exposé of the class system in South Korea' Independent 'Absolutely stunning. . . Assured, bold, and electrifying' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of DAISY JONES & THE SIX 'One of the buzziest debuts of the year, If I Had Your Face transports readers to glittering, futuristic Seoul... Essential reading' Vogue 'Culturally fascinating, emotionally layered, gripping and smart' Curtis Sittenfeld, bestselling author of PREP and AMERICAN WIFE 'Glittering, engrossing' Helen Oyeyemi, author of GINGERBREAD 'Remarkable, brilliantly crafted and devastatingly exquisite' Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of CRAZY RICH ASIANS LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2021 © Frances Cha 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-congress-of-rough-riders-by-john-boyne--65202581https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Congress of Rough Riders Author: John Boyne Narrator: Wilf Scolding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 23, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. William Cody grows up surrounded by his father's tales of Buffalo Bill, to whom he is distantly related, and his fantasies of the Wild West. Though he escapes his heritage by fleeing abroad and starting a new life for himself, he finds that he is always drawn back to England and to his ancestry. When his father proposes that together they should recreate Buffalo Bill's stage show, 'The Congress of Rough Riders of the World' for a contemporary audience, William refuses to have any part of it. When tragedy strikes, however, it is to his father that he must eventually return. © John Boyne 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420847Thu, 23 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Congress of Rough Riders Author: John Boyne Narrator: Wilf Scolding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/420847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Congress of Rough Riders Author: John Boyne Narrator: Wilf Scolding Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 23, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. William Cody grows up surrounded by his father's tales of Buffalo Bill, to whom he is distantly related, and his fantasies of the Wild West. Though he escapes his heritage by fleeing abroad and starting a new life for himself, he finds that he is always drawn back to England and to his ancestry. When his father proposes that together they should recreate Buffalo Bill's stage show, 'The Congress of Rough Riders of the World' for a contemporary audience, William refuses to have any part of it. When tragedy strikes, however, it is to his father that he must eventually return. © John Boyne 2011 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-storm-by-amanda-jennings--65202568https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Storm Author: Amanda Jennings Narrator: Frazer Blaxland, Dalya Raphael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 23, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Doesn't every marriage have a dark side? ‘Beautifully written, chilling and absorbing’ Adele Parks, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck ‘Her best novel yet… Twisty, malevolent and gripping’ Lisa Jewell, No. 1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs To the outside world Hannah married the perfect man. Behind the closed doors of their imposing home it’s a very different story. Nathan controls everything Hannah does. He chooses her clothes, checks her receipts, and keeps her passport locked away. But why does she let him? Years before, in the midst of a relentless storm, the tragic events of one night changed everything. And Hannah has been living with the consequences ever since. Keeping Nathan happy. Doing as she’s told. But the past is about to catch up with them. Set against the unforgiving backdrop of a Cornish fishing port in the ‘90s, this is a devastating exploration of the power of coercive control in a marriage where nothing is quite as it seems… Praise for The Storm: ‘Beautifully written, chilling and absorbing’ Adele Parks ‘Her best novel yet… Twisty, malevolent and gripping… The dark and craggy Cornwall backdrop is exquisitely drawn and the sense of foreboding that runs through the whole novel is masterfully done’ Lisa Jewell ‘A dark, sinister story with a cracking twist’ The Sun ‘Evocative and affecting’ Crime Monthly ‘An evocative story of coercive control… She’s at her very best here: warm-hearted, darkly atmospheric, and wholly addictive' Lucy Atkins ‘Suspenseful, beautifully written, and utterly compelling’ Alice Feeney ‘A brilliant book. Gripping, intelligent, and beautifully written’ Cass Green ‘Chilling and atmospheric… will keep you gripped in its clutches until the final page’ My Weekly ‘This deftly tackles the issues surrounding coercive control in a way that feels both authentic and surprising, while the twists and turns just keep on coming’ Heat ‘Vivid and evocative, the beautifully drawn characters and Cornish setting will linger in your mind long after you’ve turned the final page’ Lucy Dawson 'Unravelling the secrets that lie beneath a toxic marriage. Beautifully crafted and chilling’ Colette McBeth]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422828Thu, 23 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Storm Author: Amanda Jennings Narrator: Frazer Blaxland, Dalya Raphael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/422828 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Storm Author: Amanda Jennings Narrator: Frazer Blaxland, Dalya Raphael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 23, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Doesn't every marriage have a dark side? ‘Beautifully written, chilling and absorbing’ Adele Parks, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck ‘Her best novel yet… Twisty, malevolent and gripping’ Lisa Jewell, No. 1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs To the outside world Hannah married the perfect man. Behind the closed doors of their imposing home it’s a very different story. Nathan controls everything Hannah does. He chooses her clothes, checks her receipts, and keeps her passport locked away. But why does she let him? Years before, in the midst of a relentless storm, the tragic events of one night changed everything. And Hannah has been living with the consequences ever since. Keeping Nathan happy. Doing as she’s told. But the past is about to catch up with them. Set against the unforgiving backdrop of a Cornish fishing port in the ‘90s, this is a devastating exploration of the power of coercive control in a marriage where nothing is quite as it seems… Praise for The Storm: ‘Beautifully written, chilling and absorbing’ Adele Parks ‘Her best novel yet… Twisty, malevolent and gripping… The dark and craggy Cornwall backdrop is exquisitely drawn and the sense of foreboding that runs through the whole novel is masterfully done’ Lisa Jewell ‘A dark, sinister story with a cracking twist’ The Sun ‘Evocative and affecting’ Crime Monthly ‘An evocative story of coercive control… She’s at her very best here: warm-hearted, darkly atmospheric, and wholly addictive' Lucy Atkins ‘Suspenseful, beautifully written, and utterly compelling’ Alice Feeney ‘A brilliant book. Gripping, intelligent, and beautifully written’ Cass Green ‘Chilling and atmospheric… will keep you gripped in its clutches until the final page’ My Weekly ‘This deftly tackles the issues surrounding coercive control in a way that feels both authentic and surprising, while the twists and turns just keep on coming’ Heat ‘Vivid and evocative, the beautifully drawn characters and Cornish setting will linger in your mind long after you’ve turned the final page’ Lucy Dawson 'Unravelling the secrets that lie beneath a toxic marriage. Beautifully crafted and chilling’ Colette McBeth]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-traveller-at-the-gates-of-wisdom-by-john-boyne--65202510https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/426942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom Author: John Boyne Narrator: Tim Mcinnerny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 23, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Some stories are universal. They play out across human history. And time is the river which will flow through them. It starts with a family, a family which will mutate. For now, it is a father, mother and two sons. One with his father’s violence in his blood. One who lives his mother’s artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will change their fate. It is a beginning. Their stories will intertwine and evolve over the course of two thousand years – they will meet again and again at different times and in different places. From distant Palestine at the dawn of the first millennium to a life amongst the stars in the third. While the world will change around them, their destinies will remain the same. It must play out as foretold. It is written. A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom is the extraordinary new novel from acclaimed writer John Boyne. Ambitious, far-reaching and mythic, it introduces a group of characters whose lives we will come to know and will follow through time and space until they reach their natural conclusion. ©John Boyne 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/426942Thu, 23 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/426942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom Author: John Boyne Narrator: Tim Mcinnerny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 7 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/426942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom Author: John Boyne Narrator: Tim Mcinnerny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 23, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Some stories are universal. They play out across human history. And time is the river which will flow through them. It starts with a family, a family which will mutate. For now, it is a father, mother and two sons. One with his father’s violence in his blood. One who lives his mother’s artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will change their fate. It is a beginning. Their stories will intertwine and evolve over the course of two thousand years – they will meet again and again at different times and in different places. From distant Palestine at the dawn of the first millennium to a life amongst the stars in the third. While the world will change around them, their destinies will remain the same. It must play out as foretold. It is written. A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom is the extraordinary new novel from acclaimed writer John Boyne. Ambitious, far-reaching and mythic, it introduces a group of characters whose lives we will come to know and will follow through time and space until they reach their natural conclusion. ©John Boyne 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/belladonna-by-anbara-salam--65202603https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Belladonna Author: Anbara Salam Narrator: Jill Winternitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 16, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin It is summer, 1956, when fifteen-year-old Bridget first meets Isabella. In their conservative Connecticut town, Isabella is a breath of fresh air. She is worldly, alluring and brazen: an enigma. When they receive an offer to study at the Academy in Italy, Bridget is thrilled. This is her ticket to Europe and - better still - a chance to spend nine whole months with her glamorous and unpredictable best friend. There, lodged in a convent of nuns who have taken a vow of silence, the two girls move towards a passionate but fragile intimacy. As the year rolls on, Bridget grows increasingly fearful that she will lose Isabella's affections - and the more desperate she gets, the greater the lengths she will go to keep her. Belladonna is a hypnotizing coming-of age story set against the stunning and evocative backdrop of rural Northern Italy. Anbara Salam tells a story of friendship and obsession, desire and betrayal, and the lies we tell in order to belong. © Anbara Salam 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423601Thu, 16 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Belladonna Author: Anbara Salam Narrator: Jill Winternitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 16, 2020 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Belladonna Author: Anbara Salam Narrator: Jill Winternitz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 16, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin It is summer, 1956, when fifteen-year-old Bridget first meets Isabella. In their conservative Connecticut town, Isabella is a breath of fresh air. She is worldly, alluring and brazen: an enigma. When they receive an offer to study at the Academy in Italy, Bridget is thrilled. This is her ticket to Europe and - better still - a chance to spend nine whole months with her glamorous and unpredictable best friend. There, lodged in a convent of nuns who have taken a vow of silence, the two girls move towards a passionate but fragile intimacy. As the year rolls on, Bridget grows increasingly fearful that she will lose Isabella's affections - and the more desperate she gets, the greater the lengths she will go to keep her. Belladonna is a hypnotizing coming-of age story set against the stunning and evocative backdrop of rural Northern Italy. Anbara Salam tells a story of friendship and obsession, desire and betrayal, and the lies we tell in order to belong. © Anbara Salam 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/falling-for-her-by-monica-murphy--65202463https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling for Her Series: #2 of The Callahans Series Author: Monica Murphy Narrator: Sarah Mcewan, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy comes an angsty new adult romance about the popular quarterback and the smart girl who brings him to his knees. Jake Callahan. Prince of the popular crowd. My mortal enemy. Gorgeous. All the girls want him. Quarterback. All the boys want to be his friend. He’s the most popular boy in the senior class. And he hates me. Or so I thought. What I mistook for hatred turns out to be…interest. There’s that thin line, right? It makes me crazy. I can’t stand it. Attraction, chemistry, whatever it is, I also can’t resist it. And neither can he. Together, we make no sense. The odds are against us. His friends definitely don’t approve. I’m not a part of their crowd. Not one of the cool kids. I don’t fit in, or so they say. But that doesn’t stop him from falling for me. And it won’t stop me from fighting for him.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464699Tue, 14 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling for Her Series: #2 of The Callahans Series Author: Monica Murphy Narrator: Sarah Mcewan, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/464699 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Falling for Her Series: #2 of The Callahans Series Author: Monica Murphy Narrator: Sarah Mcewan, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy comes an angsty new adult romance about the popular quarterback and the smart girl who brings him to his knees. Jake Callahan. Prince of the popular crowd. My mortal enemy. Gorgeous. All the girls want him. Quarterback. All the boys want to be his friend. He’s the most popular boy in the senior class. And he hates me. Or so I thought. What I mistook for hatred turns out to be…interest. There’s that thin line, right? It makes me crazy. I can’t stand it. Attraction, chemistry, whatever it is, I also can’t resist it. And neither can he. Together, we make no sense. The odds are against us. His friends definitely don’t approve. I’m not a part of their crowd. Not one of the cool kids. I don’t fit in, or so they say. But that doesn’t stop him from falling for me. And it won’t stop me from fighting for him.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-all-true-adventures-and-rare-education-of-the-daredevil-daniel-bones-by-owen-booth--65202551https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The All True Adventures (and Rare Education) of the Daredevil Daniel Bones Author: Owen Booth Narrator: Dan Bottmley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: July 9, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A gloriously moving and entertaining, picaresque debut novel, about a young man’s sentimental education in late 19th-Century Europe; inspired by a real historical figure: ‘Captain’ Paul Boyton – the ‘Fearless Frogman’ ‘“But who among you might assist me on this adventure?” the Captain shouts. And then the Captain’s eyes fall on me, as was his plan all along, and he points me out, making sure just so’s everyone can see. “What about you, sir?” “Me?” “A strong young man to journey with me across the wild continent, to support me in my life-saving work, and take the name of his village to the farthest corners of civilisation – and paid a wage, of course!” “Of course!” everyone shouts.’ The 1880s are drawing to a close, and 14(-maybe-15)-year-old Daniel Bones fears that the prospects for him and his younger brother Will may be dimming with the century. For the motherless sons of a drunken blacksmith, life on a barren spit of land reaching into the Essex estuary holds little promise. Until one evening, from out of the water, there emerges the astonishing figure of Captain Clarke B: cigar-smoking daredevil adventurer, charlatan, casanova and inventor of the world-famous life-saving inflatable suit. As the Captain embarks on his ramshackle promotional tour of Europe, Daniel is sucked into his wake, on an adventure that will carry him through the waterways of the continent, encountering Kings and Princesses, wealthy widows, irate husbands, anarchists, arms dealers and shadowy power-brokers. It’s an education beyond Dan’s wildest imaginings, across countries undergoing the convulsions of all kinds of revolution, and one that will open his eyes, and his heart. But as he travels further into the dazzle of notoriety and the darkness that lies behind it, Dan’s promise to return and rescue Will seems ever harder to keep. For in the Captain’s world of smoke and mirrors it is all too easy to lose sight of who he is, or the man he ought to be…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415431Thu, 09 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The All True Adventures (and Rare Education) of the Daredevil Daniel Bones Author: Owen Booth Narrator: Dan Bottmley Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The All True Adventures (and Rare Education) of the Daredevil Daniel Bones Author: Owen Booth Narrator: Dan Bottmley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: July 9, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A gloriously moving and entertaining, picaresque debut novel, about a young man’s sentimental education in late 19th-Century Europe; inspired by a real historical figure: ‘Captain’ Paul Boyton – the ‘Fearless Frogman’ ‘“But who among you might assist me on this adventure?” the Captain shouts. And then the Captain’s eyes fall on me, as was his plan all along, and he points me out, making sure just so’s everyone can see. “What about you, sir?” “Me?” “A strong young man to journey with me across the wild continent, to support me in my life-saving work, and take the name of his village to the farthest corners of civilisation – and paid a wage, of course!” “Of course!” everyone shouts.’ The 1880s are drawing to a close, and 14(-maybe-15)-year-old Daniel Bones fears that the prospects for him and his younger brother Will may be dimming with the century. For the motherless sons of a drunken blacksmith, life on a barren spit of land reaching into the Essex estuary holds little promise. Until one evening, from out of the water, there emerges the astonishing figure of Captain Clarke B: cigar-smoking daredevil adventurer, charlatan, casanova and inventor of the world-famous life-saving inflatable suit. As the Captain embarks on his ramshackle promotional tour of Europe, Daniel is sucked into his wake, on an adventure that will carry him through the waterways of the continent, encountering Kings and Princesses, wealthy widows, irate husbands, anarchists, arms dealers and shadowy power-brokers. It’s an education beyond Dan’s wildest imaginings, across countries undergoing the convulsions of all kinds of revolution, and one that will open his eyes, and his heart. But as he travels further into the dazzle of notoriety and the darkness that lies behind it, Dan’s promise to return and rescue Will seems ever harder to keep. For in the Captain’s world of smoke and mirrors it is all too easy to lose sight of who he is, or the man he ought to be…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-son-of-good-fortune-a-novel-by-lysley-tenorio--65202633https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Son of Good Fortune: A Novel Author: Lysley Tenorio Narrator: Reuben Uy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 7, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Recommended Book From: USA Today * The Chicago Tribune * Book Riot * Refinery 29 * InStyle * The Minneapolis Star-Tribune * Publishers Weekly * Baltimore Outloud * Omnivoracious * Lambda Literary * Goodreads * Lit Hub * The Millions FINALIST FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE WINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD From award-winning author Lysley Tenorio, comes a big hearted debut novel following an undocumented Filipino son as he navigates his relationship with his mother, an uncertain future, and the place he calls home Excel spends his days trying to seem like an unremarkable American teenager. When he’s not working at The Pie Who Loved Me (a spy-themed pizza shop) or passing the time with his girlfriend Sab (occasionally in one of their town’s seventeen cemeteries), he carefully avoids the spotlight. But Excel knows that his family is far from normal. His mother, Maxima, was once a Filipina B-movie action star who now makes her living scamming men online. The old man they live with is not his grandfather, but Maxima’s lifelong martial arts trainer. And years ago, on Excel’s tenth birthday, Maxima revealed a secret that he must keep forever. “We are ‘TNT’—tago ng tago,” she told him, “hiding and hiding.” Excel is undocumented—and one accidental slip could uproot his entire life. Casting aside the paranoia and secrecy of his childhood, Excel takes a leap, joining Sab on a journey south to a ramshackle desert town called Hello City. Populated by drifters, old hippies, and washed-up techies—and existing outside the normal constructs of American society—Hello City offers Excel a chance to forge his own path for the first time. But after so many years of trying to be invisible, who does he want to become? And is it possible to put down roots in a country that has always considered you an outsider? Thrumming with energy and at once critical and hopeful, The Son of Good Fortune is a luminous story of a mother and son testing the strength of their bond to their country—and to each other.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400780Tue, 07 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Son of Good Fortune: A Novel Author: Lysley Tenorio Narrator: Reuben Uy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400780 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Son of Good Fortune: A Novel Author: Lysley Tenorio Narrator: Reuben Uy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 7, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Recommended Book From: USA Today * The Chicago Tribune * Book Riot * Refinery 29 * InStyle * The Minneapolis Star-Tribune * Publishers Weekly * Baltimore Outloud * Omnivoracious * Lambda Literary * Goodreads * Lit Hub * The Millions FINALIST FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE WINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD From award-winning author Lysley Tenorio, comes a big hearted debut novel following an undocumented Filipino son as he navigates his relationship with his mother, an uncertain future, and the place he calls home Excel spends his days trying to seem like an unremarkable American teenager. When he’s not working at The Pie Who Loved Me (a spy-themed pizza shop) or passing the time with his girlfriend Sab (occasionally in one of their town’s seventeen cemeteries), he carefully avoids the spotlight. But Excel knows that his family is far from normal. His mother, Maxima, was once a Filipina B-movie action star who now makes her living scamming men online. The old man they live with is not his grandfather, but Maxima’s lifelong martial arts trainer. And years ago, on Excel’s tenth birthday, Maxima revealed a secret that he must keep forever. “We are ‘TNT’—tago ng tago,” she told him, “hiding and hiding.” Excel is undocumented—and one accidental slip could uproot his entire life. Casting aside the paranoia and secrecy of his childhood, Excel takes a leap, joining Sab on a journey south to a ramshackle desert town called Hello City. Populated by drifters, old hippies, and washed-up techies—and existing outside the normal constructs of American society—Hello City offers Excel a chance to forge his own path for the first time. But after so many years of trying to be invisible, who does he want to become? And is it possible to put down roots in a country that has always considered you an outsider? Thrumming with energy and at once critical and hopeful, The Son of Good Fortune is a luminous story of a mother and son testing the strength of their bond to their country—and to each other.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/true-love-a-novel-by-sarah-gerard--65202624https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Love: A Novel Author: Sarah Gerard Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 7, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An Entertainment Weekly 30 Hottest Books of the Summer Selection • A Refinery29 25 Books You’ll Want To Read This Summer Selection One of today’s most provocative literary writers—the author of the critically-acclaimed Sunshine State and the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award finalist Binary Star—captures the confused state of modern romance and the egos that inflate it in a dark comedy about a woman's search for acceptance, identity, and financial security in the rise of Trump. Nina is a struggling writer, a college drop-out, a liar, and a cheater. More than anything she wants love. She deserves it. From the burned-out suburbs of Florida to the anonymous squalor of New York City, she eats through an incestuous cast of characters in search of it: her mother, a narcissistic lesbian living in a nudist polycule; Odessa, a single mom with even worse taste in men than Nina; Seth, an artist whose latest show is comprised of three Tupperware containers full of trash; Brian, whose roller-coaster affair with Nina is the most stable “relationship” in his life; and Aaron, an aspiring filmmaker living at home with his parents, with whom Nina begins to write her magnum opus. Nina’s quest for fulfillment is at once darkly comedic, acerbically acute, and painfully human—a scathing critique of contemporary society, and a tender examination of our anguished yearning for connection in an era defined by detachment.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397992Tue, 07 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Love: A Novel Author: Sarah Gerard Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 7, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True Love: A Novel Author: Sarah Gerard Narrator: Sophie Amoss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 7, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An Entertainment Weekly 30 Hottest Books of the Summer Selection • A Refinery29 25 Books You’ll Want To Read This Summer Selection One of today’s most provocative literary writers—the author of the critically-acclaimed Sunshine State and the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award finalist Binary Star—captures the confused state of modern romance and the egos that inflate it in a dark comedy about a woman's search for acceptance, identity, and financial security in the rise of Trump. Nina is a struggling writer, a college drop-out, a liar, and a cheater. More than anything she wants love. She deserves it. From the burned-out suburbs of Florida to the anonymous squalor of New York City, she eats through an incestuous cast of characters in search of it: her mother, a narcissistic lesbian living in a nudist polycule; Odessa, a single mom with even worse taste in men than Nina; Seth, an artist whose latest show is comprised of three Tupperware containers full of trash; Brian, whose roller-coaster affair with Nina is the most stable “relationship” in his life; and Aaron, an aspiring filmmaker living at home with his parents, with whom Nina begins to write her magnum opus. Nina’s quest for fulfillment is at once darkly comedic, acerbically acute, and painfully human—a scathing critique of contemporary society, and a tender examination of our anguished yearning for connection in an era defined by detachment.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/she-s-faking-it-by-kristin-rockaway--65202639https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: She's Faking It Author: Kristin Rockaway Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 30, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Smart, fun, fast-paced.”—Helen Hoang, USA Today-bestselling author, on How to Hack a Heartbreak You can’t put a filter on reality. Bree Bozeman isn’t exactly pursuing the life of her dreams. Then again, she isn’t too sure what those dreams are. After dropping out of college, she’s living a pretty chill life in the surf community of Pacific Beach, San Diego…if “chill” means delivering food as a GrubGetter, and if it means “uneventful”. But when Bree starts a new Instagram account — @breebythesea — one of her posts gets a signal boost from none other than wildly popular self-help guru Demi DiPalma, owner of a lifestyle brand empire. Suddenly, Bree just might be a rising star in the world of Instagram influencing. Is this the direction her life has been lacking? It’s not a career choice she’d ever seriously considered, but maybe it’s a sign from the universe. After all, Demi’s the real deal… right? Everything is lining up for Bree: life goals, career, and even a blossoming romance with the chiseled guy next door, surf star Trey Cantu. But things are about to go sideways fast, and even the perfect filter’s not gonna fix it. Instagram might be free, but when your life looks flawless on camera, what’s the cost?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404104Tue, 30 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: She's Faking It Author: Kristin Rockaway Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 30, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: She's Faking It Author: Kristin Rockaway Narrator: Soneela Nankani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 30, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Smart, fun, fast-paced.”—Helen Hoang, USA Today-bestselling author, on How to Hack a Heartbreak You can’t put a filter on reality. Bree Bozeman isn’t exactly pursuing the life of her dreams. Then again, she isn’t too sure what those dreams are. After dropping out of college, she’s living a pretty chill life in the surf community of Pacific Beach, San Diego…if “chill” means delivering food as a GrubGetter, and if it means “uneventful”. But when Bree starts a new Instagram account — @breebythesea — one of her posts gets a signal boost from none other than wildly popular self-help guru Demi DiPalma, owner of a lifestyle brand empire. Suddenly, Bree just might be a rising star in the world of Instagram influencing. Is this the direction her life has been lacking? It’s not a career choice she’d ever seriously considered, but maybe it’s a sign from the universe. After all, Demi’s the real deal… right? Everything is lining up for Bree: life goals, career, and even a blossoming romance with the chiseled guy next door, surf star Trey Cantu. But things are about to go sideways fast, and even the perfect filter’s not gonna fix it. Instagram might be free, but when your life looks flawless on camera, what’s the cost?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thin-girls-a-novel-by-diana-clarke--65202595https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thin Girls: A Novel Author: Diana Clarke Narrator: Jayme Mattler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 30, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A dark, edgy, voice-driven literary debut novel about twin sisters that explores body image and queerness as well as toxic diet culture and the power of sisterhood, love, and lifelong friendships, written by a talented protégé of Roxane Gay. Rose and Lily Winters are twins, as close as the bond implies; they feel each other’s emotions, taste what the other is feeling. Like most young women, they’ve struggled with their bodies and food since childhood, and high school finds them turning to food—or not—to battle the waves of insecurity and the yearning for popularity. But their connection can be as destructive as it is supportive, a yin to yang. when Rose stops eating, Lily starts—consuming everything Rose won’t or can’t. Within a few years, Rose is about to mark her one-year anniversary in a rehabilitation facility for anorexics. Lily, her sole visitor, is the only thing tethering her to a normal life. But Lily is struggling, too. A kindergarten teacher, she dates abusive men, including a student’s married father, in search of the close yet complicated companionship she lost when she became separated from Rose.  When Lily joins a cult diet group led by a social media faux feminist, whose eating plan consists of consuming questionable non-caloric foods, Rose senses that Lily needs her help. With her sister’s life in jeopardy, Rose must find a way to rescue her—and perhaps, save herself. Illuminating some of the most fraught and common issues confronting women, Thin Girls is a powerful, emotionally resonant story, beautifully told, that will keep you turning the pages to the gratifying, hopeful end.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397986Tue, 30 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thin Girls: A Novel Author: Diana Clarke Narrator: Jayme Mattler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 30, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thin Girls: A Novel Author: Diana Clarke Narrator: Jayme Mattler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 30, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A dark, edgy, voice-driven literary debut novel about twin sisters that explores body image and queerness as well as toxic diet culture and the power of sisterhood, love, and lifelong friendships, written by a talented protégé of Roxane Gay. Rose and Lily Winters are twins, as close as the bond implies; they feel each other’s emotions, taste what the other is feeling. Like most young women, they’ve struggled with their bodies and food since childhood, and high school finds them turning to food—or not—to battle the waves of insecurity and the yearning for popularity. But their connection can be as destructive as it is supportive, a yin to yang. when Rose stops eating, Lily starts—consuming everything Rose won’t or can’t. Within a few years, Rose is about to mark her one-year anniversary in a rehabilitation facility for anorexics. Lily, her sole visitor, is the only thing tethering her to a normal life. But Lily is struggling, too. A kindergarten teacher, she dates abusive men, including a student’s married father, in search of the close yet complicated companionship she lost when she became separated from Rose.  When Lily joins a cult diet group led by a social media faux feminist, whose eating plan consists of consuming questionable non-caloric foods, Rose senses that Lily needs her help. With her sister’s life in jeopardy, Rose must find a way to rescue her—and perhaps, save herself. Illuminating some of the most fraught and common issues confronting women, Thin Girls is a powerful, emotionally resonant story, beautifully told, that will keep you turning the pages to the gratifying, hopeful end.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-seasons-edition-summer-by-mark-twain--65202549https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Seasons Edition -- Summer) Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 30, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A fine, exclusive edition of one of literature’s most beloved stories.  In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a thirteen-year-old boy, Huck, is in search of adventure on the beautiful shores of the Mississippi River before the Civil War in the American south. When Huck escapes kidnapping by his own drunken father, he decides to find a canoe to shove off down the river, leaving behind his life of confinement and civilization. Soon Huck comes across Jim, Miss Watson's slave. While traveling down the river, Huck and Jim have many adventures, but more importantly, during many long talks, they become the best of friends, both in search of freedom. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is regarded by many critics and scholars to be the first “Great American novel.” This unique edition of Mark Twain’s beloved tale is a giftable volume fiction lovers will treasure. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of four classic titles available as part of the Seasons Editions. This set also includes Jane Eyre, Persuasion, and The Wonderland Collection.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436753Tue, 30 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Seasons Edition -- Summer) Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Seasons Edition -- Summer) Author: Mark Twain Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 30, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A fine, exclusive edition of one of literature’s most beloved stories.  In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a thirteen-year-old boy, Huck, is in search of adventure on the beautiful shores of the Mississippi River before the Civil War in the American south. When Huck escapes kidnapping by his own drunken father, he decides to find a canoe to shove off down the river, leaving behind his life of confinement and civilization. Soon Huck comes across Jim, Miss Watson's slave. While traveling down the river, Huck and Jim have many adventures, but more importantly, during many long talks, they become the best of friends, both in search of freedom. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is regarded by many critics and scholars to be the first “Great American novel.” This unique edition of Mark Twain’s beloved tale is a giftable volume fiction lovers will treasure. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of four classic titles available as part of the Seasons Editions. This set also includes Jane Eyre, Persuasion, and The Wonderland Collection.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-schattenkampfer-das-dritte-buch-des-ahnen-das-buch-des-ahnen-band-3-ungekurzt-by-mark-lawrence--65202490https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schattenkämpfer - Das dritte Buch des Ahnen - Das Buch des Ahnen, Band 3 (ungekürzt) Author: Mark Lawrence Narrator: Stephanie Preis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 24, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Das Eis rückt näher, und mit ihm der Krieg. Vor den Toren des Klosters zur süßen Gnade brennen die ersten Ortschaften, und Nona weiß nicht, ob sie den Tag ihrer Ordination noch erleben wird. Mithilfe eines streng verbotenen Buches will Nona das Schicksal des Reiches in die eigene Hand nehmen. Allerdings braucht sie dafür vier verschiedene magische Schiffsherzen - und solch mächtige Artefakte haben ihren Preis. Nona trifft auf alte und neue Feinde, aber eine Wahrheit ist unumstößlich: Für ihre Freunde würde sie ihr Leben riskieren. Und genau das muss sie auch tun. Der fesselnde Abschluss von Mark Lawrence' düsterer Fantasy-Trilogie voller kämpferischer Frauen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451925Wed, 24 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schattenkämpfer - Das dritte Buch des Ahnen - Das Buch des Ahnen, Band 3 (ungekürzt) Author: Mark Lawrence Narrator: Stephanie Preis Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/451925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schattenkämpfer - Das dritte Buch des Ahnen - Das Buch des Ahnen, Band 3 (ungekürzt) Author: Mark Lawrence Narrator: Stephanie Preis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 24, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Das Eis rückt näher, und mit ihm der Krieg. Vor den Toren des Klosters zur süßen Gnade brennen die ersten Ortschaften, und Nona weiß nicht, ob sie den Tag ihrer Ordination noch erleben wird. Mithilfe eines streng verbotenen Buches will Nona das Schicksal des Reiches in die eigene Hand nehmen. Allerdings braucht sie dafür vier verschiedene magische Schiffsherzen - und solch mächtige Artefakte haben ihren Preis. Nona trifft auf alte und neue Feinde, aber eine Wahrheit ist unumstößlich: Für ihre Freunde würde sie ihr Leben riskieren. Und genau das muss sie auch tun. Der fesselnde Abschluss von Mark Lawrence' düsterer Fantasy-Trilogie voller kämpferischer Frauen.]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/that-summer-in-maine-by-brianna-wolfson--65202649https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Summer in Maine Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 23, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Wolfson’s writing is superb.” —The Washington Post A novel about mothers and daughters, about taking chances, about exploding secrets and testing the boundaries of family Years ago, during a certain summer in Maine, two young women, unaware of each other, met a charismatic man at a craft fair and each had a brief affair with him. For Jane it was a chance to bury her recent pain in raw passion and redirect her life. For Susie it was a fling that gave her troubled marriage a way forward. Now, sixteen years later, the family lives these women have made are suddenly upended when their teenage girls meet as strangers on social media. They concoct a plan to spend the summer in Maine with the man who is their biological father. Their determination puts them on a collision course with their mothers, who must finally meet and acknowledge their shared past and join forces as they risk losing their only daughters to a man they barely know.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404091Tue, 23 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Summer in Maine Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 23, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Summer in Maine Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 23, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Wolfson’s writing is superb.” —The Washington Post A novel about mothers and daughters, about taking chances, about exploding secrets and testing the boundaries of family Years ago, during a certain summer in Maine, two young women, unaware of each other, met a charismatic man at a craft fair and each had a brief affair with him. For Jane it was a chance to bury her recent pain in raw passion and redirect her life. For Susie it was a fling that gave her troubled marriage a way forward. Now, sixteen years later, the family lives these women have made are suddenly upended when their teenage girls meet as strangers on social media. They concoct a plan to spend the summer in Maine with the man who is their biological father. Their determination puts them on a collision course with their mothers, who must finally meet and acknowledge their shared past and join forces as they risk losing their only daughters to a man they barely know.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lightness-a-novel-by-emily-temple--65202627https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lightness: A Novel Author: Emily Temple Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 16, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''The Lightness could be the love child of Donna Tartt and Tana French, but its savage, glittering magic is all Emily Temple’s own.'' —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists  A Most Anticipated Novel by Marie Claire • Elle • WSJ. Magazine • Glamour • Vulture • Bustle • Buzzfeed • The Millions • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Daily Beast • Refinery 29 • Publishers Weekly • Literary Hub • Electric Literature • and more! A stylish, stunningly precise, and suspenseful meditation on adolescent desire, female friendship, and the female body that shimmers with rage, wit, and fierce longing—an audacious, darkly observant, and mordantly funny literary debut for fans of Emma Cline, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Jenny Offill. One year ago, the person Olivia adores most in the world, her father, left home for a meditation retreat in the mountains and never returned. Yearning to make sense of his shocking departure and to escape her overbearing mother—a woman as grounded as her father is mercurial—Olivia runs away from home and retraces his path to a place known as the Levitation Center. Once there, she enrolls in their summer program for troubled teens, which Olivia refers to as “Buddhist Boot Camp for Bad Girls”. Soon, she finds herself drawn into the company of a close-knit trio of girls determined to transcend their circumstances, by any means necessary. Led by the elusive and beautiful Serena, and her aloof, secretive acolytes, Janet and Laurel, the girls decide this is the summer they will finally achieve enlightenment—and learn to levitate, to defy the weight of their bodies, to experience ultimate lightness.  But as desire and danger intertwine, and Olivia comes ever closer to discovering what a body—and a girl—is capable of, it becomes increasingly clear that this is an advanced and perilous practice, and there’s a chance not all of them will survive. Set over the course of one fateful summer that unfolds like a fever dream, The Lightness juxtaposes fairy tales with quantum physics, cognitive science with religious fervor, and the passions and obsessions of youth with all of these, to explore concepts as complex as faith and as simple as loving people—even though you don’t, and can’t, know them at all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404930Tue, 16 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lightness: A Novel Author: Emily Temple Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 16,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lightness: A Novel Author: Emily Temple Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 16, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''The Lightness could be the love child of Donna Tartt and Tana French, but its savage, glittering magic is all Emily Temple’s own.'' —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists  A Most Anticipated Novel by Marie Claire • Elle • WSJ. Magazine • Glamour • Vulture • Bustle • Buzzfeed • The Millions • The Philadelphia Inquirer • The Daily Beast • Refinery 29 • Publishers Weekly • Literary Hub • Electric Literature • and more! A stylish, stunningly precise, and suspenseful meditation on adolescent desire, female friendship, and the female body that shimmers with rage, wit, and fierce longing—an audacious, darkly observant, and mordantly funny literary debut for fans of Emma Cline, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Jenny Offill. One year ago, the person Olivia adores most in the world, her father, left home for a meditation retreat in the mountains and never returned. Yearning to make sense of his shocking departure and to escape her overbearing mother—a woman as grounded as her father is mercurial—Olivia runs away from home and retraces his path to a place known as the Levitation Center. Once there, she enrolls in their summer program for troubled teens, which Olivia refers to as “Buddhist Boot Camp for Bad Girls”. Soon, she finds herself drawn into the company of a close-knit trio of girls determined to transcend their circumstances, by any means necessary. Led by the elusive and beautiful Serena, and her aloof, secretive acolytes, Janet and Laurel, the girls decide this is the summer they will finally achieve enlightenment—and learn to levitate, to defy the weight of their bodies, to experience ultimate lightness.  But as desire and danger intertwine, and Olivia comes ever closer to discovering what a body—and a girl—is capable of, it becomes increasingly clear that this is an advanced and perilous practice, and there’s a chance not all of them will survive. Set over the course of one fateful summer that unfolds like a fever dream, The Lightness juxtaposes fairy tales with quantum physics, cognitive science with religious fervor, and the passions and obsessions of youth with all of these, to explore concepts as complex as faith and as simple as loving people—even though you don’t, and can’t, know them at all.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-miseducation-of-evie-epworth-the-bestselling-richard-judy-book-club-pick-by-matson-taylor--65202601https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Miseducation of Evie Epworth: The Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick Author: Matson Taylor Narrator: Heather Long Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Bestselling Richard & Judy Summer Book Club Pick 2021 The Bestselling Radio 2 Book Club Selection ‘Tight, clever and riddled with wit. Like discovering Adrian Mole or Bridget Jones for the first time.’ Joanna Nadin, author of The Queen of Bloody Everything ‘A sweet, fizzy sherbet dib-dab of a book - deliciously nostalgic, hugely funny and ultimately heartwarming. The perfect book for our times.’ Veronica Henry ‘Such a joyful and uplifting read. Just the sort of thing that people will want to be reading right now.’ Anita Rani, Radio 2 Book Club It is the summer of 1962 and sixteen-year-old Evie Epworth stands on the cusp of womanhood. But what kind of a woman will she be? Up until now, Evie’s life has been nothing special: a patchwork of school, Guides, cows, lost mothers, lacrosse and village fetes. But, inspired by her idols (Charlotte Brontë, Shirley MacLaine, the Queen), she dreams of a world far away from rural East Yorkshire, a world of glamour lived under the bright lights of London (or Leeds). Standing in the way of these dreams, though, is Christine, Evie’s soon-to-be stepmother, a manipulative and money-grubbing schemer who is lining Evie up for a life of shampoo-and-set drudgery at the stinky local salon.   Luckily Evie is not alone. With the help of a few friends, and the wise counsel of the two Adam Faith posters on her bedroom wall (‘brooding Adam’ and ‘sophisticated Adam’), Evie comes up with a plan to rescue her future from Christine’s pink and over-perfumed clutches. She will need a little luck, a dash of charm and a big dollop of Yorkshire magic if she is to succeed, but in the process she may just discover who exactly it is she is meant to be.   Moving, inventive and achingly funny, with an all-star cast of bold-as-brass characters, The Miseducation of Evie Epworth is a perfectly pitched modern fairytale about love, friendship and following your dreams while having a lot of fun along the way. 'Full of fabulous characters, sprinkled with joy and drenched in wit.’ Milly Johnson 'Funny and original with a cast of eccentric characters, this debut novel is a tour de force. Not to be missed.' Sunday Express 'A rich triumph of comic writing.' Waterstones.com 'One of the funniest, wittiest and most joyful books you will read this year.' Lancaster Guardian]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406408Thu, 11 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Miseducation of Evie Epworth: The Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick Author: Matson Taylor Narrator: Heather Long Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/406408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Miseducation of Evie Epworth: The Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick Author: Matson Taylor Narrator: Heather Long Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: June 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Bestselling Richard & Judy Summer Book Club Pick 2021 The Bestselling Radio 2 Book Club Selection ‘Tight, clever and riddled with wit. Like discovering Adrian Mole or Bridget Jones for the first time.’ Joanna Nadin, author of The Queen of Bloody Everything ‘A sweet, fizzy sherbet dib-dab of a book - deliciously nostalgic, hugely funny and ultimately heartwarming. The perfect book for our times.’ Veronica Henry ‘Such a joyful and uplifting read. Just the sort of thing that people will want to be reading right now.’ Anita Rani, Radio 2 Book Club It is the summer of 1962 and sixteen-year-old Evie Epworth stands on the cusp of womanhood. But what kind of a woman will she be? Up until now, Evie’s life has been nothing special: a patchwork of school, Guides, cows, lost mothers, lacrosse and village fetes. But, inspired by her idols (Charlotte Brontë, Shirley MacLaine, the Queen), she dreams of a world far away from rural East Yorkshire, a world of glamour lived under the bright lights of London (or Leeds). Standing in the way of these dreams, though, is Christine, Evie’s soon-to-be stepmother, a manipulative and money-grubbing schemer who is lining Evie up for a life of shampoo-and-set drudgery at the stinky local salon.   Luckily Evie is not alone. With the help of a few friends, and the wise counsel of the two Adam Faith posters on her bedroom wall (‘brooding Adam’ and ‘sophisticated Adam’), Evie comes up with a plan to rescue her future from Christine’s pink and over-perfumed clutches. She will need a little luck, a dash of charm and a big dollop of Yorkshire magic if she is to succeed, but in the process she may just discover who exactly it is she is meant to be.   Moving, inventive and achingly funny, with an all-star cast of bold-as-brass characters, The Miseducation of Evie Epworth is a perfectly pitched modern fairytale about love, friendship and following your dreams while having a lot of fun along the way. 'Full of fabulous characters, sprinkled with joy and drenched in wit.’ Milly Johnson 'Funny and original with a cast of eccentric characters, this debut novel is a tour de force. Not to be missed.' Sunday Express 'A rich triumph of comic writing.' Waterstones.com 'One of the funniest, wittiest and most joyful books you will read this year.' Lancaster Guardian]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pizza-girl-by-jean-kyoung-frazier--65202615https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pizza Girl Author: Jean Kyoung Frazier Narrator: Jenna Yi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 9, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Coco Mellors, R. F. Kuang and Yomi Adegoke, this electrifying debut and TikTok sensation charts the unlikely relationship between a pregnant teenage pizza delivery driver and a stressed-out, middle-aged mum. Eighteen years old, pregnant, and working as a pizza delivery girl, our dysfunctional heroine is deeply lost and in complete denial about it all. She’s grieving the death of her father, avoiding her loving boyfriend, and flagrantly ignoring her future. Her world is further upended when she becomes obsessed with Jenny, a stay-at-home mother new to the neighbourhood, who comes to depend on weekly deliveries of pickle-covered pizzas for her son’s happiness. As one woman looks toward motherhood and the other toward middle age, the relationship between the two begins to blur in strange, complicated, and ultimately heartbreaking ways. Bold, tender, and unexpected, Pizza Girl is a moving and funny portrait of a flawed, unforgettable young woman as she tries to find her place in the world. ‘A fine debut’ Independent ‘Utterly moving’ Stylist ‘A thought provoking debut … I loved it’Daily Mail Readers are LOVING Pizza Girl ‘I just devoured it’ ‘Superb writing’ ‘Easily a cult classic’ ‘I read this book in one sitting’]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409669Tue, 09 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pizza Girl Author: Jean Kyoung Frazier Narrator: Jenna Yi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 9, 2020 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pizza Girl Author: Jean Kyoung Frazier Narrator: Jenna Yi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 9, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Coco Mellors, R. F. Kuang and Yomi Adegoke, this electrifying debut and TikTok sensation charts the unlikely relationship between a pregnant teenage pizza delivery driver and a stressed-out, middle-aged mum. Eighteen years old, pregnant, and working as a pizza delivery girl, our dysfunctional heroine is deeply lost and in complete denial about it all. She’s grieving the death of her father, avoiding her loving boyfriend, and flagrantly ignoring her future. Her world is further upended when she becomes obsessed with Jenny, a stay-at-home mother new to the neighbourhood, who comes to depend on weekly deliveries of pickle-covered pizzas for her son’s happiness. As one woman looks toward motherhood and the other toward middle age, the relationship between the two begins to blur in strange, complicated, and ultimately heartbreaking ways. Bold, tender, and unexpected, Pizza Girl is a moving and funny portrait of a flawed, unforgettable young woman as she tries to find her place in the world. ‘A fine debut’ Independent ‘Utterly moving’ Stylist ‘A thought provoking debut … I loved it’Daily Mail Readers are LOVING Pizza Girl ‘I just devoured it’ ‘Superb writing’ ‘Easily a cult classic’ ‘I read this book in one sitting’]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/night-sleep-death-the-stars-by-joyce-carol-oates--65202582https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars. Author: Joyce Carol Oates Narrator: Cheryl Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 9, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The bonds of family are tested in the wake of a profound tragedy, providing a look at the darker side of our society Night Sleep Death The Stars is a gripping examination of contemporary America through the prism of a family tragedy: when a powerful parent dies, each of his adult children reacts in startling and unexpected ways, and his grieving widow in the most surprising way of all. Stark and penetrating, Joyce Carol Oates’s latest novel is a vivid exploration of race, psychological trauma, class warfare, grief, and eventual healing, as well as an intimate family novel in the tradition of the author’s bestselling We Were the Mulvaneys.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413841Tue, 09 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars. Author: Joyce Carol Oates Narrator: Cheryl Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 24 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413841 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars. Author: Joyce Carol Oates Narrator: Cheryl Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 30 hours 24 minutes Release date: June 9, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The bonds of family are tested in the wake of a profound tragedy, providing a look at the darker side of our society Night Sleep Death The Stars is a gripping examination of contemporary America through the prism of a family tragedy: when a powerful parent dies, each of his adult children reacts in startling and unexpected ways, and his grieving widow in the most surprising way of all. Stark and penetrating, Joyce Carol Oates’s latest novel is a vivid exploration of race, psychological trauma, class warfare, grief, and eventual healing, as well as an intimate family novel in the tradition of the author’s bestselling We Were the Mulvaneys.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/again-again-from-the-bestselling-author-of-tiktok-sensation-we-were-liars-by-e-lockhart--65202556https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Again Again: from the bestselling author of Tiktok sensation We Were Liars Author: E. Lockhart Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: EARPHONES AWARD WINNER Narrator Tavia Gilbert's rich, expressive voice conveys the wide range of characters in this sometimes funny yet often heartrending story - AudioFile Magazine In this novel full of surprises from the New York Times bestselling author of WE WERE LIARS and GENUINE FRAUD, E. Lockhart ups the ante with an inventive and romantic story about human connection, forgiveness, self discovery and possibility. When Adelaide Buchman's younger brother succumbs to a drug overdose, she saves his life. In the aftermath, looking for distraction, she becomes a stylish, bright charmer who blows off school and falls madly in love - even though her heart is shattered. Adelaide is catapulted into a summer of wild possibility, during which she will fall in and out of love a thousand times while finally confronting her brother, their history, and her own strength. A raw and funny story that will surprise you over and over, Adelaide is an indelible heroine grappling with the terrible and wonderful problem of loving other people.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425710Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Again Again: from the bestselling author of Tiktok sensation We Were Liars Author: E. Lockhart Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425710 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Again Again: from the bestselling author of Tiktok sensation We Were Liars Author: E. Lockhart Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: EARPHONES AWARD WINNER Narrator Tavia Gilbert's rich, expressive voice conveys the wide range of characters in this sometimes funny yet often heartrending story - AudioFile Magazine In this novel full of surprises from the New York Times bestselling author of WE WERE LIARS and GENUINE FRAUD, E. Lockhart ups the ante with an inventive and romantic story about human connection, forgiveness, self discovery and possibility. When Adelaide Buchman's younger brother succumbs to a drug overdose, she saves his life. In the aftermath, looking for distraction, she becomes a stylish, bright charmer who blows off school and falls madly in love - even though her heart is shattered. Adelaide is catapulted into a summer of wild possibility, during which she will fall in and out of love a thousand times while finally confronting her brother, their history, and her own strength. A raw and funny story that will surprise you over and over, Adelaide is an indelible heroine grappling with the terrible and wonderful problem of loving other people.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-key-to-everything-by-valerie-fraser-luesse--65202554https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Key to Everything Author: Valerie Fraser Luesse Narrator: Matt Godfrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Peyton Cabot's fifteenth year will be a painful and transformative one. His father, the heroic but reluctant head of a moneyed Savannah family, has come home from WWII a troubled vet, drowning his demons in bourbon and distancing himself from his son. A tragic accident shows Peyton the depths of his parents' devotion to each other but interrupts his own budding romance with the girl of his dreams, Lisa Wallace.Struggling to cope with a young life upended, Peyton makes a daring decision: He will retrace a journey his father took at fifteen, riding his bicycle all the way to Key West, Florida. Part declaration of independence, part search for self, Peyton's journey will bring him more than he ever could have imagined--namely, the key to his unknowable father, a reunion with Lisa, and a calling that will shape the rest of his life.Through poignant prose and characters so real you'll be sure you know them, Valerie Fraser Luesse transports you to the storied Atlantic coast for a unique coming-of-age story you won't soon forget.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424821Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Key to Everything Author: Valerie Fraser Luesse Narrator: Matt Godfrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Key to Everything Author: Valerie Fraser Luesse Narrator: Matt Godfrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Peyton Cabot's fifteenth year will be a painful and transformative one. His father, the heroic but reluctant head of a moneyed Savannah family, has come home from WWII a troubled vet, drowning his demons in bourbon and distancing himself from his son. A tragic accident shows Peyton the depths of his parents' devotion to each other but interrupts his own budding romance with the girl of his dreams, Lisa Wallace.Struggling to cope with a young life upended, Peyton makes a daring decision: He will retrace a journey his father took at fifteen, riding his bicycle all the way to Key West, Florida. Part declaration of independence, part search for self, Peyton's journey will bring him more than he ever could have imagined--namely, the key to his unknowable father, a reunion with Lisa, and a calling that will shape the rest of his life.Through poignant prose and characters so real you'll be sure you know them, Valerie Fraser Luesse transports you to the storied Atlantic coast for a unique coming-of-age story you won't soon forget.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/aubrey-mckee-by-alex-pugsley--65202519https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Aubrey McKee Author: Alex Pugsley Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: I am from Halifax, saltwater city, a place of silted genius, sudden women, figures floating in all waters.“People from Halifax are all famous,” my sister Faith has said. “Because everyone in Halifax knows each other’s business.”From basement rec rooms to midnight railway tracks, Action Transfers to Smarties boxes crammed with joints,from Paul McCartney on the kitchen radio to their furious teenaged cover of The Ramones, Aubrey McKee and hisfamiliars navigate late adolescence amidst the old-monied decadence of Halifax. An arcana of oddball angels, AlexPugsley’s long-awaited debut novel follows rich-kid drug dealers and junior tennis brats, émigré heart surgeons andsmall-time thugs, renegade private school girls and runaway children as they try to make sense of the city into whichthey’ve been born. Part coming-of-age-story, part social chronicle, and part study of the myths that define our growingup, Aubrey McKee introduces a breathtakingly original new voice]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437782Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Aubrey McKee Author: Alex Pugsley Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/437782 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Aubrey McKee Author: Alex Pugsley Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: I am from Halifax, saltwater city, a place of silted genius, sudden women, figures floating in all waters.“People from Halifax are all famous,” my sister Faith has said. “Because everyone in Halifax knows each other’s business.”From basement rec rooms to midnight railway tracks, Action Transfers to Smarties boxes crammed with joints,from Paul McCartney on the kitchen radio to their furious teenaged cover of The Ramones, Aubrey McKee and hisfamiliars navigate late adolescence amidst the old-monied decadence of Halifax. An arcana of oddball angels, AlexPugsley’s long-awaited debut novel follows rich-kid drug dealers and junior tennis brats, émigré heart surgeons andsmall-time thugs, renegade private school girls and runaway children as they try to make sense of the city into whichthey’ve been born. Part coming-of-age-story, part social chronicle, and part study of the myths that define our growingup, Aubrey McKee introduces a breathtakingly original new voice]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/close-to-me-by-monica-murphy--65202472https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Close to Me Series: #1 of The Callahans Series Author: Monica Murphy Narrator: Sarah Mcewan, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy comes an angst-filled new adult romance featuring Drew + Fable’s (One Week Girlfriend) daughter, Autumn Callahan! My first crush. My first kiss. The boy who ripped my heart out of my chest again and again. Over and over. I let him have it every single time. Willingly. We are that toxic high school couple you hear about, the one you witness in the hallway as they avoid each other. You laugh at them in class when they’re forced to work together, their gazes full of hatred. We are the couple you gossip about when they win homecoming prince and princess their sophomore year … The back and forth is what kills me the most. I’m not his princess, I’m the girl he toys with when he’s bored. And he’s definitely not my prince, no matter how badly I want him to be. Finally it’s our senior year and we’re months away from never having to see each other again when disaster strikes—and brings us closer together. All it takes is one touch, and I’m burning for Ash. Hotter than I ever have. But will that burn turn into a devastating fire? Or can we actually make it work this time?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456250Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Close to Me Series: #1 of The Callahans Series Author: Monica Murphy Narrator: Sarah Mcewan, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/456250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Close to Me Series: #1 of The Callahans Series Author: Monica Murphy Narrator: Sarah Mcewan, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Monica Murphy comes an angst-filled new adult romance featuring Drew + Fable’s (One Week Girlfriend) daughter, Autumn Callahan! My first crush. My first kiss. The boy who ripped my heart out of my chest again and again. Over and over. I let him have it every single time. Willingly. We are that toxic high school couple you hear about, the one you witness in the hallway as they avoid each other. You laugh at them in class when they’re forced to work together, their gazes full of hatred. We are the couple you gossip about when they win homecoming prince and princess their sophomore year … The back and forth is what kills me the most. I’m not his princess, I’m the girl he toys with when he’s bored. And he’s definitely not my prince, no matter how badly I want him to be. Finally it’s our senior year and we’re months away from never having to see each other again when disaster strikes—and brings us closer together. All it takes is one touch, and I’m burning for Ash. Hotter than I ever have. But will that burn turn into a devastating fire? Or can we actually make it work this time?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-high-moments-addictive-hilarious-bold-emma-jane-unsworth-author-of-adults-by-sara-ella-ozbek--65202617https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The High Moments: 'Addictive, hilarious, bold' Emma Jane Unsworth, author of Adults Author: Sara-Ella Ozbek Narrator: Jane Collingwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘I read this in less than a day . . .  A must-read for everyone who had ever dreamt of being a somebody’ Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop  'Brilliantly highlights the insecurities of being a young woman . . . It made me feel uncomfortable, and made me laugh - a sign of a good book'  Emma Gannon, author of Olive and Ctrl Alt Delete  'Scarlett is the perfect heroine for our times' Sarra Manning author of The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp   * Scarlett makes mistakes – over and over again. She’s not perfect, she has a tricky relationship with her mother and is desperate for people to like her. She repeatedly goes back to the people that hurt her, no matter how badly. She moves to London with no plan (of course), but manages to land a job at a modelling agency. Finally, she’s getting her life on track, but the fashion industry is a murkier place than she had imagined.  She changes herself to please others. Just as she starts to find her place, Scarlett’s life begins to spiral. But at least people know her, she is starting to become someone. And surely it’s better to be someone – even if it’s someone you hate? With a vein of dark humour at its core, The High Moments offers an astute, often stark look at the fashion industry and the issues you can face as a woman in your twenties - fans of Emma Jane Unsworth's Animals and shows like Girls will love this. Why readers love The High Moments . . . 'One of the most seductive and accomplished debuts I have ever read . . . I was obsessed with the insight into the murky world of modelling, and the way Sara-Ella explores the feelings of "other" that can consume so much of our twenties' Laura Jane Williams 'Brilliantly highlights the insecurities of being a young woman and not feeling like you've 'become' anything yet - it also shows the darkness and toxicity that can linger behind a so-called 'dream' job' Emma Gannon 'A beautiful, messed-up mash-up of The Devil Wears Prada and Fleabag . . . Scarlett is the perfect heroine for our times. Essential reading for anyone relieved to be done with their twenties and a cautionary tale for those who are still living them!' Sarra Manning    'An exhilarating, edgy, roller coaster of a story from start to finish. The High Moments is a fascinating window into the bright lights - and underbelly - of the fashion industry . . . A complete thrill to read!'  Helly Acton, author of The Shelf]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395720Thu, 28 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The High Moments: 'Addictive, hilarious, bold' Emma Jane Unsworth, author of Adults Author: Sara-Ella Ozbek Narrator: Jane Collingwood Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The High Moments: 'Addictive, hilarious, bold' Emma Jane Unsworth, author of Adults Author: Sara-Ella Ozbek Narrator: Jane Collingwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘I read this in less than a day . . .  A must-read for everyone who had ever dreamt of being a somebody’ Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop  'Brilliantly highlights the insecurities of being a young woman . . . It made me feel uncomfortable, and made me laugh - a sign of a good book'  Emma Gannon, author of Olive and Ctrl Alt Delete  'Scarlett is the perfect heroine for our times' Sarra Manning author of The Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp   * Scarlett makes mistakes – over and over again. She’s not perfect, she has a tricky relationship with her mother and is desperate for people to like her. She repeatedly goes back to the people that hurt her, no matter how badly. She moves to London with no plan (of course), but manages to land a job at a modelling agency. Finally, she’s getting her life on track, but the fashion industry is a murkier place than she had imagined.  She changes herself to please others. Just as she starts to find her place, Scarlett’s life begins to spiral. But at least people know her, she is starting to become someone. And surely it’s better to be someone – even if it’s someone you hate? With a vein of dark humour at its core, The High Moments offers an astute, often stark look at the fashion industry and the issues you can face as a woman in your twenties - fans of Emma Jane Unsworth's Animals and shows like Girls will love this. Why readers love The High Moments . . . 'One of the most seductive and accomplished debuts I have ever read . . . I was obsessed with the insight into the murky world of modelling, and the way Sara-Ella explores the feelings of "other" that can consume so much of our twenties' Laura Jane Williams 'Brilliantly highlights the insecurities of being a young woman and not feeling like you've 'become' anything yet - it also shows the darkness and toxicity that can linger behind a so-called 'dream' job' Emma Gannon 'A beautiful, messed-up mash-up of The Devil Wears Prada and Fleabag . . . Scarlett is the perfect heroine for our times. Essential reading for anyone relieved to be done with their twenties and a cautionary tale for those who are still living them!' Sarra Manning    'An exhilarating, edgy, roller coaster of a story from start to finish. The High Moments is a fascinating window into the bright lights - and underbelly - of the fashion industry . . . A complete thrill to read!'  Helly Acton, author of The Shelf]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/woodwalker-creatures-of-light-book-1-by-emily-b-martin--65202594https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Woodwalker: Creatures of Light, Book 1 Author: Emily B. Martin Narrator: Erin Rieman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “What on earth would I gain from that?” I asked him. “Risk my own neck by violating my banishment just to leave you? The sentence placed on me if I return is execution. If I’m entering the mountains again, I’d damn well better get something out of it.” Exiled from the Silverwood and the people she loves, Mae has few illusions about ever returning to her home. But when she comes across three out-of-place strangers in her wanderings, she finds herself contemplating the unthinkable: risking death to help a deposed queen regain her throne. And if anyone can help Mona Alastaire of Lumen Lake, it is a former Woodwalker—a ranger whose very being is intimately tied to the woods they are sworn to protect. Mae was once one of the best, and despite the potential of every tree limb to become the gibbet she’s hung from, she not only feels a duty to aide Mona and her brothers, but also to walk beneath her beloved trees once more. A grand quest in the tradition of great epic fantasies, filled with adventure and the sharp wit—and tongue—of a unique hero, Woodwalker is the perfect novel to start your own journey into the realm of magical fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413779Tue, 26 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Woodwalker: Creatures of Light, Book 1 Author: Emily B. Martin Narrator: Erin Rieman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Woodwalker: Creatures of Light, Book 1 Author: Emily B. Martin Narrator: Erin Rieman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “What on earth would I gain from that?” I asked him. “Risk my own neck by violating my banishment just to leave you? The sentence placed on me if I return is execution. If I’m entering the mountains again, I’d damn well better get something out of it.” Exiled from the Silverwood and the people she loves, Mae has few illusions about ever returning to her home. But when she comes across three out-of-place strangers in her wanderings, she finds herself contemplating the unthinkable: risking death to help a deposed queen regain her throne. And if anyone can help Mona Alastaire of Lumen Lake, it is a former Woodwalker—a ranger whose very being is intimately tied to the woods they are sworn to protect. Mae was once one of the best, and despite the potential of every tree limb to become the gibbet she’s hung from, she not only feels a duty to aide Mona and her brothers, but also to walk beneath her beloved trees once more. A grand quest in the tradition of great epic fantasies, filled with adventure and the sharp wit—and tongue—of a unique hero, Woodwalker is the perfect novel to start your own journey into the realm of magical fiction.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-crew-of-butchers-a-novel-by-francine-pascal--65202586https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Crew of Butchers: A Novel Author: Francine Pascal Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “A free license given to all acts of inhumanity and lust…this execrable crew of butchers.”—Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift Lucas Baird never got much of a break when he was a child, but by his early twenties, his good looks and easy manner allow him to skate through life without having to put in much effort. On the cusp of manhood in years yet still a boy—what Anthony Trollope called a hobbledehoy—charming Luke has enjoyed his extended adolescence of drinking and small-time cons. But when a freak accident compels him to leave LA—and leave fast—he finds himself in New York, in the seemingly idyllic Long Island beach town of Shorelane, where through a drunken mistake, he becomes trapped in a life-or-death ordeal. Luke’s only potential saviors are a group of local children, who are themselves lost and destined for paths much the same as Luke’s—if not worse—and a young woman, equally lost. For Luke to finally cross into manhood, he will have to come to terms with his own poor judgment and mortality, and find the courage to stay sane in the face of irrational actors. Reminiscent of The Beach and Lord of the Flies, Little Crew of Butchers is a masterful tale of the innocent savagery of children, but also of the redemptive power of love and courage, and the wisdom that comes from truly growing up.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412622Tue, 26 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Crew of Butchers: A Novel Author: Francine Pascal Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 26 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412622 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Crew of Butchers: A Novel Author: Francine Pascal Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “A free license given to all acts of inhumanity and lust…this execrable crew of butchers.”—Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift Lucas Baird never got much of a break when he was a child, but by his early twenties, his good looks and easy manner allow him to skate through life without having to put in much effort. On the cusp of manhood in years yet still a boy—what Anthony Trollope called a hobbledehoy—charming Luke has enjoyed his extended adolescence of drinking and small-time cons. But when a freak accident compels him to leave LA—and leave fast—he finds himself in New York, in the seemingly idyllic Long Island beach town of Shorelane, where through a drunken mistake, he becomes trapped in a life-or-death ordeal. Luke’s only potential saviors are a group of local children, who are themselves lost and destined for paths much the same as Luke’s—if not worse—and a young woman, equally lost. For Luke to finally cross into manhood, he will have to come to terms with his own poor judgment and mortality, and find the courage to stay sane in the face of irrational actors. Reminiscent of The Beach and Lord of the Flies, Little Crew of Butchers is a masterful tale of the innocent savagery of children, but also of the redemptive power of love and courage, and the wisdom that comes from truly growing up.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/east-coast-girls-by-kerry-kletter--65202573https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: East Coast Girls Author: Kerry Kletter Narrator: Patricia Santomasso Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Gorgeous writing and page-turning suspense.”—Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of Surfside Sisters “A brilliant firecracker of a book…beautiful, heartfelt, and life-affirming.”——Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read They share countless perfect memories—and one they wish they could forget. Childhood friends Hannah, Maya, Blue and Renee share a bond that feels more like family. Growing up, they had difficult home lives, and the summers they spent together in Montauk were the happiest memories they ever made. Then, the summer after graduation, one terrible night changed everything. Twelve years have passed since that fateful incident, and their sisterhood has drifted apart, each woman haunted by her own lost innocence. But just as they reunite in Montauk for one last summer escape, hoping to find happiness once more, tragedy strikes again. This time it’ll test them like never before, forcing them to confront decisions they’ve each had to live with and old secrets that refuse to stay buried. “Readers of Elin Hilderbrand and J. Courtney Sullivan will devour this book.”—Brenda Novak, New York Times bestselling author of One Perfect Summer]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404128Tue, 26 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: East Coast Girls Author: Kerry Kletter Narrator: Patricia Santomasso Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: East Coast Girls Author: Kerry Kletter Narrator: Patricia Santomasso Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 26, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Gorgeous writing and page-turning suspense.”—Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of Surfside Sisters “A brilliant firecracker of a book…beautiful, heartfelt, and life-affirming.”——Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read They share countless perfect memories—and one they wish they could forget. Childhood friends Hannah, Maya, Blue and Renee share a bond that feels more like family. Growing up, they had difficult home lives, and the summers they spent together in Montauk were the happiest memories they ever made. Then, the summer after graduation, one terrible night changed everything. Twelve years have passed since that fateful incident, and their sisterhood has drifted apart, each woman haunted by her own lost innocence. But just as they reunite in Montauk for one last summer escape, hoping to find happiness once more, tragedy strikes again. This time it’ll test them like never before, forcing them to confront decisions they’ve each had to live with and old secrets that refuse to stay buried. “Readers of Elin Hilderbrand and J. Courtney Sullivan will devour this book.”—Brenda Novak, New York Times bestselling author of One Perfect Summer]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prep-the-startling-coming-of-age-novel-by-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-of-american-wife-by-curtis-sittenfeld--65202543https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prep: The startling coming-of-age novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author of AMERICAN WIFE Author: Curtis Sittenfeld Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. From the bestselling author of AMERICAN WIFE, ELIGIBLE and YOU THINK IT, I'LL SAY IT. Lee Fiora is a shy fourteen-year-old when she leaves small-town Indiana for a scholarship at Ault, an exclusive boarding school in Massachusetts. Her head is filled with images from the school brochure of handsome boys in sweaters leaning against old brick buildings, girls running with lacrosse sticks across pristine athletics fields, everyone singing hymns in chapel. But as she soon learns, Ault is a minefield of unstated rules and incomprehensible social rituals, and Lee must work hard to find - and maintain - her place in the pecking order. 'Sittenfeld writes girls and women as they truly are, with shades of light and dark, with and without grace, apologetic as well as fearless' BIM ADEWUNMI, Guardian 'PREP might just be my favourite book' PANDORA SYKES 'Sittenfeld shares with Salinger a knack of capturing, in effortless prose, a teenager mindset' The Times 'PREP is more than a coming of age story - it’s a study of social class ... and Sittenfeld renders it with astonishing deftness and clarity.' JENNIFER EGAN 'Straightforward, serious, funny... There is so much that is right about this book.' London Review of Books 'Sharp, caustic and brilliantly observed' Observer © Curtis Sittenfeld 2005 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430521Tue, 19 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prep: The startling coming-of-age novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author of AMERICAN WIFE Author: Curtis Sittenfeld Narrator: Jorjeana Marie...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prep: The startling coming-of-age novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author of AMERICAN WIFE Author: Curtis Sittenfeld Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. From the bestselling author of AMERICAN WIFE, ELIGIBLE and YOU THINK IT, I'LL SAY IT. Lee Fiora is a shy fourteen-year-old when she leaves small-town Indiana for a scholarship at Ault, an exclusive boarding school in Massachusetts. Her head is filled with images from the school brochure of handsome boys in sweaters leaning against old brick buildings, girls running with lacrosse sticks across pristine athletics fields, everyone singing hymns in chapel. But as she soon learns, Ault is a minefield of unstated rules and incomprehensible social rituals, and Lee must work hard to find - and maintain - her place in the pecking order. 'Sittenfeld writes girls and women as they truly are, with shades of light and dark, with and without grace, apologetic as well as fearless' BIM ADEWUNMI, Guardian 'PREP might just be my favourite book' PANDORA SYKES 'Sittenfeld shares with Salinger a knack of capturing, in effortless prose, a teenager mindset' The Times 'PREP is more than a coming of age story - it’s a study of social class ... and Sittenfeld renders it with astonishing deftness and clarity.' JENNIFER EGAN 'Straightforward, serious, funny... There is so much that is right about this book.' London Review of Books 'Sharp, caustic and brilliantly observed' Observer © Curtis Sittenfeld 2005 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-man-of-my-dreams-by-curtis-sittenfeld--65202534https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man of My Dreams Author: Curtis Sittenfeld Narrator: Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin Hannah is a confused fourteen-year-old. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah's own life, her parents' marriage is crumbling. Over the next decade and a half, love throws her some complicated questions. At what point can you no longer blame your adult failures on your messed up childhood? Is settling for someone who's not your soulmate an act of maturity or an admission of defeat? And if you move to another state for a guy who might not love you back, are you being plucky - or just pathetic? © Curtis Sittenfeld 2000 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430520Tue, 19 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man of My Dreams Author: Curtis Sittenfeld Narrator: Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man of My Dreams Author: Curtis Sittenfeld Narrator: Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 19, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin Hannah is a confused fourteen-year-old. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah's own life, her parents' marriage is crumbling. Over the next decade and a half, love throws her some complicated questions. At what point can you no longer blame your adult failures on your messed up childhood? Is settling for someone who's not your soulmate an act of maturity or an admission of defeat? And if you move to another state for a guy who might not love you back, are you being plucky - or just pathetic? © Curtis Sittenfeld 2000 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-library-of-legends-a-novel-by-janie-chang--65202621https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Library of Legends: A Novel Author: Janie Chang Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “The Library of Legends is a gorgeous, poetic journey threaded with mist and magic about a group from a Chinese university who take to the road to escape the Japanese invasion of 1937 – only to discover that danger stalks them from within. Janie Chang pens pure enchantment!”  —Kate Quinn, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress From the author of Three Souls and Dragon Springs Road comes a captivating historical novel—the third in a loosely-connected trilogy—in which a young woman travels across China with a convoy of student refugees, fleeing the hostilities of a brutal war with Japan. “Myths are the darkest and brightest incarnations of who we are…” China, 1937: When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, nineteen-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates at Minghua University are ordered to flee. Lian and a convoy of more than a hundred students, faculty, and staff must walk a thousand miles to the safety of China’s western provinces, a journey marred by hunger, cold, and the constant threat of aerial attack. And it is not just the student refugees who are at risk: Lian and her classmates have been entrusted with a priceless treasure, a 500-year-old collection of myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends. Her family’s past has made Lian wary of forming attachments, but the students’ common duty to safeguard the Library of Legends forms unexpected bonds. Lian finds friendship and a cautious romance with the handsome and wealthy Liu Shaoming. But after one classmate is murdered and another arrested, Lian realizes she must escape from the convoy before a family secret puts her in danger. Accompanied by Shao and the enigmatic maidservant Sparrow, Lian makes her way to Shanghai, hoping to reunite with her mother. On the journey, Lian learns of the connection between her two companions and a tale from the Library of Legends, The Willow Star and the Prince. Learning Shao and Sparrow’s true identities compels Lian to confront her feelings for Shao. But there are broader consequences too, for as the ancient books travel across China, they awaken immortals and guardian spirits to embark on an exodus of their own, one that changes the country’s fate forever. Based on true events, rich in Chinese history and lore, The Library of Legends is both an illuminating exploration of China’s recent past and an evocative tale of love, sacrifice, and the extraordinary power of storytelling.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405838Tue, 12 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Library of Legends: A Novel Author: Janie Chang Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405838 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Library of Legends: A Novel Author: Janie Chang Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “The Library of Legends is a gorgeous, poetic journey threaded with mist and magic about a group from a Chinese university who take to the road to escape the Japanese invasion of 1937 – only to discover that danger stalks them from within. Janie Chang pens pure enchantment!”  —Kate Quinn, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress From the author of Three Souls and Dragon Springs Road comes a captivating historical novel—the third in a loosely-connected trilogy—in which a young woman travels across China with a convoy of student refugees, fleeing the hostilities of a brutal war with Japan. “Myths are the darkest and brightest incarnations of who we are…” China, 1937: When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, nineteen-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates at Minghua University are ordered to flee. Lian and a convoy of more than a hundred students, faculty, and staff must walk a thousand miles to the safety of China’s western provinces, a journey marred by hunger, cold, and the constant threat of aerial attack. And it is not just the student refugees who are at risk: Lian and her classmates have been entrusted with a priceless treasure, a 500-year-old collection of myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends. Her family’s past has made Lian wary of forming attachments, but the students’ common duty to safeguard the Library of Legends forms unexpected bonds. Lian finds friendship and a cautious romance with the handsome and wealthy Liu Shaoming. But after one classmate is murdered and another arrested, Lian realizes she must escape from the convoy before a family secret puts her in danger. Accompanied by Shao and the enigmatic maidservant Sparrow, Lian makes her way to Shanghai, hoping to reunite with her mother. On the journey, Lian learns of the connection between her two companions and a tale from the Library of Legends, The Willow Star and the Prince. Learning Shao and Sparrow’s true identities compels Lian to confront her feelings for Shao. But there are broader consequences too, for as the ancient books travel across China, they awaken immortals and guardian spirits to embark on an exodus of their own, one that changes the country’s fate forever. Based on true events, rich in Chinese history and lore, The Library of Legends is both an illuminating exploration of China’s recent past and an evocative tale of love, sacrifice, and the extraordinary power of storytelling.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-brother-george-by-robbie-polack--65202509https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443006 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Brother George Author: Robbie Polack Narrator: Michael Polack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: My Brother George tells the story of two brothers. Their father leaves when they are children and their mother dies only a few years later. With no one to care for them, they are left to fend for themselves. George is a gifted athlete and dreams of being a professional footballer. John knows his older brother has the talent to succeed and would follow him anywhere. Together they plan to move North in search of a better life, as their father once promised their young mother they would. It is a sad story in many ways but it is also a story of hope. It aims to teach us to treasure our loved ones, whether they are still with us or not.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443006Tue, 12 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443006 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Brother George Author: Robbie Polack Narrator: Michael Polack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/443006 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Brother George Author: Robbie Polack Narrator: Michael Polack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: My Brother George tells the story of two brothers. Their father leaves when they are children and their mother dies only a few years later. With no one to care for them, they are left to fend for themselves. George is a gifted athlete and dreams of being a professional footballer. John knows his older brother has the talent to succeed and would follow him anywhere. Together they plan to move North in search of a better life, as their father once promised their young mother they would. It is a sad story in many ways but it is also a story of hope. It aims to teach us to treasure our loved ones, whether they are still with us or not.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/while-the-music-played-a-remarkable-story-of-courage-and-friendship-in-wwii-by-nathaniel-lande--65202500https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While the Music Played: A Remarkable Story of Courage and Friendship in WWII Author: Nathaniel Lande Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “We were the dreamers of dreams, the singers of songs. We were the music makers. We would not hear nor play nor love without each other. This is a prelude to our experience, an overture to who we were and how we arrived on the shores of friendship.” Beginning in 1939 prewar Prague, While the Music Played focuses on the story of young Max Mueller, a curious bright romantic—a budding musician, piano tuner, and nascent journalist. Max is on the cusp of adolescence when the Nazi influence invades Prague’s tolerant spirit with alarming speed as he struggles to understand the changing world around him. When his father, noted German conductor Viktor Mueller, is conscripted into the German army and finds himself increasingly promoting the Nazi message, Viktor’s best friend, noted Czech composer Hans Krása, protests the occupation in every way he can. As everyone Max loves is compromised by intolerable conditions, he becomes increasingly isolated, and is forced to find his own way. With each step, Max’s journey grows more conflicted. Music is the one constant connecting him to both the lost childhood he cherishes and the man he still hopes to become. But will it be enough to sustain him against the relentless Nazi threat? With a seamless blend of historical and fictional characters, told from multiple points of view, and sweeping across the capitals of Prague, London, and Berlin as World War II ravages Europe, this meticulously researched book is unique with its diverse and interweaving narratives, threaded with news accounts, and encompassing some of the most triumphant and devastating moments of the war—from the opera houses of Berlin to the music halls of London and the making of the famous children’s opera Brundibár. While the Music Played is a lyrical, absorbing, and heartbreaking story of love and courage from the widely revered and bestselling author Nathaniel Lande.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452136Tue, 12 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While the Music Played: A Remarkable Story of Courage and Friendship in WWII Author: Nathaniel Lande Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While the Music Played: A Remarkable Story of Courage and Friendship in WWII Author: Nathaniel Lande Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “We were the dreamers of dreams, the singers of songs. We were the music makers. We would not hear nor play nor love without each other. This is a prelude to our experience, an overture to who we were and how we arrived on the shores of friendship.” Beginning in 1939 prewar Prague, While the Music Played focuses on the story of young Max Mueller, a curious bright romantic—a budding musician, piano tuner, and nascent journalist. Max is on the cusp of adolescence when the Nazi influence invades Prague’s tolerant spirit with alarming speed as he struggles to understand the changing world around him. When his father, noted German conductor Viktor Mueller, is conscripted into the German army and finds himself increasingly promoting the Nazi message, Viktor’s best friend, noted Czech composer Hans Krása, protests the occupation in every way he can. As everyone Max loves is compromised by intolerable conditions, he becomes increasingly isolated, and is forced to find his own way. With each step, Max’s journey grows more conflicted. Music is the one constant connecting him to both the lost childhood he cherishes and the man he still hopes to become. But will it be enough to sustain him against the relentless Nazi threat? With a seamless blend of historical and fictional characters, told from multiple points of view, and sweeping across the capitals of Prague, London, and Berlin as World War II ravages Europe, this meticulously researched book is unique with its diverse and interweaving narratives, threaded with news accounts, and encompassing some of the most triumphant and devastating moments of the war—from the opera houses of Berlin to the music halls of London and the making of the famous children’s opera Brundibár. While the Music Played is a lyrical, absorbing, and heartbreaking story of love and courage from the widely revered and bestselling author Nathaniel Lande.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-royal-abduls-by-ramiza-shamoun-koya--65202484https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452142 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Royal Abduls Author: Ramiza Shamoun Koya Narrator: Soneela Nankani, Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ramiza Shamoun Koya reveals the devastating cost of anti-Muslim sentiment in The Royal Abduls, her debut novel about an Indian America family. Evolutionary biologist Amina Abdul accepts a post-doc in Washington, DC, choosing her career studying hybrid zones over a faltering West Coast romance. Her brother and sister-in-law welcome her to the city, but their marriage is crumbling, and they soon rely on her to keep their son company. Omar, hungry to understand his cultural roots, fakes an Indian accent, invents a royal past, and peppers his aunt with questions about their cultural heritage. When he brings an ornamental knife to school, his expulsion triggers a downward spiral for his family, even as Amina struggles to find her own place in an America now at war with people who look like her. With The Royal Abduls, Koya ignites the canon of post-9/11 literature with a deft portrait of second-generation American identity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452142Tue, 12 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452142 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Royal Abduls Author: Ramiza Shamoun Koya Narrator: Soneela Nankani, Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452142 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Royal Abduls Author: Ramiza Shamoun Koya Narrator: Soneela Nankani, Neil Shah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 12, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ramiza Shamoun Koya reveals the devastating cost of anti-Muslim sentiment in The Royal Abduls, her debut novel about an Indian America family. Evolutionary biologist Amina Abdul accepts a post-doc in Washington, DC, choosing her career studying hybrid zones over a faltering West Coast romance. Her brother and sister-in-law welcome her to the city, but their marriage is crumbling, and they soon rely on her to keep their son company. Omar, hungry to understand his cultural roots, fakes an Indian accent, invents a royal past, and peppers his aunt with questions about their cultural heritage. When he brings an ornamental knife to school, his expulsion triggers a downward spiral for his family, even as Amina struggles to find her own place in an America now at war with people who look like her. With The Royal Abduls, Koya ignites the canon of post-9/11 literature with a deft portrait of second-generation American identity.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/almond-a-novel-by-won-pyung-sohn--65202628https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Almond: A Novel Author: Won-Pyung Sohn Narrator: Greg Chun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster.  One of the monsters is me. Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends—the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that—but his devoted mother and grandmother aren’t fazed by his condition. Their little home above his mother’s used bookstore is decorated with colorful post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say ''thank you,'' and when to laugh. Yunjae grows up content, even happy, with his small family in this quiet, peaceful space. Then on Christmas Eve—Yunjae’s sixteenth birthday—everything changes. A shocking act of random violence shatters his world, leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled teenager Gon arrives at his school and begins to bully Yunjae.  Against all odds, tormentor and victim learn they have more in common than they realized. Gon is stumped by Yunjae’s impassive calm, while Yunjae thinks if he gets to know the hotheaded Gon, he might learn how to experience true feelings. Drawn by curiosity, the two strike up a surprising friendship. As Yunjae begins to open his life to new people—including a girl at school—something slowly changes inside him. And when Gon suddenly finds his life in danger, it is Yunjae who will step outside of every comfort zone he has created to perhaps become a most unlikely hero.  The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and persistence can change a life forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404926Tue, 05 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Almond: A Novel Author: Won-Pyung Sohn Narrator: Greg Chun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Almond: A Novel Author: Won-Pyung Sohn Narrator: Greg Chun Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster.  One of the monsters is me. Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends—the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that—but his devoted mother and grandmother aren’t fazed by his condition. Their little home above his mother’s used bookstore is decorated with colorful post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say ''thank you,'' and when to laugh. Yunjae grows up content, even happy, with his small family in this quiet, peaceful space. Then on Christmas Eve—Yunjae’s sixteenth birthday—everything changes. A shocking act of random violence shatters his world, leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with his loss, Yunjae retreats into silent isolation, until troubled teenager Gon arrives at his school and begins to bully Yunjae.  Against all odds, tormentor and victim learn they have more in common than they realized. Gon is stumped by Yunjae’s impassive calm, while Yunjae thinks if he gets to know the hotheaded Gon, he might learn how to experience true feelings. Drawn by curiosity, the two strike up a surprising friendship. As Yunjae begins to open his life to new people—including a girl at school—something slowly changes inside him. And when Gon suddenly finds his life in danger, it is Yunjae who will step outside of every comfort zone he has created to perhaps become a most unlikely hero.  The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and persistence can change a life forever.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/summer-darlings-by-brooke-lea-foster--65202623https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Darlings Author: Brooke Lea Foster Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Filled with 1960s nostalgia and a host of deftly drawn characters” (Renée Rosen, author of Park Avenue Summer), Summer Darlings pulls back the curtain on one mysterious and wealthy family as seen through the eyes of their nanny—a college student who, while falling in love on Martha’s Vineyard, is also forced to reckon with the dark side of privilege. In 1962, coed Heddy Winsome leaves her hardscrabble Irish Brooklyn neighborhood behind and ferries to glamorous Martha’s Vineyard to nanny for one of the wealthiest families on the island. But as she grows enamored with the alluring and seemingly perfect young couple and chases after their two mischievous children, Heddy discovers that her academic scholarship at Wellesley has been revoked, putting her entire future at risk. Determined to find her place in the couple’s wealthy social circles, Heddy nurtures a romance with the hip surfer down the beach while wondering if the better man for her might be a quiet, studious college boy instead. But no one she meets on the summer island—socialite, starlet, or housekeeper—is as picture-perfect as they seem, and she quickly learns that the right last name and a house in a tony zip code may guarantee privilege, but that rarely equals happiness. Praised as “a perfect summer book packed with posh people, glamor, mystery, and one clever, brave, young nanny” by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer, Summer Darlings promises entrance to a rarefied world, for anyone who enjoyed Tigers in Red Weather or The Summer Wives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403869Tue, 05 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Darlings Author: Brooke Lea Foster Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403869 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Darlings Author: Brooke Lea Foster Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Filled with 1960s nostalgia and a host of deftly drawn characters” (Renée Rosen, author of Park Avenue Summer), Summer Darlings pulls back the curtain on one mysterious and wealthy family as seen through the eyes of their nanny—a college student who, while falling in love on Martha’s Vineyard, is also forced to reckon with the dark side of privilege. In 1962, coed Heddy Winsome leaves her hardscrabble Irish Brooklyn neighborhood behind and ferries to glamorous Martha’s Vineyard to nanny for one of the wealthiest families on the island. But as she grows enamored with the alluring and seemingly perfect young couple and chases after their two mischievous children, Heddy discovers that her academic scholarship at Wellesley has been revoked, putting her entire future at risk. Determined to find her place in the couple’s wealthy social circles, Heddy nurtures a romance with the hip surfer down the beach while wondering if the better man for her might be a quiet, studious college boy instead. But no one she meets on the summer island—socialite, starlet, or housekeeper—is as picture-perfect as they seem, and she quickly learns that the right last name and a house in a tony zip code may guarantee privilege, but that rarely equals happiness. Praised as “a perfect summer book packed with posh people, glamor, mystery, and one clever, brave, young nanny” by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer, Summer Darlings promises entrance to a rarefied world, for anyone who enjoyed Tigers in Red Weather or The Summer Wives.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-golden-day-by-charles-d-amico--65202538https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Golden Day Author: Charles D'amico Narrator: Gabriel Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 1, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The author that brought you “Veritas” the first in the Neil Baggio series brings you a day in the life of the Golden Family from Amarillo told through the eye of Travis Golden on his wedding day. As he reflects through the years of his life with his twin sister Terra, growing up in a stressful household, overcoming the odds to reach his goal and meeting the woman of his dreams. From the outside people see Travis as a successful professional basketball player marrying his college sweetheart, from a perfect family from Amarillo. What they don’t see is we all go through trials, tribulations, and strife. Feel the good, the bad, and the tears through the eyes of Travis as he takes you through his journey that will pull at your heart. His wedding day will mirror the life he has led, from his habit of playing basketball when stressed, like dealing with a loss in the family. His greatest day, his wedding day, the culmination of his life will bring him to his knees.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436216Fri, 01 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Golden Day Author: Charles D'amico Narrator: Gabriel Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 1, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Golden Day Author: Charles D'amico Narrator: Gabriel Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 1, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The author that brought you “Veritas” the first in the Neil Baggio series brings you a day in the life of the Golden Family from Amarillo told through the eye of Travis Golden on his wedding day. As he reflects through the years of his life with his twin sister Terra, growing up in a stressful household, overcoming the odds to reach his goal and meeting the woman of his dreams. From the outside people see Travis as a successful professional basketball player marrying his college sweetheart, from a perfect family from Amarillo. What they don’t see is we all go through trials, tribulations, and strife. Feel the good, the bad, and the tears through the eyes of Travis as he takes you through his journey that will pull at your heart. His wedding day will mirror the life he has led, from his habit of playing basketball when stressed, like dealing with a loss in the family. His greatest day, his wedding day, the culmination of his life will bring him to his knees.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-romantics-by-tara-conklin--65202642https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Romantics Author: Tara Conklin Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 30, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The perfect read for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and We Were Liars. ‘A modern epic … A sweeping look at what binds families together’ Glamour For the Skinners, their lives divide into two parts: before that heady summer – of unsupervised youth and tragedy – and after. But mainly after. The events of that childhood summer bound the siblings together fiercely, but the consequences would never be erased. For it’s the million little betrayals echoing through the years that threaten to fray their last fragile ties . . . Spanning five decades, The Last Romantics is a sweeping, compelling portrait of one family – and every family. It is about betrayal, the responsibilities we bear, and how we can lose – and sometimes rescue – the ones we love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408100Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Romantics Author: Tara Conklin Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Romantics Author: Tara Conklin Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 30, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The perfect read for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and We Were Liars. ‘A modern epic … A sweeping look at what binds families together’ Glamour For the Skinners, their lives divide into two parts: before that heady summer – of unsupervised youth and tragedy – and after. But mainly after. The events of that childhood summer bound the siblings together fiercely, but the consequences would never be erased. For it’s the million little betrayals echoing through the years that threaten to fray their last fragile ties . . . Spanning five decades, The Last Romantics is a sweeping, compelling portrait of one family – and every family. It is about betrayal, the responsibilities we bear, and how we can lose – and sometimes rescue – the ones we love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-listener-a-novel-by-rachel-basch--65202599https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Listener: A Novel Author: Rachel Basch Narrator: Michael Crouch, Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 21, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Malcolm Dowd is almost positive he recognizes the freshman who shows up for a session at his office in Baxter College’s Center for Behavioral Health—he just can’t place her. When suddenly she stands, takes off her wig, and reveals herself as Noah, the young man Malcolm had been treating months earlier, it marks the start of a relationship that will change them both. After losing his wife at a young age, Malcolm dedicated himself to giving his two daughters the stable, predictable childhood he never had. But now nothing is predictable—not his young-adult daughters, not himself, and certainly not Noah. Whether he’s attending class or rehearsing for the campus musical, Noah finds he’s often challenging everyone’s definition of gender. During the course of one semester, Noah’s and Malcolm’s lives become entwined in ways neither could ever have imagined. Told alternately from Malcolm’s and Noah’s perspectives, The Listener explores the ways in which we conceal and reveal our identities. As truth after truth is exposed, characters are forced to reconsider themselves and reorder their lives, with few easy answers to be found for anyone. The Listener is, ultimately, about the power of human connection and the many shapes that love can take.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413056Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Listener: A Novel Author: Rachel Basch Narrator: Michael Crouch, Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413056 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Listener: A Novel Author: Rachel Basch Narrator: Michael Crouch, Robert Fass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 21, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Malcolm Dowd is almost positive he recognizes the freshman who shows up for a session at his office in Baxter College’s Center for Behavioral Health—he just can’t place her. When suddenly she stands, takes off her wig, and reveals herself as Noah, the young man Malcolm had been treating months earlier, it marks the start of a relationship that will change them both. After losing his wife at a young age, Malcolm dedicated himself to giving his two daughters the stable, predictable childhood he never had. But now nothing is predictable—not his young-adult daughters, not himself, and certainly not Noah. Whether he’s attending class or rehearsing for the campus musical, Noah finds he’s often challenging everyone’s definition of gender. During the course of one semester, Noah’s and Malcolm’s lives become entwined in ways neither could ever have imagined. Told alternately from Malcolm’s and Noah’s perspectives, The Listener explores the ways in which we conceal and reveal our identities. As truth after truth is exposed, characters are forced to reconsider themselves and reorder their lives, with few easy answers to be found for anyone. The Listener is, ultimately, about the power of human connection and the many shapes that love can take.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ruin-you-by-molly-o-keefe--65202583https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruin You Series: #3 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Simon The only thing that stands in the way of my revenge is her. The lying scheming daughter of the man who killed my parents. She has the secrets I need to bring down her father. And I’ll do anything to get them. I will lie to her. Steal from her. Use her. Ruin her. It helps that our chemistry is explosive. What I’m not expecting is for her to be so sweet. And so strong. So…irresistible. Penny After so many years of lying and hiding, I finally have a place to call home. With people I can call a family. The Paintbrush Inn is my life now, and I won’t let anyone ruin it. When sexy and world-weary Simon checks in to the Inn, I never expect him to glance my way. I’ve spent my whole life blending into the background. Being overlooked and ignored. It’s been helpful, even though it’s lonely. And he’s way out of my league. But our attraction is powerful. Undeniable. Dangerous. Because I can’t let anyone close. If the secrets I keep were to be revealed, my whole life would be destroyed. But something about Simon makes me break all my own rules. I’m letting him in to my home, my body, my life, never expecting he has his own secrets. His own lies.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424610Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruin You Series: #3 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruin You Series: #3 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Simon The only thing that stands in the way of my revenge is her. The lying scheming daughter of the man who killed my parents. She has the secrets I need to bring down her father. And I’ll do anything to get them. I will lie to her. Steal from her. Use her. Ruin her. It helps that our chemistry is explosive. What I’m not expecting is for her to be so sweet. And so strong. So…irresistible. Penny After so many years of lying and hiding, I finally have a place to call home. With people I can call a family. The Paintbrush Inn is my life now, and I won’t let anyone ruin it. When sexy and world-weary Simon checks in to the Inn, I never expect him to glance my way. I’ve spent my whole life blending into the background. Being overlooked and ignored. It’s been helpful, even though it’s lonely. And he’s way out of my league. But our attraction is powerful. Undeniable. Dangerous. Because I can’t let anyone close. If the secrets I keep were to be revealed, my whole life would be destroyed. But something about Simon makes me break all my own rules. I’m letting him in to my home, my body, my life, never expecting he has his own secrets. His own lies.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-without-you-by-molly-o-keefe--65202559https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Without You Series: #1 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: BETH Tommy and I grew up together in a foster home that nearly killed us both. We loved each other with our whole hearts until the world tore us apart. And now I’m in the back seat of his car, and he won’t tell me where he’s taking me. As the days pass, one thing is clear: the attraction between us is as powerful as ever. His kisses are still sweet. His touch is irresistible. But I don’t know if the boy I loved is going to save me or ruin me. TOMMY One last job and my debt to the dangerous man who holds my life in his hands will be paid, my slate wiped clean. To save my life, I have to kidnap Beth, the only woman I ever loved, and deliver her to the one person who wants to destroy her. She's just as sweet and beautiful as I remember, and resisting her is impossible. But falling for her again could get us both killed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424604Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Without You Series: #1 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost Without You Series: #1 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: BETH Tommy and I grew up together in a foster home that nearly killed us both. We loved each other with our whole hearts until the world tore us apart. And now I’m in the back seat of his car, and he won’t tell me where he’s taking me. As the days pass, one thing is clear: the attraction between us is as powerful as ever. His kisses are still sweet. His touch is irresistible. But I don’t know if the boy I loved is going to save me or ruin me. TOMMY One last job and my debt to the dangerous man who holds my life in his hands will be paid, my slate wiped clean. To save my life, I have to kidnap Beth, the only woman I ever loved, and deliver her to the one person who wants to destroy her. She's just as sweet and beautiful as I remember, and resisting her is impossible. But falling for her again could get us both killed.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/need-you-now-by-molly-o-keefe--65202553https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Need You Now Series: #4 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: MARCO I have loved Rosa since I met her in high-school English, even though the odds have always been stacked against us: she’s the child of criminals, resigned to a bleak future; I’m the heir to a successful construction company, unafraid to go after what I want. And I want Rosa. Always and forever. ROSA I broke the law to make sure Marco got custody of our daughter, and I paid the price. But now that I’m out of jail, I’m terrified my ugly past might bleed into our daughter’s future. The only way to ensure that doesn’t happen is by staying far away from both of them. But Marco isn’t letting me run from him. Not again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424606Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Need You Now Series: #4 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Need You Now Series: #4 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: MARCO I have loved Rosa since I met her in high-school English, even though the odds have always been stacked against us: she’s the child of criminals, resigned to a bleak future; I’m the heir to a successful construction company, unafraid to go after what I want. And I want Rosa. Always and forever. ROSA I broke the law to make sure Marco got custody of our daughter, and I paid the price. But now that I’m out of jail, I’m terrified my ugly past might bleed into our daughter’s future. The only way to ensure that doesn’t happen is by staying far away from both of them. But Marco isn’t letting me run from him. Not again.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-i-belong-by-molly-o-keefe--65202544https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where I Belong Series: #2 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The girl I loved is the woman I can't have... It was simple: Pay the debt and I stay out of jail. Pay the debt and I stay alive. But I sacrificed it all for Beth. Punishment is coming, but I can take it—as long as Beth is safe. Away from her mother and everyone else who would hurt her. I gave it all up for two days with her. And it was worth it. She always was. The secrets we keep are what tears us apart... We're supposed to be done. Over. Tommy goes his way; I go mine. Cue the heartbreaking music. It's time for me to finally forget him, but I don't think I can. And when the danger closes in on Tommy, we're on the run again. From Bates. From my mother. From our past. And there are no safe places to hide. Except one. And it's the place that will hurt Tommy the most. But maybe it's time for me to face my past. My demons. Maybe it's time for me to save Tommy for once.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424616Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where I Belong Series: #2 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424616 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where I Belong Series: #2 of When We Were Young Author: Molly O'keefe Narrator: Wendy Endicott, Benjamin D. Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The girl I loved is the woman I can't have... It was simple: Pay the debt and I stay out of jail. Pay the debt and I stay alive. But I sacrificed it all for Beth. Punishment is coming, but I can take it—as long as Beth is safe. Away from her mother and everyone else who would hurt her. I gave it all up for two days with her. And it was worth it. She always was. The secrets we keep are what tears us apart... We're supposed to be done. Over. Tommy goes his way; I go mine. Cue the heartbreaking music. It's time for me to finally forget him, but I don't think I can. And when the danger closes in on Tommy, we're on the run again. From Bates. From my mother. From our past. And there are no safe places to hide. Except one. And it's the place that will hurt Tommy the most. But maybe it's time for me to face my past. My demons. Maybe it's time for me to save Tommy for once.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boys-that-read-lords-of-wildwood-book-two-by-isabella-starling--65202495https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boys That Read: Lords of Wildwood, Book Two Series: #2 of Lords of Wildwood Author: Isabella Starling Narrator: Soren Gray, Victoria Mei Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 13, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: He's wicked smart. Filthy rich. Plus drop dead gorgeous. And he's never been more off-limits.Estella Hawthorne might have been the homecoming queen last year, but everything changed this year at Wildwood Academy.I watched her fall from the glamorous mean girl everyone loved to hate, to the broken little girl I used to know. Things have really gone wrong for my former best friend.I'm having my best year ever. Everybody at Wildwood knows my name, and I finally stepped out of my brother's shadow. Milo Earnshaw. Chess master. Washboard abs. Picky, because I can be.I've got students and teachers eating out of the palm of my hand. The school's most popular girl wants to be with me. I got in to my dream college. I've got it made.Except I've never felt more empty inside.Estella is a part of my life I promised myself I'd never revisit. Too many dirty secrets.Besides, I'm not crushing on her anymore. I got over my Estella-fueled-fantasy in grade school. Now, I just feel sorry for her.But there's more to Miss B*tch than meets the eye. I know the real story behind her pretty face. I know her deepest, darkest secrets. And I promised I'd carry them with me until the day I died.Now, I know she needs me more than ever. Not just as her best friend, or the boy who kissed her tears away when we were younger.She needs me to make things right, and I owe it to our friendship to give us one last shot before it's too late.There's just one person standing in the way.Her boyfriend...My brother.Second in a series of interconnected high school romances. This is a new adult romance with a boyfriend's brother, mean girl/geek, forbidden relationship.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430319Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boys That Read: Lords of Wildwood, Book Two Series: #2 of Lords of Wildwood Author: Isabella Starling Narrator: Soren Gray, Victoria Mei Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boys That Read: Lords of Wildwood, Book Two Series: #2 of Lords of Wildwood Author: Isabella Starling Narrator: Soren Gray, Victoria Mei Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 13, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: He's wicked smart. Filthy rich. Plus drop dead gorgeous. And he's never been more off-limits.Estella Hawthorne might have been the homecoming queen last year, but everything changed this year at Wildwood Academy.I watched her fall from the glamorous mean girl everyone loved to hate, to the broken little girl I used to know. Things have really gone wrong for my former best friend.I'm having my best year ever. Everybody at Wildwood knows my name, and I finally stepped out of my brother's shadow. Milo Earnshaw. Chess master. Washboard abs. Picky, because I can be.I've got students and teachers eating out of the palm of my hand. The school's most popular girl wants to be with me. I got in to my dream college. I've got it made.Except I've never felt more empty inside.Estella is a part of my life I promised myself I'd never revisit. Too many dirty secrets.Besides, I'm not crushing on her anymore. I got over my Estella-fueled-fantasy in grade school. Now, I just feel sorry for her.But there's more to Miss B*tch than meets the eye. I know the real story behind her pretty face. I know her deepest, darkest secrets. And I promised I'd carry them with me until the day I died.Now, I know she needs me more than ever. Not just as her best friend, or the boy who kissed her tears away when we were younger.She needs me to make things right, and I owe it to our friendship to give us one last shot before it's too late.There's just one person standing in the way.Her boyfriend...My brother.Second in a series of interconnected high school romances. This is a new adult romance with a boyfriend's brother, mean girl/geek, forbidden relationship.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-people-by-nikita-lalwani--65202570https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You People Author: Nikita Lalwani Narrator: Vineeta Rishi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin The Pizzeria Vesuvio looks like any other Italian restaurant in London - with a few small differences. The chefs who make the pizza fiorentinas are Sri Lankan, and half the kitchen staff are illegal immigrants. At the centre is Tuli, the restaurant's charismatic proprietor and resident Robin Hood, who promises to help anyone in need. Nineteen-year-old Nia, haunted by her troubled past in Wales, is running from her family. Shan, having fled the Sri Lankan civil war, is desperate to find his. But when Tuli's guidance leads them all into dangerous territory, and the extent of his mysterious operation unravels, each is faced with an impossible moral choice. In a world where the law is against you, how far would you be willing to lie for a chance to live? © Nikita Lalwani 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416256Thu, 02 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You People Author: Nikita Lalwani Narrator: Vineeta Rishi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 2, 2020 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416256 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You People Author: Nikita Lalwani Narrator: Vineeta Rishi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: April 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin The Pizzeria Vesuvio looks like any other Italian restaurant in London - with a few small differences. The chefs who make the pizza fiorentinas are Sri Lankan, and half the kitchen staff are illegal immigrants. At the centre is Tuli, the restaurant's charismatic proprietor and resident Robin Hood, who promises to help anyone in need. Nineteen-year-old Nia, haunted by her troubled past in Wales, is running from her family. Shan, having fled the Sri Lankan civil war, is desperate to find his. But when Tuli's guidance leads them all into dangerous territory, and the extent of his mysterious operation unravels, each is faced with an impossible moral choice. In a world where the law is against you, how far would you be willing to lie for a chance to live? © Nikita Lalwani 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/music-from-another-world-by-robin-talley--65202634https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397522 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Music From Another World Author: Robin Talley Narrator: Jayme Mattler, Lauren Sweet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘An utter joy to read’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars The brand-new novel from the 2020 CILIP Carnegie medal nominee and New York Times bestseller, Robin Talley. ************************************************************* ‘I’m just so sick of blending in…’ It’s 1977, and the USA is tearing itself apart. And so is Tammy Larson. Seventeen and scared, Tammy has a secret that her strict community and conservative family must never find out; one that she’s only ever shared in unposted letters to her hero, Harvey Milk. She’s gay. Hundreds of miles away, Tammy’s new pen pal is dealing with a few secrets of her own. Sharon Hawkins lives in foggy San Francisco, an exciting city full of protests and punk music. But as the letters pile up in her desk drawer, Sharon begins to realise that her world might not be that different to Tammy’s after all… Set to a soundtrack of Bowie, Blondie and a whole lot of Patti Smith, the girls’ worlds converge in ways they could never have imagined. With a fierce sense of rebellion and a feminist attitude to boot, Tammy and Sharon soon discover what it means to be their true selves, and one thing’s for sure: they’re both sick of blending in. The perfect empowering and life-affirming read for fans of Caitlin Moran, Becky Albertalli and Meredith Russo. ************************************************************* Praise for Music from Another World: ‘Difficult to put down… an empowering read with a powerful message’ Paper Lanterns ‘Absolutely LOVED it! So funny and romantic and incredibly tense’ Tom Ellen Praise for Robin Talley’s previous novels: ‘The main characters are terrific in what is a moving novel. And an important one.’ The Telegraph ‘absolutely loved it – romantic and funny and gripping and just generally excellent!’ Tom Ellen, author of Freshers ‘touching, clever and absolutely hilarious’ The Herald ‘I really loved the book… it was just a lovely, refreshing read for me, and I’m so glad there are authors like Robin Talley out there.’ Bookseller ‘One of the most interesting and informative LGBT books I've read recently!’ Reader ‘a must-read for anyone interested in LGBTQ+ history’ NetGalley reviewer]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397522Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397522 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Music From Another World Author: Robin Talley Narrator: Jayme Mattler, Lauren Sweet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397522 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Music From Another World Author: Robin Talley Narrator: Jayme Mattler, Lauren Sweet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘An utter joy to read’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars The brand-new novel from the 2020 CILIP Carnegie medal nominee and New York Times bestseller, Robin Talley. ************************************************************* ‘I’m just so sick of blending in…’ It’s 1977, and the USA is tearing itself apart. And so is Tammy Larson. Seventeen and scared, Tammy has a secret that her strict community and conservative family must never find out; one that she’s only ever shared in unposted letters to her hero, Harvey Milk. She’s gay. Hundreds of miles away, Tammy’s new pen pal is dealing with a few secrets of her own. Sharon Hawkins lives in foggy San Francisco, an exciting city full of protests and punk music. But as the letters pile up in her desk drawer, Sharon begins to realise that her world might not be that different to Tammy’s after all… Set to a soundtrack of Bowie, Blondie and a whole lot of Patti Smith, the girls’ worlds converge in ways they could never have imagined. With a fierce sense of rebellion and a feminist attitude to boot, Tammy and Sharon soon discover what it means to be their true selves, and one thing’s for sure: they’re both sick of blending in. The perfect empowering and life-affirming read for fans of Caitlin Moran, Becky Albertalli and Meredith Russo. ************************************************************* Praise for Music from Another World: ‘Difficult to put down… an empowering read with a powerful message’ Paper Lanterns ‘Absolutely LOVED it! So funny and romantic and incredibly tense’ Tom Ellen Praise for Robin Talley’s previous novels: ‘The main characters are terrific in what is a moving novel. And an important one.’ The Telegraph ‘absolutely loved it – romantic and funny and gripping and just generally excellent!’ Tom Ellen, author of Freshers ‘touching, clever and absolutely hilarious’ The Herald ‘I really loved the book… it was just a lovely, refreshing read for me, and I’m so glad there are authors like Robin Talley out there.’ Bookseller ‘One of the most interesting and informative LGBT books I've read recently!’ Reader ‘a must-read for anyone interested in LGBTQ+ history’ NetGalley reviewer]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boys-that-tease-a-bully-romance-lords-of-wildwood-book-one-by-isabella-starling--65202558https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boys That Tease: A Bully Romance (Lords of Wildwood, Book One) Series: #1 of Lords of Wildwood Author: Isabella Starling Narrator: Teddy Hamilton, Mia Madison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Top 5 reasons I should stay away from Crispin Dalton:1. He's been bullying me since the day I started at Wildwood Academy, the prestigious high school for young elites2. He's the kind of jerk who thinks liking a girl means tugging on her hair (seriously, is this first grade?)3. There's a scandal tying our families together in the most awful way, and his whole family hates me because of it4. He's so far out of my league, he might as well be wearing a sign that says 'Don't look, touch or fantasize about me... or else'5. He's kind of, sort of, dating my best friend...We've come a long way since being co-stars on my TV show. The boy I used to crush on obsessively isn't the nice guy anymore.No, he's the mean, cruel, evil bully who's dead set on ruining my life. And to top it all off, he's more off-limits than he ever has been.So, obviously, I shouldn't be crushing on Crispin, because he isn't the boy he used to be.No, no, no... he's even hotter now.And as it turns out, little old me can't resist a bully with a heart of gold.This is a full-length novel, part of the Lords of Wildwood series. Can be read as a standalone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428585Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boys That Tease: A Bully Romance (Lords of Wildwood, Book One) Series: #1 of Lords of Wildwood Author: Isabella Starling Narrator: Teddy Hamilton, Mia...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boys That Tease: A Bully Romance (Lords of Wildwood, Book One) Series: #1 of Lords of Wildwood Author: Isabella Starling Narrator: Teddy Hamilton, Mia Madison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Top 5 reasons I should stay away from Crispin Dalton:1. He's been bullying me since the day I started at Wildwood Academy, the prestigious high school for young elites2. He's the kind of jerk who thinks liking a girl means tugging on her hair (seriously, is this first grade?)3. There's a scandal tying our families together in the most awful way, and his whole family hates me because of it4. He's so far out of my league, he might as well be wearing a sign that says 'Don't look, touch or fantasize about me... or else'5. He's kind of, sort of, dating my best friend...We've come a long way since being co-stars on my TV show. The boy I used to crush on obsessively isn't the nice guy anymore.No, he's the mean, cruel, evil bully who's dead set on ruining my life. And to top it all off, he's more off-limits than he ever has been.So, obviously, I shouldn't be crushing on Crispin, because he isn't the boy he used to be.No, no, no... he's even hotter now.And as it turns out, little old me can't resist a bully with a heart of gold.This is a full-length novel, part of the Lords of Wildwood series. Can be read as a standalone.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/portland-rebels-the-complete-collection-the-portland-rebels-series-by-rebecca-grace-allen--65202508https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Portland Rebels: The Complete Collection: The Portland Rebels Series Series: Part of The Portland Rebels Author: Rebecca Grace Allen Narrator: Melissa Barr, Rock Engle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: One Town. Three Romances. Five tales of rebellious love.   Rebel. (ˈrebəl) Noun. A person who resists rules or norms. Defiant, disobedient. Unruly. Subverts authority, control, or tradition.   This collection of new-adult, coming-of-age contemporary romances includes a sultry summer romance about a nerdy heroine and a reformed bad boy finding their HEA; a second-chance, friends-to-lovers, “what happens in Vegas” vacation romance; and an ugly duckling MMF ménage tale.  With a heat level of scorching, each story takes place during a different season and is set in a small coastal town in southern Maine.   VOLUME 1: THE DUALITY PRINCIPLE VOLUME 2: THE HIERARCHY OF NEEDS VOLUME 3: THE SPECTRUM OF DESIRE* VOLUME 4: THE THEORY OF DEVIANCE VOLUME 5: THE PUNISHMENT DOCTRINE*   *=Exclusive to the Complete Collection]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428584Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Portland Rebels: The Complete Collection: The Portland Rebels Series Series: Part of The Portland Rebels Author: Rebecca Grace Allen Narrator: Melissa...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428584 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Portland Rebels: The Complete Collection: The Portland Rebels Series Series: Part of The Portland Rebels Author: Rebecca Grace Allen Narrator: Melissa Barr, Rock Engle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: One Town. Three Romances. Five tales of rebellious love.   Rebel. (ˈrebəl) Noun. A person who resists rules or norms. Defiant, disobedient. Unruly. Subverts authority, control, or tradition.   This collection of new-adult, coming-of-age contemporary romances includes a sultry summer romance about a nerdy heroine and a reformed bad boy finding their HEA; a second-chance, friends-to-lovers, “what happens in Vegas” vacation romance; and an ugly duckling MMF ménage tale.  With a heat level of scorching, each story takes place during a different season and is set in a small coastal town in southern Maine.   VOLUME 1: THE DUALITY PRINCIPLE VOLUME 2: THE HIERARCHY OF NEEDS VOLUME 3: THE SPECTRUM OF DESIRE* VOLUME 4: THE THEORY OF DEVIANCE VOLUME 5: THE PUNISHMENT DOCTRINE*   *=Exclusive to the Complete Collection]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-heroes-by-ray-loriga--65202521https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425715 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Héroes Author: Ray Loriga Narrator: Julián Ortega Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 26, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: La novela de Ray Loriga que deslumbró a toda una generación. Héroes cuenta la historia de un chico que se encierra en su habitación para vivir fuera de un mundo sin alicientes y dentro de las canciones. Una chica rubia, amigos, viajes que le llevan lejos de lo que no quiere ver... todo está en ese cuarto, ese territorio propio en el que él está siempre solo. En el exterior, las cosas ya no son como le gustarían, no le interesa la madurez. Es una estrella que únicamente saldrá convertido en un ángel. Escrita con una prosa desnuda, aforística, y con un lenguaje cinematográfico, Héroes es una novela heredera de David Bowie y de la poesía del rock and roll que se convirtió, desde su publicación en 1993, en una obra de culto para toda una generación. La crítica ha dicho: «Ray Loriga es un fascinante cruce entre Marguerite Duras y Jim Thompson». Pedro Almodóvar «La voz de una generación». The Daily Telegraph «Ray Loriga destila genio en cada página». Scotland on Sunday «Ray Loriga es la estrella del rock de las letras europeas». The New York Times «Ray Loriga escribe como si fuera un hijo bastardo post-existencialista de Camus». The Observer «A Loriga se le puede considerar el verdadero iniciador de una escritura que se aleja del realismo español, un monólogo mental en un paisaje desolado, como salido de un cuadro de Hopper». J. A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia «Loriga se ha unido al selecto grupo de escritores que -como Houellebecq y Murakami- están redefiniendo la ficción del siglo XXI». Wayne Burrows, The Big Issue «Héroes, una obra en la que los capítulos se suceden como las canciones en el vinilo [...] Ésa es su apuesta: tirar de su pasado, de las canciones, los libros o las películas que le impresionaron. Sin complejos». Guillermo Altares, El País «No dejen de leer Héroes, de Ray Loriga, ¿quién sabe? Tal vez el día de mañana necesiten algo de orientación dentro del caos de esta vida». Literatúrate]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425715Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425715 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Héroes Author: Ray Loriga Narrator: Julián Ortega Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 26, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/425715 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Héroes Author: Ray Loriga Narrator: Julián Ortega Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 26, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: La novela de Ray Loriga que deslumbró a toda una generación. Héroes cuenta la historia de un chico que se encierra en su habitación para vivir fuera de un mundo sin alicientes y dentro de las canciones. Una chica rubia, amigos, viajes que le llevan lejos de lo que no quiere ver... todo está en ese cuarto, ese territorio propio en el que él está siempre solo. En el exterior, las cosas ya no son como le gustarían, no le interesa la madurez. Es una estrella que únicamente saldrá convertido en un ángel. Escrita con una prosa desnuda, aforística, y con un lenguaje cinematográfico, Héroes es una novela heredera de David Bowie y de la poesía del rock and roll que se convirtió, desde su publicación en 1993, en una obra de culto para toda una generación. La crítica ha dicho: «Ray Loriga es un fascinante cruce entre Marguerite Duras y Jim Thompson». Pedro Almodóvar «La voz de una generación». The Daily Telegraph «Ray Loriga destila genio en cada página». Scotland on Sunday «Ray Loriga es la estrella del rock de las letras europeas». The New York Times «Ray Loriga escribe como si fuera un hijo bastardo post-existencialista de Camus». The Observer «A Loriga se le puede considerar el verdadero iniciador de una escritura que se aleja del realismo español, un monólogo mental en un paisaje desolado, como salido de un cuadro de Hopper». J. A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia «Loriga se ha unido al selecto grupo de escritores que -como Houellebecq y Murakami- están redefiniendo la ficción del siglo XXI». Wayne Burrows, The Big Issue «Héroes, una obra en la que los capítulos se suceden como las canciones en el vinilo [...] Ésa es su apuesta: tirar de su pasado, de las canciones, los libros o las películas que le impresionaron. Sin complejos». Guillermo Altares, El País «No dejen de leer Héroes, de Ray Loriga, ¿quién sabe? Tal vez el día de mañana necesiten algo de orientación dentro del caos de esta vida». Literatúrate]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secret-lives-of-mothers-daughters-a-novel-by-anita-kushwaha--65202540https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters: A Novel Author: Anita Kushwaha Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 24, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A breathtaking novel about the ties that bind mothers and daughters together and the secrets that tear them apart. Veena, Mala and Nandini are three very different women with something in common. Out of love, each bears a secret that will haunt her life—and that of her daughter—because the risk of telling the truth is too great. But secrets have consequences. Particularly for Asha, a young woman on the cusp of adulthood, who links them together. After her eighteenth birthday, Asha is devastated to learn that she was adopted as a baby. What’s more, her birth mother died of a mysterious illness, leaving Asha with only a letter. Nandini, Asha’s adoptive mother, has always feared the truth would come between them. Veena, a recent widow, worries about her daughter Mala’s future. The shock of her husband’s sudden death leaves her shaken and convinces her that the only way to keep her daughter safe is to secure her future. Mala struggles to balance her dreams and ambition with her mother’s expectations. She must bear a secret, the burden of which threatens her very life. Three mothers—each bound by love, deceit and a young woman who connects them all. Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters is an intergenerational novel about family, duty and the choices we make in the name of love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413813Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters: A Novel Author: Anita Kushwaha Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters: A Novel Author: Anita Kushwaha Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: March 24, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A breathtaking novel about the ties that bind mothers and daughters together and the secrets that tear them apart. Veena, Mala and Nandini are three very different women with something in common. Out of love, each bears a secret that will haunt her life—and that of her daughter—because the risk of telling the truth is too great. But secrets have consequences. Particularly for Asha, a young woman on the cusp of adulthood, who links them together. After her eighteenth birthday, Asha is devastated to learn that she was adopted as a baby. What’s more, her birth mother died of a mysterious illness, leaving Asha with only a letter. Nandini, Asha’s adoptive mother, has always feared the truth would come between them. Veena, a recent widow, worries about her daughter Mala’s future. The shock of her husband’s sudden death leaves her shaken and convinces her that the only way to keep her daughter safe is to secure her future. Mala struggles to balance her dreams and ambition with her mother’s expectations. She must bear a secret, the burden of which threatens her very life. Three mothers—each bound by love, deceit and a young woman who connects them all. Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters is an intergenerational novel about family, duty and the choices we make in the name of love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-origin-of-me-by-bernard-gallate--65202576https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Origin of Me Author: Bernard Gallate Narrator: Thomas Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Lincoln Locke's fifteen-year-old life is turned upside down when he's thrust into bachelor-pad living with his father, after his parents' marriage breaks up, and into an exclusive new school. Crestfield Academy offers Lincoln a new set of peers - the cr�me de la cr�me of gifted individuals, who also happen to be financially loaded - and a place on the swim relay team with a bunch of thugs in Speedos. Homunculus, the little voice inside his head, doesn't make life any easier; nor does Lincoln's growing awareness of a genetic anomaly that threatens to humiliate him at every turn. On a search for answers to big LIFE questions, he turns to the school library, where he spies a nineteenth-century memoir, My One Redeeming Affliction by Edwin Stroud, a one-time star of Melinkoff's Astonishing Assembly of Freaks. As Lincoln slowly reads this peculiar, life-changing book, the past reaches into his present in fascinating and alarming ways. Ways that defy imagination . . . Audacious, funny and wonderfully inventive, The Origin of Me is a song to friendship, to young love, to the joy of imagination, and to celebrating differences.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416801Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Origin of Me Author: Bernard Gallate Narrator: Thomas Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Origin of Me Author: Bernard Gallate Narrator: Thomas Larkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 17, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Lincoln Locke's fifteen-year-old life is turned upside down when he's thrust into bachelor-pad living with his father, after his parents' marriage breaks up, and into an exclusive new school. Crestfield Academy offers Lincoln a new set of peers - the cr�me de la cr�me of gifted individuals, who also happen to be financially loaded - and a place on the swim relay team with a bunch of thugs in Speedos. Homunculus, the little voice inside his head, doesn't make life any easier; nor does Lincoln's growing awareness of a genetic anomaly that threatens to humiliate him at every turn. On a search for answers to big LIFE questions, he turns to the school library, where he spies a nineteenth-century memoir, My One Redeeming Affliction by Edwin Stroud, a one-time star of Melinkoff's Astonishing Assembly of Freaks. As Lincoln slowly reads this peculiar, life-changing book, the past reaches into his present in fascinating and alarming ways. Ways that defy imagination . . . Audacious, funny and wonderfully inventive, The Origin of Me is a song to friendship, to young love, to the joy of imagination, and to celebrating differences.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-home-guard-a-novel-of-the-civil-war-by-john-warley--65202616https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Home Guard: A Novel of the Civil War Author: John Warley Narrator: John Warley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In 1861, a 12-year-old boy and his 80-year-old grandmother flee their elegant home along the Beaufort River to shelter in the wilderness of Cane Island, South Carolina. They struggle to survive as the Civil War lays waste to the existence they’ve known and loved, a way of life doomed from its unholy inception. Carter’s mother Anna has fled to Charleston, along with most of his neighbors; his brother Preston is off fighting for the Confederacy; the family’s former slaves have looted his childhood home; and Union troops have commandeered his hometown. Meanwhile, Carter’s charming, cocksure cousin Gabe has asked him to spy for the Confederacy. In this classic coming-of-age story, Carter Barnwell is thrust into an early manhood as he faces the challenges of living off the land, caring for his ailing grandmother, wrestling with his budding sexuality, and wrangling with his awakening conscience. When he meets an abolitionist missionary from the north – who happens to be a beautiful young girl – Carter begins to see his world through new and critical eyes, even as he maintains fierce loyalty to the people and homeland he loves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431760Wed, 11 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Home Guard: A Novel of the Civil War Author: John Warley Narrator: John Warley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/431760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Home Guard: A Novel of the Civil War Author: John Warley Narrator: John Warley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In 1861, a 12-year-old boy and his 80-year-old grandmother flee their elegant home along the Beaufort River to shelter in the wilderness of Cane Island, South Carolina. They struggle to survive as the Civil War lays waste to the existence they’ve known and loved, a way of life doomed from its unholy inception. Carter’s mother Anna has fled to Charleston, along with most of his neighbors; his brother Preston is off fighting for the Confederacy; the family’s former slaves have looted his childhood home; and Union troops have commandeered his hometown. Meanwhile, Carter’s charming, cocksure cousin Gabe has asked him to spy for the Confederacy. In this classic coming-of-age story, Carter Barnwell is thrust into an early manhood as he faces the challenges of living off the land, caring for his ailing grandmother, wrestling with his budding sexuality, and wrangling with his awakening conscience. When he meets an abolitionist missionary from the north – who happens to be a beautiful young girl – Carter begins to see his world through new and critical eyes, even as he maintains fierce loyalty to the people and homeland he loves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/between-the-records-by-julian-tepper--65202637https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between The Records Author: Julian Tepper Narrator: Julian Tepper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Between the Records has the gritty realness of Meet Me in the Bathroom mixed with the literary family dynamics of The Corrections. Brothers, fathers, and rock 'n' roll are at the heart of Between the Records, Julian Tepper's third novel, a moody and heady work of autofiction surrounding the relationship between Jules and Adam, two brothers who are also bandmates. Jules and Adam's quixotic yet fraught relationship has allowed them to make the art they love as they follow in their father's musician footsteps. Their band is signed to a label, they tour constantly, and their drummer, Abe, is always late. As Jules navigates the period of time after their first album is released but before their second is made, the brothers begin to realize brotherhood and art are not enough. Jules, the younger, struggles to feel heard while Adam vies for the dominance he's accustomed to as the oldest brother. From the forest in Woodstock where they hole up trying to finish writing songs, to the tour van they're sick of, and finally to the streets of New York City where their final battle takes place, the brothers wrestle with their demons—musical and familial.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415594Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between The Records Author: Julian Tepper Narrator: Julian Tepper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between The Records Author: Julian Tepper Narrator: Julian Tepper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Between the Records has the gritty realness of Meet Me in the Bathroom mixed with the literary family dynamics of The Corrections. Brothers, fathers, and rock 'n' roll are at the heart of Between the Records, Julian Tepper's third novel, a moody and heady work of autofiction surrounding the relationship between Jules and Adam, two brothers who are also bandmates. Jules and Adam's quixotic yet fraught relationship has allowed them to make the art they love as they follow in their father's musician footsteps. Their band is signed to a label, they tour constantly, and their drummer, Abe, is always late. As Jules navigates the period of time after their first album is released but before their second is made, the brothers begin to realize brotherhood and art are not enough. Jules, the younger, struggles to feel heard while Adam vies for the dominance he's accustomed to as the oldest brother. From the forest in Woodstock where they hole up trying to finish writing songs, to the tour van they're sick of, and finally to the streets of New York City where their final battle takes place, the brothers wrestle with their demons—musical and familial.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/father-christmas-by-rowdy-herrington--65202517https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439733 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Father Christmas Author: Rowdy Herrington Narrator: Rowdy Herrington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this award-winning novel set in the coal mining town of Brilliant, Ohio, during the Great Depression, ten-year-old Annie O’Neill is finally allowed to stay up on Christmas Eve, bursting with excitement and wonder at finally catching a glimpse of Father Christmas himself! When Annie’s father returns home from a long shift at the coal mine on Christmas Eve, Annie makes a life-changing discovery about who Santa Claus really is. As her heart wrestles with reality and make-believe, Annie’s profound discovery about the real Father Christmas will touch the hearts of people everywhere. As she gracefully releases her innocence, Annie learns that the true meaning of Christmas is what lies in your heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439733Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439733 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Father Christmas Author: Rowdy Herrington Narrator: Rowdy Herrington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 10,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439733 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Father Christmas Author: Rowdy Herrington Narrator: Rowdy Herrington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this award-winning novel set in the coal mining town of Brilliant, Ohio, during the Great Depression, ten-year-old Annie O’Neill is finally allowed to stay up on Christmas Eve, bursting with excitement and wonder at finally catching a glimpse of Father Christmas himself! When Annie’s father returns home from a long shift at the coal mine on Christmas Eve, Annie makes a life-changing discovery about who Santa Claus really is. As her heart wrestles with reality and make-believe, Annie’s profound discovery about the real Father Christmas will touch the hearts of people everywhere. As she gracefully releases her innocence, Annie learns that the true meaning of Christmas is what lies in your heart.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dragon-librarian-by-marc-secchia--65202486https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dragon Librarian Series: #1 of Scrolls of Fire Author: Marc Secchia Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Abandoned at birth by her parents, Auli-Ambar is seen as a child blighted by a callous talon-stroke of fate. A worthless burden, she is blind, severely disfigured, and fit only for the most menial tasks. Then, a simple act of kindness changes her life. Flown to the Halls of the Dragons, the painfully shy girl becomes a cleaner of Dragon roosts and a helpless wanderer of the Dragon Library. Here, Auli is able to walk amidst the lore she is drawn to so profoundly. She can touch it and imagine worlds within scrolls. She thrills to the hallowed scents of knowledge but aches for what blindness has forever denied her. In the cruelest of ironies, Auli discovers she possesses magic that makes people and Dragons forget her very existence. With this disremembrance, the accursed power of loneliness, she can only despair. Little does anyone suspect that the fate of all Dragonkind rests in her hands... But one will not forget. Deep amidst the forbidden racks of draconic scroll lore, where Auli-Ambar has unwittingly breached the protective wards, the young Dragon scholar, Arkurion the Mercury Blue, will discover her true gift and ignite its flame. Now, in the environs of a magical library overseen by the mighty Dragon Librarian Sazutharr, the extraordinary courage and integrity of a blind girl will finally be given the chance to blossom.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452468Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dragon Librarian Series: #1 of Scrolls of Fire Author: Marc Secchia Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/452468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dragon Librarian Series: #1 of Scrolls of Fire Author: Marc Secchia Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Abandoned at birth by her parents, Auli-Ambar is seen as a child blighted by a callous talon-stroke of fate. A worthless burden, she is blind, severely disfigured, and fit only for the most menial tasks. Then, a simple act of kindness changes her life. Flown to the Halls of the Dragons, the painfully shy girl becomes a cleaner of Dragon roosts and a helpless wanderer of the Dragon Library. Here, Auli is able to walk amidst the lore she is drawn to so profoundly. She can touch it and imagine worlds within scrolls. She thrills to the hallowed scents of knowledge but aches for what blindness has forever denied her. In the cruelest of ironies, Auli discovers she possesses magic that makes people and Dragons forget her very existence. With this disremembrance, the accursed power of loneliness, she can only despair. Little does anyone suspect that the fate of all Dragonkind rests in her hands... But one will not forget. Deep amidst the forbidden racks of draconic scroll lore, where Auli-Ambar has unwittingly breached the protective wards, the young Dragon scholar, Arkurion the Mercury Blue, will discover her true gift and ignite its flame. Now, in the environs of a magical library overseen by the mighty Dragon Librarian Sazutharr, the extraordinary courage and integrity of a blind girl will finally be given the chance to blossom.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-rivals-fall-by-cassandra-hallman-j-l-beck--65202475https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Rivals Fall Series: #1 of The Bayshore Rivals Series Author: Cassandra Hallman, J. L. Beck Narrator: Meghan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 1 minute Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Oliver Rivals since before birth, there has never been a time when my family hasn’t hated the Lockwoods and their daughter Harlow. But she made it personal, no longer just a rivalry between our parents. Now she’s here, at Bayshore University, without her family’s protection. There’s nothing to stop us from getting our revenge on her, no one to tell us enough is enough. And so my brothers and I have devised a plan. We’ll break her, have her falling at her knees for us in no time, and then we’ll send her back to her family with a warning: cross the Bishops again and you’ll pay. Harlow I’ve despised the smug, stupidly gorgeous Bishop brothers since I was a small child. Our families’ rivalry was one that started years before us, and one that I wanted to end. All I wanted was to enjoy college and move on with my life. But your past can never stay hidden, right? When the Bishop brothers turn up at my school I have no place to run. I know they’ll make certain I pay for every single bad-mouthed remark I or my parents ever made about them. At Bayshore, I’m at their mercy, and they won’t stop until my heart is a bleeding mess. Warning: contains explicit content including sexual assault]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439729Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Rivals Fall Series: #1 of The Bayshore Rivals Series Author: Cassandra Hallman, J. L. Beck Narrator: Meghan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439729 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Rivals Fall Series: #1 of The Bayshore Rivals Series Author: Cassandra Hallman, J. L. Beck Narrator: Meghan Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 1 minute Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Oliver Rivals since before birth, there has never been a time when my family hasn’t hated the Lockwoods and their daughter Harlow. But she made it personal, no longer just a rivalry between our parents. Now she’s here, at Bayshore University, without her family’s protection. There’s nothing to stop us from getting our revenge on her, no one to tell us enough is enough. And so my brothers and I have devised a plan. We’ll break her, have her falling at her knees for us in no time, and then we’ll send her back to her family with a warning: cross the Bishops again and you’ll pay. Harlow I’ve despised the smug, stupidly gorgeous Bishop brothers since I was a small child. Our families’ rivalry was one that started years before us, and one that I wanted to end. All I wanted was to enjoy college and move on with my life. But your past can never stay hidden, right? When the Bishop brothers turn up at my school I have no place to run. I know they’ll make certain I pay for every single bad-mouthed remark I or my parents ever made about them. At Bayshore, I’m at their mercy, and they won’t stop until my heart is a bleeding mess. Warning: contains explicit content including sexual assault]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mountains-sing-by-nguyen-phan-que-mai--65202631https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountains Sing Author: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Narrator: Quyen Ngo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 138 Ratings of Narrator: 4.72 of Total 50 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore not just her beloved country, but her family apart. Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope. The Mountains Sing is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai's first novel in English.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423085Tue, 03 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountains Sing Author: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Narrator: Quyen Ngo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountains Sing Author: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Narrator: Quyen Ngo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 138 Ratings of Narrator: 4.72 of Total 50 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore not just her beloved country, but her family apart. Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope. The Mountains Sing is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai's first novel in English.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saving-barrette-by-shey-stahl--65202564https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Barrette Author: Shey Stahl Narrator: Madison George, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Barrette Blake has virtually no memory of the night her world changed forever. With the unwavering support of her best friend, she tries to piece together her life and her foggy memories of that night. She’s focused and resilient, but on the inside, she’s losing hope she’ll ever be whole again. Asa Lawson has it all together—on the field that is. He dominates the college-football scene, but his life is messy. He’s in love with the girl who can’t love herself after everything that’s happened to her. While everything around him is spiraling out of control and threatens to come crashing down completely, the truth about the night that destroyed his childhood friend is revealed. She’s hiding from the night she doesn’t remember, and he’s going to show her she’s worth the risk.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418830Tue, 25 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Barrette Author: Shey Stahl Narrator: Madison George, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/418830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saving Barrette Author: Shey Stahl Narrator: Madison George, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 25, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Barrette Blake has virtually no memory of the night her world changed forever. With the unwavering support of her best friend, she tries to piece together her life and her foggy memories of that night. She’s focused and resilient, but on the inside, she’s losing hope she’ll ever be whole again. Asa Lawson has it all together—on the field that is. He dominates the college-football scene, but his life is messy. He’s in love with the girl who can’t love herself after everything that’s happened to her. While everything around him is spiraling out of control and threatens to come crashing down completely, the truth about the night that destroyed his childhood friend is revealed. She’s hiding from the night she doesn’t remember, and he’s going to show her she’s worth the risk.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-thing-about-december-by-donal-ryan--65202592https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thing About December Author: Donal Ryan Narrator: Donal Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. ‘He heard Daddy one time saying he was a grand quiet boy to Mother when he thought Johnsey couldn’t hear them talking. Mother must have been giving out about him being a gom and Daddy was defending him. He heard the fondness in Daddy’s voice. But you’d have fondness for an auld eejit of a crossbred pup that should have been drowned at birth.’ While the Celtic Tiger rages, and greed becomes the norm, Johnsey Cunliffe desperately tries to hold on to the familiar, even as he loses those who all his life have protected him from a harsh world. Village bullies and scheming land-grabbers stand in his way, no matter where he turns. Set over the course of one year of Johnsey’s life, The Thing About December breathes with his grief, bewilderment, humour and agonizing self-doubt. This is a heart-twisting tale of a lonely man struggling to make sense of a world moving faster than he is. Donal Ryan’s award-winning debut, The Spinning Heart, garnered unprecedented acclaim, and The Thing About December confirms his status as one of the best writers of his generation. © Donal Ryan 2013 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419367Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thing About December Author: Donal Ryan Narrator: Donal Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: February 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419367 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Thing About December Author: Donal Ryan Narrator: Donal Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 22 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. ‘He heard Daddy one time saying he was a grand quiet boy to Mother when he thought Johnsey couldn’t hear them talking. Mother must have been giving out about him being a gom and Daddy was defending him. He heard the fondness in Daddy’s voice. But you’d have fondness for an auld eejit of a crossbred pup that should have been drowned at birth.’ While the Celtic Tiger rages, and greed becomes the norm, Johnsey Cunliffe desperately tries to hold on to the familiar, even as he loses those who all his life have protected him from a harsh world. Village bullies and scheming land-grabbers stand in his way, no matter where he turns. Set over the course of one year of Johnsey’s life, The Thing About December breathes with his grief, bewilderment, humour and agonizing self-doubt. This is a heart-twisting tale of a lonely man struggling to make sense of a world moving faster than he is. Donal Ryan’s award-winning debut, The Spinning Heart, garnered unprecedented acclaim, and The Thing About December confirms his status as one of the best writers of his generation. © Donal Ryan 2013 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prodigal-by-charles-lambert--65202647https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prodigal Author: Charles Lambert Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Meet the hapless Jeremy: a man in his late '50s, he scrapes together a living in Paris by writing soft-core pornography under the saucy guise of 'Nathalie Cray'. When his all-but-estranged sister tells him their father is on his deathbed, Jeremy reluctantly travels back to his parental home in the depths of the English countryside. Confronted with a life that he had always been eager to escape, his return marks the start of an emotionally fraught journey into the family's checkered past. The journey takes him back to the unexpected death of his mother in a provincial Greek hospital years earlier and, further back, to the moment at which the Eldritch family fell apart. It's a journey composed of revelations, of secrets disclosed and not disclosed, and of something that might, or might not, be reconciliation . . . An atypical coming-of-age tale, Prodigal deftly reconsiders everything we think we know about the nature of trust, death, and what we do to each other in the name of love. Contains mature themes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398831Tue, 18 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prodigal Author: Charles Lambert Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398831 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Prodigal Author: Charles Lambert Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Meet the hapless Jeremy: a man in his late '50s, he scrapes together a living in Paris by writing soft-core pornography under the saucy guise of 'Nathalie Cray'. When his all-but-estranged sister tells him their father is on his deathbed, Jeremy reluctantly travels back to his parental home in the depths of the English countryside. Confronted with a life that he had always been eager to escape, his return marks the start of an emotionally fraught journey into the family's checkered past. The journey takes him back to the unexpected death of his mother in a provincial Greek hospital years earlier and, further back, to the moment at which the Eldritch family fell apart. It's a journey composed of revelations, of secrets disclosed and not disclosed, and of something that might, or might not, be reconciliation . . . An atypical coming-of-age tale, Prodigal deftly reconsiders everything we think we know about the nature of trust, death, and what we do to each other in the name of love. Contains mature themes.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-thread-so-fine-a-novel-by-susan-welch--65202532https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thread So Fine: A Novel Author: Susan Welch Narrator: Christine Marshall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: St. Paul, Minnesota, 1946: As a child, Shannon listened to her father’s stories of a motherless princess who ventured far from her kingdom, connected to home by only the magic of a fine, silver thread. As a young woman, introspective and quirky, Shannon knows she is neither a princess nor an adventuress - that would more likely be her sister, Eliza. But when Shannon barely survives a year in quarantine for a deadly disease, losing any hope of motherhood herself, and when Eliza runs away after a brutal attack, the fairy tale seems all too real. On her quest to bring Eliza home, Shannon discovers a secret child, the love of a good man, and the true meaning of family remade. Despite her new-found happiness, Shannon questions whether the bond between sisters is strong enough to save Eliza.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436419Tue, 18 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thread So Fine: A Novel Author: Susan Welch Narrator: Christine Marshall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/436419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Thread So Fine: A Novel Author: Susan Welch Narrator: Christine Marshall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: St. Paul, Minnesota, 1946: As a child, Shannon listened to her father’s stories of a motherless princess who ventured far from her kingdom, connected to home by only the magic of a fine, silver thread. As a young woman, introspective and quirky, Shannon knows she is neither a princess nor an adventuress - that would more likely be her sister, Eliza. But when Shannon barely survives a year in quarantine for a deadly disease, losing any hope of motherhood herself, and when Eliza runs away after a brutal attack, the fairy tale seems all too real. On her quest to bring Eliza home, Shannon discovers a secret child, the love of a good man, and the true meaning of family remade. Despite her new-found happiness, Shannon questions whether the bond between sisters is strong enough to save Eliza.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jacob-the-monroe-legacy-begins-the-monroe-family-volume-1-by-jim-wetton--65202566https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jacob: The Monroe Legacy Begins: The Monroe Family, Volume 1 Author: Jim Wetton Narrator: Michael Reaves Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 13, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: How does a man - in the face of adversity and loss - drive forward powerful actions that carve the future for himself, his family, and his country? Jacob Monroe lives during the infant stages of our Republic. Without the benefit of hindsight to see the power of his actions and the repercussions of his journey ahead, he starts out as an innocent bystander. He hopes to be a part of something bigger than even his own expansive imaginings. As he forges his way through twists and turns, he follows the path set up by our founding fathers. Jacob develops his fortitude through his many challenges and heartaches of loss, but he is true to his desire of making a name for himself. His name will not only align with the foundation of his country, but will stand for something much larger. Jacob will be the beginning of the Monroe legacy. Many will follow him. All will strive to capture what this great patriarch stood for...Faith, Family and Country.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424946Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jacob: The Monroe Legacy Begins: The Monroe Family, Volume 1 Author: Jim Wetton Narrator: Michael Reaves Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424946 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jacob: The Monroe Legacy Begins: The Monroe Family, Volume 1 Author: Jim Wetton Narrator: Michael Reaves Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 13, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: How does a man - in the face of adversity and loss - drive forward powerful actions that carve the future for himself, his family, and his country? Jacob Monroe lives during the infant stages of our Republic. Without the benefit of hindsight to see the power of his actions and the repercussions of his journey ahead, he starts out as an innocent bystander. He hopes to be a part of something bigger than even his own expansive imaginings. As he forges his way through twists and turns, he follows the path set up by our founding fathers. Jacob develops his fortitude through his many challenges and heartaches of loss, but he is true to his desire of making a name for himself. His name will not only align with the foundation of his country, but will stand for something much larger. Jacob will be the beginning of the Monroe legacy. Many will follow him. All will strive to capture what this great patriarch stood for...Faith, Family and Country.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bear-by-andrew-krivak--65202651https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bear Author: Andrew Krivak Narrator: Eric Jason Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 76 Ratings of Narrator: 4.15 of Total 27 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen. A cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, The Bear is a stunning tribute to the beauty of nature's dominion.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401297Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bear Author: Andrew Krivak Narrator: Eric Jason Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 11, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bear Author: Andrew Krivak Narrator: Eric Jason Martin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 11, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 76 Ratings of Narrator: 4.15 of Total 27 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen. A cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, The Bear is a stunning tribute to the beauty of nature's dominion.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-authenticity-project-the-bestselling-uplifting-joyful-and-feel-good-book-of-the-year-loved-by-readers-everywhere-by-clare-pooley--65202640https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Authenticity Project: The bestselling uplifting, joyful and feel-good book of the year loved by readers everywhere Author: Clare Pooley Narrator: Anna Cordell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'A joyous, funny read that leaves you all warm inside' Beth Morrey, author of Saving Missy 'Feel-good...full of hope. A quirky cast of characters you can't help but root for'Woman & Home, Book of the Month Listen to the warm, poignant and uplifting New York Times bestseller and Radio 2 Book Club pick, loved by readers. Six strangers with one thing in common: their lives aren't always what they make them out to be. What would happen if they told the truth instead? Julian Jessop is tired of hiding the deep loneliness he feels. So he begins The Authenticity Project - a small green notebook containing the truth about his life. Leaving the notebook on a table in his friendly neighbourhood café, Julian never expects Monica, the owner, to track him down after finding it. Or that she'll be inspired to write down her own story. Little do they realize that such small acts of honesty hold the power to impact all those who discover the notebook and change their lives completely. Readers are falling in love with The Authenticity Project: ***** 'A charming, funny and uplifting story.' ***** 'Full of optimism . . . I defy anyone not to pick it up and be both transported and delighted.' ***** 'An absolute gem of a book . . . brings both honesty and the perfect level of escapism to give you a warm fuzzy glow inside.' © Clare Pooley 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398031Tue, 04 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Authenticity Project: The bestselling uplifting, joyful and feel-good book of the year loved by readers everywhere Author: Clare Pooley Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/398031 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Authenticity Project: The bestselling uplifting, joyful and feel-good book of the year loved by readers everywhere Author: Clare Pooley Narrator: Anna Cordell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'A joyous, funny read that leaves you all warm inside' Beth Morrey, author of Saving Missy 'Feel-good...full of hope. A quirky cast of characters you can't help but root for'Woman & Home, Book of the Month Listen to the warm, poignant and uplifting New York Times bestseller and Radio 2 Book Club pick, loved by readers. Six strangers with one thing in common: their lives aren't always what they make them out to be. What would happen if they told the truth instead? Julian Jessop is tired of hiding the deep loneliness he feels. So he begins The Authenticity Project - a small green notebook containing the truth about his life. Leaving the notebook on a table in his friendly neighbourhood café, Julian never expects Monica, the owner, to track him down after finding it. Or that she'll be inspired to write down her own story. Little do they realize that such small acts of honesty hold the power to impact all those who discover the notebook and change their lives completely. Readers are falling in love with The Authenticity Project: ***** 'A charming, funny and uplifting story.' ***** 'Full of optimism . . . I defy anyone not to pick it up and be both transported and delighted.' ***** 'An absolute gem of a book . . . brings both honesty and the perfect level of escapism to give you a warm fuzzy glow inside.' © Clare Pooley 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everywhere-you-don-t-belong-by-gabriel-bump--65202632https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everywhere You Don't Belong Author: Gabriel Bump Narrator: Korey Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'This book is astonishing. You'll be smiling even as your heart is breaking, and you'll tip willingly into this world Bump offers you, because what appears again and again are spectacular beams of light also called love, also called hope, also called family. Gabriel Bump has established himself as a stunning talent to be reckoned with.' -Maaza Mengiste, author of Beneath the Lion's Gaze In this powerful, edgy, and funny debut novel about making right and wrong choices, Gabriel Bump gives us an unforgettable and lovable protagonist, Claude McKay Love. Claude is a young black man in search of a place where he can fit; born on the South Side of Chicago, he is raised by his civil rights-era grandmother, who tries to shape him into a principled actor for change. After a riot consumes his neighborhood, Claude decides to escape Chicago for another place, to go to college, to find a new life and identity. But as he discovers, there's no escaping the people and places that made him. Written in a fierce and original voice attuned to the ironies inherent in our twenty-first-century landscape, Everywhere You Don't Belong marks the arrival of a brilliant young talent.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399093Tue, 04 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everywhere You Don't Belong Author: Gabriel Bump Narrator: Korey Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everywhere You Don't Belong Author: Gabriel Bump Narrator: Korey Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'This book is astonishing. You'll be smiling even as your heart is breaking, and you'll tip willingly into this world Bump offers you, because what appears again and again are spectacular beams of light also called love, also called hope, also called family. Gabriel Bump has established himself as a stunning talent to be reckoned with.' -Maaza Mengiste, author of Beneath the Lion's Gaze In this powerful, edgy, and funny debut novel about making right and wrong choices, Gabriel Bump gives us an unforgettable and lovable protagonist, Claude McKay Love. Claude is a young black man in search of a place where he can fit; born on the South Side of Chicago, he is raised by his civil rights-era grandmother, who tries to shape him into a principled actor for change. After a riot consumes his neighborhood, Claude decides to escape Chicago for another place, to go to college, to find a new life and identity. But as he discovers, there's no escaping the people and places that made him. Written in a fierce and original voice attuned to the ironies inherent in our twenty-first-century landscape, Everywhere You Don't Belong marks the arrival of a brilliant young talent.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-priest-by-bill-schubart--65202577https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Priest Author: Bill Schubart Narrator: Mark Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 2, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Priest follows a working class altar boy's decision to become a priest, exploring the struggle many boys have becoming men, especially around sexuality. Pierre finds safety within the vocational confines and celibacy of his Catholic faith, only then to be astonished as he experiences life vicariously in the shadow of the confessional. Ultimately, he must confront his own emerging sexuality in the real world and reconcile the inevitable collision between the security of doctrine and the risks of being human - all of which takes him to a surprising place.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421042Sun, 02 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Priest Author: Bill Schubart Narrator: Mark Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 2, 2020 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Priest Author: Bill Schubart Narrator: Mark Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 2 minutes Release date: February 2, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Priest follows a working class altar boy's decision to become a priest, exploring the struggle many boys have becoming men, especially around sexuality. Pierre finds safety within the vocational confines and celibacy of his Catholic faith, only then to be astonished as he experiences life vicariously in the shadow of the confessional. Ultimately, he must confront his own emerging sexuality in the real world and reconcile the inevitable collision between the security of doctrine and the risks of being human - all of which takes him to a surprising place.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/startup-booktrack-edition-a-novel-by-doree-shafrir--65202589https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Startup: Booktrack Edition: A Novel Author: Doree Shafrir Narrator: Eliana Marianes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Startup: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * Mack McAllister has a $600 million dollar idea. His mindfulness app, TakeOff, is already the hottest thing in tech and he's about to launch a new and improved version that promises to bring investors running and may turn his brainchild into a $1 billion dollar business--in startup parlance, an elusive unicorn. Katya Pasternack is hungry for a scoop that will drive traffic. An ambitious young journalist at a gossipy tech blog, Katya knows that she needs more than another PR friendly puff piece to make her the go-to byline for industry news. Sabrina Choe Blum just wants to stay afloat. The exhausted mother of two and failed creative writer is trying to escape from her credit card debt and an inattentive husband-who also happens to be Katya's boss-as she rejoins a work force that has gotten younger, hipper, and much more computer literate since she's been away. Before the ink on Mack's latest round of funding is dry, an errant text message hints that he may be working a bit too closely for comfort with a young social media manager in his office. When Mack's bad behavior collides with Katya's search for a salacious post, Sabrina gets caught in the middle as TakeOff goes viral for all the wrong reasons. As the fallout from Mack's scandal engulfs the lower Manhattan office building where all three work, it's up to Katya and Sabrina to write the story the men in their lives would prefer remain untold. *Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409991Tue, 28 Jan 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Startup: Booktrack Edition: A Novel Author: Doree Shafrir Narrator: Eliana Marianes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Startup: Booktrack Edition: A Novel Author: Doree Shafrir Narrator: Eliana Marianes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Startup: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * Mack McAllister has a $600 million dollar idea. His mindfulness app, TakeOff, is already the hottest thing in tech and he's about to launch a new and improved version that promises to bring investors running and may turn his brainchild into a $1 billion dollar business--in startup parlance, an elusive unicorn. Katya Pasternack is hungry for a scoop that will drive traffic. An ambitious young journalist at a gossipy tech blog, Katya knows that she needs more than another PR friendly puff piece to make her the go-to byline for industry news. Sabrina Choe Blum just wants to stay afloat. The exhausted mother of two and failed creative writer is trying to escape from her credit card debt and an inattentive husband-who also happens to be Katya's boss-as she rejoins a work force that has gotten younger, hipper, and much more computer literate since she's been away. Before the ink on Mack's latest round of funding is dry, an errant text message hints that he may be working a bit too closely for comfort with a young social media manager in his office. When Mack's bad behavior collides with Katya's search for a salacious post, Sabrina gets caught in the middle as TakeOff goes viral for all the wrong reasons. As the fallout from Mack's scandal engulfs the lower Manhattan office building where all three work, it's up to Katya and Sabrina to write the story the men in their lives would prefer remain untold. *Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-moonshiner-s-daughter-by-donna-everhart--65202646https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Moonshiner’s Daughter Author: Donna Everhart Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 31, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Generations of Sassers have made moonshine in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Their history is recorded in a leather-bound journal that belongs to Jessie Sasser's daddy, but Jessie wants no part of it. As far as she's concerned, moonshine caused her mother's death a dozen years ago. Her father refuses to speak about her mama, or about the day she died. But Jessie has a gnawing hunger for the truth—one that compels her to seek comfort in food. Yet all her self-destructive behavior seems to do is feed what her school's gruff but compassionate nurse describes as the 'monster' inside Jessie. Resenting her father's insistence that moonshining runs in her veins, Jessie makes a plan to destroy the stills, using their neighbors as scapegoats. Instead, her scheme escalates an old rivalry and reveals long-held grudges. As she endeavors to right wrongs old and new, Jessie's loyalties will bring her to unexpected revelations about her family, her strengths—and a legacy that may provide her with the answers she has been longing for.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396518Tue, 31 Dec 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Moonshiner’s Daughter Author: Donna Everhart Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Moonshiner’s Daughter Author: Donna Everhart Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 31, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Generations of Sassers have made moonshine in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Their history is recorded in a leather-bound journal that belongs to Jessie Sasser's daddy, but Jessie wants no part of it. As far as she's concerned, moonshine caused her mother's death a dozen years ago. Her father refuses to speak about her mama, or about the day she died. But Jessie has a gnawing hunger for the truth—one that compels her to seek comfort in food. Yet all her self-destructive behavior seems to do is feed what her school's gruff but compassionate nurse describes as the 'monster' inside Jessie. Resenting her father's insistence that moonshining runs in her veins, Jessie makes a plan to destroy the stills, using their neighbors as scapegoats. Instead, her scheme escalates an old rivalry and reveals long-held grudges. As she endeavors to right wrongs old and new, Jessie's loyalties will bring her to unexpected revelations about her family, her strengths—and a legacy that may provide her with the answers she has been longing for.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nirvana-is-here-a-novel-by-aaron-hamburger--65202643https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nirvana is Here: A Novel Author: Aaron Hamburger Narrator: Charlie Thurston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: December 24, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: For Ari Silverman, the past has never really passed. After twenty years, the trauma from a childhood assault resurfaces as he grapples with the fate of his ex-husband, a colleague accused of sexually harassing a student. To gain perspective, Ari arranges to reconnect with his high school crush, Justin Jackson, a bold step which forces him to reflect on their relationship in the segregated suburbs of Detroit during the 1990s and the secrets they still share. An honest story about recovery and coping with both past and present, framed by the meteoric rise and fall of the band Nirvana and the wide-reaching scope of the #metoo movement, Nirvana is Here explores issues of identity, race, sex, and family with both poignancy and unexpected humor. Deftly told intertwining stories with rich, real characters are reminiscent of the sensuality and haunting nostalgia of André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name blended with the raw emotion of Kurt Cobain’s lyrics.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404996Tue, 24 Dec 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nirvana is Here: A Novel Author: Aaron Hamburger Narrator: Charlie Thurston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404996 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nirvana is Here: A Novel Author: Aaron Hamburger Narrator: Charlie Thurston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: December 24, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: For Ari Silverman, the past has never really passed. After twenty years, the trauma from a childhood assault resurfaces as he grapples with the fate of his ex-husband, a colleague accused of sexually harassing a student. To gain perspective, Ari arranges to reconnect with his high school crush, Justin Jackson, a bold step which forces him to reflect on their relationship in the segregated suburbs of Detroit during the 1990s and the secrets they still share. An honest story about recovery and coping with both past and present, framed by the meteoric rise and fall of the band Nirvana and the wide-reaching scope of the #metoo movement, Nirvana is Here explores issues of identity, race, sex, and family with both poignancy and unexpected humor. Deftly told intertwining stories with rich, real characters are reminiscent of the sensuality and haunting nostalgia of André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name blended with the raw emotion of Kurt Cobain’s lyrics.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ajar-by-marianna-boncek--65202555https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411181 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ajar Author: Marianna Boncek Narrator: Gregory Sutton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 27, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sixteen year old Gus Woodard is about to live the best summer of his life. Then something goes wrong, terribly wrong. Ajar is a coming of age story about Gus Woodard and his schizophrenic brother. Set during the 1970s in a small town Gus must suffer the undeserved consequences when his delusional brother goes on a murderous rampage. Gus blunders his way through life as the town turns against him and his family. Gus is forced to experience betrayal from those closest to him. Gus's only hope is Lindy, a fifteen-year old girl, suffering from anorexia nervosa. The two become inseparable. Will Gus's love for Lindy save him?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411181Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411181 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ajar Author: Marianna Boncek Narrator: Gregory Sutton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 27, 2019 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411181 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ajar Author: Marianna Boncek Narrator: Gregory Sutton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 27, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sixteen year old Gus Woodard is about to live the best summer of his life. Then something goes wrong, terribly wrong. Ajar is a coming of age story about Gus Woodard and his schizophrenic brother. Set during the 1970s in a small town Gus must suffer the undeserved consequences when his delusional brother goes on a murderous rampage. Gus blunders his way through life as the town turns against him and his family. Gus is forced to experience betrayal from those closest to him. Gus's only hope is Lindy, a fifteen-year old girl, suffering from anorexia nervosa. The two become inseparable. Will Gus's love for Lindy save him?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-western-alienation-merit-badge-by-nancy-jo-cullen--65202609https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Western Alienation Merit Badge Author: Nancy Jo Cullen Narrator: Saffron Henderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 23, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Set in Calgary in 1982, during the recession that arrived on the heels of Canada's National Energy Program, The Western Alienation Merit Badge follows the Murray family as they struggle with grief and find themselves on the brink of financial ruin. After the death of her stepmother, Frances "Frankie" Murray returns to Calgary to help her father, Jimmy, and her sister, Bernadette, pay the mortgage on the family home. When Robyn, a long-lost friend, becomes their house guest old tensions are reignited and Jimmy, Bernadette and Frances find themselves increasingly alienated from one another. Part family drama, part queer coming-of-age story, The Western Alienation Merit Badge explores the complex dynamics of a small family falling apart. Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country's greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409130Sat, 23 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Western Alienation Merit Badge Author: Nancy Jo Cullen Narrator: Saffron Henderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Western Alienation Merit Badge Author: Nancy Jo Cullen Narrator: Saffron Henderson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: November 23, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Set in Calgary in 1982, during the recession that arrived on the heels of Canada's National Energy Program, The Western Alienation Merit Badge follows the Murray family as they struggle with grief and find themselves on the brink of financial ruin. After the death of her stepmother, Frances "Frankie" Murray returns to Calgary to help her father, Jimmy, and her sister, Bernadette, pay the mortgage on the family home. When Robyn, a long-lost friend, becomes their house guest old tensions are reignited and Jimmy, Bernadette and Frances find themselves increasingly alienated from one another. Part family drama, part queer coming-of-age story, The Western Alienation Merit Badge explores the complex dynamics of a small family falling apart. Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country's greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-el-curioso-incidente-del-perro-a-medianoche-by-mark-haddon--65202598https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche Author: Mark Haddon Narrator: Marcel Navarro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 21, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Una novela que no se parece a ninguna otra. Elogiada con entusiasmo por autores consagrados como Oliver Sacks e Ian McEwan y ganadora del Premio Whitbread y el Premio de la Commonwealth al Mejor Primer Libro, ha merecido la aprobación masiva de los lectores en todos los países donde se ha publicado. Su protagonista, Christopher Boone, es uno de los más originales que han surgido en el panorama de la narrativa internacional en los últimos años, y está destinado a convertirse en un héroe literario universal de la talla de Oliver Twist y Holden Caulfield. A sus quince años, Christopher conoce las capitales de todos los países del mundo, puede explicar la teoría de la relatividad y recitar los números primos hasta el 7.507, pero le cuesta relacionarse con otros seres humanos. Le gustan las listas, los esquemas y la verdad, pero odia el amarillo, el marrón y el contacto físico. Si bien nunca ha ido solo más allá de la tienda de la esquina, la noche que el perro de una vecina aparece atravesado por un horcón, Christopher decide iniciar la búsqueda del culpable. Emulando a su admirado Sherlock Holmes -el modelo de detective obsesionado con el análisis de los hechos-, sus pesquisas lo llevarán a cuestionar el sentido común de los adultos que lo rodean y a desvelar algunos secretos familiares que pondrán patas arriba su ordenado y seguro mundo. Reseñas: «Conmovedora, verosímil y muy divertida.» Oliver Sacks «Soberbia. Mark Haddon escribe con sabiduría y sentido del humor.» Ian McEwan «No pierdan la oportunidad de mirar el mundo a través de sus ojos.» El Periódico «Un narrador absolutamente singular.» Territorios «Obra perfecta.» Caballo Verde «Reflexiones de una belleza y una profundidad inusuales.» Babelia «Páginas llenas de ternura.» El Cultural «Un libro apasionante.» Blanco y Negro Cultural «Excepcional. Al mirar a través de los ojos de Christopher, vemos el mundo con mayor claridad y nos comprendemos mejor a nosotros mismos. ¿Qué más se puede pedir a un libro?» The Sunday Telegraph]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408361Thu, 21 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche Author: Mark Haddon Narrator: Marcel Navarro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche Author: Mark Haddon Narrator: Marcel Navarro Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 21, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Una novela que no se parece a ninguna otra. Elogiada con entusiasmo por autores consagrados como Oliver Sacks e Ian McEwan y ganadora del Premio Whitbread y el Premio de la Commonwealth al Mejor Primer Libro, ha merecido la aprobación masiva de los lectores en todos los países donde se ha publicado. Su protagonista, Christopher Boone, es uno de los más originales que han surgido en el panorama de la narrativa internacional en los últimos años, y está destinado a convertirse en un héroe literario universal de la talla de Oliver Twist y Holden Caulfield. A sus quince años, Christopher conoce las capitales de todos los países del mundo, puede explicar la teoría de la relatividad y recitar los números primos hasta el 7.507, pero le cuesta relacionarse con otros seres humanos. Le gustan las listas, los esquemas y la verdad, pero odia el amarillo, el marrón y el contacto físico. Si bien nunca ha ido solo más allá de la tienda de la esquina, la noche que el perro de una vecina aparece atravesado por un horcón, Christopher decide iniciar la búsqueda del culpable. Emulando a su admirado Sherlock Holmes -el modelo de detective obsesionado con el análisis de los hechos-, sus pesquisas lo llevarán a cuestionar el sentido común de los adultos que lo rodean y a desvelar algunos secretos familiares que pondrán patas arriba su ordenado y seguro mundo. Reseñas: «Conmovedora, verosímil y muy divertida.» Oliver Sacks «Soberbia. Mark Haddon escribe con sabiduría y sentido del humor.» Ian McEwan «No pierdan la oportunidad de mirar el mundo a través de sus ojos.» El Periódico «Un narrador absolutamente singular.» Territorios «Obra perfecta.» Caballo Verde «Reflexiones de una belleza y una profundidad inusuales.» Babelia «Páginas llenas de ternura.» El Cultural «Un libro apasionante.» Blanco y Negro Cultural «Excepcional. Al mirar a través de los ojos de Christopher, vemos el mundo con mayor claridad y nos comprendemos mejor a nosotros mismos. ¿Qué más se puede pedir a un libro?» The Sunday Telegraph]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-cometas-en-el-cielo-by-khaled-hosseini--65202593https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cometas en el cielo Author: Khaled Hosseini Narrator: Raúl Rodríguez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Un fenómeno imparable: con más de 23 millones de ejemplares vendidos en 54 lenguas y un millón en castellano, Cometas en el cielo puede considerarse un clásico contemporáneo. Sobre el telón de fondo de un Afganistán respetuoso de sus ricas tradiciones ancestrales, la vida en Kabul durante el invierno de 1975 se desarrolla con toda la intensidad, la pujanza y el colorido de una ciudad confiada en su futuro e ignorante de que se avecina uno de los períodos más cruentos que han padecido los milenarios pueblos que la habitan. Con apenas doce años, Amir se propone ganar la competición anual de cometas de la forma que sea, incluso a costa de su inseparable Hassan, un hazara de clase inferior que ha sido su sirviente y compañero de juegos desde la más tierna infancia. Así, empeñado en demostrarle a su padre que ya es todo un hombre, Amir pondrá en peligro una amistad fraguada a lo largo de años de enfrentarse a todos los peligros imaginables, y aprenderá una verdad que lo acompañará el resto de su vida. Esta es la conmovedora historia de dos padres y dos hijos, de su amistad y de cómo la casualidad puede marcar un hito inesperado en nuestro destino. Una novela inolvidable, de la mano de uno de los autores más leídos en todo el mundo. Reseña: «Hosseini entona un canto a la amistad y a la lealtad, le presta palabras que se convierten en estrofas emocionantes.» S. Martín, El Norte de Castilla]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409539Thu, 21 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cometas en el cielo Author: Khaled Hosseini Narrator: Raúl Rodríguez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409539 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Cometas en el cielo Author: Khaled Hosseini Narrator: Raúl Rodríguez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Un fenómeno imparable: con más de 23 millones de ejemplares vendidos en 54 lenguas y un millón en castellano, Cometas en el cielo puede considerarse un clásico contemporáneo. Sobre el telón de fondo de un Afganistán respetuoso de sus ricas tradiciones ancestrales, la vida en Kabul durante el invierno de 1975 se desarrolla con toda la intensidad, la pujanza y el colorido de una ciudad confiada en su futuro e ignorante de que se avecina uno de los períodos más cruentos que han padecido los milenarios pueblos que la habitan. Con apenas doce años, Amir se propone ganar la competición anual de cometas de la forma que sea, incluso a costa de su inseparable Hassan, un hazara de clase inferior que ha sido su sirviente y compañero de juegos desde la más tierna infancia. Así, empeñado en demostrarle a su padre que ya es todo un hombre, Amir pondrá en peligro una amistad fraguada a lo largo de años de enfrentarse a todos los peligros imaginables, y aprenderá una verdad que lo acompañará el resto de su vida. Esta es la conmovedora historia de dos padres y dos hijos, de su amistad y de cómo la casualidad puede marcar un hito inesperado en nuestro destino. Una novela inolvidable, de la mano de uno de los autores más leídos en todo el mundo. Reseña: «Hosseini entona un canto a la amistad y a la lealtad, le presta palabras que se convierten en estrofas emocionantes.» S. Martín, El Norte de Castilla]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wrong-prince-charming-by-holly-renee--65202584https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wrong Prince Charming Author: Holly Renee Narrator: Meg Sylvan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 19, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: My life was no fairy tale. And in this kingdom called college, the rules went out the window. I’d known golden boy Theo Hunt was the one for me since we were kids. My heart was his for the taking, but I had become nothing more than the MVP of the campus king’s friend-zone. Easton Cole was a storm I couldn’t have predicted. He knocked me off my feet and stole my heart. But he was off-limits. Not only was he was Theo’s frat brother, but he was the teacher’s assistant in English 101, and I was acing every test. My heart was torn; my feelings, tangled…because as soon as I noticed Easton, Theo finally noticed me. I was in love with two guys, as different as night and day, but I could only have one. I only hoped I didn’t choose The Wrong Prince Charming.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415191Tue, 19 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wrong Prince Charming Author: Holly Renee Narrator: Meg Sylvan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wrong Prince Charming Author: Holly Renee Narrator: Meg Sylvan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 19, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: My life was no fairy tale. And in this kingdom called college, the rules went out the window. I’d known golden boy Theo Hunt was the one for me since we were kids. My heart was his for the taking, but I had become nothing more than the MVP of the campus king’s friend-zone. Easton Cole was a storm I couldn’t have predicted. He knocked me off my feet and stole my heart. But he was off-limits. Not only was he was Theo’s frat brother, but he was the teacher’s assistant in English 101, and I was acing every test. My heart was torn; my feelings, tangled…because as soon as I noticed Easton, Theo finally noticed me. I was in love with two guys, as different as night and day, but I could only have one. I only hoped I didn’t choose The Wrong Prince Charming.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-la-ciudad-y-los-perros-by-mario-vargas-llosa--65202648https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La ciudad y los perros Author: Mario Vargas Llosa Narrator: Sebastián Alvizuri, Raúl Alfonso Saco, óscar Meza Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 14, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: La ciudad y los perros es la novela con la que Vargas Llosa, Premio Nobel de Literatura y Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras, alcanzó el reconocimiento internacional. Escúchala ahora. Un grupo de jóvenes que se «educan» en una disciplina militar implacable y violenta, aprenden a sobrevivir en un ambiente que lleva muy arraigados los prejuicios raciales y las diferencias entre clases sociales y económicas; donde todos se muestran como no son en realidad y la transgresión de las normas parece ser la única salida. Pero La ciudad y los perros no solamente es una diatriba contra la brutalidad ejercida en un grupo de jóvenes alumnos del Colegio Militar Leoncio Prado, también es un ataque frontal al concepto erróneo de la virilidad, de sus funciones y de las consecuencias de una educación castrense malentendida. Aunada a la brutalidad propia de la vida militar, a lo largo de las páginas de esta extraordinaria novela, la vehemencia y la pasión de la juventud se desbocan hasta llegar a una furia, una rabia y un fanatismo que anulan toda su sensibilidad. El libro más violento de Mario Vargas Llosa. Premio Biblioteca Breve 1962. Considerada una de las mejores novelas en españoldel siglo XX. Traducida a más de treinta idiomas. Un título imprescindible de la literatura hispanoamericana En La ciudad y los perros, Mario Vargas Llosa demuestra una madurez literaria extraordinaria que en adelante irá en aumento hasta alcanzar un estilo depuradísimo y un sitio de primera fila entre los escritores contemporáneos. Las mejores novelas de Mario Vargas Llosa disponibles en formato audiolibro.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408601Thu, 14 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La ciudad y los perros Author: Mario Vargas Llosa Narrator: Sebastián Alvizuri, Raúl Alfonso Saco, óscar Meza Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La ciudad y los perros Author: Mario Vargas Llosa Narrator: Sebastián Alvizuri, Raúl Alfonso Saco, óscar Meza Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 14, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: La ciudad y los perros es la novela con la que Vargas Llosa, Premio Nobel de Literatura y Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras, alcanzó el reconocimiento internacional. Escúchala ahora. Un grupo de jóvenes que se «educan» en una disciplina militar implacable y violenta, aprenden a sobrevivir en un ambiente que lleva muy arraigados los prejuicios raciales y las diferencias entre clases sociales y económicas; donde todos se muestran como no son en realidad y la transgresión de las normas parece ser la única salida. Pero La ciudad y los perros no solamente es una diatriba contra la brutalidad ejercida en un grupo de jóvenes alumnos del Colegio Militar Leoncio Prado, también es un ataque frontal al concepto erróneo de la virilidad, de sus funciones y de las consecuencias de una educación castrense malentendida. Aunada a la brutalidad propia de la vida militar, a lo largo de las páginas de esta extraordinaria novela, la vehemencia y la pasión de la juventud se desbocan hasta llegar a una furia, una rabia y un fanatismo que anulan toda su sensibilidad. El libro más violento de Mario Vargas Llosa. Premio Biblioteca Breve 1962. Considerada una de las mejores novelas en españoldel siglo XX. Traducida a más de treinta idiomas. Un título imprescindible de la literatura hispanoamericana En La ciudad y los perros, Mario Vargas Llosa demuestra una madurez literaria extraordinaria que en adelante irá en aumento hasta alcanzar un estilo depuradísimo y un sitio de primera fila entre los escritores contemporáneos. Las mejores novelas de Mario Vargas Llosa disponibles en formato audiolibro.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/that-reminds-me-winner-of-the-desmond-elliott-prize-2020-by-derek-owusu--65202626https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397799 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Reminds Me: Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2020 Author: Derek Owusu Narrator: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 14, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2020 'A dreamy, impressionistic offering of reassembled fragments of memories emerging through the misty beauty of a deliciously individualistic poetic sensibility . . . remind[s] us of what has been missing from British poetry. I can't tell you how impressed I was and how much I enjoyed reading this stunning book.' Bernadine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other 'Heartbreaking, important and original.' Christie Watson, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS 'Derek Owusu's writing is honest, moving, delicate, but tough. Once you lock on to his words, it is hard to break eye contact. A beautiful meditation on childhood, coming of age, the now, and the media. This work is heartfelt.' Benjamin Zephaniah 'When writing is this honest, it soars. What an incredible use of language and truth.' Yrsa Daley-Ward Anansi, your four gifts raised to nyame granted you no power over the stories I tell... This is the story of K. K is sent into care before a year marks his birth. He grows up in fields and woods, and he is happy, he thinks. When K is eleven, the city reclaims him. He returns to an unknown mother and a part-time father, trading the fields for flats and a community that is alien to him. Slowly, he finds friends. Eventually, he finds love. He learns how to navigate the city. But as he grows, he begins to realise that he needs more than the city can provide. He is a man made of pieces. Pieces that are slowly breaking apart That Reminds Me is the story of one young man, from birth to adulthood, told in fragments of memory. It explores questions of identity, belonging, addiction, sexuality, violence, family and religion. It is a deeply moving and completely original work of literature from one of the brightest British writers of today. 'A singular achievement.' Michael Donkor, Guardian 'This story is brave and moving.' Kate Kellaway, Observer 'Honest and beautiful.' Guy Gunaratne, author of IN OUR MAD AND FURIOUS CITY]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397799Thu, 14 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397799 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Reminds Me: Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2020 Author: Derek Owusu Narrator: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397799 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Reminds Me: Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2020 Author: Derek Owusu Narrator: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 14, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2020 'A dreamy, impressionistic offering of reassembled fragments of memories emerging through the misty beauty of a deliciously individualistic poetic sensibility . . . remind[s] us of what has been missing from British poetry. I can't tell you how impressed I was and how much I enjoyed reading this stunning book.' Bernadine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other 'Heartbreaking, important and original.' Christie Watson, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS 'Derek Owusu's writing is honest, moving, delicate, but tough. Once you lock on to his words, it is hard to break eye contact. A beautiful meditation on childhood, coming of age, the now, and the media. This work is heartfelt.' Benjamin Zephaniah 'When writing is this honest, it soars. What an incredible use of language and truth.' Yrsa Daley-Ward Anansi, your four gifts raised to nyame granted you no power over the stories I tell... This is the story of K. K is sent into care before a year marks his birth. He grows up in fields and woods, and he is happy, he thinks. When K is eleven, the city reclaims him. He returns to an unknown mother and a part-time father, trading the fields for flats and a community that is alien to him. Slowly, he finds friends. Eventually, he finds love. He learns how to navigate the city. But as he grows, he begins to realise that he needs more than the city can provide. He is a man made of pieces. Pieces that are slowly breaking apart That Reminds Me is the story of one young man, from birth to adulthood, told in fragments of memory. It explores questions of identity, belonging, addiction, sexuality, violence, family and religion. It is a deeply moving and completely original work of literature from one of the brightest British writers of today. 'A singular achievement.' Michael Donkor, Guardian 'This story is brave and moving.' Kate Kellaway, Observer 'Honest and beautiful.' Guy Gunaratne, author of IN OUR MAD AND FURIOUS CITY]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nothing-more-dangerous-by-allen-eskens--65202590https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nothing More Dangerous Author: Allen Eskens Narrator: Kevin Stillwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 14 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Missouri native Allen Eskens' "stunning small-town mystery" (New York Times Book Review) is a necessary exploration of family, loyalty, and racial tension in America and "a coming-of-age book to rival some of the best, such as Ordinary Grace" (Library Journal, starred review). In a small Southern town where loyalty to family and to "your people" carries the weight of a sacred oath, defying those unspoken rules can be a deadly proposition. After fifteen years of growing up in the Ozark hills with his widowed mother, high-school freshman Boady Sanden is beyond ready to move on. He dreams of glass towers and cityscapes, driven by his desire to be anywhere other than Jessup, Missouri. The new kid at St. Ignatius High School, if he isn't being pushed around, he is being completely ignored. Even his beloved woods, his playground as a child and his sanctuary as he grew older, seem to be closing in on him, suffocating him. Then Thomas Elgin moves in across the road, and Boady's life begins to twist and turn. Coming to know the Elgins -- a black family settling into a community where notions of "us" and "them" carry the weight of history -- forces Boady to rethink his understanding of the world he's taken for granted. Secrets hidden in plain sight begin to unfold: the mother who wraps herself in the loss of her husband, the neighbor who carries the wounds of a mysterious past that he holds close, the quiet boss who is fighting his own hidden battle. But the biggest secret of all is the disappearance of Lida Poe, the African-American woman who keeps the books at the local plastics factory. Word has it that Ms. Poe left town, along with a hundred thousand dollars of company money. Although Boady has never met the missing woman, he discovers that the threads of her life are woven into the deepest fabric of his world. As the mystery of her fate plays out, Boady begins to see the stark lines of race and class that both bind and divide this small town -- and he will be forced to choose sides. Best Book of the Year: Florida Sun-Sentinel and Library Journal Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405145Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nothing More Dangerous Author: Allen Eskens Narrator: Kevin Stillwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nothing More Dangerous Author: Allen Eskens Narrator: Kevin Stillwell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 14 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Missouri native Allen Eskens' "stunning small-town mystery" (New York Times Book Review) is a necessary exploration of family, loyalty, and racial tension in America and "a coming-of-age book to rival some of the best, such as Ordinary Grace" (Library Journal, starred review). In a small Southern town where loyalty to family and to "your people" carries the weight of a sacred oath, defying those unspoken rules can be a deadly proposition. After fifteen years of growing up in the Ozark hills with his widowed mother, high-school freshman Boady Sanden is beyond ready to move on. He dreams of glass towers and cityscapes, driven by his desire to be anywhere other than Jessup, Missouri. The new kid at St. Ignatius High School, if he isn't being pushed around, he is being completely ignored. Even his beloved woods, his playground as a child and his sanctuary as he grew older, seem to be closing in on him, suffocating him. Then Thomas Elgin moves in across the road, and Boady's life begins to twist and turn. Coming to know the Elgins -- a black family settling into a community where notions of "us" and "them" carry the weight of history -- forces Boady to rethink his understanding of the world he's taken for granted. Secrets hidden in plain sight begin to unfold: the mother who wraps herself in the loss of her husband, the neighbor who carries the wounds of a mysterious past that he holds close, the quiet boss who is fighting his own hidden battle. But the biggest secret of all is the disappearance of Lida Poe, the African-American woman who keeps the books at the local plastics factory. Word has it that Ms. Poe left town, along with a hundred thousand dollars of company money. Although Boady has never met the missing woman, he discovers that the threads of her life are woven into the deepest fabric of his world. As the mystery of her fate plays out, Boady begins to see the stark lines of race and class that both bind and divide this small town -- and he will be forced to choose sides. Best Book of the Year: Florida Sun-Sentinel and Library Journal Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sawdust-love-is-wilder-than-a-circus-by-pd-scullin--65202612https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SAWDUST: Love is Wilder than a Circus Author: Pd Scullin Narrator: Jamie Renell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 26, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Step right up and witness an entertaining world of action, intrigue, and exploration. It's 1982, and Paul Driscoll is fate's punching bag. His father recently died, he gets fired from his job, and his girlfriend dumps him. Desperate for money, the 23-year-old copywriter becomes a promoter with a traveling circus—and in his first town, falls in love. Katherine Flynn-Ryan is a divorced mother harboring a dark family secret. Although she knows the circus man will leave her, he promises to return after the season. Paul travels America with angry clowns, wild, eccentric characters, and egomaniacal performers. He struggles remaining faithful while resisting the aggressive pursuit of his boss and taming his libido. When he finishes his circus tour and returns to Katherine, Paul learns their relationship could cost him his life. Sawdust: Love is wilder than a circus crackles with unforgettable characters and humor, plus revealing insights into circus life, the male psyche, and explorations of faith and self-discovery.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410099Sat, 26 Oct 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SAWDUST: Love is Wilder than a Circus Author: Pd Scullin Narrator: Jamie Renell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410099 to listen full audiobooks. Title: SAWDUST: Love is Wilder than a Circus Author: Pd Scullin Narrator: Jamie Renell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: October 26, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Step right up and witness an entertaining world of action, intrigue, and exploration. It's 1982, and Paul Driscoll is fate's punching bag. His father recently died, he gets fired from his job, and his girlfriend dumps him. Desperate for money, the 23-year-old copywriter becomes a promoter with a traveling circus—and in his first town, falls in love. Katherine Flynn-Ryan is a divorced mother harboring a dark family secret. Although she knows the circus man will leave her, he promises to return after the season. Paul travels America with angry clowns, wild, eccentric characters, and egomaniacal performers. He struggles remaining faithful while resisting the aggressive pursuit of his boss and taming his libido. When he finishes his circus tour and returns to Katherine, Paul learns their relationship could cost him his life. Sawdust: Love is wilder than a circus crackles with unforgettable characters and humor, plus revealing insights into circus life, the male psyche, and explorations of faith and self-discovery.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-juventud-de-cristal-by-luis-mateo-diez--65202619https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Juventud de cristal Author: Luis Mateo Díez Narrator: Elsa Veiga Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 24, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: PREMIO CERVANTES 2023 PREMIO NACIONAL DE LAS LETRAS ESPAÑOLAS 2020 La nueva novela de Luis Mateo Díez: un relato emocionante sobre la inconsciencia y la vulnerabilidad de la juventud. «La única que das la cara eres tú. A la que todos deberíamos querer. La que anda a la deriva.» Desde la edad adulta, Mina recuerda su primera juventud como si se tratara de olvidados fotogramas de una película antigua. Son los recuerdos de una época en la que una inquieta y alborotada Mina se dedicó ilusoriamente a ayudar a los demás como una forma de asumir sus propias carencias. Querer para que me quieran, parece ser su objetivo. Como si su propia existencia estuviera detenida, abocada a un letargo del que intenta salir viviendo la de aquellos que la rodean. En Juventud de cristal Luis Mateo Díez cede la voz narradora a un personaje femenino lleno de matices y conmovedor, que se debate entre el desconcierto de sus impulsos y emociones, y a la que acompañan otros seres entrañables y quiméricos con quienes los límites de la amistad y el amor tienden a desdibujarse. Narrador magistral, dotado de una capacidad extraordinaria para la evocación y un dominio del lenguaje en la mejor herencia de nuestros clásicos, Díez deslumbra en esta novela sobre la juventud, esa etapa de la vida en la que todo es posible pero también frágil, como el cristal de una copa delicada que contuviera la esencia de lo que acabaremos siendo. Críticas: «Su singularidad [...] es heredera de una cultura oral en la que nace y de la que registra su progresiva desaparición. A ello se suman una técnica y un lenguaje poético de extraordinaria riqueza y una preocupación constante por la dimensión moral del ser humano.» DEL ACTA DEL JURADO DEL PREMIO NACIONAL DE LAS LETRAS «El escritor aborda ese periodo frágil y fugaz de nuestras vidas lleno de disparates, emociones y contrariedades, [...] ese periodo de la vida que Wordsworth definió como la hora del esplendor en la hierba.» Marta Ailouti, El Cultural de El Mundo «Después de Delibes, no hay prosa más precisa, elegante y pura que la de Luis Mateo Díez.» J. A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia «Luis Mateo Díez insiste en su búsqueda de la perfección y demuestra por qué es uno de los escritores españoles más importantes del momento.» J. Ernesto Ayala-Dip, Babelia «Es un contador de historias ejemplar.» Enrique Turpin, El Periódico «No existe en este momento en la literatura española, ni entre los veteranos ni entre los más jóvenes, un escritor con tanta capacidad para inventar personajes como Luis Mateo Díez.» José María Merino «En ocasiones su capacidad de inventiva, siempre capaz de una meta nueva y de un sesgo narrativo insospechado, lo emparenta directamente con los grandes fabuladores, en la línea de Italo Calvino, Claude Simon o Günter Grass.» Adolfo García Ortega Sobre Vicisitudes: «Luis Mateo Díez ha trazado en estas ochenta y cinco 'novelas', contenidas en una, las vicisitudes de ese mismo territorio cuyo límite coincide connuestra condición y cuyo código cifrado solo queda reservado para los grandes artistas.» J. M. Pozuelo Yvancos, ABC Cultural «Solo quien es dueño de un mundo literario tan rico en lugares, historias y personajes puede componer un libro tan impresionante, como prueba de su capacidad para imaginar tantas aventuras y seres cotidianos que una vida humana no da tiempo para escribirlos todos.» Ángel Basanta, El Cultural]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400493Thu, 24 Oct 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Juventud de cristal Author: Luis Mateo Díez Narrator: Elsa Veiga Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/400493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Juventud de cristal Author: Luis Mateo Díez Narrator: Elsa Veiga Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 19 minutes Release date: October 24, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: PREMIO CERVANTES 2023 PREMIO NACIONAL DE LAS LETRAS ESPAÑOLAS 2020 La nueva novela de Luis Mateo Díez: un relato emocionante sobre la inconsciencia y la vulnerabilidad de la juventud. «La única que das la cara eres tú. A la que todos deberíamos querer. La que anda a la deriva.» Desde la edad adulta, Mina recuerda su primera juventud como si se tratara de olvidados fotogramas de una película antigua. Son los recuerdos de una época en la que una inquieta y alborotada Mina se dedicó ilusoriamente a ayudar a los demás como una forma de asumir sus propias carencias. Querer para que me quieran, parece ser su objetivo. Como si su propia existencia estuviera detenida, abocada a un letargo del que intenta salir viviendo la de aquellos que la rodean. En Juventud de cristal Luis Mateo Díez cede la voz narradora a un personaje femenino lleno de matices y conmovedor, que se debate entre el desconcierto de sus impulsos y emociones, y a la que acompañan otros seres entrañables y quiméricos con quienes los límites de la amistad y el amor tienden a desdibujarse. Narrador magistral, dotado de una capacidad extraordinaria para la evocación y un dominio del lenguaje en la mejor herencia de nuestros clásicos, Díez deslumbra en esta novela sobre la juventud, esa etapa de la vida en la que todo es posible pero también frágil, como el cristal de una copa delicada que contuviera la esencia de lo que acabaremos siendo. Críticas: «Su singularidad [...] es heredera de una cultura oral en la que nace y de la que registra su progresiva desaparición. A ello se suman una técnica y un lenguaje poético de extraordinaria riqueza y una preocupación constante por la dimensión moral del ser humano.» DEL ACTA DEL JURADO DEL PREMIO NACIONAL DE LAS LETRAS «El escritor aborda ese periodo frágil y fugaz de nuestras vidas lleno de disparates, emociones y contrariedades, [...] ese periodo de la vida que Wordsworth definió como la hora del esplendor en la hierba.» Marta Ailouti, El Cultural de El Mundo «Después de Delibes, no hay prosa más precisa, elegante y pura que la de Luis Mateo Díez.» J. A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia «Luis Mateo Díez insiste en su búsqueda de la perfección y demuestra por qué es uno de los escritores españoles más importantes del momento.» J. Ernesto Ayala-Dip, Babelia «Es un contador de historias ejemplar.» Enrique Turpin, El Periódico «No existe en este momento en la literatura española, ni entre los veteranos ni entre los más jóvenes, un escritor con tanta capacidad para inventar personajes como Luis Mateo Díez.» José María Merino «En ocasiones su capacidad de inventiva, siempre capaz de una meta nueva y de un sesgo narrativo insospechado, lo emparenta directamente con los grandes fabuladores, en la línea de Italo Calvino, Claude Simon o Günter Grass.» Adolfo García Ortega Sobre Vicisitudes: «Luis Mateo Díez ha trazado en estas ochenta y cinco 'novelas', contenidas en una, las vicisitudes de ese mismo territorio cuyo límite coincide connuestra condición y cuyo código cifrado solo queda reservado para los grandes artistas.» J. M. Pozuelo Yvancos, ABC Cultural «Solo quien es dueño de un mundo literario tan rico en lugares, historias y personajes puede componer un libro tan impresionante, como prueba de su capacidad para imaginar tantas aventuras y seres cotidianos que una vida humana no da tiempo para escribirlos todos.» Ángel Basanta, El Cultural]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-engine-woman-s-light-by-laurel-anne-hill--65202611https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Engine Woman's Light Author: Laurel Anne Hill Narrator: Maria Marquis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 17, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Spirits watch over Juanita. But who is she? A mystic in love who holds life sacred? Or a ghost-possessed railroad saboteur? In 1894, a mystical vision of an airship appears to fifteen-year-old Juanita. The ethereal captain commands her to prevent California’s thrown-away people—including young children—from boarding trains to an asylum. That institution’s director plots murder to reduce the inmate population. Yet to save innocent lives Juanita must take lives of the corrupt. How can she reconcile her assignment with her belief in the sacredness of all human life? And will she survive to marry her betrothed? Juanita sets out despite inner trepidation to sabotage the railroad. Her ancestor Billy, a steam locomotive engineer, guides her. Then bit by bit, she discovers the gut-wrenching truths all of her ancestors neglected to reveal. Come visit Juanita’s world—an alternate and dystopian nineteenth-century California—where spirits meet steampunk, where both love and anger emanate from beyond the grave.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428210Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Engine Woman's Light Author: Laurel Anne Hill Narrator: Maria Marquis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/428210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Engine Woman's Light Author: Laurel Anne Hill Narrator: Maria Marquis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 17, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Spirits watch over Juanita. But who is she? A mystic in love who holds life sacred? Or a ghost-possessed railroad saboteur? In 1894, a mystical vision of an airship appears to fifteen-year-old Juanita. The ethereal captain commands her to prevent California’s thrown-away people—including young children—from boarding trains to an asylum. That institution’s director plots murder to reduce the inmate population. Yet to save innocent lives Juanita must take lives of the corrupt. How can she reconcile her assignment with her belief in the sacredness of all human life? And will she survive to marry her betrothed? Juanita sets out despite inner trepidation to sabotage the railroad. Her ancestor Billy, a steam locomotive engineer, guides her. Then bit by bit, she discovers the gut-wrenching truths all of her ancestors neglected to reveal. Come visit Juanita’s world—an alternate and dystopian nineteenth-century California—where spirits meet steampunk, where both love and anger emanate from beyond the grave.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lizzy-through-tragedy-she-found-triumph-the-monroe-family-series-volume-3-by-jim-wetton--65202604https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lizzy: Through Tragedy She Found Triumph (The Monroe Family Series) (Volume 3) Author: Jim Wetton Narrator: Samantha Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 17, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: What happens when a young mother, with daughters of her own, realizes that the injustices in her great-grandmother's life keep playing out through the generations? After finding her great-grandmother's diary, and seeing the writing on the wall for her own daughters, Lizzy's search for equality is ignited into a crusade for women's freedom of representation. Lizzy is determined not to let her ancestors' sacrifices be for naught. The third novel in the Monroe series follows Lizzy and her family from mourning to jubilation. Along the way, her perseverance is tested. How much can Lizzy endure to honor her great-grandmother’s plea? And will it all be worth it? “Excellent historical fiction that brings to life the great men and women who helped found the United States. Strong female characters as central to the history as the men we usually hear about make this story especially appealing.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410093Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lizzy: Through Tragedy She Found Triumph (The Monroe Family Series) (Volume 3) Author: Jim Wetton Narrator: Samantha Cooper Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lizzy: Through Tragedy She Found Triumph (The Monroe Family Series) (Volume 3) Author: Jim Wetton Narrator: Samantha Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 17, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: What happens when a young mother, with daughters of her own, realizes that the injustices in her great-grandmother's life keep playing out through the generations? After finding her great-grandmother's diary, and seeing the writing on the wall for her own daughters, Lizzy's search for equality is ignited into a crusade for women's freedom of representation. Lizzy is determined not to let her ancestors' sacrifices be for naught. The third novel in the Monroe series follows Lizzy and her family from mourning to jubilation. Along the way, her perseverance is tested. How much can Lizzy endure to honor her great-grandmother’s plea? And will it all be worth it? “Excellent historical fiction that brings to life the great men and women who helped found the United States. Strong female characters as central to the history as the men we usually hear about make this story especially appealing.”]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/redemption-redemption-book-two-by-t-k-leigh--65202620https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Redemption: Redemption, Book Two Series: #2 of Redemption Author: T.K. Leigh Narrator: Sebastian Grove, Isabelle Ruther Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 14, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Everyone deserves a second chance, but not for the same mistake.At least according to Brooklyn Tanner.Over the course of their long, complicated friendship, she's given Andrew Brinks more than enough chances. What has she received in return? Heartache. Pain. Agony.But also love, as cruel and beautiful as it's always been between them.When outside circumstances threaten Drew's family, will Brooklyn finally put aside the grief of her past to offer him the support, and perhaps love, he needs? Or was their fate sealed all those years ago when Drew had no choice but to betray her?Redemption is the angst-filled conclusion to T.K. Leigh's Redemption series. Will Brooklyn follow her heart? And will she finally learn the truth or what happened all those years ago? Find out today!Redemption Series Reading Order:1. Promise2. Commitment3. Redemption]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404174Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Redemption: Redemption, Book Two Series: #2 of Redemption Author: T.K. Leigh Narrator: Sebastian Grove, Isabelle Ruther Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Redemption: Redemption, Book Two Series: #2 of Redemption Author: T.K. Leigh Narrator: Sebastian Grove, Isabelle Ruther Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 42 minutes Release date: October 14, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Everyone deserves a second chance, but not for the same mistake.At least according to Brooklyn Tanner.Over the course of their long, complicated friendship, she's given Andrew Brinks more than enough chances. What has she received in return? Heartache. Pain. Agony.But also love, as cruel and beautiful as it's always been between them.When outside circumstances threaten Drew's family, will Brooklyn finally put aside the grief of her past to offer him the support, and perhaps love, he needs? Or was their fate sealed all those years ago when Drew had no choice but to betray her?Redemption is the angst-filled conclusion to T.K. Leigh's Redemption series. Will Brooklyn follow her heart? And will she finally learn the truth or what happened all those years ago? Find out today!Redemption Series Reading Order:1. Promise2. Commitment3. Redemption]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-i-spent-my-summer-holidays-by-w-o-mitchell--65202605https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How I Spent My Summer Holidays Author: W.O. Mitchell Narrator: W.O. Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 8, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In a rare opportunity to hear from a legend of Canadian literature in his own voice, this newly-abridged audio edition of How I Spent My Summer Holidays is read by the W.O. Mitchell himself. During the hot Saskatchewan summer of 1924, twelve-year-old Hugh digs up a cave to discover an escaped patient from the nearby mental hospital hiding inside. In an attempt to shelter the runaway, Hugh and his friends enlist the help of war veteran and rumrunner King Motherwell, who introduces them to an illicit underworld they never knew existed. When the boys find themselves embroiled in a murder, they are forced to leave behind their childhoods or an adult world of sex, violence and deceit.  W.O. Mitchell’s beloved coming-of-age novel follows one young man’s journey through both expected and extraordinary hurdles of adolescence on the dusty Canadian prairies in a changing interwar world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395931Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How I Spent My Summer Holidays Author: W.O. Mitchell Narrator: W.O. Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 55 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How I Spent My Summer Holidays Author: W.O. Mitchell Narrator: W.O. Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 55 minutes Release date: October 8, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In a rare opportunity to hear from a legend of Canadian literature in his own voice, this newly-abridged audio edition of How I Spent My Summer Holidays is read by the W.O. Mitchell himself. During the hot Saskatchewan summer of 1924, twelve-year-old Hugh digs up a cave to discover an escaped patient from the nearby mental hospital hiding inside. In an attempt to shelter the runaway, Hugh and his friends enlist the help of war veteran and rumrunner King Motherwell, who introduces them to an illicit underworld they never knew existed. When the boys find themselves embroiled in a murder, they are forced to leave behind their childhoods or an adult world of sex, violence and deceit.  W.O. Mitchell’s beloved coming-of-age novel follows one young man’s journey through both expected and extraordinary hurdles of adolescence on the dusty Canadian prairies in a changing interwar world.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/things-that-fall-from-the-sky-by-selja-ahava--65202469https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things that Fall from the Sky Author: Selja Ahava Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 8, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: One quirk of fate can send life spiralling in the most unexpected direction… Things that Fall from the Sky is a stunning narrative that explores the unexpected and inexplicable nature of reality. Three lives are changed forever by a series of random events: a young girl loses her mother when a block of ice falls from the sky; a woman wins the jackpot twice; and a man is struck by lightning four times. Selja Ahava weaves together these unique stories in a charming, one-of-a-kind tale about just how far people will go to force life into a logical pattern they can make sense of. Things that Fall from the Sky is a story of everyday life. But it is also a meditation on the passing of time, the endurance of love and the pain of loss. This prize-winning novel by one of Finland’s best-loved writers is now touching readers’ hearts all over the world, painting an unforgettable picture of the unforeseen twists and turns that can define a lifetime.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460042Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things that Fall from the Sky Author: Selja Ahava Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Things that Fall from the Sky Author: Selja Ahava Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 8, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: One quirk of fate can send life spiralling in the most unexpected direction… Things that Fall from the Sky is a stunning narrative that explores the unexpected and inexplicable nature of reality. Three lives are changed forever by a series of random events: a young girl loses her mother when a block of ice falls from the sky; a woman wins the jackpot twice; and a man is struck by lightning four times. Selja Ahava weaves together these unique stories in a charming, one-of-a-kind tale about just how far people will go to force life into a logical pattern they can make sense of. Things that Fall from the Sky is a story of everyday life. But it is also a meditation on the passing of time, the endurance of love and the pain of loss. This prize-winning novel by one of Finland’s best-loved writers is now touching readers’ hearts all over the world, painting an unforgettable picture of the unforeseen twists and turns that can define a lifetime.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-der-sommer-meiner-mutter-roman-by-ulrich-woelk--65202547https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Sommer meiner Mutter: Roman Author: Ulrich Woelk Narrator: Alexander Pensel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 2, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Auf der Longlist für den Deutschen Buchpreis 2019 Sommer 1969. Während auf den Straßen gegen den Vietnamkrieg protestiert wird, fiebert der elfjährige Tobias am Stadtrand von Köln der ersten Mondlandung entgegen. Zugleich trübt sich die harmonische Ehe seiner Eltern ein. Seine Mutter fühlt sich eingeengt, und als im Nachbarhaus ein linkes, engagiertes Ehepaar einzieht, beschleunigen sich die Dinge. Tobias' eher konservative Eltern freunden sich mit den neuen Nachbarn an, und deren dreizehnjährige Tochter, Rosa, eigenwillig und klug, bringt ihm nicht nur Popmusik und Literatur bei, sondern auch Berührungen und Gefühle, die fast so spannend sind wie die Raumfahrt. Auch die Eltern der beiden verbringen viel Zeit miteinander, zwischen den Paaren entwickelt sich eine wechselseitige Anziehung - 'Wahlverwandtschaften' am Rhein. Und während Armstrong und Aldrin sich auf das Betreten des Mondes vorbereiten, erleben Tobias und seine Mutter beide eine erotische Initiation. Ulrich Woelk erzählt spannend, atmosphärisch dicht und herzzerreißend von einem Aufbruch, persönlich und politisch, der tragisch endet. © Verlag C.H.Beck oHG, München 2019 Umschlaggestaltung: Rothfos & Gabler, Hamburg, unter Verwendung eines Motivs von plainpicture (Karsten Nijhof)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479054Wed, 02 Oct 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Sommer meiner Mutter: Roman Author: Ulrich Woelk Narrator: Alexander Pensel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/479054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Der Sommer meiner Mutter: Roman Author: Ulrich Woelk Narrator: Alexander Pensel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 2, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Auf der Longlist für den Deutschen Buchpreis 2019 Sommer 1969. Während auf den Straßen gegen den Vietnamkrieg protestiert wird, fiebert der elfjährige Tobias am Stadtrand von Köln der ersten Mondlandung entgegen. Zugleich trübt sich die harmonische Ehe seiner Eltern ein. Seine Mutter fühlt sich eingeengt, und als im Nachbarhaus ein linkes, engagiertes Ehepaar einzieht, beschleunigen sich die Dinge. Tobias' eher konservative Eltern freunden sich mit den neuen Nachbarn an, und deren dreizehnjährige Tochter, Rosa, eigenwillig und klug, bringt ihm nicht nur Popmusik und Literatur bei, sondern auch Berührungen und Gefühle, die fast so spannend sind wie die Raumfahrt. Auch die Eltern der beiden verbringen viel Zeit miteinander, zwischen den Paaren entwickelt sich eine wechselseitige Anziehung - 'Wahlverwandtschaften' am Rhein. Und während Armstrong und Aldrin sich auf das Betreten des Mondes vorbereiten, erleben Tobias und seine Mutter beide eine erotische Initiation. Ulrich Woelk erzählt spannend, atmosphärisch dicht und herzzerreißend von einem Aufbruch, persönlich und politisch, der tragisch endet. © Verlag C.H.Beck oHG, München 2019 Umschlaggestaltung: Rothfos & Gabler, Hamburg, unter Verwendung eines Motivs von plainpicture (Karsten Nijhof)]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-larcher-by-j-j-amies--65202641https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Larcher Author: J.J. Amies Narrator: Jean Phillips, Jill De Villiers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 19, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Larcher is a novel about childhood, centrally concerning a lively and curious girl who forms a mistaken belief that has unforeseen consequences. There are two perspectives: one is that of an elderly woman in a nursing home, nearing the end of a long illness and haunted by visions of a lost childhood. The other is that of an adventurous ten year old trying to make sense of the world of her small Northern seaside village .While the girl's narrative is full of humour and innocence, there is also a darker edge, both in the everyday perils girls can encounter and in the larger sphere of government espionage. It was co-written by two 'best' childhood friends who lived entire oceans and worlds apart for fifty years, but wrote the novel as if they had never been separated.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397886Thu, 19 Sep 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Larcher Author: J.J. Amies Narrator: Jean Phillips, Jill De Villiers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Larcher Author: J.J. Amies Narrator: Jean Phillips, Jill De Villiers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: September 19, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Larcher is a novel about childhood, centrally concerning a lively and curious girl who forms a mistaken belief that has unforeseen consequences. There are two perspectives: one is that of an elderly woman in a nursing home, nearing the end of a long illness and haunted by visions of a lost childhood. The other is that of an adventurous ten year old trying to make sense of the world of her small Northern seaside village .While the girl's narrative is full of humour and innocence, there is also a darker edge, both in the everyday perils girls can encounter and in the larger sphere of government espionage. It was co-written by two 'best' childhood friends who lived entire oceans and worlds apart for fifty years, but wrote the novel as if they had never been separated.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/commitment-a-second-chance-romance-redemption-book-one-by-t-k-leigh--65202638https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Commitment: A Second Chance Romance (Redemption, Book One) Series: #1 of Redemption Author: T.K. Leigh Narrator: Sebastian Grove, Isabelle Ruther Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 4, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: She's my sister's best friend. She thinks I've never noticed her. She couldn't be more wrong. Now I just need to prove it to her...before she walks down the aisle.Brooklyn Tanner and Andrew Brinks have a long history...one she wants nothing more than to forget. Considering he's her best friend's brother and single father to two amazing girls who mean the world to her, it's almost impossible.When the man she's been dating proposes, she thinks it's exactly what she needs to finally close this chapter of her life. After all, over sixteen years have passed since she gave Andrew Brinks her heart, only for him to destroy it. Why should that matter now?But it matters to Drew.When he learns of her engagement, he realizes he has a decision to make. Does he finally tell Brooklyn the truth of what happened all those years ago? Or does he watch her marry another man to protect her from enduring any more pain?Find out today in this angsty, second chance romance between two life-long friends!Redemption Series Reading Order:1 . Promise2. Commitment3. Redemption]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396202Wed, 04 Sep 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Commitment: A Second Chance Romance (Redemption, Book One) Series: #1 of Redemption Author: T.K. Leigh Narrator: Sebastian Grove, Isabelle Ruther...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Commitment: A Second Chance Romance (Redemption, Book One) Series: #1 of Redemption Author: T.K. Leigh Narrator: Sebastian Grove, Isabelle Ruther Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 4, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: She's my sister's best friend. She thinks I've never noticed her. She couldn't be more wrong. Now I just need to prove it to her...before she walks down the aisle.Brooklyn Tanner and Andrew Brinks have a long history...one she wants nothing more than to forget. Considering he's her best friend's brother and single father to two amazing girls who mean the world to her, it's almost impossible.When the man she's been dating proposes, she thinks it's exactly what she needs to finally close this chapter of her life. After all, over sixteen years have passed since she gave Andrew Brinks her heart, only for him to destroy it. Why should that matter now?But it matters to Drew.When he learns of her engagement, he realizes he has a decision to make. Does he finally tell Brooklyn the truth of what happened all those years ago? Or does he watch her marry another man to protect her from enduring any more pain?Find out today in this angsty, second chance romance between two life-long friends!Redemption Series Reading Order:1 . Promise2. Commitment3. Redemption]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-nine-a-novel-by-jeanne-mcwilliams-blasberg--65202645https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nine: A Novel Author: Jeanne Mcwilliams Blasberg Narrator: Marnye Young, Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 20, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Hannah Webber fears she will never be a mother, but her prayers are finally answered when she gives birth to a son. In an era of high-stakes parenting, nurturing Sam’s intellect becomes Hannah’s life purpose. She invests body and soul into his development, much to the detriment of her marriage. She convinces herself, however, that Sam’s acceptance at age fourteen to the most prestigious of New England boarding schools overseen by an illustrious headmaster, justifies her choices. When he arrives at Dunning, Sam is glad to be out from under his mother’s close watch. And he enjoys his newfound freedom―until, late one night, he stumbles upon evidence of sexual misconduct at the school and is unable to shake the discovery. Both a coming-of-age novel and a portrait of an evolving mother-son relationship, The Nine is the story of a young man who chooses to expose a corrupt world operating under its own set of rules―even if it means jeopardizing his mother’s hopes and dreams.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410302Tue, 20 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nine: A Novel Author: Jeanne Mcwilliams Blasberg Narrator: Marnye Young, Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nine: A Novel Author: Jeanne Mcwilliams Blasberg Narrator: Marnye Young, Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 20, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Hannah Webber fears she will never be a mother, but her prayers are finally answered when she gives birth to a son. In an era of high-stakes parenting, nurturing Sam’s intellect becomes Hannah’s life purpose. She invests body and soul into his development, much to the detriment of her marriage. She convinces herself, however, that Sam’s acceptance at age fourteen to the most prestigious of New England boarding schools overseen by an illustrious headmaster, justifies her choices. When he arrives at Dunning, Sam is glad to be out from under his mother’s close watch. And he enjoys his newfound freedom―until, late one night, he stumbles upon evidence of sexual misconduct at the school and is unable to shake the discovery. Both a coming-of-age novel and a portrait of an evolving mother-son relationship, The Nine is the story of a young man who chooses to expose a corrupt world operating under its own set of rules―even if it means jeopardizing his mother’s hopes and dreams.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/duplex-a-novel-by-kathryn-davis--65202606https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Duplex: A Novel Author: Kathryn Davis Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 13, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Mary and Eddie are meant for each other―but love is no guarantee, not in these suburbs. Like all children, they exist in an eternal present; time is imminent, and the adults of the street live in their assorted houses like numbers on a clock. Meanwhile, ominous rumors circulate, and the increasing agitation of the neighbors points to a future in which all will be lost. Soon a sorcerer’s car will speed down Mary’s street, and as past and future fold into each other, the resonant parenthesis of her girlhood will close forever. Beyond is adulthood, a world of robots and sorcerers, slaves and masters, bodies without souls. In Duplex, Kathryn Davis, whom the Chicago Tribune has called “one of the most inventive novelists at work today,” has created a coming-of-age story like no other. Once you enter the duplex―that magical hinge between past and future, human and robot, space and time―there’s no telling where you might come out.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409311Tue, 13 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Duplex: A Novel Author: Kathryn Davis Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 13, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/409311 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Duplex: A Novel Author: Kathryn Davis Narrator: Elisabeth Rodgers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 13, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Mary and Eddie are meant for each other―but love is no guarantee, not in these suburbs. Like all children, they exist in an eternal present; time is imminent, and the adults of the street live in their assorted houses like numbers on a clock. Meanwhile, ominous rumors circulate, and the increasing agitation of the neighbors points to a future in which all will be lost. Soon a sorcerer’s car will speed down Mary’s street, and as past and future fold into each other, the resonant parenthesis of her girlhood will close forever. Beyond is adulthood, a world of robots and sorcerers, slaves and masters, bodies without souls. In Duplex, Kathryn Davis, whom the Chicago Tribune has called “one of the most inventive novelists at work today,” has created a coming-of-age story like no other. Once you enter the duplex―that magical hinge between past and future, human and robot, space and time―there’s no telling where you might come out.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-klingentanzer-das-buch-des-ahnen-das-zweite-buch-des-ahnen-band-2-ungekurzt-by-mark-lawrence--65202629https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Klingentänzer - Das Buch des Ahnen - Das zweite Buch des Ahnen, Band 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Mark Lawrence Narrator: Stephanie Preis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 24, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Als Novizin der Mystischen Klasse wird Nona in die tieferen Geheimnisse des Universums eingeweiht. Allerdings gelten im Konvent zur süßen Gnade harsche Regeln, und als dann auch noch die Inquisition den Arm nach dem Kloster ausstreckt, muss Nona fliehen. Ihr auf den Fersen sitzt nicht nur eine ehrgeizige Assassine, sondern obendrein der ebenso einflussreiche wie rachsüchtige Thuran Tacsis. Doch Nona wird in noch größere Konflikte hineingerissen: Während Sherzal, die rücksichtslose Schwester des Kaisers, nach der Macht greift, schmiedet Äbtissin Glas ihre eigenen Ränke, die das Reich in seinen Grundfesten erschüttern. Nonas gesamtes Wissen übers Kämpfen und über Klingen, über Schatten und Gifte ist gefragt, wenn sie ihren eigenen, blutigen Weg finden will.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404418Wed, 24 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Klingentänzer - Das Buch des Ahnen - Das zweite Buch des Ahnen, Band 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Mark Lawrence Narrator: Stephanie Preis Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Klingentänzer - Das Buch des Ahnen - Das zweite Buch des Ahnen, Band 2 (Ungekürzt) Author: Mark Lawrence Narrator: Stephanie Preis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 24, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Als Novizin der Mystischen Klasse wird Nona in die tieferen Geheimnisse des Universums eingeweiht. Allerdings gelten im Konvent zur süßen Gnade harsche Regeln, und als dann auch noch die Inquisition den Arm nach dem Kloster ausstreckt, muss Nona fliehen. Ihr auf den Fersen sitzt nicht nur eine ehrgeizige Assassine, sondern obendrein der ebenso einflussreiche wie rachsüchtige Thuran Tacsis. Doch Nona wird in noch größere Konflikte hineingerissen: Während Sherzal, die rücksichtslose Schwester des Kaisers, nach der Macht greift, schmiedet Äbtissin Glas ihre eigenen Ränke, die das Reich in seinen Grundfesten erschüttern. Nonas gesamtes Wissen übers Kämpfen und über Klingen, über Schatten und Gifte ist gefragt, wenn sie ihren eigenen, blutigen Weg finden will.]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-schwur-der-kriegerin-empire-of-storms-band-3-ungekurzt-by-jon-skovron--65202614https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405566 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schwur der Kriegerin - Empire of Storms, Band 3 (ungekürzt) Author: Jon Skovron Narrator: Matthias Lühn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 5, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Das Imperium der Stürme ist in Aufruhr, der Imperator ist schwach und die Biomanten - mächtige Zauberer, die Menschen mit einem Wimpernschlag töten - haben mehr und mehr an Einfluss gewonnen. Der ehemalige Straßendieb Red, inzwischen Spion der kaiserlichen Familie, soll dafür sorgen, dass die Biomanten gestürzt werden. Damit die Mission gelingt, braucht er die Hilfe seiner ersten großen Liebe, der Vinchen-Kriegerin Hope. Doch Hope hat ihr Schwert niedergelegt und geschworen, nie wieder eine Klinge zu führen. Und der Schwur eines Vinchen ist härter als Stahl und währt ewiger als ein Kaiserreich ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405566Fri, 05 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405566 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schwur der Kriegerin - Empire of Storms, Band 3 (ungekürzt) Author: Jon Skovron Narrator: Matthias Lühn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405566 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schwur der Kriegerin - Empire of Storms, Band 3 (ungekürzt) Author: Jon Skovron Narrator: Matthias Lühn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 5, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Das Imperium der Stürme ist in Aufruhr, der Imperator ist schwach und die Biomanten - mächtige Zauberer, die Menschen mit einem Wimpernschlag töten - haben mehr und mehr an Einfluss gewonnen. Der ehemalige Straßendieb Red, inzwischen Spion der kaiserlichen Familie, soll dafür sorgen, dass die Biomanten gestürzt werden. Damit die Mission gelingt, braucht er die Hilfe seiner ersten großen Liebe, der Vinchen-Kriegerin Hope. Doch Hope hat ihr Schwert niedergelegt und geschworen, nie wieder eine Klinge zu führen. Und der Schwur eines Vinchen ist härter als Stahl und währt ewiger als ein Kaiserreich ...]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-abenteuer-lass-nach-magic-2-0-band-3-ungekurzt-by-scott-meyer--65202622https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Abenteuer lass nach - Magic 2.0, Band 3 (ungekürzt) Author: Scott Meyer Narrator: Marco Sven Reinbold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 1, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Selbst in ihren wildesten Träumen hätten sich Martin Banks und seine Computerfreak-Freunde nicht ausmalen können, dass sie eines Tages der Gnade ihres ehemaligen Zauberlehrlings ausgeliefert sein würden, den sie wegen groben Magie-Missbrauchs und ganz allgemein bösen Verhaltens ins Gefängnis gebracht hatten. Wer hätte gedacht, dass der rachgierige Todd entkommen würde, um dann ein Computerspiel voller Wölfe, Weibsbilder, Wüstenei und anderer grauenhafter Gefahren heraufzubeschwören - und seine unglückseligen ehemaligen Freunde darin gefangen zu halten? Ihrer magischen Kräfte beraubt, müssen sich die Möchtegern-Zauberer schrecklichen Gefahren, technischen Pannen und der Gesellschaft ihrer Freunde stellen. Werden sie jemals ihr Zuhause im mittelalterlichen England ? und ihre Lieblings-Science-Fiction-Filme auf VHS ? wiedersehen?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404415Mon, 01 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Abenteuer lass nach - Magic 2.0, Band 3 (ungekürzt) Author: Scott Meyer Narrator: Marco Sven Reinbold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Abenteuer lass nach - Magic 2.0, Band 3 (ungekürzt) Author: Scott Meyer Narrator: Marco Sven Reinbold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 1, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Selbst in ihren wildesten Träumen hätten sich Martin Banks und seine Computerfreak-Freunde nicht ausmalen können, dass sie eines Tages der Gnade ihres ehemaligen Zauberlehrlings ausgeliefert sein würden, den sie wegen groben Magie-Missbrauchs und ganz allgemein bösen Verhaltens ins Gefängnis gebracht hatten. Wer hätte gedacht, dass der rachgierige Todd entkommen würde, um dann ein Computerspiel voller Wölfe, Weibsbilder, Wüstenei und anderer grauenhafter Gefahren heraufzubeschwören - und seine unglückseligen ehemaligen Freunde darin gefangen zu halten? Ihrer magischen Kräfte beraubt, müssen sich die Möchtegern-Zauberer schrecklichen Gefahren, technischen Pannen und der Gesellschaft ihrer Freunde stellen. Werden sie jemals ihr Zuhause im mittelalterlichen England ? und ihre Lieblings-Science-Fiction-Filme auf VHS ? wiedersehen?]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-schatten-des-todes-empire-of-storms-band-2-ungekurzt-by-jon-skovron--65202600https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schatten des Todes - Empire of Storms, Band 2 (ungekürzt) Author: Jon Skovron Narrator: Matthias Lühn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 26, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Das Imperium der Stürme ist ein gewaltiges Reich, das von einem gottgleichen Kaiser regiert wird - und von den Biomanten, mächtigen Zauberern, die einen Menschen mit nur einem Wimpernschlag töten können. Der junge Straßendieb Red soll von ihnen zum Assassinen ausgebildet werden, im Gegenzug dafür schenkten die Magier seiner großen Liebe Hope die Freiheit. Noch während Red versucht, das Spiel der Intrigen und Ränke am Kaiserhof mitzuspielen, segelt Hope als Piratenkönigin Dire Bane die Küste entlang. Doch dann stößt sie auf eine gewaltige Verschwörung der Biomanten, die Red in tödliche Gefahr bringt. Eine Verschwörung, die sogar das Imperium der Stürme in den Untergang reißen könnte ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405823Fri, 26 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schatten des Todes - Empire of Storms, Band 2 (ungekürzt) Author: Jon Skovron Narrator: Matthias Lühn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Schatten des Todes - Empire of Storms, Band 2 (ungekürzt) Author: Jon Skovron Narrator: Matthias Lühn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 26, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Das Imperium der Stürme ist ein gewaltiges Reich, das von einem gottgleichen Kaiser regiert wird - und von den Biomanten, mächtigen Zauberern, die einen Menschen mit nur einem Wimpernschlag töten können. Der junge Straßendieb Red soll von ihnen zum Assassinen ausgebildet werden, im Gegenzug dafür schenkten die Magier seiner großen Liebe Hope die Freiheit. Noch während Red versucht, das Spiel der Intrigen und Ränke am Kaiserhof mitzuspielen, segelt Hope als Piratenkönigin Dire Bane die Küste entlang. Doch dann stößt sie auf eine gewaltige Verschwörung der Biomanten, die Red in tödliche Gefahr bringt. Eine Verschwörung, die sogar das Imperium der Stürme in den Untergang reißen könnte ...]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-ghetto-engel-by-jasmin-romana-welsch--65202481https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/475579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ghetto Engel Author: Jasmin Romana Welsch Narrator: Marian Funk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 24, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Die meisten nennen mich Versager, Nichtsnutz oder Straßenjunge. Aber eigentlich heiße ich Remo und so scheiße bin ich gar nicht - hoffe ich zumindest. Klar, ich wohne in einem Loch, kann mir kaum genug zu essen leisten, aber ich habe Gründe, nach denen niemand fragt, und eine Geschichte, die niemand hören will. Der einzige Mensch, dem ich etwas bedeute, ist das Mädchen, das immer, ohne zu klopfen, in meine Wohnung platzt, mir Cola mitbringt und mit mir vögelt. Claire ist meine beste Freundin und ohne sie würde ich kaputtgehen. Ich kann keine Liebesgeschichte erzählen, in der all der Mist, der passiert, am Ende keine Rolle mehr spielt, weil geknutscht und geheiratet wird, aber etwas zu erzählen habe ich trotzdem. Drogendealer, Zuhälter, Nachtclubs und ein Hang zu dummen Sprüchen und schwarzem Humor, der mich am Leben hält - für einen jungen Ghetto-Köter hat meine Geschichte viele Facetten und Kapitel. Und wenn jemand zuhören möchte, erzähle ich sie auch ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/475579Wed, 24 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/475579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ghetto Engel Author: Jasmin Romana Welsch Narrator: Marian Funk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/475579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Ghetto Engel Author: Jasmin Romana Welsch Narrator: Marian Funk Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: April 24, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Die meisten nennen mich Versager, Nichtsnutz oder Straßenjunge. Aber eigentlich heiße ich Remo und so scheiße bin ich gar nicht - hoffe ich zumindest. Klar, ich wohne in einem Loch, kann mir kaum genug zu essen leisten, aber ich habe Gründe, nach denen niemand fragt, und eine Geschichte, die niemand hören will. Der einzige Mensch, dem ich etwas bedeute, ist das Mädchen, das immer, ohne zu klopfen, in meine Wohnung platzt, mir Cola mitbringt und mit mir vögelt. Claire ist meine beste Freundin und ohne sie würde ich kaputtgehen. Ich kann keine Liebesgeschichte erzählen, in der all der Mist, der passiert, am Ende keine Rolle mehr spielt, weil geknutscht und geheiratet wird, aber etwas zu erzählen habe ich trotzdem. Drogendealer, Zuhälter, Nachtclubs und ein Hang zu dummen Sprüchen und schwarzem Humor, der mich am Leben hält - für einen jungen Ghetto-Köter hat meine Geschichte viele Facetten und Kapitel. Und wenn jemand zuhören möchte, erzähle ich sie auch ...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-pakt-der-diebe-empire-of-storms-band-1-ungekurzt-by-jon-skovron--65202597https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Pakt der Diebe - Empire of Storms, Band 1 (ungekürzt) Author: Jon Skovron Narrator: Matthias Lühn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 22, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Hope ist noch ein Mädchen, als ihr Dorf von den Magiern des Kaisers angegriffen und dem Erdboden gleich gemacht wird. Sie allein überlebt und findet in einem Kloster nicht nur Unterschlupf, sondern wird dort auch von den Kriegermönchen in den Kampfkünsten unterwiesen. Red ist ein Straßenjunge, der in den finsteren und überfüllten Gassen New Lavens zum besten Taschendieb heranwächst, den das Imperium je gesehen hat. Jahre vergehen - doch als Hope und Red einander auf schicksalhafte Weise begegnen, schließen sie einen Pakt, der die Zeit der Ungerechtigkeit beenden wird ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408562Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Pakt der Diebe - Empire of Storms, Band 1 (ungekürzt) Author: Jon Skovron Narrator: Matthias Lühn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408562 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Pakt der Diebe - Empire of Storms, Band 1 (ungekürzt) Author: Jon Skovron Narrator: Matthias Lühn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 22, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Hope ist noch ein Mädchen, als ihr Dorf von den Magiern des Kaisers angegriffen und dem Erdboden gleich gemacht wird. Sie allein überlebt und findet in einem Kloster nicht nur Unterschlupf, sondern wird dort auch von den Kriegermönchen in den Kampfkünsten unterwiesen. Red ist ein Straßenjunge, der in den finsteren und überfüllten Gassen New Lavens zum besten Taschendieb heranwächst, den das Imperium je gesehen hat. Jahre vergehen - doch als Hope und Red einander auf schicksalhafte Weise begegnen, schließen sie einen Pakt, der die Zeit der Ungerechtigkeit beenden wird ...]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-waffenschwestern-das-erste-buch-des-ahnen-das-buch-des-ahnen-band-1-ungekurzt-by-mark-lawrence--65202630https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Waffenschwestern - Das erste Buch des Ahnen - Das Buch des Ahnen, Band 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Mark Lawrence Narrator: Stephanie Preis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 25, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Nona ist kein gewöhnliches Kind: Sie hat auffällig schwarze Augen und schwarze Haare und kann sich mit übernatürlicher Geschwindigkeit bewegen. Und sie ist erst acht, als sie ihren ersten Mord begeht. Nona steht schon im Schatten des Galgens, als sie von der Äbtissin des Klosters zur barmherzigen Gnade gerettet wird, wo sie man sie zur Kriegerin ausbildet. Doch der Mann, den sie getötet hat, gehörte einer der mächtigsten Familien des Reiches an - die alles daransetzt, sich an ihr und den Schwestern des Konvents zu rächen. Allerdings ist Nona alles andere als leichte Beute. Im Kloster zur barmherzigen Gnade leben Mystikerinnen, die das Gewebe der Welt manipulieren, Schwestern der Verschwiegenheit, die sich der Kunst der Täuschung widmen, und hier werden die gefährlichsten Kriegerinnen des Reiches ausgebildet. Nona durchläuft ein rigides Trainingsprogramm, das sie mit dem mystischen Pfad vertraut macht, den geheimen Künsten des geräuschlosen Tötens und der Fähigkeit, mit den verschiedensten Waffen zu kämpfen. Mit den anderen Novizinnen ist sie in Freundschaft und Liebe - und manchmal auch leidenschaftlichem Hass - verbunden. Nicht alle werden es schaffen, aber diejenigen, die ihren Weg bis zu Ende gehen, werden Teil der Schwesternschaft. Sie werden die gefährlichsten Klingen des Reiches, sie werden Waffenschwestern sein.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408564Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Waffenschwestern - Das erste Buch des Ahnen - Das Buch des Ahnen, Band 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Mark Lawrence Narrator: Stephanie Preis Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Waffenschwestern - Das erste Buch des Ahnen - Das Buch des Ahnen, Band 1 (Ungekürzt) Author: Mark Lawrence Narrator: Stephanie Preis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 53 minutes Release date: January 25, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Nona ist kein gewöhnliches Kind: Sie hat auffällig schwarze Augen und schwarze Haare und kann sich mit übernatürlicher Geschwindigkeit bewegen. Und sie ist erst acht, als sie ihren ersten Mord begeht. Nona steht schon im Schatten des Galgens, als sie von der Äbtissin des Klosters zur barmherzigen Gnade gerettet wird, wo sie man sie zur Kriegerin ausbildet. Doch der Mann, den sie getötet hat, gehörte einer der mächtigsten Familien des Reiches an - die alles daransetzt, sich an ihr und den Schwestern des Konvents zu rächen. Allerdings ist Nona alles andere als leichte Beute. Im Kloster zur barmherzigen Gnade leben Mystikerinnen, die das Gewebe der Welt manipulieren, Schwestern der Verschwiegenheit, die sich der Kunst der Täuschung widmen, und hier werden die gefährlichsten Kriegerinnen des Reiches ausgebildet. Nona durchläuft ein rigides Trainingsprogramm, das sie mit dem mystischen Pfad vertraut macht, den geheimen Künsten des geräuschlosen Tötens und der Fähigkeit, mit den verschiedensten Waffen zu kämpfen. Mit den anderen Novizinnen ist sie in Freundschaft und Liebe - und manchmal auch leidenschaftlichem Hass - verbunden. Nicht alle werden es schaffen, aber diejenigen, die ihren Weg bis zu Ende gehen, werden Teil der Schwesternschaft. Sie werden die gefährlichsten Klingen des Reiches, sie werden Waffenschwestern sein.]]>185rztcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/german-juli-im-winter-by-a-l-kahnau--65202473https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/473232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Juli im Winter Author: A. L. Kahnau Narrator: Marlene Rauch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 4, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Du bist deines eigenen Glückes Schmied.' In diesem Glauben wurde Juli großgezogen und dementsprechend selbstbewusst geht sie durch die Welt. Juli ist klug, charmant und beliebt. Als eine neue Mitschülerin in ihre Klasse kommt, ahnt sie nicht, dass diese ihr sehr bald zeigen wird, wie falsch sie lag. Julis Leben gleicht plötzlich einem Sturzflug, dessen Ausgang ungewiss ist.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/473232Fri, 04 Jan 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kaelyn RathPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/473232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Juli im Winter Author: A. L. Kahnau Narrator: Marlene Rauch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/473232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Juli im Winter Author: A. L. Kahnau Narrator: Marlene Rauch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 4, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Du bist deines eigenen Glückes Schmied.' In diesem Glauben wurde Juli großgezogen und dementsprechend selbstbewusst geht sie durch die Welt. Juli ist klug, charmant und beliebt. Als eine neue Mitschülerin in ihre Klasse kommt, ahnt sie nicht, dass diese ihr sehr bald zeigen wird, wie falsch sie lag. Julis Leben gleicht plötzlich einem Sturzflug, dessen Ausgang ungewiss ist.]]>185cleanfull