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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 Kennedy Konopelskihttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/82a4955b0a954ac38da05f5437835cae.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/access-unmissable-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-coming-of-age--6575891Sat, 29 Mar 2025 03:02:52 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiKennedy Konopelskifeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/397/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we bring you diverse categories such as Biography & Memoir, Spirituality & Religion,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/397/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we bring you diverse categories such as Biography & Memoir, Spirituality & Religion, and Business & Career Development. Get 3 free audiobooks to experience. You can listen to books on many devices like iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you save time and enhance knowledge. Don't miss this great opportunity! 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/theophilus-north-a-novel-by-thornton-wilder--65202683https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theophilus North: A Novel Author: Thornton Wilder Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The last of Thornton Wilder’s works published during his lifetime, Theophilus North is part autobiographical and part the imagined adventures of Wilder’s twin brother who died at birth. This edition features an updated afterword from Wilder’s nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating material about the novelist, story and setting. Setting out to see the world in the summer of 1926, Theophilus North gets as far as Newport, Rhode Island, before his car breaks down. To support himself, Theophilus takes jobs in the elegant mansions along Ocean Drive, just as Wilder himself did in the same decade. Soon the young man finds himself playing the roles of tutor, tennis coach, spy, confidant, lover, friend and enemy as he becomes entangled in adventure and intrigue in Newport’s fabulous addresses, as well as in its local boarding houses, restaurants, dives and military barracks. Narrated by the elderly North from a distance of fifty years, Theophilus North is a fascinating commentary on youth and education from the vantage point of age, and deftly displays Wilder’s trademark wit juxtaposed with his lively and timeless ruminations on what really matters, at the end of the day, about life, love, and work. Copyright (c) 1973 by Thornton Wilder. Copyright (c) renewed 2000 by the Wilder Family L.L.C. Foreword copyright (c) 2003 by Christopher Buckley. Afterword copyright (c) 2003, 2019 by Tappan Wilder]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385579Tue, 14 Jul 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theophilus North: A Novel Author: Thornton Wilder Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Theophilus North: A Novel Author: Thornton Wilder Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The last of Thornton Wilder’s works published during his lifetime, Theophilus North is part autobiographical and part the imagined adventures of Wilder’s twin brother who died at birth. This edition features an updated afterword from Wilder’s nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating material about the novelist, story and setting. Setting out to see the world in the summer of 1926, Theophilus North gets as far as Newport, Rhode Island, before his car breaks down. To support himself, Theophilus takes jobs in the elegant mansions along Ocean Drive, just as Wilder himself did in the same decade. Soon the young man finds himself playing the roles of tutor, tennis coach, spy, confidant, lover, friend and enemy as he becomes entangled in adventure and intrigue in Newport’s fabulous addresses, as well as in its local boarding houses, restaurants, dives and military barracks. Narrated by the elderly North from a distance of fifty years, Theophilus North is a fascinating commentary on youth and education from the vantage point of age, and deftly displays Wilder’s trademark wit juxtaposed with his lively and timeless ruminations on what really matters, at the end of the day, about life, love, and work. Copyright (c) 1973 by Thornton Wilder. Copyright (c) renewed 2000 by the Wilder Family L.L.C. Foreword copyright (c) 2003 by Christopher Buckley. Afterword copyright (c) 2003, 2019 by Tappan Wilder]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-second-home-a-novel-by-christina-clancy--65202656https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Second Home: A Novel Author: Christina Clancy Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Tender and compassionate, incisive and heartbreaking, Christina Clancy's The Second Home is the story of a family you'll quickly fall in love with, and won't soon forget. This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. After a disastrous summer spent at her family summer home on Cape Cod, seventeen-year-old Ann Gordon was left with a secret that changed her life forever, and created a rift between her sister, Poppy, and their adopted brother, Michael. Now, fifteen years later, her parents have died, leaving Ann and Poppy to decide the fate of the Wellfleet home that's been in the Gordon family for generations. For Ann, the once-beloved house is tainted with bad memories. Poppy loves the old saltbox, but after years spent chasing waves around the world, she isn't sure she knows how to stay in one place. Just when the sisters decide to sell, Michael re-enters their lives with a legitimate claim to the house. But more than that, he wants to set the record straight about that long ago summer. Reunited after years apart, these very different siblings must decide if they can continue to be a family—and the house just might be the glue that holds them together. Told through the shifting perspectives of Ann, Poppy, and Michael, this assured and affecting debut captures the ache of nostalgia for summers past and the powerful draw of the places we return to again and again. It is about second homes, second families, and second chances. 'Christina Clancy writes with warmth, wit, and wisdom about fantastically human characters. A novel of family and place and belonging.' —Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Great Believers 'Christina Clancy writes with empathy and rich detail...Tender and suspenseful, Clancy's debut explores the nature of home as well as the nature of family itself--given and chosen.'— Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395708Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Second Home: A Novel Author: Christina Clancy Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Second Home: A Novel Author: Christina Clancy Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: June 2, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Tender and compassionate, incisive and heartbreaking, Christina Clancy's The Second Home is the story of a family you'll quickly fall in love with, and won't soon forget. This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. After a disastrous summer spent at her family summer home on Cape Cod, seventeen-year-old Ann Gordon was left with a secret that changed her life forever, and created a rift between her sister, Poppy, and their adopted brother, Michael. Now, fifteen years later, her parents have died, leaving Ann and Poppy to decide the fate of the Wellfleet home that's been in the Gordon family for generations. For Ann, the once-beloved house is tainted with bad memories. Poppy loves the old saltbox, but after years spent chasing waves around the world, she isn't sure she knows how to stay in one place. Just when the sisters decide to sell, Michael re-enters their lives with a legitimate claim to the house. But more than that, he wants to set the record straight about that long ago summer. Reunited after years apart, these very different siblings must decide if they can continue to be a family—and the house just might be the glue that holds them together. Told through the shifting perspectives of Ann, Poppy, and Michael, this assured and affecting debut captures the ache of nostalgia for summers past and the powerful draw of the places we return to again and again. It is about second homes, second families, and second chances. 'Christina Clancy writes with warmth, wit, and wisdom about fantastically human characters. A novel of family and place and belonging.' —Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Great Believers 'Christina Clancy writes with empathy and rich detail...Tender and suspenseful, Clancy's debut explores the nature of home as well as the nature of family itself--given and chosen.'— Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-resolutions-a-novel-by-brady-hammes--65202665https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Resolutions: A Novel Author: Brady Hammes Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Three accomplished, globe trotting siblings in crisis take refuge in the last place they would ever expect—back home in Chicago, with one another—in this razor-sharp debut for readers of The Nest, Commonwealth, and Imagine Me Gone “A vivid literary thrill ride . . . Take the journey. The pages will fly by.”—Matthew Quick, New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook   The three Brennan siblings are well on their way in the world. Samantha, the youngest, is a ballerina who recently joined the ranks of a Russian dance company; her brother Jonah is a grad student studying elephants in the rainforest of Gabon; and the eldest, Gavin, has stayed closer to home, living in Los Angeles and acting in a television series.   But as the holidays draw near, all three find themselves in profoundly troubling, though distinctly different, predicaments. Samantha is losing the battle to keep her drug addiction from ruining her career; Jonah, in his attempts to protect his elephants, gets in way too deep with a gang of ivory poachers; and Gavin’s TV show is canceled the same day his girlfriend moves out.   With their lives run aground, they reunite in their parents’ home for the holidays, where they discover that the bonds between siblings are unshakable. But with their personal problems threatening to derail their nascent careers and possibly their very survival, the three embark on a trip to West Africa in a perilous attempt to right their crooked paths.   The Resolutions is a contemporary look at three young people in the defining moments of their lives, by a talented author just getting started on a promising literary career.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393513Tue, 05 May 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Resolutions: A Novel Author: Brady Hammes Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Resolutions: A Novel Author: Brady Hammes Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 5, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Three accomplished, globe trotting siblings in crisis take refuge in the last place they would ever expect—back home in Chicago, with one another—in this razor-sharp debut for readers of The Nest, Commonwealth, and Imagine Me Gone “A vivid literary thrill ride . . . Take the journey. The pages will fly by.”—Matthew Quick, New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook   The three Brennan siblings are well on their way in the world. Samantha, the youngest, is a ballerina who recently joined the ranks of a Russian dance company; her brother Jonah is a grad student studying elephants in the rainforest of Gabon; and the eldest, Gavin, has stayed closer to home, living in Los Angeles and acting in a television series.   But as the holidays draw near, all three find themselves in profoundly troubling, though distinctly different, predicaments. Samantha is losing the battle to keep her drug addiction from ruining her career; Jonah, in his attempts to protect his elephants, gets in way too deep with a gang of ivory poachers; and Gavin’s TV show is canceled the same day his girlfriend moves out.   With their lives run aground, they reunite in their parents’ home for the holidays, where they discover that the bonds between siblings are unshakable. But with their personal problems threatening to derail their nascent careers and possibly their very survival, the three embark on a trip to West Africa in a perilous attempt to right their crooked paths.   The Resolutions is a contemporary look at three young people in the defining moments of their lives, by a talented author just getting started on a promising literary career.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-family-a-novel-by-ishmael-beah--65202669https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Family: A Novel Author: Ishmael Beah Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together. Hidden away from a harsh outside world, five young people have improvised a home in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country’s tumultuous past. Elimane, the bookworm, is as street-smart as he is wise. Clever Khoudiemata maneuvers to keep the younger kids—athletic, pragmatic Ndevui, thoughtful Kpindi, and especially their newest member, Namsa—safe and fed. When Elimane makes himself of service to the shadowy William Handkerchief, it seems as if the little family may be able to keep the world at bay and their household intact. But when Khoudi comes under the spell of the “beautiful people”—the fortunate sons and daughters of the elite—the desire to resume an interrupted coming of age and follow her own destiny proves impossible to resist. A profound and tender portrayal of the connections we forge to survive the fate we’re dealt, Little Family marks the further blossoming of a unique global voice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393928Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Family: A Novel Author: Ishmael Beah Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 28, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Family: A Novel Author: Ishmael Beah Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together. Hidden away from a harsh outside world, five young people have improvised a home in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country’s tumultuous past. Elimane, the bookworm, is as street-smart as he is wise. Clever Khoudiemata maneuvers to keep the younger kids—athletic, pragmatic Ndevui, thoughtful Kpindi, and especially their newest member, Namsa—safe and fed. When Elimane makes himself of service to the shadowy William Handkerchief, it seems as if the little family may be able to keep the world at bay and their household intact. But when Khoudi comes under the spell of the “beautiful people”—the fortunate sons and daughters of the elite—the desire to resume an interrupted coming of age and follow her own destiny proves impossible to resist. A profound and tender portrayal of the connections we forge to survive the fate we’re dealt, Little Family marks the further blossoming of a unique global voice.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/swimming-in-the-dark-a-novel-by-tomasz-jedrowski--65202659https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391766 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swimming in the Dark: A Novel Author: Tomasz Jedrowski Narrator: Will Watt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Imagine Call Me By Your Name set in Communist Poland and you'll get a sense of Jedrowski's moving debut about a consuming love affair amidst a country being torn apart.”  — O Magazine, LGBTQ Books That’ll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020 “Captivating both for its shimmering surfaces and its terrifying depths. Tomasz Jedrowski is a remarkable writer.”  — Justin Torres, bestselling author of We the Animals Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of communism, a tender and passionate story of first love between two young men who eventually find themselves on opposite sides of the political divide—a stunningly poetic and heartrending literary debut for fans of Andre Aciman, Garth Greenwell, and Alan Hollinghurst. When university student Ludwik meets Janusz at a summer agricultural camp, he is fascinated yet wary of this handsome, carefree stranger. But a chance meeting by the river soon becomes an intense, exhilarating, and all-consuming affair. After their camp duties are fulfilled, the pair spend a dreamlike few weeks camping in the countryside, bonding over an illicit copy of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room. Inhabiting a beautiful natural world removed from society and its constraints, Ludwik and Janusz fall deeply in love. But in their repressive communist and Catholic society, the passion they share is utterly unthinkable. Once they return to Warsaw, the charismatic Janusz quickly rises in the political ranks of the party and is rewarded with a highly-coveted position in the ministry. Ludwik is drawn toward impulsive acts of protest, unable to ignore rising food prices and the stark economic disparity around them. Their secret love and personal and political differences slowly begin to tear them apart as both men struggle to survive in a regime on the brink of collapse. Shifting from the intoxication of first love to the quiet melancholy of growing up and growing apart, Swimming in the Dark is a potent blend of romance, post-war politics, intrigue, and history. Lyrical and sensual, immersive and intense, Tomasz Jedrowski has crafted an indelible and thought-provoking literary debut that explores freedom and love in all its incarnations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391766Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391766 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swimming in the Dark: A Novel Author: Tomasz Jedrowski Narrator: Will Watt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391766 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swimming in the Dark: A Novel Author: Tomasz Jedrowski Narrator: Will Watt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Imagine Call Me By Your Name set in Communist Poland and you'll get a sense of Jedrowski's moving debut about a consuming love affair amidst a country being torn apart.”  — O Magazine, LGBTQ Books That’ll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020 “Captivating both for its shimmering surfaces and its terrifying depths. Tomasz Jedrowski is a remarkable writer.”  — Justin Torres, bestselling author of We the Animals Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of communism, a tender and passionate story of first love between two young men who eventually find themselves on opposite sides of the political divide—a stunningly poetic and heartrending literary debut for fans of Andre Aciman, Garth Greenwell, and Alan Hollinghurst. When university student Ludwik meets Janusz at a summer agricultural camp, he is fascinated yet wary of this handsome, carefree stranger. But a chance meeting by the river soon becomes an intense, exhilarating, and all-consuming affair. After their camp duties are fulfilled, the pair spend a dreamlike few weeks camping in the countryside, bonding over an illicit copy of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room. Inhabiting a beautiful natural world removed from society and its constraints, Ludwik and Janusz fall deeply in love. But in their repressive communist and Catholic society, the passion they share is utterly unthinkable. Once they return to Warsaw, the charismatic Janusz quickly rises in the political ranks of the party and is rewarded with a highly-coveted position in the ministry. Ludwik is drawn toward impulsive acts of protest, unable to ignore rising food prices and the stark economic disparity around them. Their secret love and personal and political differences slowly begin to tear them apart as both men struggle to survive in a regime on the brink of collapse. Shifting from the intoxication of first love to the quiet melancholy of growing up and growing apart, Swimming in the Dark is a potent blend of romance, post-war politics, intrigue, and history. Lyrical and sensual, immersive and intense, Tomasz Jedrowski has crafted an indelible and thought-provoking literary debut that explores freedom and love in all its incarnations.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cerulean-queen-by-sarah-kozloff--65202719https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cerulean Queen Series: #4 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sarah Kozloff's breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy series The Nine Realms, which began with A Queen in Hiding, comes to a thrilling conclusion in The Cerulean Queen. The true queen of Weirandale has returned. Cerulia has done the impossible and regained the throne. However, she's inherited a council of traitors, a realm in chaos, and a war with Oromondo. Now a master of her Gift, to return order to her kingdom she will use all she has learned—humility, leadership, compassion, selflessness, and the necessity of ruthlessness. A Macmillan Audio Production from Tor Books The Nine Realms Series #1 A Queen in Hiding #2 The Queen of Raiders #3 A Broken Queen #4 The Cerulean Queen]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382606Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cerulean Queen Series: #4 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 37 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cerulean Queen Series: #4 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sarah Kozloff's breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy series The Nine Realms, which began with A Queen in Hiding, comes to a thrilling conclusion in The Cerulean Queen. The true queen of Weirandale has returned. Cerulia has done the impossible and regained the throne. However, she's inherited a council of traitors, a realm in chaos, and a war with Oromondo. Now a master of her Gift, to return order to her kingdom she will use all she has learned—humility, leadership, compassion, selflessness, and the necessity of ruthlessness. A Macmillan Audio Production from Tor Books The Nine Realms Series #1 A Queen in Hiding #2 The Queen of Raiders #3 A Broken Queen #4 The Cerulean Queen]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-of-deep-water-by-jeni-mcfarland--65202667https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Deep Water Author: Jeni Mcfarland Narrator: Johnathan Mcclain, Andrew Eiden, Allyson Johnson, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of The Mothers and Olive Kitteridge, in this stunning and perceptive debut novel three women learn what it means to come home--and to make peace with the family, love affairs, and memories they'd once left behind. 'Here are voices from the heartland rendered real, raw, and aching. . . . Reminiscent of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere, this novel announces Jeni McFarland as a writer of our generation.' --Aja Gabel, author of The Ensemble River Bend, Michigan, is the kind of small town most can't imagine leaving, but three women couldn't wait to escape. When each must return--Linda Williams, never sure what she wants; her mother, Paula, always too sure; and Beth DeWitt, one of River Bend's only black daughters, now a mother of two who'd planned to raise her own children anywhere else--their paths collide under Beth's father's roof. As one town struggles to contain all of their love affairs and secrets, a local scandal forces Beth to confront her own devastating past. Filled with the voices of mothers and daughters, husbands, lovers, and fathers, The House of Deep Water explores motherhood, trauma, love, loss, and new beginnings found in a most unlikely place: home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391606Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Deep Water Author: Jeni Mcfarland Narrator: Johnathan Mcclain, Andrew Eiden, Allyson Johnson, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391606 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Deep Water Author: Jeni Mcfarland Narrator: Johnathan Mcclain, Andrew Eiden, Allyson Johnson, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of The Mothers and Olive Kitteridge, in this stunning and perceptive debut novel three women learn what it means to come home--and to make peace with the family, love affairs, and memories they'd once left behind. 'Here are voices from the heartland rendered real, raw, and aching. . . . Reminiscent of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere, this novel announces Jeni McFarland as a writer of our generation.' --Aja Gabel, author of The Ensemble River Bend, Michigan, is the kind of small town most can't imagine leaving, but three women couldn't wait to escape. When each must return--Linda Williams, never sure what she wants; her mother, Paula, always too sure; and Beth DeWitt, one of River Bend's only black daughters, now a mother of two who'd planned to raise her own children anywhere else--their paths collide under Beth's father's roof. As one town struggles to contain all of their love affairs and secrets, a local scandal forces Beth to confront her own devastating past. Filled with the voices of mothers and daughters, husbands, lovers, and fathers, The House of Deep Water explores motherhood, trauma, love, loss, and new beginnings found in a most unlikely place: home.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/race-the-sands-a-novel-by-sarah-beth-durst--65202661https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Race the Sands: A Novel Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Emily Ellet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “National Velvet with monsters and a big helping of palace intrigue, Race the Sands is monstrous (literally), heartwarming, and empowering in equal measure. An incredibly fun and inspiring read.” – Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale In this epic standalone fantasy, the acclaimed author of the Queens of Renthia series introduces an imaginative new world in which a pair of strong and determined women risk their lives battling injustice, corruption, and deadly enemies in their quest to become monster racing champions. Life, death, and rebirth—in Becar, who you are in this life will determine your next life. Yet there is hope—you can change your destiny with the choices you make. But for the darkest individuals, there is no redemption: you come back as a kehok, a monster, and are doomed to be a kehok for the rest of time. Unless you can win the Races. After a celebrated career as an elite kehok rider, Tamra became a professional trainer. Then a tragic accident shattered her confidence, damaged her reputation, and left her nearly broke. Now, she needs the prize money to prevent the local temple from taking her daughter away from her, and that means she must once again find a winning kehok . . . and a rider willing to trust her. Raia is desperate to get away from her domineering family and cruel fiancé. As a kehok rider, she could earn enough to buy her freedom. But she needs a first-rate trainer. Impressed by the inexperienced young woman’s determination, Tamra hires Raia and pairs her with a strange new kehok with the potential to win—if he can be tamed. But in this sport, if you forget you’re riding on the back of a monster, you die. Tamra and Raia will work harder than they ever thought possible to win the deadly Becaran Races—and in the process, discover what makes this particular kehok so special.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391763Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Race the Sands: A Novel Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Emily Ellet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 21,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Race the Sands: A Novel Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Emily Ellet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “National Velvet with monsters and a big helping of palace intrigue, Race the Sands is monstrous (literally), heartwarming, and empowering in equal measure. An incredibly fun and inspiring read.” – Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale In this epic standalone fantasy, the acclaimed author of the Queens of Renthia series introduces an imaginative new world in which a pair of strong and determined women risk their lives battling injustice, corruption, and deadly enemies in their quest to become monster racing champions. Life, death, and rebirth—in Becar, who you are in this life will determine your next life. Yet there is hope—you can change your destiny with the choices you make. But for the darkest individuals, there is no redemption: you come back as a kehok, a monster, and are doomed to be a kehok for the rest of time. Unless you can win the Races. After a celebrated career as an elite kehok rider, Tamra became a professional trainer. Then a tragic accident shattered her confidence, damaged her reputation, and left her nearly broke. Now, she needs the prize money to prevent the local temple from taking her daughter away from her, and that means she must once again find a winning kehok . . . and a rider willing to trust her. Raia is desperate to get away from her domineering family and cruel fiancé. As a kehok rider, she could earn enough to buy her freedom. But she needs a first-rate trainer. Impressed by the inexperienced young woman’s determination, Tamra hires Raia and pairs her with a strange new kehok with the potential to win—if he can be tamed. But in this sport, if you forget you’re riding on the back of a monster, you die. Tamra and Raia will work harder than they ever thought possible to win the deadly Becaran Races—and in the process, discover what makes this particular kehok so special.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/expectation-a-novel-by-anna-hope--65202670https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Expectation: A Novel Author: Anna Hope Narrator: Vinette Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''The female friendships here are ones we’ll all recognize, and in seeing myself in each of these women – their good moments and their bad - I felt implicated in their stories, and in this book. It’s an outstanding novel.”-- Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes In this sharply observed novel set in and around London, three college friends, now in their thirties, must come to terms with the gap between the lives they imagined for themselves and reality in the face of marriage, fertility struggles, and loss. In her first year of motherhood after an unplanned pregnancy, Cate is constantly exhausted, spiraling into self-doubt and postpartum anxiety. Her husband Sam seems oblivious, but maybe she’d prefer he remain in the dark. How can she admit the unthinkable—that she misses her freedom? In contrast, Hannah continues to endure round after round of unsuccessful IVF treatments. The process is taking its toll on her physically and emotionally—and, she worries, creating distance between her and her husband Nathan. She is godmother to Cate’s son, but every time they get together, it’s a trigger. Beautiful and unattached, Lissa is re-evaluating what it means to be an actress in her thirties. While she fiercely resists convention, she’s also lonely. A chance encounter in the British Library with Nathan has her wondering if she missed her best chance at love when she introduced him to Hannah. As each woman longs for what the others seemingly possess, will their bonds of friendship sustain them in this liminal phase of their lives—or will their envy and desire tear them apart?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390754Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Expectation: A Novel Author: Anna Hope Narrator: Vinette Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390754 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Expectation: A Novel Author: Anna Hope Narrator: Vinette Robinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''The female friendships here are ones we’ll all recognize, and in seeing myself in each of these women – their good moments and their bad - I felt implicated in their stories, and in this book. It’s an outstanding novel.”-- Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes In this sharply observed novel set in and around London, three college friends, now in their thirties, must come to terms with the gap between the lives they imagined for themselves and reality in the face of marriage, fertility struggles, and loss. In her first year of motherhood after an unplanned pregnancy, Cate is constantly exhausted, spiraling into self-doubt and postpartum anxiety. Her husband Sam seems oblivious, but maybe she’d prefer he remain in the dark. How can she admit the unthinkable—that she misses her freedom? In contrast, Hannah continues to endure round after round of unsuccessful IVF treatments. The process is taking its toll on her physically and emotionally—and, she worries, creating distance between her and her husband Nathan. She is godmother to Cate’s son, but every time they get together, it’s a trigger. Beautiful and unattached, Lissa is re-evaluating what it means to be an actress in her thirties. While she fiercely resists convention, she’s also lonely. A chance encounter in the British Library with Nathan has her wondering if she missed her best chance at love when she introduced him to Hannah. As each woman longs for what the others seemingly possess, will their bonds of friendship sustain them in this liminal phase of their lives—or will their envy and desire tear them apart?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-roxy-letters-by-mary-pauline-lowry--65202691https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Roxy Letters Author: Mary Pauline Lowry Narrator: Jayme Mattler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Meet Roxy. For fans of Where’d You Go, Bernadette and Bridget Jones’s Diary comes “just the kind of comic novel we need right now” (The Washington Post) about an Austin artist trying to figure out her life one letter to her ex-boyfriend at a time. Bridget Jones penned a diary; Roxy writes letters. Specifically: she writes letters to her hapless, rent-avoidant ex-boyfriend—and current roommate—Everett. This charming and funny twenty-something is under-employed (and under-romanced), and she’s decidedly fed up with the indignities she endures as a deli maid at Whole Foods (the original), and the dismaying speed at which her beloved Austin is becoming corporatized. When a new Lululemon pops up at the intersection of Sixth and Lamar where the old Waterloo Video used to be, Roxy can stay silent no longer. As her letters to Everett become less about overdue rent and more about the state of her life, Roxy realizes she’s ready to be the heroine of her own story. She decides to team up with her two best friends to save Austin—and rescue Roxy’s love life—in whatever way they can. But can this spunky, unforgettable millennial keep Austin weird, avoid arrest, and find romance—and even creative inspiration—in the process? With timely themes and hilarious, laugh-out-loud moments, Roxy Letters is a smart and clever story that is “bursting with originality, quirky wit, and delightful charm” (Hannah Orenstein, author of Playing with Matches).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386486Tue, 07 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Roxy Letters Author: Mary Pauline Lowry Narrator: Jayme Mattler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 7,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Roxy Letters Author: Mary Pauline Lowry Narrator: Jayme Mattler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Meet Roxy. For fans of Where’d You Go, Bernadette and Bridget Jones’s Diary comes “just the kind of comic novel we need right now” (The Washington Post) about an Austin artist trying to figure out her life one letter to her ex-boyfriend at a time. Bridget Jones penned a diary; Roxy writes letters. Specifically: she writes letters to her hapless, rent-avoidant ex-boyfriend—and current roommate—Everett. This charming and funny twenty-something is under-employed (and under-romanced), and she’s decidedly fed up with the indignities she endures as a deli maid at Whole Foods (the original), and the dismaying speed at which her beloved Austin is becoming corporatized. When a new Lululemon pops up at the intersection of Sixth and Lamar where the old Waterloo Video used to be, Roxy can stay silent no longer. As her letters to Everett become less about overdue rent and more about the state of her life, Roxy realizes she’s ready to be the heroine of her own story. She decides to team up with her two best friends to save Austin—and rescue Roxy’s love life—in whatever way they can. But can this spunky, unforgettable millennial keep Austin weird, avoid arrest, and find romance—and even creative inspiration—in the process? With timely themes and hilarious, laugh-out-loud moments, Roxy Letters is a smart and clever story that is “bursting with originality, quirky wit, and delightful charm” (Hannah Orenstein, author of Playing with Matches).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-astonishing-life-of-august-march-a-novel-by-aaron-jackson--65202684https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Astonishing Life of August March: A Novel Author: Aaron Jackson Narrator: Joel Froomkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this enchanting first novel, an irrepressibly optimistic oddball orphan is thrust into the wilds of postwar New York City after an extraordinary childhood in a theater—Candide by way of John Irving, with a hint of Charles Dickens Abandoned as an infant by his actress mother in her theater dressing room, August March was raised by an ancient laundress. Highly intelligent, a tad feral, August is a true child of the theater –able to recite Shakespeare before he knew the alphabet. But like all productions, August’s wondrous time inside the theater comes to a close, and he finds himself in the wilds of postwar New York City, where he quickly rises from pickpocket street urchin to star student at the stuffiest boarding school in the nation. To survive, August must rely upon the kindness of strangers, only some of whom have his best interests at heart. As he grows up, his heart begins to yearn for love—which he may or may not finally find in Penny, a clever and gifted con artist. Aaron Jackson has crafted a brilliant, enchanting story at once profound and delightfully entertaining. Like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The World According to Garp, and Be Frank with Me, this razor-sharp debut—a classic tale of a young innocent who finally finds his way, reminds us that everyone can find love. Even August March.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390399Tue, 07 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Astonishing Life of August March: A Novel Author: Aaron Jackson Narrator: Joel Froomkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390399 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Astonishing Life of August March: A Novel Author: Aaron Jackson Narrator: Joel Froomkin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this enchanting first novel, an irrepressibly optimistic oddball orphan is thrust into the wilds of postwar New York City after an extraordinary childhood in a theater—Candide by way of John Irving, with a hint of Charles Dickens Abandoned as an infant by his actress mother in her theater dressing room, August March was raised by an ancient laundress. Highly intelligent, a tad feral, August is a true child of the theater –able to recite Shakespeare before he knew the alphabet. But like all productions, August’s wondrous time inside the theater comes to a close, and he finds himself in the wilds of postwar New York City, where he quickly rises from pickpocket street urchin to star student at the stuffiest boarding school in the nation. To survive, August must rely upon the kindness of strangers, only some of whom have his best interests at heart. As he grows up, his heart begins to yearn for love—which he may or may not finally find in Penny, a clever and gifted con artist. Aaron Jackson has crafted a brilliant, enchanting story at once profound and delightfully entertaining. Like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The World According to Garp, and Be Frank with Me, this razor-sharp debut—a classic tale of a young innocent who finally finds his way, reminds us that everyone can find love. Even August March.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-tender-thing-by-emily-neuberger--65202674https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Tender Thing Author: Emily Neuberger Narrator: Emily Neuberger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An exhilarating debut novel set under the dazzling lights of late 1950s Broadway, where a controversial new musical pushes the boundaries of love, legacy, and art. Growing up in rural Wisconsin, Eleanor O'Hanlon always felt different. In love with musical theater from a young age, she memorized every show album she could get her hands on. So when she discovers an open call for one of her favorite productions, she leaves behind everything she knows to run off to New York City and audition. Raw and untrained, she catches the eye of famed composer Don Mannheim, who catapults her into the leading role of his new work, 'A Tender Thing,' a provocative love story between a white woman and black man, one never before seen on a Broadway stage. As word of the production gets out, an outpouring of protest whips into a fury. Between the intensity of rehearsals, her growing friendship with her co-star Charles, and her increasingly muddled creative--and personal--relationship with Don, Eleanor begins to question her own naïve beliefs about the world. When explosive secrets threaten to shatter the delicate balance of the company, and the possibility of the show itself, Eleanor must face a new reality and ultimately decide what it is she truly wants. Pulsing with the vitality and drive of 1950s New York, Emily Neuberger's enthralling debut immerses readers right into the heart of Broadway's Golden Age, a time in which the music soared and the world was on the brink of change.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392054Tue, 07 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Tender Thing Author: Emily Neuberger Narrator: Emily Neuberger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Tender Thing Author: Emily Neuberger Narrator: Emily Neuberger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An exhilarating debut novel set under the dazzling lights of late 1950s Broadway, where a controversial new musical pushes the boundaries of love, legacy, and art. Growing up in rural Wisconsin, Eleanor O'Hanlon always felt different. In love with musical theater from a young age, she memorized every show album she could get her hands on. So when she discovers an open call for one of her favorite productions, she leaves behind everything she knows to run off to New York City and audition. Raw and untrained, she catches the eye of famed composer Don Mannheim, who catapults her into the leading role of his new work, 'A Tender Thing,' a provocative love story between a white woman and black man, one never before seen on a Broadway stage. As word of the production gets out, an outpouring of protest whips into a fury. Between the intensity of rehearsals, her growing friendship with her co-star Charles, and her increasingly muddled creative--and personal--relationship with Don, Eleanor begins to question her own naïve beliefs about the world. When explosive secrets threaten to shatter the delicate balance of the company, and the possibility of the show itself, Eleanor must face a new reality and ultimately decide what it is she truly wants. Pulsing with the vitality and drive of 1950s New York, Emily Neuberger's enthralling debut immerses readers right into the heart of Broadway's Golden Age, a time in which the music soared and the world was on the brink of change.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-and-me-and-us-a-novel-by-alison-hammer--65202658https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You and Me and Us: A Novel Author: Alison Hammer Narrator: Alison Hammer, Caitlin Kelly, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Courtney Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Hammer is an expert at both tugging heartstrings and keeping the reader utterly immersed in a world of hope and heartbreak. A great new voice in women’s fiction.”-- Kristin Harmel, #1 international bestselling author of The Winemaker's Wife The heartbreaking, yet hopeful, story of a mother and daughter struggling to be a family without the one person who holds them together—a perfect summer read for fans of Jojo Moyes and Marisa de los Santos. Alexis Gold knows how to put the “work” in working mom. It’s the “mom” part that she’s been struggling with lately. Since opening her own advertising agency three years ago, Alexis has all but given up on finding a good work/life balance. Instead, she’s handed over the household reins to her supportive, loving partner, Tommy. While he’s quick to say they divide and conquer, Alexis knows that Tommy does most of the heavy lifting—especially when it comes to their teenage daughter, CeCe.  Their world changes in an instant when Tommy receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, and Alexis realizes everything she’s worked relentlessly for doesn’t matter without him. So Alexis does what Tommy has done for her almost every day since they were twelve-year-old kids in Destin, Florida—she puts him first. And when the only thing Tommy wants is to spend one last summer together at “their” beach, she puts her career on hold to make it happen…even if it means putting her family within striking distance of Tommy’s ex, an actress CeCe idolizes. But Alexis and Tommy aren’t the only ones whose lives have been turned inside out. In addition to dealing with the normal ups and downs that come with being a teenager, CeCe is also forced to confront her feelings about Tommy’s illness—and what will happen when the one person who’s always been there for her is gone. When the magic of first love brings a bright spot to her summer, CeCe is determined not to let her mother ruin that for her, too. As CeCe’s behavior becomes more rebellious, Alexis realizes the only thing harder for her than losing Tommy will be convincing CeCe to give her one more chance.   You and Me and Us is a beautifully written novel that examines the unexpected ways loss teaches us how to love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390242Tue, 07 Apr 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You and Me and Us: A Novel Author: Alison Hammer Narrator: Alison Hammer, Caitlin Kelly, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Courtney Patterson Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390242 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You and Me and Us: A Novel Author: Alison Hammer Narrator: Alison Hammer, Caitlin Kelly, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Courtney Patterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Hammer is an expert at both tugging heartstrings and keeping the reader utterly immersed in a world of hope and heartbreak. A great new voice in women’s fiction.”-- Kristin Harmel, #1 international bestselling author of The Winemaker's Wife The heartbreaking, yet hopeful, story of a mother and daughter struggling to be a family without the one person who holds them together—a perfect summer read for fans of Jojo Moyes and Marisa de los Santos. Alexis Gold knows how to put the “work” in working mom. It’s the “mom” part that she’s been struggling with lately. Since opening her own advertising agency three years ago, Alexis has all but given up on finding a good work/life balance. Instead, she’s handed over the household reins to her supportive, loving partner, Tommy. While he’s quick to say they divide and conquer, Alexis knows that Tommy does most of the heavy lifting—especially when it comes to their teenage daughter, CeCe.  Their world changes in an instant when Tommy receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, and Alexis realizes everything she’s worked relentlessly for doesn’t matter without him. So Alexis does what Tommy has done for her almost every day since they were twelve-year-old kids in Destin, Florida—she puts him first. And when the only thing Tommy wants is to spend one last summer together at “their” beach, she puts her career on hold to make it happen…even if it means putting her family within striking distance of Tommy’s ex, an actress CeCe idolizes. But Alexis and Tommy aren’t the only ones whose lives have been turned inside out. In addition to dealing with the normal ups and downs that come with being a teenager, CeCe is also forced to confront her feelings about Tommy’s illness—and what will happen when the one person who’s always been there for her is gone. When the magic of first love brings a bright spot to her summer, CeCe is determined not to let her mother ruin that for her, too. As CeCe’s behavior becomes more rebellious, Alexis realizes the only thing harder for her than losing Tommy will be convincing CeCe to give her one more chance.   You and Me and Us is a beautifully written novel that examines the unexpected ways loss teaches us how to love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ruthless-by-sarah-tarkoff--65202685https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/388871 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruthless Author: Sarah Tarkoff Narrator: Stephanie Einstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A brave young woman risks everything to expose a conspiracy controlling her world in this heart-pounding finale to the Eye of the Beholder series, a thrilling sag set in a near-future dystopian society. Grace Luther grew up believing in the Revelations: the moment when Great Spirit “saved” humanity and transformed the world into a place where pious behavior is rewarded with beauty, and wrongdoing results in ugliness and even death. But at eighteen she learned the truth: the Revelations were a lie meant to manipulate and suppress her society.  Joining the resistance, Grace heroically struck a major blow against the government of the prophets. Now many in the rebellion believe that “Prophet Grace,” is the champion who will lead them to final victory. Grace isn’t so sure. The battle has cost too many lives—including those closest to her. Devastated by all she has seen and endured, she fears she cannot command anyone—much less an entire movement. As the government’s reign of terror intensifies, rebel after rebel is targeted and killed. Yet there is one last hope. With the future at stake, Grace must overcome her fears to expose and destroy the government’s false prophets forever. Though she has many doubts, there’s one thing she’s certain of: she will lead the rebellion to victory . . . or die trying.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/388871Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/388871 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruthless Author: Sarah Tarkoff Narrator: Stephanie Einstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/388871 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ruthless Author: Sarah Tarkoff Narrator: Stephanie Einstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 31, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A brave young woman risks everything to expose a conspiracy controlling her world in this heart-pounding finale to the Eye of the Beholder series, a thrilling sag set in a near-future dystopian society. Grace Luther grew up believing in the Revelations: the moment when Great Spirit “saved” humanity and transformed the world into a place where pious behavior is rewarded with beauty, and wrongdoing results in ugliness and even death. But at eighteen she learned the truth: the Revelations were a lie meant to manipulate and suppress her society.  Joining the resistance, Grace heroically struck a major blow against the government of the prophets. Now many in the rebellion believe that “Prophet Grace,” is the champion who will lead them to final victory. Grace isn’t so sure. The battle has cost too many lives—including those closest to her. Devastated by all she has seen and endured, she fears she cannot command anyone—much less an entire movement. As the government’s reign of terror intensifies, rebel after rebel is targeted and killed. Yet there is one last hope. With the future at stake, Grace must overcome her fears to expose and destroy the government’s false prophets forever. Though she has many doubts, there’s one thing she’s certain of: she will lead the rebellion to victory . . . or die trying.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-broken-queen-by-sarah-kozloff--65202717https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Broken Queen Series: #3 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 24, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sarah Kozloff, author of Queen of Raiders, continues her breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy series The Nine Realms with book three, A Broken Queen, and all four audiobooks will be published within a month of each other, so you can binge your favorite new fantasy series. Time can heal all wounds, but not all wounds are visible. Barely surviving her ordeal in Oromondo and scarred by its Fire Spirit, Cerulia is taken to a recovery house in Wyeland to heal from the trauma. In a ward with others who are all bound to serve each other, she discovers that not all scars are visible, and dying can be done with grace and acceptance. While she would like to stay in this place of healing, will she ever be able to the peace she has found to re-take the throne? A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books The Nine Realms Series #1 A Queen in Hiding #2 The Queen of Raiders #3 A Broken Queen]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382611Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Broken Queen Series: #3 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382611 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Broken Queen Series: #3 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: March 24, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sarah Kozloff, author of Queen of Raiders, continues her breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy series The Nine Realms with book three, A Broken Queen, and all four audiobooks will be published within a month of each other, so you can binge your favorite new fantasy series. Time can heal all wounds, but not all wounds are visible. Barely surviving her ordeal in Oromondo and scarred by its Fire Spirit, Cerulia is taken to a recovery house in Wyeland to heal from the trauma. In a ward with others who are all bound to serve each other, she discovers that not all scars are visible, and dying can be done with grace and acceptance. While she would like to stay in this place of healing, will she ever be able to the peace she has found to re-take the throne? A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books The Nine Realms Series #1 A Queen in Hiding #2 The Queen of Raiders #3 A Broken Queen]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/privilege-a-novel-by-mary-adkins--65202708https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Privilege: A Novel Author: Mary Adkins Narrator: Sophie Amoss, Caitlin Kelly, Graham Halstead, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the beloved author of When You Read This, a smart, sharply observed novel about gender and class on a contemporary Southern college campus in the spirit of The Female Persuasion and Prep. Carter University: “The Harvard of the South.” Annie Stoddard was the smartest girl in her small public high school in Georgia, but now that she’s at Carter, it feels like she’s got “Scholarship Student” written on her forehead. Bea Powers put aside misgivings about attending college in the South as a biracial student to take part in Carter’s Justice Scholars program. But even within that rarefied circle of people trying to change the world, it seems everyone has a different idea of what justice is. Stayja York goes to Carter every day, too, but she isn’t a student. She works at the Coffee Bean, doling out almond milk lattes to entitled co-eds, while trying to put out fires on the home front and save for her own education. Their three lives intersect unexpectedly when Annie accuses fourth-year student Tyler Brand of sexual assault. Once Bea is assigned as Tyler’s student advocate, the girls find themselves on opposite sides as battle lines are drawn across the picture-perfect campus—and Stayja finds herself invested in the case’s outcome, too.  Told through the viewpoints of Annie, Bea, and Stayja, Privilege is a bracingly clear-eyed look at today’s campus politics, and a riveting story of three young women making their way in a world not built for them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386276Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Privilege: A Novel Author: Mary Adkins Narrator: Sophie Amoss, Caitlin Kelly, Graham Halstead, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386276 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Privilege: A Novel Author: Mary Adkins Narrator: Sophie Amoss, Caitlin Kelly, Graham Halstead, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the beloved author of When You Read This, a smart, sharply observed novel about gender and class on a contemporary Southern college campus in the spirit of The Female Persuasion and Prep. Carter University: “The Harvard of the South.” Annie Stoddard was the smartest girl in her small public high school in Georgia, but now that she’s at Carter, it feels like she’s got “Scholarship Student” written on her forehead. Bea Powers put aside misgivings about attending college in the South as a biracial student to take part in Carter’s Justice Scholars program. But even within that rarefied circle of people trying to change the world, it seems everyone has a different idea of what justice is. Stayja York goes to Carter every day, too, but she isn’t a student. She works at the Coffee Bean, doling out almond milk lattes to entitled co-eds, while trying to put out fires on the home front and save for her own education. Their three lives intersect unexpectedly when Annie accuses fourth-year student Tyler Brand of sexual assault. Once Bea is assigned as Tyler’s student advocate, the girls find themselves on opposite sides as battle lines are drawn across the picture-perfect campus—and Stayja finds herself invested in the case’s outcome, too.  Told through the viewpoints of Annie, Bea, and Stayja, Privilege is a bracingly clear-eyed look at today’s campus politics, and a riveting story of three young women making their way in a world not built for them.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-dark-vanessa-by-kate-elizabeth-russell--65202687https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/387236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Dark Vanessa Author: Kate Elizabeth Russell Narrator: Grace Gummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 10 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 DYLAN THOMAS AWARD 'A package of dynamite' Stephen King ‘Powerful, compulsive, brilliant’ Marian Keyes An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher ALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty-two and in the storm of allegations against powerful men in 2017, the teacher, Jacob Strane, has just been accused of sexual abuse by another former student. Vanessa is horrified by this news, because she is quite certain that the relationship she had with Strane wasn't abuse. It was love. She's sure of that. Forced to rethink her past, to revisit everything that happened, Vanessa has to redefine the great love story of her life – her great sexual awakening – as rape. Now she must deal with the possibility that she might be a victim, and just one of many. Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/387236Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/387236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Dark Vanessa Author: Kate Elizabeth Russell Narrator: Grace Gummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 10,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/387236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Dark Vanessa Author: Kate Elizabeth Russell Narrator: Grace Gummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 10 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 DYLAN THOMAS AWARD 'A package of dynamite' Stephen King ‘Powerful, compulsive, brilliant’ Marian Keyes An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher ALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty-two and in the storm of allegations against powerful men in 2017, the teacher, Jacob Strane, has just been accused of sexual abuse by another former student. Vanessa is horrified by this news, because she is quite certain that the relationship she had with Strane wasn't abuse. It was love. She's sure of that. Forced to rethink her past, to revisit everything that happened, Vanessa has to redefine the great love story of her life – her great sexual awakening – as rape. Now she must deal with the possibility that she might be a victim, and just one of many. Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-village-scandal-by-dilly-court--65202663https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Village Scandal Series: #2 of The Village Secrets Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 5, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The No.1 Sunday Times bestselling book! The second book in the dramatic new Village Secrets trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author – the perfect, uplifting book to curl up with. It was her wedding day… the roses and bluebells were blooming and their sweet-scent was filling the air, so why did Daisy feel the cold fingers of fear run down her spine? Spring in the village, April 1869 It’s spring in Little Creek and wedding bells are ringing. After their hasty marriage the Christmas before, Daisy is overjoyed to be finally marrying dashing Jay properly, in front of the whole village. But then, on the evening of their wedding, amid the festivities, Jay disappears. Daisy doesn’t know if Jay is dead or alive, if she’s his wife or his widow. And what’s more, without her husband, she has no means of supporting herself or her household. Refusing to give up hope, Daisy must draw on all her strength and courage – after all, she has people who depend on her. But the secret of Jay's disappearance is more scandalous that she could have ever imagined… Don’t miss the latest spellbinding story from Dilly Court – the sequel to The Christmas Wedding!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391640Thu, 05 Mar 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Village Scandal Series: #2 of The Village Secrets Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391640 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Village Scandal Series: #2 of The Village Secrets Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 5, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The No.1 Sunday Times bestselling book! The second book in the dramatic new Village Secrets trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author – the perfect, uplifting book to curl up with. It was her wedding day… the roses and bluebells were blooming and their sweet-scent was filling the air, so why did Daisy feel the cold fingers of fear run down her spine? Spring in the village, April 1869 It’s spring in Little Creek and wedding bells are ringing. After their hasty marriage the Christmas before, Daisy is overjoyed to be finally marrying dashing Jay properly, in front of the whole village. But then, on the evening of their wedding, amid the festivities, Jay disappears. Daisy doesn’t know if Jay is dead or alive, if she’s his wife or his widow. And what’s more, without her husband, she has no means of supporting herself or her household. Refusing to give up hope, Daisy must draw on all her strength and courage – after all, she has people who depend on her. But the secret of Jay's disappearance is more scandalous that she could have ever imagined… Don’t miss the latest spellbinding story from Dilly Court – the sequel to The Christmas Wedding!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-daughter-s-ruin-by-kitty-neale--65202673https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391643 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Daughter’s Ruin Author: Kitty Neale Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Sunday Times bestseller is back with a gripping, heart-wrenching tale, perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Katie Flynn and Rosie Goodwin. Denied Seventeen-year-old Constance has had a privileged upbringing in Clapham, with staff to attend to her every need. But her parents have always been cold and distant, never showing her love. Disowned Craving affection, Constance falls into the arms of Albie Jones, the cook’s grandson. But one fateful encounter leaves her ashamed and pregnant, and she is soon shunned from the family home. Desperate Heartbroken and threatened by scandal, Constance is forced to wed Albie and moves to Battersea, where she suffers unforgiving stares and cruel whispers from the neighbours. Trapped in a bitter and loveless marriage without a penny to her name, Constance has no choice but to stay and surrender. Will she ever find freedom – or happiness – again?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391643Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391643 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Daughter’s Ruin Author: Kitty Neale Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391643 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Daughter’s Ruin Author: Kitty Neale Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Sunday Times bestseller is back with a gripping, heart-wrenching tale, perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Katie Flynn and Rosie Goodwin. Denied Seventeen-year-old Constance has had a privileged upbringing in Clapham, with staff to attend to her every need. But her parents have always been cold and distant, never showing her love. Disowned Craving affection, Constance falls into the arms of Albie Jones, the cook’s grandson. But one fateful encounter leaves her ashamed and pregnant, and she is soon shunned from the family home. Desperate Heartbroken and threatened by scandal, Constance is forced to wed Albie and moves to Battersea, where she suffers unforgiving stares and cruel whispers from the neighbours. Trapped in a bitter and loveless marriage without a penny to her name, Constance has no choice but to stay and surrender. Will she ever find freedom – or happiness – again?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/two-sisters-by-josephine-cox--65202664https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Sisters Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Don’t miss the new book from Sunday Times bestselling author, Josephine Cox! The pretty Arnold sisters have grown up on their father’s farm and yearn for something more out of life than drudgery and toil. Ellen, loyal and honest, is her father’s favourite, but Georgina is impulsive and unreliable, and can’t please a father who has never shown her love. The big house, Grindle Hall, offers them both a chance of betterment, but while Ellen follows the steady path, Georgina takes a darker road and soon, her actions will have fateful consequences for them all. Only Ellen can help them, but will a sister’s love be enough?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389604Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Sisters Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Two Sisters Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Don’t miss the new book from Sunday Times bestselling author, Josephine Cox! The pretty Arnold sisters have grown up on their father’s farm and yearn for something more out of life than drudgery and toil. Ellen, loyal and honest, is her father’s favourite, but Georgina is impulsive and unreliable, and can’t please a father who has never shown her love. The big house, Grindle Hall, offers them both a chance of betterment, but while Ellen follows the steady path, Georgina takes a darker road and soon, her actions will have fateful consequences for them all. Only Ellen can help them, but will a sister’s love be enough?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-family-tree-by-sairish-hussain--65202660https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Tree Author: Sairish Hussain Narrator: Shaheen Khan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS’ CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD WINNER OF CALIBRE AUDIO’S ‘HIDDEN GEM’ AWARD ‘Poignantly paints the extraordinary in ordinary lives’THE SUNDAY POST ‘An engrossing and moving story’ CLARE CHAMBERS, author of Small Pleasures ‘An evocative portrayal of love and family’ AYISHA MALIK 'Invites you in, not as a stranger but as a family friend’ KATIE FFORDE ‘A masterclass in representation and brilliant writing’ ZEBA TALKHANI, author of My Past is a Foreign Country Your roots can always lead you home… Amjad cradles his baby daughter in the middle of the night. He has no time to mourn his wife’s death. Saahil and Zahra, his two small children, are relying on him. Amjad vows to love and protect them always. Years later, Saahil and his best friend, Ehsan, have finished university and are celebrating with friends. But when the night turns dangerous, its devastating effects will ripple through the years to come. Zahra is now her father’s only source of comfort. Life has taken her small family in different directions – will they ever find their way back to each other? The Family Tree is the moving story of a British Muslim family full of love, laughter and resilience as well as all the faults, mistakes and stubborn loyalties which make us human. *** ‘A profound, beautifully observed portrait of a British-Muslim family rocked by tragedy. So endearing are the characters, I grieved as they grieved, cheered as they healed and clung to them for days after the final page’ Kia Abdullah ‘A multi-generational story crafted with warmth… An engaging debut’ Vaseem Khan ‘Both unflinching and full of hope; the writing is compassionate and true’ Stephanie Butland]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393954Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Tree Author: Sairish Hussain Narrator: Shaheen Khan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Tree Author: Sairish Hussain Narrator: Shaheen Khan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 34 minutes Release date: February 20, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS’ CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD WINNER OF CALIBRE AUDIO’S ‘HIDDEN GEM’ AWARD ‘Poignantly paints the extraordinary in ordinary lives’THE SUNDAY POST ‘An engrossing and moving story’ CLARE CHAMBERS, author of Small Pleasures ‘An evocative portrayal of love and family’ AYISHA MALIK 'Invites you in, not as a stranger but as a family friend’ KATIE FFORDE ‘A masterclass in representation and brilliant writing’ ZEBA TALKHANI, author of My Past is a Foreign Country Your roots can always lead you home… Amjad cradles his baby daughter in the middle of the night. He has no time to mourn his wife’s death. Saahil and Zahra, his two small children, are relying on him. Amjad vows to love and protect them always. Years later, Saahil and his best friend, Ehsan, have finished university and are celebrating with friends. But when the night turns dangerous, its devastating effects will ripple through the years to come. Zahra is now her father’s only source of comfort. Life has taken her small family in different directions – will they ever find their way back to each other? The Family Tree is the moving story of a British Muslim family full of love, laughter and resilience as well as all the faults, mistakes and stubborn loyalties which make us human. *** ‘A profound, beautifully observed portrait of a British-Muslim family rocked by tragedy. So endearing are the characters, I grieved as they grieved, cheered as they healed and clung to them for days after the final page’ Kia Abdullah ‘A multi-generational story crafted with warmth… An engaging debut’ Vaseem Khan ‘Both unflinching and full of hope; the writing is compassionate and true’ Stephanie Butland]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-queen-of-raiders-by-sarah-kozloff--65202694https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of Raiders Series: #2 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sarah Kozloff, author of A Queen in Hiding, continues the breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy series The Nine Realms with book two, The Queen of Raiders, and all four books will be published within a month of each other, so you can binge your favorite new fantasy series. The soliders of Oromondo have invaded the Free States, leaving a wake of misery and death. Thalen, a young scholar, survives and gathers a small cadre of guerilla fighters for a one-way mission into the heart of an enemy land. Unconsciously guided by the elemental Spirits of Ennea Mon, Cerulia is drawn to the Land of the Fire Mountains to join Thelan's Raiders, where she will learn the price of war. The Nine Realms Series #1 A Queen in Hiding #2 The Queen of Raiders A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382618Tue, 18 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of Raiders Series: #2 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 58...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of Raiders Series: #2 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sarah Kozloff, author of A Queen in Hiding, continues the breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy series The Nine Realms with book two, The Queen of Raiders, and all four books will be published within a month of each other, so you can binge your favorite new fantasy series. The soliders of Oromondo have invaded the Free States, leaving a wake of misery and death. Thalen, a young scholar, survives and gathers a small cadre of guerilla fighters for a one-way mission into the heart of an enemy land. Unconsciously guided by the elemental Spirits of Ennea Mon, Cerulia is drawn to the Land of the Fire Mountains to join Thelan's Raiders, where she will learn the price of war. The Nine Realms Series #1 A Queen in Hiding #2 The Queen of Raiders A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-white-lies-by-philippa-east--65202679https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little White Lies Author: Philippa East Narrator: Antonia Whillans, Madeleine Hyland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Don’t miss Philippa East’s gripping and suspenseful new novel, A Guilty Secret available to pre-order now! ‘Breathtaking suspense. A phenomenal talent’ HOLLY SEDDON ‘Terrifically engaging’ JO SPAIN ‘Addictive. I couldn’t put it down’ PHOEBE MORGAN She only looked away for a second… Anne White only looked away for a second, but that’s all it took to lose sight of her young daughter. But seven years later, Abigail is found. And as Anne struggles to connect with her teenage daughter, she begins to question how much Abigail remembers about the day she disappeared… Addictive, edge-of-your-seat dark women’s fiction perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, BCC drama Thirteen, and Emma Donoghue’s Room.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390468Thu, 06 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little White Lies Author: Philippa East Narrator: Antonia Whillans, Madeleine Hyland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/390468 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little White Lies Author: Philippa East Narrator: Antonia Whillans, Madeleine Hyland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 6, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Don’t miss Philippa East’s gripping and suspenseful new novel, A Guilty Secret available to pre-order now! ‘Breathtaking suspense. A phenomenal talent’ HOLLY SEDDON ‘Terrifically engaging’ JO SPAIN ‘Addictive. I couldn’t put it down’ PHOEBE MORGAN She only looked away for a second… Anne White only looked away for a second, but that’s all it took to lose sight of her young daughter. But seven years later, Abigail is found. And as Anne struggles to connect with her teenage daughter, she begins to question how much Abigail remembers about the day she disappeared… Addictive, edge-of-your-seat dark women’s fiction perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, BCC drama Thirteen, and Emma Donoghue’s Room.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-small-revolution-in-germany-by-philip-hensher--65202677https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Small Revolution in Germany Author: Philip Hensher Narrator: Neville Watchurst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: February 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Small Revolution in Germany is about growing up, or refusing to accept what growing up means; it’s about the small dishonest pacts that people make with their own futures; and it’s about the rare and joyous refusal to be disillusioned. Everyone remembers what it’s like to be seventeen. The conversations you have; the ideas that burst on you; the kiss that transforms you. And then you grow up, and make a deal with adulthood. A Small Revolution in Germany is about that rapturous moment when ideas, and ideals, and passion crash over one boy’s head. And what happens in the decades afterwards? When you see the overwhelming truth when you are seventeen, why should you ever abandon that truth? Spike is brought into a small, clever group of friends, bursting with a passion for ideas, and the wish to change the world. They smash up political meetings; they paint slogans on walls; they long for armed revolution; they argue, exuberantly, until dawn. In the years to follow, they all change their minds, and go into the world. They become writers, politicians, public figures. One of them becomes famous when she dies. They all change their minds, and make sensible compromises. Only Spike stays exactly as he is, going on with the burning desire for change, in the safe embrace of unconditional love. Alone from the old group, he is the only one who has achieved nothing, and who has never deviated from the impractical shining path of revolution he saw as a teenager. Thirty years on, photographs of the teenage group look like a bunch of celebrated individuals, with only one unknown face in it – Spike.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391651Thu, 06 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Small Revolution in Germany Author: Philip Hensher Narrator: Neville Watchurst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391651 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Small Revolution in Germany Author: Philip Hensher Narrator: Neville Watchurst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: February 6, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Small Revolution in Germany is about growing up, or refusing to accept what growing up means; it’s about the small dishonest pacts that people make with their own futures; and it’s about the rare and joyous refusal to be disillusioned. Everyone remembers what it’s like to be seventeen. The conversations you have; the ideas that burst on you; the kiss that transforms you. And then you grow up, and make a deal with adulthood. A Small Revolution in Germany is about that rapturous moment when ideas, and ideals, and passion crash over one boy’s head. And what happens in the decades afterwards? When you see the overwhelming truth when you are seventeen, why should you ever abandon that truth? Spike is brought into a small, clever group of friends, bursting with a passion for ideas, and the wish to change the world. They smash up political meetings; they paint slogans on walls; they long for armed revolution; they argue, exuberantly, until dawn. In the years to follow, they all change their minds, and go into the world. They become writers, politicians, public figures. One of them becomes famous when she dies. They all change their minds, and make sensible compromises. Only Spike stays exactly as he is, going on with the burning desire for change, in the safe embrace of unconditional love. Alone from the old group, he is the only one who has achieved nothing, and who has never deviated from the impractical shining path of revolution he saw as a teenager. Thirty years on, photographs of the teenage group look like a bunch of celebrated individuals, with only one unknown face in it – Spike.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/molly-bit-a-novel-by-dan-bevacqua--65202666https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Molly Bit: A Novel Author: Dan Bevacqua Narrator: Emily Tremaine, Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A “slick page-turner” (Vanity Fair) about the rise of an enigmatic Hollywood star and her legacy, from Columbia MFA graduate Dan Bevacqua. A tragic death was not part of the script. Molly Bit is a great actress. From her first acting classes to her big break she is different from the others struggling to make it. But fame is perilous. She uses—and is used by—the Hollywood system. Her collaborator is an addict. The producer who promises her stardom is ruthless and unhinged by grief. Fans, friends, strangers—they want and want. And one dangerously obsessed fan will take everything. Insightful, witty, and shocking, Molly Bit “delves into the dark corners of fame…[while] managing to be a scathingly funny exposé of celebrity life” (Laura Sims, author of Looker) and explores the high stakes of our culture’s fascination with the famous and our complicity in their rise and fall. Molly Bit is a “fast, funny, and delightfully fun” (Adam Wilson, author of Flatscreen) debut novel that offers a heartbreaking reflection of fame, obsession, and art’s power to redeem loss.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386434Tue, 04 Feb 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Molly Bit: A Novel Author: Dan Bevacqua Narrator: Emily Tremaine, Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386434 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Molly Bit: A Novel Author: Dan Bevacqua Narrator: Emily Tremaine, Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 4, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A “slick page-turner” (Vanity Fair) about the rise of an enigmatic Hollywood star and her legacy, from Columbia MFA graduate Dan Bevacqua. A tragic death was not part of the script. Molly Bit is a great actress. From her first acting classes to her big break she is different from the others struggling to make it. But fame is perilous. She uses—and is used by—the Hollywood system. Her collaborator is an addict. The producer who promises her stardom is ruthless and unhinged by grief. Fans, friends, strangers—they want and want. And one dangerously obsessed fan will take everything. Insightful, witty, and shocking, Molly Bit “delves into the dark corners of fame…[while] managing to be a scathingly funny exposé of celebrity life” (Laura Sims, author of Looker) and explores the high stakes of our culture’s fascination with the famous and our complicity in their rise and fall. Molly Bit is a “fast, funny, and delightfully fun” (Adam Wilson, author of Flatscreen) debut novel that offers a heartbreaking reflection of fame, obsession, and art’s power to redeem loss.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-we-were-vikings-by-andrew-david-macdonald--65202689https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386525 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When We Were Vikings Author: Andrew David Macdonald Narrator: Phoebe Strole Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Indie Next Pick for February 2020 Book of the Month January 2020 LibraryReads January 2020 Pick Bookreporter New Release Spotlight New York Post “Best Books of the Week” Goodreads “January’s Most Anticipated New Books” The Saturday Evening Post “10 Books for the New Year” PopSugar “Best Books in January” Book Riot Best Winter New Releases “Zelda is a marvel, a living, breathing three-dimensional character with a voice so distinctive she leaps off the page.” —The New York Times “Heartwarming and unforgettable.” —People For Zelda, a twenty-one-year-old Viking enthusiast who lives with her older brother, Gert, life is best lived with some basic rules: 1. A smile means “thank you for doing something small that I liked.” 2. Fist bumps and dabs = respect. 3. Strange people are not appreciated in her home. 4. Tomatoes must go in the middle of the sandwich and not get the bread wet. 5. Sometimes the most important things don’t fit on lists. But when Zelda finds out that Gert has resorted to some questionable—and dangerous—methods to make enough money to keep them afloat, Zelda decides to launch her own quest. Her mission: to be legendary. It isn’t long before Zelda finds herself in a battle that tests the reach of her heroism, her love for her brother, and the depth of her Viking strength. “A most welcome and wonderful debut” (Tyrell Johnson, author of The Wolves of Winter), When We Were Vikings is an uplifting debut about an unlikely heroine whose journey will leave you wanting to embark on a quest of your own, because after all...we are all legends of our own making.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386525Tue, 28 Jan 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386525 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When We Were Vikings Author: Andrew David Macdonald Narrator: Phoebe Strole Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386525 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When We Were Vikings Author: Andrew David Macdonald Narrator: Phoebe Strole Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Indie Next Pick for February 2020 Book of the Month January 2020 LibraryReads January 2020 Pick Bookreporter New Release Spotlight New York Post “Best Books of the Week” Goodreads “January’s Most Anticipated New Books” The Saturday Evening Post “10 Books for the New Year” PopSugar “Best Books in January” Book Riot Best Winter New Releases “Zelda is a marvel, a living, breathing three-dimensional character with a voice so distinctive she leaps off the page.” —The New York Times “Heartwarming and unforgettable.” —People For Zelda, a twenty-one-year-old Viking enthusiast who lives with her older brother, Gert, life is best lived with some basic rules: 1. A smile means “thank you for doing something small that I liked.” 2. Fist bumps and dabs = respect. 3. Strange people are not appreciated in her home. 4. Tomatoes must go in the middle of the sandwich and not get the bread wet. 5. Sometimes the most important things don’t fit on lists. But when Zelda finds out that Gert has resorted to some questionable—and dangerous—methods to make enough money to keep them afloat, Zelda decides to launch her own quest. Her mission: to be legendary. It isn’t long before Zelda finds herself in a battle that tests the reach of her heroism, her love for her brother, and the depth of her Viking strength. “A most welcome and wonderful debut” (Tyrell Johnson, author of The Wolves of Winter), When We Were Vikings is an uplifting debut about an unlikely heroine whose journey will leave you wanting to embark on a quest of your own, because after all...we are all legends of our own making.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-queen-in-hiding-by-sarah-kozloff--65202703https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Queen in Hiding Series: #1 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: '[Narrator Imogen] Church capably meets the challenge of a diverse group of characters, embodying them and pivoting from one point of view to another from chapter to chapter. In doing so, she ensures that listeners remain fully immersed in the story' — AudioFile Magazine Debut author Sarah Kozloff offers a breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy of a ruler coming of age in A Queen in Hiding first in the quartet of The Nine Realms series. Four books. Four months. Nine Realms. Exiled and hunted, Cerulia, Princess of Weirandale, knows she has one destiny. Her enemies failed to kill her, and no one harboring her is safe. Raised in obscurity, she has no resources, no army, nothing that can help her against her enemies. Except their gods. The Nine Realms Series #1 A Queen in Hiding January 2020 #2 The Queen of Raiders February 2020 #3 A Broken Queen March 2020 #4 The Cerulean Queen April 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382619Tue, 21 Jan 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Queen in Hiding Series: #1 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Queen in Hiding Series: #1 of The Nine Realms Author: Sarah Kozloff Narrator: Imogen Church Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 21, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: '[Narrator Imogen] Church capably meets the challenge of a diverse group of characters, embodying them and pivoting from one point of view to another from chapter to chapter. In doing so, she ensures that listeners remain fully immersed in the story' — AudioFile Magazine Debut author Sarah Kozloff offers a breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy of a ruler coming of age in A Queen in Hiding first in the quartet of The Nine Realms series. Four books. Four months. Nine Realms. Exiled and hunted, Cerulia, Princess of Weirandale, knows she has one destiny. Her enemies failed to kill her, and no one harboring her is safe. Raised in obscurity, she has no resources, no army, nothing that can help her against her enemies. Except their gods. The Nine Realms Series #1 A Queen in Hiding January 2020 #2 The Queen of Raiders February 2020 #3 A Broken Queen March 2020 #4 The Cerulean Queen April 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stateway-s-garden-stories-by-jasmon-drain--65202692https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stateway's Garden: Stories Author: Jasmon Drain Narrator: Sullivan Jones, Guy Lockard, Shayna Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 21, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • A blazingly original story collection about the interconnected lives of the residents of a public housing project on the South Side of Chicago   “The residents and their buoyant dreams are documented, celebrated, honored. I bow to this writer in gratitude.”—Sandra Cisneros NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE Before being torn down in 2007, the Stateway Gardens public housing projects on Chicago’s South Side were ridden with deprivation and crime. But for some, like Tracy, the shy, intelligent young boy at the center of this enthralling collection of linked stories, they are simply home. Set in the mid-1980s and taking readers up to the point of the destruction of the infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects—a set of buildings similar in design to Stateway Gardens to the south—this collection gives an intimate look at the hopes, dreams, failures, and fortunes of a group of people growing up with the deck always stacked against them. Through Jasmon Drain’s sensitive and often playful prose, we see another side of what we have come to know as “the projects.”    Stateway’s Garden is a coming-of-age story told in short stories, through the lens of a childhood made rough by the crush of poverty and violence, with the crack epidemic a looming specter ahead. And yet, through the experiences and ambitions of Tracy and other young characters, Drain reveals a vibrant community that creates its own ecosystem, all set in a series of massive, seemingly soulless concrete buildings. Not shying away from the darkness of life for his characters, Drain shows the full complexity of their human experiences.   Exquisitely detailed and novelistic in scope, this collection of stories will linger in your mind long after you have turned the final page.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381180Tue, 21 Jan 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stateway's Garden: Stories Author: Jasmon Drain Narrator: Sullivan Jones, Guy Lockard, Shayna Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381180 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stateway's Garden: Stories Author: Jasmon Drain Narrator: Sullivan Jones, Guy Lockard, Shayna Small Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 21, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • A blazingly original story collection about the interconnected lives of the residents of a public housing project on the South Side of Chicago   “The residents and their buoyant dreams are documented, celebrated, honored. I bow to this writer in gratitude.”—Sandra Cisneros NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE Before being torn down in 2007, the Stateway Gardens public housing projects on Chicago’s South Side were ridden with deprivation and crime. But for some, like Tracy, the shy, intelligent young boy at the center of this enthralling collection of linked stories, they are simply home. Set in the mid-1980s and taking readers up to the point of the destruction of the infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects—a set of buildings similar in design to Stateway Gardens to the south—this collection gives an intimate look at the hopes, dreams, failures, and fortunes of a group of people growing up with the deck always stacked against them. Through Jasmon Drain’s sensitive and often playful prose, we see another side of what we have come to know as “the projects.”    Stateway’s Garden is a coming-of-age story told in short stories, through the lens of a childhood made rough by the crush of poverty and violence, with the crack epidemic a looming specter ahead. And yet, through the experiences and ambitions of Tracy and other young characters, Drain reveals a vibrant community that creates its own ecosystem, all set in a series of massive, seemingly soulless concrete buildings. Not shying away from the darkness of life for his characters, Drain shows the full complexity of their human experiences.   Exquisitely detailed and novelistic in scope, this collection of stories will linger in your mind long after you have turned the final page.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-wish-you-luck-a-novel-by-caroline-zancan--65202701https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Wish You Luck: A Novel Author: Caroline Zancan Narrator: Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Belletrist Book Club Selection  Named a Best Book of 2020 by goop, ELLE and Vanity Fair Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by The Millions, Lit Hub, Marie Claire An exhilarating novel about a group of students who take revenge on a wunderkind professor after she destroys one of their own-- a story of collective drive to create, sabotage, and ultimately, to love. It doesn't take long for the students on Fielding campus to become obsessed with Hannah, Leslie and Jimmy. The three graduate students are mysterious, inaccessible, and brilliant. Leslie, glamorous and brash, has declared that she wants to write erotica and make millions. Hannah is quietly confident, loyal, elegantly beautiful, and the person they all want to be; and Jimmy is a haunted genius with no past. After Simone - young, bestselling author and erstwhile model - shows up as a visiting professor, and after everything that happened with her, the trio only become more notorious. Love. Death. Revenge. These age-old tropes come to life as the semesters unfold. The threesome came to study writing, to be writers, and this is the story they've woven together: of friendship and passion, of competition and envy, of creativity as life and death. Now, they submit this story, We Wish You Luck, for your reading pleasure.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381174Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Wish You Luck: A Novel Author: Caroline Zancan Narrator: Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Wish You Luck: A Novel Author: Caroline Zancan Narrator: Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Belletrist Book Club Selection  Named a Best Book of 2020 by goop, ELLE and Vanity Fair Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by The Millions, Lit Hub, Marie Claire An exhilarating novel about a group of students who take revenge on a wunderkind professor after she destroys one of their own-- a story of collective drive to create, sabotage, and ultimately, to love. It doesn't take long for the students on Fielding campus to become obsessed with Hannah, Leslie and Jimmy. The three graduate students are mysterious, inaccessible, and brilliant. Leslie, glamorous and brash, has declared that she wants to write erotica and make millions. Hannah is quietly confident, loyal, elegantly beautiful, and the person they all want to be; and Jimmy is a haunted genius with no past. After Simone - young, bestselling author and erstwhile model - shows up as a visiting professor, and after everything that happened with her, the trio only become more notorious. Love. Death. Revenge. These age-old tropes come to life as the semesters unfold. The threesome came to study writing, to be writers, and this is the story they've woven together: of friendship and passion, of competition and envy, of creativity as life and death. Now, they submit this story, We Wish You Luck, for your reading pleasure.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-prized-girl-by-amy-k-green--65202678https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prized Girl Author: Amy K. Green Narrator: Alex Mckenna, Taylor Meskimen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: It was always going to end in trouble. But how did it end in murder? A murdered beauty queen. A town full of secrets. Who killed Jenny? ‘Raced through this great read with a knockout premise’ SUZY K QUINN ‘I loved the complex relationships and the secrets lurking beneath the surface’ LISA HALL Jenny Kennedy appears to have it all. She’s the perfect daughter, the popular girl at school and a successful beauty queen. But then Jenny is found dead in a murder that rocks the small town she grew up in to the core. Her estranged half-sister Virginia finds herself thrust into the spotlight as the case dominates the news and is desperate to uncover who killed Jenny. But she soon realises that maybe Jenny’s life wasn’t so perfect after all. The truth is that Jenny has more than a few secrets of her own, and so do her neighbours… What really happened that night? A gripping crime thriller about a shocking murder in a picture-perfect small town, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and Thirteen Reasons Why. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Why readers love The Prized Girl: ‘I couldn’t figure out who did it until the very end’ ‘Kept me guessing right up until the last few pages. What a plot twist!’ ‘A suspenseful, entertaining, page-turner’ ‘Read in one sitting, couldn’t put it down’ ‘Highly recommend this book’ ‘So many twists and turns, it kept me turning the page’ ‘Had me hooked from page one – a MUST read’]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389598Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prized Girl Author: Amy K. Green Narrator: Alex Mckenna, Taylor Meskimen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/389598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prized Girl Author: Amy K. Green Narrator: Alex Mckenna, Taylor Meskimen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 14, 2020 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: It was always going to end in trouble. But how did it end in murder? A murdered beauty queen. A town full of secrets. Who killed Jenny? ‘Raced through this great read with a knockout premise’ SUZY K QUINN ‘I loved the complex relationships and the secrets lurking beneath the surface’ LISA HALL Jenny Kennedy appears to have it all. She’s the perfect daughter, the popular girl at school and a successful beauty queen. But then Jenny is found dead in a murder that rocks the small town she grew up in to the core. Her estranged half-sister Virginia finds herself thrust into the spotlight as the case dominates the news and is desperate to uncover who killed Jenny. But she soon realises that maybe Jenny’s life wasn’t so perfect after all. The truth is that Jenny has more than a few secrets of her own, and so do her neighbours… What really happened that night? A gripping crime thriller about a shocking murder in a picture-perfect small town, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and Thirteen Reasons Why. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Why readers love The Prized Girl: ‘I couldn’t figure out who did it until the very end’ ‘Kept me guessing right up until the last few pages. What a plot twist!’ ‘A suspenseful, entertaining, page-turner’ ‘Read in one sitting, couldn’t put it down’ ‘Highly recommend this book’ ‘So many twists and turns, it kept me turning the page’ ‘Had me hooked from page one – a MUST read’]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dear-edward-now-a-major-new-tv-series-with-apple-tv-by-ann-napolitano--65202671https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dear Edward: Now a Major new TV series with Apple TV Author: Ann Napolitano Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 14, 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: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Astonishing' Marian Keyes A luminous, life-affirming novel about a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles. There are 192 passengers aboard: among them a young woman taking a pregnancy test in the airplane toilet; a Wall Street millionaire flirting with the air hostess; an injured soldier returning from Afghanistan; and two beleaguered parents moving across the country with their adolescent sons, bickering over who gets the window seat. When the plane suddenly crashes in a field in Colorado, the younger of these boys, 12-year-old Edward Adler, is the sole survivor. Dear Edward depicts Edward's life in the crash's aftermath as he struggles to make sense of the meaning of his survival, the strangeness of his sudden fame, and find his place in the world without his family. In his new home with his aunt and uncle, the only solace comes from his friendship with the girl next door, Shay. Together Edward and Shay make a startling discovery: hidden in his uncle's garage are sacks of letters from the relatives of the other passengers, addressed to Edward. As Edward comes of age against the backdrop of sudden tragedy, he must confront some of life's most profound questions: how do we make the most of the time we are given? And what does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live? 'A very moving and emotional read' Anne Tyler 'Gripping and elegiac, this is a captivating novel about loss, love and growing up' Rosamund Lupton 'That rare book that breaks your heart and stitches it back together . . . Don't miss this one' Jodi Picoult © Ann Napolitano 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393470Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dear Edward: Now a Major new TV series with Apple TV Author: Ann Napolitano Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dear Edward: Now a Major new TV series with Apple TV Author: Ann Napolitano Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 14, 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: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Astonishing' Marian Keyes A luminous, life-affirming novel about a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles. There are 192 passengers aboard: among them a young woman taking a pregnancy test in the airplane toilet; a Wall Street millionaire flirting with the air hostess; an injured soldier returning from Afghanistan; and two beleaguered parents moving across the country with their adolescent sons, bickering over who gets the window seat. When the plane suddenly crashes in a field in Colorado, the younger of these boys, 12-year-old Edward Adler, is the sole survivor. Dear Edward depicts Edward's life in the crash's aftermath as he struggles to make sense of the meaning of his survival, the strangeness of his sudden fame, and find his place in the world without his family. In his new home with his aunt and uncle, the only solace comes from his friendship with the girl next door, Shay. Together Edward and Shay make a startling discovery: hidden in his uncle's garage are sacks of letters from the relatives of the other passengers, addressed to Edward. As Edward comes of age against the backdrop of sudden tragedy, he must confront some of life's most profound questions: how do we make the most of the time we are given? And what does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live? 'A very moving and emotional read' Anne Tyler 'Gripping and elegiac, this is a captivating novel about loss, love and growing up' Rosamund Lupton 'That rare book that breaks your heart and stitches it back together . . . Don't miss this one' Jodi Picoult © Ann Napolitano 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girls-with-no-names-by-serena-burdick--65202724https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls with No Names Author: Serena Burdick Narrator: Amy Mcfadden, Emily Lawrence, Nancy Peterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A beautiful tale of hope, courage, and sisterhood—inspired by the real House of Mercy and the girls confined there for daring to break the rules. Growing up in New York City in the 1910s, Luella and Effie Tildon realize that even as wealthy young women, their freedoms come with limits. But when the sisters discover a shocking secret about their father, Luella, the brazen elder sister, becomes emboldened to do as she pleases. Her rebellion comes with consequences, and one morning Luella is mysteriously gone. Effie suspects her father has sent Luella to the House of Mercy and hatches a plan to get herself committed to save her sister. But she made a miscalculation, and with no one to believe her story, Effie’s own escape seems impossible—unless she can trust an enigmatic girl named Mable. As their fates entwine, Mable and Effie must rely on their tenuous friendship to survive. Home for Unwanted Girls meets The Dollhouse in this atmospheric, heartwarming story that explores not only the historical House of Mercy, but the lives—and secrets—of the girls who stayed there. “Burdick has spun a cautionary tale of struggle and survival, love and family — and above all, the strength of the heart, no matter how broken.” — New York Times Book Review “Burdick reveals the perils of being a woman in 1913 and exposes the truths of their varying social circles.” — Chicago Tribune]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381250Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls with No Names Author: Serena Burdick Narrator: Amy Mcfadden, Emily Lawrence, Nancy Peterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls with No Names Author: Serena Burdick Narrator: Amy Mcfadden, Emily Lawrence, Nancy Peterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 7, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.48 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A beautiful tale of hope, courage, and sisterhood—inspired by the real House of Mercy and the girls confined there for daring to break the rules. Growing up in New York City in the 1910s, Luella and Effie Tildon realize that even as wealthy young women, their freedoms come with limits. But when the sisters discover a shocking secret about their father, Luella, the brazen elder sister, becomes emboldened to do as she pleases. Her rebellion comes with consequences, and one morning Luella is mysteriously gone. Effie suspects her father has sent Luella to the House of Mercy and hatches a plan to get herself committed to save her sister. But she made a miscalculation, and with no one to believe her story, Effie’s own escape seems impossible—unless she can trust an enigmatic girl named Mable. As their fates entwine, Mable and Effie must rely on their tenuous friendship to survive. Home for Unwanted Girls meets The Dollhouse in this atmospheric, heartwarming story that explores not only the historical House of Mercy, but the lives—and secrets—of the girls who stayed there. “Burdick has spun a cautionary tale of struggle and survival, love and family — and above all, the strength of the heart, no matter how broken.” — New York Times Book Review “Burdick reveals the perils of being a woman in 1913 and exposes the truths of their varying social circles.” — Chicago Tribune]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/husband-material-by-emily-belden--65202728https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Husband Material Author: Emily Belden Narrator: Piper Goodeve Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: December 30, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “By turns heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny.”—Kristin Rockaway, author of How To Hack a Heartbreak Sometimes love is unpredictable... in this witty and thought-provoking novel about a millenial widow whose life is thrown into disarray, with often hilarious results, when the most unexpected delivery arrives on her doorstep. Twenty-nine-year-old Charlotte Rosen has a secret: she’s a widow. Ever since the fateful day that leveled her world, Charlotte has worked hard to move forward. Great job at a hot social media analytics company? Check. Roommate with no knowledge of her past? Check. Adorable dog? Check. All the while, she’s faithfully data-crunched her way through life, calculating the probability of risk—so she can avoid it. Yet Charlotte’s algorithms could never have predicted that her late husband’s ashes would land squarely on her doorstep five years later. Stunned but determined, Charlotte sets out to find meaning in this sudden twist of fate, even if that includes facing her perfectly coiffed, and perfectly difficult, ex-mother-in-law—and her husband’s best friend, who seems to become a fixture at her side whether she likes it or not. But when her quest reveals a shocking secret, Charlotte is forced to answer questions she never knew to ask and to consider the possibility of forgiveness. And when a chance at a new life arises, she’ll have to decide once and for all whether to follow the numbers or trust her heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382410Mon, 30 Dec 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Husband Material Author: Emily Belden Narrator: Piper Goodeve Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: December 30, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382410 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Husband Material Author: Emily Belden Narrator: Piper Goodeve Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: December 30, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “By turns heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny.”—Kristin Rockaway, author of How To Hack a Heartbreak Sometimes love is unpredictable... in this witty and thought-provoking novel about a millenial widow whose life is thrown into disarray, with often hilarious results, when the most unexpected delivery arrives on her doorstep. Twenty-nine-year-old Charlotte Rosen has a secret: she’s a widow. Ever since the fateful day that leveled her world, Charlotte has worked hard to move forward. Great job at a hot social media analytics company? Check. Roommate with no knowledge of her past? Check. Adorable dog? Check. All the while, she’s faithfully data-crunched her way through life, calculating the probability of risk—so she can avoid it. Yet Charlotte’s algorithms could never have predicted that her late husband’s ashes would land squarely on her doorstep five years later. Stunned but determined, Charlotte sets out to find meaning in this sudden twist of fate, even if that includes facing her perfectly coiffed, and perfectly difficult, ex-mother-in-law—and her husband’s best friend, who seems to become a fixture at her side whether she likes it or not. But when her quest reveals a shocking secret, Charlotte is forced to answer questions she never knew to ask and to consider the possibility of forgiveness. And when a chance at a new life arises, she’ll have to decide once and for all whether to follow the numbers or trust her heart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-german-house-by-annette-hess--65202716https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The German House Author: Annette Hess Narrator: Nina Franoszek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess’s international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator—caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power—as she fights to expose the dark truths of her nation’s past. If everything your family told you was a lie, how far would you go to uncover the truth? For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. At the war’s end, Frankfurt was a smoldering ruin, severely damaged by the Allied bombings. But that was two decades ago. Now it is 1963, and the city’s streets, once cratered are smooth and paved. Shiny new stores replace scorched rubble. Eager for her wealthy suitor, Jürgen Schoormann, to propose, Eva dreams of starting a new life away from her parents and sister. But Eva’s plans are turned upside down when a fiery investigator, David Miller, hires her as a translator for a war crimes trial. As she becomes more deeply involved in the Frankfurt Trials, Eva begins to question her family’s silence on the war and her future. Why do her parents refuse to talk about what happened? What are they hiding? Does she really love Jürgen and will she be happy as a housewife? Though it means going against the wishes of her family and her lover, Eva, propelled by her own conscience , joins a team of fiery prosecutors determined to bring the Nazis to justice—a decision that will help change the present and the past of her nation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374751Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The German House Author: Annette Hess Narrator: Nina Franoszek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The German House Author: Annette Hess Narrator: Nina Franoszek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess’s international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator—caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power—as she fights to expose the dark truths of her nation’s past. If everything your family told you was a lie, how far would you go to uncover the truth? For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. At the war’s end, Frankfurt was a smoldering ruin, severely damaged by the Allied bombings. But that was two decades ago. Now it is 1963, and the city’s streets, once cratered are smooth and paved. Shiny new stores replace scorched rubble. Eager for her wealthy suitor, Jürgen Schoormann, to propose, Eva dreams of starting a new life away from her parents and sister. But Eva’s plans are turned upside down when a fiery investigator, David Miller, hires her as a translator for a war crimes trial. As she becomes more deeply involved in the Frankfurt Trials, Eva begins to question her family’s silence on the war and her future. Why do her parents refuse to talk about what happened? What are they hiding? Does she really love Jürgen and will she be happy as a housewife? Though it means going against the wishes of her family and her lover, Eva, propelled by her own conscience , joins a team of fiery prosecutors determined to bring the Nazis to justice—a decision that will help change the present and the past of her nation.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-sister-s-courage-by-molly-green--65202693https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sister’s Courage Series: #1 of The Victory Sisters Author: Molly Green Narrator: Sophie Bentinck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Meticulously researched and brings into focus the sterling work of the women of the ATA … An engrossing story, with a strong, likeable female protagonist facing issues we still face today.’ Historical Novel Society magazine In the midst of war, she knew her place was not at home… The most ambitious of three sisters, Lorraine ‘Raine’ Linfoot always dreamed of becoming a pilot. As a spirited seventeen-year-old, she persuades her hero Doug Williams to teach her to fly. When war breaks out in 1939, Raine is determined to put her skills to good use. She enlists in the Air Transport Auxiliary, becoming one of a handful of brave female pilots flying fighter planes to the men on the front line. Raine embraces the challenges of the job, despite its perils. But when Doug is reported missing after his Spitfire is shot down, she realises the war could tear apart not only her country, but also her heart… A gripping story of family, friendship and courage, perfect for fans of Donna Douglas, Nancy Revell and Call the Midwife.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382202Thu, 28 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sister’s Courage Series: #1 of The Victory Sisters Author: Molly Green Narrator: Sophie Bentinck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382202 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sister’s Courage Series: #1 of The Victory Sisters Author: Molly Green Narrator: Sophie Bentinck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Meticulously researched and brings into focus the sterling work of the women of the ATA … An engrossing story, with a strong, likeable female protagonist facing issues we still face today.’ Historical Novel Society magazine In the midst of war, she knew her place was not at home… The most ambitious of three sisters, Lorraine ‘Raine’ Linfoot always dreamed of becoming a pilot. As a spirited seventeen-year-old, she persuades her hero Doug Williams to teach her to fly. When war breaks out in 1939, Raine is determined to put her skills to good use. She enlists in the Air Transport Auxiliary, becoming one of a handful of brave female pilots flying fighter planes to the men on the front line. Raine embraces the challenges of the job, despite its perils. But when Doug is reported missing after his Spitfire is shot down, she realises the war could tear apart not only her country, but also her heart… A gripping story of family, friendship and courage, perfect for fans of Donna Douglas, Nancy Revell and Call the Midwife.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mama-hissa-s-mice-a-novel-by-saud-alsanousi--65202775https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Hissa's Mice: A Novel Author: Saud Alsanousi Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 12, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction comes an apocalyptic and caustically funny novel about the power of friendship in a war-torn world that NPR calls “rich and resonant.” Growing up together in the Surra section of central Kuwait, Katkout, Fahd, and Sadiq share neither ethnic origin nor religious denomination—only friendship and a rage against the unconscionable sectarian divide turning their lives into war-zone rubble. To lay bare the ugly truths, they form the protest group Fuada’s Kids. Their righteous transgressions have made them targets of both Sunni and Shi’a extremists. They’ve also elicited the concern of Fahd’s grandmother, Mama Hissa, a story-spinning font of piety, wisdom, superstition, and dire warnings, who cautions them that should they anger God, the sky will surely fall. Then one day, after an attack on his neighborhood leaves him injured, Katkout regains consciousness. His friends are nowhere to be found. Inundated with memories of his past, Katkout begins a search for them in a world that has become unrecognizable but not forsaken. Snaking through decades of Kuwaiti history well into a cataclysmic twenty-first century, Mama Hissa’s Mice is a harrowing, emotional, and caustic novel of rebellion. It also speaks to the universal struggle of finding one’s identity and a reason to go on, even after the sky has fallen.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364604Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Hissa's Mice: A Novel Author: Saud Alsanousi Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364604 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Hissa's Mice: A Novel Author: Saud Alsanousi Narrator: Fajer Al-Kaisi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 12, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction comes an apocalyptic and caustically funny novel about the power of friendship in a war-torn world that NPR calls “rich and resonant.” Growing up together in the Surra section of central Kuwait, Katkout, Fahd, and Sadiq share neither ethnic origin nor religious denomination—only friendship and a rage against the unconscionable sectarian divide turning their lives into war-zone rubble. To lay bare the ugly truths, they form the protest group Fuada’s Kids. Their righteous transgressions have made them targets of both Sunni and Shi’a extremists. They’ve also elicited the concern of Fahd’s grandmother, Mama Hissa, a story-spinning font of piety, wisdom, superstition, and dire warnings, who cautions them that should they anger God, the sky will surely fall. Then one day, after an attack on his neighborhood leaves him injured, Katkout regains consciousness. His friends are nowhere to be found. Inundated with memories of his past, Katkout begins a search for them in a world that has become unrecognizable but not forsaken. Snaking through decades of Kuwaiti history well into a cataclysmic twenty-first century, Mama Hissa’s Mice is a harrowing, emotional, and caustic novel of rebellion. It also speaks to the universal struggle of finding one’s identity and a reason to go on, even after the sky has fallen.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flowers-in-the-attic-40th-anniversary-edition-by-v-c-andrews--65202736https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition Series: #1 of Dollanganger Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Mena Suvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.03 of Total 125 Ratings of Narrator: 4.68 of Total 19 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the enduring gothic masterpiece Flowers in the Attic—the unforgettable forbidden love story that earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fan base and became an international cult classic. At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden—blond, innocent, and fighting for their lives… They were a perfect and beautiful family—until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. They are kept in the attic of their grandmother’s labyrinthine mansion, isolated and alone. As the visits from their seemingly unconcerned mother slowly dwindle, the four children grow ever closer and depend upon one another to survive both this cramped world and their cruel grandmother. A suspenseful and thrilling tale of family, greed, murder, and forbidden love, Flowers in the Attic is the unputdownable first novel of the epic Dollanganger family saga. The Dollanganger series includes: Flowers in the Attic, Petals in the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, Garden of Shadows, Beneath the Attic, and Out of the Attic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381098Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition Series: #1 of Dollanganger Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Mena Suvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flowers in the Attic: 40th Anniversary Edition Series: #1 of Dollanganger Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Mena Suvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 2 minutes Release date: November 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.03 of Total 125 Ratings of Narrator: 4.68 of Total 19 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the enduring gothic masterpiece Flowers in the Attic—the unforgettable forbidden love story that earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fan base and became an international cult classic. At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden—blond, innocent, and fighting for their lives… They were a perfect and beautiful family—until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. They are kept in the attic of their grandmother’s labyrinthine mansion, isolated and alone. As the visits from their seemingly unconcerned mother slowly dwindle, the four children grow ever closer and depend upon one another to survive both this cramped world and their cruel grandmother. A suspenseful and thrilling tale of family, greed, murder, and forbidden love, Flowers in the Attic is the unputdownable first novel of the epic Dollanganger family saga. The Dollanganger series includes: Flowers in the Attic, Petals in the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, Garden of Shadows, Beneath the Attic, and Out of the Attic.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/disaster-s-children-a-novel-by-emma-sloley--65202729https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/366848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disaster's Children: A Novel Author: Emma Sloley Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: As the world dies, a woman must choose between her own survival and that of humankind. Raised in a privileged community of wealthy survivalists on an idyllic, self-sustaining Oregon ranch, Marlo has always been insulated. The outside world, which the ranchers call “the Disaster,” is a casualty of ravaging climate change, a troubled landscape on the brink of catastrophe. For as long as Marlo can remember, the unknown that lies beyond the borders of her utopia has been a curious obsession. But just as she plans her escape into the chaos of the real world, a charismatic new resident gives her a compelling reason to stay. And, soon enough, a reason to doubt—and to fear—his intentions. Now, feeling more and more trapped in a paradise that’s become a prison, Marlo has a choice: stay in the only home she’s ever known—or break away, taking its secrets of survival with her. Set in a chillingly possible, very near future, Disaster’s Children is a provocative debut novel about holding on to what we know and letting go of it for the unknown and the unknowable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/366848Tue, 05 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/366848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disaster's Children: A Novel Author: Emma Sloley Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/366848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disaster's Children: A Novel Author: Emma Sloley Narrator: Natalie Naudus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: As the world dies, a woman must choose between her own survival and that of humankind. Raised in a privileged community of wealthy survivalists on an idyllic, self-sustaining Oregon ranch, Marlo has always been insulated. The outside world, which the ranchers call “the Disaster,” is a casualty of ravaging climate change, a troubled landscape on the brink of catastrophe. For as long as Marlo can remember, the unknown that lies beyond the borders of her utopia has been a curious obsession. But just as she plans her escape into the chaos of the real world, a charismatic new resident gives her a compelling reason to stay. And, soon enough, a reason to doubt—and to fear—his intentions. Now, feeling more and more trapped in a paradise that’s become a prison, Marlo has a choice: stay in the only home she’s ever known—or break away, taking its secrets of survival with her. Set in a chillingly possible, very near future, Disaster’s Children is a provocative debut novel about holding on to what we know and letting go of it for the unknown and the unknowable.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/return-to-the-enchanted-island-a-novel-by-johary-ravaloson--65202686https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Return to the Enchanted Island: A Novel Author: Johary Ravaloson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this exhilarating prize-winning novel—only the second to be published in English from Madagascar—a young man comes of age amidst the enchanted origin myths of his island country. Named after the first man at the creation of the world in Malagasy mythology, Ietsy Razak was raised to perpetuate the glory of his namesake and expected to be as illuminated as his Great Ancestor. But in the chaos of modernity, his young life is marked only by restlessness, maddening insomnia, and an adolescent apathy. When an unexpected tragedy ships him off to a boarding school in France, his trip to the big city is no hero’s journey. Ietsy loses himself in the immediate pleasures of body and mind. Weighed down by his privilege and the legacy of his name, Ietsy struggles to find a foothold. Only a return to the “Enchanted Island,” as Madagascar is lovingly known, helps Ietsy stumble toward his destiny. This award-winning retelling of Madagascar’s origin story offers a distinctly twenty-first-century perspective on the country’s place in an ever-more-connected world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383129Tue, 05 Nov 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Return to the Enchanted Island: A Novel Author: Johary Ravaloson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383129 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Return to the Enchanted Island: A Novel Author: Johary Ravaloson Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 58 minutes Release date: November 5, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this exhilarating prize-winning novel—only the second to be published in English from Madagascar—a young man comes of age amidst the enchanted origin myths of his island country. Named after the first man at the creation of the world in Malagasy mythology, Ietsy Razak was raised to perpetuate the glory of his namesake and expected to be as illuminated as his Great Ancestor. But in the chaos of modernity, his young life is marked only by restlessness, maddening insomnia, and an adolescent apathy. When an unexpected tragedy ships him off to a boarding school in France, his trip to the big city is no hero’s journey. Ietsy loses himself in the immediate pleasures of body and mind. Weighed down by his privilege and the legacy of his name, Ietsy struggles to find a foothold. Only a return to the “Enchanted Island,” as Madagascar is lovingly known, helps Ietsy stumble toward his destiny. This award-winning retelling of Madagascar’s origin story offers a distinctly twenty-first-century perspective on the country’s place in an ever-more-connected world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-has-seen-the-wind-by-w-o-mitchell--65202680https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/387113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Has Seen the Wind Author: W.O. Mitchell Narrator: W.O. Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 8, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Hailed as “one of the finest Canadian novels ever written” by The Globe and Mail, W.O. Mitchell’s Who Has Seen the Wind is a beloved mainstay of Canadian literature. This new, abridged audio edition is read by the author himself. Mitchell’s novel follows Brian O’Connal, a young boy growing up in Depression-era Saskatchewan. Curious and eager to explore the impossibly vast Canadian prairie, Brian guides the reader through the inner workings of his small, rural town and its quirky characters. As Brian grows up, navigating faith, loss, and his relationships with his grandmother and his friends, we see him evolve alongside the changing landscape of small-town Canadian life. Drawing on his own experiences growing up in rural Saskatchewan, Mitchell paints a vivid, nostalgic portrait of childhood in a long-lost era.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/387113Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/387113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Has Seen the Wind Author: W.O. Mitchell Narrator: W.O. Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/387113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Who Has Seen the Wind Author: W.O. Mitchell Narrator: W.O. Mitchell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 8, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Hailed as “one of the finest Canadian novels ever written” by The Globe and Mail, W.O. Mitchell’s Who Has Seen the Wind is a beloved mainstay of Canadian literature. This new, abridged audio edition is read by the author himself. Mitchell’s novel follows Brian O’Connal, a young boy growing up in Depression-era Saskatchewan. Curious and eager to explore the impossibly vast Canadian prairie, Brian guides the reader through the inner workings of his small, rural town and its quirky characters. As Brian grows up, navigating faith, loss, and his relationships with his grandmother and his friends, we see him evolve alongside the changing landscape of small-town Canadian life. Drawing on his own experiences growing up in rural Saskatchewan, Mitchell paints a vivid, nostalgic portrait of childhood in a long-lost era.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marilou-is-everywhere-by-sarah-elaine-smith--65202690https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marilou is Everywhere Author: Sarah Elaine Smith Narrator: Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 3, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith, read by Kristen Sieh. 'To be honest, we just weren't looking that hard. We didn't know where to search and it was summer vacation anyway - but that wasn't the reason nobody looked for Jude.' One summer, a teenager disappears from Deep Valley, Pennsylvania. She is beautiful, intelligent, richer than most in those parts - and black. The cops search for her, but not as hard as they would if she were a white girl. Watching this drama unfold is Cindy, a younger girl from a white trash family, living up in the woods on the edge of town. She has idolized Jude for years, yearning for her glamour, her popularity, her loving home and decent chance in life. And so, in the absence of anyone to give a damn where she goes or what becomes of her, Cindy starts to slip out of her own skin and into the space Jude left behind . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380036Thu, 03 Oct 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marilou is Everywhere Author: Sarah Elaine Smith Narrator: Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marilou is Everywhere Author: Sarah Elaine Smith Narrator: Kristen Sieh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Release date: October 3, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith, read by Kristen Sieh. 'To be honest, we just weren't looking that hard. We didn't know where to search and it was summer vacation anyway - but that wasn't the reason nobody looked for Jude.' One summer, a teenager disappears from Deep Valley, Pennsylvania. She is beautiful, intelligent, richer than most in those parts - and black. The cops search for her, but not as hard as they would if she were a white girl. Watching this drama unfold is Cindy, a younger girl from a white trash family, living up in the woods on the edge of town. She has idolized Jude for years, yearning for her glamour, her popularity, her loving home and decent chance in life. And so, in the absence of anyone to give a damn where she goes or what becomes of her, Cindy starts to slip out of her own skin and into the space Jude left behind . . .]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-night-gone-a-novel-by-tara-laskowski--65202713https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381467 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Night Gone: A Novel Author: Tara Laskowski Narrator: Nan Mcnamara, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Agatha Award, Macavity Award, and Anthony Award Finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, Left Coast Crime Award, Strand Critics Award, and Library of Virginia Literary Award “A subtly but relentlessly unsettling novel.” —TANA FRENCH, author of The Witch Elm It was the perfect place to disappear... One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew—to achieve her destiny. There, she finds herself lured by the promise of friendship, love, starry skies, and wild parties. But Maureen’s new life just might be too good to be true, and before the summer is up, she vanishes. Decades later, when Allison Simpson is offered the opportunity to house-sit in Opal Beach during the off-season, it seems like the perfect chance to begin fresh after a messy divorce. But when she becomes drawn into the mysterious disappearance of a girl thirty years before, Allison realizes the gorgeous homes of Opal Beach hide dark secrets. And the truth of that long-ago summer is not even the most shocking part of all... “A heart-wrenching and suspenseful novel of betrayal and revenge. Stunning!” —Carol Goodman, award-winning author of The Night Visitors “Featuring a brilliantly executed dual timeline with two unforgettable narrators, One Night Gone is a timely and timeless mystery that will keep you obsessively reading well past your bedtime.” —Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World *Don't miss The Weekend Retreat, Tara Laskowski's next novel of suspense. Available now for preorder]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381467Tue, 01 Oct 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381467 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Night Gone: A Novel Author: Tara Laskowski Narrator: Nan Mcnamara, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/381467 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Night Gone: A Novel Author: Tara Laskowski Narrator: Nan Mcnamara, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Agatha Award, Macavity Award, and Anthony Award Finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, Left Coast Crime Award, Strand Critics Award, and Library of Virginia Literary Award “A subtly but relentlessly unsettling novel.” —TANA FRENCH, author of The Witch Elm It was the perfect place to disappear... One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew—to achieve her destiny. There, she finds herself lured by the promise of friendship, love, starry skies, and wild parties. But Maureen’s new life just might be too good to be true, and before the summer is up, she vanishes. Decades later, when Allison Simpson is offered the opportunity to house-sit in Opal Beach during the off-season, it seems like the perfect chance to begin fresh after a messy divorce. But when she becomes drawn into the mysterious disappearance of a girl thirty years before, Allison realizes the gorgeous homes of Opal Beach hide dark secrets. And the truth of that long-ago summer is not even the most shocking part of all... “A heart-wrenching and suspenseful novel of betrayal and revenge. Stunning!” —Carol Goodman, award-winning author of The Night Visitors “Featuring a brilliantly executed dual timeline with two unforgettable narrators, One Night Gone is a timely and timeless mystery that will keep you obsessively reading well past your bedtime.” —Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World *Don't miss The Weekend Retreat, Tara Laskowski's next novel of suspense. Available now for preorder]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-widow-of-pale-harbour-by-hester-fox--65202695https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Widow Of Pale Harbour Author: Hester Fox Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 17, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘[This] romance-cum-murder mystery moves at a brisk pace.’ The Sunday Times ‘A perfect blend of gothic mystery, drama and romance.’ Cressida McLaughlin ************************************************************* A town gripped by fear. A woman accused of murder. Who can save Pale Harbour from itself? 1846. Desperate to escape the ghosts of his past, Gabriel Stone takes a position as a minister in the remote Pale Harbour, but not all is as it seems in the sleepy town. As soon as Gabriel steps foot in town, he can’t escape the rumours about the mysterious Sophy Carver, a young widow who lives in the eerie Castle Carver: whispers that she killed her husband, mutterings that she might even be a witch. But as strange, unsettling events escalate into murder, Gabriel finds himself falling under Sophy’s spell. As clues start to point to Sophy as the next victim, Gabriel realises he must find answers before anyone else turns up dead. ************************************************************* Everyone is spellbound by Hester Fox! ‘This debut recalls Georgette Heyer, with extra spookiness’ The Times ‘a story that tingles with danger, dark mystery, hints of the supernatural, and a sultry, simmering romance. Ideal reading for fans of thrills and chills…’ Lancashire Evening Post ‘Beautifully written… The Witch of Willow Hall will cast a spell over every reader’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me ‘Steeped in Gothic eeriness it’s spine-tingling and very atmospheric.’ Nicola Cornick, author of The Woman in the Lake ‘With its sense of creeping menace… this compelling story had me gripped from the first page… ’ Linda Finlay, author of The Flower Seller ‘Creepy, tense, heartbreaking and beautifully, achingly romantic.’ Cressida McLaughlin ‘I could NOT put this thing down!’ ‘The ULTIMATE page turner!’ ‘What a story! It absolutely captivated me’ ‘Historical fiction with a side of romance and major helping of creepiness, this debut novel hits the mark!’ ‘The book pulls you in from the beginning with many twists and turns. I didn't want to put it down, and could not wait to see what was going to happen next.’]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374681Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Widow Of Pale Harbour Author: Hester Fox Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 17,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Widow Of Pale Harbour Author: Hester Fox Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 17, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘[This] romance-cum-murder mystery moves at a brisk pace.’ The Sunday Times ‘A perfect blend of gothic mystery, drama and romance.’ Cressida McLaughlin ************************************************************* A town gripped by fear. A woman accused of murder. Who can save Pale Harbour from itself? 1846. Desperate to escape the ghosts of his past, Gabriel Stone takes a position as a minister in the remote Pale Harbour, but not all is as it seems in the sleepy town. As soon as Gabriel steps foot in town, he can’t escape the rumours about the mysterious Sophy Carver, a young widow who lives in the eerie Castle Carver: whispers that she killed her husband, mutterings that she might even be a witch. But as strange, unsettling events escalate into murder, Gabriel finds himself falling under Sophy’s spell. As clues start to point to Sophy as the next victim, Gabriel realises he must find answers before anyone else turns up dead. ************************************************************* Everyone is spellbound by Hester Fox! ‘This debut recalls Georgette Heyer, with extra spookiness’ The Times ‘a story that tingles with danger, dark mystery, hints of the supernatural, and a sultry, simmering romance. Ideal reading for fans of thrills and chills…’ Lancashire Evening Post ‘Beautifully written… The Witch of Willow Hall will cast a spell over every reader’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me ‘Steeped in Gothic eeriness it’s spine-tingling and very atmospheric.’ Nicola Cornick, author of The Woman in the Lake ‘With its sense of creeping menace… this compelling story had me gripped from the first page… ’ Linda Finlay, author of The Flower Seller ‘Creepy, tense, heartbreaking and beautifully, achingly romantic.’ Cressida McLaughlin ‘I could NOT put this thing down!’ ‘The ULTIMATE page turner!’ ‘What a story! It absolutely captivated me’ ‘Historical fiction with a side of romance and major helping of creepiness, this debut novel hits the mark!’ ‘The book pulls you in from the beginning with many twists and turns. I didn't want to put it down, and could not wait to see what was going to happen next.’]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/middlesex-by-jeffrey-eugenides--65202682https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Middlesex Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Narrator: Nathan Osgood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974.’ So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and her truly unique family secret, born on the slopes of Mount Olympus and passed on through three generations. Growing up in 70s Michigan, Calliope’s special inheritance will turn her into Cal, the narrator of this intersex, inter-generational epic of immigrant life in 20th century America. Middlesex won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384264Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Middlesex Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Narrator: Nathan Osgood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 12, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Middlesex Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Narrator: Nathan Osgood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 24 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974.’ So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and her truly unique family secret, born on the slopes of Mount Olympus and passed on through three generations. Growing up in 70s Michigan, Calliope’s special inheritance will turn her into Cal, the narrator of this intersex, inter-generational epic of immigrant life in 20th century America. Middlesex won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-you-forget-about-me-a-novel-by-mhairi-mcfarlane--65202742https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't You Forget About Me: A Novel Author: Mhairi McFarlane Narrator: Madeline Gould Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: September 10, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.7 of Total 10 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Internationally bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane delivers a funny, romantic, heartfelt novel perfect for fans of Josie Silver or Sally Thorne, and anyone who loves Bridget Jones! You always remember your first love... don’t you? If there’s anything worse than being fired from the lousiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home early to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the humiliation of a double dumping in one day, Georgina takes the next job that comes her way—bartender in a newly opened pub. There’s only one problem: it’s run by the guy she fell in love with years ago. And—make that two problems—he doesn’t remember her. At all. But she has fabulous friends and her signature hot pink fur coat... what more could a girl really need? Lucas McCarthy has not only grown into a broodingly handsome man, but he’s also turned into an actual grown-up, with a thriving business and a dog along the way. Crossing paths with him again throws Georgina’s rocky present into sharp relief—and brings a secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows what happened twelve years ago, and why she’s allowed the memories to chase her ever since. But maybe it’s not too late for the truth... or a second chance with the one that got away?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374759Tue, 10 Sep 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't You Forget About Me: A Novel Author: Mhairi McFarlane Narrator: Madeline Gould Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't You Forget About Me: A Novel Author: Mhairi McFarlane Narrator: Madeline Gould Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: September 10, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.7 of Total 10 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Internationally bestselling author Mhairi McFarlane delivers a funny, romantic, heartfelt novel perfect for fans of Josie Silver or Sally Thorne, and anyone who loves Bridget Jones! You always remember your first love... don’t you? If there’s anything worse than being fired from the lousiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home early to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the humiliation of a double dumping in one day, Georgina takes the next job that comes her way—bartender in a newly opened pub. There’s only one problem: it’s run by the guy she fell in love with years ago. And—make that two problems—he doesn’t remember her. At all. But she has fabulous friends and her signature hot pink fur coat... what more could a girl really need? Lucas McCarthy has not only grown into a broodingly handsome man, but he’s also turned into an actual grown-up, with a thriving business and a dog along the way. Crossing paths with him again throws Georgina’s rocky present into sharp relief—and brings a secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows what happened twelve years ago, and why she’s allowed the memories to chase her ever since. But maybe it’s not too late for the truth... or a second chance with the one that got away?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-siege-of-troy-by-theodor-kallifatides--65202731https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/377184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Siege of Troy Author: Theodor Kallifatides Narrator: Armando Durán, Kate Mulligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 10, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this perceptive retelling of The Iliad, a young Greek teacher draws on the enduring power of myth to help her students cope with the terrors of Nazi occupation. Bombs fall over a Greek village during World War II, and a teacher takes her students to a cave for shelter. There she tells them about another war—when the Greeks besieged Troy. Day after day, she recounts how the Greeks suffer from thirst, heat, and homesickness, and how the opponents meet—army against army, man against man. Helmets are cleaved, heads fly, blood flows. And everything had begun when Prince Paris of Troy fell in love with king of Sparta Menelaus’s wife, the beautiful Helen, and escaped with her to his homeland. Now Helen stands atop the city walls to witness the horrors set in motion by her flight. When her current and former loves face each other in battle, she knows that, whatever happens, she will be losing. Theodor Kallifatides provides remarkable psychological insight in his version of The Iliad, downplaying the role of the gods and delving into the mindsets of its mortal heroes. Homer’s epic comes to life with a renewed urgency that allows us to experience events as though firsthand, and reveals timeless truths about the senselessness of war and what it means to be human.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/377184Tue, 10 Sep 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/377184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Siege of Troy Author: Theodor Kallifatides Narrator: Armando Durán, Kate Mulligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 25 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/377184 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Siege of Troy Author: Theodor Kallifatides Narrator: Armando Durán, Kate Mulligan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 25 minutes Release date: September 10, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this perceptive retelling of The Iliad, a young Greek teacher draws on the enduring power of myth to help her students cope with the terrors of Nazi occupation. Bombs fall over a Greek village during World War II, and a teacher takes her students to a cave for shelter. There she tells them about another war—when the Greeks besieged Troy. Day after day, she recounts how the Greeks suffer from thirst, heat, and homesickness, and how the opponents meet—army against army, man against man. Helmets are cleaved, heads fly, blood flows. And everything had begun when Prince Paris of Troy fell in love with king of Sparta Menelaus’s wife, the beautiful Helen, and escaped with her to his homeland. Now Helen stands atop the city walls to witness the horrors set in motion by her flight. When her current and former loves face each other in battle, she knows that, whatever happens, she will be losing. Theodor Kallifatides provides remarkable psychological insight in his version of The Iliad, downplaying the role of the gods and delving into the mindsets of its mortal heroes. Homer’s epic comes to life with a renewed urgency that allows us to experience events as though firsthand, and reveals timeless truths about the senselessness of war and what it means to be human.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-in-the-spanish-quarter-a-novel-by-heddi-goodrich--65202707https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369740 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost in the Spanish Quarter: A Novel Author: Heddi Goodrich Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: September 10, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Told with the intimacy and ferocity of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels and set in the passionate, intense, and crumbling neighborhood known as the Spanish Quarter of Naples, comes a tale of two students searching for love and belonging in the city they so desperately want to call home. Several years after leaving Naples, Heddi receives an email from Pietro, her first love, admitting that he was wrong. Immediately Heddi is transported back to her college days in that heartbreakingly beautiful city built on the ruins of a legendary empire set against the backdrop of a sleeping volcano. The narrow, winding streets of Naples’s Spanish Quarter still sparks the pain of longing and a desire to belong. It is the place she so wanted to call home despite being l’americano. But for Heddi’s tribe of university friends, Naples was the first taste of freedom and an escape from their familial obligations. For all of them Naples is a place that they’ll never forget: the setting of their unrestrained youth. When Heddi unexpectedly meets Pietro, a fellow student they are immediately drawn to one another and fall into a whirlwind romance. She is searching for the roots she never had, while he is trying to escape his. Naples, alive and fierce, and ultimately elusive, becomes a real university of life. In this poignant, atmosphericcoming of age tale of first love—of a place, of a person—languages and cultures collide while dreams soar and crash in spectacular ways.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369740Tue, 10 Sep 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369740 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost in the Spanish Quarter: A Novel Author: Heddi Goodrich Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369740 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost in the Spanish Quarter: A Novel Author: Heddi Goodrich Narrator: Lisa Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 40 minutes Release date: September 10, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Told with the intimacy and ferocity of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels and set in the passionate, intense, and crumbling neighborhood known as the Spanish Quarter of Naples, comes a tale of two students searching for love and belonging in the city they so desperately want to call home. Several years after leaving Naples, Heddi receives an email from Pietro, her first love, admitting that he was wrong. Immediately Heddi is transported back to her college days in that heartbreakingly beautiful city built on the ruins of a legendary empire set against the backdrop of a sleeping volcano. The narrow, winding streets of Naples’s Spanish Quarter still sparks the pain of longing and a desire to belong. It is the place she so wanted to call home despite being l’americano. But for Heddi’s tribe of university friends, Naples was the first taste of freedom and an escape from their familial obligations. For all of them Naples is a place that they’ll never forget: the setting of their unrestrained youth. When Heddi unexpectedly meets Pietro, a fellow student they are immediately drawn to one another and fall into a whirlwind romance. She is searching for the roots she never had, while he is trying to escape his. Naples, alive and fierce, and ultimately elusive, becomes a real university of life. In this poignant, atmosphericcoming of age tale of first love—of a place, of a person—languages and cultures collide while dreams soar and crash in spectacular ways.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-winter-orphan-by-cathy-sharp--65202746https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Winter Orphan Series: #3 of The Children of the Workhouse Author: Cathy Sharp Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A heartbreaking story of one child’s courage, from the bestselling author of The Orphan’s of Halfpenny Street. Ella has never known love. Left as a baby outside the workhouse, Ella has only ever been treated with unkindness; especially from the hateful guardians of the workhouse, who hold the fate of the inmates in their cruel hands. When she is sold as a scullery maid to a new home, Ella hopes for a better life. But her hopes are dashed as she struggles to do all the work heaped on her thin shoulders by her brutish master. Daring to escape her harsh treatment, it isn’t long before she is caught and once again finds herself at the mercy of an uncaring world. Can Ella resist giving in to despair and somehow to find the strength to carry on alone…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370403Thu, 05 Sep 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Winter Orphan Series: #3 of The Children of the Workhouse Author: Cathy Sharp Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Winter Orphan Series: #3 of The Children of the Workhouse Author: Cathy Sharp Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A heartbreaking story of one child’s courage, from the bestselling author of The Orphan’s of Halfpenny Street. Ella has never known love. Left as a baby outside the workhouse, Ella has only ever been treated with unkindness; especially from the hateful guardians of the workhouse, who hold the fate of the inmates in their cruel hands. When she is sold as a scullery maid to a new home, Ella hopes for a better life. But her hopes are dashed as she struggles to do all the work heaped on her thin shoulders by her brutish master. Daring to escape her harsh treatment, it isn’t long before she is caught and once again finds herself at the mercy of an uncaring world. Can Ella resist giving in to despair and somehow to find the strength to carry on alone…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lie-with-me-stunning-and-heart-gripping-andre-aciman-by-philippe-besson--65202733https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374412 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lie With Me: 'Stunning and heart-gripping' André Aciman Author: Philippe Besson Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back to Philippe's teenage years, to a winter morning in 1984, a small French high school, and a carefully timed encounter between two seventeen-year-olds. It's the start of a secret, intensely passionate, world-altering love affair between Philippe and his classmate, Thomas. Dazzlingly rendered by Molly Ringwald, the acclaimed actor and writer, in her first-ever translation, Besson's exquisitely moving coming-of-age story captures the tenderness of first love - and the heart-breaking passage of time. THE NO.1 FRENCH BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE MAISON DE LA PRESSE PRIZE 'Stunning and heart-gripping' André Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name 'A beautiful, shattering novel about desire and shame, about passionate youth and the regrets of age' Olivia Laing, bestselling author of Crudo 'It has been years since anything moved me as much as Lie With Me. It will become a classic.' Jonathan Coe, bestselling author of Middle England 'An intense, unforgettable novel, alive with the ache of longing and loss.' Sarah Waters, bestselling, award-winning author of The Little Stranger and Fingersmith 'Devastating and tender; this is the book I wish I'd read when I was 15, and a book I'm glad to have as a companion now' Andrew McMillan, award-winning author of Physical 'A deeply moving depiction of first love, both tender and elegiac.' John Boyne, bestselling author of A Ladder to the Sky and The Heart's Invisible Furies 'A slender, sad, acute novel... absolutely excellent' Sarah Perry, bestselling author of The Essex Serpent and Melmoth 'A tender, sensuous novel' New York Times Book Review 'A clear-sighted and passionate coming-of-age narrative. Detailing in elegant and plain prose the anxious and intense first falling-in-love between two schoolboys, Lie With Me has a tenderness and insight that is reminiscent of the writings of Garth Greenwell. This novel can be read in a matter of hours, but its impact, like the love affair it details, will echo in the mind' Irish Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374412Thu, 05 Sep 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374412 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lie With Me: 'Stunning and heart-gripping' André Aciman Author: Philippe Besson Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374412 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lie With Me: 'Stunning and heart-gripping' André Aciman Author: Philippe Besson Narrator: Jacques Roy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: September 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back to Philippe's teenage years, to a winter morning in 1984, a small French high school, and a carefully timed encounter between two seventeen-year-olds. It's the start of a secret, intensely passionate, world-altering love affair between Philippe and his classmate, Thomas. Dazzlingly rendered by Molly Ringwald, the acclaimed actor and writer, in her first-ever translation, Besson's exquisitely moving coming-of-age story captures the tenderness of first love - and the heart-breaking passage of time. THE NO.1 FRENCH BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE MAISON DE LA PRESSE PRIZE 'Stunning and heart-gripping' André Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name 'A beautiful, shattering novel about desire and shame, about passionate youth and the regrets of age' Olivia Laing, bestselling author of Crudo 'It has been years since anything moved me as much as Lie With Me. It will become a classic.' Jonathan Coe, bestselling author of Middle England 'An intense, unforgettable novel, alive with the ache of longing and loss.' Sarah Waters, bestselling, award-winning author of The Little Stranger and Fingersmith 'Devastating and tender; this is the book I wish I'd read when I was 15, and a book I'm glad to have as a companion now' Andrew McMillan, award-winning author of Physical 'A deeply moving depiction of first love, both tender and elegiac.' John Boyne, bestselling author of A Ladder to the Sky and The Heart's Invisible Furies 'A slender, sad, acute novel... absolutely excellent' Sarah Perry, bestselling author of The Essex Serpent and Melmoth 'A tender, sensuous novel' New York Times Book Review 'A clear-sighted and passionate coming-of-age narrative. Detailing in elegant and plain prose the anxious and intense first falling-in-love between two schoolboys, Lie With Me has a tenderness and insight that is reminiscent of the writings of Garth Greenwell. This novel can be read in a matter of hours, but its impact, like the love affair it details, will echo in the mind' Irish Times]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-stylist-takes-manhattan-a-novel-by-rosie-nixon--65202745https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stylist Takes Manhattan: A Novel Author: Rosie Nixon Narrator: Emma Fenney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 3, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Amber Green is back! The sequel to Rosie Nixon’s fun-filled debut follows Amber as she tries to see if she has what it takes to be a stylist in the fashion capital of the world: New York City. She’ll take a bite out of the Big Apple’s fashion scene—if it doesn’t eat her alive first... London stylist Amber Green has rebounded nicely since escaping the clutches of a Hollywood boss from hell. She’s got a dream job designing windows for Selfridge’s and her dream man in sweetly sexy boyfriend, Rob. In short, Amber loves her life and wouldn’t change a thing. But when Rob is hired to produce a reality series about the iconic Angel Wear lingerie fashion show, he breaks the news that he’s moving to New York…and invites Amber along on the adventure. Ensconced in a Williamsburg sardine tin and in touch with a hotshot agent who advises she boost her social media presence, Amber hits Instagram hard, posting unintentional gossip fuel that culminates in pics of a mysterious new acquaintance who turns out to be a scandal unto himself. Between nightmarish gigs (baby photo shoots, anyone?) and styling a free-spirited starlet who seems allergic to clothing, Amber doesn’t know if she’s on the brink of a big break or a breakdown. That is, until a career-making opportunity falls into her lap—and with it, the truth about real friends vs. cheap knockoffs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370386Tue, 03 Sep 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stylist Takes Manhattan: A Novel Author: Rosie Nixon Narrator: Emma Fenney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stylist Takes Manhattan: A Novel Author: Rosie Nixon Narrator: Emma Fenney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 3, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Amber Green is back! The sequel to Rosie Nixon’s fun-filled debut follows Amber as she tries to see if she has what it takes to be a stylist in the fashion capital of the world: New York City. She’ll take a bite out of the Big Apple’s fashion scene—if it doesn’t eat her alive first... London stylist Amber Green has rebounded nicely since escaping the clutches of a Hollywood boss from hell. She’s got a dream job designing windows for Selfridge’s and her dream man in sweetly sexy boyfriend, Rob. In short, Amber loves her life and wouldn’t change a thing. But when Rob is hired to produce a reality series about the iconic Angel Wear lingerie fashion show, he breaks the news that he’s moving to New York…and invites Amber along on the adventure. Ensconced in a Williamsburg sardine tin and in touch with a hotshot agent who advises she boost her social media presence, Amber hits Instagram hard, posting unintentional gossip fuel that culminates in pics of a mysterious new acquaintance who turns out to be a scandal unto himself. Between nightmarish gigs (baby photo shoots, anyone?) and styling a free-spirited starlet who seems allergic to clothing, Amber doesn’t know if she’s on the brink of a big break or a breakdown. That is, until a career-making opportunity falls into her lap—and with it, the truth about real friends vs. cheap knockoffs.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-flames-a-novel-by-alan-lightman--65202732https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Flames: A Novel Author: Alan Lightman Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 3, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of Einstein’s Dreams comes a deeply compelling story about the lives of a Cambodian family―set between 1973, just before the Cambodian Genocide by the Khmer Rouge―to 2015. The stories of one Cambodian family are intricately braided together in Alan Lightman’s haunting Three Flames, his first work of fiction in six years. Three Flames portrays the struggles of a Cambodian farming family against the extreme patriarchal attitudes of their society and the cruel and dictatorial father, set against a rural community that is slowly being exposed to the modern world and its values. A mother must fight against memories of her father’s death at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, and her powerful desire for revenge. A daughter is married off at sixteen to a wandering husband and his domineering aunt; another daughter is sent to the city to work in the factories to settle her father’s gambling debt. A son dreams of marrying the most beautiful girl of the village and escaping the life of a farmer. And the youngest daughter bravely challenges her father so she can stay in school and strive for a better future. A vivid story of revenge and forgiveness, of a culture smothering the dreams of freedom, and of tradition against courage, Three Flames grows directly from Lightman’s work as the founder of the Harpswell Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance a new generation of female leaders in Cambodia and all of Southeast Asia.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374579Tue, 03 Sep 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Flames: A Novel Author: Alan Lightman Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Flames: A Novel Author: Alan Lightman Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 3, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of Einstein’s Dreams comes a deeply compelling story about the lives of a Cambodian family―set between 1973, just before the Cambodian Genocide by the Khmer Rouge―to 2015. The stories of one Cambodian family are intricately braided together in Alan Lightman’s haunting Three Flames, his first work of fiction in six years. Three Flames portrays the struggles of a Cambodian farming family against the extreme patriarchal attitudes of their society and the cruel and dictatorial father, set against a rural community that is slowly being exposed to the modern world and its values. A mother must fight against memories of her father’s death at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, and her powerful desire for revenge. A daughter is married off at sixteen to a wandering husband and his domineering aunt; another daughter is sent to the city to work in the factories to settle her father’s gambling debt. A son dreams of marrying the most beautiful girl of the village and escaping the life of a farmer. And the youngest daughter bravely challenges her father so she can stay in school and strive for a better future. A vivid story of revenge and forgiveness, of a culture smothering the dreams of freedom, and of tradition against courage, Three Flames grows directly from Lightman’s work as the founder of the Harpswell Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance a new generation of female leaders in Cambodia and all of Southeast Asia.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/doxology-a-novel-by-nell-zink--65202784https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Doxology: A Novel Author: Nell Zink Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Recommended Book of 2019 from Vulture and Esquire Pam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Struggling to scrape together enough cash and musical talent to make it, they are waylaid by surprising arrivals—a daughter for Pam and Daniel, a solo hit single for Joe. As the ‘90s wane, the three friends share in one another’s successes, working together to elevate Joe’s superstardom and raise baby Flora. On September 11, 2001, the city’s unfathomable devastation coincides with a shattering personal loss for the trio. In the aftermath, Flora comes of age, navigating a charged political landscape and discovering a love of the natural world. Joining the ranks of those fighting for ecological conservation, Flora works to bridge the wide gap between powerful strategists and ordinary Americans, becoming entangled ever more intimately with her fellow activists along the way. And when the country faces an astonishing new threat, Flora’s family will have no choice but to look to the past—both to examine wounds that have never healed, and to rediscover strengths they have long forgotten. At once an elegiac takedown of today’s political climate and a touching invocation of humanity’s goodness, Doxology offers daring revelations about America’s past and possible future that could only come from Nell Zink, one of the sharpest novelists of our time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361673Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Doxology: A Novel Author: Nell Zink Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Doxology: A Novel Author: Nell Zink Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Recommended Book of 2019 from Vulture and Esquire Pam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Struggling to scrape together enough cash and musical talent to make it, they are waylaid by surprising arrivals—a daughter for Pam and Daniel, a solo hit single for Joe. As the ‘90s wane, the three friends share in one another’s successes, working together to elevate Joe’s superstardom and raise baby Flora. On September 11, 2001, the city’s unfathomable devastation coincides with a shattering personal loss for the trio. In the aftermath, Flora comes of age, navigating a charged political landscape and discovering a love of the natural world. Joining the ranks of those fighting for ecological conservation, Flora works to bridge the wide gap between powerful strategists and ordinary Americans, becoming entangled ever more intimately with her fellow activists along the way. And when the country faces an astonishing new threat, Flora’s family will have no choice but to look to the past—both to examine wounds that have never healed, and to rediscover strengths they have long forgotten. At once an elegiac takedown of today’s political climate and a touching invocation of humanity’s goodness, Doxology offers daring revelations about America’s past and possible future that could only come from Nell Zink, one of the sharpest novelists of our time.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/doxology-by-nell-zink--65202751https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Doxology Author: Nell Zink Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Two generations of an American family come of age – one before 9/11, one after – in this moving and original novel from the “intellectually restless, uniquely funny” (New York Times Book Review) mind of Nell Zink Pam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Struggling to scrape together enough cash and musical talent to make it, they are waylaid by surprising arrivals – a daughter for Pam and Daniel, a solo hit single for Joe. As the ‘90s wane, the three friends share in one another’s successes, working together to elevate Joe’s superstardom and raise baby Flora. On September 11, 2001, the city’s unfathomable devastation coincides with a shattering personal loss for the trio. In the aftermath, Flora comes of age, navigating a charged political landscape and discovering a love of the natural world. Joining the ranks of those fighting for ecological conservation, Flora works to bridge the wide gap between powerful strategists and ordinary Americans, becoming entangled ever more intimately with her fellow activists along the way. And when the country faces an astonishing new threat, Flora’s family will have no choice but to look to the past – both to examine wounds that have never healed, and to rediscover strengths they have long forgotten. At once an elegiac takedown of today’s political climate and a touching invocation of humanity’s goodness, Doxology offers daring revelations about America’s past and possible future that could only come from Nell Zink, one of the sharpest novelists of our time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370680Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Doxology Author: Nell Zink Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Doxology Author: Nell Zink Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Two generations of an American family come of age – one before 9/11, one after – in this moving and original novel from the “intellectually restless, uniquely funny” (New York Times Book Review) mind of Nell Zink Pam, Daniel, and Joe might be the worst punk band on the Lower East Side. Struggling to scrape together enough cash and musical talent to make it, they are waylaid by surprising arrivals – a daughter for Pam and Daniel, a solo hit single for Joe. As the ‘90s wane, the three friends share in one another’s successes, working together to elevate Joe’s superstardom and raise baby Flora. On September 11, 2001, the city’s unfathomable devastation coincides with a shattering personal loss for the trio. In the aftermath, Flora comes of age, navigating a charged political landscape and discovering a love of the natural world. Joining the ranks of those fighting for ecological conservation, Flora works to bridge the wide gap between powerful strategists and ordinary Americans, becoming entangled ever more intimately with her fellow activists along the way. And when the country faces an astonishing new threat, Flora’s family will have no choice but to look to the past – both to examine wounds that have never healed, and to rediscover strengths they have long forgotten. At once an elegiac takedown of today’s political climate and a touching invocation of humanity’s goodness, Doxology offers daring revelations about America’s past and possible future that could only come from Nell Zink, one of the sharpest novelists of our time.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-golden-wolf-a-novel-by-linnea-hartsuyker--65202750https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Wolf: A Novel Author: Linnea Hartsuyker Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The fates of Ragnvald and his sister Svanhild unfold to their stunning conclusion in this riveting final volume in The Golden Wolf Saga, a trilogy that conjures the ancient world with the gripping detail, thrilling action, and vivid historical elements of Game of Thrones and Outlander. Ragnvald has long held to his vision of King Harald as a golden wolf who will bring peace to Norway as its conqueror—even though he knows that Harald’s success will eventually mean his own doom. He is grateful to have his beloved sister, the fierce and independent Svanhild, once more at his side to help keep their kingdom secure. Free from the evil husband who used her, she is now one of Harald’s many wives. While Svanhold is happy to be reunited with her beloved brother, and enjoys more freedom than ever before, she is restless and lonely. When an old enemy of Ragnvald’s kidnaps his niece, Freydis, his sister follows the daughter she has neglected to Iceland, where an old love awaits. This strange new land offers a life far different from what each has left behind, as well as unexpected challenges and choices. Ragnvald, too, must contend with change. His sons—the gifted Einar, the princely Ivar, and the adventurous Rolli—are no longer children. Harald’s heirs have also grown up. Stepping back from his duties as king, he watches as his sons pursue their own ambitions. But Norway may no longer be large enough for so many would-be kings. Now in their twilight years, these venerable men whose lives have been shaped by war must face another battle that awaits. A growing rebellion pits Ragnvald and his sons against enemies old and new, and a looming tragedy threatens to divide the hardened warrior from Harald and all who care for him. Across the sea, Svanhild, too, wrestles with a painful decision, risking the dissolution of her fragile new family as she desperately tries to save it. Yet as old heroes fall, new heroes arise. For years, Ragnvald and Svanhild pursued the destinies bestowed by their ancient gods. Though the journey has cost them much, their sacrifices and dreams will be honored by the generations that follow, beginning with Freydis and Einar. Emerging from their parents’ long shadows, they have begun to carry on the family’s legacy while pursuing their own glorious fates. This compelling conclusion to the Golden Wolf trilogy recreates Viking-age Scandinavia in all its danger, passion, power, and glory—a world of brutality and myth, loyalty and betrayal, where shifting alliances and vengeance can build kingdoms . . . and can tear them down.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360574Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Wolf: A Novel Author: Linnea Hartsuyker Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Golden Wolf: A Novel Author: Linnea Hartsuyker Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The fates of Ragnvald and his sister Svanhild unfold to their stunning conclusion in this riveting final volume in The Golden Wolf Saga, a trilogy that conjures the ancient world with the gripping detail, thrilling action, and vivid historical elements of Game of Thrones and Outlander. Ragnvald has long held to his vision of King Harald as a golden wolf who will bring peace to Norway as its conqueror—even though he knows that Harald’s success will eventually mean his own doom. He is grateful to have his beloved sister, the fierce and independent Svanhild, once more at his side to help keep their kingdom secure. Free from the evil husband who used her, she is now one of Harald’s many wives. While Svanhold is happy to be reunited with her beloved brother, and enjoys more freedom than ever before, she is restless and lonely. When an old enemy of Ragnvald’s kidnaps his niece, Freydis, his sister follows the daughter she has neglected to Iceland, where an old love awaits. This strange new land offers a life far different from what each has left behind, as well as unexpected challenges and choices. Ragnvald, too, must contend with change. His sons—the gifted Einar, the princely Ivar, and the adventurous Rolli—are no longer children. Harald’s heirs have also grown up. Stepping back from his duties as king, he watches as his sons pursue their own ambitions. But Norway may no longer be large enough for so many would-be kings. Now in their twilight years, these venerable men whose lives have been shaped by war must face another battle that awaits. A growing rebellion pits Ragnvald and his sons against enemies old and new, and a looming tragedy threatens to divide the hardened warrior from Harald and all who care for him. Across the sea, Svanhild, too, wrestles with a painful decision, risking the dissolution of her fragile new family as she desperately tries to save it. Yet as old heroes fall, new heroes arise. For years, Ragnvald and Svanhild pursued the destinies bestowed by their ancient gods. Though the journey has cost them much, their sacrifices and dreams will be honored by the generations that follow, beginning with Freydis and Einar. Emerging from their parents’ long shadows, they have begun to carry on the family’s legacy while pursuing their own glorious fates. This compelling conclusion to the Golden Wolf trilogy recreates Viking-age Scandinavia in all its danger, passion, power, and glory—a world of brutality and myth, loyalty and betrayal, where shifting alliances and vengeance can build kingdoms . . . and can tear them down.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-boy-swallows-universe-chico-que-se-comio-el-universo-el-spa-una-novella-by-trent-dalton--65202704https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Boy Swallows Universe chico que se comió el universo, El (SPA): Una novella Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Juan Manuel Acuña Rodriguez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 59 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Una absolutamente maravillosa novela de debut que trata temas de amor, crimen, magia, destino y el momento en que un niño llega a su mayoría de edad. Ambientada en Australia en la década de 1980 inspirada por la originalidad, el encanto, la melancolía y la esencia de las novelas Incredibly Close y The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. La mente puede llevarte a donde quieras ir. La vida de Eli Bell es complicada. Su padre está perdido, su madre está en la cárcel y su padrastro es un traficante de heroína. El adulto más constante en la vida de Eli es Slim, un famoso delincuente que posee un récord nacional por sus exitosas fugas de prisión. Slim es quien cuida de Eli y su callado y genio hermano August. Este niño exiliado del resto de mundo en Darra, tiene doce años con un alma vieja y la madurez mental de un adulto, está tratando de seguir su corazón, aprender lo que se necesita para ser un buen hombre, y entrenar para una glamorosa carrera en el periodismo. La vida, sin embargo, insiste en lanzar obstáculos en el camino de Eli, especialmente Tytus Broz, el legendario narcotraficante de Brisbane. Y los verdaderos retos están por venir. Eli está a punto de enamorarse, tendrá que enfrentar a los chicos verdaderamente malos y luchar para salvar a su madre de una cierta perdición, todo antes de comenzar la escuela secundaria. Una historia de hermandad, amor verdadero, familia y la más improbable de las amistades. El universo en sus manos es la historia de un niño adolescente a punto de descubrir al hombre en que se convertirá. Poderoso y cinético, el debut de Trent Dalton seguramente será una de las novelas más desgarradoras, alegres y estimulantes que experimentarás.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379553Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Boy Swallows Universe chico que se comió el universo, El (SPA): Una novella Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Juan Manuel Acuña Rodriguez...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Boy Swallows Universe chico que se comió el universo, El (SPA): Una novella Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Juan Manuel Acuña Rodriguez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 59 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Una absolutamente maravillosa novela de debut que trata temas de amor, crimen, magia, destino y el momento en que un niño llega a su mayoría de edad. Ambientada en Australia en la década de 1980 inspirada por la originalidad, el encanto, la melancolía y la esencia de las novelas Incredibly Close y The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. La mente puede llevarte a donde quieras ir. La vida de Eli Bell es complicada. Su padre está perdido, su madre está en la cárcel y su padrastro es un traficante de heroína. El adulto más constante en la vida de Eli es Slim, un famoso delincuente que posee un récord nacional por sus exitosas fugas de prisión. Slim es quien cuida de Eli y su callado y genio hermano August. Este niño exiliado del resto de mundo en Darra, tiene doce años con un alma vieja y la madurez mental de un adulto, está tratando de seguir su corazón, aprender lo que se necesita para ser un buen hombre, y entrenar para una glamorosa carrera en el periodismo. La vida, sin embargo, insiste en lanzar obstáculos en el camino de Eli, especialmente Tytus Broz, el legendario narcotraficante de Brisbane. Y los verdaderos retos están por venir. Eli está a punto de enamorarse, tendrá que enfrentar a los chicos verdaderamente malos y luchar para salvar a su madre de una cierta perdición, todo antes de comenzar la escuela secundaria. Una historia de hermandad, amor verdadero, familia y la más improbable de las amistades. El universo en sus manos es la historia de un niño adolescente a punto de descubrir al hombre en que se convertirá. Poderoso y cinético, el debut de Trent Dalton seguramente será una de las novelas más desgarradoras, alegres y estimulantes que experimentarás.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chicago-a-novel-by-brian-doyle--65202672https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chicago: A Novel Author: Brian Doyle Narrator: Wayne Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: On the last day of summer, a young college grad moves to Chicago and rents a small apartment on the north side of the city, by the lake. This is the story of the five seasons he lives there, during which he meets gangsters, gamblers, policemen, a brave and garrulous bus driver, a cricket player, a librettist, his first girlfriend, a shy apartment manager, and many other riveting souls, not to mention a wise and personable dog of indeterminate breed. A love letter to Chicago, the Great American City, and a wry account of a young man's coming-of-age during the one summer in White Sox history when they had the best outfield in baseball, Chicago is a novel that will plunge you into a city you will never forget and may well wish to visit for the rest of your days.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392965Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chicago: A Novel Author: Brian Doyle Narrator: Wayne Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chicago: A Novel Author: Brian Doyle Narrator: Wayne Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 24 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: On the last day of summer, a young college grad moves to Chicago and rents a small apartment on the north side of the city, by the lake. This is the story of the five seasons he lives there, during which he meets gangsters, gamblers, policemen, a brave and garrulous bus driver, a cricket player, a librettist, his first girlfriend, a shy apartment manager, and many other riveting souls, not to mention a wise and personable dog of indeterminate breed. A love letter to Chicago, the Great American City, and a wry account of a young man's coming-of-age during the one summer in White Sox history when they had the best outfield in baseball, Chicago is a novel that will plunge you into a city you will never forget and may well wish to visit for the rest of your days.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/promise-a-redemption-series-prequel-by-t-k-leigh--65202657https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Promise: A Redemption Series Prequel Author: T.K. Leigh Narrator: Sebastian Grove, Isabelle Ruther Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 23, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Everyone has a chapter they don't want to read out loud. This is mine...There are moments in our lives that define us.For Brooklyn Tanner, it's the summer before her junior year of high school. The summer boys finally begin to notice her. The summer he finally begins to notice her.Andrew Brinks. Handsome. Popular. Star hockey player.Her best friend's brother.For one summer, she's happy, carefree, and convinced she'll finally experience what she's been dreaming about for years...her first kiss.But just like everything else in her life, it comes at a price she may not be ready to pay.One he may not be ready to pay, either.Promise is a prequel to T.K. Leigh's Redemption series. Start this second chance, single dad romance today.Redemption Series Reading Order:1. Promise2. Commitment3. Redemption]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394570Fri, 23 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Promise: A Redemption Series Prequel Author: T.K. Leigh Narrator: Sebastian Grove, Isabelle Ruther Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 38...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Promise: A Redemption Series Prequel Author: T.K. Leigh Narrator: Sebastian Grove, Isabelle Ruther Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 23, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Everyone has a chapter they don't want to read out loud. This is mine...There are moments in our lives that define us.For Brooklyn Tanner, it's the summer before her junior year of high school. The summer boys finally begin to notice her. The summer he finally begins to notice her.Andrew Brinks. Handsome. Popular. Star hockey player.Her best friend's brother.For one summer, she's happy, carefree, and convinced she'll finally experience what she's been dreaming about for years...her first kiss.But just like everything else in her life, it comes at a price she may not be ready to pay.One he may not be ready to pay, either.Promise is a prequel to T.K. Leigh's Redemption series. Start this second chance, single dad romance today.Redemption Series Reading Order:1. Promise2. Commitment3. Redemption]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-happens-now-by-sophia-money-coutts--65202767https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happens Now? Author: Sophia Money-Coutts Narrator: Sophia Money-Coutts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 22, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Will have you in fits of laughter… move over, Bridget Jones!’ New ‘Surprisingly funny and very saucy’ OK! ‘A laugh-a-minute page-turner, perfect for poolside reading!’ HELLO! ‘Surprisingly saucy and distractingly funny’ GRAZIA ‘No question about it, there are two little purple lines. I’m pregnant.’ After eight years together, Lil Bailey thought she’d already found ‘the one’ – that is, until he dumped her for a blonde twenty-something colleague. So she does what any self-respecting singleton would do: swipes right, puts on her best bra and finds herself on a first date with a handsome mountaineer called Max. What’s the worst that can happen? Well it’s pretty bad actually. First Max ghosts her and then, after weeing on a stick (but mostly her hands), a few weeks later Lil discovers she’s pregnant. She’s single, thirty-one and living in a thimble-sized flat in London, it’s hardly the happily-ever-after she was looking for. Lil’s ready to do the baby-thing on her own – it can’t be that hard, right? But she should probably tell Max, if she can track him down. Surely he’s not that Max, the highly eligible, headline-grabbing son of Lord and Lady Rushbrooke, currently trekking up a mountain in South Asia? Oh, maybe he wasn’t ignoring Lil after all… Praise for Sophia Money-Coutts: ‘So funny. And the sex is amazing!’ Jilly Cooper ‘Hilariously funny – I couldn’t put it down.’ Beth O’Leary ‘A laugh-a-minute page-turner, perfect for poolside reading!’ HELLO! ‘This hilarious novel proves Sophia Money-Coutts is mistress of the romp-com.’ The Sun ‘Howlingly funny’ Sunday Times ‘Wonderfully rude’ Red ‘Surprisingly saucy and distractingly funny’ Grazia ‘Funny and beautifully written … I loved it’ Daily Mail ‘Fizzes with joy’ Metro ‘Hilarious and uplifting’ Woman & Home ‘A thoroughly modern love story’ Woman’s Weekly ‘Does it earn its place in your beach bag? Absolutely’ Evening Standard]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367374Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happens Now? Author: Sophia Money-Coutts Narrator: Sophia Money-Coutts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Happens Now? Author: Sophia Money-Coutts Narrator: Sophia Money-Coutts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: August 22, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Will have you in fits of laughter… move over, Bridget Jones!’ New ‘Surprisingly funny and very saucy’ OK! ‘A laugh-a-minute page-turner, perfect for poolside reading!’ HELLO! ‘Surprisingly saucy and distractingly funny’ GRAZIA ‘No question about it, there are two little purple lines. I’m pregnant.’ After eight years together, Lil Bailey thought she’d already found ‘the one’ – that is, until he dumped her for a blonde twenty-something colleague. So she does what any self-respecting singleton would do: swipes right, puts on her best bra and finds herself on a first date with a handsome mountaineer called Max. What’s the worst that can happen? Well it’s pretty bad actually. First Max ghosts her and then, after weeing on a stick (but mostly her hands), a few weeks later Lil discovers she’s pregnant. She’s single, thirty-one and living in a thimble-sized flat in London, it’s hardly the happily-ever-after she was looking for. Lil’s ready to do the baby-thing on her own – it can’t be that hard, right? But she should probably tell Max, if she can track him down. Surely he’s not that Max, the highly eligible, headline-grabbing son of Lord and Lady Rushbrooke, currently trekking up a mountain in South Asia? Oh, maybe he wasn’t ignoring Lil after all… Praise for Sophia Money-Coutts: ‘So funny. And the sex is amazing!’ Jilly Cooper ‘Hilariously funny – I couldn’t put it down.’ Beth O’Leary ‘A laugh-a-minute page-turner, perfect for poolside reading!’ HELLO! ‘This hilarious novel proves Sophia Money-Coutts is mistress of the romp-com.’ The Sun ‘Howlingly funny’ Sunday Times ‘Wonderfully rude’ Red ‘Surprisingly saucy and distractingly funny’ Grazia ‘Funny and beautifully written … I loved it’ Daily Mail ‘Fizzes with joy’ Metro ‘Hilarious and uplifting’ Woman & Home ‘A thoroughly modern love story’ Woman’s Weekly ‘Does it earn its place in your beach bag? Absolutely’ Evening Standard]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-dutch-a-novel-by-james-gregor--65202774https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Dutch: A Novel Author: James Gregor Narrator: Michael David Axtell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 20, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S 10 BEST DEBUT NOVELS OF THE YEAR “A charming, well-observed debut,” (NPR) featuring a gay male graduate student who falls for his brilliant female classmate, “you’ll tear through this tale of a thoroughly modern love triangle” (Entertainment Weekly). Exhausted by dead-end forays in the gay dating scene, surrounded constantly by friends but deeply lonely in New York City, and drifting into academic abyss, twenty-something graduate student Richard has plenty of sources of anxiety. But at the forefront is his crippling writer’s block, which threatens daily to derail his graduate funding and leave Richard poor, directionless, and desperately single. Enter Anne: his brilliant classmate who offers to “help” Richard write his papers in exchange for his company, despite Richard’s fairly obvious sexual orientation. Still, he needs her help, and it doesn’t hurt that Anne has folded Richard into her abundant lifestyle. What begins as an initially transactional relationship blooms gradually into something more complex. But then a one-swipe-stand with an attractive, successful lawyer named Blake becomes serious, and Richard suddenly finds himself unable to detach from Anne, entangled in her web of privilege, brilliance, and, oddly, her unabashed acceptance of Richard’s flaws. As the two relationships reach points of serious commitment, Richard soon finds himself on a romantic and existential collision course—one that brings about surprising revelations. “Intelligent, entertaining and elegantly written” (Adelle Waldman, author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.) Going Dutch is an incisive portrait of relationships in an age of digital romantic abundance, but it’s also a heartfelt and humorous exploration of love and sexuality, and a poignant meditation on the things emotionally ravenous people seek from and do to each other. “This marvelously witty take on dating in New York City and the blurry nature of desire announces Gregor as a fresh, electric new voice” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365408Tue, 20 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Dutch: A Novel Author: James Gregor Narrator: Michael David Axtell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Going Dutch: A Novel Author: James Gregor Narrator: Michael David Axtell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: August 20, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S 10 BEST DEBUT NOVELS OF THE YEAR “A charming, well-observed debut,” (NPR) featuring a gay male graduate student who falls for his brilliant female classmate, “you’ll tear through this tale of a thoroughly modern love triangle” (Entertainment Weekly). Exhausted by dead-end forays in the gay dating scene, surrounded constantly by friends but deeply lonely in New York City, and drifting into academic abyss, twenty-something graduate student Richard has plenty of sources of anxiety. But at the forefront is his crippling writer’s block, which threatens daily to derail his graduate funding and leave Richard poor, directionless, and desperately single. Enter Anne: his brilliant classmate who offers to “help” Richard write his papers in exchange for his company, despite Richard’s fairly obvious sexual orientation. Still, he needs her help, and it doesn’t hurt that Anne has folded Richard into her abundant lifestyle. What begins as an initially transactional relationship blooms gradually into something more complex. But then a one-swipe-stand with an attractive, successful lawyer named Blake becomes serious, and Richard suddenly finds himself unable to detach from Anne, entangled in her web of privilege, brilliance, and, oddly, her unabashed acceptance of Richard’s flaws. As the two relationships reach points of serious commitment, Richard soon finds himself on a romantic and existential collision course—one that brings about surprising revelations. “Intelligent, entertaining and elegantly written” (Adelle Waldman, author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.) Going Dutch is an incisive portrait of relationships in an age of digital romantic abundance, but it’s also a heartfelt and humorous exploration of love and sexuality, and a poignant meditation on the things emotionally ravenous people seek from and do to each other. “This marvelously witty take on dating in New York City and the blurry nature of desire announces Gregor as a fresh, electric new voice” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/feathered-glory-by-james-lasdun--65202662https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feathered Glory Author: James Lasdun Narrator: Angelo Di Loreto Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 20, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Feathered Glory explores themes of male friendship, waning middle-aged powers and sexual transgression in a way that couldn't feel more timely. The marriage of a school professor and artist reveals dangerous fault-lines when an old lover reappears in the husband's life and the wife, fascinated by a charismatic wildlife rehabilitator, brings an injured swan into their home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394124Tue, 20 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feathered Glory Author: James Lasdun Narrator: Angelo Di Loreto Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 20, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/394124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Feathered Glory Author: James Lasdun Narrator: Angelo Di Loreto Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 20, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Feathered Glory explores themes of male friendship, waning middle-aged powers and sexual transgression in a way that couldn't feel more timely. The marriage of a school professor and artist reveals dangerous fault-lines when an old lover reappears in the husband's life and the wife, fascinated by a charismatic wildlife rehabilitator, brings an injured swan into their home.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-x-by-sarah-rose-etter--65202681https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of X Author: Sarah Rose Etter Narrator: Chloe Cannon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 13, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A surreal exploration of one woman's life and death against a landscape of meat, office desks, and bad men The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with her parents on the family meat farm, to a desk job in the city, to finally experiencing love, she grapples with her body, men, and society, all the while imagining a softer world than the one she is in. Twining the drama of the everyday —school-age crushes, paying bills, the sickness of parents—with the surreal—rivers of thighs, men for sale, and fields of throats—Cassie's realities alternate to create a blurred, fantastic world of haunting beauty.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391486Tue, 13 Aug 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of X Author: Sarah Rose Etter Narrator: Chloe Cannon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 13, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of X Author: Sarah Rose Etter Narrator: Chloe Cannon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 13, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A surreal exploration of one woman's life and death against a landscape of meat, office desks, and bad men The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with her parents on the family meat farm, to a desk job in the city, to finally experiencing love, she grapples with her body, men, and society, all the while imagining a softer world than the one she is in. Twining the drama of the everyday —school-age crushes, paying bills, the sickness of parents—with the surreal—rivers of thighs, men for sale, and fields of throats—Cassie's realities alternate to create a blurred, fantastic world of haunting beauty.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-hack-a-heartbreak-by-kristin-rockaway--65202754https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Hack a Heartbreak Author: Kristin Rockaway Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 30, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Swipe right for love. Swipe left for disaster. By day, Mel Strickland is an underemployed helpdesk tech at a startup incubator, Hatch, where she helps entitled brogrammers--''Hatchlings''--who can't even fix their own laptops, but are apparently the next wave of startup geniuses. And by night, she goes on bad dates with misbehaving†dudes she's matched with on the ubiquitous dating app, Fluttr. But after one dick pic too many, Mel has had it. Using her brilliant coding skills, she designs an app of her own, one that allows users to log harrassers and abusers in online dating space. It's called JerkAlert, and it goes viral overnight. Mel is suddenly in way over her head. Worse still, her almost-boyfriend, the dreamy Alex Hernandez--the only non-douchey guy at Hatch--has no idea she's the brains behind the app. Soon, Mel is faced with a terrible choice: one that could destroy her career, love life, and friendships, or change her life forever. Kristin Rockaway†is a native New Yorker and recovering corporate software engineer. After working in the IT industry for far too many years, she finally traded the city for the surf and chased her dreams out to Southern California, where she spends her days happily writing stories instead of code. When she's not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son, and planning her next big vacation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368612Tue, 30 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Hack a Heartbreak Author: Kristin Rockaway Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Hack a Heartbreak Author: Kristin Rockaway Narrator: Amy Mcfadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 30, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Swipe right for love. Swipe left for disaster. By day, Mel Strickland is an underemployed helpdesk tech at a startup incubator, Hatch, where she helps entitled brogrammers--''Hatchlings''--who can't even fix their own laptops, but are apparently the next wave of startup geniuses. And by night, she goes on bad dates with misbehaving†dudes she's matched with on the ubiquitous dating app, Fluttr. But after one dick pic too many, Mel has had it. Using her brilliant coding skills, she designs an app of her own, one that allows users to log harrassers and abusers in online dating space. It's called JerkAlert, and it goes viral overnight. Mel is suddenly in way over her head. Worse still, her almost-boyfriend, the dreamy Alex Hernandez--the only non-douchey guy at Hatch--has no idea she's the brains behind the app. Soon, Mel is faced with a terrible choice: one that could destroy her career, love life, and friendships, or change her life forever. Kristin Rockaway†is a native New Yorker and recovering corporate software engineer. After working in the IT industry for far too many years, she finally traded the city for the surf and chased her dreams out to Southern California, where she spends her days happily writing stories instead of code. When she's not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son, and planning her next big vacation.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nightingale-point-by-luan-goldie-jot-davies-liz-sutherland-lim--65202769https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nightingale Point Author: Luan Goldie, Jot Davies Liz Sutherland-Lim Narrator: Daisy Prosper, Bernard Mensah, Reece Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 25, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2020 A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK * * * THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE COSTA SHORT STORY AWARD WINNER ‘A sharp, funny, wonderful writer’ Diana Evans, bestselling author of Ordinary People ‘A stunning debut that heralds a new and exciting voice in fiction’ Mike Gayle, bestselling author of All The Lonely People ‘Compelling … finely crafted, compassionate’ Guardian ‘A warm, confident writer with the lightest of touches’ Observer * * * On an ordinary Saturday morning in 1996, the residents of Nightingale Point wake up to their normal lives and worries. Mary has a secret life that no one knows about, not even Malachi and Tristan, the brothers she vowed to look after. Malachi had to grow up too quickly. Between looking after Tristan and nursing a broken heart, he feels older than his twenty-one years. Tristan wishes Malachi would stop pining for Pamela. No wonder he's falling in with the wrong crowd, without Malachi to keep him straight. Elvis is trying hard to remember to the instructions his care worker gave him, but sometimes he gets confused and forgets things. Pamela wants to run back to Malachi but her overprotective father has locked her in and there's no way out. It's a day like any other, until something extraordinary happens. When the sun sets, Nightingale Point is irrevocably changed and somehow, through the darkness, the residents must find a way back to lightness, and back to each other. * * * What readers are saying about Nightingale Point: ‘A beautiful and heartbreaking story about working-class people and their lives both before and after tragedy’ ‘A triumphant debut … This book pops, fizzes and sparkles to life’ ‘A book I didn't want to put down. Full of rich characters, beautifully described. It made me cry several times. Highly recommended’ ‘A must read masterpiece’]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367007Thu, 25 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nightingale Point Author: Luan Goldie, Jot Davies Liz Sutherland-Lim Narrator: Daisy Prosper, Bernard Mensah, Reece Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nightingale Point Author: Luan Goldie, Jot Davies Liz Sutherland-Lim Narrator: Daisy Prosper, Bernard Mensah, Reece Harris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 25, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2020 A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK * * * THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE COSTA SHORT STORY AWARD WINNER ‘A sharp, funny, wonderful writer’ Diana Evans, bestselling author of Ordinary People ‘A stunning debut that heralds a new and exciting voice in fiction’ Mike Gayle, bestselling author of All The Lonely People ‘Compelling … finely crafted, compassionate’ Guardian ‘A warm, confident writer with the lightest of touches’ Observer * * * On an ordinary Saturday morning in 1996, the residents of Nightingale Point wake up to their normal lives and worries. Mary has a secret life that no one knows about, not even Malachi and Tristan, the brothers she vowed to look after. Malachi had to grow up too quickly. Between looking after Tristan and nursing a broken heart, he feels older than his twenty-one years. Tristan wishes Malachi would stop pining for Pamela. No wonder he's falling in with the wrong crowd, without Malachi to keep him straight. Elvis is trying hard to remember to the instructions his care worker gave him, but sometimes he gets confused and forgets things. Pamela wants to run back to Malachi but her overprotective father has locked her in and there's no way out. It's a day like any other, until something extraordinary happens. When the sun sets, Nightingale Point is irrevocably changed and somehow, through the darkness, the residents must find a way back to lightness, and back to each other. * * * What readers are saying about Nightingale Point: ‘A beautiful and heartbreaking story about working-class people and their lives both before and after tragedy’ ‘A triumphant debut … This book pops, fizzes and sparkles to life’ ‘A book I didn't want to put down. Full of rich characters, beautifully described. It made me cry several times. Highly recommended’ ‘A must read masterpiece’]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-you-want-to-make-god-laugh-by-bianca-marais--65202768https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Want to Make God Laugh Author: Bianca Marais Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Bahni Turpin, Bianca Amato Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 16, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words comes a rich, unforgettable story of three unique women in post-Apartheid South Africa who are brought together in their darkest time and discover the ways that love can transcend the strictest of boundaries. In a squatter camp on the outskirts of Johannesburg, seventeen-year-old Zodwa lives in desperate poverty, under the shadowy threat of a civil war and a growing AIDS epidemic. Eight months pregnant, Zodwa carefully guards secrets that jeopardize her life. Across the country, wealthy socialite Ruth appears to have everything her heart desires, but it's what she can't have that leads to her breakdown. Meanwhile, in Zaire, a disgraced former nun, Delilah, grapples with a past that refuses to stay buried. When these personal crises send both middle-aged women back to their rural hometown to heal, the discovery of an abandoned newborn baby upends everything, challenging their lifelong beliefs about race, motherhood, and the power of the past. As the mystery surrounding the infant grows, the complicated lives of Zodwa, Ruth, and Delilah become inextricably linked. What follows is a mesmerizing look at family and identity that asks: How far will the human heart go to protect itself and the ones it loves?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359628Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Want to Make God Laugh Author: Bianca Marais Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Bahni Turpin, Bianca Amato Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If You Want to Make God Laugh Author: Bianca Marais Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Bahni Turpin, Bianca Amato Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 16, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words comes a rich, unforgettable story of three unique women in post-Apartheid South Africa who are brought together in their darkest time and discover the ways that love can transcend the strictest of boundaries. In a squatter camp on the outskirts of Johannesburg, seventeen-year-old Zodwa lives in desperate poverty, under the shadowy threat of a civil war and a growing AIDS epidemic. Eight months pregnant, Zodwa carefully guards secrets that jeopardize her life. Across the country, wealthy socialite Ruth appears to have everything her heart desires, but it's what she can't have that leads to her breakdown. Meanwhile, in Zaire, a disgraced former nun, Delilah, grapples with a past that refuses to stay buried. When these personal crises send both middle-aged women back to their rural hometown to heal, the discovery of an abandoned newborn baby upends everything, challenging their lifelong beliefs about race, motherhood, and the power of the past. As the mystery surrounding the infant grows, the complicated lives of Zodwa, Ruth, and Delilah become inextricably linked. What follows is a mesmerizing look at family and identity that asks: How far will the human heart go to protect itself and the ones it loves?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-first-time-lauren-pailing-died-by-alyson-rudd--65202762https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First Time Lauren Pailing Died Author: Alyson Rudd Narrator: Chloe Massey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 11, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘STYLISH, ALLURING, UTTERLY GRIPPING’ Lisa O’Kelly, Observer ‘WONDERFULLY INVENTIVE (COMPARISONS WITH KATE ATKINSON ARE INEVITABLE… I COULDN’T PUT IT DOWN’The Times ‘LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER READ BEFORE’ Red Lauren Pailing is born in the sixties, and a child of the seventies. She is thirteen years old the first time she dies. Lauren Pailing is a teenager in the eighties, becomes a Londoner in the nineties. And each time she dies, new lives begin for the people who loved her – while Lauren enters a brand new life, too. But in each of Lauren’s lives, a man called Peter Stanning disappears. And, in each of her lives, Lauren sets out to find him. And so it is that every ending is also a beginning. And so it is that, with each new beginning, Peter Stanning inches closer to finally being found… Perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson and Maggie O’Farrell, The First Time Lauren Pailing Died is a book about loss, grief – and how, despite it not always feeling that way, every ending marks the start of something new.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367004Thu, 11 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First Time Lauren Pailing Died Author: Alyson Rudd Narrator: Chloe Massey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The First Time Lauren Pailing Died Author: Alyson Rudd Narrator: Chloe Massey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 11, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘STYLISH, ALLURING, UTTERLY GRIPPING’ Lisa O’Kelly, Observer ‘WONDERFULLY INVENTIVE (COMPARISONS WITH KATE ATKINSON ARE INEVITABLE… I COULDN’T PUT IT DOWN’The Times ‘LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER READ BEFORE’ Red Lauren Pailing is born in the sixties, and a child of the seventies. She is thirteen years old the first time she dies. Lauren Pailing is a teenager in the eighties, becomes a Londoner in the nineties. And each time she dies, new lives begin for the people who loved her – while Lauren enters a brand new life, too. But in each of Lauren’s lives, a man called Peter Stanning disappears. And, in each of her lives, Lauren sets out to find him. And so it is that every ending is also a beginning. And so it is that, with each new beginning, Peter Stanning inches closer to finally being found… Perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson and Maggie O’Farrell, The First Time Lauren Pailing Died is a book about loss, grief – and how, despite it not always feeling that way, every ending marks the start of something new.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-saturday-night-ghost-club-a-novel-by-craig-davidson--65202783https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Saturday Night Ghost Club: A Novel Author: Craig Davidson Narrator: Corey Brill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: SOME TOWNS ARE MORE HAUNTED THAN OTHERS... An irresistible and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Stranger Things and Stand by Me about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legends 'A celebration of the secret lives of children, both their wonders and their horrors . . . Immensely enjoyable, piercingly clever, and satisfyingly soulful.' -Jason Heller, NPR Growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls - a seedy but magical, slightly haunted place - Jake Baker spends most of his time with his uncle Calvin, a kind but eccentric enthusiast of occult artifacts and conspiracy theories. The summer Jake turns twelve, he befriends a pair of siblings new to town, and so Calvin decides to initiate them all into the 'Saturday Night Ghost Club.' But as the summer goes on, what begins as a seemingly light-hearted project may ultimately uncover more than any of its members had imagined. With the alternating warmth and sadness of the best coming-of-age stories, The Saturday Night Ghost Club is a note-perfect novel that poignantly examines the haunting mutability of memory and storytelling, as well as the experiences that form the people we become, and establishes Craig Davidson as a remarkable literary talent.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359608Tue, 09 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Saturday Night Ghost Club: A Novel Author: Craig Davidson Narrator: Corey Brill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Saturday Night Ghost Club: A Novel Author: Craig Davidson Narrator: Corey Brill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 42 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 7 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: SOME TOWNS ARE MORE HAUNTED THAN OTHERS... An irresistible and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Stranger Things and Stand by Me about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legends 'A celebration of the secret lives of children, both their wonders and their horrors . . . Immensely enjoyable, piercingly clever, and satisfyingly soulful.' -Jason Heller, NPR Growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls - a seedy but magical, slightly haunted place - Jake Baker spends most of his time with his uncle Calvin, a kind but eccentric enthusiast of occult artifacts and conspiracy theories. The summer Jake turns twelve, he befriends a pair of siblings new to town, and so Calvin decides to initiate them all into the 'Saturday Night Ghost Club.' But as the summer goes on, what begins as a seemingly light-hearted project may ultimately uncover more than any of its members had imagined. With the alternating warmth and sadness of the best coming-of-age stories, The Saturday Night Ghost Club is a note-perfect novel that poignantly examines the haunting mutability of memory and storytelling, as well as the experiences that form the people we become, and establishes Craig Davidson as a remarkable literary talent.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/famous-people-a-novel-by-justin-kuritzkes--65202781https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Famous People: A Novel Author: Justin Kuritzkes Narrator: Justin Kuritzkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This program is read by the author. This fresh, smart novel in the guise of a celebrity memoir probes the inner life of a mega-famous pop star Honestly, what amazes me the most with a lot of the people I meet is that they think they’re so big. They think, ultimately, that the universe revolves around them. And I’m beginning to think that it’s only when you live a life like mine—it’s only when you’re in a position where you don’t even really own yourself, when you can’t even really say that you’re a citizen of any particular country—that you realize that we’re all just tiny pieces of cosmic dust floating through the void until we disappear forever and we’re never heard from again. So begins the life story of our uber famous twenty-two year old narrator. A teen idol since he was twelve, when a video of him singing went viral, his star has only risen since. Now, haunted by the suicide of his manager-father, unsettled by the very different paths he and his his teenage love (and girl pop-star counterpart) “Mandy” have taken, and increasingly aware that he has signed on to something he has little control over, he begins to parse the divide that separates him from the “normal people” of the world. Sneakily philosophical, earnest and funny, Justin Kuritzkes's Famous People is a rollicking, unforgettable look at the clash between fame and the human condition.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354582Tue, 09 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Famous People: A Novel Author: Justin Kuritzkes Narrator: Justin Kuritzkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Famous People: A Novel Author: Justin Kuritzkes Narrator: Justin Kuritzkes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This program is read by the author. This fresh, smart novel in the guise of a celebrity memoir probes the inner life of a mega-famous pop star Honestly, what amazes me the most with a lot of the people I meet is that they think they’re so big. They think, ultimately, that the universe revolves around them. And I’m beginning to think that it’s only when you live a life like mine—it’s only when you’re in a position where you don’t even really own yourself, when you can’t even really say that you’re a citizen of any particular country—that you realize that we’re all just tiny pieces of cosmic dust floating through the void until we disappear forever and we’re never heard from again. So begins the life story of our uber famous twenty-two year old narrator. A teen idol since he was twelve, when a video of him singing went viral, his star has only risen since. Now, haunted by the suicide of his manager-father, unsettled by the very different paths he and his his teenage love (and girl pop-star counterpart) “Mandy” have taken, and increasingly aware that he has signed on to something he has little control over, he begins to parse the divide that separates him from the “normal people” of the world. Sneakily philosophical, earnest and funny, Justin Kuritzkes's Famous People is a rollicking, unforgettable look at the clash between fame and the human condition.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-enlightenment-of-bees-by-rachel-linden--65202760https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Enlightenment of Bees Author: Rachel Linden Narrator: Madison Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In a romantic adventure that travels the globe, The Enlightenment of Bees beautifully explores what it means to find the sweet spot in life where our greatest passions meet the world’s greatest need. Sometimes a shattered heart leads to an amazing journey.  At twenty-six, apprentice baker Mia West has her entire life planned out: a Craftsman cottage in Seattle, a job baking at The Butter Emporium, and her first love—her boyfriend, Ethan—by her side. But when Ethan declares he “needs some space,” Mia’s carefully planned future crumbles.  Adrift and unsure where her future leads now, Mia joins her vivacious housemate Rosie on a humanitarian trip around the world funded by a reclusive billionaire. Along with a famous grunge rock star, a Rwandan immigrant, and an unsettlingly attractive Hawaiian urban farmer named Kai, Mia and Rosie embark on the adventure of a lifetime. From the slums of Mumbai to a Hungarian border camp during the refugee crisis, Mia’s heart is challenged and changed in astonishing ways—ways she never could have imagined if she hadn’t opened herself up to the opportunity. As she grapples with how to make a difference in a complicated world, Mia’s journey through self-discovery leaves her with the choice between the past she left behind and a new budding dream in her heart.  “I combed through the pages with delight. This book is going to cause a real buzz.” —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368803Tue, 09 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Enlightenment of Bees Author: Rachel Linden Narrator: Madison Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Enlightenment of Bees Author: Rachel Linden Narrator: Madison Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: July 9, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In a romantic adventure that travels the globe, The Enlightenment of Bees beautifully explores what it means to find the sweet spot in life where our greatest passions meet the world’s greatest need. Sometimes a shattered heart leads to an amazing journey.  At twenty-six, apprentice baker Mia West has her entire life planned out: a Craftsman cottage in Seattle, a job baking at The Butter Emporium, and her first love—her boyfriend, Ethan—by her side. But when Ethan declares he “needs some space,” Mia’s carefully planned future crumbles.  Adrift and unsure where her future leads now, Mia joins her vivacious housemate Rosie on a humanitarian trip around the world funded by a reclusive billionaire. Along with a famous grunge rock star, a Rwandan immigrant, and an unsettlingly attractive Hawaiian urban farmer named Kai, Mia and Rosie embark on the adventure of a lifetime. From the slums of Mumbai to a Hungarian border camp during the refugee crisis, Mia’s heart is challenged and changed in astonishing ways—ways she never could have imagined if she hadn’t opened herself up to the opportunity. As she grapples with how to make a difference in a complicated world, Mia’s journey through self-discovery leaves her with the choice between the past she left behind and a new budding dream in her heart.  “I combed through the pages with delight. This book is going to cause a real buzz.” —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tell-me-who-we-were-stories-by-kate-mcquade--65202797https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell Me Who We Were: Stories Author: Kate Mcquade Narrator: Sophie Amoss, Amy Landon, Caitlin Davies, Sarah Naughton, Gabra Zackman, Allyson Ryan, Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 2, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Infused with the keen insight of Joyce Carol Oates and haunting power of Kelly Link, a radiant collection of linked stories that explore the vulnerability, resilience, and hidden desires of women, following six girls over the course of sixty years, from their first semester at boarding school to the twilight of their lives. It begins with a drowning. One day Mr. Arcilla, the romance language teacher at Briarfield, an all-girls boarding school, is found dead at the bottom of Reed Pond. Young and handsome, the object of much fantasy and fascination, he was adored by his students. For Lilith and Romy, Evie and Claire, Nellie and Grace, he was their first love, and their first true loss. In this extraordinary collection, Kate McQuade explores the ripple effect of one transformative moment on six lives, witnessed at a different point in each girl’s future. Throughout these stories, these bright, imaginative, and ambitious girls mature into women, lose touch and call in favors, achieve success and endure betrayal, marry and divorce, have children and struggle with infertility, abandon husbands and remain loyal to the end. Lyrical, intimate, and incisive, Tell Me Who We Were explores the inner worlds of girls and women, the relationships we cherish and betray, and the transformations we undergo in the simple act of living.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356493Tue, 02 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell Me Who We Were: Stories Author: Kate Mcquade Narrator: Sophie Amoss, Amy Landon, Caitlin Davies, Sarah Naughton, Gabra Zackman, Allyson Ryan,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356493 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tell Me Who We Were: Stories Author: Kate Mcquade Narrator: Sophie Amoss, Amy Landon, Caitlin Davies, Sarah Naughton, Gabra Zackman, Allyson Ryan, Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 2, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Infused with the keen insight of Joyce Carol Oates and haunting power of Kelly Link, a radiant collection of linked stories that explore the vulnerability, resilience, and hidden desires of women, following six girls over the course of sixty years, from their first semester at boarding school to the twilight of their lives. It begins with a drowning. One day Mr. Arcilla, the romance language teacher at Briarfield, an all-girls boarding school, is found dead at the bottom of Reed Pond. Young and handsome, the object of much fantasy and fascination, he was adored by his students. For Lilith and Romy, Evie and Claire, Nellie and Grace, he was their first love, and their first true loss. In this extraordinary collection, Kate McQuade explores the ripple effect of one transformative moment on six lives, witnessed at a different point in each girl’s future. Throughout these stories, these bright, imaginative, and ambitious girls mature into women, lose touch and call in favors, achieve success and endure betrayal, marry and divorce, have children and struggle with infertility, abandon husbands and remain loyal to the end. Lyrical, intimate, and incisive, Tell Me Who We Were explores the inner worlds of girls and women, the relationships we cherish and betray, and the transformations we undergo in the simple act of living.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chimes-of-a-lost-cathedral-by-janet-fitch--65202702https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chimes of a Lost Cathedral Series: #2 of Revolution of Marina M. Author: Janet Fitch Narrator: Yelena Shmulenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A young Russian woman comes into her own in the midst of revolution and civil war in this 'brilliant' novel set in 'a world of furious beauty' (Los Angeles Review of Books). After the loves and betrayals of The Revolution of Marina M., young poet Marina Makarova finds herself alone amid the devastation of the Russian Civil War -- pregnant and adrift, forced to rely on her own resourcefulness to find a place to wait out the birth of her child and eventually make her way back to her native city, Petrograd. After two years of revolution, the city that was once St. Petersburg is almost unrecognizable, the haunted, half-emptied, starving Capital of Once Had Been, its streets teeming with homeless children. Moved by their plight, though hardly better off herself, she takes on the challenge of caring for these orphans, until they become the tool of tragedy from an unexpected direction. Shaped by her country's ordeals and her own trials -- betrayal and privation and inconceivable loss -- Marina evolves as a poet and a woman of sensibility and substance hardly imaginable at the beginning of her transformative odyssey. Chimes of a Lost Cathedral is the culmination of one woman's s journey through some of the most dramatic events of the last century -- the epic story of an artist who discovers her full power, passion, and creativity just as her revolution reveals its true direction for the future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384189Tue, 02 Jul 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chimes of a Lost Cathedral Series: #2 of Revolution of Marina M. Author: Janet Fitch Narrator: Yelena Shmulenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/384189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chimes of a Lost Cathedral Series: #2 of Revolution of Marina M. Author: Janet Fitch Narrator: Yelena Shmulenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A young Russian woman comes into her own in the midst of revolution and civil war in this 'brilliant' novel set in 'a world of furious beauty' (Los Angeles Review of Books). After the loves and betrayals of The Revolution of Marina M., young poet Marina Makarova finds herself alone amid the devastation of the Russian Civil War -- pregnant and adrift, forced to rely on her own resourcefulness to find a place to wait out the birth of her child and eventually make her way back to her native city, Petrograd. After two years of revolution, the city that was once St. Petersburg is almost unrecognizable, the haunted, half-emptied, starving Capital of Once Had Been, its streets teeming with homeless children. Moved by their plight, though hardly better off herself, she takes on the challenge of caring for these orphans, until they become the tool of tragedy from an unexpected direction. Shaped by her country's ordeals and her own trials -- betrayal and privation and inconceivable loss -- Marina evolves as a poet and a woman of sensibility and substance hardly imaginable at the beginning of her transformative odyssey. Chimes of a Lost Cathedral is the culmination of one woman's s journey through some of the most dramatic events of the last century -- the epic story of an artist who discovers her full power, passion, and creativity just as her revolution reveals its true direction for the future.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-oxford-year-by-julia-whelan--65202763https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Oxford Year Author: Julia Whelan Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: June 27, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: She could never have guessed what the year would hold… ‘A pure delight . . . will stay with you long after you’re done’ TAYLOR JENKINS REID Gazing up at the dreaming spires of Oxford, American student Ella Duran can’t believe it: she has finally arrived at Oxford University. A new life starts, and not even Ella’s handsome lecturer Jamie Davenport can distract her from her classes. But, as the term goes on, Ella can’t deny the growing attraction between them – an attraction that soon turns to love. And when Ella learns of Jamie’s life-changing secret, their relationship becomes deeper than Ella could have ever anticipated. As Ella’s Oxford year draws to a close, she must decide whether the dreams she arrived with are the same ones with which she will leave…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368389Thu, 27 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Oxford Year Author: Julia Whelan Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: June 27, 2019 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Oxford Year Author: Julia Whelan Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: June 27, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: She could never have guessed what the year would hold… ‘A pure delight . . . will stay with you long after you’re done’ TAYLOR JENKINS REID Gazing up at the dreaming spires of Oxford, American student Ella Duran can’t believe it: she has finally arrived at Oxford University. A new life starts, and not even Ella’s handsome lecturer Jamie Davenport can distract her from her classes. But, as the term goes on, Ella can’t deny the growing attraction between them – an attraction that soon turns to love. And when Ella learns of Jamie’s life-changing secret, their relationship becomes deeper than Ella could have ever anticipated. As Ella’s Oxford year draws to a close, she must decide whether the dreams she arrived with are the same ones with which she will leave…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/night-soil-by-dale-peck--65202718https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Soil Author: Dale Peck Narrator: Lee Warden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 27, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Family secrets, sexual explorations, art world wealth, and legacies of racism and environmental destruction collide in this novel from Lambda Award-winning author Dale Peck. The art world falls in love with Dixie Stammers when it is discovered that not only are her pots mechanically perfect spheres, they are also identical, despite the fact that they are made entirely by hand, without benefit of a wheel, measuring device, or any other tool. Her teenage son, Judas, is pathologically shy, and retreats into a world of anonymous sexual encounters at a roadside rest area. What he really longs for though is a relationship with one of the boys at the private school he attends. The Academy was founded by Judas’s ancestral grandfather, a nineteenth-century coal magnate. Driven by his mother’s secretive nature, Judas begins digging into his family’s history, and the Academy’s, until he unearths a series of secrets that cause him to question everything he thought he knew about his world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368916Thu, 27 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Soil Author: Dale Peck Narrator: Lee Warden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 27, 2019 Genres: Coming of...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Night Soil Author: Dale Peck Narrator: Lee Warden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 27, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Family secrets, sexual explorations, art world wealth, and legacies of racism and environmental destruction collide in this novel from Lambda Award-winning author Dale Peck. The art world falls in love with Dixie Stammers when it is discovered that not only are her pots mechanically perfect spheres, they are also identical, despite the fact that they are made entirely by hand, without benefit of a wheel, measuring device, or any other tool. Her teenage son, Judas, is pathologically shy, and retreats into a world of anonymous sexual encounters at a roadside rest area. What he really longs for though is a relationship with one of the boys at the private school he attends. The Academy was founded by Judas’s ancestral grandfather, a nineteenth-century coal magnate. Driven by his mother’s secretive nature, Judas begins digging into his family’s history, and the Academy’s, until he unearths a series of secrets that cause him to question everything he thought he knew about his world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-orphan-s-song-by-lauren-kate--65202715https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan's Song Author: Lauren Kate Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 25, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The historical adult debut novel by # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate, The Orphan's Song is a sweeping love story about family and music--and the secrets each hold--that follows the intertwined fates of two Venetian orphans. 'A tangled knot of betrayal and love, lies and redemption. Marvelous.' --Fiona Davis, author of The Address A song brought them together. A secret will tear them apart. Venice, 1736. When fate brings Violetta and Mino together on the roof of the Hospital of the Incurables, they form a connection that will change their lives forever. Both are orphans at the Incurables, dreaming of escape. But when the resident Maestro notices Violetta's voice, she is selected for the Incurables' world famous coro, and must sign an oath never to sing beyond its church doors. After a declaration of love ends in heartbreak, Mino flees the Incurables in search of his family. Known as the 'city of masks,' Venice is full of secrets, and Mino is certain one will lead to his long-lost mother. Without him, the walls close in on Violetta and she begins a dangerous and forbidden nightlife, hoping her voice can secure her freedom. But neither finds what they are looking for, until a haunting memory Violetta has suppressed since childhood leads them to a shocking confrontation. Vibrant with the glamour and beauty of Venice at its zenith, The Orphan's Song takes us on a breathtaking journey of passion, heartbreak, and betrayal before it crescendos to an unforgettable ending, a celebration of the enduring nature and transformative power of love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359620Tue, 25 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan's Song Author: Lauren Kate Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 25, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359620 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Orphan's Song Author: Lauren Kate Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 25, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The historical adult debut novel by # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate, The Orphan's Song is a sweeping love story about family and music--and the secrets each hold--that follows the intertwined fates of two Venetian orphans. 'A tangled knot of betrayal and love, lies and redemption. Marvelous.' --Fiona Davis, author of The Address A song brought them together. A secret will tear them apart. Venice, 1736. When fate brings Violetta and Mino together on the roof of the Hospital of the Incurables, they form a connection that will change their lives forever. Both are orphans at the Incurables, dreaming of escape. But when the resident Maestro notices Violetta's voice, she is selected for the Incurables' world famous coro, and must sign an oath never to sing beyond its church doors. After a declaration of love ends in heartbreak, Mino flees the Incurables in search of his family. Known as the 'city of masks,' Venice is full of secrets, and Mino is certain one will lead to his long-lost mother. Without him, the walls close in on Violetta and she begins a dangerous and forbidden nightlife, hoping her voice can secure her freedom. But neither finds what they are looking for, until a haunting memory Violetta has suppressed since childhood leads them to a shocking confrontation. Vibrant with the glamour and beauty of Venice at its zenith, The Orphan's Song takes us on a breathtaking journey of passion, heartbreak, and betrayal before it crescendos to an unforgettable ending, a celebration of the enduring nature and transformative power of love.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/playing-days-a-novel-by-benjamin-markovits--65202759https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing Days: A Novel Author: Benjamin Markovits Narrator: Zach Villa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 18, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Available for the first time in the United States, acclaimed novelist Benjamin Markovits’s Playing Days is a mostly autobiographical narrative concerning the author’s season playing minor league professional basketball in Germany and the love affair with another player’s estranged wife that ushers him into adulthood. Growing up in Texas, Ben experienced basketball as a mostly solitary pursuit, one he gave up after riding the bench in high school. But as his college classmates prepare for the real world, Ben is seized by an idea. All he needs is a video camera, an empty court, and his mother’s German citizenship. Improbably, he lands a roster spot on a lower division pro team in Landshut, forty-five minutes outside of Munich. It’s Ben’s first taste of competition in years, not to mention his first job. And like most jobs, it’s defined by repetition, boredom, and gossip. There’s Charlie, the trash-talking mercenary from Chicago; the coach, Herr Henkel, a recently retired player anxious to justify his paycheck; and Karl (based on the author’s real life relationship with Dirk Nowitski), a gangly teenage prodigy flashing the raw talent that will make him an NBA star. As a group of men learn how to navigate one another, Ben falls in love with the young mother of a teammate’s child, and begins an affair that will change his life. Wry, poignant, and tenderly observed, Playing Days is an evocative meditation on the joys of youth, the triumphs and terrors of post-college life, and one of the best books ever written about what basketball can mean to an American man.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368557Tue, 18 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing Days: A Novel Author: Benjamin Markovits Narrator: Zach Villa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing Days: A Novel Author: Benjamin Markovits Narrator: Zach Villa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 18, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Available for the first time in the United States, acclaimed novelist Benjamin Markovits’s Playing Days is a mostly autobiographical narrative concerning the author’s season playing minor league professional basketball in Germany and the love affair with another player’s estranged wife that ushers him into adulthood. Growing up in Texas, Ben experienced basketball as a mostly solitary pursuit, one he gave up after riding the bench in high school. But as his college classmates prepare for the real world, Ben is seized by an idea. All he needs is a video camera, an empty court, and his mother’s German citizenship. Improbably, he lands a roster spot on a lower division pro team in Landshut, forty-five minutes outside of Munich. It’s Ben’s first taste of competition in years, not to mention his first job. And like most jobs, it’s defined by repetition, boredom, and gossip. There’s Charlie, the trash-talking mercenary from Chicago; the coach, Herr Henkel, a recently retired player anxious to justify his paycheck; and Karl (based on the author’s real life relationship with Dirk Nowitski), a gangly teenage prodigy flashing the raw talent that will make him an NBA star. As a group of men learn how to navigate one another, Ben falls in love with the young mother of a teammate’s child, and begins an affair that will change his life. Wry, poignant, and tenderly observed, Playing Days is an evocative meditation on the joys of youth, the triumphs and terrors of post-college life, and one of the best books ever written about what basketball can mean to an American man.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bobcat-a-novel-by-katherine-forbes-riley--65202730https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bobcat: A Novel Author: Katherine Forbes Riley Narrator: Elise Arsenault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: June 18, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Haunting and lyrical, The Bobcat is Katherine Forbes Riley’s magical debut novel in which Laurelie, a young art student who suffers in the aftermath of a sexual assault, has grown progressively more isolated and fearful. She transfers from her busy city university to a small college in rural Vermont, where she retreats into her vivid imagination, experiencing the world through her art. Most comfortable in the company of the child for whom she babysits, and most at ease in the woods, Laurelie has shunned any connection with her peers. One day, while exploring the woods, she and her young charge encounter an injured pregnant bobcat – and the hiker who has been following it for hundreds of miles. In the hiker and his feline companion Laurelie recognizes someone as reclusive and wary as herself. The hiker, too, finds human companionship painful to endure, yet he is drawn to wounded Laurelie the way he is drawn to the bobcat. As Laurelie moves toward recovery and reconnection she also finds her voice as an artist, and a sense of purpose, maybe even a future, comes into sight. Then the child goes missing in the woods, threatening the bobcat, the hiker, and the fragile peace Laurelie has constructed. With the hypnotic intensity of Emily Fridlund’s The History of Wolves and Fiona McFarlane’s The Night Guest, Riley has created a mesmerizing love story, in lush, gorgeous prose, that examines art, science, and the magic of human chemistry.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360850Tue, 18 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bobcat: A Novel Author: Katherine Forbes Riley Narrator: Elise Arsenault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bobcat: A Novel Author: Katherine Forbes Riley Narrator: Elise Arsenault Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: June 18, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Haunting and lyrical, The Bobcat is Katherine Forbes Riley’s magical debut novel in which Laurelie, a young art student who suffers in the aftermath of a sexual assault, has grown progressively more isolated and fearful. She transfers from her busy city university to a small college in rural Vermont, where she retreats into her vivid imagination, experiencing the world through her art. Most comfortable in the company of the child for whom she babysits, and most at ease in the woods, Laurelie has shunned any connection with her peers. One day, while exploring the woods, she and her young charge encounter an injured pregnant bobcat – and the hiker who has been following it for hundreds of miles. In the hiker and his feline companion Laurelie recognizes someone as reclusive and wary as herself. The hiker, too, finds human companionship painful to endure, yet he is drawn to wounded Laurelie the way he is drawn to the bobcat. As Laurelie moves toward recovery and reconnection she also finds her voice as an artist, and a sense of purpose, maybe even a future, comes into sight. Then the child goes missing in the woods, threatening the bobcat, the hiker, and the fragile peace Laurelie has constructed. With the hypnotic intensity of Emily Fridlund’s The History of Wolves and Fiona McFarlane’s The Night Guest, Riley has created a mesmerizing love story, in lush, gorgeous prose, that examines art, science, and the magic of human chemistry.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/niya-rainbow-dreams-by-fabiola-joseph--65202726https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Niya: Rainbow Dreams Series: #1 of The Niya Series Author: Fabiola Joseph Narrator: Ida Belle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 18, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Do you know who you are? Are you comfortable in your skin? Outed by her best friend in front of the whole neighborhood, Niya is trying to come to terms with being a lesbian. When she falls for her straight neighbor, Jamilla, there is no more denying who she really is. Niya will do whatever it takes to prove her love, even if it means taking a life. What will happen when family issues, fame, the struggle for love, and reality set in? How will Niya deal with a hip-hop career as she tries to repair her broken heart and family issues? Signing to Green Note Records may just bring fulfillment and love when the sexy R&B diva Brazil Noelle swoops in and aims for Niya’s heart. Niya has always been the hero, but is she willing to be saved? Will her feelings for Jamilla block what could be her chance to get back the love she always gives? Jamilla is drowning in the reality of her home life. Forced to face a real-life monster on a daily basis, the shame of her past is slowly killing everything beautiful about her. Just when she thinks life isn’t worth living, she befriends Niya and becomes confused by the extremely close, unconventional friendship—and the high sexual tension that sends her head spinning. Will her fling with a male “straighten” her out for good, or will it help her realize that love has no boundaries? How long can this game of friendship last when love is the stronger opponent? Join the tormented twosome on an undeniable thrill ride as they travel down the rocky road of self-discovery. Niya and Jamilla will combat their fears, violence, distractions, extortion, love, denial, family, and sometimes each other in this emotionally charged and action-packed coming-of-age tale.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358534Tue, 18 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Niya: Rainbow Dreams Series: #1 of The Niya Series Author: Fabiola Joseph Narrator: Ida Belle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Niya: Rainbow Dreams Series: #1 of The Niya Series Author: Fabiola Joseph Narrator: Ida Belle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 18, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Do you know who you are? Are you comfortable in your skin? Outed by her best friend in front of the whole neighborhood, Niya is trying to come to terms with being a lesbian. When she falls for her straight neighbor, Jamilla, there is no more denying who she really is. Niya will do whatever it takes to prove her love, even if it means taking a life. What will happen when family issues, fame, the struggle for love, and reality set in? How will Niya deal with a hip-hop career as she tries to repair her broken heart and family issues? Signing to Green Note Records may just bring fulfillment and love when the sexy R&B diva Brazil Noelle swoops in and aims for Niya’s heart. Niya has always been the hero, but is she willing to be saved? Will her feelings for Jamilla block what could be her chance to get back the love she always gives? Jamilla is drowning in the reality of her home life. Forced to face a real-life monster on a daily basis, the shame of her past is slowly killing everything beautiful about her. Just when she thinks life isn’t worth living, she befriends Niya and becomes confused by the extremely close, unconventional friendship—and the high sexual tension that sends her head spinning. Will her fling with a male “straighten” her out for good, or will it help her realize that love has no boundaries? How long can this game of friendship last when love is the stronger opponent? Join the tormented twosome on an undeniable thrill ride as they travel down the rocky road of self-discovery. Niya and Jamilla will combat their fears, violence, distractions, extortion, love, denial, family, and sometimes each other in this emotionally charged and action-packed coming-of-age tale.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-other-half-of-augusta-hope-by-joanna-glen--65202706https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Half of Augusta Hope Author: Joanna Glen Narrator: Jude Owusu, Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 13, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award ‘A therapeutic dose of high-strength emotion’ GUARDIAN Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in. At six, she’s memorising the dictionary. At seven, she’s correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the sound of its name: Burundi. And now that she's an adult, Augusta has no interest in the goings-on of the small town where she lives with her parents and her beloved twin sister, Julia. When an unspeakable tragedy upends everything in Augusta's life, she's propelled headfirst into the unknown. She's determined to find where she belongs – but what if her true home, and heart, are half a world away? ‘It’s going to be all over every book club in Britain before you can say Burundi’ THE TIMES ‘Full of the reality of hope and despair in everyone’s lives’ MIRANDA HART ‘This gem of a novel entertains and moves in equal measure’ DAILY MAIL ‘Keep the tissues close’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘An irresistible message of redemption and belonging’ RED magazine ‘Heartening and hopeful’ JESS KIDD, author of Things in Jars ‘Mesmerizingly beautiful’ SARAH HAYWOOD, author of The Cactus ‘An extraordinary masterpiece’ ANSTEY HARRIS, author of The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton ‘Gutsy, endearing and entertaining’ DEBORAH ORR ‘Absolutely brilliant’ GAVIN EXTENCE, author of The Universe Versus Alex Wood]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361258Thu, 13 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Half of Augusta Hope Author: Joanna Glen Narrator: Jude Owusu, Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Half of Augusta Hope Author: Joanna Glen Narrator: Jude Owusu, Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 13, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award ‘A therapeutic dose of high-strength emotion’ GUARDIAN Augusta Hope has never felt like she fits in. At six, she’s memorising the dictionary. At seven, she’s correcting her teachers. At eight, she spins the globe and picks her favourite country on the sound of its name: Burundi. And now that she's an adult, Augusta has no interest in the goings-on of the small town where she lives with her parents and her beloved twin sister, Julia. When an unspeakable tragedy upends everything in Augusta's life, she's propelled headfirst into the unknown. She's determined to find where she belongs – but what if her true home, and heart, are half a world away? ‘It’s going to be all over every book club in Britain before you can say Burundi’ THE TIMES ‘Full of the reality of hope and despair in everyone’s lives’ MIRANDA HART ‘This gem of a novel entertains and moves in equal measure’ DAILY MAIL ‘Keep the tissues close’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘An irresistible message of redemption and belonging’ RED magazine ‘Heartening and hopeful’ JESS KIDD, author of Things in Jars ‘Mesmerizingly beautiful’ SARAH HAYWOOD, author of The Cactus ‘An extraordinary masterpiece’ ANSTEY HARRIS, author of The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton ‘Gutsy, endearing and entertaining’ DEBORAH ORR ‘Absolutely brilliant’ GAVIN EXTENCE, author of The Universe Versus Alex Wood]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bridget-by-jerilyn-ring--65202675https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: BRIDGET Author: Jerilyn Ring Narrator: Catherine F. Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 12, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The debut novel, Bridget by Jerilyn Ring is a historical novel that takes place in a backdrop of mystery and suspense. A past relationships trigger events, exposing Bridget's secret. An outer journey becomes an inner journey. as she acknowledges that all she has left is the truth which will not set her free. The setting is Chicago and San Francisco [1915 -1945] Bridget, a product of incest, abandon and raised in an orphanage, yearns for a family but is passed up for adoption because of an unsightly facial birthmark. Love and family seem to elude Bridget until she meets Eddie and experiences the love she's searched for all her life. Her happiness, however, is short-lived as her past begins to unravel putting her family and her very life in jeopardy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385265Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: BRIDGET Author: Jerilyn Ring Narrator: Catherine F. Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 12, 2019 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/385265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: BRIDGET Author: Jerilyn Ring Narrator: Catherine F. Edwards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 12, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The debut novel, Bridget by Jerilyn Ring is a historical novel that takes place in a backdrop of mystery and suspense. A past relationships trigger events, exposing Bridget's secret. An outer journey becomes an inner journey. as she acknowledges that all she has left is the truth which will not set her free. The setting is Chicago and San Francisco [1915 -1945] Bridget, a product of incest, abandon and raised in an orphanage, yearns for a family but is passed up for adoption because of an unsightly facial birthmark. Love and family seem to elude Bridget until she meets Eddie and experiences the love she's searched for all her life. Her happiness, however, is short-lived as her past begins to unravel putting her family and her very life in jeopardy.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/greenville-by-dale-peck--65202761https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greenville Author: Dale Peck Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 11, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Inspired by a troubled family history, this “book of grace and dignity . . . will be around for a long, long time” (Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin). In this “terrific” novel, award-winning author Dale Peck recounts the childhood of his father, Dale Peck Sr. (Jonathan Safran Foer). Raised in poverty with seven brothers and sisters in suburban Long Island, terrorized by an abusive mother, Dale Sr.’s life changes when his alcoholic father dumps him at his uncle’s dairy farm in upstate New York. There, he begins to thrive, finding real love and connection with his Uncle Wallace and Aunt Bess. But ultimately, he is unable to outrun the chaos and violence of his old life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368918Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greenville Author: Dale Peck Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 11, 2019 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greenville Author: Dale Peck Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: June 11, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Inspired by a troubled family history, this “book of grace and dignity . . . will be around for a long, long time” (Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin). In this “terrific” novel, award-winning author Dale Peck recounts the childhood of his father, Dale Peck Sr. (Jonathan Safran Foer). Raised in poverty with seven brothers and sisters in suburban Long Island, terrorized by an abusive mother, Dale Sr.’s life changes when his alcoholic father dumps him at his uncle’s dairy farm in upstate New York. There, he begins to thrive, finding real love and connection with his Uncle Wallace and Aunt Bess. But ultimately, he is unable to outrun the chaos and violence of his old life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-history-of-living-forever-a-novel-by-jake-wolff--65202738https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The History of Living Forever: A Novel Author: Jake Wolff Narrator: Maxwell Glick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 11, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A chemistry student falls for his teacher and uncovers a centuries-old quest for the elixir of life The morning after the death of his first love, Conrad Aybinder receives a bequest. Sammy Tampari was Conrad’s lover. He was his teacher. And, it turns out, he was not just a chemist, but an alchemist, searching for a mythic elixir of life. Sammy’s death was sudden, yet he somehow managed to leave twenty years’ worth of his notebooks and a storage locker full of expensive, sometimes baffling equipment in the hands of his star student. The notebooks contain cryptic “recipes,” but no instructions; they tell his life story, but only hint at what might have caused his death. And Sammy’s research is littered with his favorite teaching question: What’s missing? As Conrad pieces together the solution, he finds he is not the only one to suspect that Sammy succeeded in his quest. And if he wants to save his father from a mysterious illness, Conrad will have to make some very difficult choices. A globe-trotting, century-spanning adventure story, Jake Wolff’s The History of Living Forever takes us from Maine to Romania to Easter Island and introduces a cast of unforgettable characters—drug kingpins, Big Pharma flunkies, centenarians, boy geniuses, and even a group of immortalists masquerading as coin collectors. It takes us deep into the mysteries of life—from first love to first heartbreak, from the long pall of grief to the irreconcilable loneliness of depression to the possibility of medical miracles, from coming of age to coming out. Hilarious, haunting, heart-busting, life-affirming, it asks each of us one of life’s essential questions: How far would you go for someone you love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356521Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The History of Living Forever: A Novel Author: Jake Wolff Narrator: Maxwell Glick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The History of Living Forever: A Novel Author: Jake Wolff Narrator: Maxwell Glick Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 11, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A chemistry student falls for his teacher and uncovers a centuries-old quest for the elixir of life The morning after the death of his first love, Conrad Aybinder receives a bequest. Sammy Tampari was Conrad’s lover. He was his teacher. And, it turns out, he was not just a chemist, but an alchemist, searching for a mythic elixir of life. Sammy’s death was sudden, yet he somehow managed to leave twenty years’ worth of his notebooks and a storage locker full of expensive, sometimes baffling equipment in the hands of his star student. The notebooks contain cryptic “recipes,” but no instructions; they tell his life story, but only hint at what might have caused his death. And Sammy’s research is littered with his favorite teaching question: What’s missing? As Conrad pieces together the solution, he finds he is not the only one to suspect that Sammy succeeded in his quest. And if he wants to save his father from a mysterious illness, Conrad will have to make some very difficult choices. A globe-trotting, century-spanning adventure story, Jake Wolff’s The History of Living Forever takes us from Maine to Romania to Easter Island and introduces a cast of unforgettable characters—drug kingpins, Big Pharma flunkies, centenarians, boy geniuses, and even a group of immortalists masquerading as coin collectors. It takes us deep into the mysteries of life—from first love to first heartbreak, from the long pall of grief to the irreconcilable loneliness of depression to the possibility of medical miracles, from coming of age to coming out. Hilarious, haunting, heart-busting, life-affirming, it asks each of us one of life’s essential questions: How far would you go for someone you love?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-life-as-a-rat-by-joyce-carol-oates--65202813https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358563 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life as a Rat Author: Joyce Carol Oates Narrator: Sadie Alexandru Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 4, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A brilliant and thought-provoking novel about family, loyalty and betrayal Once I’d been Daddy’s favourite. Before something terrible happened. Violet Rue is the baby of the seven Kerrigan children and adores her big brothers. What’s more, she knows that a family protects its own. To go outside the family – to betray the family – is unforgiveable. So when she overhears a conversation not meant for her ears and discovers that her brothers have committed a heinous crime, she is torn between her loyalty to her family and her sense of justice. The decision she takes will change her life for ever. Exploring racism, misogyny, community, family, loyalty, sexuality and identity, this is a dark story with a tense and propulsive atmosphere – Joyce Carol Oates at her very best.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358563Tue, 04 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358563 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life as a Rat Author: Joyce Carol Oates Narrator: Sadie Alexandru Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358563 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life as a Rat Author: Joyce Carol Oates Narrator: Sadie Alexandru Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 4, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A brilliant and thought-provoking novel about family, loyalty and betrayal Once I’d been Daddy’s favourite. Before something terrible happened. Violet Rue is the baby of the seven Kerrigan children and adores her big brothers. What’s more, she knows that a family protects its own. To go outside the family – to betray the family – is unforgiveable. So when she overhears a conversation not meant for her ears and discovers that her brothers have committed a heinous crime, she is torn between her loyalty to her family and her sense of justice. The decision she takes will change her life for ever. Exploring racism, misogyny, community, family, loyalty, sexuality and identity, this is a dark story with a tense and propulsive atmosphere – Joyce Carol Oates at her very best.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-life-as-a-rat-a-novel-by-joyce-carol-oates--65202780https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life as a Rat: A Novel Author: Joyce Carol Oates Narrator: Sadie Alexandru Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 4, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “A painful truth of family life: the most tender emotions can change in an instant.  You think your parents love you but is it you they love, or the child who is theirs?”  --Joyce Carol Oates, My Life as a Rat Which should prevail: loyalty to family or loyalty to the truth? Is telling the truth ever a mistake and is lying for one’s family ever justified?  Can one do the right thing, but bitterly regret it? My Life as a Rat follows Violet Rue Kerrigan, a young woman who looks back upon her life in exile from her family following her testimony, at age twelve, concerning what she knew to be the racist murder of an African-American boy by her older brothers. In a succession of vividly recalled episodes Violet contemplates the circumstances of her life as the initially beloved youngest child of seven Kerrigan children who inadvertently “informs” on her brothers, setting into motion their arrests and convictions and her own long estrangement. Arresting and poignant, My Life as a Rat traces a life of banishment from a family—banishment from parents, siblings, and the Church—that forces Violet to discover her own identity, to break the powerful spell of family, and to emerge from her long exile as a “rat” into a transformed life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354667Tue, 04 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life as a Rat: A Novel Author: Joyce Carol Oates Narrator: Sadie Alexandru Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Life as a Rat: A Novel Author: Joyce Carol Oates Narrator: Sadie Alexandru Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 4, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “A painful truth of family life: the most tender emotions can change in an instant.  You think your parents love you but is it you they love, or the child who is theirs?”  --Joyce Carol Oates, My Life as a Rat Which should prevail: loyalty to family or loyalty to the truth? Is telling the truth ever a mistake and is lying for one’s family ever justified?  Can one do the right thing, but bitterly regret it? My Life as a Rat follows Violet Rue Kerrigan, a young woman who looks back upon her life in exile from her family following her testimony, at age twelve, concerning what she knew to be the racist murder of an African-American boy by her older brothers. In a succession of vividly recalled episodes Violet contemplates the circumstances of her life as the initially beloved youngest child of seven Kerrigan children who inadvertently “informs” on her brothers, setting into motion their arrests and convictions and her own long estrangement. Arresting and poignant, My Life as a Rat traces a life of banishment from a family—banishment from parents, siblings, and the Church—that forces Violet to discover her own identity, to break the powerful spell of family, and to emerge from her long exile as a “rat” into a transformed life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-soul-of-power-by-callie-bates--65202779https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Soul of Power Series: #3 of The Waking Land Author: Callie Bates Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 4 minutes Release date: June 4, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: One young woman learns the true nature of power—both her own and others’—in the riveting conclusion to The Waking Land Trilogy. “Bates brilliantly concludes an impressive high fantasy trilogy with this tale of scheming and magic.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Sophy Dunbarron—the illegitimate daughter of a king who never was—has always felt like an impostor. Separated from her birth mother, raised by parents mourning the loss of their true daughter, and unacknowledged by her father, Sophy desires only a place and a family to call her own. But fate has other ideas. Caught up in Elanna Valtai’s revolution, Sophy has become the reigning monarch of a once-divided country—a role she has been groomed her whole life to fill. But as she quickly discovers, wearing a crown is quite a different thing from keeping a crown. With an influx of magic-bearing refugees pouring across the border, resources already thinned by war are stretched to the breaking point. Half the nobility in her court want her deposed, and the other half question her every decision. And every third person seems to be spontaneously manifesting magical powers. When Elanna is captured and taken to Paladis, Sophy’s last ally seems to have vanished. Now it is up to her alone to navigate a political maze that becomes more complex and thorny by the day. And worse, Sophy is hiding a huge secret—one that could destroy her tenuous hold on the crown forever.   “Sophy is truly a feminist hero: she embraces equality and justice for all—a theme running throughout the novel—while challenging societal norms.”—Booklist   Don’t miss any of Callie Bates’s magical Waking Land trilogy: THE WAKING LAND • THE MEMORY OF FIRE • THE SOUL OF POWER]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351105Tue, 04 Jun 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Soul of Power Series: #3 of The Waking Land Author: Callie Bates Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 4 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351105 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Soul of Power Series: #3 of The Waking Land Author: Callie Bates Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 4 minutes Release date: June 4, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: One young woman learns the true nature of power—both her own and others’—in the riveting conclusion to The Waking Land Trilogy. “Bates brilliantly concludes an impressive high fantasy trilogy with this tale of scheming and magic.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Sophy Dunbarron—the illegitimate daughter of a king who never was—has always felt like an impostor. Separated from her birth mother, raised by parents mourning the loss of their true daughter, and unacknowledged by her father, Sophy desires only a place and a family to call her own. But fate has other ideas. Caught up in Elanna Valtai’s revolution, Sophy has become the reigning monarch of a once-divided country—a role she has been groomed her whole life to fill. But as she quickly discovers, wearing a crown is quite a different thing from keeping a crown. With an influx of magic-bearing refugees pouring across the border, resources already thinned by war are stretched to the breaking point. Half the nobility in her court want her deposed, and the other half question her every decision. And every third person seems to be spontaneously manifesting magical powers. When Elanna is captured and taken to Paladis, Sophy’s last ally seems to have vanished. Now it is up to her alone to navigate a political maze that becomes more complex and thorny by the day. And worse, Sophy is hiding a huge secret—one that could destroy her tenuous hold on the crown forever.   “Sophy is truly a feminist hero: she embraces equality and justice for all—a theme running throughout the novel—while challenging societal norms.”—Booklist   Don’t miss any of Callie Bates’s magical Waking Land trilogy: THE WAKING LAND • THE MEMORY OF FIRE • THE SOUL OF POWER]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-and-wanted-by-nell-freudenberger--65202739https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost and Wanted Author: Nell Freudenberger Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 30, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Lost and Wanted by Nell Freudenberger, read by Anne Marie Lee. Helen Clapp is a physics professor. She doesn't believe in pseudo-science, or time travel and especially not in ghosts. So when she gets a missed call from Charlie, her closest friend from university with whom she hasn't spoken in over a year, Helen thinks there must be some mistake. Because Charlie died two days ago. Then when her young son, Jack, claims to have seen Charlie in their house just the other day, Helen begins to have doubts. Through the grief of the husband and daughter she left behind, Helen is drawn into the orbit of Charlie's world, slotting in the missing pieces of her friend's past. And, as she delves into the web of their shared history, Helen finds herself entangled in the forgotten threads of her own life. Lost and Wanted is a searing novel from one of America's most exciting writers about the sacred knottiness of female friendship, the forces which fuse us together and those which drive us apart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374127Thu, 30 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost and Wanted Author: Nell Freudenberger Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 30, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost and Wanted Author: Nell Freudenberger Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 31 minutes Release date: May 30, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Lost and Wanted by Nell Freudenberger, read by Anne Marie Lee. Helen Clapp is a physics professor. She doesn't believe in pseudo-science, or time travel and especially not in ghosts. So when she gets a missed call from Charlie, her closest friend from university with whom she hasn't spoken in over a year, Helen thinks there must be some mistake. Because Charlie died two days ago. Then when her young son, Jack, claims to have seen Charlie in their house just the other day, Helen begins to have doubts. Through the grief of the husband and daughter she left behind, Helen is drawn into the orbit of Charlie's world, slotting in the missing pieces of her friend's past. And, as she delves into the web of their shared history, Helen finds herself entangled in the forgotten threads of her own life. Lost and Wanted is a searing novel from one of America's most exciting writers about the sacred knottiness of female friendship, the forces which fuse us together and those which drive us apart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stormtide-by-den-patrick--65202709https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stormtide Series: #2 of Ashen Torment Author: Den Patrick Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 30, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Book Two in stunning Scandinavia-inspired fantasy trilogy The Ashen Torment. BOOK TWO OF THE ASHEN TORMENT Steiner, blacksmith, hero, has taken a hammer to the Empire, freeing the dead and children with withcsign alike from their fiery prison. Now he plans to finish what he started. Kimi, dragon-speaker, princess, must seek her father’s court and win the support of his armies before news of her escape dooms her people. Silverdust, ancient, dead, journeys to the heart of the empire as a prisoner – to meet the Emperor for what he hopes will be the final time. Kjellrun, witch, killer, still reeling from the loss of her uncle when she is ripped from her family, fears this power within her. But she must harness that force – and soon – if she hopes to survive. Scattered by fortune, plagued by danger, Steiner’s crew rise against the dark rule that has cost them so much. The old gods are waking. The dragons are free. May gods help those who bear the sign of the witch. Den Patrick’s thrilling new series continues in the sequel to the acclaimed WITCHSIGN.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361254Thu, 30 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stormtide Series: #2 of Ashen Torment Author: Den Patrick Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361254 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stormtide Series: #2 of Ashen Torment Author: Den Patrick Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 30, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Book Two in stunning Scandinavia-inspired fantasy trilogy The Ashen Torment. BOOK TWO OF THE ASHEN TORMENT Steiner, blacksmith, hero, has taken a hammer to the Empire, freeing the dead and children with withcsign alike from their fiery prison. Now he plans to finish what he started. Kimi, dragon-speaker, princess, must seek her father’s court and win the support of his armies before news of her escape dooms her people. Silverdust, ancient, dead, journeys to the heart of the empire as a prisoner – to meet the Emperor for what he hopes will be the final time. Kjellrun, witch, killer, still reeling from the loss of her uncle when she is ripped from her family, fears this power within her. But she must harness that force – and soon – if she hopes to survive. Scattered by fortune, plagued by danger, Steiner’s crew rise against the dark rule that has cost them so much. The old gods are waking. The dragons are free. May gods help those who bear the sign of the witch. Den Patrick’s thrilling new series continues in the sequel to the acclaimed WITCHSIGN.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ask-again-yes-a-novel-by-mary-beth-keane--65202785https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask Again, Yes: A Novel Author: Mary Beth Keane Narrator: Molly Pope Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 186 Ratings of Narrator: 4.34 of Total 41 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The triumphant New York Times Bestseller *The Tonight Show Summer Reads Pick* Named one of the Best Books of the Year by People, Vogue, Parade, NPR, and Elle 'A gem of a book.' —Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo How much can a family forgive? Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, rookie NYPD cops, are neighbors in the suburbs. What happens behind closed doors in both houses—the loneliness of Francis’s wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian’s wife, Anne, sets the stage for the explosive events to come. In Mary Beth Keane's extraordinary novel, a lifelong friendship and love blossoms between Kate Gleeson and Peter Stanhope, born six months apart. One shocking night their loyalties are divided, and their bond will be tested again and again over the next thirty years. Heartbreaking and redemptive, Ask Again, Yes is a gorgeous and generous portrait of the daily intimacies of marriage and the power of forgiveness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359818Tue, 28 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask Again, Yes: A Novel Author: Mary Beth Keane Narrator: Molly Pope Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ask Again, Yes: A Novel Author: Mary Beth Keane Narrator: Molly Pope Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 186 Ratings of Narrator: 4.34 of Total 41 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The triumphant New York Times Bestseller *The Tonight Show Summer Reads Pick* Named one of the Best Books of the Year by People, Vogue, Parade, NPR, and Elle 'A gem of a book.' —Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo How much can a family forgive? Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, rookie NYPD cops, are neighbors in the suburbs. What happens behind closed doors in both houses—the loneliness of Francis’s wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian’s wife, Anne, sets the stage for the explosive events to come. In Mary Beth Keane's extraordinary novel, a lifelong friendship and love blossoms between Kate Gleeson and Peter Stanhope, born six months apart. One shocking night their loyalties are divided, and their bond will be tested again and again over the next thirty years. Heartbreaking and redemptive, Ask Again, Yes is a gorgeous and generous portrait of the daily intimacies of marriage and the power of forgiveness.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/last-day-a-novel-by-domenica-ruta--65202782https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Day: A Novel Author: Domenica Ruta Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The fates of a cast of seemingly unconnected people converge during the celebration of an ancient holiday in “a darkly glittering novel” (The New York Times) that brings to mind Station Eleven and The Age of Miracles. “A beautifully written, thought-provoking book about life at the end.”—Refinery29 In Domenica Ruta’s profoundly original novel, the end of the world comes once a year. Every May 28, humanity gathers to anticipate the planet’s demise—and to celebrate as if the day is truly its last. On this holiday, three intersecting sets of characters embark on a possibly last-chance quest for redemption. In Boston, bookish wunderkind Sarah is looking for love and maybe a cosmic reversal from the much older Kurt, a tattoo artist she met at last year’s Last Day BBQ—but he’s still trying to make amends to the family he destroyed long ago. Dysfunctional Karen keeps getting into trouble, especially when the voices she’s been hearing coax her to abandon everything to search for her long-lost adoptive brother; her friend Rosette has left the Jehovah’s Witnesses to follow a new pastor at the Last Kingdom on Earth, where she brings Karen on this fateful day. Meanwhile, above them all, three astronauts on the International Space Station, Bear, an American; Russian Svec; and billionaire Japanese space tourist Yui, contemplate their lives as well as their precious Earth from afar.  With sparkling wit, verbal ingenuity, and wild imagination, Ruta has created an alternate world in which an ancient holiday brings into stark reflection our deepest dreams, desires, hopes, and fears. In this tour-de-force debut novel she has written a dazzling, haunting love letter to humanity and to our planet.  Praise for Last Day “In Ruta’s fiction debut, each May 28 people around the world gather to celebrate what could be the end of the world. The author chooses seven quite different characters, tied together in various ways (romantically, for one pair; orbiting Earth on a space station for three others). Her focus on individual needs and choices as disaster potentially looms gives her story emotional heft.”—The Washington Post “Domenica Ruta’s empathy is broad and deep, her prose fine-grained, her humor sharp but tender. Last Day is a life-affirming antidote to these pre-apocalyptic times.”—Teddy Wayne, author of Loner]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350850Tue, 28 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Day: A Novel Author: Domenica Ruta Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 28, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Day: A Novel Author: Domenica Ruta Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The fates of a cast of seemingly unconnected people converge during the celebration of an ancient holiday in “a darkly glittering novel” (The New York Times) that brings to mind Station Eleven and The Age of Miracles. “A beautifully written, thought-provoking book about life at the end.”—Refinery29 In Domenica Ruta’s profoundly original novel, the end of the world comes once a year. Every May 28, humanity gathers to anticipate the planet’s demise—and to celebrate as if the day is truly its last. On this holiday, three intersecting sets of characters embark on a possibly last-chance quest for redemption. In Boston, bookish wunderkind Sarah is looking for love and maybe a cosmic reversal from the much older Kurt, a tattoo artist she met at last year’s Last Day BBQ—but he’s still trying to make amends to the family he destroyed long ago. Dysfunctional Karen keeps getting into trouble, especially when the voices she’s been hearing coax her to abandon everything to search for her long-lost adoptive brother; her friend Rosette has left the Jehovah’s Witnesses to follow a new pastor at the Last Kingdom on Earth, where she brings Karen on this fateful day. Meanwhile, above them all, three astronauts on the International Space Station, Bear, an American; Russian Svec; and billionaire Japanese space tourist Yui, contemplate their lives as well as their precious Earth from afar.  With sparkling wit, verbal ingenuity, and wild imagination, Ruta has created an alternate world in which an ancient holiday brings into stark reflection our deepest dreams, desires, hopes, and fears. In this tour-de-force debut novel she has written a dazzling, haunting love letter to humanity and to our planet.  Praise for Last Day “In Ruta’s fiction debut, each May 28 people around the world gather to celebrate what could be the end of the world. The author chooses seven quite different characters, tied together in various ways (romantically, for one pair; orbiting Earth on a space station for three others). Her focus on individual needs and choices as disaster potentially looms gives her story emotional heft.”—The Washington Post “Domenica Ruta’s empathy is broad and deep, her prose fine-grained, her humor sharp but tender. Last Day is a life-affirming antidote to these pre-apocalyptic times.”—Teddy Wayne, author of Loner]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/clover-blue-by-eldonna-edwards--65202698https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clover Blue Author: Eldonna Edwards Narrator: Ramon De Ocampo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: There are many things twelve-year-old Clover Blue isn't sure of: his exact date of birth, his name before he was adopted into the Saffron Freedom Community, or who his first parents were. What he does know with certainty is that among this close-knit, nature-loving group, he is happy. Here, everyone is family, regardless of their disparate backgrounds—surfer, midwife, Grateful Dead groupie, Vietnam deserter. But despite his loyalty to the commune and its guru-like founder Goji, Blue grapples with invisible ties toward another family—the one he doesn't remember. With the urging of his fearless and funny best friend, Harmony, Clover Blue begins to ask questions. For the first time, Goji's answers fail to satisfy. The passing months bring upheaval to their little clan and another member arrives, a beautiful runaway teen named Rain, sparking new tensions. As secrets slowly unfurl, Blue's beliefs—about Goji, the guidelines that govern their seemingly idyllic lives, and the nature of family itself—begin to shift. With each revelation about a heartbreaking past he never imagined, Blue faces a choice between those he's always trusted, and an uncertain future where he must risk everything in his quest for the truth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383153Tue, 28 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clover Blue Author: Eldonna Edwards Narrator: Ramon De Ocampo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 28, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Clover Blue Author: Eldonna Edwards Narrator: Ramon De Ocampo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 28, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: There are many things twelve-year-old Clover Blue isn't sure of: his exact date of birth, his name before he was adopted into the Saffron Freedom Community, or who his first parents were. What he does know with certainty is that among this close-knit, nature-loving group, he is happy. Here, everyone is family, regardless of their disparate backgrounds—surfer, midwife, Grateful Dead groupie, Vietnam deserter. But despite his loyalty to the commune and its guru-like founder Goji, Blue grapples with invisible ties toward another family—the one he doesn't remember. With the urging of his fearless and funny best friend, Harmony, Clover Blue begins to ask questions. For the first time, Goji's answers fail to satisfy. The passing months bring upheaval to their little clan and another member arrives, a beautiful runaway teen named Rain, sparking new tensions. As secrets slowly unfurl, Blue's beliefs—about Goji, the guidelines that govern their seemingly idyllic lives, and the nature of family itself—begin to shift. With each revelation about a heartbreaking past he never imagined, Blue faces a choice between those he's always trusted, and an uncertain future where he must risk everything in his quest for the truth.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stay-a-little-longer-by-dawn-lanuza--65202696https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382341 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stay a Little Longer Author: Dawn Lanuza Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 28, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Elan wasn’t supposed to meet Caty. She lived halfway around the world, and he barely left Manila. Yet here he was, giving her a ride to the airport. Convinced that they would never have to see each other again after that day, Elan and Caty started to bond over truths, dares, stolen kisses, and games in hotel rooms and bars.  With brief encounters that turned them from acquaintances to friends — tipping to the point of lovers, always — will Elan and Caty keep settling for a day, or will someone finally dare to stay long enough to discover: Is this love?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382341Tue, 28 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382341 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stay a Little Longer Author: Dawn Lanuza Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 28, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382341 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stay a Little Longer Author: Dawn Lanuza Narrator: Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 28, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Elan wasn’t supposed to meet Caty. She lived halfway around the world, and he barely left Manila. Yet here he was, giving her a ride to the airport. Convinced that they would never have to see each other again after that day, Elan and Caty started to bond over truths, dares, stolen kisses, and games in hotel rooms and bars.  With brief encounters that turned them from acquaintances to friends — tipping to the point of lovers, always — will Elan and Caty keep settling for a day, or will someone finally dare to stay long enough to discover: Is this love?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lila-theron-by-bill-schubart--65202688https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383575 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lila & Theron Author: Bill Schubart Narrator: Kent Cassella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 22, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Lila and Theron is set in rural America and relates a personal story of love and sacrifice. Lila and Theron do not imagine themselves poor, nor do they covet what they don't have. They are whole in themselves and on their land - in marked contrast to today's victim culture of safe spaces and narcissism. Bill Schubart grew up among farmers and loggers in Vermont's rural Northeast Kingdom, where survival depended not on institutions but on family, neighbors, hand tools, and the bounty of wilderness. Lila and Theron are from a time and place where the arguments that divide us today would seem meaningless against the exigencies of kinship and survival.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383575Wed, 22 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383575 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lila & Theron Author: Bill Schubart Narrator: Kent Cassella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 22, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383575 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lila & Theron Author: Bill Schubart Narrator: Kent Cassella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 22, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Lila and Theron is set in rural America and relates a personal story of love and sacrifice. Lila and Theron do not imagine themselves poor, nor do they covet what they don't have. They are whole in themselves and on their land - in marked contrast to today's victim culture of safe spaces and narcissism. Bill Schubart grew up among farmers and loggers in Vermont's rural Northeast Kingdom, where survival depended not on institutions but on family, neighbors, hand tools, and the bounty of wilderness. Lila and Theron are from a time and place where the arguments that divide us today would seem meaningless against the exigencies of kinship and survival.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/have-you-seen-luis-velez-by-catherine-ryan-hyde--65202778https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360101 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Have You Seen Luis Velez? Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 44 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 14 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller. New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde brings heartwarming authenticity to the story of two strangers who find that kindness is a powerful antidote to fear. Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn’t belong. Not with his mother’s new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father’s wife. Not at school, where he’s an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he’s tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who’s introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez? Mildred Gutermann, a German Jew who narrowly escaped the Holocaust, has been alone since her caretaker disappeared. She turns to Raymond for help, and as he tries to track Luis down, a deep and unexpected friendship blossoms between the two. Despondent at the loss of Luis, Mildred isolates herself further from a neighborhood devolving into bigotry and fear. Determined not to let her give up, Raymond helps her see that for every terrible act the world delivers, there is a mirror image of deep kindness, and Mildred helps Raymond see that there’s hope if you have someone to hold on to.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360101Tue, 21 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360101 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Have You Seen Luis Velez? Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360101 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Have You Seen Luis Velez? Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 44 Ratings of Narrator: 4.71 of Total 14 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller. New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde brings heartwarming authenticity to the story of two strangers who find that kindness is a powerful antidote to fear. Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn’t belong. Not with his mother’s new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father’s wife. Not at school, where he’s an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he’s tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who’s introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez? Mildred Gutermann, a German Jew who narrowly escaped the Holocaust, has been alone since her caretaker disappeared. She turns to Raymond for help, and as he tries to track Luis down, a deep and unexpected friendship blossoms between the two. Despondent at the loss of Luis, Mildred isolates herself further from a neighborhood devolving into bigotry and fear. Determined not to let her give up, Raymond helps her see that for every terrible act the world delivers, there is a mirror image of deep kindness, and Mildred helps Raymond see that there’s hope if you have someone to hold on to.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-scent-keeper-a-novel-by-erica-bauermeister--65202752https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scent Keeper: A Novel Author: Erica Bauermeister Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 71 Ratings of Narrator: 3.63 of Total 19 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Woven through [Emmeline's] life's journey is a multi-layered story of fragrance and its evocative power, as strong and tenacious as this sensuous novel's plucky heroine.' - Shelf Awareness Erica Bauermeister, the author of the February Reese's Book Club pick The Scent Keeper, presents a moving and evocative novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives. Emmeline lives on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won’t explain are the mysterious scents stored in glass bottles that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world--a place of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity, a quest that challenges the limits of her heart and imagination. Captivating and emotional, The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent, the way it can reveal hidden truths, lead us to the person we seek, and even help us find our way back home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347842Tue, 21 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scent Keeper: A Novel Author: Erica Bauermeister Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347842 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scent Keeper: A Novel Author: Erica Bauermeister Narrator: Gabra Zackman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 71 Ratings of Narrator: 3.63 of Total 19 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Woven through [Emmeline's] life's journey is a multi-layered story of fragrance and its evocative power, as strong and tenacious as this sensuous novel's plucky heroine.' - Shelf Awareness Erica Bauermeister, the author of the February Reese's Book Club pick The Scent Keeper, presents a moving and evocative novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives. Emmeline lives on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won’t explain are the mysterious scents stored in glass bottles that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the unforeseen happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world--a place of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity, a quest that challenges the limits of her heart and imagination. Captivating and emotional, The Scent Keeper explores the provocative beauty of scent, the way it can reveal hidden truths, lead us to the person we seek, and even help us find our way back home.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boy-swallows-universe-by-trent-dalton--65202826https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Swallows Universe Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Stig Wemyss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 16, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: *Make sure you read Trent Dalton's irresistible new novel, LOLA IN THE MIRROR, out now* ‘Electric’ The Times ‘Thrilling’ New York Times ‘Extraordinary’ Joanna Cannon THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES Australia, 1983 Life is pretty tough right now for twelve-year-old Eli – what with his mute brother, a convicted murderer for a babysitter, a drug-dealing stepfather, an incarcerated mother and a long-lost father – surely it can’t get any worse? Think again. He’s about to fall in love, break into prison and cross paths with one of the most notorious criminals Brisbane has ever seen. A coming-of-age story like no other, Boy Swallows Universe is the most exhilarating novel you’ll read all year.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351124Thu, 16 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Swallows Universe Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Stig Wemyss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 16, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/351124 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Swallows Universe Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Stig Wemyss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 16, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: *Make sure you read Trent Dalton's irresistible new novel, LOLA IN THE MIRROR, out now* ‘Electric’ The Times ‘Thrilling’ New York Times ‘Extraordinary’ Joanna Cannon THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES Australia, 1983 Life is pretty tough right now for twelve-year-old Eli – what with his mute brother, a convicted murderer for a babysitter, a drug-dealing stepfather, an incarcerated mother and a long-lost father – surely it can’t get any worse? Think again. He’s about to fall in love, break into prison and cross paths with one of the most notorious criminals Brisbane has ever seen. A coming-of-age story like no other, Boy Swallows Universe is the most exhilarating novel you’ll read all year.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nettie-s-secret-by-dilly-court--65202710https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nettie’s Secret Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: May 16, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Taking one last look around her attic room in Covent Garden Nettie knows there is no turning back, they must run for their lives… London, 1875. Thanks to her hapless father, Nettie Carroll has had to grow up quickly. While Nettie is sewing night and day to keep food on the table, her gullible father has trusted the wrong man again. Left with virtually nothing but the clothes they stand up in, he’s convinced that their only hope lies across the English Channel in France. Nettie has little but her dreams left to lose. Even far from home trouble follows them, with their enemies quietly drawing closer. But Nettie has a secret, and it’s one with the power to save them. Can she find the courage to trust in herself and pave the way for a brighter future?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361259Thu, 16 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nettie’s Secret Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: May 16, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nettie’s Secret Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: May 16, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Taking one last look around her attic room in Covent Garden Nettie knows there is no turning back, they must run for their lives… London, 1875. Thanks to her hapless father, Nettie Carroll has had to grow up quickly. While Nettie is sewing night and day to keep food on the table, her gullible father has trusted the wrong man again. Left with virtually nothing but the clothes they stand up in, he’s convinced that their only hope lies across the English Channel in France. Nettie has little but her dreams left to lose. Even far from home trouble follows them, with their enemies quietly drawing closer. But Nettie has a secret, and it’s one with the power to save them. Can she find the courage to trust in herself and pave the way for a brighter future?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stepsister-by-jennifer-donnelly--65202712https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stepsister Author: Jennifer Donnelly Narrator: Helen Duff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A stunning and shocking retelling of the Cinderella fairytale from a Carnegie Medal novelist 'In an ancient city by the sea, three sisters - a maiden, a mother, and a crone - are drawing maps by candlelight. Sombre, with piercing grey eyes, they are the three Fates, and every map is a human life . . .' Stepsister takes up where Cinderella's tale ends. We meet Isabelle, the younger of Cinderella's two stepsisters. Ella is considered beautiful; stepsister Isabelle is not. Isabelle is fearless, brave, and strong-willed. She fences better than any boy, and takes her stallion over jumps that grown men fear to attempt. It doesn't matter, though; these qualities are not valued in a girl. Others have determined what is beautiful, and Isabelle does not fit their definition. Isabelle must face down the demons that drove her cruel treatment of Ella, challenge her own fate and maybe even redefine the very notion of beauty . . . Cinderella is about a girl who was bullied; Stepsister is about the bully. We all root for the victims, we want to see them triumph. But what about the bullies? Is there hope for them? Can a mean girl change? Can she find her own happily ever after? In Autumn 2020, Jennifer Donnelly will be giving another classic fairy tale, Snow White, a feminist makeover in her new book Poisoned.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382328Wed, 15 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stepsister Author: Jennifer Donnelly Narrator: Helen Duff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 15, 2019 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/382328 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stepsister Author: Jennifer Donnelly Narrator: Helen Duff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A stunning and shocking retelling of the Cinderella fairytale from a Carnegie Medal novelist 'In an ancient city by the sea, three sisters - a maiden, a mother, and a crone - are drawing maps by candlelight. Sombre, with piercing grey eyes, they are the three Fates, and every map is a human life . . .' Stepsister takes up where Cinderella's tale ends. We meet Isabelle, the younger of Cinderella's two stepsisters. Ella is considered beautiful; stepsister Isabelle is not. Isabelle is fearless, brave, and strong-willed. She fences better than any boy, and takes her stallion over jumps that grown men fear to attempt. It doesn't matter, though; these qualities are not valued in a girl. Others have determined what is beautiful, and Isabelle does not fit their definition. Isabelle must face down the demons that drove her cruel treatment of Ella, challenge her own fate and maybe even redefine the very notion of beauty . . . Cinderella is about a girl who was bullied; Stepsister is about the bully. We all root for the victims, we want to see them triumph. But what about the bullies? Is there hope for them? Can a mean girl change? Can she find her own happily ever after? In Autumn 2020, Jennifer Donnelly will be giving another classic fairy tale, Snow White, a feminist makeover in her new book Poisoned.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-obsoletes-a-novel-by-simeon-mills--65202743https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Obsoletes: A Novel Author: Simeon Mills Narrator: Ramón De Ocampo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 14, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this “inventive, moving, and funny” (Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author) coming-of-age novel, two human-like teen robots navigate high school, basketball, and potentially life-threatening consequences if their true origins are discovered by the inhabitants of their intolerant 1980s Michigan hometown. Fraternal twin brothers Darryl and Kanga are just like any other teenagers trying to make it through high school. They have to deal with peer pressure, awkwardness, and family drama. But there’s one closely guarded secret that sets them apart: they’re robots. So long as they keep their heads down, their robophobic neighbors won’t discover the truth about them and they just might make it through to graduation. But when Kanga becomes the star of the basketball team, his worrywart brother Darryl now has to work a million times harder to keep them both out of the spotlight. Though they look, sound, and act perfectly human, if anyone in their small, depressed Michigan town were to find out what they truly are, they’d likely be disassembled by an angry mob in the middle of their school gym. “Curious, sweet, heartbreaking, and redemptive” (Delilah S. Dawson, New York Times bestselling author), this is a funny, poignant look at brotherhood, xenophobia, and the limits of one’s programming.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361481Tue, 14 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Obsoletes: A Novel Author: Simeon Mills Narrator: Ramón De Ocampo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361481 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Obsoletes: A Novel Author: Simeon Mills Narrator: Ramón De Ocampo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 14, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this “inventive, moving, and funny” (Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author) coming-of-age novel, two human-like teen robots navigate high school, basketball, and potentially life-threatening consequences if their true origins are discovered by the inhabitants of their intolerant 1980s Michigan hometown. Fraternal twin brothers Darryl and Kanga are just like any other teenagers trying to make it through high school. They have to deal with peer pressure, awkwardness, and family drama. But there’s one closely guarded secret that sets them apart: they’re robots. So long as they keep their heads down, their robophobic neighbors won’t discover the truth about them and they just might make it through to graduation. But when Kanga becomes the star of the basketball team, his worrywart brother Darryl now has to work a million times harder to keep them both out of the spotlight. Though they look, sound, and act perfectly human, if anyone in their small, depressed Michigan town were to find out what they truly are, they’d likely be disassembled by an angry mob in the middle of their school gym. “Curious, sweet, heartbreaking, and redemptive” (Delilah S. Dawson, New York Times bestselling author), this is a funny, poignant look at brotherhood, xenophobia, and the limits of one’s programming.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-light-in-the-tunnel-by-abraham-gordon--65202705https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Light in the Tunnel Author: Abraham Gordon Narrator: Abraham Gordon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 13, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Light in the Tunnel is about realistic heroism. It tells the story of those trying to find purpose and peace in their lives by shedding layers of self-consciousness and social pressure.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383005Mon, 13 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Light in the Tunnel Author: Abraham Gordon Narrator: Abraham Gordon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383005 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Light in the Tunnel Author: Abraham Gordon Narrator: Abraham Gordon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: May 13, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Light in the Tunnel is about realistic heroism. It tells the story of those trying to find purpose and peace in their lives by shedding layers of self-consciousness and social pressure.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-me-and-the-sea-a-novel-by-meg-donohue--65202829https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You, Me, and the Sea: A Novel Author: Meg Donohue Narrator: Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 7, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the USA Today bestselling author of All the Summer Girls and Dog Crazy comes a spellbinding and suspenseful tale inspired by Wuthering Heights that illuminates the ways in which hope—and even magic—can blossom in the darkest of places. To find her way, she must abandon everything she loves… As a child, Merrow Shawe believes she is born of the sea: strong, joyous, and wild. Her beloved home is Horseshoe Cliff, a small farm on the coast of Northern California where she spends her days exploring fog-cloaked bluffs, swimming in the cove, and basking in the light of golden sunsets as her father entertains her with fantastical stories. It is an enchanting childhood, but it is not without hardship—the mystery of Merrow’s mother’s death haunts her, as does the increasingly senseless cruelty of her older brother, Bear. Then, like sea glass carried from a distant land, Amir arrives in Merrow’s life. He’s been tossed about from India to New York City and now to Horseshoe Cliff, to stay with her family. Merrow is immediately drawn to his spirit, his passion, and his resilience in the face of Bear’s viciousness. Together they embrace their love of the sea, and their growing love for each other. But the ocean holds secrets in its darkest depths. When tragedy strikes, Merrow is forced to question whether Amir is really the person she believed him to be. In order to escape the danger she finds herself in and find her own path forward, she must let go of the only home she’s ever known, and the only boy she’s ever loved....]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347445Tue, 07 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You, Me, and the Sea: A Novel Author: Meg Donohue Narrator: Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You, Me, and the Sea: A Novel Author: Meg Donohue Narrator: Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: May 7, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the USA Today bestselling author of All the Summer Girls and Dog Crazy comes a spellbinding and suspenseful tale inspired by Wuthering Heights that illuminates the ways in which hope—and even magic—can blossom in the darkest of places. To find her way, she must abandon everything she loves… As a child, Merrow Shawe believes she is born of the sea: strong, joyous, and wild. Her beloved home is Horseshoe Cliff, a small farm on the coast of Northern California where she spends her days exploring fog-cloaked bluffs, swimming in the cove, and basking in the light of golden sunsets as her father entertains her with fantastical stories. It is an enchanting childhood, but it is not without hardship—the mystery of Merrow’s mother’s death haunts her, as does the increasingly senseless cruelty of her older brother, Bear. Then, like sea glass carried from a distant land, Amir arrives in Merrow’s life. He’s been tossed about from India to New York City and now to Horseshoe Cliff, to stay with her family. Merrow is immediately drawn to his spirit, his passion, and his resilience in the face of Bear’s viciousness. Together they embrace their love of the sea, and their growing love for each other. But the ocean holds secrets in its darkest depths. When tragedy strikes, Merrow is forced to question whether Amir is really the person she believed him to be. In order to escape the danger she finds herself in and find her own path forward, she must let go of the only home she’s ever known, and the only boy she’s ever loved....]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/drawing-home-by-jamie-brenner--65202722https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drawing Home Author: Jamie Brenner Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: May 7, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An unexpected inheritance, a promise broken, and four lives changed forever: discover 'the gold standard of summertime escapism' from USA Today bestselling author Jamie Brenner (Elin Hilderbrand). Summer has started in idyllic Sag Harbor, and for Emma Mapson that means greeting guests at the front desk of The American Hotel. But when one of the town's most famous residents, artist Henry Wyatt, dies suddenly, Emma learns he has mysteriously left his waterfront home -- a self-designed masterpiece filled with his work -- to her teenage daughter, Penny. Back in Manhattan, legendary art patron Bea Winstead's grief at her lifelong friend and former business partner Henry's passing turns to outrage at the news of his shocking bequest. How did these unknown locals get their hands on the estate? Bea, with her devoted assistant Kyle in tow, descends on Sag Harbor determined to reclaim the house and preserve Henry's legacy. While Emma fights to defend her daughter's inheritance, Bea discovers that Henry left a treasure trove of sketches scattered around town. With Penny's reluctant help, Bea pieces them together to find a story hidden in plain sight: an illustration of their shared history with an unexpected twist that will change all of their lives. Drawn together in their battle for the house, Emma and Bea are forced to confront the past while facing a future that challenges everything they believe about love, fate, and family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380932Tue, 07 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drawing Home Author: Jamie Brenner Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: May 7, 2019 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drawing Home Author: Jamie Brenner Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 1 minute Release date: May 7, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An unexpected inheritance, a promise broken, and four lives changed forever: discover 'the gold standard of summertime escapism' from USA Today bestselling author Jamie Brenner (Elin Hilderbrand). Summer has started in idyllic Sag Harbor, and for Emma Mapson that means greeting guests at the front desk of The American Hotel. But when one of the town's most famous residents, artist Henry Wyatt, dies suddenly, Emma learns he has mysteriously left his waterfront home -- a self-designed masterpiece filled with his work -- to her teenage daughter, Penny. Back in Manhattan, legendary art patron Bea Winstead's grief at her lifelong friend and former business partner Henry's passing turns to outrage at the news of his shocking bequest. How did these unknown locals get their hands on the estate? Bea, with her devoted assistant Kyle in tow, descends on Sag Harbor determined to reclaim the house and preserve Henry's legacy. While Emma fights to defend her daughter's inheritance, Bea discovers that Henry left a treasure trove of sketches scattered around town. With Penny's reluctant help, Bea pieces them together to find a story hidden in plain sight: an illustration of their shared history with an unexpected twist that will change all of their lives. Drawn together in their battle for the house, Emma and Bea are forced to confront the past while facing a future that challenges everything they believe about love, fate, and family.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/revolutionaries-a-novel-by-joshua-furst--65202700https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revolutionaries: A Novel Author: Joshua Furst Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 7, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In his second novel, the acclaimed author of The Sabotage Café leads us on a long, strange trip through the heart of the sixties and beyond, as seen through the eyes of the revolution's poster child. Fred is the sole offspring of Lenny Snyder, the famous (or notorious) pied piper of the counterculture, and in middle age he hates being reminded of it. But neither can he ignore any longer his psychedelically bizarre childhood. From infancy, for instance, he was called Freedom (in fact his given name) not only by those who should have known him but also by members of the burgeoning movement led by his father, who happily exploited having his wife and his toddling, then walking and talking, and finally observant son in tow. Thanks to Fred, this charismatic, brilliant, volatile ringmaster is as captivating in these pages as he was to his devoted disciples back then. We watch Lenny organize hippies and intellectuals, stage magnificent stunts, and gradually lose his magnetic confidence and leading role as the sixties start slipping away. He demands loyalty but gives none back in return, a man who preaches love but treats his family with almost reflexive cruelty. And Fred remembers all of it--the chaos, the spite, the affection. A kaleidoscopic saga, this novel is at once a profound allegory for America--where we've been and where we're going--and a deeply intimate portrait of a father and son who define our times.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374849Tue, 07 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revolutionaries: A Novel Author: Joshua Furst Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 7,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Revolutionaries: A Novel Author: Joshua Furst Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 7, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In his second novel, the acclaimed author of The Sabotage Café leads us on a long, strange trip through the heart of the sixties and beyond, as seen through the eyes of the revolution's poster child. Fred is the sole offspring of Lenny Snyder, the famous (or notorious) pied piper of the counterculture, and in middle age he hates being reminded of it. But neither can he ignore any longer his psychedelically bizarre childhood. From infancy, for instance, he was called Freedom (in fact his given name) not only by those who should have known him but also by members of the burgeoning movement led by his father, who happily exploited having his wife and his toddling, then walking and talking, and finally observant son in tow. Thanks to Fred, this charismatic, brilliant, volatile ringmaster is as captivating in these pages as he was to his devoted disciples back then. We watch Lenny organize hippies and intellectuals, stage magnificent stunts, and gradually lose his magnetic confidence and leading role as the sixties start slipping away. He demands loyalty but gives none back in return, a man who preaches love but treats his family with almost reflexive cruelty. And Fred remembers all of it--the chaos, the spite, the affection. A kaleidoscopic saga, this novel is at once a profound allegory for America--where we've been and where we're going--and a deeply intimate portrait of a father and son who define our times.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-furies-by-katie-lowe--65202788https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359733 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Furies Author: Katie Lowe Narrator: Olivia Dowd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 2, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘An atmospheric, disturbing, even scary tale that touches on otherworldliness’ THE TIMES ‘Too-cool-for-school teenage girls, an outsider welcomed into their fold, and murder…a guaranteed good read’ STYLIST ‘Witchcraft, murder, and adolescent passion’ HEAT IT’S 1997. VIOLET IS A NEW STUDENT AT ELM HOLLOW ACADEMY AND DESPERATE TO FIT IN. Quiet, artistic, unremarkable. When invited to an advanced study group by her alluring art teacher, Annabel, she is at once terrified and delighted. There she meets Robin, Grace, and Alex: charismatic outsiders who invite her into their clique. But once the study sessions on the school’s history of seventeenth-century witchcraft and magic become more than just theory, Violet must decide what she’s prepared to do in order to stay popular. And maybe she’ll solve the mystery of what happened to a former member of their group. The one who went missing.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359733Thu, 02 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359733 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Furies Author: Katie Lowe Narrator: Olivia Dowd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 2, 2019 Genres: Coming...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359733 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Furies Author: Katie Lowe Narrator: Olivia Dowd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 2, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘An atmospheric, disturbing, even scary tale that touches on otherworldliness’ THE TIMES ‘Too-cool-for-school teenage girls, an outsider welcomed into their fold, and murder…a guaranteed good read’ STYLIST ‘Witchcraft, murder, and adolescent passion’ HEAT IT’S 1997. VIOLET IS A NEW STUDENT AT ELM HOLLOW ACADEMY AND DESPERATE TO FIT IN. Quiet, artistic, unremarkable. When invited to an advanced study group by her alluring art teacher, Annabel, she is at once terrified and delighted. There she meets Robin, Grace, and Alex: charismatic outsiders who invite her into their clique. But once the study sessions on the school’s history of seventeenth-century witchcraft and magic become more than just theory, Violet must decide what she’s prepared to do in order to stay popular. And maybe she’ll solve the mystery of what happened to a former member of their group. The one who went missing.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/girl-woman-other-winner-of-the-booker-prize-2019-by-bernardine-evaristo--65202737https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl, Woman, Other: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 Author: Bernardine Evaristo Narrator: Anna-Maria Nabirye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 248 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 63 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. ***WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019*** *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020* THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER This is Britain as you've never read it. This is Britain as it has never been told. From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first, Girl, Woman, Other follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years. They're each looking for something - a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope . . . 'Masterful . . . A choral love song to black womanhood in modern Great Britain' Elle 'Ambitious, flowing and all-encompassing, an offbeat narrative that'll leave your mind in an invigorated whirl... [It] unites poetry, social history, women's voices and beyond.' Stylist 'Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life' Ali Smith, author of How to be both 'Sparkling, inventive' Sunday Times 'Funny, sad, tender and true, deserves to win awards' Red 'Brims with vitality' Financial Times 'Exceptional. You have to order it right now' Stylist SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2019 © Bernardine Evaristo 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380127Thu, 02 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl, Woman, Other: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 Author: Bernardine Evaristo Narrator: Anna-Maria Nabirye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girl, Woman, Other: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 Author: Bernardine Evaristo Narrator: Anna-Maria Nabirye Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 248 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 63 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. ***WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019*** *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020* THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER This is Britain as you've never read it. This is Britain as it has never been told. From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first, Girl, Woman, Other follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years. They're each looking for something - a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope . . . 'Masterful . . . A choral love song to black womanhood in modern Great Britain' Elle 'Ambitious, flowing and all-encompassing, an offbeat narrative that'll leave your mind in an invigorated whirl... [It] unites poetry, social history, women's voices and beyond.' Stylist 'Bernardine Evaristo can take any story from any time and turn it into something vibrating with life' Ali Smith, author of How to be both 'Sparkling, inventive' Sunday Times 'Funny, sad, tender and true, deserves to win awards' Red 'Brims with vitality' Financial Times 'Exceptional. You have to order it right now' Stylist SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2019 © Bernardine Evaristo 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-then-me-now-by-nick-alexander--65202795https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Then, Me Now Author: Nick Alexander Narrator: Rachael Beresford, Esther Wane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 1, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: She’s given her daughter everything. Now it’s time to give her the truth. Becky’s father is not just absent: he’s a mystery, a gaping hole in her past. He died before she was born and for her mother, Laura, the subject is strictly off-limits. But when Laura books an unexpected trip to Greece, Becky decides to join her, determined to get closer to her mother—and to the truth. As they make their way to the beautiful island of Santorini, it becomes clear that this holiday is not as impulsive as Becky thought. Laura’s hiding something from her daughter—and she’s been hiding it for as long as Becky can remember. Laura has been here before, and that last visit holds the answers to Becky’s past. But Laura’s memories of that first trip are tinged with pain and heartbreak, secrets she’s kept buried for twenty-five years. Now, with the truth emerging into the sunlight at last, can mother and daughter lay the ghosts of their past to rest and find the happiness they’ve both been looking for?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355975Wed, 01 May 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Then, Me Now Author: Nick Alexander Narrator: Rachael Beresford, Esther Wane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Then, Me Now Author: Nick Alexander Narrator: Rachael Beresford, Esther Wane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 1, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: She’s given her daughter everything. Now it’s time to give her the truth. Becky’s father is not just absent: he’s a mystery, a gaping hole in her past. He died before she was born and for her mother, Laura, the subject is strictly off-limits. But when Laura books an unexpected trip to Greece, Becky decides to join her, determined to get closer to her mother—and to the truth. As they make their way to the beautiful island of Santorini, it becomes clear that this holiday is not as impulsive as Becky thought. Laura’s hiding something from her daughter—and she’s been hiding it for as long as Becky can remember. Laura has been here before, and that last visit holds the answers to Becky’s past. But Laura’s memories of that first trip are tinged with pain and heartbreak, secrets she’s kept buried for twenty-five years. Now, with the truth emerging into the sunlight at last, can mother and daughter lay the ghosts of their past to rest and find the happiness they’ve both been looking for?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/walking-on-the-ceiling-a-novel-by-aysegul-savas--65202802https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walking on the Ceiling: A Novel Author: Aysegül Savas Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 30, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: '[Savaş] writes with both sensuality and coolness, as if determined to find a rational explanation for the irrationality of existence...' -- The New York Times 'I fell in love with this book.' -- Katie Kitamura, author of A Separation A mesmerizing novel set in Paris and a changing Istanbul, about a young Turkish woman grappling with her past and her complicated relationship with a famous British writer. After her mother's death, Nunu moves from Istanbul to a small apartment in Paris. One day outside of a bookstore, she meets M., an older British writer whose novels about Istanbul Nunu has always admired. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris and talking late into the night. What follows is an unusual friendship of eccentric correspondence and long walks around the city. M. is working on a new novel set in Turkey and Nunu tells him about her family, hoping to impress and inspire him. She recounts the idyllic landscapes of her past, mythical family meals, and her elaborate childhood games. As she does so, she also begins to confront her mother's silence and anger, her father's death, and the growing unrest in Istanbul. Their intimacy deepens, so does Nunu's fear of revealing too much to M. and of giving too much of herself and her Istanbul away. Most of all, she fears that she will have to face her own guilt about her mother and the narratives she's told to protect herself from her memories. A wise and unguarded glimpse into a young woman's coming into her own, Walking on the Ceiling is about memory, the pleasure of invention, and those places, real and imagined, we can't escape.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347214Tue, 30 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walking on the Ceiling: A Novel Author: Aysegül Savas Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Walking on the Ceiling: A Novel Author: Aysegül Savas Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 30, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: '[Savaş] writes with both sensuality and coolness, as if determined to find a rational explanation for the irrationality of existence...' -- The New York Times 'I fell in love with this book.' -- Katie Kitamura, author of A Separation A mesmerizing novel set in Paris and a changing Istanbul, about a young Turkish woman grappling with her past and her complicated relationship with a famous British writer. After her mother's death, Nunu moves from Istanbul to a small apartment in Paris. One day outside of a bookstore, she meets M., an older British writer whose novels about Istanbul Nunu has always admired. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris and talking late into the night. What follows is an unusual friendship of eccentric correspondence and long walks around the city. M. is working on a new novel set in Turkey and Nunu tells him about her family, hoping to impress and inspire him. She recounts the idyllic landscapes of her past, mythical family meals, and her elaborate childhood games. As she does so, she also begins to confront her mother's silence and anger, her father's death, and the growing unrest in Istanbul. Their intimacy deepens, so does Nunu's fear of revealing too much to M. and of giving too much of herself and her Istanbul away. Most of all, she fears that she will have to face her own guilt about her mother and the narratives she's told to protect herself from her memories. A wise and unguarded glimpse into a young woman's coming into her own, Walking on the Ceiling is about memory, the pleasure of invention, and those places, real and imagined, we can't escape.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wonder-of-lost-causes-a-novel-by-nick-trout--65202756https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wonder of Lost Causes: A Novel Author: Nick Trout Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 30, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this heartwarming story, perfect for fans of An Unexpected Grace and A Dog’s Way Home, a single mom learns that her chronically ill son can communicate with a very special dog—and the lessons this dog teaches can shape the future and transform their lives. And what Whistler inspires in Kate and Jasper may be his most important lesson of all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356499Tue, 30 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wonder of Lost Causes: A Novel Author: Nick Trout Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 53 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wonder of Lost Causes: A Novel Author: Nick Trout Narrator: Christina Delaine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 30, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this heartwarming story, perfect for fans of An Unexpected Grace and A Dog’s Way Home, a single mom learns that her chronically ill son can communicate with a very special dog—and the lessons this dog teaches can shape the future and transform their lives. And what Whistler inspires in Kate and Jasper may be his most important lesson of all.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/last-days-of-summer-by-steve-kluger--65202714https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/375439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Days of Summer Author: Steve Kluger Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 30, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A contemporary American classic—a poignant and hilarious tale of baseball, hero worship, eccentric behavior, and unlikely friendship Last Days of Summer is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third basemen for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an overactive imagination. Then again, this strange, needy kid might be exactly what Banks needs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/375439Tue, 30 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/375439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Days of Summer Author: Steve Kluger Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 30, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/375439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Days of Summer Author: Steve Kluger Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 30, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A contemporary American classic—a poignant and hilarious tale of baseball, hero worship, eccentric behavior, and unlikely friendship Last Days of Summer is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third basemen for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an overactive imagination. Then again, this strange, needy kid might be exactly what Banks needs.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/so-big-a-novel-by-edna-ferber--65202798https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Big: A Novel Author: Edna Ferber Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 23, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize ''A masterpiece.'' — Literary Review • ''A novel to read and to remember.'' —New York Times Widely regarded as the masterwork of celebrated author and Algonquin Round Table mainstay Edna Ferber—who also penned other classics including Show Boat, Giant, Ice Palace, Saratoga Trunk, and Cimarron—So Big is a powerful and stirring portrait of one of the most memorable women in American literature, and still resonates today with its unflinching views of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success. Set in Chicago at the turn of the twentieth century, So Big tells the story of Selina Peake, orphaned at nineteen after her father is shot and killed in a gambling house. Alone and resolved to make something of her life, Selina gets a job as a schoolteacher in a farming community outside Chicago and falls in love with a kind but struggling farmer. She soon leaves the schoolhouse for long grueling days in the fields and gives birth to a son, Dirk, nicknamed “So Big.” When she finds herself unexpectedly widowed, she takes the reins of the farm, defying convention and all those around her, determined to give Dirk every opportunity to follow his dreams. So Big is a must-read for fans of contemporary novelists such Willa Cather (O Pioneers!), Pearl S. Buck (The Good Earth), and Marjorie Rawlings (The Yearling).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347362Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Big: A Novel Author: Edna Ferber Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 23, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: So Big: A Novel Author: Edna Ferber Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: April 23, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize ''A masterpiece.'' — Literary Review • ''A novel to read and to remember.'' —New York Times Widely regarded as the masterwork of celebrated author and Algonquin Round Table mainstay Edna Ferber—who also penned other classics including Show Boat, Giant, Ice Palace, Saratoga Trunk, and Cimarron—So Big is a powerful and stirring portrait of one of the most memorable women in American literature, and still resonates today with its unflinching views of poverty, sexism, and the drive for success. Set in Chicago at the turn of the twentieth century, So Big tells the story of Selina Peake, orphaned at nineteen after her father is shot and killed in a gambling house. Alone and resolved to make something of her life, Selina gets a job as a schoolteacher in a farming community outside Chicago and falls in love with a kind but struggling farmer. She soon leaves the schoolhouse for long grueling days in the fields and gives birth to a son, Dirk, nicknamed “So Big.” When she finds herself unexpectedly widowed, she takes the reins of the farm, defying convention and all those around her, determined to give Dirk every opportunity to follow his dreams. So Big is a must-read for fans of contemporary novelists such Willa Cather (O Pioneers!), Pearl S. Buck (The Good Earth), and Marjorie Rawlings (The Yearling).]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-remember-abbu-by-humayun-azad--65202772https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Remember Abbu Author: Humayun Azad Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 23, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A touching story of war, family, innocence, and memory from one of the top Bengali writers of all time. For the first time translated into English. Bangladesh, 1971: the war of independence from Pakistan has torn through peaceful villages and turned life upside down. In the midst of war, one young girl holds on as she discovers the world’s unpredictability. During her father’s prolonged absence, she reminisces about the essence of her abbu, an esteemed professor, loving community leader, and now unexpected warrior. She is moved by his quiet determination to preserve Bengali language and culture in a struggle for autonomy. In his diaries, her abbu describes the painful decisions he must make because of the threat of war, from embracing the brutality of taking up arms to the struggle of moving his family from the embattled city of Dhaka. Amid the tragedy is the unbroken bond between a father and daughter, which makes this powerful and historically faithful portrait of a family surviving the worst in the fight for independence all the more stirring.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355922Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Remember Abbu Author: Humayun Azad Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 23, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355922 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Remember Abbu Author: Humayun Azad Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 23, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A touching story of war, family, innocence, and memory from one of the top Bengali writers of all time. For the first time translated into English. Bangladesh, 1971: the war of independence from Pakistan has torn through peaceful villages and turned life upside down. In the midst of war, one young girl holds on as she discovers the world’s unpredictability. During her father’s prolonged absence, she reminisces about the essence of her abbu, an esteemed professor, loving community leader, and now unexpected warrior. She is moved by his quiet determination to preserve Bengali language and culture in a struggle for autonomy. In his diaries, her abbu describes the painful decisions he must make because of the threat of war, from embracing the brutality of taking up arms to the struggle of moving his family from the embattled city of Dhaka. Amid the tragedy is the unbroken bond between a father and daughter, which makes this powerful and historically faithful portrait of a family surviving the worst in the fight for independence all the more stirring.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-and-other-things-to-live-for-by-louise-leverett--65202749https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, and Other Things to Live For Author: Louise Leverett Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 18, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Jessica Wood is an aspiring photographer living in London. She’s had her heart broken, and her friends have pieced it back together again. But across the neon lights of Soho, in the smell of alcohol and cigarette smoke, on every night bus, in every song, every time she tries to forget: she remembers him. Now, in a battle between the past and the future, choosing between having a life and making a living, finding her feet or spreading her wings, Jessica must ask herself: who is she really living for? Love and Other Things to Live For is an ode to modern girls and triumph over heartbreak, perfect for fans of Holly Bourne and Dolly Alderton.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348808Thu, 18 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, and Other Things to Live For Author: Louise Leverett Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love, and Other Things to Live For Author: Louise Leverett Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 18, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Jessica Wood is an aspiring photographer living in London. She’s had her heart broken, and her friends have pieced it back together again. But across the neon lights of Soho, in the smell of alcohol and cigarette smoke, on every night bus, in every song, every time she tries to forget: she remembers him. Now, in a battle between the past and the future, choosing between having a life and making a living, finding her feet or spreading her wings, Jessica must ask herself: who is she really living for? Love and Other Things to Live For is an ode to modern girls and triumph over heartbreak, perfect for fans of Holly Bourne and Dolly Alderton.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/soon-the-light-will-be-perfect-by-dave-patterson--65202723https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368527 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soon the Light Will Be Perfect Author: Dave Patterson Narrator: Timothy Mckean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 9, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Two brothers brave a whirlwind summer in this taut and luminous coming-of-age novel A twelve-year-old boy lives with his family in a small, poverty-stricken town in Vermont. His father works at a manufacturing plant, his mother is a homemaker, and his fifteen-year-old brother is about to enter high school. His family has gained enough financial stability to move out of the nearby trailer park, and as conflict rages abroad, his father’s job at a weapons manufacturing plant appears safe. But then his mother is diagnosed with cancer, and everything changes. As the family clings to the traditions of their hard-line Catholicism, he meets Taylor, a perceptive, beguiling girl from the trailer park, a girl who has been forced to grow up too fast. Taylor represents everything his life isn’t, and their fledgling connection develops as his mother’s health deteriorates. Set over the course of one propulsive summer, Soon the Light Will Be Perfect chronicles the journey of two brothers on the cusp of adulthood, a town battered by poverty and a family at a breaking point. In spare, fiercely honest prose, Dave Patterson captures what it feels like to be gloriously, violently alive at a moment of political, social and familial instability.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368527Tue, 09 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368527 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soon the Light Will Be Perfect Author: Dave Patterson Narrator: Timothy Mckean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368527 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Soon the Light Will Be Perfect Author: Dave Patterson Narrator: Timothy Mckean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 31 minutes Release date: April 9, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Two brothers brave a whirlwind summer in this taut and luminous coming-of-age novel A twelve-year-old boy lives with his family in a small, poverty-stricken town in Vermont. His father works at a manufacturing plant, his mother is a homemaker, and his fifteen-year-old brother is about to enter high school. His family has gained enough financial stability to move out of the nearby trailer park, and as conflict rages abroad, his father’s job at a weapons manufacturing plant appears safe. But then his mother is diagnosed with cancer, and everything changes. As the family clings to the traditions of their hard-line Catholicism, he meets Taylor, a perceptive, beguiling girl from the trailer park, a girl who has been forced to grow up too fast. Taylor represents everything his life isn’t, and their fledgling connection develops as his mother’s health deteriorates. Set over the course of one propulsive summer, Soon the Light Will Be Perfect chronicles the journey of two brothers on the cusp of adulthood, a town battered by poverty and a family at a breaking point. In spare, fiercely honest prose, Dave Patterson captures what it feels like to be gloriously, violently alive at a moment of political, social and familial instability.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-summer-in-paris-by-sarah-morgan--65202819https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Summer In Paris Author: Sarah Morgan Narrator: Lucy Tregear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 4, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Pre-order your copy of Sarah Morgan’s new novel The Summer Swap now – coming May 2024! ‘Sarah has woven a beautiful story into the tapestry of Paris, and the little book shop…A very worthwhile read’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A story for all ages as everyone will relate to at least one of the main characters. I shall be recommending it to all my friends’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Just when I think Sarah's books can't get any better along comes this absolute gem of a book . . . Sarah really makes you feel part of the story, felt that I was there with the characters experiencing the story with them’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ * * * One charming bookshop, two unlikely friends, and a summer in Paris that will change their lives forever… Grace can’t believe it when her husband of twenty-five years announces he doesn’t want to join her on their anniversary trip to Paris – instead, he wants a divorce. Reeling from the shock, Grace makes the bold decision to go on this holiday of a lifetime alone. Audrey leaves behind heartache of her own when she arrives in Paris. A job in a bookshop is her ticket to freedom, but with no knowledge of the French language, her summer adventure seems doomed to fail. Until she meets Grace, and everything changes… Living in neighbouring apartments above the bookshop, Grace and Audrey form an unlikely friendship. They came to Paris to find themselves, but finding each other might be the best thing that's ever happened to them. * * * Praise for Sarah Morgan ‘A complete joy. It’s a glorious, summery read full of warmth, humour and poignancy, against the perfect romantic backdrop’ Cressida McLaughlin, author of The Cornish Cream Tea Bus ‘An uplifting tale of courage, strength and above all friendship, with a sprinkling of romance and an adorable Parisian backdrop – what's not to love? Be prepared to be hooked’ Anna Bell, author of We Just Clicked ‘The perfect summer holiday read . . . a touching and emotional story about friendship, independence and opening yourself up to new experiences’ Heat ‘The perfect blend of light-hearted and poignant . . . A triumph for sisterhood and the perfect read for a warm day’ Woman ‘Another charming read’ HELLO!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356071Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Summer In Paris Author: Sarah Morgan Narrator: Lucy Tregear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 4, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Summer In Paris Author: Sarah Morgan Narrator: Lucy Tregear Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 4, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Pre-order your copy of Sarah Morgan’s new novel The Summer Swap now – coming May 2024! ‘Sarah has woven a beautiful story into the tapestry of Paris, and the little book shop…A very worthwhile read’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A story for all ages as everyone will relate to at least one of the main characters. I shall be recommending it to all my friends’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Just when I think Sarah's books can't get any better along comes this absolute gem of a book . . . Sarah really makes you feel part of the story, felt that I was there with the characters experiencing the story with them’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ * * * One charming bookshop, two unlikely friends, and a summer in Paris that will change their lives forever… Grace can’t believe it when her husband of twenty-five years announces he doesn’t want to join her on their anniversary trip to Paris – instead, he wants a divorce. Reeling from the shock, Grace makes the bold decision to go on this holiday of a lifetime alone. Audrey leaves behind heartache of her own when she arrives in Paris. A job in a bookshop is her ticket to freedom, but with no knowledge of the French language, her summer adventure seems doomed to fail. Until she meets Grace, and everything changes… Living in neighbouring apartments above the bookshop, Grace and Audrey form an unlikely friendship. They came to Paris to find themselves, but finding each other might be the best thing that's ever happened to them. * * * Praise for Sarah Morgan ‘A complete joy. It’s a glorious, summery read full of warmth, humour and poignancy, against the perfect romantic backdrop’ Cressida McLaughlin, author of The Cornish Cream Tea Bus ‘An uplifting tale of courage, strength and above all friendship, with a sprinkling of romance and an adorable Parisian backdrop – what's not to love? Be prepared to be hooked’ Anna Bell, author of We Just Clicked ‘The perfect summer holiday read . . . a touching and emotional story about friendship, independence and opening yourself up to new experiences’ Heat ‘The perfect blend of light-hearted and poignant . . . A triumph for sisterhood and the perfect read for a warm day’ Woman ‘Another charming read’ HELLO!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/boy-swallows-universe-a-novel-by-trent-dalton--65202836https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Swallows Universe: A Novel Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Stig Wemyss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 122 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 33 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Now a Netflix original series starring Simon Baker, Travis Fimmel, and Phoebe Tonkin! “Hypnotizes you with wonder, and then hammers you with heartbreak. . . . Eli’s remarkably poetic voice and his astonishingly open heart take the day. They enable him to carve out the best of what’s possible from the worst of what is, which is the miracle that makes this novel marvelous.” —Washington Post ''The best book I read this decade.'' —Sharon Van Etten in Rolling Stone A story of brotherhood, true love, family, and the most unlikely of friendships, Boy Swallows Universe is the tale of an adolescent boy on the cusp of discovering the man he will be. Eli Bell’s life is complicated. His father is lost, his mother is in jail, and his stepdad is a heroin dealer. The most steadfast adult in Eli’s life is Slim—a notorious felon and national record-holder for successful prison escapes—who watches over Eli and August, his silent genius of an older brother. Exiled far from the rest of the world in Darra, a neglected suburb populated by Polish and Vietnamese refugees, this twelve-year-old boy with an old soul and an adult mind is just trying to follow his heart, learn what it takes to be a good man, and train for a glamorous career in journalism. Life, however, insists on throwing obstacles in Eli’s path—most notably Tytus Broz, Brisbane’s legendary drug dealer. But the real trouble lies ahead. Eli is about to fall in love, face off against truly bad guys, and fight to save his mother from a certain doom—all before starting high school. Powerful and kinetic, Trent Dalton’s debut is sure to be one of the most heartbreaking, joyous and exhilarating novels you will experience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347460Tue, 02 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Swallows Universe: A Novel Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Stig Wemyss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 44 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Boy Swallows Universe: A Novel Author: Trent Dalton Narrator: Stig Wemyss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 44 minutes Release date: April 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.34 of Total 122 Ratings of Narrator: 4.82 of Total 33 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Now a Netflix original series starring Simon Baker, Travis Fimmel, and Phoebe Tonkin! “Hypnotizes you with wonder, and then hammers you with heartbreak. . . . Eli’s remarkably poetic voice and his astonishingly open heart take the day. They enable him to carve out the best of what’s possible from the worst of what is, which is the miracle that makes this novel marvelous.” —Washington Post ''The best book I read this decade.'' —Sharon Van Etten in Rolling Stone A story of brotherhood, true love, family, and the most unlikely of friendships, Boy Swallows Universe is the tale of an adolescent boy on the cusp of discovering the man he will be. Eli Bell’s life is complicated. His father is lost, his mother is in jail, and his stepdad is a heroin dealer. The most steadfast adult in Eli’s life is Slim—a notorious felon and national record-holder for successful prison escapes—who watches over Eli and August, his silent genius of an older brother. Exiled far from the rest of the world in Darra, a neglected suburb populated by Polish and Vietnamese refugees, this twelve-year-old boy with an old soul and an adult mind is just trying to follow his heart, learn what it takes to be a good man, and train for a glamorous career in journalism. Life, however, insists on throwing obstacles in Eli’s path—most notably Tytus Broz, Brisbane’s legendary drug dealer. But the real trouble lies ahead. Eli is about to fall in love, face off against truly bad guys, and fight to save his mother from a certain doom—all before starting high school. Powerful and kinetic, Trent Dalton’s debut is sure to be one of the most heartbreaking, joyous and exhilarating novels you will experience.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-lily-in-the-light-by-kristin-fields--65202807https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lily in the Light Author: Kristin Fields Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A harrowing debut novel of a tragic disappearance and one sister’s journey through the trauma that has shaped her life. For eleven-year-old Esme, ballet is everything—until her four-year-old sister, Lily, vanishes without a trace and nothing is certain anymore. People Esme has known her whole life suddenly become suspects, each new one hitting closer to home than the last. Unable to cope, Esme escapes the nightmare that is her new reality when she receives an invitation to join an elite ballet academy in San Francisco. Desperate to leave behind her chaotic, broken family and the mystery surrounding Lily’s disappearance, Esme accepts. Eight years later, Esme is up for her big break: her first principal role in Paris. But a call from her older sister shatters the protective world she has built for herself, forcing her to revisit the tragedy she’s run from for so long. Will her family finally have the answers they’ve been waiting for? And can Esme confront the pain that shaped her childhood, or will the darkness follow her into the spotlight?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347902Mon, 01 Apr 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lily in the Light Author: Kristin Fields Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347902 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Lily in the Light Author: Kristin Fields Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 1, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A harrowing debut novel of a tragic disappearance and one sister’s journey through the trauma that has shaped her life. For eleven-year-old Esme, ballet is everything—until her four-year-old sister, Lily, vanishes without a trace and nothing is certain anymore. People Esme has known her whole life suddenly become suspects, each new one hitting closer to home than the last. Unable to cope, Esme escapes the nightmare that is her new reality when she receives an invitation to join an elite ballet academy in San Francisco. Desperate to leave behind her chaotic, broken family and the mystery surrounding Lily’s disappearance, Esme accepts. Eight years later, Esme is up for her big break: her first principal role in Paris. But a call from her older sister shatters the protective world she has built for herself, forcing her to revisit the tragedy she’s run from for so long. Will her family finally have the answers they’ve been waiting for? And can Esme confront the pain that shaped her childhood, or will the darkness follow her into the spotlight?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reasons-to-be-cheerful-winner-of-the-2019-bollinger-everyman-wodehouse-prize-for-comic-fiction-by-nina-stibbe--65202808https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reasons to be Cheerful: Winner of the 2019 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction Series: #3 of The Lizzie Vogel Series Author: Nina Stibbe Narrator: Gemma Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 28, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Reasons to Be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe. 18 year old Lizzie Vogel finds herself a new job in a dentist's surgery after answering a classified advert in the Leicester Mercury for a 'mature lady with a strong interest in dental issues'. Working for an eccentric dental surgeon who's obsessed with becoming a Freemason, Lizzie's life is uneventful, until Andy Nicolello turns up one day to deliver a crown. Lizzie seizes her chance to find love, and soon begins calling him her boyfriend even though they have never so much as kissed or even sat next to each other on the sofa. But Andy doesn't turn out to be quite what he seems... Reasons to be Cheerful is a painfully funny account of life as a hapless teenager in 1970s Leicestershire from the bestselling author of Love, Nina, Man at the Helm and Paradise Lodge.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350112Thu, 28 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reasons to be Cheerful: Winner of the 2019 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction Series: #3 of The Lizzie Vogel Series Author: Nina...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reasons to be Cheerful: Winner of the 2019 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction Series: #3 of The Lizzie Vogel Series Author: Nina Stibbe Narrator: Gemma Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 28, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Reasons to Be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe. 18 year old Lizzie Vogel finds herself a new job in a dentist's surgery after answering a classified advert in the Leicester Mercury for a 'mature lady with a strong interest in dental issues'. Working for an eccentric dental surgeon who's obsessed with becoming a Freemason, Lizzie's life is uneventful, until Andy Nicolello turns up one day to deliver a crown. Lizzie seizes her chance to find love, and soon begins calling him her boyfriend even though they have never so much as kissed or even sat next to each other on the sofa. But Andy doesn't turn out to be quite what he seems... Reasons to be Cheerful is a painfully funny account of life as a hapless teenager in 1970s Leicestershire from the bestselling author of Love, Nina, Man at the Helm and Paradise Lodge.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/midnight-at-the-wandering-vineyard-by-jamie-raintree--65202758https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Midnight at the Wandering Vineyard Author: Jamie Raintree Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 26, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Mallory Graham is returning home to the heat and vines of Southern California in search of the peace she can’t find in the city. Her parents’ vineyard is an escape for tourists, but full of mixed memories for Mallory. It may also be the one place she can find the forgiveness she seeks. But can things ever go back to the way they once were—in the days before that long, hot, heartbreaking summer? Growing up, it was Mallory and Kelly. Kelly and Mallory. Nothing could come between them. That summer before college, bucket list in hand, they greeted every sunrise and chased every sunset. Tattoos—check. Sleeping under the stars—check. But when Mallory met Sam, everything changed. Older, experienced and everything Mallory never knew she wanted, Sam was her first taste of love—and the one adventure Mallory didn’t want to share with Kelly. But Kelly had her own secrets, too, until the night tragedy struck and their perfect summer—and their friendship—unraveled. Now, after ten years away, Mallory is home and determined to make amends. No more secrets, no more half-truths. As Kelly slowly lets her guard down, Mallory convinces her to complete their unfinished list of hopes and dreams. But Mallory’s not the only one back in town, and when Sam reappears, Mallory risks making all the same mistakes—and maybe a few new ones—to try to heal that which was broken.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368619Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Midnight at the Wandering Vineyard Author: Jamie Raintree Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368619 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Midnight at the Wandering Vineyard Author: Jamie Raintree Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 26, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Mallory Graham is returning home to the heat and vines of Southern California in search of the peace she can’t find in the city. Her parents’ vineyard is an escape for tourists, but full of mixed memories for Mallory. It may also be the one place she can find the forgiveness she seeks. But can things ever go back to the way they once were—in the days before that long, hot, heartbreaking summer? Growing up, it was Mallory and Kelly. Kelly and Mallory. Nothing could come between them. That summer before college, bucket list in hand, they greeted every sunrise and chased every sunset. Tattoos—check. Sleeping under the stars—check. But when Mallory met Sam, everything changed. Older, experienced and everything Mallory never knew she wanted, Sam was her first taste of love—and the one adventure Mallory didn’t want to share with Kelly. But Kelly had her own secrets, too, until the night tragedy struck and their perfect summer—and their friendship—unraveled. Now, after ten years away, Mallory is home and determined to make amends. No more secrets, no more half-truths. As Kelly slowly lets her guard down, Mallory convinces her to complete their unfinished list of hopes and dreams. But Mallory’s not the only one back in town, and when Sam reappears, Mallory risks making all the same mistakes—and maybe a few new ones—to try to heal that which was broken.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-truth-about-melody-browne-by-lisa-jewell--65202815https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356997 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth About Melody Browne Author: Lisa Jewell Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Truth of Melody Browne by Lisa Jewell, read by Antonia Beamish. Melody Browne can remember nothing before her ninth birthday. Now in her early thirties, Melody lives in the middle of London with her seventeen-year-old son. She hasn’t seen her parents since she left home at fifteen, but Melody doesn't mind. She’s better off on her own. And then fragments of her past start to come back. At first her memories mean nothing to her but slowly, day by day, she begins to piece together the real story of her childhood. But with every mystery she solves another one materialises, with every question she answers another appears. And Melody begins to wonder if she'll ever know the truth about her past ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356997Thu, 21 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356997 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth About Melody Browne Author: Lisa Jewell Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356997 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth About Melody Browne Author: Lisa Jewell Narrator: Antonia Beamish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 25 minutes Release date: March 21, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Truth of Melody Browne by Lisa Jewell, read by Antonia Beamish. Melody Browne can remember nothing before her ninth birthday. Now in her early thirties, Melody lives in the middle of London with her seventeen-year-old son. She hasn’t seen her parents since she left home at fifteen, but Melody doesn't mind. She’s better off on her own. And then fragments of her past start to come back. At first her memories mean nothing to her but slowly, day by day, she begins to piece together the real story of her childhood. But with every mystery she solves another one materialises, with every question she answers another appears. And Melody begins to wonder if she'll ever know the truth about her past ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-deepest-blue-tales-of-renthia-by-sarah-beth-durst--65202805https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Deepest Blue: Tales of Renthia Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The natural magic of the classic The Island of the Blue Dolphins meets the danger and courage of The Hunger Games in this dazzling, intricate stand-alone fantasy novel set in award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst’s beloved world of Renthia. Life is precious and precarious on the islands of Belene. Besieged by a capricious ocean full of malicious spirits, the people of the islands seek joy where they can. Mayara, one of the island’s fearless oyster divers, has found happiness in love. But on the day of her wedding to the artist Kelo, a spirit-driven storm hits the island with deadly force. To save her loved ones, Mayara reveals a dangerous secret: she has the power to control the spirits. When the storm ends, she is taken into custody by the queen’s soldiers and imprisoned with other women like her. They vary in age and social status, but to many they are heroes who will aide the country or witches that will sacrifice themselves trying. No matter who they are, the women are sent to a terrifying place—an island filled with bloodthirsty nature spirits, and left without food, water, shelter, or any tools except their own instincts and magic. Whoever survives the Island of Testing will be declared heirs to the queen. But no matter if she wins or loses, Mayara knows that the life she dreamed of is gone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345520Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Deepest Blue: Tales of Renthia Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Deepest Blue: Tales of Renthia Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The natural magic of the classic The Island of the Blue Dolphins meets the danger and courage of The Hunger Games in this dazzling, intricate stand-alone fantasy novel set in award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst’s beloved world of Renthia. Life is precious and precarious on the islands of Belene. Besieged by a capricious ocean full of malicious spirits, the people of the islands seek joy where they can. Mayara, one of the island’s fearless oyster divers, has found happiness in love. But on the day of her wedding to the artist Kelo, a spirit-driven storm hits the island with deadly force. To save her loved ones, Mayara reveals a dangerous secret: she has the power to control the spirits. When the storm ends, she is taken into custody by the queen’s soldiers and imprisoned with other women like her. They vary in age and social status, but to many they are heroes who will aide the country or witches that will sacrifice themselves trying. No matter who they are, the women are sent to a terrifying place—an island filled with bloodthirsty nature spirits, and left without food, water, shelter, or any tools except their own instincts and magic. Whoever survives the Island of Testing will be declared heirs to the queen. But no matter if she wins or loses, Mayara knows that the life she dreamed of is gone.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/waiting-for-bojangles-by-olivier-bourdeaut--65202777https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waiting for Bojangles Author: Olivier Bourdeaut Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 19, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An “oddball fairy tale” (The New York Times)—shortlisted for one of France’s highest literary prizes—a dark, funny, and wholly charming novel about a young boy and his eccentric family, who grapple with the realities of mental illness in unique and whimsical ways. A young boy lives with his madcap parents, Louise and George, and an exotic bird in a Parisian apartment, where the unopened mail rises in a tower by the door and his parents dance each night to Nina Simone’s mellifluous classic “Mister Bojangles.” As his mother, mesmerizing and unpredictable, descends deeper into her own mind, it is up to the boy and his father to keep her safe—and, when that fails, happy. Fleeing Paris for a country home in Spain, they come to understand that some of the most radiant people bear the heaviest burdens. Told from the perspective of a young boy who idolizes his parents—and from George’s journals, detailing his epic love story with his wife—Waiting for Bojangles is a “lighthearted and yet sorrowful tale” (San Francisco Chronicle) that will stay with you long after the final page.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350720Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waiting for Bojangles Author: Olivier Bourdeaut Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Waiting for Bojangles Author: Olivier Bourdeaut Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 19, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An “oddball fairy tale” (The New York Times)—shortlisted for one of France’s highest literary prizes—a dark, funny, and wholly charming novel about a young boy and his eccentric family, who grapple with the realities of mental illness in unique and whimsical ways. A young boy lives with his madcap parents, Louise and George, and an exotic bird in a Parisian apartment, where the unopened mail rises in a tower by the door and his parents dance each night to Nina Simone’s mellifluous classic “Mister Bojangles.” As his mother, mesmerizing and unpredictable, descends deeper into her own mind, it is up to the boy and his father to keep her safe—and, when that fails, happy. Fleeing Paris for a country home in Spain, they come to understand that some of the most radiant people bear the heaviest burdens. Told from the perspective of a young boy who idolizes his parents—and from George’s journals, detailing his epic love story with his wife—Waiting for Bojangles is a “lighthearted and yet sorrowful tale” (San Francisco Chronicle) that will stay with you long after the final page.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/crooked-little-heart-a-novel-by-anne-lamott--65202699https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crooked Little Heart: A Novel Author: Anne Lamott Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With the same brilliant combination of humor and warmth that marked Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, her two bestselling works of nonfiction, Anne Lamott now gives us an exuberant richly absorbing portrait of a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected. The Fergusons make their home in a small California town where life is supposed to resemble paradise, but for thirteen-year-old Rosie (last seen in Lamott's beloved novel Rosie), reality is a bit harsher.  Her mother, a recovering alcoholic, is still beset by grief over the early death of her first husband.  Rosie's stepfather is a struggling writer plagued by doubts and hilarious paranoia. And Rosie, aching in the bloom of young womanhood and obsessed with tournament tennis, finds that her athletic gifts, initially a source of triumph, now place her in peril, as a shadowy man who stalks her from the bleachers seems to be developing an obsession of his own. Written with enormous emotional honesty, inhabited by superbly realized characters, riotously funny and wonderfully suspenseful, Crooked Little Heart is Anne Lamott writing at the height of her considerable powers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364708Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crooked Little Heart: A Novel Author: Anne Lamott Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364708 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crooked Little Heart: A Novel Author: Anne Lamott Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: March 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With the same brilliant combination of humor and warmth that marked Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, her two bestselling works of nonfiction, Anne Lamott now gives us an exuberant richly absorbing portrait of a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected. The Fergusons make their home in a small California town where life is supposed to resemble paradise, but for thirteen-year-old Rosie (last seen in Lamott's beloved novel Rosie), reality is a bit harsher.  Her mother, a recovering alcoholic, is still beset by grief over the early death of her first husband.  Rosie's stepfather is a struggling writer plagued by doubts and hilarious paranoia. And Rosie, aching in the bloom of young womanhood and obsessed with tournament tennis, finds that her athletic gifts, initially a source of triumph, now place her in peril, as a shadowy man who stalks her from the bleachers seems to be developing an obsession of his own. Written with enormous emotional honesty, inhabited by superbly realized characters, riotously funny and wonderfully suspenseful, Crooked Little Heart is Anne Lamott writing at the height of her considerable powers.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tiny-americans-a-novel-by-devin-murphy--65202823https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tiny Americans: A Novel Author: Devin Murphy Narrator: Andrew Eiden, Ann Marie Lee, Christian Baskous, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 12, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the National Bestselling author of The Boat Runner comes a poignant, luminous novel that follows one family over decades and across the world—perfect for fans of the film Boyhood. Western New York, 1978: Jamie, Lewis, and Connor Thurber watch their parents’ destructive dance of loving, hating, and drinking. Terrance Thurber spends this year teaching his children about the natural world: they listen to the heartbeat of trees, track animal footprints, sleep under the star-filled sky. Despite these lessons, he doesn’t show them how to survive without him. And when these seasons of trying and failing to quit booze and be a better man are over, Terrance is gone. Alone with their artist mother, Catrin, the Thurber children are left to grapple with the anger they feel for the one parent who deserted them and a growing resentment for the one who didn’t. As Catrin withdraws into her own world, Jamie throws herself into painting while her brothers smash out their rage in brutal, no-holds-barred football games with neighborhood kids. Once they can leave—Jamie for college, Lewis for the navy, and Connor for work—they don’t look back. But Terrance does. Crossing the country, sobering up, and starting over has left him with razor-sharp regret. Terrance doesn’t know that Jamie, now an academic, inhabits an ever-shrinking circle of loneliness; that Lewis, a merchant marine, fears life on dry land; that Connor struggles to connect with the son he sees teetering on an all-too-familiar edge. He only knows that he has one last try to build a bridge, through the years, to his family. Composed of a series of touchstone moments, Tiny Americans is a thrilling and bittersweet rendering of a family that, much like the tides, continues to come together and drift apart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345512Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tiny Americans: A Novel Author: Devin Murphy Narrator: Andrew Eiden, Ann Marie Lee, Christian Baskous, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tiny Americans: A Novel Author: Devin Murphy Narrator: Andrew Eiden, Ann Marie Lee, Christian Baskous, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 5 minutes Release date: March 12, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the National Bestselling author of The Boat Runner comes a poignant, luminous novel that follows one family over decades and across the world—perfect for fans of the film Boyhood. Western New York, 1978: Jamie, Lewis, and Connor Thurber watch their parents’ destructive dance of loving, hating, and drinking. Terrance Thurber spends this year teaching his children about the natural world: they listen to the heartbeat of trees, track animal footprints, sleep under the star-filled sky. Despite these lessons, he doesn’t show them how to survive without him. And when these seasons of trying and failing to quit booze and be a better man are over, Terrance is gone. Alone with their artist mother, Catrin, the Thurber children are left to grapple with the anger they feel for the one parent who deserted them and a growing resentment for the one who didn’t. As Catrin withdraws into her own world, Jamie throws herself into painting while her brothers smash out their rage in brutal, no-holds-barred football games with neighborhood kids. Once they can leave—Jamie for college, Lewis for the navy, and Connor for work—they don’t look back. But Terrance does. Crossing the country, sobering up, and starting over has left him with razor-sharp regret. Terrance doesn’t know that Jamie, now an academic, inhabits an ever-shrinking circle of loneliness; that Lewis, a merchant marine, fears life on dry land; that Connor struggles to connect with the son he sees teetering on an all-too-familiar edge. He only knows that he has one last try to build a bridge, through the years, to his family. Composed of a series of touchstone moments, Tiny Americans is a thrilling and bittersweet rendering of a family that, much like the tides, continues to come together and drift apart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bodega-dreams-a-novel-by-ernesto-quinonez--65202721https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bodega Dreams: A Novel Author: Ernesto Quinonez Narrator: Angelo Di Loreto Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In a stunning narrative combining the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega Dreams pulls us into Spanish Harlem, where the word is out: Willie Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty—and a steady income from the drugs he pushes. Lyrical, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374253Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bodega Dreams: A Novel Author: Ernesto Quinonez Narrator: Angelo Di Loreto Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bodega Dreams: A Novel Author: Ernesto Quinonez Narrator: Angelo Di Loreto Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.22 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In a stunning narrative combining the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega Dreams pulls us into Spanish Harlem, where the word is out: Willie Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty—and a steady income from the drugs he pushes. Lyrical, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-neapolitan-novels-my-brilliant-friend-the-story-of-a-new-name-those-who-leave-and-those-who-stay-the-story-of-the-lost-child-the-c--65202787https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Neapolitan Novels: My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay & The Story of the Lost Child: The Complete BBC Radio Collection Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Monica Dolan, Anastasia Hille, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 7, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, The Neapolitan Novels is an exploration of the friendship between Lila and Lena, two bright young girls who grew up in the tough, rough streets of post-war Naples. This is no normal friendship; it's a friendship that loves, hurts, supports and destroys - and yet it is one that lasts a lifetime. These four full-cast BBC adaptations bring the streets of Naples vividly to life. The first novel , My Brilliant Friend, begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these streets two girls, Lena and Lila, learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone - or anything. The Story of a New Name sees the two girls striving to make a better life for themselves. They work hard at school but Lila is stopped in her tracks when forced to give up her education to work for the family shoe-making business. It's not long before their worlds are pushed apart. In the third book, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, Lena escapes to Milan but struggles to find the courage to live, parent and write again after her marriage to her increasingly dismissive husband. Lila, meanwhile, also struggles to rise above her social conditions and desperately tries to find a way to better herself in whatever way she can. In the final part of their story, The Story of the Lost Child, Lena returns to Naples with her two children to find Lila has also managed to turn her life around, despite remaining in the claws of violent and mafia-run Naples. Through broken marriages, violent pasts, and the yearning for something more, the two women always turn to each other as their friendship – and the tensions between them – grow ever deeper. Adapted from the books by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein. Dramatised by Timberlake Wertenbaker Directed by Celia de Wolff A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350752Thu, 07 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Neapolitan Novels: My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay & The Story of the Lost Child: The Complete...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350752 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Neapolitan Novels: My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay & The Story of the Lost Child: The Complete BBC Radio Collection Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Monica Dolan, Anastasia Hille, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 7, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 6 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, The Neapolitan Novels is an exploration of the friendship between Lila and Lena, two bright young girls who grew up in the tough, rough streets of post-war Naples. This is no normal friendship; it's a friendship that loves, hurts, supports and destroys - and yet it is one that lasts a lifetime. These four full-cast BBC adaptations bring the streets of Naples vividly to life. The first novel , My Brilliant Friend, begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these streets two girls, Lena and Lila, learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone - or anything. The Story of a New Name sees the two girls striving to make a better life for themselves. They work hard at school but Lila is stopped in her tracks when forced to give up her education to work for the family shoe-making business. It's not long before their worlds are pushed apart. In the third book, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, Lena escapes to Milan but struggles to find the courage to live, parent and write again after her marriage to her increasingly dismissive husband. Lila, meanwhile, also struggles to rise above her social conditions and desperately tries to find a way to better herself in whatever way she can. In the final part of their story, The Story of the Lost Child, Lena returns to Naples with her two children to find Lila has also managed to turn her life around, despite remaining in the claws of violent and mafia-run Naples. Through broken marriages, violent pasts, and the yearning for something more, the two women always turn to each other as their friendship – and the tensions between them – grow ever deeper. Adapted from the books by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein. Dramatised by Timberlake Wertenbaker Directed by Celia de Wolff A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-woman-is-no-man-by-etaf-rum-susan-nesmai--65202770https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman is No Man Author: Etaf Rum, Susan Nesmai Narrator: Ariana Delawari, Dahlia Salem Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller • A Washington Post 10 Books to Read in March • One of Cosmopolitan’s Best Books by POC for 2019 • A Refinery 29 Best Book of the Month ‘A gripping book. It's beautiful and very sad … The feelings are intense, and raw … It's a necessary story, brilliantly told’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Etaf I cannot express my gratitude, love and respect for you enough for A Woman is NO Man' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Loved this book. Educational, emotive, sad, how many adjectives can I use. Highly recommended’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book is just amazing, an eye opener on the lives and struggles of so many people. A world unknown to many of us … A ‘must read’ that I will certainly re-read’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ * * * * Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of Arab culture in this heart-wrenching story of love, intrigue and courage. Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children – four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear. Brooklyn, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra’s oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda’s insistence, though her only desire is to go to college. But her grandmother is firm on the matter: the only way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the right man. But fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths about her family… Set in an America at once foreign to many and staggeringly close at hand, A Woman Is No Man is a story of culture and honour, secrets and betrayals, love and violence. It is an intimate glimpse into a controlling and closed cultural world, and a universal tale about family and the ways silence and shame can destroy those we have sworn to protect. * * * Praise for Etaf Rum ‘A love letter to storytelling’New York Times ‘A nuanced look at the power of shame to shatter lives and send shards of pain hurtling down the generations … brilliant’Big Issue ‘Enthralling’ Image magazine]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365286Tue, 05 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman is No Man Author: Etaf Rum, Susan Nesmai Narrator: Ariana Delawari, Dahlia Salem Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365286 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman is No Man Author: Etaf Rum, Susan Nesmai Narrator: Ariana Delawari, Dahlia Salem Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller • A Washington Post 10 Books to Read in March • One of Cosmopolitan’s Best Books by POC for 2019 • A Refinery 29 Best Book of the Month ‘A gripping book. It's beautiful and very sad … The feelings are intense, and raw … It's a necessary story, brilliantly told’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Etaf I cannot express my gratitude, love and respect for you enough for A Woman is NO Man' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Loved this book. Educational, emotive, sad, how many adjectives can I use. Highly recommended’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book is just amazing, an eye opener on the lives and struggles of so many people. A world unknown to many of us … A ‘must read’ that I will certainly re-read’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ * * * * Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of Arab culture in this heart-wrenching story of love, intrigue and courage. Palestine, 1990. Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining the suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naïve and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married, and is soon living in Brooklyn. There Isra struggles to adapt to the expectations of her oppressive mother-in-law Fareeda and strange new husband Adam, a pressure that intensifies as she begins to have children – four daughters instead of the sons Fareeda tells Isra she must bear. Brooklyn, 2008. Eighteen-year-old Deya, Isra’s oldest daughter, must meet with potential husbands at her grandmother Fareeda’s insistence, though her only desire is to go to college. But her grandmother is firm on the matter: the only way to secure a worthy future for Deya is through marriage to the right man. But fate has a will of its own, and soon Deya will find herself on an unexpected path that leads her to shocking truths about her family… Set in an America at once foreign to many and staggeringly close at hand, A Woman Is No Man is a story of culture and honour, secrets and betrayals, love and violence. It is an intimate glimpse into a controlling and closed cultural world, and a universal tale about family and the ways silence and shame can destroy those we have sworn to protect. * * * Praise for Etaf Rum ‘A love letter to storytelling’New York Times ‘A nuanced look at the power of shame to shatter lives and send shards of pain hurtling down the generations … brilliant’Big Issue ‘Enthralling’ Image magazine]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man-by-james-joyce--65202757https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Author: James Joyce Narrator: Drew Dillon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The first novel by James Joyce, this semi-autobiographical narrative depicts the life of Stephen Dedalus, a character created as an allusion to Daedalus, a craftsman in Greek mythology. Beginning by depicting the early stages of Stephen's life, the language of the novel grows with the main character as he awakens sexually and rebels against religion. When he realizes that Ireland is restricting him, he commits to a self-imposed exile and travels elsewhere to grow as an artist—but not before declaring Ireland his homeland.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368436Tue, 05 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Author: James Joyce Narrator: Drew Dillon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Author: James Joyce Narrator: Drew Dillon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The first novel by James Joyce, this semi-autobiographical narrative depicts the life of Stephen Dedalus, a character created as an allusion to Daedalus, a craftsman in Greek mythology. Beginning by depicting the early stages of Stephen's life, the language of the novel grows with the main character as he awakens sexually and rebels against religion. When he realizes that Ireland is restricting him, he commits to a self-imposed exile and travels elsewhere to grow as an artist—but not before declaring Ireland his homeland.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/almost-home-by-valerie-fraser-luesse--65202747https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Almost Home Author: Valerie Fraser Luesse Narrator: Kate Forbes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 5, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With America's entrance into the Second World War, the town of Blackberry Springs, Alabama, has exploded virtually overnight. Workers from all over are coming south for jobs in Uncle Sam's munitions plants--and they're bringing their pasts with them, right into Dolly Chandler's grand but fading family home turned boardinghouse. An estranged young couple from the Midwest, unemployed professors from Chicago, a widower from Mississippi, a shattered young veteran struggling to heal from the war--they're all hoping Dolly's house will help them find their way back to the lives they left behind. But the house has a past of its own. When tragedy strikes, Dolly's only hope will be the circle of friends under her roof and their ability to discover the truth about what happened to a young bride who lived there a century before. Award-winning and bestselling author Valerie Fraser Luesse breathes life into a cast of unforgettable characters in this complex and compassionate story of hurt and healing.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370097Tue, 05 Mar 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Almost Home Author: Valerie Fraser Luesse Narrator: Kate Forbes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 5, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/370097 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Almost Home Author: Valerie Fraser Luesse Narrator: Kate Forbes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: March 5, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With America's entrance into the Second World War, the town of Blackberry Springs, Alabama, has exploded virtually overnight. Workers from all over are coming south for jobs in Uncle Sam's munitions plants--and they're bringing their pasts with them, right into Dolly Chandler's grand but fading family home turned boardinghouse. An estranged young couple from the Midwest, unemployed professors from Chicago, a widower from Mississippi, a shattered young veteran struggling to heal from the war--they're all hoping Dolly's house will help them find their way back to the lives they left behind. But the house has a past of its own. When tragedy strikes, Dolly's only hope will be the circle of friends under her roof and their ability to discover the truth about what happened to a young bride who lived there a century before. Award-winning and bestselling author Valerie Fraser Luesse breathes life into a cast of unforgettable characters in this complex and compassionate story of hurt and healing.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-object-of-your-affections-by-falguni-kothari--65202771https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Object of Your Affections Author: Falguni Kothari Narrator: Shiromi Arserio, Simone Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: February 19, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Two best friends rewrite the rules of friendship, love and family…and change everything they thought they knew about motherhood Paris Kahn Fraser has it all—a successful career as an assistant district attorney, a beautiful home in New York City, and a handsome, passionate husband who chose her over having a family of his own. Neal’s dream of fatherhood might have been the only shadow in their otherwise happy life…until Paris’s best friend comes to town. Naira Dalmia never thought she’d be a widow before thirty. Left reeling in the aftermath of her husband’s death, all she wants is to start over. She trades Mumbai for New York, and rigid family expectations for the open acceptance of her best friend. After all, there isn’t anything she and Paris wouldn’t do for each other. But when Paris asks Naira to be their surrogate, they’ll learn if their friendship has what it takes to defy society, their families and even their own biology as these two best friends embark on a journey that will change their lives forever. Wry, daring and utterly absorbing, The Object of Your Affections is an unforgettable story about two women challenging the norms…and the magic that happens when we choose to forge our own path.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361115Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Object of Your Affections Author: Falguni Kothari Narrator: Shiromi Arserio, Simone Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/361115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Object of Your Affections Author: Falguni Kothari Narrator: Shiromi Arserio, Simone Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: February 19, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Two best friends rewrite the rules of friendship, love and family…and change everything they thought they knew about motherhood Paris Kahn Fraser has it all—a successful career as an assistant district attorney, a beautiful home in New York City, and a handsome, passionate husband who chose her over having a family of his own. Neal’s dream of fatherhood might have been the only shadow in their otherwise happy life…until Paris’s best friend comes to town. Naira Dalmia never thought she’d be a widow before thirty. Left reeling in the aftermath of her husband’s death, all she wants is to start over. She trades Mumbai for New York, and rigid family expectations for the open acceptance of her best friend. After all, there isn’t anything she and Paris wouldn’t do for each other. But when Paris asks Naira to be their surrogate, they’ll learn if their friendship has what it takes to defy society, their families and even their own biology as these two best friends embark on a journey that will change their lives forever. Wry, daring and utterly absorbing, The Object of Your Affections is an unforgettable story about two women challenging the norms…and the magic that happens when we choose to forge our own path.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/house-arrest-by-k-a-holt--65202755https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House Arrest Author: K.A. Holt Narrator: Alex Kydd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 5 minutes Release date: February 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Timothy is on probation. It's a strange word—something that happens to other kids, to delinquents, not to kids like him. And yet, he is under house arrest for the next year. He must check in weekly with a probation officer and a therapist, and keep a journal for an entire year. And mostly, he has to stay out of trouble. But when he must take drastic measures to help his struggling family, staying out of trouble proves more difficult than Timothy ever thought it would be. By turns touching and funny, and always original, House Arrest is a middlegrade novel in verse about one boy's path to redemption as he navigates life with a sick brother, a grieving mother, and one tough probation officer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369000Tue, 12 Feb 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House Arrest Author: K.A. Holt Narrator: Alex Kydd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 5 minutes Release date: February 12, 2019 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/369000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: House Arrest Author: K.A. Holt Narrator: Alex Kydd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 5 minutes Release date: February 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Timothy is on probation. It's a strange word—something that happens to other kids, to delinquents, not to kids like him. And yet, he is under house arrest for the next year. He must check in weekly with a probation officer and a therapist, and keep a journal for an entire year. And mostly, he has to stay out of trouble. But when he must take drastic measures to help his struggling family, staying out of trouble proves more difficult than Timothy ever thought it would be. By turns touching and funny, and always original, House Arrest is a middlegrade novel in verse about one boy's path to redemption as he navigates life with a sick brother, a grieving mother, and one tough probation officer.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-version-of-the-truth-by-b-p-walter--65202824https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Version of the Truth Author: B P Walter Narrator: Emma Noakes, Christy Meyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 7, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: We all see what we want to see… 1990: Holly is a fresher student at Oxford University. Out of her depth and nervous about her surroundings, she falls into an uneasy friendship with a group of older students from the upper echelons of society and begins to develop feelings for one in particular. He’s confident, quiet, attractive and seems to like her too. But as the year progresses, her friends’ behaviour grows steadily more disconcerting and Holly begins to realise she might just be a disposable pawn in a very sinister game. A devastating secret has simmered beneath the surface for over twenty-five years. Now it’s time to discover the truth. But what if you’re afraid of what you might find? Readers love B P Walter: ‘Character driven, tense and skilfully woven over two timelines, this is a brilliant read.’ Amazon Reviewer ‘The writing is tense and atmospheric.’ Amazon Reviewer ‘A cleverly plotted, tense and addictive read; once you pick it up you won’t be able to put the book down.’ Amazon Reviewer ‘I loved this book. You will not be disappointed.’ Amazon Reviewer 2019: Julianne is preparing a family dinner when her son comes to her and says he’s found something on his iPad. Something so terrible, it will turn Julianne’s world into a nightmare and make her question everything about her marriage and what type of man her husband is or is pretending to be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347751Thu, 07 Feb 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Version of the Truth Author: B P Walter Narrator: Emma Noakes, Christy Meyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Version of the Truth Author: B P Walter Narrator: Emma Noakes, Christy Meyer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 7, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: We all see what we want to see… 1990: Holly is a fresher student at Oxford University. Out of her depth and nervous about her surroundings, she falls into an uneasy friendship with a group of older students from the upper echelons of society and begins to develop feelings for one in particular. He’s confident, quiet, attractive and seems to like her too. But as the year progresses, her friends’ behaviour grows steadily more disconcerting and Holly begins to realise she might just be a disposable pawn in a very sinister game. A devastating secret has simmered beneath the surface for over twenty-five years. Now it’s time to discover the truth. But what if you’re afraid of what you might find? Readers love B P Walter: ‘Character driven, tense and skilfully woven over two timelines, this is a brilliant read.’ Amazon Reviewer ‘The writing is tense and atmospheric.’ Amazon Reviewer ‘A cleverly plotted, tense and addictive read; once you pick it up you won’t be able to put the book down.’ Amazon Reviewer ‘I loved this book. You will not be disappointed.’ Amazon Reviewer 2019: Julianne is preparing a family dinner when her son comes to her and says he’s found something on his iPad. Something so terrible, it will turn Julianne’s world into a nightmare and make her question everything about her marriage and what type of man her husband is or is pretending to be.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-late-bloomer-by-mark-falkin--65202741https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Late Bloomer Author: Mark Falkin Narrator: Jess Nahikian, Scott Lange, Scott Merriman, Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The world experiences an abrupt and unthinkable cataclysm on the morning of October 29, 2018. Kevin March, high school band trombonist and wannabe writer playing hooky, is witness to its beginning. To stay alive, Kevin embarks on a journey that promises to change everything yet again. On his journey, into a digital recorder he chronicles his experiences at the end of his world. This book is a transcript of that recording. Depicting an unspeakable apocalypse unlike any seen in fiction―there are no zombies, viruses or virals, no doomsday asteroid, no aliens, no environmental cataclysm, no nuclear holocaust―with a Holden Caulfieldesque protagonist at his world’s end, The Late Bloomer is both a companion piece to Lord of the Flies and a Bradburyian Halloween tale. The Late Bloomer is harrowing, grim, and poignant in the way of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Told in Kevin March’s singular and unforgettable voice, delivering a gripping narrative with an unsparing climax as moving as it is terrifying, The Late Bloomer defies expectations of the genre and will haunt those who read it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354250Tue, 05 Feb 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Late Bloomer Author: Mark Falkin Narrator: Jess Nahikian, Scott Lange, Scott Merriman, Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/354250 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Late Bloomer Author: Mark Falkin Narrator: Jess Nahikian, Scott Lange, Scott Merriman, Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: February 5, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The world experiences an abrupt and unthinkable cataclysm on the morning of October 29, 2018. Kevin March, high school band trombonist and wannabe writer playing hooky, is witness to its beginning. To stay alive, Kevin embarks on a journey that promises to change everything yet again. On his journey, into a digital recorder he chronicles his experiences at the end of his world. This book is a transcript of that recording. Depicting an unspeakable apocalypse unlike any seen in fiction―there are no zombies, viruses or virals, no doomsday asteroid, no aliens, no environmental cataclysm, no nuclear holocaust―with a Holden Caulfieldesque protagonist at his world’s end, The Late Bloomer is both a companion piece to Lord of the Flies and a Bradburyian Halloween tale. The Late Bloomer is harrowing, grim, and poignant in the way of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Told in Kevin March’s singular and unforgettable voice, delivering a gripping narrative with an unsparing climax as moving as it is terrifying, The Late Bloomer defies expectations of the genre and will haunt those who read it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-forgotten-hours-by-katrin-schumann--65202793https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgotten Hours Author: Katrin Schumann Narrator: Bailey Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 1, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. “A relevant, compelling, and compassionate look at the torture of conflicted loyalties and the slipperiness of truth.” —Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Lost Family In this evocative debut novel, Katrin Schumann weaves a riveting story of past and present—and how love can lead us astray. At twenty-four, Katie Gregory feels like life is looking up: she’s snagged a great job in New York City and is falling for a captivating artist—and memories of her traumatic past are finally fading. Katie’s life fell apart almost a decade earlier, during an idyllic summer at her family’s cabin on Eagle Lake when her best friend accused her father of sexual assault. Throughout his trial and imprisonment, Katie insisted on his innocence, dodging reporters and clinging to memories of the man she adores. Now he’s getting out. Yet when Katie returns to the shuttered lakeside cabin, details of that fateful night resurface: the chill of the lake, the heat of first love, the terrible sting of jealousy. And as old memories collide with new realities, they call into question everything she thinks she knows about family, friends, and, ultimately, herself. Now, Katie’s choices will be put to the test with life-altering consequences.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347905Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgotten Hours Author: Katrin Schumann Narrator: Bailey Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgotten Hours Author: Katrin Schumann Narrator: Bailey Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 1, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. “A relevant, compelling, and compassionate look at the torture of conflicted loyalties and the slipperiness of truth.” —Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Lost Family In this evocative debut novel, Katrin Schumann weaves a riveting story of past and present—and how love can lead us astray. At twenty-four, Katie Gregory feels like life is looking up: she’s snagged a great job in New York City and is falling for a captivating artist—and memories of her traumatic past are finally fading. Katie’s life fell apart almost a decade earlier, during an idyllic summer at her family’s cabin on Eagle Lake when her best friend accused her father of sexual assault. Throughout his trial and imprisonment, Katie insisted on his innocence, dodging reporters and clinging to memories of the man she adores. Now he’s getting out. Yet when Katie returns to the shuttered lakeside cabin, details of that fateful night resurface: the chill of the lake, the heat of first love, the terrible sting of jealousy. And as old memories collide with new realities, they call into question everything she thinks she knows about family, friends, and, ultimately, herself. Now, Katie’s choices will be put to the test with life-altering consequences.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/among-the-lesser-gods-by-margo-catts--65202697https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/366896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Among the Lesser Gods Author: Margo Catts Narrator: Cynthia Farrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 29, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Elena Alvarez is living a cursed life. From the deadly fire she accidentally set as a child to her mother's abandonment and now an unwanted pregnancy, she knows better than most that small actions can have terrible consequences. Yet when her grandmother calls and asks her to watch over the children of a recent widower in a small, isolated town in Colorado, she takes it as a chance to finally organize her life. Instead, she is confronted by reflections of her own troubles wherever she turns–the recent widower and his two children adrift in a changed world, her own mysterious family history, and the interwoven lives within the town itself. Bit by bit, she begins to question her understanding of cause and effect, reexamining the tragedies she's held on to and the wounds she's refused to let heal. But when the children go missing, Elena's fragile new peace is shattered. It's only at the prospect of fresh loss and blame that she discovers the truth of the terrible burdens we take upon ourselves, the way tragedy and redemption are inevitably intertwined–and how curses can sometimes lead to blessings, however disguised.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/366896Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/366896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Among the Lesser Gods Author: Margo Catts Narrator: Cynthia Farrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 29,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/366896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Among the Lesser Gods Author: Margo Catts Narrator: Cynthia Farrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 29, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Elena Alvarez is living a cursed life. From the deadly fire she accidentally set as a child to her mother's abandonment and now an unwanted pregnancy, she knows better than most that small actions can have terrible consequences. Yet when her grandmother calls and asks her to watch over the children of a recent widower in a small, isolated town in Colorado, she takes it as a chance to finally organize her life. Instead, she is confronted by reflections of her own troubles wherever she turns–the recent widower and his two children adrift in a changed world, her own mysterious family history, and the interwoven lives within the town itself. Bit by bit, she begins to question her understanding of cause and effect, reexamining the tragedies she's held on to and the wounds she's refused to let heal. But when the children go missing, Elena's fragile new peace is shattered. It's only at the prospect of fresh loss and blame that she discovers the truth of the terrible burdens we take upon ourselves, the way tragedy and redemption are inevitably intertwined–and how curses can sometimes lead to blessings, however disguised.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fog-island-a-terrifying-thriller-set-in-a-modern-day-cult-by-mariette-lindstein--65202792https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fog Island: A Terrifying thriller set in a modern-day cult Series: #1 of Fog Island Trilogy Author: Mariette Lindstein Narrator: Stephanie Schmalzle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 24, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: You don’t choose them. They choose you. ‘Tense and atmospheric’ Lisa Hall ‘Chillingly authentic’ Guardian THE THRILLING SEQUEL SHADOW OF FOG ISLAND IS AVAILABLE NOW! Sofia has just finished university and ended a troubled relationship when she attends a lecture about a New Age movement, Via Terra. Its leader is Franz Oswald, young, good-looking, urbane and mesmerizing. When Sofia meets Franz Oswald, the handsome, charming leader of a mysterious New Age movement, she’s dazzled and intrigued. Visiting his headquarters on Fog Island, Sofia’s struck by the beautiful mansion overlooking the sea, the gardens, the sense of peace and the purposefulness of the people who live there. And she can’t ignore the attraction she feels for Franz. So she agrees to stay, just for a while. But as summer gives way to winter, and the dense fog from which the island draws its name sets in, it becomes clear that Franz rules the island with an iron fist. No phones or computers are allowed. Contact with the mainland is severed. Electric fences surround the grounds. And Sofia begins to realize how very alone she is and that no one ever leaves Fog Island… Flowers in the Attic meets The Girls, Fog Island is a gripping combination of fear, sexual tension and lethal fascination. Praise for Fog Island: ‘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 ‘Chillingly authentic’ Guardian ‘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 ‘An interesting exposition of the psychology and the insidious methods that govern cults’ Daily Mail ‘A vivid crime novel’ Express ‘This intense thriller completely grips you from the off’ Heat]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336628Thu, 24 Jan 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fog Island: A Terrifying thriller set in a modern-day cult Series: #1 of Fog Island Trilogy Author: Mariette Lindstein Narrator: Stephanie...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fog Island: A Terrifying thriller set in a modern-day cult Series: #1 of Fog Island Trilogy Author: Mariette Lindstein Narrator: Stephanie Schmalzle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 24, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: You don’t choose them. They choose you. ‘Tense and atmospheric’ Lisa Hall ‘Chillingly authentic’ Guardian THE THRILLING SEQUEL SHADOW OF FOG ISLAND IS AVAILABLE NOW! Sofia has just finished university and ended a troubled relationship when she attends a lecture about a New Age movement, Via Terra. Its leader is Franz Oswald, young, good-looking, urbane and mesmerizing. When Sofia meets Franz Oswald, the handsome, charming leader of a mysterious New Age movement, she’s dazzled and intrigued. Visiting his headquarters on Fog Island, Sofia’s struck by the beautiful mansion overlooking the sea, the gardens, the sense of peace and the purposefulness of the people who live there. And she can’t ignore the attraction she feels for Franz. So she agrees to stay, just for a while. But as summer gives way to winter, and the dense fog from which the island draws its name sets in, it becomes clear that Franz rules the island with an iron fist. No phones or computers are allowed. Contact with the mainland is severed. Electric fences surround the grounds. And Sofia begins to realize how very alone she is and that no one ever leaves Fog Island… Flowers in the Attic meets The Girls, Fog Island is a gripping combination of fear, sexual tension and lethal fascination. Praise for Fog Island: ‘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 ‘Chillingly authentic’ Guardian ‘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 ‘An interesting exposition of the psychology and the insidious methods that govern cults’ Daily Mail ‘A vivid crime novel’ Express ‘This intense thriller completely grips you from the off’ Heat]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-new-people-by-anne-lamott--65202804https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All New People Author: Anne Lamott Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 22, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With generosity, humor, and pathos, Anne Lamott takes on the barrage of dislocating changes that shook the Sixties. Leading us through the wake of these changes is Nanny Goodman, a girl living in Marin County, California. A half-adult child among often childish adults, Nanny grows up with two spectacularly odd parents: a writer father and a mother who is a constant source of material. As she moves into her adolescence, so, it seems, does America. While grappling with her own coming-of-age, Nanny witnesses an entire culture's descent into drugs, the mass exodus of fathers from her town, and rapid real-estate and technological development that foreshadow a drastically different future. In All New People, Anne Lamott works a special magic, transforming failure into forgiveness and illuminating the power of love to redeem us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343418Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All New People Author: Anne Lamott Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 22, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343418 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All New People Author: Anne Lamott Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 22, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With generosity, humor, and pathos, Anne Lamott takes on the barrage of dislocating changes that shook the Sixties. Leading us through the wake of these changes is Nanny Goodman, a girl living in Marin County, California. A half-adult child among often childish adults, Nanny grows up with two spectacularly odd parents: a writer father and a mother who is a constant source of material. As she moves into her adolescence, so, it seems, does America. While grappling with her own coming-of-age, Nanny witnesses an entire culture's descent into drugs, the mass exodus of fathers from her town, and rapid real-estate and technological development that foreshadow a drastically different future. In All New People, Anne Lamott works a special magic, transforming failure into forgiveness and illuminating the power of love to redeem us.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fearless-by-sarah-tarkoff--65202825https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fearless Author: Sarah Tarkoff Narrator: Stephanie Einstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 15, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In a near future society in which morality is manifested through beauty and ugliness, a young woman will imperil her future and her world to expose the global shadow network that uses its power to play God and control humanity. A decade ago, Grace Luther’s life was changed by the Revelations: the moment when Great Spirit “saved” humanity and transformed the world into a place where pious behavior is rewarded with beauty, and wrongdoing results in ugliness and even death. Now, at eighteen, Grace knows that everything she believed about the Revelations is a lie—a myth constructed by the government of the Prophets to force its citizens into model behavior . . . and one that led to her mother’s death. She is determined to expose the deception and bring down the Prophets, even if it means aligning herself with the resistance, a group she doesn’t entirely trust. After insinuating herself into Prophet Joshua’s inner circle, the double agent gets ever closer to fulfilling her mission to destroy his mind-influencing nanotechnology. But a shocking discovery has her questioning her path, and sends her hunting for answers about her past. Grace isn’t alone on this odyssey. Zack, the secretive government agent who is sometimes an enemy and sometimes a friend has been shadowing her every move. Is he protecting her—or hunting her? And Jude, her first love, has returned from hiding to aid her—a task complicated by their history. In a dangerous world filled with lies and betrayals, Grace can’t trust anyone. And the choices she makes will either save her friends, the resistance, and the hope of attaining free will—or secure the Prophets’ power and ultimate control.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345405Tue, 15 Jan 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fearless Author: Sarah Tarkoff Narrator: Stephanie Einstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 15, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fearless Author: Sarah Tarkoff Narrator: Stephanie Einstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 15, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In a near future society in which morality is manifested through beauty and ugliness, a young woman will imperil her future and her world to expose the global shadow network that uses its power to play God and control humanity. A decade ago, Grace Luther’s life was changed by the Revelations: the moment when Great Spirit “saved” humanity and transformed the world into a place where pious behavior is rewarded with beauty, and wrongdoing results in ugliness and even death. Now, at eighteen, Grace knows that everything she believed about the Revelations is a lie—a myth constructed by the government of the Prophets to force its citizens into model behavior . . . and one that led to her mother’s death. She is determined to expose the deception and bring down the Prophets, even if it means aligning herself with the resistance, a group she doesn’t entirely trust. After insinuating herself into Prophet Joshua’s inner circle, the double agent gets ever closer to fulfilling her mission to destroy his mind-influencing nanotechnology. But a shocking discovery has her questioning her path, and sends her hunting for answers about her past. Grace isn’t alone on this odyssey. Zack, the secretive government agent who is sometimes an enemy and sometimes a friend has been shadowing her every move. Is he protecting her—or hunting her? And Jude, her first love, has returned from hiding to aid her—a task complicated by their history. In a dangerous world filled with lies and betrayals, Grace can’t trust anyone. And the choices she makes will either save her friends, the resistance, and the hope of attaining free will—or secure the Prophets’ power and ultimate control.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-far-field-by-madhuri-vijay--65202727https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Far Field Author: Madhuri Vijay Narrator: Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 1 minute Release date: January 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the wake of her mother’s death, Shalini, a privileged and restless young woman from Bangalore, sets out for a remote Himalayan village in the troubled northern region of Kashmir. Certain that the loss of her mother is somehow connected to the decade-old disappearance of Bashir Ahmed, a charming Kashmiri salesman who frequented her childhood home, she is determined to confront him. But upon her arrival, Shalini is brought face to face with Kashmir’s politics, as well as the tangled history of the local family that takes her in. And when life in the village turns volatile and old hatreds threaten to erupt into violence, Shalini finds herself forced to make a series of choices that could hold dangerous repercussions for the very people she has come to love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365654Tue, 15 Jan 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Far Field Author: Madhuri Vijay Narrator: Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 1 minute Release date: January 15, 2019...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/365654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Far Field Author: Madhuri Vijay Narrator: Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 1 minute Release date: January 15, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the wake of her mother’s death, Shalini, a privileged and restless young woman from Bangalore, sets out for a remote Himalayan village in the troubled northern region of Kashmir. Certain that the loss of her mother is somehow connected to the decade-old disappearance of Bashir Ahmed, a charming Kashmiri salesman who frequented her childhood home, she is determined to confront him. But upon her arrival, Shalini is brought face to face with Kashmir’s politics, as well as the tangled history of the local family that takes her in. And when life in the village turns volatile and old hatreds threaten to erupt into violence, Shalini finds herself forced to make a series of choices that could hold dangerous repercussions for the very people she has come to love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lake-city-a-novel-by-thomas-kohnstamm--65202796https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lake City: A Novel Author: Thomas Kohnstamm Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 8, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The setting is Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood during the 2001 holiday season. In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy and at the peak of Seattle’s first wave of tech-boom gentrification―a wave that never quite made it to his neighborhood―Lane Bueche schemes how to win back his wife (and her trust fund). In his childhood bedroom in his mother’s decrepit old house, the idealistic but self-serving striver Lane licks his wounds and hatches a plot. He discovers a precarious path forward when he is contracted by a wealthy adoptive couple to seduce and sabotage a troubled birth mother from his neighborhood. Lane soon finds himself in a zero-sum game between the families as he straddles two cultures, classes, and worlds. With the well-being of the toddler at stake, Lane must choose between wanting to do the right thing (if he could only figure out what that is) and reclaiming the life of privilege he so recently had and, he feels, so richly deserves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347588Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lake City: A Novel Author: Thomas Kohnstamm Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lake City: A Novel Author: Thomas Kohnstamm Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 8, 2019 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The setting is Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood during the 2001 holiday season. In the wake of the 9/11 tragedy and at the peak of Seattle’s first wave of tech-boom gentrification―a wave that never quite made it to his neighborhood―Lane Bueche schemes how to win back his wife (and her trust fund). In his childhood bedroom in his mother’s decrepit old house, the idealistic but self-serving striver Lane licks his wounds and hatches a plot. He discovers a precarious path forward when he is contracted by a wealthy adoptive couple to seduce and sabotage a troubled birth mother from his neighborhood. Lane soon finds himself in a zero-sum game between the families as he straddles two cultures, classes, and worlds. With the well-being of the toddler at stake, Lane must choose between wanting to do the right thing (if he could only figure out what that is) and reclaiming the life of privilege he so recently had and, he feels, so richly deserves.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/high-fidelity-by-nick-hornby--65202828https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/357078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: High Fidelity Author: Nick Hornby Narrator: David Case Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 18, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll. “I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time.”—Zoë Kravitz Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Rob seeks refuge in the company of the offbeat clerks at his store, who endlessly review their top five films; top five Elvis Costello songs; top five episodes of Cheers. Rob tries dating a singer, but maybe it’s just that he’s always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract. Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think that life with kids, marriage, barbecues, and soft rock CDs might not be so bad.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/357078Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/357078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: High Fidelity Author: Nick Hornby Narrator: David Case Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 18, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/357078 to listen full audiobooks. Title: High Fidelity Author: Nick Hornby Narrator: David Case Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 22 minutes Release date: December 18, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll. “I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time.”—Zoë Kravitz Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Rob seeks refuge in the company of the offbeat clerks at his store, who endlessly review their top five films; top five Elvis Costello songs; top five episodes of Cheers. Rob tries dating a singer, but maybe it’s just that he’s always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract. Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think that life with kids, marriage, barbecues, and soft rock CDs might not be so bad.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/strong-heart-by-charlie-sheldon--65202711https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strong Heart Series: #1 of The Strong Heart Series Author: Charlie Sheldon Narrator: Laurel Anne White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 18, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Adventure, scientific inquiry, a tinge of mystery, and a hint of the unexplainable infuse this meticulously imagined tale. In a story matching the breathtaking scope of its Pacific Northwest and North Pacific setting, Sheldon’s tale startles, yet challenges us to think. One stormy May night, just as Tom Olsen is about to leave with his Native American friends to visit his grandfather’s grave deep in Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula wilderness, he answers a knock at his door to find an abandoned thirteen-year-old girl. The girl announces her name is Sarah Cooley and that Tom is her grandfather. She tells Tom he lives at the end of the earth. All she sees is dripping forest, tall trees, rain, and wind. Astonished, all Tom sees is trouble. He knows he should cancel the trip and deal with Sarah, but when his friends suggest bringing Sarah along, Tom reluctantly agrees, hoping a backpacking trip might teach Sarah some sorely needed lessons about character, responsibility, and grit. All too soon, Tom and his friends have reason to wonder—are they taking Sarah Cooley on this journey, or is she taking them?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360486Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strong Heart Series: #1 of The Strong Heart Series Author: Charlie Sheldon Narrator: Laurel Anne White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/360486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strong Heart Series: #1 of The Strong Heart Series Author: Charlie Sheldon Narrator: Laurel Anne White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 18, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Adventure, scientific inquiry, a tinge of mystery, and a hint of the unexplainable infuse this meticulously imagined tale. In a story matching the breathtaking scope of its Pacific Northwest and North Pacific setting, Sheldon’s tale startles, yet challenges us to think. One stormy May night, just as Tom Olsen is about to leave with his Native American friends to visit his grandfather’s grave deep in Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula wilderness, he answers a knock at his door to find an abandoned thirteen-year-old girl. The girl announces her name is Sarah Cooley and that Tom is her grandfather. She tells Tom he lives at the end of the earth. All she sees is dripping forest, tall trees, rain, and wind. Astonished, all Tom sees is trouble. He knows he should cancel the trip and deal with Sarah, but when his friends suggest bringing Sarah along, Tom reluctantly agrees, hoping a backpacking trip might teach Sarah some sorely needed lessons about character, responsibility, and grit. All too soon, Tom and his friends have reason to wonder—are they taking Sarah Cooley on this journey, or is she taking them?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/slave-to-fortune-by-d-j-munro--65202735https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364168 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Slave to Fortune Author: D.J. Munro Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 12, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Slave to Fortune is an award-winning historical novel. Tom Cheke's world is turned upside-down when he is kidnapped from his home by Barbary corsairs during an audacious night raid. Sold into slavery in seventeenth-century Algiers, Tom carves out a promising, new life only to have it shattered once more. Another twist of fate throws him into the hands of a Scottish knight of the Order of St John and into a turbulent world of ciphers, spies and assassinations. This is a remarkable account of how a young man comes of age, grasping life from the setbacks of fortune. It is a tale of friendship and reconciliation, of intrigue and deceit, in which trust is betrayed and deep-rooted beliefs and values are cast into doubt. In Slave to Fortune, D. J. Munro skillfully captures a bygone era of galleons and gunpowder as the plot twists from the alleyways of Algiers, through the splendor of Malta and the canals of Venice, to maritime Portsmouth and the rustic charms of the Isle of Wight. With echoes of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure novel Kidnapped and J. Meade Falkner's Moonfleet, Slave to Fortune is an uplifting, intelligent book that will spark curiosity and keep listeners enthralled.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364168Wed, 12 Dec 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364168 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Slave to Fortune Author: D.J. Munro Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 12,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/364168 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Slave to Fortune Author: D.J. Munro Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 12, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Slave to Fortune is an award-winning historical novel. Tom Cheke's world is turned upside-down when he is kidnapped from his home by Barbary corsairs during an audacious night raid. Sold into slavery in seventeenth-century Algiers, Tom carves out a promising, new life only to have it shattered once more. Another twist of fate throws him into the hands of a Scottish knight of the Order of St John and into a turbulent world of ciphers, spies and assassinations. This is a remarkable account of how a young man comes of age, grasping life from the setbacks of fortune. It is a tale of friendship and reconciliation, of intrigue and deceit, in which trust is betrayed and deep-rooted beliefs and values are cast into doubt. In Slave to Fortune, D. J. Munro skillfully captures a bygone era of galleons and gunpowder as the plot twists from the alleyways of Algiers, through the splendor of Malta and the canals of Venice, to maritime Portsmouth and the rustic charms of the Isle of Wight. With echoes of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure novel Kidnapped and J. Meade Falkner's Moonfleet, Slave to Fortune is an uplifting, intelligent book that will spark curiosity and keep listeners enthralled.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-queen-s-gambit-by-walter-tevis--65202800https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen’s Gambit Author: Walter Tevis Narrator: Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.39 of Total 51 Ratings of Narrator: 4.3 of Total 20 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Now the basis for a highly acclaimed, award-winning Netflix series. Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she is competing for the US Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346042Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen’s Gambit Author: Walter Tevis Narrator: Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 11, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen’s Gambit Author: Walter Tevis Narrator: Amy Landon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.39 of Total 51 Ratings of Narrator: 4.3 of Total 20 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Now the basis for a highly acclaimed, award-winning Netflix series. Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she is competing for the US Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winter-loon-a-novel-by-susan-bernhard--65202748https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Loon: A Novel Author: Susan Bernhard Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A haunting debut novel about family and sacrifice, Winter Loon reminds us of how great a burden the past can be, the toll it exacts, and the freedom that comes from letting it go. Abandoned by his father after his mother drowns in a frozen Minnesota lake, fifteen-year-old Wes Ballot is stranded with coldhearted grandparents and holed up in his mother’s old bedroom, surrounded by her remnants and memories. As the wait for his father stretches unforgivably into months, a local girl, whose own mother died a brutal death, captures his heart and imagination, giving Wes fresh air to breathe in the suffocating small town. When buried truths come to light in the spring thaw, wounds are exposed and violence erupts, forcing Wes to embark on a search for his missing father, the truth about his mother, and a future he must claim for himself—a quest that begins back at that frozen lake. A powerful, page-turning coming-of-age story, Winter Loon captures the resilience of a boy determined to become a worthy man by confronting family demons, clawing his way out of the darkness, and forging a life from the shambles of a broken past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347942Sat, 01 Dec 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Loon: A Novel Author: Susan Bernhard Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winter Loon: A Novel Author: Susan Bernhard Narrator: Vikas Adam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A haunting debut novel about family and sacrifice, Winter Loon reminds us of how great a burden the past can be, the toll it exacts, and the freedom that comes from letting it go. Abandoned by his father after his mother drowns in a frozen Minnesota lake, fifteen-year-old Wes Ballot is stranded with coldhearted grandparents and holed up in his mother’s old bedroom, surrounded by her remnants and memories. As the wait for his father stretches unforgivably into months, a local girl, whose own mother died a brutal death, captures his heart and imagination, giving Wes fresh air to breathe in the suffocating small town. When buried truths come to light in the spring thaw, wounds are exposed and violence erupts, forcing Wes to embark on a search for his missing father, the truth about his mother, and a future he must claim for himself—a quest that begins back at that frozen lake. A powerful, page-turning coming-of-age story, Winter Loon captures the resilience of a boy determined to become a worthy man by confronting family demons, clawing his way out of the darkness, and forging a life from the shambles of a broken past.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-us-a-heart-wrenching-story-that-will-make-you-believe-in-true-love-by-tara-sivec--65202734https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Us: A heart-wrenching story that will make you believe in true love Author: Tara Sivec Narrator: Devon Hales, Edward Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the USA Today bestselling author of Fisher's Light comes a 'heartbreaking and hopeful' (AL Jackson) standalone romance about first love and second chances. How much can a man take before he breaks? 1,843 days. That's how long I survived in that hellhole. They tried to break me, but I resisted. And I owe it all to the memory of warm summer nights, the scent of peaches, and the one woman who loved me more than I ever deserved to be loved. Now, I'll do anything to get back to her. Only Shelby Eubanks isn't the girl I left behind all those years ago. She's someone else, a stranger. My Shelby-my little green-eyed firecracker-would never give up her dreams, would never disappear into her mother's ambitions. But I won't give up on her. On us. I may be broken, and scarred, and not the man I used to be, but I will do whatever it takes to remind her of the story of us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356897Tue, 27 Nov 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Us: A heart-wrenching story that will make you believe in true love Author: Tara Sivec Narrator: Devon Hales, Edward Thomas Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Us: A heart-wrenching story that will make you believe in true love Author: Tara Sivec Narrator: Devon Hales, Edward Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: November 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the USA Today bestselling author of Fisher's Light comes a 'heartbreaking and hopeful' (AL Jackson) standalone romance about first love and second chances. How much can a man take before he breaks? 1,843 days. That's how long I survived in that hellhole. They tried to break me, but I resisted. And I owe it all to the memory of warm summer nights, the scent of peaches, and the one woman who loved me more than I ever deserved to be loved. Now, I'll do anything to get back to her. Only Shelby Eubanks isn't the girl I left behind all those years ago. She's someone else, a stranger. My Shelby-my little green-eyed firecracker-would never give up her dreams, would never disappear into her mother's ambitions. But I won't give up on her. On us. I may be broken, and scarred, and not the man I used to be, but I will do whatever it takes to remind her of the story of us.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-can-save-us-all-by-adam-nemett--65202811https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Can Save Us All Author: Adam Nemett Narrator: Adam Nemett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 13, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Nemett's wondrously fresh novel positively bursts with charm, heart, and invention.' ―Booklist, Starred Review Welcome to The Egg, an off-campus geodesic dome where David Fuffman and his crew of alienated Princeton students train for what might be the end of days: America is in a perpetual state of war, climate disasters create a global state of emergency, and scientists believe time itself may be collapsing. Funded by the charismatic Mathias Blue and fueled by performance enhancers and psychedelic drugs, a student revolution incubates at The Egg, inspired by the superheroes that dominate American culture. The arrival of Haley Roth―an impassioned heroine with a dark secret―propels David and Mathias to expand their movement across college campuses nationwide, inspiring a cult-like following. As the final superstorm arrives, they toe the line between good and evil, deliverance and demagogues, the damned and the saved. In this sprawling, ambitious debut, Adam Nemett delves into contemporary life in all of its chaos and unknowing. We Can Save Us All is a brave, ribald, and multi-layered examination of what may be the fundamental question of our time: just who is responsible for fixing all of this?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347349Tue, 13 Nov 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Can Save Us All Author: Adam Nemett Narrator: Adam Nemett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 13, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Can Save Us All Author: Adam Nemett Narrator: Adam Nemett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 13, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Nemett's wondrously fresh novel positively bursts with charm, heart, and invention.' ―Booklist, Starred Review Welcome to The Egg, an off-campus geodesic dome where David Fuffman and his crew of alienated Princeton students train for what might be the end of days: America is in a perpetual state of war, climate disasters create a global state of emergency, and scientists believe time itself may be collapsing. Funded by the charismatic Mathias Blue and fueled by performance enhancers and psychedelic drugs, a student revolution incubates at The Egg, inspired by the superheroes that dominate American culture. The arrival of Haley Roth―an impassioned heroine with a dark secret―propels David and Mathias to expand their movement across college campuses nationwide, inspiring a cult-like following. As the final superstorm arrives, they toe the line between good and evil, deliverance and demagogues, the damned and the saved. In this sprawling, ambitious debut, Adam Nemett delves into contemporary life in all of its chaos and unknowing. We Can Save Us All is a brave, ribald, and multi-layered examination of what may be the fundamental question of our time: just who is responsible for fixing all of this?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-women-special-edition-by-louisa-may-alcott--65202806https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Women, Special Edition Series: #1 of The Little Women Series Author: Louisa May Alcott Narrator: Andrea Emmes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher. The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters. This Special Edition celebrating the 150th year since publication includes excerpts from “Louisa May Alcott, her Life, Letters, and Journals” and “Little Women” Part 1 and 2. Foreword provided by Ashley Fontainne and Lillian Hansen]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350028Tue, 06 Nov 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Women, Special Edition Series: #1 of The Little Women Series Author: Louisa May Alcott Narrator: Andrea Emmes Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350028 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Women, Special Edition Series: #1 of The Little Women Series Author: Louisa May Alcott Narrator: Andrea Emmes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.59 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books rapidly over several months at the request of her publisher. The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters. This Special Edition celebrating the 150th year since publication includes excerpts from “Louisa May Alcott, her Life, Letters, and Journals” and “Little Women” Part 1 and 2. Foreword provided by Ashley Fontainne and Lillian Hansen]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-winter-comes-by-v-a-shannon--65202831https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Winter Comes Author: V. A. Shannon Narrator: Susannah Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the voice of an unforgettable heroine, V. A. Shannon explores one of the most harrowing episodes in pioneer history—the ill-fated journey of the Donner Party—in a mesmerizing novel of resilience and survival. Mrs. Jacob Klein has a husband, children, and a warm and comfortable home in California. No one—not even her family—knows how she came to be out West thirteen years ago. Jacob, a kind and patient man, has promised not to ask. But if she were to tell her story, she would recount a tale of tragedy, mishaps, and unthinkable choices—yet also sacrifice, courage, and a powerful, unexpected love … 1846: On the outskirts of Cincinnati, wagons gather by the hundreds, readying to head west to California. Among the throng is a fifteen-year-old girl eager to escape her abusive family. With just a few stolen dollars to her name, she enlists as helpmate to a married couple with a young daughter. Their group stays optimistic in the face of the journey’s hazards and delays. Then comes a decision that she is powerless to prevent: instead of following the wagon train’s established route, the Donner Party will take a shortcut over the Sierras, aiming to clear the mountains before the first snows descend. In the years since that infamous winter, other survivors have sold their accounts for notoriety and money, lurid tales often filled with half-truths or blatant, gory lies. Now, Mrs. Klein must decide whether to keep those bitter memories secret, or risk destroying the life she has endured so much to build.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346084Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Winter Comes Author: V. A. Shannon Narrator: Susannah Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When Winter Comes Author: V. A. Shannon Narrator: Susannah Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the voice of an unforgettable heroine, V. A. Shannon explores one of the most harrowing episodes in pioneer history—the ill-fated journey of the Donner Party—in a mesmerizing novel of resilience and survival. Mrs. Jacob Klein has a husband, children, and a warm and comfortable home in California. No one—not even her family—knows how she came to be out West thirteen years ago. Jacob, a kind and patient man, has promised not to ask. But if she were to tell her story, she would recount a tale of tragedy, mishaps, and unthinkable choices—yet also sacrifice, courage, and a powerful, unexpected love … 1846: On the outskirts of Cincinnati, wagons gather by the hundreds, readying to head west to California. Among the throng is a fifteen-year-old girl eager to escape her abusive family. With just a few stolen dollars to her name, she enlists as helpmate to a married couple with a young daughter. Their group stays optimistic in the face of the journey’s hazards and delays. Then comes a decision that she is powerless to prevent: instead of following the wagon train’s established route, the Donner Party will take a shortcut over the Sierras, aiming to clear the mountains before the first snows descend. In the years since that infamous winter, other survivors have sold their accounts for notoriety and money, lurid tales often filled with half-truths or blatant, gory lies. Now, Mrs. Klein must decide whether to keep those bitter memories secret, or risk destroying the life she has endured so much to build.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/portrait-of-a-sister-by-laura-bradford--65202740https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Portrait of a Sister Author: Laura Bradford Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Katie Beiler was always the follower to her twin sister Hannah's lead. That is until Hannah left their Amish upbringing for an English life—leaving Katie to find her own footing in a world that no longer looks as it once did . . . Katie has always imagined her life being just like Mamm's. It's why she chose baptism and why she'll soon marry Abram Zook. But ever since Hannah left, the only thing that truly makes Katie smile is the sketchpad in which she indulges her talent for drawing faces—a sin that, if discovered, could get her shunned by her family, her friends, and even Abram. Yet Katie sees her secret pastime as the only way to quiet a growing restlessness she'd just as soon ignore. That is, until their Mamm's untimely death brings Hannah back home to Pennsylvania, with a new outlook on life, a man she adores, and, soon, an invitation for Katie to visit her in New York City. Suddenly, Katie is experiencing a freedom she's never had, in a world she never imagined. She's also spending time in the company of a fellow dreamer, someone who sees her as strong and brave and makes her laugh. But it's when Hannah shows Katie's drawings to a gallery owner that she truly finds herself at a crossroads between the only life she's ever known and the powerful lure of an unfamiliar future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358408Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Portrait of a Sister Author: Laura Bradford Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/358408 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Portrait of a Sister Author: Laura Bradford Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Katie Beiler was always the follower to her twin sister Hannah's lead. That is until Hannah left their Amish upbringing for an English life—leaving Katie to find her own footing in a world that no longer looks as it once did . . . Katie has always imagined her life being just like Mamm's. It's why she chose baptism and why she'll soon marry Abram Zook. But ever since Hannah left, the only thing that truly makes Katie smile is the sketchpad in which she indulges her talent for drawing faces—a sin that, if discovered, could get her shunned by her family, her friends, and even Abram. Yet Katie sees her secret pastime as the only way to quiet a growing restlessness she'd just as soon ignore. That is, until their Mamm's untimely death brings Hannah back home to Pennsylvania, with a new outlook on life, a man she adores, and, soon, an invitation for Katie to visit her in New York City. Suddenly, Katie is experiencing a freedom she's never had, in a world she never imagined. She's also spending time in the company of a fellow dreamer, someone who sees her as strong and brave and makes her laugh. But it's when Hannah shows Katie's drawings to a gallery owner that she truly finds herself at a crossroads between the only life she's ever known and the powerful lure of an unfamiliar future.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-deeper-the-water-the-uglier-the-fish-by-katya-apekina--65202725https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish Author: Katya Apekina Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley, Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: It's sixteen-year-old Edie who finds their mother Marianne dangling in the living room from an old jump rope, puddle of urine on the floor, barely alive. Upstairs, fourteen-year-old Mae had fallen into one of her trances, often a result of feeling too closely attuned to her mother's dark moods. After Marianne is unwillingly admitted to a mental hospital, Edie and Mae are forced to move from their childhood home in Louisiana to New York to live with their estranged father, Dennis, a former civil rights activist and literary figure on the other side of success. The girls, grieving and homesick, are at first wary of their father's affection, but soon Mae and Edie's close relationship begins to fall apart—Edie remains fiercely loyal to Marianne, convinced that Dennis is responsible for her mother's downfall, while Mae, suffocated by her striking resemblances to her mother, feels pulled toward their father. The girls move in increasingly opposing and destructive directions as they struggle to cope with outsized pain, and as the history of Dennis and Marianne's romantic past clicks into focus, the family fractures further. Moving through a selection of first-person accounts and written with a sinister sense of humor, The Deeper The Water The Uglier The Fish powerfully captures the quiet torment of two sisters craving the attention of a parent they can't, and shouldn't, have to themselves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359110Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish Author: Katya Apekina Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley, Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish Author: Katya Apekina Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley, Roger Wayne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: It's sixteen-year-old Edie who finds their mother Marianne dangling in the living room from an old jump rope, puddle of urine on the floor, barely alive. Upstairs, fourteen-year-old Mae had fallen into one of her trances, often a result of feeling too closely attuned to her mother's dark moods. After Marianne is unwillingly admitted to a mental hospital, Edie and Mae are forced to move from their childhood home in Louisiana to New York to live with their estranged father, Dennis, a former civil rights activist and literary figure on the other side of success. The girls, grieving and homesick, are at first wary of their father's affection, but soon Mae and Edie's close relationship begins to fall apart—Edie remains fiercely loyal to Marianne, convinced that Dennis is responsible for her mother's downfall, while Mae, suffocated by her striking resemblances to her mother, feels pulled toward their father. The girls move in increasingly opposing and destructive directions as they struggle to cope with outsized pain, and as the history of Dennis and Marianne's romantic past clicks into focus, the family fractures further. Moving through a selection of first-person accounts and written with a sinister sense of humor, The Deeper The Water The Uglier The Fish powerfully captures the quiet torment of two sisters craving the attention of a parent they can't, and shouldn't, have to themselves.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marilla-of-green-gables-a-novel-by-sarah-mccoy--65202766https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marilla of Green Gables: A Novel Author: Sarah McCoy Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the nineteenth century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert, and the choices that will open her life to the possibility of heartbreak—and unimaginable greatness. Plucky and ambitious, Marilla Cuthbert is thirteen years old when her world is turned upside down. Her beloved mother dies in childbirth, and Marilla suddenly must bear the responsibilities of a farm wife: cooking, sewing, keeping house, and overseeing the day-to-day life of Green Gables with her brother, Matthew and father, Hugh. In Avonlea—a small, tight-knit farming town on a remote island—life holds few options for farm girls. Her one connection to the wider world is Aunt Elizabeth ''Izzy'' Johnson, her mother’s sister, who managed to escape from Avonlea to the bustling city of St. Catharines. An opinionated spinster, Aunt Izzy’s talent as a seamstress has allowed her to build a thriving business and make her own way in the world. Emboldened by her aunt, Marilla dares to venture beyond the safety of Green Gables and discovers new friends and new opportunities. Joining the Ladies Aid Society, she raises funds for an orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity in nearby Nova Scotia that secretly serves as a way station for runaway slaves from America. Her budding romance with John Blythe, the charming son of a neighbor, offers her a possibility of future happiness—Marilla is in no rush to trade one farm life for another. She soon finds herself caught up in the dangerous work of politics, and abolition—jeopardizing all she cherishes, including her bond with her dearest John Blythe. Now Marilla must face a reckoning between her dreams of making a difference in the wider world and the small-town reality of life at Green Gables.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345319Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marilla of Green Gables: A Novel Author: Sarah McCoy Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marilla of Green Gables: A Novel Author: Sarah McCoy Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 15 minutes Release date: October 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the nineteenth century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert, and the choices that will open her life to the possibility of heartbreak—and unimaginable greatness. Plucky and ambitious, Marilla Cuthbert is thirteen years old when her world is turned upside down. Her beloved mother dies in childbirth, and Marilla suddenly must bear the responsibilities of a farm wife: cooking, sewing, keeping house, and overseeing the day-to-day life of Green Gables with her brother, Matthew and father, Hugh. In Avonlea—a small, tight-knit farming town on a remote island—life holds few options for farm girls. Her one connection to the wider world is Aunt Elizabeth ''Izzy'' Johnson, her mother’s sister, who managed to escape from Avonlea to the bustling city of St. Catharines. An opinionated spinster, Aunt Izzy’s talent as a seamstress has allowed her to build a thriving business and make her own way in the world. Emboldened by her aunt, Marilla dares to venture beyond the safety of Green Gables and discovers new friends and new opportunities. Joining the Ladies Aid Society, she raises funds for an orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity in nearby Nova Scotia that secretly serves as a way station for runaway slaves from America. Her budding romance with John Blythe, the charming son of a neighbor, offers her a possibility of future happiness—Marilla is in no rush to trade one farm life for another. She soon finds herself caught up in the dangerous work of politics, and abolition—jeopardizing all she cherishes, including her bond with her dearest John Blythe. Now Marilla must face a reckoning between her dreams of making a difference in the wider world and the small-town reality of life at Green Gables.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bridge-of-clay-the-redemptive-joyous-bestseller-by-the-author-of-the-book-thief-by-markus-zusak--65202794https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bridge of Clay: The redemptive, joyous bestseller by the author of THE BOOK THIEF Author: Markus Zusak Narrator: Markus Zusak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook editon of Bridge of Clay, written and read by Markus Zusak. THE EPIC NEW NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK THIEF *********************** Here is a story told inside out and back to front Five Dunbar brothers are living – fighting, loving, grieving – in the perfect chaos of a house without grown-ups. Today, the father who left them has just walked right back in. He has a surprising request: Who will build a bridge with him? It is Clay, a boy tormented by a long-buried secret, who accepts. But why is Clay so broken? And why must he fulfil this extraordinary challenge? Bridge of Clay is about a boy caught in a current, a boy intent on destroying everything he has in order to become everything he needs to be. Ahead of him lies the bridge, the vision that will save both his family and himself. It will be a miracle and nothing less. At once an existential riddle and a search for redemption, this tale of five brothers coming of age in a house with no rules brims with energy, joy and pathos. Written in Markus Zusak's distinctive style, it is a tour de force from a master storyteller of the heart. Markus Zusak's epic new novel BRIDGE OF CLAY is due out this October 2018 ***************************** 'A captivating book with a mighty, fearless heart, BRIDGE OF CLAY is filled with characters to believe in and care about ... achingly moving, delightfully funny, and thoroughly uplifting.' M L STEDMAN, bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348886Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bridge of Clay: The redemptive, joyous bestseller by the author of THE BOOK THIEF Author: Markus Zusak Narrator: Markus Zusak Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/348886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bridge of Clay: The redemptive, joyous bestseller by the author of THE BOOK THIEF Author: Markus Zusak Narrator: Markus Zusak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook editon of Bridge of Clay, written and read by Markus Zusak. THE EPIC NEW NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK THIEF *********************** Here is a story told inside out and back to front Five Dunbar brothers are living – fighting, loving, grieving – in the perfect chaos of a house without grown-ups. Today, the father who left them has just walked right back in. He has a surprising request: Who will build a bridge with him? It is Clay, a boy tormented by a long-buried secret, who accepts. But why is Clay so broken? And why must he fulfil this extraordinary challenge? Bridge of Clay is about a boy caught in a current, a boy intent on destroying everything he has in order to become everything he needs to be. Ahead of him lies the bridge, the vision that will save both his family and himself. It will be a miracle and nothing less. At once an existential riddle and a search for redemption, this tale of five brothers coming of age in a house with no rules brims with energy, joy and pathos. Written in Markus Zusak's distinctive style, it is a tour de force from a master storyteller of the heart. Markus Zusak's epic new novel BRIDGE OF CLAY is due out this October 2018 ***************************** 'A captivating book with a mighty, fearless heart, BRIDGE OF CLAY is filled with characters to believe in and care about ... achingly moving, delightfully funny, and thoroughly uplifting.' M L STEDMAN, bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trouble-the-water-a-novel-by-jacqueline-friedland--65202809https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trouble the Water: A Novel Author: Jacqueline Friedland Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Abigail Milton was born into the British middle class, but her family has landed in unthinkable debt. To ease their burdens, Abby's parents send her to America to live off the charity of their old friend, Douglas Elling. When she arrives in Charleston at the age of seventeen, Abigail discovers that the man her parents raved about is a disagreeable widower who wants little to do with her. To her relief, he relegates her care to a governess, leaving her to settle into his enormous estate with little interference. But just as she begins to grow comfortable in her new life, she overhears her benefactor planning the escape of a local slave—and suddenly, everything she thought she knew about Douglas Elling is turned on its head. Abby’s attempts to learn more about Douglas and his involvement in abolition initiate a circuitous dance of secrets and trust. As Abby and Douglas each attempt to manage their complicated interior lives, listeners can't help but hope that their meandering will lead them straight to each other. Set against the vivid backdrop of Charleston twenty years before the Civil War, Trouble the Water is a captivating tale replete with authentic details about Charleston’s aristocratic planter class, American slavery, and the Underground Railroad.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355595Tue, 09 Oct 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trouble the Water: A Novel Author: Jacqueline Friedland Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/355595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trouble the Water: A Novel Author: Jacqueline Friedland Narrator: Kirsten Potter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Abigail Milton was born into the British middle class, but her family has landed in unthinkable debt. To ease their burdens, Abby's parents send her to America to live off the charity of their old friend, Douglas Elling. When she arrives in Charleston at the age of seventeen, Abigail discovers that the man her parents raved about is a disagreeable widower who wants little to do with her. To her relief, he relegates her care to a governess, leaving her to settle into his enormous estate with little interference. But just as she begins to grow comfortable in her new life, she overhears her benefactor planning the escape of a local slave—and suddenly, everything she thought she knew about Douglas Elling is turned on its head. Abby’s attempts to learn more about Douglas and his involvement in abolition initiate a circuitous dance of secrets and trust. As Abby and Douglas each attempt to manage their complicated interior lives, listeners can't help but hope that their meandering will lead them straight to each other. Set against the vivid backdrop of Charleston twenty years before the Civil War, Trouble the Water is a captivating tale replete with authentic details about Charleston’s aristocratic planter class, American slavery, and the Underground Railroad.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-life-or-the-next-a-novel-by-demian-vitanza--65202776https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Life or the Next: A Novel Author: Demian Vitanza Narrator: Assaf Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 9, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From award-winning author Demian Vitanza comes a groundbreaking novel—his first to be translated into English—about one man’s alienation, radicalization, and disillusionment on the violent front lines in Syria. Tariq Khan is a Pakistani born and raised in Norway. An outsider in his own country—adrift between two worlds divided by class, race, and culture—he’s always been searching for home. Alongside a flock of other streetwise young men, each looking for direction and each easily susceptible, Tariq finds his cause in the Muslim revival. Idealistic, driven by faith, and empowered with purpose, he’s drawn to radical Islam—his last resort for achieving a sense of belonging, for embracing and being embraced. It’s only when he enlists in the war against Assad that Tariq’s eyes are truly opened. Dispirited with the violence, faced with the consequences of his choices, and increasingly distanced by the brutalities of jihad, Tariq contends with spiritual struggles that are his alone. So are the stories he will tell to make sense of his life. In this daring and unprecedented work of literary fiction, Demian Vitanza explores the power of memory, the lure of rebellion, the search for meaning amid chaos—and the toll that such a journey can take before finally finding one’s way home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342413Tue, 09 Oct 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Life or the Next: A Novel Author: Demian Vitanza Narrator: Assaf Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Life or the Next: A Novel Author: Demian Vitanza Narrator: Assaf Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: October 9, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From award-winning author Demian Vitanza comes a groundbreaking novel—his first to be translated into English—about one man’s alienation, radicalization, and disillusionment on the violent front lines in Syria. Tariq Khan is a Pakistani born and raised in Norway. An outsider in his own country—adrift between two worlds divided by class, race, and culture—he’s always been searching for home. Alongside a flock of other streetwise young men, each looking for direction and each easily susceptible, Tariq finds his cause in the Muslim revival. Idealistic, driven by faith, and empowered with purpose, he’s drawn to radical Islam—his last resort for achieving a sense of belonging, for embracing and being embraced. It’s only when he enlists in the war against Assad that Tariq’s eyes are truly opened. Dispirited with the violence, faced with the consequences of his choices, and increasingly distanced by the brutalities of jihad, Tariq contends with spiritual struggles that are his alone. So are the stories he will tell to make sense of his life. In this daring and unprecedented work of literary fiction, Demian Vitanza explores the power of memory, the lure of rebellion, the search for meaning amid chaos—and the toll that such a journey can take before finally finding one’s way home.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-witch-of-willow-hall-by-hester-fox--65202803https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Witch Of Willow Hall Author: Hester Fox Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 2, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘This debut recalls Georgette Heyer, with extra spookiness’ The Times ‘Beautifully written… The Witch of Willow Hall will cast a spell over every reader’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Years after the Salem witch trials one witch remains. She just doesn’t know it… yet. 1821: Growing up, Lydia Montrose knew she was descended from the witches of Salem, but was warned to never tell anyone what she could do, and has now forgotten her legacy. But Willow Hall has awoken something inside her… Having fled family scandal in Boston, Willow Hall seems an idyllic refuge from the world. But a subtle menace haunts the grounds, with strange voices and ghostly apparitions in the night, which call to Lydia's secret inheritance and threaten to awaken something long buried. Can Lydia confront her inner witch and harness her powers, or is it too late to save herself and her family from the deadly fate of Willow Hall? Readers are spellbound by the The Witch of Willow Hall! 'Amazing' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'If you’re looking for a witch read for autumn then move this to the top of your pile! NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Chilling and claustrophobic' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345792Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Witch Of Willow Hall Author: Hester Fox Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Witch Of Willow Hall Author: Hester Fox Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 2, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘This debut recalls Georgette Heyer, with extra spookiness’ The Times ‘Beautifully written… The Witch of Willow Hall will cast a spell over every reader’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Years after the Salem witch trials one witch remains. She just doesn’t know it… yet. 1821: Growing up, Lydia Montrose knew she was descended from the witches of Salem, but was warned to never tell anyone what she could do, and has now forgotten her legacy. But Willow Hall has awoken something inside her… Having fled family scandal in Boston, Willow Hall seems an idyllic refuge from the world. But a subtle menace haunts the grounds, with strange voices and ghostly apparitions in the night, which call to Lydia's secret inheritance and threaten to awaken something long buried. Can Lydia confront her inner witch and harness her powers, or is it too late to save herself and her family from the deadly fate of Willow Hall? Readers are spellbound by the The Witch of Willow Hall! 'Amazing' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'If you’re looking for a witch read for autumn then move this to the top of your pile! NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Chilling and claustrophobic' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-legacy-of-lucy-harte-by-emma-heatherington--65202835https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Legacy of Lucy Harte Author: Emma Heatherington Narrator: Melanie Machugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 6, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This beautiful, heartbreaking novel is a must read for fans of bestselling authors Jojo Moyes, Kelly Rimmer and SD Robertson. ‘Sometimes time is all we have with the people we love. I ask you to slow down in life. To take your time, but don’t waste it….’ Maggie O'Hara knows better than most that life can change in a heartbeat. Eighteen years ago she was given the most precious gift- a second-hand heart, and a second chance at life. Always thankful, Maggie has never forgotten Lucy Harte – the little girl who saved her life. But as Maggie's own life begins to fall apart, and her heart is broken in love, she loses sight of everything she has to live for… Until an unexpected letter changes Maggie’s life. It seems Lucy's final gift to Maggie is much more than the heart that beats inside her. It's a legacy that Maggie must learn to live by, a promise to live, laugh, fall in love and heal her broken heart for good. Because as the keeper of a borrowed heart, Maggie's time is more precious than most. She must make every cherished second count…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341680Thu, 06 Sep 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Legacy of Lucy Harte Author: Emma Heatherington Narrator: Melanie Machugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Legacy of Lucy Harte Author: Emma Heatherington Narrator: Melanie Machugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 6, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This beautiful, heartbreaking novel is a must read for fans of bestselling authors Jojo Moyes, Kelly Rimmer and SD Robertson. ‘Sometimes time is all we have with the people we love. I ask you to slow down in life. To take your time, but don’t waste it….’ Maggie O'Hara knows better than most that life can change in a heartbeat. Eighteen years ago she was given the most precious gift- a second-hand heart, and a second chance at life. Always thankful, Maggie has never forgotten Lucy Harte – the little girl who saved her life. But as Maggie's own life begins to fall apart, and her heart is broken in love, she loses sight of everything she has to live for… Until an unexpected letter changes Maggie’s life. It seems Lucy's final gift to Maggie is much more than the heart that beats inside her. It's a legacy that Maggie must learn to live by, a promise to live, laugh, fall in love and heal her broken heart for good. Because as the keeper of a borrowed heart, Maggie's time is more precious than most. She must make every cherished second count…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-stylist-a-novel-by-rosie-nixon--65202814https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stylist: A Novel Author: Rosie Nixon Narrator: Emma Fenney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of The Devil Wears Prada comes Rosie Nixon's debut novel, which follows a young woman who is thrown into the fast-paced world of fashion and glamour as she’s forced to navigate the treacherous Hollywood red carpets…while finding a fairytale love of her own. “A stylish, fun read, I absolutely loved it!”—Jackie Collins Amber Green loves working at Smith’s, London’s ultra-exclusive boutique frequented by everyone who’s anyone, including Mona Armstrong, the stylist to the stars. She is fierce, demanding, and can make or break a career with a snap of her manicured nails. When Mona’s latest assistant walks out and with awards season arriving faster than you can say “Rodeo Drive”, Amber finds herself agreeing to work for one of the most infamous—and volatile—women in Hollywood. And the stars aren’t much better. Amber’s life is turned inside out as she becomes familiar with all Hollywood has to offer, on and off the red carpet. As she begins to enjoy life in the dressing rooms of the hottest stars, Amber discovers she’s the one in the spotlight when she catches the attention of two very different men. But Mona’s behavior is growing increasingly erratic and unless Amber can out-style everyone in Hollywood, she’s in danger of being Mona’s latest fashion victim.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345225Tue, 04 Sep 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stylist: A Novel Author: Rosie Nixon Narrator: Emma Fenney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345225 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stylist: A Novel Author: Rosie Nixon Narrator: Emma Fenney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of The Devil Wears Prada comes Rosie Nixon's debut novel, which follows a young woman who is thrown into the fast-paced world of fashion and glamour as she’s forced to navigate the treacherous Hollywood red carpets…while finding a fairytale love of her own. “A stylish, fun read, I absolutely loved it!”—Jackie Collins Amber Green loves working at Smith’s, London’s ultra-exclusive boutique frequented by everyone who’s anyone, including Mona Armstrong, the stylist to the stars. She is fierce, demanding, and can make or break a career with a snap of her manicured nails. When Mona’s latest assistant walks out and with awards season arriving faster than you can say “Rodeo Drive”, Amber finds herself agreeing to work for one of the most infamous—and volatile—women in Hollywood. And the stars aren’t much better. Amber’s life is turned inside out as she becomes familiar with all Hollywood has to offer, on and off the red carpet. As she begins to enjoy life in the dressing rooms of the hottest stars, Amber discovers she’s the one in the spotlight when she catches the attention of two very different men. But Mona’s behavior is growing increasingly erratic and unless Amber can out-style everyone in Hollywood, she’s in danger of being Mona’s latest fashion victim.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-moon-sisters-a-novel-by-therese-walsh--65202810https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342814 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Moon Sisters: A Novel Author: Therese Walsh Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: September 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: After their mother’s probable suicide, Jazz and Olivia Moon struggle to move on with their lives. Olivia, an eighteen-year-old who can taste words and see sounds, blinds herself by staring at the sun, then decides to walk to the remote setting of her mother’s unfinished novel to resuscitate her hopes and dreams. Jazz, twenty-two, plagued by unresolved conflict with her mother and a hidden trove of her unsent letters, takes a job in a funeral home before being forced back into the role of her sister’s keeper. The sisters’ journey through the wilds of West Virginia, disaster-prone from the start, takes a turn when they meet two train-hoppers with dangerous secrets, and Jazz learns that Olivia holds a dark secret of her own in the form of their mother’s final unread letter. Mistrust, resentments, and new attachments threaten to tear the two apart, until a final bizarre misadventure forces them to decide what’s really important. This mesmerizing coming-of-age novel, with its sheen of near-magical realism, is a moving tale of family and the power of stories.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342814Tue, 04 Sep 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342814 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Moon Sisters: A Novel Author: Therese Walsh Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342814 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Moon Sisters: A Novel Author: Therese Walsh Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 13 minutes Release date: September 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: After their mother’s probable suicide, Jazz and Olivia Moon struggle to move on with their lives. Olivia, an eighteen-year-old who can taste words and see sounds, blinds herself by staring at the sun, then decides to walk to the remote setting of her mother’s unfinished novel to resuscitate her hopes and dreams. Jazz, twenty-two, plagued by unresolved conflict with her mother and a hidden trove of her unsent letters, takes a job in a funeral home before being forced back into the role of her sister’s keeper. The sisters’ journey through the wilds of West Virginia, disaster-prone from the start, takes a turn when they meet two train-hoppers with dangerous secrets, and Jazz learns that Olivia holds a dark secret of her own in the form of their mother’s final unread letter. Mistrust, resentments, and new attachments threaten to tear the two apart, until a final bizarre misadventure forces them to decide what’s really important. This mesmerizing coming-of-age novel, with its sheen of near-magical realism, is a moving tale of family and the power of stories.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/happy-doomsday-a-novel-by-david-sosnowski--65202821https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happy Doomsday: A Novel Author: David Sosnowski Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 1, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The end of the world is the weirdest time to come of age. Welcome to the end of the world. One minute, people are going about their lives, and the next—not. In the wake of the inexplicable purge, only a handful of young misfits remains. When it all went down, “Wizard of Odd” Dev Brinkman was seeking shelter from the taunts of his classmates. Goth girl Lucy Abernathy had lost her best friend and had no clue where to turn. And Twinkie-loving quarterback “Marcus” Haddad was learning why you never discuss politics and religion in polite company—or online. As if life when you’re sixteen isn’t confusing enough, throw in the challenges of postapocalyptic subsistence, a case of survivor’s guilt turned up to seven billion, and the small task of rebuilding humankind… No one said doomsday would be a breeze. But for Dev, Lucy, and Marcus, the greatest hope—and greatest threat—will come when they find each other.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339971Sat, 01 Sep 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happy Doomsday: A Novel Author: David Sosnowski Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 38 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Happy Doomsday: A Novel Author: David Sosnowski Narrator: Lauren Ezzo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 1, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The end of the world is the weirdest time to come of age. Welcome to the end of the world. One minute, people are going about their lives, and the next—not. In the wake of the inexplicable purge, only a handful of young misfits remains. When it all went down, “Wizard of Odd” Dev Brinkman was seeking shelter from the taunts of his classmates. Goth girl Lucy Abernathy had lost her best friend and had no clue where to turn. And Twinkie-loving quarterback “Marcus” Haddad was learning why you never discuss politics and religion in polite company—or online. As if life when you’re sixteen isn’t confusing enough, throw in the challenges of postapocalyptic subsistence, a case of survivor’s guilt turned up to seven billion, and the small task of rebuilding humankind… No one said doomsday would be a breeze. But for Dev, Lucy, and Marcus, the greatest hope—and greatest threat—will come when they find each other.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-zanesville-a-novel-by-jo-ann-beard--65202816https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Zanesville: A Novel Author: Jo Ann Beard Narrator: Jo Ann Beard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed author of The Boys of My Youth, a “mesmerizing… beautifully written” debut novel that evokes the wrenching, exquisite moment just before we step into adulthood (Ann Patchett, Pulitzer-Prize finalist) The beguiling fourteen-year-old narrator of In Zanesville is a late bloomer. She is used to flying under the radar-a sidekick, a third wheel, a marching band dropout, a disastrous babysitter, the kind of girl whose Eureka moment is the discovery that "fudge" can't be said with an English accent. Luckily, she has a best friend, a similarly undiscovered girl with whom she shares the everyday adventures of a 1970s American girlhood, incidents through which a world is revealed, and character is forged. In time, their friendship is tested—by their families' claims on them, by a clique of popular girls who stumble upon them as if they were found objects, and by the first, startling, subversive intimations of womanhood. With dry wit and piercing observation, Jo Ann Beard shows us that in the seemingly quiet streets of America's innumerable Zanesvilles is a world of wonders, and that within the souls of the awkward and the overlooked often burns something radiant and unforgettable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346063Tue, 28 Aug 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Zanesville: A Novel Author: Jo Ann Beard Narrator: Jo Ann Beard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 28, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346063 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Zanesville: A Novel Author: Jo Ann Beard Narrator: Jo Ann Beard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 5 minutes Release date: August 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed author of The Boys of My Youth, a “mesmerizing… beautifully written” debut novel that evokes the wrenching, exquisite moment just before we step into adulthood (Ann Patchett, Pulitzer-Prize finalist) The beguiling fourteen-year-old narrator of In Zanesville is a late bloomer. She is used to flying under the radar-a sidekick, a third wheel, a marching band dropout, a disastrous babysitter, the kind of girl whose Eureka moment is the discovery that "fudge" can't be said with an English accent. Luckily, she has a best friend, a similarly undiscovered girl with whom she shares the everyday adventures of a 1970s American girlhood, incidents through which a world is revealed, and character is forged. In time, their friendship is tested—by their families' claims on them, by a clique of popular girls who stumble upon them as if they were found objects, and by the first, startling, subversive intimations of womanhood. With dry wit and piercing observation, Jo Ann Beard shows us that in the seemingly quiet streets of America's innumerable Zanesvilles is a world of wonders, and that within the souls of the awkward and the overlooked often burns something radiant and unforgettable.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-baghdad-clock-by-shahad-al-rawi--65202753https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Baghdad Clock Author: Shahad Al Rawi Narrator: Christine Tawfik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION 2018 For fans of The Kite Runner comes this remarkable debut, the number one bestselling title in Iraq, Dubai and the UAE Baghdad, 1991. In the midst of the first Gulf War, a young Iraqi girl huddles with her neighbours in an air raid shelter. There, she meets Nadia. The two girls quickly become best friends and together they imagine a world not torn apart by civil war, sharing their dreams, their hopes and their desires, and their first loves. But as they grow older and the bombs continue to fall, the international sanctions bite and friends begin to flee the country, the girls must face the fact that their lives will never be the same again. This poignant debut novel will spirit readers away to a world they know only from the television, revealing just what it is like to grow up in a city that is slowly disappearing in front of your eyes, and showing how in the toughest times, children can build up the greatest resilience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347294Tue, 28 Aug 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Baghdad Clock Author: Shahad Al Rawi Narrator: Christine Tawfik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Baghdad Clock Author: Shahad Al Rawi Narrator: Christine Tawfik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION 2018 For fans of The Kite Runner comes this remarkable debut, the number one bestselling title in Iraq, Dubai and the UAE Baghdad, 1991. In the midst of the first Gulf War, a young Iraqi girl huddles with her neighbours in an air raid shelter. There, she meets Nadia. The two girls quickly become best friends and together they imagine a world not torn apart by civil war, sharing their dreams, their hopes and their desires, and their first loves. But as they grow older and the bombs continue to fall, the international sanctions bite and friends begin to flee the country, the girls must face the fact that their lives will never be the same again. This poignant debut novel will spirit readers away to a world they know only from the television, revealing just what it is like to grow up in a city that is slowly disappearing in front of your eyes, and showing how in the toughest times, children can build up the greatest resilience.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/breath-by-tim-winton--65202786https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/349169 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breath Author: Tim Winton Narrator: Troy Planet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than anyone what happened and how. Thirty years before, that dead boy could have been him. Bruce remembers what it was like to be a risk-taking kid, to feel that thrill and that fear . . .Breath by Tim Winton is the story of Bruce and his best friend Loonie, and the obsession that changed both of their lives. It is about the exhilaration of the sea and the waves, the treacherous addiction to risk, and the intoxicating power of forbidden love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/349169Thu, 23 Aug 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/349169 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breath Author: Tim Winton Narrator: Troy Planet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/349169 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breath Author: Tim Winton Narrator: Troy Planet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 23, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than anyone what happened and how. Thirty years before, that dead boy could have been him. Bruce remembers what it was like to be a risk-taking kid, to feel that thrill and that fear . . .Breath by Tim Winton is the story of Bruce and his best friend Loonie, and the obsession that changed both of their lives. It is about the exhilaration of the sea and the waves, the treacherous addiction to risk, and the intoxicating power of forbidden love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-air-you-breathe-a-novel-by-frances-de-pontes-peebles--65202834https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Air You Breathe: A Novel Author: Frances De Pontes Peebles Narrator: Rebecca Mozo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 21, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: '[A] glorious, glittery saga of friendship and loss... I read The Air You Breathe in two nights. (One might say I inhaled it.).' --NPR 'Echoes of Elena Ferrante resound in this sumptuous saga.'--O, The Oprah Magazine 'Enveloping...Peebles understands the shifting currents of female friendship, and she writes so vividly about samba that you close the book certain its heroine's voices must exist beyond the page.' -People The story of an intense female friendship fueled by affection, envy and pride--and each woman's fear that she would be nothing without the other. Some friendships, like romance, have the feeling of fate. Skinny, nine-year-old orphaned Dores is working in the kitchen of a sugar plantation in 1930s Brazil when in walks a girl who changes everything. Graça, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy sugar baron, is clever, well fed, pretty, and thrillingly ill behaved. Born to wildly different worlds, Dores and Graça quickly bond over shared mischief, and then, on a deeper level, over music. One has a voice like a songbird; the other feels melodies in her soul and composes lyrics to match. Music will become their shared passion, the source of their partnership and their rivalry, and for each, the only way out of the life to which each was born. But only one of the two is destined to be a star. Their intimate, volatile bond will determine each of their fortunes--and haunt their memories. Traveling from Brazil's inland sugar plantations to the rowdy streets of Rio de Janeiro's famous Lapa neighborhood, from Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood back to the irresistible drumbeat of home, The Air You Breathe unfurls a moving portrait of a lifelong friendship--its unparalleled rewards and lasting losses--and considers what we owe to the relationships that shape our lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342203Tue, 21 Aug 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Air You Breathe: A Novel Author: Frances De Pontes Peebles Narrator: Rebecca Mozo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Air You Breathe: A Novel Author: Frances De Pontes Peebles Narrator: Rebecca Mozo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 21, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: '[A] glorious, glittery saga of friendship and loss... I read The Air You Breathe in two nights. (One might say I inhaled it.).' --NPR 'Echoes of Elena Ferrante resound in this sumptuous saga.'--O, The Oprah Magazine 'Enveloping...Peebles understands the shifting currents of female friendship, and she writes so vividly about samba that you close the book certain its heroine's voices must exist beyond the page.' -People The story of an intense female friendship fueled by affection, envy and pride--and each woman's fear that she would be nothing without the other. Some friendships, like romance, have the feeling of fate. Skinny, nine-year-old orphaned Dores is working in the kitchen of a sugar plantation in 1930s Brazil when in walks a girl who changes everything. Graça, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy sugar baron, is clever, well fed, pretty, and thrillingly ill behaved. Born to wildly different worlds, Dores and Graça quickly bond over shared mischief, and then, on a deeper level, over music. One has a voice like a songbird; the other feels melodies in her soul and composes lyrics to match. Music will become their shared passion, the source of their partnership and their rivalry, and for each, the only way out of the life to which each was born. But only one of the two is destined to be a star. Their intimate, volatile bond will determine each of their fortunes--and haunt their memories. Traveling from Brazil's inland sugar plantations to the rowdy streets of Rio de Janeiro's famous Lapa neighborhood, from Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood back to the irresistible drumbeat of home, The Air You Breathe unfurls a moving portrait of a lifelong friendship--its unparalleled rewards and lasting losses--and considers what we owe to the relationships that shape our lives.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ohio-by-stephen-markley--65202832https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ohio Author: Stephen Markley Narrator: Jayme Mattler, Corey Brill, Gibson Frazier, Joy Osmanski, Caitlin Davies, Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 21, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.64 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 8 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Extraordinary...beautifully precise...[an] earnestly ambitious debut.” —The New York Times Book Review “A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book.” —NPR “[A] descendent of the Dickensian ‘social novel’ by way of Jonathan Franzen: epic fiction that lays bare contemporary culture clashes, showing us who we are and how we got here.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “A book that has stayed with me ever since I put it down.” —Seth Meyers, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers One sweltering night in 2013, four former high school classmates converge on their hometown in northeastern Ohio. There’s Bill Ashcraft, a passionate, drug-abusing young activist whose flailing ambitions have taken him from Cambodia to Zuccotti Park to post-BP New Orleans, and now back home with a mysterious package strapped to the undercarriage of his truck; Stacey Moore, a doctoral candidate reluctantly confronting her family and the mother of her best friend and first love, whose disappearance spurs the mystery at the heart of the novel; Dan Eaton, a shy veteran of three tours in Iraq, home for a dinner date with the high school sweetheart he’s tried desperately to forget; and the beautiful, fragile Tina Ross, whose rendezvous with the washed-up captain of the football team triggers the novel’s shocking climax. Set over the course of a single evening, Ohio toggles between the perspectives of these unforgettable characters as they unearth dark secrets, revisit old regrets and uncover—and compound—bitter betrayals. Before the evening is through, these narratives converge masterfully to reveal a mystery so dark and shocking it will take your breath away.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346421Tue, 21 Aug 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ohio Author: Stephen Markley Narrator: Jayme Mattler, Corey Brill, Gibson Frazier, Joy Osmanski, Caitlin Davies, Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/346421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ohio Author: Stephen Markley Narrator: Jayme Mattler, Corey Brill, Gibson Frazier, Joy Osmanski, Caitlin Davies, Jonathan Todd Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 21, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.64 of Total 36 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 8 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Extraordinary...beautifully precise...[an] earnestly ambitious debut.” —The New York Times Book Review “A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book.” —NPR “[A] descendent of the Dickensian ‘social novel’ by way of Jonathan Franzen: epic fiction that lays bare contemporary culture clashes, showing us who we are and how we got here.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “A book that has stayed with me ever since I put it down.” —Seth Meyers, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers One sweltering night in 2013, four former high school classmates converge on their hometown in northeastern Ohio. There’s Bill Ashcraft, a passionate, drug-abusing young activist whose flailing ambitions have taken him from Cambodia to Zuccotti Park to post-BP New Orleans, and now back home with a mysterious package strapped to the undercarriage of his truck; Stacey Moore, a doctoral candidate reluctantly confronting her family and the mother of her best friend and first love, whose disappearance spurs the mystery at the heart of the novel; Dan Eaton, a shy veteran of three tours in Iraq, home for a dinner date with the high school sweetheart he’s tried desperately to forget; and the beautiful, fragile Tina Ross, whose rendezvous with the washed-up captain of the football team triggers the novel’s shocking climax. Set over the course of a single evening, Ohio toggles between the perspectives of these unforgettable characters as they unearth dark secrets, revisit old regrets and uncover—and compound—bitter betrayals. Before the evening is through, these narratives converge masterfully to reveal a mystery so dark and shocking it will take your breath away.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-of-the-irish-castle-by-santa-montefiore--65202790https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret of the Irish Castle Series: #3 of Deverill Chronicles Author: Santa Montefiore Narrator: Genevieve Swallow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: August 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: International bestselling author Santa Montefiore continues the story of the Deverill family in the third book in her beautiful and moving Deverill Chronicles trilogy—perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Beatriz Williams. “Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore. Everything she writes, she writes from the heart.” —Jojo Moyes,  #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You 1939: Peace has flourished since the Great War ended, but much has changed for the Deverill family as now a new generation is waiting in the wings to make their mark. When Martha Wallace leaves her home in America to search for her birth mother in Dublin, she never imagines that she will completely lose her heart to the impossibly charming JP Deverill. But more surprises are in store for her after she discovers that her mother comes from the same place as JP, sealing her fate. Bridie Doyle, now Countess di Marcantonio and mistress of Castle Deverill, is determined to make the castle she used to work in her home. But just as she begins to feel things are finally going her way, her flamboyant husband Cesare has other ideas. As his eye strays away from his wife, those close to the couple wonder if he really is who he says he is. Kitty Deverill has come to accept her life with her husband Robert, and their two children. But then Jack O'Leary, the love of her life, returns to Ballinakelly. And this time his heart belongs elsewhere. As long-held secrets come to light, the Deverills will have to heal old wounds and come to terms with the past if they hope to ensure their legacy for the future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340546Tue, 14 Aug 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret of the Irish Castle Series: #3 of Deverill Chronicles Author: Santa Montefiore Narrator: Genevieve Swallow Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret of the Irish Castle Series: #3 of Deverill Chronicles Author: Santa Montefiore Narrator: Genevieve Swallow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 6 minutes Release date: August 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: International bestselling author Santa Montefiore continues the story of the Deverill family in the third book in her beautiful and moving Deverill Chronicles trilogy—perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Beatriz Williams. “Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore. Everything she writes, she writes from the heart.” —Jojo Moyes,  #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You 1939: Peace has flourished since the Great War ended, but much has changed for the Deverill family as now a new generation is waiting in the wings to make their mark. When Martha Wallace leaves her home in America to search for her birth mother in Dublin, she never imagines that she will completely lose her heart to the impossibly charming JP Deverill. But more surprises are in store for her after she discovers that her mother comes from the same place as JP, sealing her fate. Bridie Doyle, now Countess di Marcantonio and mistress of Castle Deverill, is determined to make the castle she used to work in her home. But just as she begins to feel things are finally going her way, her flamboyant husband Cesare has other ideas. As his eye strays away from his wife, those close to the couple wonder if he really is who he says he is. Kitty Deverill has come to accept her life with her husband Robert, and their two children. But then Jack O'Leary, the love of her life, returns to Ballinakelly. And this time his heart belongs elsewhere. As long-held secrets come to light, the Deverills will have to heal old wounds and come to terms with the past if they hope to ensure their legacy for the future.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keeper-n-me-by-richard-wagamese--65202765https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keeper'n Me Author: Richard Wagamese Narrator: Sam Bob, Deneh'cho Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When Garnet Raven was three years old, he was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. Having reached his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity, only to find himself cast adrift on the streets of the big city. Having skirted the urban underbelly once too often by age 20, he finds himself thrown in jail. While there, he gets a surprise letter from his long-forgotten native family. The sudden communication from his past spurs him to return to the reserve following his release from jail. Deciding to stay awhile, his life is changed completely as he comes to discover his sense of place, and of self. While on the reserve, Garnet is initiated into the ways of the Ojibway--both ancient and modern--by Keeper, a friend of his grandfather, and last fount of history about his people's ways. By turns funny, poignant and mystical, Keeper'n Me reflects a positive view of Native life and philosophy--as well as casting fresh light on the redemptive power of one's community and traditions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356267Tue, 14 Aug 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keeper'n Me Author: Richard Wagamese Narrator: Sam Bob, Deneh'cho Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keeper'n Me Author: Richard Wagamese Narrator: Sam Bob, Deneh'cho Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 14, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When Garnet Raven was three years old, he was taken from his home on an Ojibway Indian reserve and placed in a series of foster homes. Having reached his mid-teens, he escapes at the first available opportunity, only to find himself cast adrift on the streets of the big city. Having skirted the urban underbelly once too often by age 20, he finds himself thrown in jail. While there, he gets a surprise letter from his long-forgotten native family. The sudden communication from his past spurs him to return to the reserve following his release from jail. Deciding to stay awhile, his life is changed completely as he comes to discover his sense of place, and of self. While on the reserve, Garnet is initiated into the ways of the Ojibway--both ancient and modern--by Keeper, a friend of his grandfather, and last fount of history about his people's ways. By turns funny, poignant and mystical, Keeper'n Me reflects a positive view of Native life and philosophy--as well as casting fresh light on the redemptive power of one's community and traditions.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-plus-one-by-sophia-money-coutts--65202799https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Plus One Author: Sophia Money-Coutts Narrator: Sophia Money-Coutts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘So funny. And the sex is amazing – makes me feel like a nun!’ Jilly Cooper ‘Light, fizzy and as snort-inducing as a pint of Prosecco.’ Evening Standard Magazine ‘Hilarious and compelling.’ Daily Mail ‘Perfect summer reading for fans of Jilly Cooper and Bridget Jones.’ HELLO! ‘Bridget Jones trapped inside a Jilly Cooper novel. A beach cocktail in book form.’ METRO ‘Gloriously cheering.’ Red Magazine ‘Howlingly funny.’ India Knight, Sunday Times Magazine ‘This saucy read is great sun-lounger fodder.’ Heat ‘Sexy and very funny…perfect for fans of Jilly Cooper.’ Closer ‘Cheerful, saucy and fun!’ The Sunday Mirror ‘As fun and fizzy as a chilled glass of prosecco…this is the perfect read for your holiday.’The Daily Express ‘This book has it all – love, romance, sadness and sex – a rare find that is funny at times and moving at others.’ Marie Claire The Plus One [n] informal a person who accompanies an invited person to a wedding or a reminder of being single, alone and absolutely plus none Polly’s not looking for ‘the one’, just the plus one… Polly Spencer is fine. She’s single, turning thirty and only managed to have sex twice last year (both times with a Swedish banker called Fred), but seriously, she’s fine. Even if she’s still stuck at Posh! magazine writing about royal babies and the chances of finding a plus one to her best friend’s summer wedding are looking worryingly slim. But it’s a New Year, a new leaf and all that. Polly’s determined that over the next 365 days she’ll remember to shave her legs, drink less wine and generally get her s**t together. Her latest piece is on the infamous Jasper, Marquess of Milton, undoubtedly neither a plus one nor ‘the one’. She’s heard the stories, there’s no way she’ll succumb to his charms… A laugh-out-loud, toe-curlingly honest debut for fans of Helen Fielding, Bryony Gordon and Jilly Cooper. Don’t miss the hottest book of 2018!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345748Thu, 09 Aug 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Plus One Author: Sophia Money-Coutts Narrator: Sophia Money-Coutts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 9,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345748 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Plus One Author: Sophia Money-Coutts Narrator: Sophia Money-Coutts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 9, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘So funny. And the sex is amazing – makes me feel like a nun!’ Jilly Cooper ‘Light, fizzy and as snort-inducing as a pint of Prosecco.’ Evening Standard Magazine ‘Hilarious and compelling.’ Daily Mail ‘Perfect summer reading for fans of Jilly Cooper and Bridget Jones.’ HELLO! ‘Bridget Jones trapped inside a Jilly Cooper novel. A beach cocktail in book form.’ METRO ‘Gloriously cheering.’ Red Magazine ‘Howlingly funny.’ India Knight, Sunday Times Magazine ‘This saucy read is great sun-lounger fodder.’ Heat ‘Sexy and very funny…perfect for fans of Jilly Cooper.’ Closer ‘Cheerful, saucy and fun!’ The Sunday Mirror ‘As fun and fizzy as a chilled glass of prosecco…this is the perfect read for your holiday.’The Daily Express ‘This book has it all – love, romance, sadness and sex – a rare find that is funny at times and moving at others.’ Marie Claire The Plus One [n] informal a person who accompanies an invited person to a wedding or a reminder of being single, alone and absolutely plus none Polly’s not looking for ‘the one’, just the plus one… Polly Spencer is fine. She’s single, turning thirty and only managed to have sex twice last year (both times with a Swedish banker called Fred), but seriously, she’s fine. Even if she’s still stuck at Posh! magazine writing about royal babies and the chances of finding a plus one to her best friend’s summer wedding are looking worryingly slim. But it’s a New Year, a new leaf and all that. Polly’s determined that over the next 365 days she’ll remember to shave her legs, drink less wine and generally get her s**t together. Her latest piece is on the infamous Jasper, Marquess of Milton, undoubtedly neither a plus one nor ‘the one’. She’s heard the stories, there’s no way she’ll succumb to his charms… A laugh-out-loud, toe-curlingly honest debut for fans of Helen Fielding, Bryony Gordon and Jilly Cooper. Don’t miss the hottest book of 2018!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-everything-girl-a-novel-by-l-maleki--65202838https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Everything Girl: A Novel Author: L. Maleki Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 7, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: There's nothing like a cheating boyfriend to make you reconsider your life. And for Paris Tehrani, an impromptu move to Manhattan is the perfect reset button. Determined to avoid crawling back to her dead-end life in California, Paris applies for an assistant position to a hedge fund CEO. Sure, she's not totally qualified for the position, but who is these days? Fake it till you make it, right? Wrong. All too quickly, Paris realizes her 'job' is to cater to the whims of a maniacal dictator intent on ruining her day and possibly even her life. Between ducking her new employer's random tantrums, arranging his exotic entertainment, balancing office politics, and nurturing a new relationship, Paris can't possibly keep her head above water. But when she discovers incriminating evidence against the CEO, information that could take her down in the process, she finds herself faced with a decision: sacrifice her life and dignity for the job or her chance at a real future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339952Tue, 07 Aug 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Everything Girl: A Novel Author: L. Maleki Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Everything Girl: A Novel Author: L. Maleki Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 7, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: There's nothing like a cheating boyfriend to make you reconsider your life. And for Paris Tehrani, an impromptu move to Manhattan is the perfect reset button. Determined to avoid crawling back to her dead-end life in California, Paris applies for an assistant position to a hedge fund CEO. Sure, she's not totally qualified for the position, but who is these days? Fake it till you make it, right? Wrong. All too quickly, Paris realizes her 'job' is to cater to the whims of a maniacal dictator intent on ruining her day and possibly even her life. Between ducking her new employer's random tantrums, arranging his exotic entertainment, balancing office politics, and nurturing a new relationship, Paris can't possibly keep her head above water. But when she discovers incriminating evidence against the CEO, information that could take her down in the process, she finds herself faced with a decision: sacrifice her life and dignity for the job or her chance at a real future.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-laugh-of-edouard-bresson-by-amelie-antoine--65202817https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Laugh of Édouard Bresson Author: Amélie Antoine Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 7, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: His famous father is inviting him on more than just a journey into the past. It’s a treasure hunt. To his fans, Édouard Bresson is the greatest comic standing—charismatic, adored, unmatched, and aiming ever higher for the unpredictable. To his ex-wife, he fulfilled all expectations, except as a husband and a lover. To his brother, he’s a hero. And to his estranged son, Arthur, he’s always been a mystery. Never more so than now… After the performance of a lifetime at the sold-out Stade de France, Édouard decides to vanish. Très drôle. Arthur isn’t laughing. Édouard has sent him a letter and instructions to a puzzle—a treasure hunt for the son he ignored and misses and loves. If Arthur is willing to find out everything there is to know about his father and to understand the choices he made, all he has to do is put the pieces together. As the trail of clues winds its way through the past—reflected in the memories of both father and son—what unfolds is a surprising journey of forgiveness, family, and self-discovery.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336779Tue, 07 Aug 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Laugh of Édouard Bresson Author: Amélie Antoine Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Laugh of Édouard Bresson Author: Amélie Antoine Narrator: David De Vries Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 7, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: His famous father is inviting him on more than just a journey into the past. It’s a treasure hunt. To his fans, Édouard Bresson is the greatest comic standing—charismatic, adored, unmatched, and aiming ever higher for the unpredictable. To his ex-wife, he fulfilled all expectations, except as a husband and a lover. To his brother, he’s a hero. And to his estranged son, Arthur, he’s always been a mystery. Never more so than now… After the performance of a lifetime at the sold-out Stade de France, Édouard decides to vanish. Très drôle. Arthur isn’t laughing. Édouard has sent him a letter and instructions to a puzzle—a treasure hunt for the son he ignored and misses and loves. If Arthur is willing to find out everything there is to know about his father and to understand the choices he made, all he has to do is put the pieces together. As the trail of clues winds its way through the past—reflected in the memories of both father and son—what unfolds is a surprising journey of forgiveness, family, and self-discovery.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anne-tyler-dinner-at-the-homesick-restaurant-ladder-of-years-the-amateur-marriage-three-bbc-radio-4-full-cast-dramatisations-by-anne-ty--65202837https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342008 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Tyler: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Ladder of Years & The Amateur Marriage: Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Tom Forrister, Julianna Jennings, Nancy Crane, Nathan Osgood, Barbara Barnes, Full Cast, Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Captivating BBC radio adaptations of three of Anne Tyler’s bestselling novels Award-winning author Anne Tyler is loved worldwide for her fiction exploring the intricacies of marriage and domesticity. These three acclaimed books, each set in Baltimore, describe the small triumphs and tragedies of everyday American family life, as relationships are made and broken, and families come together, drift apart, hurt and heal each other. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Tracks 1 and 2) Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl Tull attempts to keep her family together – but her anger and fierce maternal energy has damaging effects on her three children. Ladder of Years (Tracks 3 and 4) An unexpected romantic encounter in the grocery aisle is the beginning of a new adventure for homely Delia Grinstead, leading her to make a sudden, impulsive change in her life. The Amateur Marriage (Tracks 5 and 6) We follow the turbulent relationship of Michael and Pauline Anton over sixty years, from their whirlwind romance in 1941, to marriage, parenthood and beyond. Multi-layered and universal, with details that ring sharply true and characters that are both recognisable and entertaining, these three dramatisations feature a distinguished cast including Barbara Barnes, Lorelei King and Nathan Osgood. Dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz Produced and directed by David Hunter Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Pearl...Barbara Barnes Narrator...Lorelei King Beck...Nathan Osgood Young Cody...Max Baldry Young Ezra...Richard Linnell Young Jenny/Jane...Eloise Webb Cody...Ben Crowe Ezra...Simon Lee Phillips Jenny...Fenella Woolgar Josiah...Matthew Watson Harley...David Seddon Mrs Payson/Mrs Scarlatti...Joanna Brookes Ruth...Amaka Okafor Slevin...Will Howard Joe/Driver...David Seddon Priest/Driver/Dr Vincent...Paul Stonehouse Teacher/Driver...Philippa Stanton Mr Murphy...Sean Murray The Ladder of Years Delia...Nancy Crane Adrian...Ian Conningham Sam...Nathan Osgood Eliza...Jessica Turner Narrator/Woman...Barbara Barnes Rosemary/Debbie/Mother/Binky...Rhiannon Neads Skipper...David Acton Carroll/Clerk...Sam Valentine Driscoll/Ramsay/Vernon/Assistant...Mark Edel-Hunt Susie...Roslyn Hill Mr Maxwell/Nat...David Hounslow Linda/Belle...Jane Slavin Eliza...Jessica Turner Eleanor...Carol MacReady Mr Pomfret....Stephen Critchlow Noah...Sean McCrystal Joel...Sam Dale Rick Rack/Telephone Voice...Jude Akuwudike The Amateur Marriage Pauline/Young Pauline...Julianna Jennings Michael/George/Pagan...Tom Forrister Narrator...Barbara Barnes Mrs Anton...Pandora Colin Wanda/Lindy/Gina...Sarah Ridgeway Mrs Brunek/Mrs Serge/Mrs Barclay/Donna/Marilyn...Sanchia McCormack Katie/Karen...Maeve Bluebell Wells Mrs Golka/Destiny/Karen...Chetna Pandya Mrs Kowalski/Anna/Katie...Georgie Glen Officer/Policeman...John Bowler John Piazy/Alex/Policeman/Becoming....Finlay Robertson Eustace/Dun...David Sterne Lindy...Kayla Gal George/Pagan...Finn Monteath Michael...Ian Porter Cabbie...Nicholas Murchie Pauline...Sara Stewart Pagan...Noel Brooke George...David Sturzaker Lindy...Jane Slavin Pauline...Sara Stewart]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342008Thu, 02 Aug 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342008 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Tyler: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Ladder of Years & The Amateur Marriage: Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations Author: Anne...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342008 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Tyler: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Ladder of Years & The Amateur Marriage: Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Tom Forrister, Julianna Jennings, Nancy Crane, Nathan Osgood, Barbara Barnes, Full Cast, Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Captivating BBC radio adaptations of three of Anne Tyler’s bestselling novels Award-winning author Anne Tyler is loved worldwide for her fiction exploring the intricacies of marriage and domesticity. These three acclaimed books, each set in Baltimore, describe the small triumphs and tragedies of everyday American family life, as relationships are made and broken, and families come together, drift apart, hurt and heal each other. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Tracks 1 and 2) Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl Tull attempts to keep her family together – but her anger and fierce maternal energy has damaging effects on her three children. Ladder of Years (Tracks 3 and 4) An unexpected romantic encounter in the grocery aisle is the beginning of a new adventure for homely Delia Grinstead, leading her to make a sudden, impulsive change in her life. The Amateur Marriage (Tracks 5 and 6) We follow the turbulent relationship of Michael and Pauline Anton over sixty years, from their whirlwind romance in 1941, to marriage, parenthood and beyond. Multi-layered and universal, with details that ring sharply true and characters that are both recognisable and entertaining, these three dramatisations feature a distinguished cast including Barbara Barnes, Lorelei King and Nathan Osgood. Dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz Produced and directed by David Hunter Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Pearl...Barbara Barnes Narrator...Lorelei King Beck...Nathan Osgood Young Cody...Max Baldry Young Ezra...Richard Linnell Young Jenny/Jane...Eloise Webb Cody...Ben Crowe Ezra...Simon Lee Phillips Jenny...Fenella Woolgar Josiah...Matthew Watson Harley...David Seddon Mrs Payson/Mrs Scarlatti...Joanna Brookes Ruth...Amaka Okafor Slevin...Will Howard Joe/Driver...David Seddon Priest/Driver/Dr Vincent...Paul Stonehouse Teacher/Driver...Philippa Stanton Mr Murphy...Sean Murray The Ladder of Years Delia...Nancy Crane Adrian...Ian Conningham Sam...Nathan Osgood Eliza...Jessica Turner Narrator/Woman...Barbara Barnes Rosemary/Debbie/Mother/Binky...Rhiannon Neads Skipper...David Acton Carroll/Clerk...Sam Valentine Driscoll/Ramsay/Vernon/Assistant...Mark Edel-Hunt Susie...Roslyn Hill Mr Maxwell/Nat...David Hounslow Linda/Belle...Jane Slavin Eliza...Jessica Turner Eleanor...Carol MacReady Mr Pomfret....Stephen Critchlow Noah...Sean McCrystal Joel...Sam Dale Rick Rack/Telephone Voice...Jude Akuwudike The Amateur Marriage Pauline/Young Pauline...Julianna Jennings Michael/George/Pagan...Tom Forrister Narrator...Barbara Barnes Mrs Anton...Pandora Colin Wanda/Lindy/Gina...Sarah Ridgeway Mrs Brunek/Mrs Serge/Mrs Barclay/Donna/Marilyn...Sanchia McCormack Katie/Karen...Maeve Bluebell Wells Mrs Golka/Destiny/Karen...Chetna Pandya Mrs Kowalski/Anna/Katie...Georgie Glen Officer/Policeman...John Bowler John Piazy/Alex/Policeman/Becoming....Finlay Robertson Eustace/Dun...David Sterne Lindy...Kayla Gal George/Pagan...Finn Monteath Michael...Ian Porter Cabbie...Nicholas Murchie Pauline...Sara Stewart Pagan...Noel Brooke George...David Sturzaker Lindy...Jane Slavin Pauline...Sara Stewart]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inappropriation-a-novel-by-lexi-freiman--65202840https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inappropriation: A Novel Author: Lexi Freiman Narrator: Katherine Littrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “This is a daring book, thrillingly of our moment.” -- Emma Cline, author of The Girls A wildly irreverent take on the coming-of-age story that turns a search for belonging into a riotous satire of identity politics Starting at a prestigious private Australian girls’ school, fifteen-year-old Ziggy Klein is confronted with an alienating social hierarchy that hurls her into the arms of her grade’s most radical feminists. Tormented by a burgeoning collection of dark, sexual fantasies, and a biological essentialist mother, Ziggy sets off on a journey of self-discovery that moves from the Sydney drag scene to the extremist underbelly of the Internet.  As PC culture collides with her friends’ morphing ideology and her parents’ kinky sex life, Ziggy’s understanding of gender, race, and class begins to warp. Ostracized at school, she seeks refuge in Donna Haraway’s seminal feminist text, A Cyborg Manifesto, and discovers an indisputable alternative identity. Or so she thinks. A controversial Indian guru, a transgender drag queen, and her own Holocaust-surviving grandmother propel Ziggy through a series of misidentifications, culminating in a date-rape revenge plot so confused, it just might work.  Uproariously funny, but written with extraordinary acuity about the intersections of gender, sexual politics, race, and technology, Inappropriation is literary satire at its best. With a deft finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist, Lexi Freiman debuts on the scene as a brilliant and fearless new talent.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335725Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inappropriation: A Novel Author: Lexi Freiman Narrator: Katherine Littrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/335725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inappropriation: A Novel Author: Lexi Freiman Narrator: Katherine Littrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 24, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “This is a daring book, thrillingly of our moment.” -- Emma Cline, author of The Girls A wildly irreverent take on the coming-of-age story that turns a search for belonging into a riotous satire of identity politics Starting at a prestigious private Australian girls’ school, fifteen-year-old Ziggy Klein is confronted with an alienating social hierarchy that hurls her into the arms of her grade’s most radical feminists. Tormented by a burgeoning collection of dark, sexual fantasies, and a biological essentialist mother, Ziggy sets off on a journey of self-discovery that moves from the Sydney drag scene to the extremist underbelly of the Internet.  As PC culture collides with her friends’ morphing ideology and her parents’ kinky sex life, Ziggy’s understanding of gender, race, and class begins to warp. Ostracized at school, she seeks refuge in Donna Haraway’s seminal feminist text, A Cyborg Manifesto, and discovers an indisputable alternative identity. Or so she thinks. A controversial Indian guru, a transgender drag queen, and her own Holocaust-surviving grandmother propel Ziggy through a series of misidentifications, culminating in a date-rape revenge plot so confused, it just might work.  Uproariously funny, but written with extraordinary acuity about the intersections of gender, sexual politics, race, and technology, Inappropriation is literary satire at its best. With a deft finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist, Lexi Freiman debuts on the scene as a brilliant and fearless new talent.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/take-me-away-with-you-by-danielle-mallett--65202789https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take Me Away with You Author: Danielle Mallett Narrator: Danielle Mallett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 16, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Reckless choices, a whirlwind of desire, is that what love is? I thought I knew who I was until the death of my sister. Does anyone know who they are when they lose the foundation of their world? To fill the emptiness, I feeling into the void of Las Vegas. I tried at first to be the person I was before, the “good girl,” but I needed more. That’s when I met them, Ryder and Zack in the same night. I had to get closer to Ryder, my body felt magnetically drawn to him, but with each step I fought the initial pull. I couldn’t trust my impulses; they were telling me to give myself to him, and I didn’t even know him. When Zack kissed me, later that night, I pulled away breathless, hypnotized, and unsteady. The months following were a whirlwind of desire and reckless choices I’d never in my life thought I’d take.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350441Mon, 16 Jul 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take Me Away with You Author: Danielle Mallett Narrator: Danielle Mallett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350441 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Take Me Away with You Author: Danielle Mallett Narrator: Danielle Mallett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 16, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Reckless choices, a whirlwind of desire, is that what love is? I thought I knew who I was until the death of my sister. Does anyone know who they are when they lose the foundation of their world? To fill the emptiness, I feeling into the void of Las Vegas. I tried at first to be the person I was before, the “good girl,” but I needed more. That’s when I met them, Ryder and Zack in the same night. I had to get closer to Ryder, my body felt magnetically drawn to him, but with each step I fought the initial pull. I couldn’t trust my impulses; they were telling me to give myself to him, and I didn’t even know him. When Zack kissed me, later that night, I pulled away breathless, hypnotized, and unsteady. The months following were a whirlwind of desire and reckless choices I’d never in my life thought I’d take.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hold-by-michael-donkor--65202842https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold Author: Michael Donkor Narrator: Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 12, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Moving between Ghana and London, Hold is an intimate, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when we need to let go. Belinda knows how to follow the rules. As a housegirl, she has learnt the right way to polish water glasses, to wash and fold a hundred handkerchiefs, and to keep a tight lid on memories of the village she left behind when she came to Kumasi. Mary is still learning the rules. Eleven-years old and irrepressible, the young housegirl-in-training is the little sister Belinda never had. Amma has had enough of the rules. A straight-A pupil at her exclusive South-London school, she has always been the pride of her Ghanaian parents. Until now. Watching their once-confident teenager grow sullen and wayward, they decide that sensible Belinda might be just the shining example Amma needs. So Belinda is summoned from Ghana to London, and must leave Mary to befriend a troubled girl who shows no desire for her friendship. She encounters a city as bewildering as it is thrilling, and tries to impose order on her unsettling new world. As the Brixton summer turns to Autumn, Belinda and Amma are surprised to discover the beginnings of an unexpected kinship. But when the cracks in their defences open up, the secrets they have both been holding tightly threaten to seep out.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341336Thu, 12 Jul 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold Author: Michael Donkor Narrator: Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 12, 2018 Genres: Coming...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hold Author: Michael Donkor Narrator: Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 12, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Moving between Ghana and London, Hold is an intimate, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when we need to let go. Belinda knows how to follow the rules. As a housegirl, she has learnt the right way to polish water glasses, to wash and fold a hundred handkerchiefs, and to keep a tight lid on memories of the village she left behind when she came to Kumasi. Mary is still learning the rules. Eleven-years old and irrepressible, the young housegirl-in-training is the little sister Belinda never had. Amma has had enough of the rules. A straight-A pupil at her exclusive South-London school, she has always been the pride of her Ghanaian parents. Until now. Watching their once-confident teenager grow sullen and wayward, they decide that sensible Belinda might be just the shining example Amma needs. So Belinda is summoned from Ghana to London, and must leave Mary to befriend a troubled girl who shows no desire for her friendship. She encounters a city as bewildering as it is thrilling, and tries to impose order on her unsettling new world. As the Brixton summer turns to Autumn, Belinda and Amma are surprised to discover the beginnings of an unexpected kinship. But when the cracks in their defences open up, the secrets they have both been holding tightly threaten to seep out.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-amazing-adventures-of-aaron-broom-a-novel-by-a-e-hotchner--65202791https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom: A Novel Author: A.E. Hotchner Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Twelve-year-old Aaron Broom is protecting his father’s car from repossession when he witnesses a jewelry store robbery gone wrong. To Aaron’s shock, his father, a struggling salesman in the wrong place at the wrong time, is fingered as the prime suspect in the murder. Aaron—precocious, plucky, not a little naïve—must seek out gangsters, diamond dealers, bootleggers, and street kids in order to prove his father’s innocence. In his search for justice, Aaron draws upon the resources of a world-weary paperboy, an aspiring teen journalist, and a kindly lawyer. As they dig into the details of the case, these unconventional detectives reveal a cover-up that goes much deeper than a jewelry-store heist gone sour. Through it all, Aaron’s optimism and resourcefulness shine through. Hotchner’s latest is a rollicking ride through St. Louis at its lowest, as seen through the eyes of his most lovable narrator to date.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340491Tue, 10 Jul 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom: A Novel Author: A.E. Hotchner Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340491 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom: A Novel Author: A.E. Hotchner Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 10, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Twelve-year-old Aaron Broom is protecting his father’s car from repossession when he witnesses a jewelry store robbery gone wrong. To Aaron’s shock, his father, a struggling salesman in the wrong place at the wrong time, is fingered as the prime suspect in the murder. Aaron—precocious, plucky, not a little naïve—must seek out gangsters, diamond dealers, bootleggers, and street kids in order to prove his father’s innocence. In his search for justice, Aaron draws upon the resources of a world-weary paperboy, an aspiring teen journalist, and a kindly lawyer. As they dig into the details of the case, these unconventional detectives reveal a cover-up that goes much deeper than a jewelry-store heist gone sour. Through it all, Aaron’s optimism and resourcefulness shine through. Hotchner’s latest is a rollicking ride through St. Louis at its lowest, as seen through the eyes of his most lovable narrator to date.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-ginny-moon-te-presento-a-ginny-tiene-catorce-anos-es-autista-y-guarda-un-secreto-desgarrador-by-benjamin-ludwig--65202818https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Ginny Moon: Te presento a Ginny. Tiene catorce anos, es autista y guarda un secreto desgarrador Author: Benjamin Ludwig Narrator: Adriana Sananes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ve el mundo de otra manera. Te presentamos a Ginny Moon. Es la típica adolescente, toca la flauta en la banda de la escuela, practica baloncesto semanalmente, y lee poemas de Robert Frost en la clase de inglés. Pero Ginny es autista. Y lo que es importante para ella puede parecer un poco… diferente: comienza cada día con nueve uvas exactas como desayuno, su muñeca llamada Michael Jackson y la elaboración de un plan secreto de escapar. Después de haber sido alejada traumáticamente de su madre abusiva y haber vivido en diferentes hogares, Ginny ha encontrado finalmente su «Casa permanente», un lugar seguro con padres que la aman y cuidan de ella. Esto es exactamente lo que todos niño huérfano anhela, ¿verdad? Pero Ginny tiene otras intenciones. Planea robar, mentir y aprovecharse de la buena voluntad de quienes la aman, lo que sea para conseguir lo que le falta en su vida. Incluso intentará que la secuestren. Narrada en una voz extraordinaria y totalmente original, esta historia es a la vez peculiar, encantadora, desgarradora y conmovedora, acerca de cómo una persona trata de pertenecer y encontrar sentido a un mundo que no parece comprensible.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340100Tue, 03 Jul 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Ginny Moon: Te presento a Ginny. Tiene catorce anos, es autista y guarda un secreto desgarrador Author: Benjamin Ludwig Narrator: Adriana...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Ginny Moon: Te presento a Ginny. Tiene catorce anos, es autista y guarda un secreto desgarrador Author: Benjamin Ludwig Narrator: Adriana Sananes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 3, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ve el mundo de otra manera. Te presentamos a Ginny Moon. Es la típica adolescente, toca la flauta en la banda de la escuela, practica baloncesto semanalmente, y lee poemas de Robert Frost en la clase de inglés. Pero Ginny es autista. Y lo que es importante para ella puede parecer un poco… diferente: comienza cada día con nueve uvas exactas como desayuno, su muñeca llamada Michael Jackson y la elaboración de un plan secreto de escapar. Después de haber sido alejada traumáticamente de su madre abusiva y haber vivido en diferentes hogares, Ginny ha encontrado finalmente su «Casa permanente», un lugar seguro con padres que la aman y cuidan de ella. Esto es exactamente lo que todos niño huérfano anhela, ¿verdad? Pero Ginny tiene otras intenciones. Planea robar, mentir y aprovecharse de la buena voluntad de quienes la aman, lo que sea para conseguir lo que le falta en su vida. Incluso intentará que la secuestren. Narrada en una voz extraordinaria y totalmente original, esta historia es a la vez peculiar, encantadora, desgarradora y conmovedora, acerca de cómo una persona trata de pertenecer y encontrar sentido a un mundo que no parece comprensible.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-woman-s-fortune-by-josephine-cox--65202847https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339883 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman’s Fortune Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Josephine Cox – the master storyteller. Finding a new beginning means taking the hardest road…but the journey is where you find your true courage. Torn away from their beloved home, the journey for the Carter family has just begun… In the middle of the night, Evie is torn away from her beloved home and close-knit community, as her family run away to the south. Her father's luck has finally run out but, what should mark a hopeful new beginning, is just the start of young Evie’s troubles. With the weight of her family's future on her shoulders, Evie has no-one to turn to. Her mother, worn down by life, runs off with a new man, and with her grandmother's sight failing, it's left to Evie to earn their keep and run the house. Holding her family together is only made harder when tragedy strikes at its heart. A lost letter from home means that Evie's only hope of a happy ending has been dashed, but she's determined to make a new future for herself and find her own fortune in life. Praise for Josephine Cox ‘Cox's talent as storyteller never lets you escape the spell' Daily Mail ‘Family secrets threaten to ruin everything in this beautiful tale of love and sadness’ Woman’s Own 'Another masterpiece' Best]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339883Thu, 28 Jun 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339883 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman’s Fortune Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/339883 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman’s Fortune Author: Josephine Cox Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Josephine Cox – the master storyteller. Finding a new beginning means taking the hardest road…but the journey is where you find your true courage. Torn away from their beloved home, the journey for the Carter family has just begun… In the middle of the night, Evie is torn away from her beloved home and close-knit community, as her family run away to the south. Her father's luck has finally run out but, what should mark a hopeful new beginning, is just the start of young Evie’s troubles. With the weight of her family's future on her shoulders, Evie has no-one to turn to. Her mother, worn down by life, runs off with a new man, and with her grandmother's sight failing, it's left to Evie to earn their keep and run the house. Holding her family together is only made harder when tragedy strikes at its heart. A lost letter from home means that Evie's only hope of a happy ending has been dashed, but she's determined to make a new future for herself and find her own fortune in life. Praise for Josephine Cox ‘Cox's talent as storyteller never lets you escape the spell' Daily Mail ‘Family secrets threaten to ruin everything in this beautiful tale of love and sadness’ Woman’s Own 'Another masterpiece' Best]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-be-famous-by-caitlin-moran--65202833https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to be Famous Author: Caitlin Moran Narrator: Louise Brealey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of How to be Famous by Caitlin Moran, read by Louise Brealey. Life is always better backstage, isn't it? A funny, riotous novel about a young women making it in a world where men hold all the power from the Sunday Times bestselling author of HOW TO BUILD A GIRL I’m Johanna Morrigan, and I live in London in 1995, at the epicentre of Britpop. I might only be nineteen, but I’m wise enough to know that everyone around me is handling fame very, very badly. My unrequited love, John Kite, has scored an unexpected Number One album, then exploded into a Booze And Drugs HellTM – as rockstars do. And my new best friend – the maverick feminist Suzanne Banks, of The Branks – has amazing hair, but writer’s block and a rampant pill problem. So I’ve decided I should become a Fame Doctor. I’m going to use my new monthly column for The Face to write about every ridiculous, surreal, amazing aspect of a million people knowing your name. But when my two-night-stand with edgy comedian Jerry Sharp goes wrong, people start to know my name for all the wrong reasons. ‘He’s a vampire. He destroys bright young girls. Also, he’s a total dick’ Suzanne warned me. But by that point, I’d already had sex with him. Bad sex. Now I’m one of the girls he’s trying to destroy. He needs to be stopped. But how can one woman stop a bad, famous, powerful man?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334795Thu, 28 Jun 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to be Famous Author: Caitlin Moran Narrator: Louise Brealey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334795 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to be Famous Author: Caitlin Moran Narrator: Louise Brealey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of How to be Famous by Caitlin Moran, read by Louise Brealey. Life is always better backstage, isn't it? A funny, riotous novel about a young women making it in a world where men hold all the power from the Sunday Times bestselling author of HOW TO BUILD A GIRL I’m Johanna Morrigan, and I live in London in 1995, at the epicentre of Britpop. I might only be nineteen, but I’m wise enough to know that everyone around me is handling fame very, very badly. My unrequited love, John Kite, has scored an unexpected Number One album, then exploded into a Booze And Drugs HellTM – as rockstars do. And my new best friend – the maverick feminist Suzanne Banks, of The Branks – has amazing hair, but writer’s block and a rampant pill problem. So I’ve decided I should become a Fame Doctor. I’m going to use my new monthly column for The Face to write about every ridiculous, surreal, amazing aspect of a million people knowing your name. But when my two-night-stand with edgy comedian Jerry Sharp goes wrong, people start to know my name for all the wrong reasons. ‘He’s a vampire. He destroys bright young girls. Also, he’s a total dick’ Suzanne warned me. But by that point, I’d already had sex with him. Bad sex. Now I’m one of the girls he’s trying to destroy. He needs to be stopped. But how can one woman stop a bad, famous, powerful man?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trust-me-by-lesley-pearse--65202812https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trust Me Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Sally Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Trust Me by Lesley Pearse, read by Sally Scott. She lost her parents and then was sent far, far away . . . When their father tragically kills their mother, Dulcie and her sister are sent to an orphanage. Told that a 'better life' awaits them in another country, they are shipped off to Australia. But the promises made to the sisters turn out to be lies. And it seems to Dulcie that everyone who ever said 'trust me' somehow betrayed that trust. So when she meets Ross, another orphanage survivor, and finds he is a kindred spirit, hope swells in her heart. But can she ever get over the past betrayals and learn to trust again? And can she fight not only for herself, but also for her sister?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342026Thu, 28 Jun 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trust Me Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Sally Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/342026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trust Me Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Sally Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Trust Me by Lesley Pearse, read by Sally Scott. She lost her parents and then was sent far, far away . . . When their father tragically kills their mother, Dulcie and her sister are sent to an orphanage. Told that a 'better life' awaits them in another country, they are shipped off to Australia. But the promises made to the sisters turn out to be lies. And it seems to Dulcie that everyone who ever said 'trust me' somehow betrayed that trust. So when she meets Ross, another orphanage survivor, and finds he is a kindred spirit, hope swells in her heart. But can she ever get over the past betrayals and learn to trust again? And can she fight not only for herself, but also for her sister?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-summer-nanny-by-holly-chamberlin--65202844https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer Nanny Series: #8 of Yorktide, Maine Author: Holly Chamberlin Narrator: Rachel Dulude Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 47 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Every June, the quiet beach town of Ogunquit is overtaken by wealthy families who hire local young women like Amy Latimer and Hayley Franklin to care for their children. Best friends since childhood, Amy and Hayley are eager to secure lucrative summer jobs. Amy wants to finance her upcoming move to Boston. Hayley hopes to squirrel away enough money so that her mom can finally leave her abusive husband. Amy is immediately in thrall to her dynamic boss, Cressida Prior, so different from Amy's mother, Leda. Though skilled at creating tapestries and rugs, Leda lacks confidence. But one thing she does know, after a painful summer long ago as a nanny herself, is how damaging a manipulative boss can be. Hayley's employers, Jon and Marisa Whitby, are loving parents to their two-year-old twins. Jon also has a grown son by a previous marriage. Ethan is kind, handsome, and not least, wealthy. For the first time, Hayley, usually so selfless, can't help seeing him as an opportunity. But the passing weeks bring complications and revelations, altering friendships, testing the bond between mothers and daughters, and proving that the ripples from a single season can last forever . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340338Tue, 26 Jun 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer Nanny Series: #8 of Yorktide, Maine Author: Holly Chamberlin Narrator: Rachel Dulude Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 47...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/340338 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer Nanny Series: #8 of Yorktide, Maine Author: Holly Chamberlin Narrator: Rachel Dulude Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 47 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Every June, the quiet beach town of Ogunquit is overtaken by wealthy families who hire local young women like Amy Latimer and Hayley Franklin to care for their children. Best friends since childhood, Amy and Hayley are eager to secure lucrative summer jobs. Amy wants to finance her upcoming move to Boston. Hayley hopes to squirrel away enough money so that her mom can finally leave her abusive husband. Amy is immediately in thrall to her dynamic boss, Cressida Prior, so different from Amy's mother, Leda. Though skilled at creating tapestries and rugs, Leda lacks confidence. But one thing she does know, after a painful summer long ago as a nanny herself, is how damaging a manipulative boss can be. Hayley's employers, Jon and Marisa Whitby, are loving parents to their two-year-old twins. Jon also has a grown son by a previous marriage. Ethan is kind, handsome, and not least, wealthy. For the first time, Hayley, usually so selfless, can't help seeing him as an opportunity. But the passing weeks bring complications and revelations, altering friendships, testing the bond between mothers and daughters, and proving that the ripples from a single season can last forever . . .]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-vagon-de-los-huerfanos-by-pam-jenoff--65202773https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - vagón de los huerfanos Author: Pam Jenoff Narrator: Juanita Devis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Una poderosa novela de amistad dentro de un circo ambulante durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, El vagón de los huérfanos presenta a dos mujeres extraordinarias y sus historias desgarradoras de sacrificio y supervivencia. Noa, de dieciséis años, ha sido expulsada en desgracia después de quedar embarazada de un soldado nazi y verse forzada a renunciar a su bebé. Vive en los altos de una pequeña estación del ferrocarril, que limpia para ganarse su estancia allí. Cuando Noa descubre un furgón en el cual hay docenas de bebés judíos que son llevados a un campo de concentración, recuerda al hijo que le fue arrebatado. Y en un instante que cambiará el curso de su vida, se roba uno de los bebés y huye en medio de la noche en medio de la nieve. La joven encuentra refugio en un circo alemán, pero necesita aprender el trapecio ondulante para poderse mezclar con los demás sin que la descubran, sin hacer caso del resentimiento de Astrid, la principal trapecista. Rivales al principio, Noa y Astrid crean muy pronto un poderoso lazo entre ellas. Pero al ver que la fachada que las protege se vuelve cada vez más tenue, Noa y Astrid deben decidir si su amistad es suficiente para salvarse mutuamente, o si los secretos que arden entre ellas lo van a destruir todo.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344195Tue, 26 Jun 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - vagón de los huerfanos Author: Pam Jenoff Narrator: Juanita Devis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 59 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - vagón de los huerfanos Author: Pam Jenoff Narrator: Juanita Devis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 59 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Una poderosa novela de amistad dentro de un circo ambulante durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, El vagón de los huérfanos presenta a dos mujeres extraordinarias y sus historias desgarradoras de sacrificio y supervivencia. Noa, de dieciséis años, ha sido expulsada en desgracia después de quedar embarazada de un soldado nazi y verse forzada a renunciar a su bebé. Vive en los altos de una pequeña estación del ferrocarril, que limpia para ganarse su estancia allí. Cuando Noa descubre un furgón en el cual hay docenas de bebés judíos que son llevados a un campo de concentración, recuerda al hijo que le fue arrebatado. Y en un instante que cambiará el curso de su vida, se roba uno de los bebés y huye en medio de la noche en medio de la nieve. La joven encuentra refugio en un circo alemán, pero necesita aprender el trapecio ondulante para poderse mezclar con los demás sin que la descubran, sin hacer caso del resentimiento de Astrid, la principal trapecista. Rivales al principio, Noa y Astrid crean muy pronto un poderoso lazo entre ellas. Pero al ver que la fachada que las protege se vuelve cada vez más tenue, Noa y Astrid deben decidir si su amistad es suficiente para salvarse mutuamente, o si los secretos que arden entre ellas lo van a destruir todo.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-memory-of-fire-by-callie-bates--65202845https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Memory of Fire Series: #2 of The Waking Land Author: Callie Bates Narrator: Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Callie Bates’s debut novel, The Waking Land, announced the arrival of a brilliant new talent in epic fantasy. Now, with The Memory of Fire, Bates expertly deepens her tale, spinning glittering threads of magic and intrigue into a vibrant tapestry of adventure, betrayal, mystery, and romance.   Thanks to the magic of Elanna Valtai and the Paladisan noble Jahan Korakides, the lands once controlled by the empire of Paladis have won their independence. But as Elanna exhausts her powers restoring the ravaged land, news that the emperor is readying an invasion spurs Jahan on a desperate mission to establish peace. Going back to Paladis proves to be anything but peaceful, however. As magic is a crime in the empire, punishable by death, Jahan must hide his abilities. Nonetheless, the grand inquisitor’s hunters suspect him of sorcery, and mysterious, urgent messages from the witch who secretly trained Jahan only increase his danger of exposure. Worst of all, the crown prince has turned his back on Jahan, robbing him of the royal protection he once enjoyed. As word of Jahan’s return spreads, long-sheathed knives, sharp and deadly, are drawn again. And when Elanna, stripped of her magic, is brought to the capital in chains, Jahan must face down the traumas of his past to defeat the shadowy enemies threatening his true love’s life, and the future of the revolution itself. Don’t miss any of Callie Bates’s magical Waking Land trilogy: THE WAKING LAND • THE MEMORY OF FIRE • THE SOUL OF POWER Praise for The Memory of Fire “Gripping . . . [this] vivid first-person, present-tense narrative [creates] a remarkably mature, balanced addition to the story that avoids the most common flaws of middle books and will leave readers hungry for the conclusion.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)   “[Callie] Bates does an excellent job of delving into Jahan’s past and showing his growth. . . . The relatable characters and riveting adventure make this fantasy world very accessible for all.”—Booklist “The Memory of Fire is a beautiful expansion of a promising story that delivers something rich and captivating. . . . Putting it down is likely to be the biggest challenge readers will encounter.”—Books, Vertigo & Tea]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334318Tue, 05 Jun 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Memory of Fire Series: #2 of The Waking Land Author: Callie Bates Narrator: Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 15 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334318 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Memory of Fire Series: #2 of The Waking Land Author: Callie Bates Narrator: Andrew Eiden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Callie Bates’s debut novel, The Waking Land, announced the arrival of a brilliant new talent in epic fantasy. Now, with The Memory of Fire, Bates expertly deepens her tale, spinning glittering threads of magic and intrigue into a vibrant tapestry of adventure, betrayal, mystery, and romance.   Thanks to the magic of Elanna Valtai and the Paladisan noble Jahan Korakides, the lands once controlled by the empire of Paladis have won their independence. But as Elanna exhausts her powers restoring the ravaged land, news that the emperor is readying an invasion spurs Jahan on a desperate mission to establish peace. Going back to Paladis proves to be anything but peaceful, however. As magic is a crime in the empire, punishable by death, Jahan must hide his abilities. Nonetheless, the grand inquisitor’s hunters suspect him of sorcery, and mysterious, urgent messages from the witch who secretly trained Jahan only increase his danger of exposure. Worst of all, the crown prince has turned his back on Jahan, robbing him of the royal protection he once enjoyed. As word of Jahan’s return spreads, long-sheathed knives, sharp and deadly, are drawn again. And when Elanna, stripped of her magic, is brought to the capital in chains, Jahan must face down the traumas of his past to defeat the shadowy enemies threatening his true love’s life, and the future of the revolution itself. Don’t miss any of Callie Bates’s magical Waking Land trilogy: THE WAKING LAND • THE MEMORY OF FIRE • THE SOUL OF POWER Praise for The Memory of Fire “Gripping . . . [this] vivid first-person, present-tense narrative [creates] a remarkably mature, balanced addition to the story that avoids the most common flaws of middle books and will leave readers hungry for the conclusion.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)   “[Callie] Bates does an excellent job of delving into Jahan’s past and showing his growth. . . . The relatable characters and riveting adventure make this fantasy world very accessible for all.”—Booklist “The Memory of Fire is a beautiful expansion of a promising story that delivers something rich and captivating. . . . Putting it down is likely to be the biggest challenge readers will encounter.”—Books, Vertigo & Tea]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-unsuitable-woman-by-kat-gordon--65202843https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unsuitable Woman Author: Kat Gordon Narrator: Richard Jack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Gill Paul’s The Secret Wife ‘Gloriously dark’ Liza Klaussman ‘Evocative’ i newsaper ‘Seductive’ Anna Hope ‘Rich’ Sunday Times ‘Thrilling’ Emma Chapman Theo Miller is young, bright and ambitious when he and his earnest younger sister Maud step off the train into the simmering heat of Nairobi. Both eagerly await their new life, yet neither are prepared for the pain it will bring. When Theo meets American heiress Sylvie de Croÿ, he is welcomed into her inner circle – the Happy Valley set – rich, dazzling expatriates, infamous for their scandalous lifestyles. Yet behind Sylvie’s intoxicating allure lies a powerful cocktail of secrets, lust and betrayal. As dark clouds gather over Kenya’s future and his own, Theo must escape this most unsuitable woman – before it is too late. First published as The Hunters.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334536Thu, 31 May 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unsuitable Woman Author: Kat Gordon Narrator: Richard Jack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unsuitable Woman Author: Kat Gordon Narrator: Richard Jack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 31, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Gill Paul’s The Secret Wife ‘Gloriously dark’ Liza Klaussman ‘Evocative’ i newsaper ‘Seductive’ Anna Hope ‘Rich’ Sunday Times ‘Thrilling’ Emma Chapman Theo Miller is young, bright and ambitious when he and his earnest younger sister Maud step off the train into the simmering heat of Nairobi. Both eagerly await their new life, yet neither are prepared for the pain it will bring. When Theo meets American heiress Sylvie de Croÿ, he is welcomed into her inner circle – the Happy Valley set – rich, dazzling expatriates, infamous for their scandalous lifestyles. Yet behind Sylvie’s intoxicating allure lies a powerful cocktail of secrets, lust and betrayal. As dark clouds gather over Kenya’s future and his own, Theo must escape this most unsuitable woman – before it is too late. First published as The Hunters.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/they-come-in-all-colors-a-novel-by-malcolm-hansen--65202830https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Come in All Colors: A Novel Author: Malcolm Hansen Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: It's 1969 when fifteen-year-old Huey Fairchild begins high school at Claremont Prep, one of New York City's most prestigious boys' schools. His mother had uprooted her family from their small hometown of Akersburg, Georgia, a few years earlier, leaving behind Huey's white father and the racial unrest that ran deeper than the Chattahoochee River. But for our sharp-tongued protagonist, forgetting the past is easier said than done. At Claremont, where the only other nonwhite person is the janitor, Huey quickly realizes that racism can lurk beneath even the nicest school uniform. After a momentary slip of his temper, Huey finds himself on academic probation and facing legal charges. With his promising school career in limbo, he begins examining his current predicament at Claremont through the lens of his memories growing up in Akersburg during the Civil Rights Movement—and the chilling moments leading up to his and his mother's flight north. With Huey's head-shaking antics fueling this coming-of-age narrative, the story triumphs as a tender and honest exploration of race, identity, family, and homeland.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334289Tue, 29 May 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Come in All Colors: A Novel Author: Malcolm Hansen Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334289 to listen full audiobooks. Title: They Come in All Colors: A Novel Author: Malcolm Hansen Narrator: Ron Butler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: It's 1969 when fifteen-year-old Huey Fairchild begins high school at Claremont Prep, one of New York City's most prestigious boys' schools. His mother had uprooted her family from their small hometown of Akersburg, Georgia, a few years earlier, leaving behind Huey's white father and the racial unrest that ran deeper than the Chattahoochee River. But for our sharp-tongued protagonist, forgetting the past is easier said than done. At Claremont, where the only other nonwhite person is the janitor, Huey quickly realizes that racism can lurk beneath even the nicest school uniform. After a momentary slip of his temper, Huey finds himself on academic probation and facing legal charges. With his promising school career in limbo, he begins examining his current predicament at Claremont through the lens of his memories growing up in Akersburg during the Civil Rights Movement—and the chilling moments leading up to his and his mother's flight north. With Huey's head-shaking antics fueling this coming-of-age narrative, the story triumphs as a tender and honest exploration of race, identity, family, and homeland.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/meet-me-at-the-museum-shortlisted-for-the-costa-first-novel-award-2018-by-anne-youngson--65202841https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meet Me at the Museum: Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2018 Author: Anne Youngson Narrator: Lars H Knudsen, Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson, read by Helen Lloyd and Lars Knudsen. Sometimes it takes a stranger to really know who you are When Tina Hopgood writes a letter of regret to a man she has never met, she doesn’t expect a reply. When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator, answers it, nor does he. They’re both searching for something, they just don’t know it yet. Anders has lost his wife, along with his hopes and dreams for the future. Tina is trapped in a marriage she doesn’t remember choosing. Slowly their correspondence blossoms as they bare their souls to each other with stories of joy, anguish and discovery. But then Tina’s letters suddenly cease, and Anders is thrown into despair. Can their unexpected friendship survive? The Observer Promising first-time British novelists 2018: 'A novel about self-discovery and second chances' 'Warm-hearted, clear-minded, and unexpectedly spellbinding, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to savour' ANNIE BARROWS, co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ‘A beautiful, affecting novel of late love, by an extraordinary new writer’ NINA STIBBE 'A quirky, wise and tender novel. Proof that the richest fruits come on the edge of autumn' SARAH DUNANT 'Quietly intriguing, beautifully observed, full of powerful emotions' RUTH HOGAN, Author of The Keeper of Lost Things ‘Tender, wise and moving, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to cherish.’ JOHN BOYNE ‘A moving tribute to friendship and love, to the courage of the ordinary, and to starting again’ RACHEL JOYCE 'I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone looking for a book that makes you think and wonder and quietly hope. I loved it' TAMMY COHEN 'Insightful, emotionally acute and absorbing' Daily Express 'The loveliest short novel of late love you'll ever read. Whenever I talk about it, I simply cry with joy' JAMES HAWES 'Meet Me at the Museum starts so quiet and small like a bud tightly closed against the winter then it unfurls into something so alive and truly beautiful. I was immensely moved by it' TOR UDALL, author of A Thousand Paper Birds 'Precise, clear, funny, poignant and truthful. This is a work of art, dear readers. Revel in its beauty' ADRIANA TRIGIANI]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334548Thu, 24 May 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meet Me at the Museum: Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2018 Author: Anne Youngson Narrator: Lars H Knudsen, Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meet Me at the Museum: Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2018 Author: Anne Youngson Narrator: Lars H Knudsen, Helen Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson, read by Helen Lloyd and Lars Knudsen. Sometimes it takes a stranger to really know who you are When Tina Hopgood writes a letter of regret to a man she has never met, she doesn’t expect a reply. When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator, answers it, nor does he. They’re both searching for something, they just don’t know it yet. Anders has lost his wife, along with his hopes and dreams for the future. Tina is trapped in a marriage she doesn’t remember choosing. Slowly their correspondence blossoms as they bare their souls to each other with stories of joy, anguish and discovery. But then Tina’s letters suddenly cease, and Anders is thrown into despair. Can their unexpected friendship survive? The Observer Promising first-time British novelists 2018: 'A novel about self-discovery and second chances' 'Warm-hearted, clear-minded, and unexpectedly spellbinding, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to savour' ANNIE BARROWS, co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ‘A beautiful, affecting novel of late love, by an extraordinary new writer’ NINA STIBBE 'A quirky, wise and tender novel. Proof that the richest fruits come on the edge of autumn' SARAH DUNANT 'Quietly intriguing, beautifully observed, full of powerful emotions' RUTH HOGAN, Author of The Keeper of Lost Things ‘Tender, wise and moving, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to cherish.’ JOHN BOYNE ‘A moving tribute to friendship and love, to the courage of the ordinary, and to starting again’ RACHEL JOYCE 'I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone looking for a book that makes you think and wonder and quietly hope. I loved it' TAMMY COHEN 'Insightful, emotionally acute and absorbing' Daily Express 'The loveliest short novel of late love you'll ever read. Whenever I talk about it, I simply cry with joy' JAMES HAWES 'Meet Me at the Museum starts so quiet and small like a bud tightly closed against the winter then it unfurls into something so alive and truly beautiful. I was immensely moved by it' TOR UDALL, author of A Thousand Paper Birds 'Precise, clear, funny, poignant and truthful. This is a work of art, dear readers. Revel in its beauty' ADRIANA TRIGIANI]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/witchsign-by-den-patrick--65202820https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witchsign Series: #1 of Ashen Torment Author: Den Patrick Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 24, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From celebrated fantasy author Den Patrick comes Witchsign, the first novel in a fresh and exciting new fantasy trilogy. It has been seventy-five years since the dragons’ rule of fire and magic was ended. Out of the ashes, the Solmindre Empire was born. Since then, the tyrannical Synod has worked hard to banish all manifestations of the arcane from existence. However, children are still born bearing the taint of the arcane, known to all as witchsign. Vigilants are sent out across the continent of Vinterkveld to find and capture all those bearing the mark. No one knows when the Vigilants of the Synod will appear and enforce the Empire’s laws. But today they’re coming. And gods help those who bear the sign of the witch.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334544Thu, 24 May 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witchsign Series: #1 of Ashen Torment Author: Den Patrick Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334544 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Witchsign Series: #1 of Ashen Torment Author: Den Patrick Narrator: Thomas Judd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 24, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From celebrated fantasy author Den Patrick comes Witchsign, the first novel in a fresh and exciting new fantasy trilogy. It has been seventy-five years since the dragons’ rule of fire and magic was ended. Out of the ashes, the Solmindre Empire was born. Since then, the tyrannical Synod has worked hard to banish all manifestations of the arcane from existence. However, children are still born bearing the taint of the arcane, known to all as witchsign. Vigilants are sent out across the continent of Vinterkveld to find and capture all those bearing the mark. No one knows when the Vigilants of the Synod will appear and enforce the Empire’s laws. But today they’re coming. And gods help those who bear the sign of the witch.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/swimming-between-worlds-by-elaine-neil-orr--65202801https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swimming Between Worlds Author: Elaine Neil Orr Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the critically acclaimed writer of A Different Sun, a Southern coming-of-age novel that sets three very different young people against the tumultuous years of the American civil rights movement... Tacker Hart left his home in North Carolina as a local high school football hero, but returns in disgrace after being fired from a prestigious architectural assignment in West Africa. Yet the culture and people he grew to admire have left their mark on him. Adrift, he manages his father's grocery store and becomes reacquainted with a girl he barely knew growing up. Kate Monroe's parents have died, leaving her the family home and the right connections in her Southern town. But a trove of disturbing letters sends her searching for the truth behind the comfortable life she's been bequeathed. On the same morning but at different moments, Tacker and Kate encounter a young African-American, Gaines Townson, and their stories converge with his. As Winston-Salem is pulled into the tumultuous 1960s, these three Americans find themselves at the center of the civil rights struggle, coming to terms with the legacies of their pasts as they search for an ennobling future.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359601Tue, 03 Apr 2018 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swimming Between Worlds Author: Elaine Neil Orr Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/359601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swimming Between Worlds Author: Elaine Neil Orr Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 32 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the critically acclaimed writer of A Different Sun, a Southern coming-of-age novel that sets three very different young people against the tumultuous years of the American civil rights movement... Tacker Hart left his home in North Carolina as a local high school football hero, but returns in disgrace after being fired from a prestigious architectural assignment in West Africa. Yet the culture and people he grew to admire have left their mark on him. Adrift, he manages his father's grocery store and becomes reacquainted with a girl he barely knew growing up. Kate Monroe's parents have died, leaving her the family home and the right connections in her Southern town. But a trove of disturbing letters sends her searching for the truth behind the comfortable life she's been bequeathed. On the same morning but at different moments, Tacker and Kate encounter a young African-American, Gaines Townson, and their stories converge with his. As Winston-Salem is pulled into the tumultuous 1960s, these three Americans find themselves at the center of the civil rights struggle, coming to terms with the legacies of their pasts as they search for an ennobling future.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flood-a-novel-by-melissa-scholes-young--65202764https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flood: A Novel Author: Melissa Scholes Young Narrator: Hallie Ricardo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A sparkling debut set in Mark Twain's boyhood town, Flood is a story of what it means to be lost . . . and found. Laura Brooks fled her hometown of Hannibal, Missouri, ten years ago after a historic flood and personal heartbreak. Now she's returned unannounced, and her family and friends don't know what to make of it. She says she's just home for a brief visit and her high-school reunion, but she's carrying too much luggage for that: literal and metaphorical. Soon Laura is embroiled in small-town affairs -- the contentious divorce of her rowdy best friend Rose; the campaign of her twelve-year-old godson, Bobby, to become the town's official Tom Sawyer; and the renewed interest of the man Laura once thought she'd marry, Sammy McGuire. Leaving town when she was eighteen had been Laura's only option. She feared a stifling existence in a town ruled by its past, its mythological devotion to Mark Twain, and the economic and racial divide that runs as deep as the Mississippi River. She can't forget that fateful Fourth of July when the levees broke or the decisions that still haunt her. Now as the Mississippi rises again, a deep wound threatens to reopen, and Laura must decide if running away once more might be the best way to save herself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367376Tue, 27 Jun 2017 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flood: A Novel Author: Melissa Scholes Young Narrator: Hallie Ricardo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 27,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/367376 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flood: A Novel Author: Melissa Scholes Young Narrator: Hallie Ricardo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A sparkling debut set in Mark Twain's boyhood town, Flood is a story of what it means to be lost . . . and found. Laura Brooks fled her hometown of Hannibal, Missouri, ten years ago after a historic flood and personal heartbreak. Now she's returned unannounced, and her family and friends don't know what to make of it. She says she's just home for a brief visit and her high-school reunion, but she's carrying too much luggage for that: literal and metaphorical. Soon Laura is embroiled in small-town affairs -- the contentious divorce of her rowdy best friend Rose; the campaign of her twelve-year-old godson, Bobby, to become the town's official Tom Sawyer; and the renewed interest of the man Laura once thought she'd marry, Sammy McGuire. Leaving town when she was eighteen had been Laura's only option. She feared a stifling existence in a town ruled by its past, its mythological devotion to Mark Twain, and the economic and racial divide that runs as deep as the Mississippi River. She can't forget that fateful Fourth of July when the levees broke or the decisions that still haunt her. Now as the Mississippi rises again, a deep wound threatens to reopen, and Laura must decide if running away once more might be the best way to save herself.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-snow-garden-by-christopher-rice--65202827https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334915 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Snow Garden Author: Christopher Rice Narrator: James Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A shocking death exposes dangerous forces of seduction, obsession, and vengeance lurking beneath the idyllic surface of a prestigious New England university. It is more than just the late November weather that has cast a chill over the campus of Atherton University. When the wife of respected professor Eric Eberman is killed in a tragic accident, his secret student lover, Randall Stone, fears the professor tried to avert career suicide by committing homicide. Or do the dead woman’s haunting last words point to an even more damning crime? Fearing the truth, Randall digs into his lover’s hidden history. But what he finds draws him and everyone he cares for into a dark dance of sexual manipulation, twisted retribution, and murderous rage where nothing is as it seems. And no one will escape from it unscathed…if they escape at all. In this emotionally gripping tale from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice, the past may seem buried, but it can come back with a deadly vengeance. Revised edition: This edition of The Snow Garden includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334915Tue, 16 May 2017 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334915 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Snow Garden Author: Christopher Rice Narrator: James Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334915 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Snow Garden Author: Christopher Rice Narrator: James Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A shocking death exposes dangerous forces of seduction, obsession, and vengeance lurking beneath the idyllic surface of a prestigious New England university. It is more than just the late November weather that has cast a chill over the campus of Atherton University. When the wife of respected professor Eric Eberman is killed in a tragic accident, his secret student lover, Randall Stone, fears the professor tried to avert career suicide by committing homicide. Or do the dead woman’s haunting last words point to an even more damning crime? Fearing the truth, Randall digs into his lover’s hidden history. But what he finds draws him and everyone he cares for into a dark dance of sexual manipulation, twisted retribution, and murderous rage where nothing is as it seems. And no one will escape from it unscathed…if they escape at all. In this emotionally gripping tale from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice, the past may seem buried, but it can come back with a deadly vengeance. Revised edition: This edition of The Snow Garden includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-probable-outcomes-by-john-fischer--65202846https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Probable Outcomes Author: John Fischer Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 3 minutes Release date: October 8, 2013 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A failed, alcoholic ex-marketing guru is sent to Ohio on a last long-shot assignment, in search of innovative idea that can save an ailing food company. After an accident in a mall parking lot, he’s rescued by a trio of teenagers who reluctantly agree to share an average night in their average lives with him. What follows—bonding, secrets, and ultimately tragedy—reveal truths to both teens and guru that none are fully prepared to confront. Told with a distinctly comic voice and a sharp eye for the absurdities of contemporary American culture, The Probable Outcomes contemplates the unexpected connections between youth and adulthood, disillusionment and redemption, and regret and idealism.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336448Tue, 08 Oct 2013 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Probable Outcomes Author: John Fischer Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 3 minutes Release date: October 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336448 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Probable Outcomes Author: John Fischer Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 3 minutes Release date: October 8, 2013 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A failed, alcoholic ex-marketing guru is sent to Ohio on a last long-shot assignment, in search of innovative idea that can save an ailing food company. After an accident in a mall parking lot, he’s rescued by a trio of teenagers who reluctantly agree to share an average night in their average lives with him. What follows—bonding, secrets, and ultimately tragedy—reveal truths to both teens and guru that none are fully prepared to confront. Told with a distinctly comic voice and a sharp eye for the absurdities of contemporary American culture, The Probable Outcomes contemplates the unexpected connections between youth and adulthood, disillusionment and redemption, and regret and idealism.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/friends-of-whitmore-by-michael-famighetti--65202839https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends of Whitmore Author: Michael Famighetti Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 24, 2013 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Alex works in a gallery in the small Connecticut town where he moved after inheriting his parents’ house. One day, at a local CPR class, he meets Tea, a young woman and aspiring artist who invents a mutual acquaintance named Whitmore as a means of breaking the ice and introducing herself. As their relationship deepens, Alex becomes preoccupied with imagining who Whitmore might be, considering Whitmore to be a paragon of masculine perfection. But when the Whitmore myth begins to unravel, so does Alex’s relationship with Tea. A charming story about how we relate to each other and the devices we sometimes invent in order to make sense of the world around us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336449Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends of Whitmore Author: Michael Famighetti Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 46 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/336449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friends of Whitmore Author: Michael Famighetti Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 24, 2013 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Alex works in a gallery in the small Connecticut town where he moved after inheriting his parents’ house. One day, at a local CPR class, he meets Tea, a young woman and aspiring artist who invents a mutual acquaintance named Whitmore as a means of breaking the ice and introducing herself. As their relationship deepens, Alex becomes preoccupied with imagining who Whitmore might be, considering Whitmore to be a paragon of masculine perfection. But when the Whitmore myth begins to unravel, so does Alex’s relationship with Tea. A charming story about how we relate to each other and the devices we sometimes invent in order to make sense of the world around us.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-chesil-beach-by-ian-mcewan--65202744https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Chesil Beach Author: Ian McEwan Narrator: Ian McEwan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 5, 2007 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. It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives. © Ian McEwan 2007 (P) Penguin Audio 2007]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350790Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Chesil Beach Author: Ian McEwan Narrator: Ian McEwan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 5, 2007 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On Chesil Beach Author: Ian McEwan Narrator: Ian McEwan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 5, 2007 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. It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives. © Ian McEwan 2007 (P) Penguin Audio 2007]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/invisible-life-a-novel-by-e-lynn-harris--65202822https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Invisible Life: A Novel Series: #1 of Invisible Life Trilogy Author: E. Lynn Harris Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The remarkable first novel by a young, gay, black author who fashioned a deeply moving and compelling coming-of-age story out of the controversial issues of bisexuality and AIDS Law school, girlfriends, and career choices were all part of Raymond Tyler's life, but there were other, more terrifying issues for him to confront. Being black was tough enough, but Raymond was becoming more and more conscious of sexual feelings that he knew weren't 'right.' He was completely committed to Sela, his longtime girlfriend, but his attraction to Kelvin, whom he had met during his last year in law school, had become more than just a friendship.  Fleeing to New York to escape both Sela and Kelvin, Raymond finds himself more confused than ever before. New relationships--both male and female--give him enormous pleasure but keep him from finding the inner peace and lasting love he so desperately desires. The horrible illness and death of a friend eventually force Raymond, at last, to face the truth.  Invisible Life has been hailed as 'one of the most thought-provoking books--since James Baldwin's Another Country' (Richmond Voice), and Harris's 'stories have become the toast of bookstores, reading groups, men, women, and gay and straight people' (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345189Wed, 05 Jul 2000 23:32:36 +0000Kennedy KonopelskiPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Invisible Life: A Novel Series: #1 of Invisible Life Trilogy Author: E. Lynn Harris Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345189 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Invisible Life: A Novel Series: #1 of Invisible Life Trilogy Author: E. Lynn Harris Narrator: Michael Boatman Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The remarkable first novel by a young, gay, black author who fashioned a deeply moving and compelling coming-of-age story out of the controversial issues of bisexuality and AIDS Law school, girlfriends, and career choices were all part of Raymond Tyler's life, but there were other, more terrifying issues for him to confront. Being black was tough enough, but Raymond was becoming more and more conscious of sexual feelings that he knew weren't 'right.' He was completely committed to Sela, his longtime girlfriend, but his attraction to Kelvin, whom he had met during his last year in law school, had become more than just a friendship.  Fleeing to New York to escape both Sela and Kelvin, Raymond finds himself more confused than ever before. New relationships--both male and female--give him enormous pleasure but keep him from finding the inner peace and lasting love he so desperately desires. The horrible illness and death of a friend eventually force Raymond, at last, to face the truth.  Invisible Life has been hailed as 'one of the most thought-provoking books--since James Baldwin's Another Country' (Richmond Voice), and Harris's 'stories have become the toast of bookstores, reading groups, men, women, and gay and straight people' (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).]]>605cleanfull