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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 Martin Moorehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c61c8faf1d5adfbdb19b5d5dd164a8bf.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/download-incredible-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-coming-of-age--6575895Sat, 29 Mar 2025 02:53:04 +0000Martin MooreMartin Moorefeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/398/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Do you want your children to access knowledge early? With over 500,000+ audiobooks, including categories like Ages 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/398/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Do you want your children to access knowledge early? With over 500,000+ audiobooks, including categories like Ages 5 & Under, Bedtime Stories, and Early Education, we bring your beloved child useful lessons. Get 3 free audiobooks right away for your child to start exploring. Audiobooks can be listened to on iPhone, iPad, Android, helping your child learn anytime, anywhere. Let's build the future for children together! 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/the-summer-list-by-amy-mason-doan--65202893https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer List Author: Amy Mason Doan Narrator: Kate Rudd, Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A tender yet tantalizing novel about two friends, the summer night they fell apart, and the scavenger hunt that reunites them decades later—until the clues expose a breathtaking secret... Named a Best Book of Summer by PopSugar, Coastal Living, Family Circle, and The Globe & Mail Laura and Casey were once inseparable: as they floated on their backs in the sunlit lake, as they dreamed about the future under starry skies, and as they teamed up for the wild scavenger hunts in their small California lakeside town. Until one summer night, when a shocking betrayal sent Laura running through the pines, down the dock, and into a new life, leaving Casey and a first love in her wake. But the past is impossible to escape, and now, after seventeen years away, Laura is pulled home and into a reunion with Casey she can’t resist—one last scavenger hunt. With a twist: this time, the list of clues leads to the settings of their most cherished summer memories. From glistening Jade Cove to the vintage skating rink, each step they take becomes a bittersweet reminder of the friendship they once shared. But just as the game brings Laura and Casey back together, the clues unravel a stunning secret that threatens to tear them apart… Mesmerizing and unforgettable, Amy Mason Doan’s The Summer List is about losing and recapturing the person who understands you best—and the unbreakable bonds of girlhood. *Don't miss Amy Mason Doan's next novel, The California Dreamers, available now for preorder! Also by Amy Mason Doan: - The California Dreamers - Lady Sunshine - Summer Hours]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329993Tue, 26 Jun 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer List Author: Amy Mason Doan Narrator: Kate Rudd, Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer List Author: Amy Mason Doan Narrator: Kate Rudd, Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 54 minutes Release date: June 26, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A tender yet tantalizing novel about two friends, the summer night they fell apart, and the scavenger hunt that reunites them decades later—until the clues expose a breathtaking secret... Named a Best Book of Summer by PopSugar, Coastal Living, Family Circle, and The Globe & Mail Laura and Casey were once inseparable: as they floated on their backs in the sunlit lake, as they dreamed about the future under starry skies, and as they teamed up for the wild scavenger hunts in their small California lakeside town. Until one summer night, when a shocking betrayal sent Laura running through the pines, down the dock, and into a new life, leaving Casey and a first love in her wake. But the past is impossible to escape, and now, after seventeen years away, Laura is pulled home and into a reunion with Casey she can’t resist—one last scavenger hunt. With a twist: this time, the list of clues leads to the settings of their most cherished summer memories. From glistening Jade Cove to the vintage skating rink, each step they take becomes a bittersweet reminder of the friendship they once shared. But just as the game brings Laura and Casey back together, the clues unravel a stunning secret that threatens to tear them apart… Mesmerizing and unforgettable, Amy Mason Doan’s The Summer List is about losing and recapturing the person who understands you best—and the unbreakable bonds of girlhood. *Don't miss Amy Mason Doan's next novel, The California Dreamers, available now for preorder! Also by Amy Mason Doan: - The California Dreamers - Lady Sunshine - Summer Hours]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/warlight-by-michael-ondaatje--65202886https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warlight Author: Michael Ondaatje Narrator: George Blagden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 7, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3.4 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Warlight by Michael Ondaatje, read by George Blagden. 'Our book of the year – and maybe of Ondaatje's career' Daily Telegraph Books of the Year LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 An elegiac, dreamlike novel set in post-WW2 London about memory, family secrets and lies, from the internationally acclaimed author of The English Patient ‘The past never remains in the past…’ London, 1945. The capital is still reeling from the war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel are abandoned by their parents who leave the country on business, and are left in the dubious care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. Nathaniel is introduced to The Moth’s band of criminal misfits and is caught up in a series of teenage misadventures, from smuggling greyhounds for illegal dog racing to lovers’ trysts in abandoned buildings at night. But is this eccentric crew really what and who they claim to be? And most importantly, what happened to Nathaniel’s mother? Was her purported reason for leaving true? What secrets did she hide in her past? Years later Nathaniel, now an adult, begins to slowly piece together using the files of intelligence agencies – and through reality, recollection and imagination – the startling truths of puzzles formed decades earlier. ‘A novel of shadowy brilliance’ The Times ‘Fiction as rich, as beautiful, as melancholy as life itself, written in the visionary language of memory’ Observer ‘Ondaatje brilliantly threads the mysteries and disguises and tangled loyalties and personal yearnings of the secret world...and has constructed something of real emotional and psychological heft, delicate melancholy and yet, frequently, page-turning plottiness. I haven’t read a better novel this year.’ Telegraph]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332073Thu, 07 Jun 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warlight Author: Michael Ondaatje Narrator: George Blagden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 7, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332073 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Warlight Author: Michael Ondaatje Narrator: George Blagden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 7, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 3.4 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Warlight by Michael Ondaatje, read by George Blagden. 'Our book of the year – and maybe of Ondaatje's career' Daily Telegraph Books of the Year LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 An elegiac, dreamlike novel set in post-WW2 London about memory, family secrets and lies, from the internationally acclaimed author of The English Patient ‘The past never remains in the past…’ London, 1945. The capital is still reeling from the war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel are abandoned by their parents who leave the country on business, and are left in the dubious care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. Nathaniel is introduced to The Moth’s band of criminal misfits and is caught up in a series of teenage misadventures, from smuggling greyhounds for illegal dog racing to lovers’ trysts in abandoned buildings at night. But is this eccentric crew really what and who they claim to be? And most importantly, what happened to Nathaniel’s mother? Was her purported reason for leaving true? What secrets did she hide in her past? Years later Nathaniel, now an adult, begins to slowly piece together using the files of intelligence agencies – and through reality, recollection and imagination – the startling truths of puzzles formed decades earlier. ‘A novel of shadowy brilliance’ The Times ‘Fiction as rich, as beautiful, as melancholy as life itself, written in the visionary language of memory’ Observer ‘Ondaatje brilliantly threads the mysteries and disguises and tangled loyalties and personal yearnings of the secret world...and has constructed something of real emotional and psychological heft, delicate melancholy and yet, frequently, page-turning plottiness. I haven’t read a better novel this year.’ Telegraph]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hap-and-hazard-and-the-end-of-the-world-a-novel-by-diane-desanders--65202861https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hap and Hazard and the End of the World: A Novel Author: Diane DeSanders Narrator: Dara Rosenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Diane DeSanders's genius lies in her ability to capture the intimate interiority of a very particular childhood while at the same time interrogating larger questions of class, race, and religion. Hap and Hazard and the End of the World is a gorgeous, profoundly original novel.' —Dawn Raffel, author of Carrying the Body and The Secret Life of Objects'Rollicking, tilted, and transporting. As the young narrator tries to manage her fraying family-war-wounded father, suffering mother, misbehaving relatives galore-DeSanders takes us deeper, always with such tenderness and beautiful observation into the ways we shape a narrative that keeps us whole.' ―Victoria Redel, author of Loverboy and Before EverythingFor Dick and Jane, Dallas after World War II is a place of promise and prosperity: the first home air conditioners are making summertime bearable and Dick’s position at his father’s business, the Cadillac dealership, is assured. Jane has help with the house and the children, and garden parties and holiday celebrations are spirited social affairs. For the oldest of their three daughters, however, life is full of frustrating mysteries. The stories the adults tell her don’t make sense. Too curious for comfort, she finds her questions only seem to annoy them. Why won’t they tell the truth about Santa? What is that Holy Spirit business, and what is the difference between an angel and a ghost? Why is her mother often so tense and sad? And why does her father keep flying into violent rages?Hap and Hazard and the End of the World is an intimate, finely crafted novel about the innocence and vulnerability of childhood and the dangers posed by adults who cannot cope with life’s complexities. It is also about the ingenuity born of loneliness and neglect, and the surprising, strange beauty of the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332150Tue, 05 Jun 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hap and Hazard and the End of the World: A Novel Author: Diane DeSanders Narrator: Dara Rosenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hap and Hazard and the End of the World: A Novel Author: Diane DeSanders Narrator: Dara Rosenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date: June 5, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Diane DeSanders's genius lies in her ability to capture the intimate interiority of a very particular childhood while at the same time interrogating larger questions of class, race, and religion. Hap and Hazard and the End of the World is a gorgeous, profoundly original novel.' —Dawn Raffel, author of Carrying the Body and The Secret Life of Objects'Rollicking, tilted, and transporting. As the young narrator tries to manage her fraying family-war-wounded father, suffering mother, misbehaving relatives galore-DeSanders takes us deeper, always with such tenderness and beautiful observation into the ways we shape a narrative that keeps us whole.' ―Victoria Redel, author of Loverboy and Before EverythingFor Dick and Jane, Dallas after World War II is a place of promise and prosperity: the first home air conditioners are making summertime bearable and Dick’s position at his father’s business, the Cadillac dealership, is assured. Jane has help with the house and the children, and garden parties and holiday celebrations are spirited social affairs. For the oldest of their three daughters, however, life is full of frustrating mysteries. The stories the adults tell her don’t make sense. Too curious for comfort, she finds her questions only seem to annoy them. Why won’t they tell the truth about Santa? What is that Holy Spirit business, and what is the difference between an angel and a ghost? Why is her mother often so tense and sad? And why does her father keep flying into violent rages?Hap and Hazard and the End of the World is an intimate, finely crafted novel about the innocence and vulnerability of childhood and the dangers posed by adults who cannot cope with life’s complexities. It is also about the ingenuity born of loneliness and neglect, and the surprising, strange beauty of the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/true-a-novel-by-karl-taro-greenfeld--65202940https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True: A Novel Author: Karl Taro Greenfeld Narrator: Siiri Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 1, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A deft and unflinching coming-of-age story about an angry teenage girl and her discovery of the nature of the biggest game of all, and what it really means to be a team player, a sister, a daughter, and a born survivor—from the acclaimed author of Triburbia and Boy Alone. “It’s a dark and thrilling exploration of changing relationships and rivalries and times the desires of your heart don’t necessarily line up with the expectations of real life.” —Marie Claire True has a singular path: to be the greatest soccer player of her generation. But to realize her dream, she’ll need to make the Under-17 National Team, then the Residency Program, and the ultimate: the US Women’s National Team. Otherwise she can say goodbye to the Women’s World Cup. And True will do whatever it takes to be the top girl on the field. True has to stay focused because her family is crumbling. With the loss of her mother, True is forced to take care of her autistic younger sister while her grieving father wastes his time gambling. And high school isn’t much better. While True’s teammates are getting taller and growing up, she’s hardening around the edges, at a loss for what it means to be a typical teen girl. But when she’s in the game, the anxieties of family and fitting in just fade away. True—with her soft feet and deft first touch—can knock anyone off the ball. And more importantly, she can throw an elbow harder than anybody else. On the pitch, she’s a soccer player first, a sister second. On the pitch, she’s free.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320889Fri, 01 Jun 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True: A Novel Author: Karl Taro Greenfeld Narrator: Siiri Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 1, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: True: A Novel Author: Karl Taro Greenfeld Narrator: Siiri Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 1, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A deft and unflinching coming-of-age story about an angry teenage girl and her discovery of the nature of the biggest game of all, and what it really means to be a team player, a sister, a daughter, and a born survivor—from the acclaimed author of Triburbia and Boy Alone. “It’s a dark and thrilling exploration of changing relationships and rivalries and times the desires of your heart don’t necessarily line up with the expectations of real life.” —Marie Claire True has a singular path: to be the greatest soccer player of her generation. But to realize her dream, she’ll need to make the Under-17 National Team, then the Residency Program, and the ultimate: the US Women’s National Team. Otherwise she can say goodbye to the Women’s World Cup. And True will do whatever it takes to be the top girl on the field. True has to stay focused because her family is crumbling. With the loss of her mother, True is forced to take care of her autistic younger sister while her grieving father wastes his time gambling. And high school isn’t much better. While True’s teammates are getting taller and growing up, she’s hardening around the edges, at a loss for what it means to be a typical teen girl. But when she’s in the game, the anxieties of family and fitting in just fade away. True—with her soft feet and deft first touch—can knock anyone off the ball. And more importantly, she can throw an elbow harder than anybody else. On the pitch, she’s a soccer player first, a sister second. On the pitch, she’s free.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spanish-nos-prometieron-la-gloria-by-mario-escobar--65202945https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Nos prometieron la gloria Author: Mario Escobar Narrator: Miguel Borda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Una historia sobre el valor de la amistad, la recompensa por las buenas acciones y el monstruo del populismo que barre las singularidades y criminaliza a los pueblos. Basada en hechos reales vividos por la conocida familia Collignon de Jalisco, México. En 1932, los hermanos Collignon, pertenecientes a una de las familias más influyentes de Jalisco, México, viajan a Alemania para completar su educación. A su llegada a Berlín, notan que el país está inquieto por el inminente ascenso de Adolf Hitler al poder. Los hermanos junto a un grupo de compañeros con quienes conforman un equipo de futbol ingresan en las juventudes hitlerianas, seducidos por los mensajes patrióticos de los nazis, entre ellos se encuentran Ernest y Ritter, dos de sus mejores amigos. Tras el regreso de los hermanos Collignon a su país natal, Alemania por su lado, comienza una creciente presión sobre Europa, que terminará en el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La vida de Ernest y Ritter se separan por la guerra, hasta que en el verano de 1943, un inesperado encuentro los une, pero esta vez bajo diferentes condiciones, cada uno forma parte de la oposición... desencadenando una serie de acontecimientos que ponen a prueba la amistad verdadera, la lealtad y la vida misma. Una historia sobre el valor de la amistad, la recompensa por las buenas acciones y el monstruo del populismo que barre las singularidades y criminaliza a los pueblos.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333582Tue, 29 May 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Nos prometieron la gloria Author: Mario Escobar Narrator: Miguel Borda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333582 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Nos prometieron la gloria Author: Mario Escobar Narrator: Miguel Borda Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Una historia sobre el valor de la amistad, la recompensa por las buenas acciones y el monstruo del populismo que barre las singularidades y criminaliza a los pueblos. Basada en hechos reales vividos por la conocida familia Collignon de Jalisco, México. En 1932, los hermanos Collignon, pertenecientes a una de las familias más influyentes de Jalisco, México, viajan a Alemania para completar su educación. A su llegada a Berlín, notan que el país está inquieto por el inminente ascenso de Adolf Hitler al poder. Los hermanos junto a un grupo de compañeros con quienes conforman un equipo de futbol ingresan en las juventudes hitlerianas, seducidos por los mensajes patrióticos de los nazis, entre ellos se encuentran Ernest y Ritter, dos de sus mejores amigos. Tras el regreso de los hermanos Collignon a su país natal, Alemania por su lado, comienza una creciente presión sobre Europa, que terminará en el comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La vida de Ernest y Ritter se separan por la guerra, hasta que en el verano de 1943, un inesperado encuentro los une, pero esta vez bajo diferentes condiciones, cada uno forma parte de la oposición... desencadenando una serie de acontecimientos que ponen a prueba la amistad verdadera, la lealtad y la vida misma. Una historia sobre el valor de la amistad, la recompensa por las buenas acciones y el monstruo del populismo que barre las singularidades y criminaliza a los pueblos.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-little-lights-by-jamie-mcguire--65202874https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Little Lights Author: Jamie McGuire Narrator: Darrell Dennis, Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamie McGuire comes a riveting tale of first love that starts young but runs deep. The first time Elliott Youngblood spots Catherine Calhoun, he’s just a boy with a camera, and he’s never seen a sadder and more beautiful sight. Both Elliott and Catherine feel like outcasts, yet they find an easy friendship with each other. But when Catherine needs him most, Elliott is forced to leave town. Elliott finally returns, but he and Catherine are now different people. He’s a star high school athlete, and she spends all her free time working at her mother’s mysterious bed-and-breakfast. Catherine hasn’t forgiven Elliott for abandoning her, but he’s determined to win back her friendship…and her heart. Just when Catherine is ready to fully trust Elliott, he becomes the prime suspect in a local tragedy. Despite the town’s growing suspicions, Catherine clings to her love for Elliott. But a devastating secret that Catherine has buried could destroy whatever chance of happiness they have left.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332138Tue, 29 May 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Little Lights Author: Jamie McGuire Narrator: Darrell Dennis, Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 32 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332138 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Little Lights Author: Jamie McGuire Narrator: Darrell Dennis, Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 29, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamie McGuire comes a riveting tale of first love that starts young but runs deep. The first time Elliott Youngblood spots Catherine Calhoun, he’s just a boy with a camera, and he’s never seen a sadder and more beautiful sight. Both Elliott and Catherine feel like outcasts, yet they find an easy friendship with each other. But when Catherine needs him most, Elliott is forced to leave town. Elliott finally returns, but he and Catherine are now different people. He’s a star high school athlete, and she spends all her free time working at her mother’s mysterious bed-and-breakfast. Catherine hasn’t forgiven Elliott for abandoning her, but he’s determined to win back her friendship…and her heart. Just when Catherine is ready to fully trust Elliott, he becomes the prime suspect in a local tragedy. Despite the town’s growing suspicions, Catherine clings to her love for Elliott. But a devastating secret that Catherine has buried could destroy whatever chance of happiness they have left.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cliff-house-by-amanda-jennings--65202858https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cliff House Author: Amanda Jennings Narrator: Joan Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: HER OBSESSION. YOUR HOME. ‘A beautiful, stirring story of loss and obsession’ Lisa Jewell, Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs ‘Haunting and evocative’ Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of I See You and Let Me Lie Cornwall, summer of 1986. The Davenports, with their fast cars and glamorous clothes, living the dream in a breathtaking house overlooking the sea. If only… thinks sixteen-year-old Tamsyn, her binoculars trained on the perfect family in their perfect home. If only her life was as perfect as theirs. If only Edie Davenport would be her friend. If only she lived at The Cliff House… Amanda Jennings weaves a haunting tale of obsession, loss and longing, set against the brooding North Cornish coastline, destined to stay with readers long after the final page is turned. PRAISE FOR THE CLIFF HOUSE: ‘A beautiful, stirring story of loss and obsession’ Lisa Jewell, Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs ‘Haunting and evocative’ Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of I See You and Let Me Lie ‘Absorbingly atmospheric … beautiful and sinister’ The Times ‘A very special and utterly unforgettable tale of obsession, desire, grief and deceit – read it’ Heat ‘With a page-turning plot, brilliant sense of place and beautifully drawn characters The Cliff House deserves to be one of the biggest hits of the summer’ Cass Green ‘Immensely atmospheric, with vividly drawn characters and a set-up fraught with tension’ Lucy Atkins ‘Addictive and utterly compelling … a clever, thoughtful and page-turning novel’ Hannah Beckerman]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334207Thu, 17 May 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cliff House Author: Amanda Jennings Narrator: Joan Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334207 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cliff House Author: Amanda Jennings Narrator: Joan Walker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: May 17, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: HER OBSESSION. YOUR HOME. ‘A beautiful, stirring story of loss and obsession’ Lisa Jewell, Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs ‘Haunting and evocative’ Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of I See You and Let Me Lie Cornwall, summer of 1986. The Davenports, with their fast cars and glamorous clothes, living the dream in a breathtaking house overlooking the sea. If only… thinks sixteen-year-old Tamsyn, her binoculars trained on the perfect family in their perfect home. If only her life was as perfect as theirs. If only Edie Davenport would be her friend. If only she lived at The Cliff House… Amanda Jennings weaves a haunting tale of obsession, loss and longing, set against the brooding North Cornish coastline, destined to stay with readers long after the final page is turned. PRAISE FOR THE CLIFF HOUSE: ‘A beautiful, stirring story of loss and obsession’ Lisa Jewell, Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs ‘Haunting and evocative’ Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of I See You and Let Me Lie ‘Absorbingly atmospheric … beautiful and sinister’ The Times ‘A very special and utterly unforgettable tale of obsession, desire, grief and deceit – read it’ Heat ‘With a page-turning plot, brilliant sense of place and beautifully drawn characters The Cliff House deserves to be one of the biggest hits of the summer’ Cass Green ‘Immensely atmospheric, with vividly drawn characters and a set-up fraught with tension’ Lucy Atkins ‘Addictive and utterly compelling … a clever, thoughtful and page-turning novel’ Hannah Beckerman]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ilsa-a-novel-by-madeleine-l-engle--65202867https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ilsa: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A novel about the darker side of love by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time and the Crosswicks Journals. From the moment Henry Porcher first sees Ilsa Brandes, he worships her. Despite controversy surrounding the young girl, Henry is drawn to her, a fascination that turns into a lifelong infatuation. As the years pass, Ilsa’s memory never leaves him, not until the day he returns to their sleepy Southern hometown and renews their childhood friendship. Henry watches as she becomes a wife, then a mother, then a widow, irrevocably changed by tragedy. This rare and sought-after novel is a portrait of a remarkable woman bound by both the stifling conventions of her time and place, and her own sense of honor and purpose. A departure from L’Engle’s later works, Ilsa is a dark, intriguing novel about passion, fixation, and the real price of unrequited love by an author renowned for her children’s classics as well as her candid personal memoirs.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329916Tue, 15 May 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ilsa: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ilsa: A Novel Author: Madeleine L'Engle Narrator: Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A novel about the darker side of love by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time and the Crosswicks Journals. From the moment Henry Porcher first sees Ilsa Brandes, he worships her. Despite controversy surrounding the young girl, Henry is drawn to her, a fascination that turns into a lifelong infatuation. As the years pass, Ilsa’s memory never leaves him, not until the day he returns to their sleepy Southern hometown and renews their childhood friendship. Henry watches as she becomes a wife, then a mother, then a widow, irrevocably changed by tragedy. This rare and sought-after novel is a portrait of a remarkable woman bound by both the stifling conventions of her time and place, and her own sense of honor and purpose. A departure from L’Engle’s later works, Ilsa is a dark, intriguing novel about passion, fixation, and the real price of unrequited love by an author renowned for her children’s classics as well as her candid personal memoirs.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ensemble-a-novel-by-aja-gabel--65202854https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ensemble: A Novel Author: Aja Gabel Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Pitch-perfect.' —People 'You won’t be able to quit these characters.' —goop The addictive novel about four young friends navigating the cutthroat world of classical music and their complex relationships with each other, as ambition, passion, and love intertwine over the course of their lives. Jana. Brit. Daniel. Henry. They would never have been friends if they hadn't needed each other. They would never have found each other except for the art which drew them together. They would never have become family without their love for the music, for each other. Brit is the second violinist, a beautiful and quiet orphan; on the viola is Henry, a prodigy who's always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel, the oldest and an angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana, their flinty, resilient leader. Together, they are the Van Ness Quartet. After the group's youthful, rocky start, they experience devastating failure and wild success, heartbreak and marriage, triumph and loss, betrayal and enduring loyalty. They are always tied to each other - by career, by the intensity of their art, by the secrets they carry, by choosing each other over and over again. Following these four unforgettable characters, Aja Gabel's debut novel gives a riveting look into the high-stakes, cutthroat world of musicians, and of lives made in concert. The story of Brit and Henry and Daniel and Jana, The Ensemble is a heart-skipping portrait of ambition, friendship, and the tenderness of youth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333564Tue, 15 May 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ensemble: A Novel Author: Aja Gabel Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/333564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ensemble: A Novel Author: Aja Gabel Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 15, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Pitch-perfect.' —People 'You won’t be able to quit these characters.' —goop The addictive novel about four young friends navigating the cutthroat world of classical music and their complex relationships with each other, as ambition, passion, and love intertwine over the course of their lives. Jana. Brit. Daniel. Henry. They would never have been friends if they hadn't needed each other. They would never have found each other except for the art which drew them together. They would never have become family without their love for the music, for each other. Brit is the second violinist, a beautiful and quiet orphan; on the viola is Henry, a prodigy who's always had it easy; the cellist is Daniel, the oldest and an angry skeptic who sleeps around; and on first violin is Jana, their flinty, resilient leader. Together, they are the Van Ness Quartet. After the group's youthful, rocky start, they experience devastating failure and wild success, heartbreak and marriage, triumph and loss, betrayal and enduring loyalty. They are always tied to each other - by career, by the intensity of their art, by the secrets they carry, by choosing each other over and over again. Following these four unforgettable characters, Aja Gabel's debut novel gives a riveting look into the high-stakes, cutthroat world of musicians, and of lives made in concert. The story of Brit and Henry and Daniel and Jana, The Ensemble is a heart-skipping portrait of ambition, friendship, and the tenderness of youth.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/regrets-only-a-novel-by-erin-duffy--65202876https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Regrets Only: A Novel Author: Erin Duffy Narrator: Nan McNamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of Bond Girl and Lost Along the Way, comes a fiercely funny, insightful story of marriage, family, and the crooked path to figuring out who we really are. Claire thought she had everything a woman was supposed to want—a loving husband, a newborn son, a beautiful home in the suburbs. Then she walks in on her husband canoodling with their realtor in their newly renovated kitchen, and in an instant, her perfect life comes crashing down.   With her marriage heading for divorce, Claire knows it’s time to stop feeling sorry for herself. But how can she move on when she’s still stuck in the orbit of her husband’s world? For starters, she can get rid of her soon-to-be ex’s possessions—including his prized, gigantic foosball table—by dumping them onto the curb…until complaints from the neighbors get the police involved. Now Claire is busy dodging the mean mommies at story hour and hiding from her ex-husband’s girlfriend in the grocery store. But as Claire soon learns, suburbia still has a few surprises in store for her—surprises that will make her question her choices from the past, send her down an unexpected road to self-discovery, and maybe even lead to new love. Desperate for a positive outlet to channel her frustrations, she turns to girlfriends Lissy and Antonia for help. Together they join forces to rebrand Lissy’s local stationery store and turn it into a thriving business. But as Claire soon learns, suburbia still has a few surprises in store for her—surprises that will make her question her choices from the past, send her down an unexpected road to self-discovery, and maybe even new love. Featuring a second coming-of-age story, Regrets Only deftly explores the subtle nuances of marriage, family, friendship, and what it means to be a woman today, while delighting readers as its unforgettable heroine acts on impulses we’ve all been guilty of having.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329732Tue, 08 May 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Regrets Only: A Novel Author: Erin Duffy Narrator: Nan McNamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Regrets Only: A Novel Author: Erin Duffy Narrator: Nan McNamara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of Bond Girl and Lost Along the Way, comes a fiercely funny, insightful story of marriage, family, and the crooked path to figuring out who we really are. Claire thought she had everything a woman was supposed to want—a loving husband, a newborn son, a beautiful home in the suburbs. Then she walks in on her husband canoodling with their realtor in their newly renovated kitchen, and in an instant, her perfect life comes crashing down.   With her marriage heading for divorce, Claire knows it’s time to stop feeling sorry for herself. But how can she move on when she’s still stuck in the orbit of her husband’s world? For starters, she can get rid of her soon-to-be ex’s possessions—including his prized, gigantic foosball table—by dumping them onto the curb…until complaints from the neighbors get the police involved. Now Claire is busy dodging the mean mommies at story hour and hiding from her ex-husband’s girlfriend in the grocery store. But as Claire soon learns, suburbia still has a few surprises in store for her—surprises that will make her question her choices from the past, send her down an unexpected road to self-discovery, and maybe even lead to new love. Desperate for a positive outlet to channel her frustrations, she turns to girlfriends Lissy and Antonia for help. Together they join forces to rebrand Lissy’s local stationery store and turn it into a thriving business. But as Claire soon learns, suburbia still has a few surprises in store for her—surprises that will make her question her choices from the past, send her down an unexpected road to self-discovery, and maybe even new love. Featuring a second coming-of-age story, Regrets Only deftly explores the subtle nuances of marriage, family, friendship, and what it means to be a woman today, while delighting readers as its unforgettable heroine acts on impulses we’ve all been guilty of having.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/looking-into-you-by-chris-fabry--65202872https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking Into You Author: Chris Fabry Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the best-selling author of War Room. . . Every day, Paige Redwine is haunted by a choice she made when she was only seventeen. Now, just past forty, still single, she lives a tidy, controlled life as a well-respected English professor at a college in Nashville. Nothing could prepare her for the day Treha Langsam--the daughter she secretly placed for adoption--walks into her classroom as a student, unknowingly confronting Paige with both her greatest longing and her greatest fear. As Treha sets aside the search for her birth mother to concentrate on her education, Paige summons the courage to reach out to her daughter, never dreaming her actions will transform them both as she faces a past she thought she'd laid to rest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332275Tue, 01 May 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking Into You Author: Chris Fabry Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking Into You Author: Chris Fabry Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the best-selling author of War Room. . . Every day, Paige Redwine is haunted by a choice she made when she was only seventeen. Now, just past forty, still single, she lives a tidy, controlled life as a well-respected English professor at a college in Nashville. Nothing could prepare her for the day Treha Langsam--the daughter she secretly placed for adoption--walks into her classroom as a student, unknowingly confronting Paige with both her greatest longing and her greatest fear. As Treha sets aside the search for her birth mother to concentrate on her education, Paige summons the courage to reach out to her daughter, never dreaming her actions will transform them both as she faces a past she thought she'd laid to rest.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beautiful-music-by-michael-zadoorian--65202871https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beautiful Music Author: Michael Zadoorian Narrator: Alexander Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Danny Yzemski is a husky, pop-radio-loving loner balancing a dysfunctional home life with the sudden harsh realities of freshman year at a high school marked by racial turbulence. He finds refuge through bonding sessions with his father-listening to records on their brand new hi-fi and taking in his advice on dealing with bullies and driving a car with authority. But when Danny's father passes away suddenly, he's left alone to deal with his mother, a fragile woman who's angry at the loss of her husband and the increasingly seismic cultural shifts in the world. As she soldiers on with the help of Librium, highballs, and breakfast cereal, Danny soon realizes that, between his tormentors at school and toxic dinners at home, he needs to be more determined than ever to persevere. When he discovers rock music and, in particular, the drum and guitar-heavy songs of Michigan legends like The MC5 and Iggy Pop, he finds his reason to carry on and gains a new identity at school.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331881Tue, 01 May 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beautiful Music Author: Michael Zadoorian Narrator: Alexander Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beautiful Music Author: Michael Zadoorian Narrator: Alexander Thompson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Danny Yzemski is a husky, pop-radio-loving loner balancing a dysfunctional home life with the sudden harsh realities of freshman year at a high school marked by racial turbulence. He finds refuge through bonding sessions with his father-listening to records on their brand new hi-fi and taking in his advice on dealing with bullies and driving a car with authority. But when Danny's father passes away suddenly, he's left alone to deal with his mother, a fragile woman who's angry at the loss of her husband and the increasingly seismic cultural shifts in the world. As she soldiers on with the help of Librium, highballs, and breakfast cereal, Danny soon realizes that, between his tormentors at school and toxic dinners at home, he needs to be more determined than ever to persevere. When he discovers rock music and, in particular, the drum and guitar-heavy songs of Michigan legends like The MC5 and Iggy Pop, he finds his reason to carry on and gains a new identity at school.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sorority-by-genevieve-sly-crane--65202860https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sorority Author: Genevieve Sly Crane Narrator: Caitlin Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sisterhood is forever…whether you like it or not. Prep meets Girls in White Dresses in Genevieve Sly Crane’s deliciously addictive, voyeuristic exploration of female friendship and coming of age that will appeal to anyone who has ever been curious about what happens in a sorority house. Twinsets and pearls, secrets and kinship, rituals that hold sisters together in a sacred bond of everlasting trust. Certain chaste images spring to mind when one thinks of sororities. But make no mistake: these women are not braiding each other’s hair and having pillow fights—not by a long shot. What Genevieve Sly Crane has conjured in these pages is a blunt, in-your-face look behind the closed doors of a house full of contemporary women—and there are no holds barred. These women have issues: self-inflicted, family inflicted, sister-to-sister inflicted—and it is all on the page. At the center of this swirl is Margot: the sister who died in the house, and each chapter is told from the points of view of the women who orbit her death and have their own reactions to it. With a keen sense of character and elegant, observant prose, Crane details the undercurrents of tension in a world where perfection comes at a cost and the best things in life are painful—if not impossible—to acquire: Beauty. A mother’s love. And friendship…or at least the appearance of it. Woven throughout are glimmers of the classical myths that undercut the lives of women in Greek life. After all, the Greek goddesses did cause their fair share of destruction….]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331939Tue, 01 May 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sorority Author: Genevieve Sly Crane Narrator: Caitlin Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sorority Author: Genevieve Sly Crane Narrator: Caitlin Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 1, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sisterhood is forever…whether you like it or not. Prep meets Girls in White Dresses in Genevieve Sly Crane’s deliciously addictive, voyeuristic exploration of female friendship and coming of age that will appeal to anyone who has ever been curious about what happens in a sorority house. Twinsets and pearls, secrets and kinship, rituals that hold sisters together in a sacred bond of everlasting trust. Certain chaste images spring to mind when one thinks of sororities. But make no mistake: these women are not braiding each other’s hair and having pillow fights—not by a long shot. What Genevieve Sly Crane has conjured in these pages is a blunt, in-your-face look behind the closed doors of a house full of contemporary women—and there are no holds barred. These women have issues: self-inflicted, family inflicted, sister-to-sister inflicted—and it is all on the page. At the center of this swirl is Margot: the sister who died in the house, and each chapter is told from the points of view of the women who orbit her death and have their own reactions to it. With a keen sense of character and elegant, observant prose, Crane details the undercurrents of tension in a world where perfection comes at a cost and the best things in life are painful—if not impossible—to acquire: Beauty. A mother’s love. And friendship…or at least the appearance of it. Woven throughout are glimmers of the classical myths that undercut the lives of women in Greek life. After all, the Greek goddesses did cause their fair share of destruction….]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-i-know-by-eldonna-edwards--65202972https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This I Know Author: Eldonna Edwards Narrator: Bailey Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Eleven-year-old Grace Carter has a talent for hiding things. She's had plenty of practice, burying thoughts and feelings that might anger her strict Evangelical pastor father, and concealing the deep intuition she carries inside. The Knowing, as Grace calls it, offers glimpses of people's pasts and futures. It enables her to see into the depth of her mother's sadness, and even allows Grace to talk to Isaac, her twin brother who died at birth. To her wise, loving Aunt Pearl, the Knowing is a family gift; to her daddy, it's close to witchcraft. Grace can't see into someone's thoughts without their permission. But it doesn't take her special talent to know that her small community is harboring its share of secrets. A young girl has gone missing. Within Grace's own family too, the cracks are widening, as her sisters Hope, Joy, and Chastity enjoy the normal life that eludes Grace. It's Grace's kinship with other outsiders that keeps her afloat—Lyle, a gentle, homeless man, and Lola, a free-spirited new girl at school. But when her mother lapses into deep depression after bringing home a new baby, Grace will face a life-changing choice—ignore her gift and become the obedient daughter her father demands, or find the courage to make herself heard, even if it means standing apart . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331579Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This I Know Author: Eldonna Edwards Narrator: Bailey Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This I Know Author: Eldonna Edwards Narrator: Bailey Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Eleven-year-old Grace Carter has a talent for hiding things. She's had plenty of practice, burying thoughts and feelings that might anger her strict Evangelical pastor father, and concealing the deep intuition she carries inside. The Knowing, as Grace calls it, offers glimpses of people's pasts and futures. It enables her to see into the depth of her mother's sadness, and even allows Grace to talk to Isaac, her twin brother who died at birth. To her wise, loving Aunt Pearl, the Knowing is a family gift; to her daddy, it's close to witchcraft. Grace can't see into someone's thoughts without their permission. But it doesn't take her special talent to know that her small community is harboring its share of secrets. A young girl has gone missing. Within Grace's own family too, the cracks are widening, as her sisters Hope, Joy, and Chastity enjoy the normal life that eludes Grace. It's Grace's kinship with other outsiders that keeps her afloat—Lyle, a gentle, homeless man, and Lola, a free-spirited new girl at school. But when her mother lapses into deep depression after bringing home a new baby, Grace will face a life-changing choice—ignore her gift and become the obedient daughter her father demands, or find the courage to make herself heard, even if it means standing apart . . .]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-extraordinary-life-of-sam-hell-a-novel-by-robert-dugoni--65202878https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel Author: Robert Dugoni Narrator: Robert Dugoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 242 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 65 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni’s coming-of-age story is, according to Booklist, “a novel that, if it doesn’t cross entirely over into John Irving territory, certainly nestles in close to the border.” Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered, buoyed by his mother’s devout faith, his father’s practical wisdom, and his two other misfit friends. Sam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the friend he so desperately needed. And that it was God’s idea for Mickie Kennedy to storm into Our Lady of Mercy like a tornado, uprooting every rule Sam had been taught about boys and girls. Forty years later, Sam, a small-town eye doctor, is no longer certain anything was by design—especially not the tragedy that caused him to turn his back on his friends, his hometown, and the life he’d always known. Running from the pain, eyes closed, served little purpose. Now, as he looks back on his life, Sam embarks on a journey that will take him halfway around the world. This time, his eyes are wide open—bringing into clear view what changed him, defined him, and made him so afraid, until he can finally see what truly matters. Winner of Suspense Magazine’s Crimson Scribe Award.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329523Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel Author: Robert Dugoni Narrator: Robert Dugoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell: A Novel Author: Robert Dugoni Narrator: Robert Dugoni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.56 of Total 242 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 65 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni’s coming-of-age story is, according to Booklist, “a novel that, if it doesn’t cross entirely over into John Irving territory, certainly nestles in close to the border.” Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered, buoyed by his mother’s devout faith, his father’s practical wisdom, and his two other misfit friends. Sam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the friend he so desperately needed. And that it was God’s idea for Mickie Kennedy to storm into Our Lady of Mercy like a tornado, uprooting every rule Sam had been taught about boys and girls. Forty years later, Sam, a small-town eye doctor, is no longer certain anything was by design—especially not the tragedy that caused him to turn his back on his friends, his hometown, and the life he’d always known. Running from the pain, eyes closed, served little purpose. Now, as he looks back on his life, Sam embarks on a journey that will take him halfway around the world. This time, his eyes are wide open—bringing into clear view what changed him, defined him, and made him so afraid, until he can finally see what truly matters. Winner of Suspense Magazine’s Crimson Scribe Award.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-oxford-year-a-novel-by-julia-whelan--65202862https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Oxford Year: A Novel Author: Julia Whelan Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.92 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.3 of Total 10 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Major Motion Picture Already in Development with Temple Hill Entertainment Set amidst the breathtaking beauty of Oxford, this sparkling debut novel tells the unforgettable story about a determined young woman eager to make her mark in the world and the handsome man who introduces her to an incredible love that will irrevocably alter her future—perfect for fans of JoJo Moyes and Nicholas Sparks. American Ella Durran has had the same plan for her life since she was thirteen: Study at Oxford. At 24, she’s finally made it to England on a Rhodes Scholarship when she’s offered an unbelievable position in a rising political star’s presidential campaign. With the promise that she’ll work remotely and return to DC at the end of her Oxford year, she’s free to enjoy her Once in a Lifetime Experience. That is, until a smart-mouthed local who is too quick with his tongue and his car ruins her shirt and her first day. When Ella discovers that her English literature course will be taught by none other than that same local, Jamie Davenport, she thinks for the first time that Oxford might not be all she’s envisioned. But a late-night drink reveals a connection she wasn’t anticipating finding and what begins as a casual fling soon develops into something much more when Ella learns Jamie has a life-changing secret. Immediately, Ella is faced with a seemingly impossible decision: turn her back on the man she’s falling in love with to follow her political dreams or be there for him during a trial neither are truly prepared for. As the end of her year in Oxford rapidly approaches, Ella must decide if the dreams she’s always wanted are the same ones she’s now yearning for.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329938Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Oxford Year: A Novel Author: Julia Whelan Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 24,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Oxford Year: A Novel Author: Julia Whelan Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 24, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.92 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.3 of Total 10 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Major Motion Picture Already in Development with Temple Hill Entertainment Set amidst the breathtaking beauty of Oxford, this sparkling debut novel tells the unforgettable story about a determined young woman eager to make her mark in the world and the handsome man who introduces her to an incredible love that will irrevocably alter her future—perfect for fans of JoJo Moyes and Nicholas Sparks. American Ella Durran has had the same plan for her life since she was thirteen: Study at Oxford. At 24, she’s finally made it to England on a Rhodes Scholarship when she’s offered an unbelievable position in a rising political star’s presidential campaign. With the promise that she’ll work remotely and return to DC at the end of her Oxford year, she’s free to enjoy her Once in a Lifetime Experience. That is, until a smart-mouthed local who is too quick with his tongue and his car ruins her shirt and her first day. When Ella discovers that her English literature course will be taught by none other than that same local, Jamie Davenport, she thinks for the first time that Oxford might not be all she’s envisioned. But a late-night drink reveals a connection she wasn’t anticipating finding and what begins as a casual fling soon develops into something much more when Ella learns Jamie has a life-changing secret. Immediately, Ella is faced with a seemingly impossible decision: turn her back on the man she’s falling in love with to follow her political dreams or be there for him during a trial neither are truly prepared for. As the end of her year in Oxford rapidly approaches, Ella must decide if the dreams she’s always wanted are the same ones she’s now yearning for.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-who-never-read-noam-chomsky-a-novel-by-jana-casale--65202865https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky: A novel Author: Jana Casale Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Kirkus Reviews, '11 Debuts You Need to Pay Attention To' HelloGiggles, 'Books you don't want to miss' Bustle, 'Books you need to know' An ambitious debut, at once timely and timeless, that captures the complexity and joys of modern womanhood.  This novel is gem like—in its precision, its many facets, and its containing multitudes. Following in the footsteps of Virginia Woolf, Rona Jaffe, Maggie Shipstead, and Sheila Heti, Jana Casale writes with bold assurance about the female experience.   We first meet Leda in a coffee shop on an average afternoon, notable only for the fact that it’s the single occasion in her life when she will eat two scones in one day. And for the cute boy reading American Power and the New Mandarins.  Leda hopes that, by engaging him, their banter will lead to romance. Their fleeting, awkward exchange stalls before flirtation blooms. But Leda’s left with one imperative thought: she decides she wants to read Noam Chomsky. So she promptly buys a book and never—ever—reads it.             As the days, years, and decades of the rest of her life unfold, we see all of the things Leda does instead, from eating leftover spaghetti in her college apartment, to fumbling through the first days home with her newborn daughter, to attempting (and nearly failing) to garden in her old age. In a collage of these small moments, we see the work—both visible and invisible—of a woman trying to carve out a life of meaning. Over the course of her experiences Leda comes to the universal revelation that the best-laid-plans are not always the path to utter fulfillment and contentment, and in reality there might be no such thing. Lively and disarmingly honest, The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky is a remarkable literary feat—bracingly funny, sometimes heartbreaking, and truly feminist in its insistence that the story it tells is an essential one.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330518Tue, 17 Apr 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky: A novel Author: Jana Casale Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky: A novel Author: Jana Casale Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 16 minutes Release date: April 17, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Kirkus Reviews, '11 Debuts You Need to Pay Attention To' HelloGiggles, 'Books you don't want to miss' Bustle, 'Books you need to know' An ambitious debut, at once timely and timeless, that captures the complexity and joys of modern womanhood.  This novel is gem like—in its precision, its many facets, and its containing multitudes. Following in the footsteps of Virginia Woolf, Rona Jaffe, Maggie Shipstead, and Sheila Heti, Jana Casale writes with bold assurance about the female experience.   We first meet Leda in a coffee shop on an average afternoon, notable only for the fact that it’s the single occasion in her life when she will eat two scones in one day. And for the cute boy reading American Power and the New Mandarins.  Leda hopes that, by engaging him, their banter will lead to romance. Their fleeting, awkward exchange stalls before flirtation blooms. But Leda’s left with one imperative thought: she decides she wants to read Noam Chomsky. So she promptly buys a book and never—ever—reads it.             As the days, years, and decades of the rest of her life unfold, we see all of the things Leda does instead, from eating leftover spaghetti in her college apartment, to fumbling through the first days home with her newborn daughter, to attempting (and nearly failing) to garden in her old age. In a collage of these small moments, we see the work—both visible and invisible—of a woman trying to carve out a life of meaning. Over the course of her experiences Leda comes to the universal revelation that the best-laid-plans are not always the path to utter fulfillment and contentment, and in reality there might be no such thing. Lively and disarmingly honest, The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky is a remarkable literary feat—bracingly funny, sometimes heartbreaking, and truly feminist in its insistence that the story it tells is an essential one.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-magnificent-esme-wells-a-novel-by-adrienne-sharp--65202877https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Esme Wells: A Novel Author: Adrienne Sharp Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the nationally bestselling author of The True Memoirs of Little K, a deeply felt and historically detailed novel of family, loss, and love, told by an irrepressible young girl—the daughter of a two-bit gangster and a movie showgirl—growing up in golden-age Hollywood and Las Vegas in its early days. Esme Silver has always taken care of her charming ne’er-do-well father, Ike Silver, a small-time crook with dreams of making it big with Bugsy Siegel. Devoted to her daddy, Esme is often his ''date'' at the racetrack, where she amiably fetches the hot dogs while keeping an eye to the ground for any cast-off tickets that may be winners. In awe of her mother, Dina Wells, Esme is more than happy to be the foil who gets the beautiful Dina into meetings and screen tests with some of Hollywood’s greats. When Ike gets an opportunity to move to Vegas—and, in what could at last be his big break, to help the man she knows as ''Benny'' open the Flamingo Hotel—life takes an unexpected turn for Esme. A stunner like her mother, the young girl catches the attention of Nate Stein, one of the Strip’s most powerful men. Narrated by the twenty-year-old Esme, The Magnificent Esme Wells moves between pre–WWII Hollywood and postwar Las Vegas—a golden age when Jewish gangsters and movie moguls were often indistinguishable in looks and behavior. Esme’s voice—sharp, observant, and with a quiet, mordant wit—chronicles the rise and fall and further fall of her complicated parents, as well as her own painful reckoning with love and life. A coming-of-age story with a tinge of noir, and a tale that illuminates the promise and perils of the American dream and its dreamers, The Magnificent Esme Wells is immersive, moving, and compelling.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329735Tue, 10 Apr 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Esme Wells: A Novel Author: Adrienne Sharp Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329735 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Magnificent Esme Wells: A Novel Author: Adrienne Sharp Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 10, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the nationally bestselling author of The True Memoirs of Little K, a deeply felt and historically detailed novel of family, loss, and love, told by an irrepressible young girl—the daughter of a two-bit gangster and a movie showgirl—growing up in golden-age Hollywood and Las Vegas in its early days. Esme Silver has always taken care of her charming ne’er-do-well father, Ike Silver, a small-time crook with dreams of making it big with Bugsy Siegel. Devoted to her daddy, Esme is often his ''date'' at the racetrack, where she amiably fetches the hot dogs while keeping an eye to the ground for any cast-off tickets that may be winners. In awe of her mother, Dina Wells, Esme is more than happy to be the foil who gets the beautiful Dina into meetings and screen tests with some of Hollywood’s greats. When Ike gets an opportunity to move to Vegas—and, in what could at last be his big break, to help the man she knows as ''Benny'' open the Flamingo Hotel—life takes an unexpected turn for Esme. A stunner like her mother, the young girl catches the attention of Nate Stein, one of the Strip’s most powerful men. Narrated by the twenty-year-old Esme, The Magnificent Esme Wells moves between pre–WWII Hollywood and postwar Las Vegas—a golden age when Jewish gangsters and movie moguls were often indistinguishable in looks and behavior. Esme’s voice—sharp, observant, and with a quiet, mordant wit—chronicles the rise and fall and further fall of her complicated parents, as well as her own painful reckoning with love and life. A coming-of-age story with a tinge of noir, and a tale that illuminates the promise and perils of the American dream and its dreamers, The Magnificent Esme Wells is immersive, moving, and compelling.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mysteries-of-pittsburgh-by-michael-chabon--65202889https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh Author: Michael Chabon Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Michael Chabon masterfully renders the funny, tender, and captivating first-person narrative of Art Bechstein, whose confusion and heartache echo the tones of literary forebears like The Catcher in the Rye's Holden Caulfield and The Great Gatsby's Nick Carraway. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh incontrovertibly established Chabon as a powerful force in contemporary fiction, even before his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay set the literary world spinning. An unforgettable story of coming of age in America, it is also an essential milestone in the movement of American fiction, from a novelist who has become one of the most important and enduring voices of this generation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331424Tue, 03 Apr 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh Author: Michael Chabon Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/331424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh Author: Michael Chabon Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Michael Chabon masterfully renders the funny, tender, and captivating first-person narrative of Art Bechstein, whose confusion and heartache echo the tones of literary forebears like The Catcher in the Rye's Holden Caulfield and The Great Gatsby's Nick Carraway. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh incontrovertibly established Chabon as a powerful force in contemporary fiction, even before his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay set the literary world spinning. An unforgettable story of coming of age in America, it is also an essential milestone in the movement of American fiction, from a novelist who has become one of the most important and enduring voices of this generation.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hooligan-a-novel-by-philipp-winkler--65202888https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hooligan: A Novel Author: Philipp Winkler Narrator: Mikael Naramore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Aspekte Literature Prize for Best Debut Novel and Finalist for the German Book Award We've all got two families: the one we're born with, and the one we choose ourselves. Heiko hasn't finished high school. His father is an alcoholic. His mother left. His housemate organizes illegal dogfights. He works in his uncle's gym, one frequented by bikers and skinheads. He definitely isn't one of society's winners, but he has his chosen family, the pack of soccer hooligans he's grown up with. His uncle is the leader, and gradually Heiko has risen in the ranks, until he's recognized in the stands of his home team and beyond the stadium walls, where, after the game, he and his gang represent their city in brutal organized brawls with hooligans from other localities. Philipp Winkler's stunning, widely acclaimed novel won the prize for best debut and was a finalist for the most prestigious German book award. It offers an intimate, devastating portrait of working-class, post-industrial urban life on the fringes and a universal story about masculinity in the twenty-first century, with a protagonist whose fear of being left behind has driven him to extremes. Narrated with lyrical authenticity by Heiko himself, it captures the desperation and violence that permeate his world, along with the yearning for brotherhood.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329303Tue, 03 Apr 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hooligan: A Novel Author: Philipp Winkler Narrator: Mikael Naramore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: April 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hooligan: A Novel Author: Philipp Winkler Narrator: Mikael Naramore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: April 3, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Aspekte Literature Prize for Best Debut Novel and Finalist for the German Book Award We've all got two families: the one we're born with, and the one we choose ourselves. Heiko hasn't finished high school. His father is an alcoholic. His mother left. His housemate organizes illegal dogfights. He works in his uncle's gym, one frequented by bikers and skinheads. He definitely isn't one of society's winners, but he has his chosen family, the pack of soccer hooligans he's grown up with. His uncle is the leader, and gradually Heiko has risen in the ranks, until he's recognized in the stands of his home team and beyond the stadium walls, where, after the game, he and his gang represent their city in brutal organized brawls with hooligans from other localities. Philipp Winkler's stunning, widely acclaimed novel won the prize for best debut and was a finalist for the most prestigious German book award. It offers an intimate, devastating portrait of working-class, post-industrial urban life on the fringes and a universal story about masculinity in the twenty-first century, with a protagonist whose fear of being left behind has driven him to extremes. Narrated with lyrical authenticity by Heiko himself, it captures the desperation and violence that permeate his world, along with the yearning for brotherhood.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/summers-at-castle-auburn-by-sharon-shinn--65203039https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summers at Castle Auburn Author: Sharon Shinn Narrator: Gabrielle Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: As a child, Coriel Halsing spent many glorious summers at Castle Auburn with her half-sister—and fell in love with a handsome prince who could never be hers. But now that she is a young woman, she begins to see the dark side of this magical place . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330402Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summers at Castle Auburn Author: Sharon Shinn Narrator: Gabrielle Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 32 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summers at Castle Auburn Author: Sharon Shinn Narrator: Gabrielle Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 32 minutes Release date: March 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: As a child, Coriel Halsing spent many glorious summers at Castle Auburn with her half-sister—and fell in love with a handsome prince who could never be hers. But now that she is a young woman, she begins to see the dark side of this magical place . . .]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-a-low-and-quiet-sea-shortlisted-for-the-costa-novel-award-2018-by-donal-ryan--65202896https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From a Low and Quiet Sea: Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2018 Author: Donal Ryan Narrator: Ramon Tikaram, Stephen Hogan, Gerry O'Brien Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 22, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan, read by Stephen Hogan, Gerry O'Brien and Ramon Tikaram. Farouk’s country has been torn apart by war. Lampy’s heart has been laid waste by Chloe. John’s past torments him as he nears his end. The refugee. The dreamer. The penitent. From war-torn Syria to small-town Ireland, three men, scarred by all they have loved and lost, are searching for some version of home. Each is drawn towards a powerful reckoning, one that will bring them together in the most unexpected of ways. 'An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully crafted novel' RODDY DOYLE]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330156Thu, 22 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From a Low and Quiet Sea: Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2018 Author: Donal Ryan Narrator: Ramon Tikaram, Stephen Hogan, Gerry O'Brien Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From a Low and Quiet Sea: Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2018 Author: Donal Ryan Narrator: Ramon Tikaram, Stephen Hogan, Gerry O'Brien Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 22, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan, read by Stephen Hogan, Gerry O'Brien and Ramon Tikaram. Farouk’s country has been torn apart by war. Lampy’s heart has been laid waste by Chloe. John’s past torments him as he nears his end. The refugee. The dreamer. The penitent. From war-torn Syria to small-town Ireland, three men, scarred by all they have loved and lost, are searching for some version of home. Each is drawn towards a powerful reckoning, one that will bring them together in the most unexpected of ways. 'An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully crafted novel' RODDY DOYLE]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pearler-s-wife-by-roxane-dhand--65202873https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pearler’s Wife Author: Roxane Dhand Narrator: Madeleine Hyland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 22, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A distant land. A dangerous husband. A forbidden love. The year is 1912. Nineteen-year-old Maisie Porter watches from the deck of the SS Oceanic as England fades from view. Her destination is Buccaneer Bay in Australia’s far north-west. Her fate: marriage to distant cousin Maitland Sinclair, a man she has never met. When Maisie arrives in her new home, she finds a stifling small town bound by Victorian morals. Shocked at her new husband’s callous behaviour towards her, she is increasingly drawn to William Cooper, a British diver she met on board ship. It soon becomes clear that secrets surround her husband, as turbulent as the waters that crash against the bay. Secrets that somehow link to her own family – and secrets that put Cooper and his fellow British divers in great danger… From the drawing rooms of London to the latticed verandas and gambling dens of Buccaneer Bay, The Pearler’s Wife is a sweeping, epic read, inspired by a lost moment in history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328413Thu, 22 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pearler’s Wife Author: Roxane Dhand Narrator: Madeleine Hyland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328413 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pearler’s Wife Author: Roxane Dhand Narrator: Madeleine Hyland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 22, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A distant land. A dangerous husband. A forbidden love. The year is 1912. Nineteen-year-old Maisie Porter watches from the deck of the SS Oceanic as England fades from view. Her destination is Buccaneer Bay in Australia’s far north-west. Her fate: marriage to distant cousin Maitland Sinclair, a man she has never met. When Maisie arrives in her new home, she finds a stifling small town bound by Victorian morals. Shocked at her new husband’s callous behaviour towards her, she is increasingly drawn to William Cooper, a British diver she met on board ship. It soon becomes clear that secrets surround her husband, as turbulent as the waters that crash against the bay. Secrets that somehow link to her own family – and secrets that put Cooper and his fellow British divers in great danger… From the drawing rooms of London to the latticed verandas and gambling dens of Buccaneer Bay, The Pearler’s Wife is a sweeping, epic read, inspired by a lost moment in history.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stray-city-a-novel-by-chelsey-johnson--65202890https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stray City: A Novel Author: Chelsey Johnson Narrator: Natalie Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A warm, funny, and whip-smart debut novel about rebellious youth, inconceivable motherhood, and the complications of belonging—to a city, a culture, and a family—when none of them can quite contain who you really are. All of us were refugees of the nuclear family . . . Twenty-four-year-old artist Andrea Morales escaped her Midwestern Catholic childhood—and the closet—to create a home and life for herself within the thriving but insular lesbian underground of Portland, Oregon. But one drunken night, reeling from a bad breakup and a friend’s betrayal, she recklessly crosses enemy lines and hooks up with a man. To her utter shock, Andrea soon discovers she’s pregnant—and despite the concerns of her astonished circle of gay friends, she decides to have the baby. A decade later, when her precocious daughter Lucia starts asking questions about the father she’s never known, Andrea is forced to reconcile the past she hoped to leave behind with the life she’s worked so hard to build. A thoroughly modern and original anti-romantic comedy, Stray City is an unabashedly entertaining literary debut about the families we’re born into and the families we choose, about finding yourself by breaking the rules, and making bad decisions for all the right reasons.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325628Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stray City: A Novel Author: Chelsey Johnson Narrator: Natalie Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stray City: A Novel Author: Chelsey Johnson Narrator: Natalie Moore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A warm, funny, and whip-smart debut novel about rebellious youth, inconceivable motherhood, and the complications of belonging—to a city, a culture, and a family—when none of them can quite contain who you really are. All of us were refugees of the nuclear family . . . Twenty-four-year-old artist Andrea Morales escaped her Midwestern Catholic childhood—and the closet—to create a home and life for herself within the thriving but insular lesbian underground of Portland, Oregon. But one drunken night, reeling from a bad breakup and a friend’s betrayal, she recklessly crosses enemy lines and hooks up with a man. To her utter shock, Andrea soon discovers she’s pregnant—and despite the concerns of her astonished circle of gay friends, she decides to have the baby. A decade later, when her precocious daughter Lucia starts asking questions about the father she’s never known, Andrea is forced to reconcile the past she hoped to leave behind with the life she’s worked so hard to build. A thoroughly modern and original anti-romantic comedy, Stray City is an unabashedly entertaining literary debut about the families we’re born into and the families we choose, about finding yourself by breaking the rules, and making bad decisions for all the right reasons.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hot-mess-by-emily-belden--65202884https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325614 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hot Mess Author: Emily Belden Narrator: Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Twentysomething Allie Simon is used to playing by the rules—until Chicago’s most sought-after, up-and-coming culinary genius, Benji Zane, walks into her world and pulls her into his. The only thing more renowned than Benji’s mouthwatering masterpieces and equally luscious good looks? His struggle with addiction and his reckless tendency to live life on the edge, no matter the havoc he wreaks along the way. But loving someone means supporting him no matter what, or so Allie tells herself. That’s why, when Benji’s offered the chance to light up foodie hot spot Randolph Street with a high-profile new restaurant, Allie takes the ultimate risk and invests her life savings in his dream. Then one day Benji disappears, relapsing to a place where Allie can’t reach him. Left with nothing but a massive withdrawal slip and a restaurant that absolutely must open in a matter of weeks, Allie finds herself thrust into a world of luxury and greed, cutthroat business and sensory delight. Lost in the mess of it all, she can either crumble completely or fight like hell for the life she wants and the love she deserves. With razor-sharp wit and searing insight, Emily Belden serves up a deliciously dishy look behind the kitchen doors of a hot foodie town, perfect for fans of Sweetbitter and The Devil Wears Prada.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325614Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325614 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hot Mess Author: Emily Belden Narrator: Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325614 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hot Mess Author: Emily Belden Narrator: Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Twentysomething Allie Simon is used to playing by the rules—until Chicago’s most sought-after, up-and-coming culinary genius, Benji Zane, walks into her world and pulls her into his. The only thing more renowned than Benji’s mouthwatering masterpieces and equally luscious good looks? His struggle with addiction and his reckless tendency to live life on the edge, no matter the havoc he wreaks along the way. But loving someone means supporting him no matter what, or so Allie tells herself. That’s why, when Benji’s offered the chance to light up foodie hot spot Randolph Street with a high-profile new restaurant, Allie takes the ultimate risk and invests her life savings in his dream. Then one day Benji disappears, relapsing to a place where Allie can’t reach him. Left with nothing but a massive withdrawal slip and a restaurant that absolutely must open in a matter of weeks, Allie finds herself thrust into a world of luxury and greed, cutthroat business and sensory delight. Lost in the mess of it all, she can either crumble completely or fight like hell for the life she wants and the love she deserves. With razor-sharp wit and searing insight, Emily Belden serves up a deliciously dishy look behind the kitchen doors of a hot foodie town, perfect for fans of Sweetbitter and The Devil Wears Prada.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wild-inside-a-novel-by-jamey-bradbury--65202863https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wild Inside: A Novel Author: Jamey Bradbury Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''The Wild Inside is an unusual love story and a creepy horror novel — think of the Brontë sisters and Stephen King.'' —John Irving A promising talent makes her electrifying debut with this unforgettable novel, set in the Alaskan wilderness, that is a fusion of psychological thriller and coming-of-age tale in the vein of Jennifer McMahon, Chris Bohjalian, and Mary Kubica. A natural born trapper and hunter raised in the Alaskan wilderness, Tracy Petrikoff spends her days tracking animals and running with her dogs in the remote forests surrounding her family’s home. Though she feels safe in this untamed land, Tracy still follows her late mother’s rules: Never Lose Sight of the House. Never Come Home with Dirty Hands. And, above all else, Never Make a Person Bleed. But these precautions aren’t enough to protect Tracy when a stranger attacks her in the woods and knocks her unconscious. The next day, she glimpses an eerily familiar man emerge from the tree line, gravely injured from a vicious knife wound—a wound from a hunting knife similar to the one she carries in her pocket. Was this the man who attacked her and did she almost kill him? With her memories of the events jumbled, Tracy can’t be sure. Helping her father cope with her mother’s death and prepare for the approaching Iditarod, she doesn’t have time to think about what she may have done. Then a mysterious wanderer appears, looking for a job. Tracy senses that Jesse Goodwin is hiding something, but she can’t warn her father without explaining about the attack—or why she’s kept it to herself. It soon becomes clear that something dangerous is going on . . . the way Jesse has wormed his way into the family . . . the threatening face of the stranger in a crowd . . . the boot-prints she finds at the forest’s edge. Her family is in trouble. Will uncovering the truth protect them—or is the threat closer than Tracy suspects?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325632Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wild Inside: A Novel Author: Jamey Bradbury Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: March 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wild Inside: A Novel Author: Jamey Bradbury Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ''The Wild Inside is an unusual love story and a creepy horror novel — think of the Brontë sisters and Stephen King.'' —John Irving A promising talent makes her electrifying debut with this unforgettable novel, set in the Alaskan wilderness, that is a fusion of psychological thriller and coming-of-age tale in the vein of Jennifer McMahon, Chris Bohjalian, and Mary Kubica. A natural born trapper and hunter raised in the Alaskan wilderness, Tracy Petrikoff spends her days tracking animals and running with her dogs in the remote forests surrounding her family’s home. Though she feels safe in this untamed land, Tracy still follows her late mother’s rules: Never Lose Sight of the House. Never Come Home with Dirty Hands. And, above all else, Never Make a Person Bleed. But these precautions aren’t enough to protect Tracy when a stranger attacks her in the woods and knocks her unconscious. The next day, she glimpses an eerily familiar man emerge from the tree line, gravely injured from a vicious knife wound—a wound from a hunting knife similar to the one she carries in her pocket. Was this the man who attacked her and did she almost kill him? With her memories of the events jumbled, Tracy can’t be sure. Helping her father cope with her mother’s death and prepare for the approaching Iditarod, she doesn’t have time to think about what she may have done. Then a mysterious wanderer appears, looking for a job. Tracy senses that Jesse Goodwin is hiding something, but she can’t warn her father without explaining about the attack—or why she’s kept it to herself. It soon becomes clear that something dangerous is going on . . . the way Jesse has wormed his way into the family . . . the threatening face of the stranger in a crowd . . . the boot-prints she finds at the forest’s edge. Her family is in trouble. Will uncovering the truth protect them—or is the threat closer than Tracy suspects?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-parking-lot-attendant-a-novel-by-nafkote-tamirat--65202856https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Parking Lot Attendant: A Novel Author: Nafkote Tamirat Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'In an instant, narrator Bahni Turpin's rich voice immerses listeners in the unusual circumstances that lead an unnamed teenager and her father to seek refuge in a remote island community.' — AudioFile Magazine A mesmerizing, indelible coming-of-age audiobook about a girl in Boston's tightly-knit Ethiopian community who falls under the spell of a charismatic hustler out to change the world A haunting story of fatherhood, national identity, and what it means to be an immigrant in America today, Nafkote Tamirat's The Parking Lot Attendant explores how who we love, the choices we make, and the places we’re from combine to make us who we are. The story begins on an undisclosed island where the unnamed narrator and her father are the two newest and least liked members of a commune that has taken up residence there. Though the commune was built on utopian principles, it quickly becomes clear that life here is not as harmonious as the founders intended. After immersing us in life on the island, our young heroine takes us back to Boston to recount the events that brought her here. Though she and her father belong to a wide Ethiopian network in the city, they mostly keep to themselves, which is how her father prefers it. This detached existence only makes Ayale’s arrival on the scene more intoxicating. The unofficial king of Boston’s Ethiopian community, Ayale is a born hustler—when he turns his attention to the narrator, she feels seen for the first time. Ostensibly a parking lot attendant, Ayale soon proves to have other projects in the works, which the narrator becomes more and more entangled in to her father’s growing dismay. By the time the scope of Ayale’s schemes—and their repercussions—become apparent, our narrator has unwittingly become complicit in something much bigger and darker than she ever imagined.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330027Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Parking Lot Attendant: A Novel Author: Nafkote Tamirat Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 31 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330027 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Parking Lot Attendant: A Novel Author: Nafkote Tamirat Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 31 minutes Release date: March 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'In an instant, narrator Bahni Turpin's rich voice immerses listeners in the unusual circumstances that lead an unnamed teenager and her father to seek refuge in a remote island community.' — AudioFile Magazine A mesmerizing, indelible coming-of-age audiobook about a girl in Boston's tightly-knit Ethiopian community who falls under the spell of a charismatic hustler out to change the world A haunting story of fatherhood, national identity, and what it means to be an immigrant in America today, Nafkote Tamirat's The Parking Lot Attendant explores how who we love, the choices we make, and the places we’re from combine to make us who we are. The story begins on an undisclosed island where the unnamed narrator and her father are the two newest and least liked members of a commune that has taken up residence there. Though the commune was built on utopian principles, it quickly becomes clear that life here is not as harmonious as the founders intended. After immersing us in life on the island, our young heroine takes us back to Boston to recount the events that brought her here. Though she and her father belong to a wide Ethiopian network in the city, they mostly keep to themselves, which is how her father prefers it. This detached existence only makes Ayale’s arrival on the scene more intoxicating. The unofficial king of Boston’s Ethiopian community, Ayale is a born hustler—when he turns his attention to the narrator, she feels seen for the first time. Ostensibly a parking lot attendant, Ayale soon proves to have other projects in the works, which the narrator becomes more and more entangled in to her father’s growing dismay. By the time the scope of Ayale’s schemes—and their repercussions—become apparent, our narrator has unwittingly become complicit in something much bigger and darker than she ever imagined.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/half-a-heart-by-karen-mcquestion--65202883https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half a Heart Author: Karen McQuestion Narrator: Emily Durante Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From bestselling author Karen McQuestion comes a moving novel about broken hearts…and what it takes to put them back together again. At nine years of age, Logan Weber knows the routine. Keep quiet, make the food last, and don’t ever cause trouble. He’ll do what it takes to evade the rages of his troubled, violent father. Even though he’s only a child, Logan already knows too much—has seen too much. So when the opportunity presents itself, Logan runs. He has no idea where his journey will lead, or that the grandmother he’s been told is dead is desperately searching for him. Alone with no home of his own, Logan looks for a safe place to hide. Relying on his instincts and the kindness of strangers, the boy manages to touch the lives of everyone he meets. But his innocent heart cannot survive in the adult world without the most basic human need of all: love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329483Tue, 13 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half a Heart Author: Karen McQuestion Narrator: Emily Durante Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/329483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half a Heart Author: Karen McQuestion Narrator: Emily Durante Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 13, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From bestselling author Karen McQuestion comes a moving novel about broken hearts…and what it takes to put them back together again. At nine years of age, Logan Weber knows the routine. Keep quiet, make the food last, and don’t ever cause trouble. He’ll do what it takes to evade the rages of his troubled, violent father. Even though he’s only a child, Logan already knows too much—has seen too much. So when the opportunity presents itself, Logan runs. He has no idea where his journey will lead, or that the grandmother he’s been told is dead is desperately searching for him. Alone with no home of his own, Logan looks for a safe place to hide. Relying on his instincts and the kindness of strangers, the boy manages to touch the lives of everyone he meets. But his innocent heart cannot survive in the adult world without the most basic human need of all: love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/women-by-chloe-caldwell--65202859https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women Author: Chloe Caldwell Narrator: Kelly Burke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘A beautiful read / a perfect primer for an explosive lesbian affair / an essential truth’ LENA DUNHAM The cult-classic novella that intimately explores one young writer’s whirlwind and whiplash affair as she falls deeply in love with a woman for the first time. One of Cosmopolitan UK's Best Erotic Novels of All Time ‘I have meditated repeatedly on what it was about Finn that had me so dismantled.' A young woman moves from the countryside to the city. Inexplicably, inexorably and immediately, she falls in love with another woman for the first time in her life. Finn is nineteen years older than her, wears men’s clothes, has a cocky smirk of a smile – and a long-term girlfriend. With precision, wit and tenderness, Women charts the frenzy and the fall out of love. 'You'll devour it in one sitting' VOGUE 'Her prose has a reckless beauty that feels to me like magic' CHERYL STRAYED 'A contemporary classic of queer women's writing' MICHELLE TEA]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328429Thu, 08 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women Author: Chloe Caldwell Narrator: Kelly Burke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018 Genres: Coming...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328429 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Women Author: Chloe Caldwell Narrator: Kelly Burke Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 8, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘A beautiful read / a perfect primer for an explosive lesbian affair / an essential truth’ LENA DUNHAM The cult-classic novella that intimately explores one young writer’s whirlwind and whiplash affair as she falls deeply in love with a woman for the first time. One of Cosmopolitan UK's Best Erotic Novels of All Time ‘I have meditated repeatedly on what it was about Finn that had me so dismantled.' A young woman moves from the countryside to the city. Inexplicably, inexorably and immediately, she falls in love with another woman for the first time in her life. Finn is nineteen years older than her, wears men’s clothes, has a cocky smirk of a smile – and a long-term girlfriend. With precision, wit and tenderness, Women charts the frenzy and the fall out of love. 'You'll devour it in one sitting' VOGUE 'Her prose has a reckless beauty that feels to me like magic' CHERYL STRAYED 'A contemporary classic of queer women's writing' MICHELLE TEA]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/indecent-by-corinne-sullivan--65202897https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Indecent Author: Corinne Sullivan Narrator: Stephanie Cannon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A twisty read following an affair between a young female teacher and male boarding school student that fans of Katerina Diamond and Louise Jensen will devour. She’s a teacher. She knows the rules. When recent college graduate Imogene Abney takes a job as a teacher at pricey and exclusive The Vandenberg School, an institution populated by the most privileged boys in America, she is plunged into an unfamiliar world. Struggling to adjust, Imogene welcomes the friendship of student Adam Kipling. But when Adam starts taking things too far, she crosses a line that could result in disaster —losing her job, jail, and the total ruin of her reputation. Suddenly Imogene is facing her worst nightmare, even though Adam began their affair, which hardly seems fair to Imogene. Especially when Adam is telling a very different story and the authorities seem to be on his side. She’s the innocent one…Isn’t she?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328389Tue, 06 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Indecent Author: Corinne Sullivan Narrator: Stephanie Cannon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Indecent Author: Corinne Sullivan Narrator: Stephanie Cannon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A twisty read following an affair between a young female teacher and male boarding school student that fans of Katerina Diamond and Louise Jensen will devour. She’s a teacher. She knows the rules. When recent college graduate Imogene Abney takes a job as a teacher at pricey and exclusive The Vandenberg School, an institution populated by the most privileged boys in America, she is plunged into an unfamiliar world. Struggling to adjust, Imogene welcomes the friendship of student Adam Kipling. But when Adam starts taking things too far, she crosses a line that could result in disaster —losing her job, jail, and the total ruin of her reputation. Suddenly Imogene is facing her worst nightmare, even though Adam began their affair, which hardly seems fair to Imogene. Especially when Adam is telling a very different story and the authorities seem to be on his side. She’s the innocent one…Isn’t she?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-beautiful-girls-an-uplifting-story-of-freedom-love-and-identity-by-elizabeth-j-church--65202892https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Beautiful Girls: An uplifting story of freedom, love and identity Author: Elizabeth J. Church Narrator: Katherine Fenton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Heart Radio x Dreams Bedtime Bookclub April Book of the Month The dazzling, powerful story of a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s Las Vegas – finding unexpected fortune, friendship and love. In the summer of 1968, Ruby Wilde is the toast of Las Vegas. Showgirl of the Year, in her feathers and rhinestones, five-inch heels and sky-high headdresses, she mesmerises audiences from the Tropicana to the Stardust. Ratpackers and movie stars, gamblers and astronauts vie for her attention and shower her with gifts. But not so long ago Ruby Wilde was Lily Decker from Kansas: an orphaned girl determined to dance her way out of her troubled past. When she was eight years old, Lily survived the car crash that killed her parents and sister. Raised by an aunt who took too little interest in her and an uncle who took too much, dancing was her solace, and her escape. When a mysterious benefactor pays for her to attend a local dance academy, Lily’s talent becomes her ticket to a new life. Now, as Ruby Wilde, the ultimate Sin City success story, she discovers that the glare of the spotlight cannot banish the shadows that haunt her. As the years pass and Ruby continues to search for freedom, for love and, most importantly, herself, she must learn the difference between what glitters and what is truly gold.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328390Tue, 06 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Beautiful Girls: An uplifting story of freedom, love and identity Author: Elizabeth J. Church Narrator: Katherine Fenton Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Beautiful Girls: An uplifting story of freedom, love and identity Author: Elizabeth J. Church Narrator: Katherine Fenton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Heart Radio x Dreams Bedtime Bookclub April Book of the Month The dazzling, powerful story of a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s Las Vegas – finding unexpected fortune, friendship and love. In the summer of 1968, Ruby Wilde is the toast of Las Vegas. Showgirl of the Year, in her feathers and rhinestones, five-inch heels and sky-high headdresses, she mesmerises audiences from the Tropicana to the Stardust. Ratpackers and movie stars, gamblers and astronauts vie for her attention and shower her with gifts. But not so long ago Ruby Wilde was Lily Decker from Kansas: an orphaned girl determined to dance her way out of her troubled past. When she was eight years old, Lily survived the car crash that killed her parents and sister. Raised by an aunt who took too little interest in her and an uncle who took too much, dancing was her solace, and her escape. When a mysterious benefactor pays for her to attend a local dance academy, Lily’s talent becomes her ticket to a new life. Now, as Ruby Wilde, the ultimate Sin City success story, she discovers that the glare of the spotlight cannot banish the shadows that haunt her. As the years pass and Ruby continues to search for freedom, for love and, most importantly, herself, she must learn the difference between what glitters and what is truly gold.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-her-leave-her-by-jenny-rosen--65202857https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Her, Leave Her Series: #2 of Cheater. Faker. Troublemaker. Author: Jenny Rosen Narrator: Aaron Landon, Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Love Her, Leave Her is a new release from Hachette Audiobooks: Powered by Wattpad -- an innovative collaboration between Hachette Book Group and Wattpad. Your favorite online stories, now available in your headphones! In Love Her, Leave Her (Book II of Cheater. Faker. Troublemaker), newly redemptive Elias King chases his second chance at love across the country. When his past mistakes put his and Alex's future on the line, Elias must prove that his determination to change is stronger than his addictions. Now back in her hometown, Alex is forced to turn to Elias when her abusive ex steps back into the picture. After Elias risks his life to keep Alex and her family out of harm's way, Alex is left to decide if she can trust a boy with a dangerous hold on her heart, or turn her back on him for good.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328664Tue, 06 Mar 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Her, Leave Her Series: #2 of Cheater. Faker. Troublemaker. Author: Jenny Rosen Narrator: Aaron Landon, Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Her, Leave Her Series: #2 of Cheater. Faker. Troublemaker. Author: Jenny Rosen Narrator: Aaron Landon, Christine Lakin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Love Her, Leave Her is a new release from Hachette Audiobooks: Powered by Wattpad -- an innovative collaboration between Hachette Book Group and Wattpad. Your favorite online stories, now available in your headphones! In Love Her, Leave Her (Book II of Cheater. Faker. Troublemaker), newly redemptive Elias King chases his second chance at love across the country. When his past mistakes put his and Alex's future on the line, Elias must prove that his determination to change is stronger than his addictions. Now back in her hometown, Alex is forced to turn to Elias when her abusive ex steps back into the picture. After Elias risks his life to keep Alex and her family out of harm's way, Alex is left to decide if she can trust a boy with a dangerous hold on her heart, or turn her back on him for good.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-the-dead-sit-talking-by-brandon-hobson--65202939https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Dead Sit Talking Author: Brandon Hobson Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his unstable upbringing, Sequoyah has spent years mostly keeping to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface—that is, until he meets the seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another youth staying with the Troutts. Sequoyah and Rosemary bond over their shared Native American backgrounds and tumultuous paths through the foster care system, but as Sequoyah's feelings toward Rosemary deepen, the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts threaten to undo them both.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325403Wed, 28 Feb 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Dead Sit Talking Author: Brandon Hobson Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325403 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where the Dead Sit Talking Author: Brandon Hobson Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his unstable upbringing, Sequoyah has spent years mostly keeping to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface—that is, until he meets the seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another youth staying with the Troutts. Sequoyah and Rosemary bond over their shared Native American backgrounds and tumultuous paths through the foster care system, but as Sequoyah's feelings toward Rosemary deepen, the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts threaten to undo them both.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-name-is-venus-black-a-novel-by-heather-lloyd--65202931https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Name Is Venus Black: A Novel Author: HEATHER LLOYD Narrator: Alex McKenna, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this riveting, heartfelt debut, a young woman assumes a new name to escape her dark past and find the redemption she desperately seeks. “It’s impossible not to root for this strong, willful girl as she finds her place in the world and for her brother as he tries to make sense of it.”—Kirkus Reviews “Charming, touching, and a host of other adjectives not often associated with a murderous thirteen-year-old.”—Booklist Venus Black is a straitlaced A student fascinated by the study of astronomy—until the night she commits a shocking crime that tears her family apart and ignites a media firestorm. Venus refuses to talk about what happened or why, except to blame her mother. Adding to the mystery, Venus’s developmentally challenged younger brother, Leo, goes missing.   More than five years later, Venus is released from prison with a suitcase of used clothes, a fake identity, and a determination to escape her painful past. Estranged from her mother, and with her beloved brother still missing, she sets out to make a fresh start in Seattle, skittish and alone. But as new people enter her orbit—including a romantic interest and a young girl who seems like a mirror image of her former lost self—old wounds resurface, and Venus realizes that she can’t find a future while she’s running from her past.   In this gripping story, debut novelist Heather Lloyd brilliantly captures ordinary lives thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Told through a constellation of captivating voices, My Name Is Venus Black explores the fluidity of right and wrong, the pain of betrayal, and the meaning of love and family. Praise for My Name Is Venus Black   “Fans of realistic coming-of-age fiction will enjoy Lloyd’s fast-paced first novel for the freshly drawn original characters, compelling story line, and beautiful tribute to the healing power of love. It’s bound to have crossover appeal to older YA readers.”—Library Journal   “A dark but ultimately uplifting story about family, love, and forgiveness, and how to find your place in the world, My Name Is Venus Black is a powerful debut novel from a fresh voice in fiction.”—New York Times bestselling author Sarah Jio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328357Tue, 27 Feb 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Name Is Venus Black: A Novel Author: HEATHER LLOYD Narrator: Alex McKenna, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328357 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Name Is Venus Black: A Novel Author: HEATHER LLOYD Narrator: Alex McKenna, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this riveting, heartfelt debut, a young woman assumes a new name to escape her dark past and find the redemption she desperately seeks. “It’s impossible not to root for this strong, willful girl as she finds her place in the world and for her brother as he tries to make sense of it.”—Kirkus Reviews “Charming, touching, and a host of other adjectives not often associated with a murderous thirteen-year-old.”—Booklist Venus Black is a straitlaced A student fascinated by the study of astronomy—until the night she commits a shocking crime that tears her family apart and ignites a media firestorm. Venus refuses to talk about what happened or why, except to blame her mother. Adding to the mystery, Venus’s developmentally challenged younger brother, Leo, goes missing.   More than five years later, Venus is released from prison with a suitcase of used clothes, a fake identity, and a determination to escape her painful past. Estranged from her mother, and with her beloved brother still missing, she sets out to make a fresh start in Seattle, skittish and alone. But as new people enter her orbit—including a romantic interest and a young girl who seems like a mirror image of her former lost self—old wounds resurface, and Venus realizes that she can’t find a future while she’s running from her past.   In this gripping story, debut novelist Heather Lloyd brilliantly captures ordinary lives thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Told through a constellation of captivating voices, My Name Is Venus Black explores the fluidity of right and wrong, the pain of betrayal, and the meaning of love and family. Praise for My Name Is Venus Black   “Fans of realistic coming-of-age fiction will enjoy Lloyd’s fast-paced first novel for the freshly drawn original characters, compelling story line, and beautiful tribute to the healing power of love. It’s bound to have crossover appeal to older YA readers.”—Library Journal   “A dark but ultimately uplifting story about family, love, and forgiveness, and how to find your place in the world, My Name Is Venus Black is a powerful debut novel from a fresh voice in fiction.”—New York Times bestselling author Sarah Jio]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/summer-hours-at-the-robbers-library-a-novel-by-sue-halpern--65202901https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library: A Novel Author: Sue Halpern Narrator: Josh Bloomberg, Dara Rosenberg, Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Sometimes the best stories in the library aren’t found on its shelves; they’re walking through its doors and congregating by the reference desk. Sue Halpern knows this and mines the setting for comic and tragicomic gold.”—Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book Is Overdue! and The Deadbeat From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. Halpern’s novel is an unforgettable tale of family. . . the kind you come from and the kind you create. People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books themselves, of course; some come to borrow companionship. For head librarian Kit, the public library in Riverton, New Hampshire, offers what she craves most: peace. Here, no one expects Kit to talk about the calamitous events that catapulted her out of what she thought was a settled, suburban life. She can simply submerge herself in her beloved books and try to forget her problems. But that changes when fifteen-year-old, home-schooled Sunny gets arrested for shoplifting a dictionary. The judge throws the book at Sunny—literally—assigning her to do community service at the library for the summer. Bright, curious, and eager to connect with someone other than her off-the-grid hippie parents, Sunny coaxes Kit out of her self-imposed isolation. They’re joined by Rusty, a Wall Street high-flyer suddenly crashed to earth.   In this little library that has become the heart of this small town, Kit, Sunny, and Rusty are drawn to each other, and to a cast of other offbeat regulars. As they come to terms with how their lives have unraveled, they also discover how they might knit them together again and finally reclaim their stories.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324512Tue, 27 Feb 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library: A Novel Author: Sue Halpern Narrator: Josh Bloomberg, Dara Rosenberg, Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Hours at the Robbers Library: A Novel Author: Sue Halpern Narrator: Josh Bloomberg, Dara Rosenberg, Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 27, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Sometimes the best stories in the library aren’t found on its shelves; they’re walking through its doors and congregating by the reference desk. Sue Halpern knows this and mines the setting for comic and tragicomic gold.”—Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book Is Overdue! and The Deadbeat From journalist and author Sue Halpern comes a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. Halpern’s novel is an unforgettable tale of family. . . the kind you come from and the kind you create. People are drawn to libraries for all kinds of reasons. Most come for the books themselves, of course; some come to borrow companionship. For head librarian Kit, the public library in Riverton, New Hampshire, offers what she craves most: peace. Here, no one expects Kit to talk about the calamitous events that catapulted her out of what she thought was a settled, suburban life. She can simply submerge herself in her beloved books and try to forget her problems. But that changes when fifteen-year-old, home-schooled Sunny gets arrested for shoplifting a dictionary. The judge throws the book at Sunny—literally—assigning her to do community service at the library for the summer. Bright, curious, and eager to connect with someone other than her off-the-grid hippie parents, Sunny coaxes Kit out of her self-imposed isolation. They’re joined by Rusty, a Wall Street high-flyer suddenly crashed to earth.   In this little library that has become the heart of this small town, Kit, Sunny, and Rusty are drawn to each other, and to a cast of other offbeat regulars. As they come to terms with how their lives have unraveled, they also discover how they might knit them together again and finally reclaim their stories.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rosie-coloured-glasses-by-brianna-wolfson--65202866https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosie Coloured Glasses Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Little Miss Sunshine meets About a Boy in this piercingly bittersweet novel which shows how the most meaningful love can last a lifetime. Willow’s mother Rosie isn’t like the other mums. She’s wears every colour of the rainbow, has midnight feasts, and sends Willow to school covered in paint. Meanwhile, Rex is the sort of father who checks Willow’s homework, has a rule for everything, and would never dream of playing in the dirt. Now Rosie and Rex live in different places, Willow knows her mum needs her even more. But Rosie’s multi-coloured way of looking at the world can be overwhelming. These days, it feels like Rosie is spinning off her axis – and taking Willow with her. As if, one day, Rosie might disappear for good. And what would happen to Willow then?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328426Thu, 22 Feb 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosie Coloured Glasses Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosie Coloured Glasses Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: February 22, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Little Miss Sunshine meets About a Boy in this piercingly bittersweet novel which shows how the most meaningful love can last a lifetime. Willow’s mother Rosie isn’t like the other mums. She’s wears every colour of the rainbow, has midnight feasts, and sends Willow to school covered in paint. Meanwhile, Rex is the sort of father who checks Willow’s homework, has a rule for everything, and would never dream of playing in the dirt. Now Rosie and Rex live in different places, Willow knows her mum needs her even more. But Rosie’s multi-coloured way of looking at the world can be overwhelming. These days, it feels like Rosie is spinning off her axis – and taking Willow with her. As if, one day, Rosie might disappear for good. And what would happen to Willow then?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lean-on-pete-movie-tie-in-a-novel-by-willy-vlautin--65202898https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lean on Pete movie tie-in: A Novel Author: Willy Vlautin Narrator: Willy Vlautin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Willy Vlautin’s award-winning novel Lean on Pete, a moving and compassionate story about a fifteen-year old-boy's unlikely connection to a failing racehorse as he struggles to find a place to call home—now a major motion picture from A24, the studio behind Moonlight and Lady Bird, starring Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, and directed by Andrew Haigh (45 Years, Looking). Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home, food on the table, and a high school he can attend for more than part of a year. But as the son of a single father working in warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, Charley's been pretty much on his own. When tragic events leave him homeless weeks after their move to Portland, Oregon, Charley seeks refuge in the tack room of a run-down horse track. Charley's only comforts are his friendship with a failing racehorse named Lean on Pete and a photograph of his only known relative. In an increasingly desperate circumstance, Charley will head east, hoping to find his aunt who had once lived a thousand miles away in Wyoming—but the journey to find her will be a perilous one. In Lean on Pete, Willy Vlautin reveals the lives and choices of American youth like Charley Thompson who were failed by those meant to protect them and who were never allowed the chance to just be a kid. “Lean on Pete riveted me. Reading it, I was heartbroken and moved; enthralled and convinced. This is serious American literature.”    — Cheryl Strayed, Oregonian]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324114Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lean on Pete movie tie-in: A Novel Author: Willy Vlautin Narrator: Willy Vlautin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324114 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lean on Pete movie tie-in: A Novel Author: Willy Vlautin Narrator: Willy Vlautin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 27 minutes Release date: February 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Willy Vlautin’s award-winning novel Lean on Pete, a moving and compassionate story about a fifteen-year old-boy's unlikely connection to a failing racehorse as he struggles to find a place to call home—now a major motion picture from A24, the studio behind Moonlight and Lady Bird, starring Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, and directed by Andrew Haigh (45 Years, Looking). Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home, food on the table, and a high school he can attend for more than part of a year. But as the son of a single father working in warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, Charley's been pretty much on his own. When tragic events leave him homeless weeks after their move to Portland, Oregon, Charley seeks refuge in the tack room of a run-down horse track. Charley's only comforts are his friendship with a failing racehorse named Lean on Pete and a photograph of his only known relative. In an increasingly desperate circumstance, Charley will head east, hoping to find his aunt who had once lived a thousand miles away in Wyoming—but the journey to find her will be a perilous one. In Lean on Pete, Willy Vlautin reveals the lives and choices of American youth like Charley Thompson who were failed by those meant to protect them and who were never allowed the chance to just be a kid. “Lean on Pete riveted me. Reading it, I was heartbroken and moved; enthralled and convinced. This is serious American literature.”    — Cheryl Strayed, Oregonian]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rosie-colored-glasses-by-brianna-wolfson--65202895https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosie Colored Glasses Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH ROSIE COLORED GLASSES Just as opposites attract, they can also cause friction, and no one feels that friction more than Rex and Rosie’s daughter, Willow. Rex is serious and unsentimental and tapes checklists of chores on Willow’s bedroom door. Rosie is sparkling and enchanting and meets Willow in their treehouse in the middle of the night to feast on candy. After Rex and Rosie’s divorce, Willow finds herself navigating their two different worlds. She is clearly under the spell of her exciting, fun-loving mother. But as Rosie’s behavior becomes more turbulent, the darker underpinnings of her manic love are revealed. Rex had removed his Rosie colored glasses long ago, but will Willow do the same? Whimsical, heartbreaking and uplifting, this is a novel about the many ways love can find you. Rosie Colored Glasses triumphs with the most endearing examples of how mothers and fathers and sons and daughters bend for one another.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324123Tue, 20 Feb 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosie Colored Glasses Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324123 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rosie Colored Glasses Author: Brianna Wolfson Narrator: Devon Sorvari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 20, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH ROSIE COLORED GLASSES Just as opposites attract, they can also cause friction, and no one feels that friction more than Rex and Rosie’s daughter, Willow. Rex is serious and unsentimental and tapes checklists of chores on Willow’s bedroom door. Rosie is sparkling and enchanting and meets Willow in their treehouse in the middle of the night to feast on candy. After Rex and Rosie’s divorce, Willow finds herself navigating their two different worlds. She is clearly under the spell of her exciting, fun-loving mother. But as Rosie’s behavior becomes more turbulent, the darker underpinnings of her manic love are revealed. Rex had removed his Rosie colored glasses long ago, but will Willow do the same? Whimsical, heartbreaking and uplifting, this is a novel about the many ways love can find you. Rosie Colored Glasses triumphs with the most endearing examples of how mothers and fathers and sons and daughters bend for one another.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-radicals-a-novel-by-ryan-mcilvain--65202910https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Radicals: A Novel Author: Ryan McIlvain Narrator: Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 13, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An intimate, suspenseful, and provocative portrait of friendship and love at its limits, and a timely exploration of class tensions and corporate excess in America When Eli first meets Sam Westergard, he is dazzled by his new friend's charisma, energy, and determined passion. Both graduate students in New York City, the two young men bond over their idealism, their love of poetry, and their commitment to socialism, both in theory and in practice—this last taking the form of an organized protest against Soline, a giant energy company that has speculated away the jobs and savings of thousands. As an Occupy-like group begins to coalesce around him, Eli realizes that some of his fellow intellectuals are more deeply—and dangerously—devoted to the cause than others.  A fiercely intelligent, wonderfully human illustration of friendship, empathy, and suspicion in the midst of political upheaval, Ryan McIlvain's new novel confirms him as one of our most talented and distinctive writers at work today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325346Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Radicals: A Novel Author: Ryan McIlvain Narrator: Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Radicals: A Novel Author: Ryan McIlvain Narrator: Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 13, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An intimate, suspenseful, and provocative portrait of friendship and love at its limits, and a timely exploration of class tensions and corporate excess in America When Eli first meets Sam Westergard, he is dazzled by his new friend's charisma, energy, and determined passion. Both graduate students in New York City, the two young men bond over their idealism, their love of poetry, and their commitment to socialism, both in theory and in practice—this last taking the form of an organized protest against Soline, a giant energy company that has speculated away the jobs and savings of thousands. As an Occupy-like group begins to coalesce around him, Eli realizes that some of his fellow intellectuals are more deeply—and dangerously—devoted to the cause than others.  A fiercely intelligent, wonderfully human illustration of friendship, empathy, and suspicion in the midst of political upheaval, Ryan McIlvain's new novel confirms him as one of our most talented and distinctive writers at work today.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-invention-of-ana-a-novel-by-mikkel-rosengaard--65202869https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323740 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Invention of Ana: A Novel Author: Mikkel Rosengaard Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 13, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Combining the infectious narration of Nick Hornby’s Funny Girl, the philosophical lyricism of Roberto Bolaño’s The Savage Detectives, and the mesmerizing power of Anna North’s The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, a breathtaking debut, brimming with youthful brio and irresistible humor, that chronicles a young man’s friendship with a most peculiar artist. On a rooftop in Brooklyn on a spring night, a young intern and would-be writer, newly arrived from Copenhagen, meets the intriguing Ana Ivan. Clever and funny, with an air of mystery and melancholia, Ana is a performance artist, a mathematician, and a self-proclaimed time traveler. She is also bad luck, she confesses; she is from a cursed Romanian lineage. Before long, the intern finds himself seduced by Ana’s enthralling stories—of her unlucky countrymen; of her parents’ romance during the worst years of Nicolae Ceaucescu’s dictatorship; of a Daylight Savings switchover gone horribly wrong. Ana also introduces him to her latest artistic endeavor. Following the astronomical rather than the Gregorian calendar, she is trying to alter her sense of time—an experiment that will lead her to live in complete darkness for one month. Descending into the blackness with Ana, the intern slowly loses touch with his own existence, entangling himself in the lives of Ana, her starry-eyed mother Maria, and her raging math-prodigy father Ciprian. Peeling back the layers of her past, he eventually discovers the perverse tragedy that has haunted Ana’s family for decades and shaped her journey from the streets of Bucharest to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and finally to New York City. The Invention of Ana blurs the lines between narrative and memory, perception and reality, identity and authenticity. In his stunning debut novel, Mikkel Rosengaard illuminates the profound power of stories to alter the world around us—and the lives of the ones we love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323740Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323740 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Invention of Ana: A Novel Author: Mikkel Rosengaard Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/323740 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Invention of Ana: A Novel Author: Mikkel Rosengaard Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: February 13, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Combining the infectious narration of Nick Hornby’s Funny Girl, the philosophical lyricism of Roberto Bolaño’s The Savage Detectives, and the mesmerizing power of Anna North’s The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, a breathtaking debut, brimming with youthful brio and irresistible humor, that chronicles a young man’s friendship with a most peculiar artist. On a rooftop in Brooklyn on a spring night, a young intern and would-be writer, newly arrived from Copenhagen, meets the intriguing Ana Ivan. Clever and funny, with an air of mystery and melancholia, Ana is a performance artist, a mathematician, and a self-proclaimed time traveler. She is also bad luck, she confesses; she is from a cursed Romanian lineage. Before long, the intern finds himself seduced by Ana’s enthralling stories—of her unlucky countrymen; of her parents’ romance during the worst years of Nicolae Ceaucescu’s dictatorship; of a Daylight Savings switchover gone horribly wrong. Ana also introduces him to her latest artistic endeavor. Following the astronomical rather than the Gregorian calendar, she is trying to alter her sense of time—an experiment that will lead her to live in complete darkness for one month. Descending into the blackness with Ana, the intern slowly loses touch with his own existence, entangling himself in the lives of Ana, her starry-eyed mother Maria, and her raging math-prodigy father Ciprian. Peeling back the layers of her past, he eventually discovers the perverse tragedy that has haunted Ana’s family for decades and shaped her journey from the streets of Bucharest to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and finally to New York City. The Invention of Ana blurs the lines between narrative and memory, perception and reality, identity and authenticity. In his stunning debut novel, Mikkel Rosengaard illuminates the profound power of stories to alter the world around us—and the lives of the ones we love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-upside-of-falling-down-by-rebekah-crane--65202982https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Upside of Falling Down Author: Rebekah Crane Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: For Clementine Haas, finding herself is more than a nice idea. Ever since she woke up in an Irish hospital with complete amnesia, self-discovery has become her mission. They tell her she’s the lone survivor of a plane crash. They tell her she’s lucky to be alive. But she doesn’t feel lucky. She feels…lost. With the relentless Irish press bearing down on her, and a father she may not even recognize on his way from America to take her home, Clementine assumes a new identity and enlists a blue-eyed Irish stranger, Kieran O’Connell, to help her escape her forgotten life…and start a new one. Hiding out in the sleepy town of Waterville, Ireland, Clementine discovers there’s an upside to a life that’s fallen apart. But as her lies grow, so does her affection for Kieran, and the truth about her identity becomes harder and harder to reveal, forcing Clementine to decide: Can she leave her past behind for a new love she’ll never forget?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310081Tue, 30 Jan 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Upside of Falling Down Author: Rebekah Crane Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Upside of Falling Down Author: Rebekah Crane Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 48 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: For Clementine Haas, finding herself is more than a nice idea. Ever since she woke up in an Irish hospital with complete amnesia, self-discovery has become her mission. They tell her she’s the lone survivor of a plane crash. They tell her she’s lucky to be alive. But she doesn’t feel lucky. She feels…lost. With the relentless Irish press bearing down on her, and a father she may not even recognize on his way from America to take her home, Clementine assumes a new identity and enlists a blue-eyed Irish stranger, Kieran O’Connell, to help her escape her forgotten life…and start a new one. Hiding out in the sleepy town of Waterville, Ireland, Clementine discovers there’s an upside to a life that’s fallen apart. But as her lies grow, so does her affection for Kieran, and the truth about her identity becomes harder and harder to reveal, forcing Clementine to decide: Can she leave her past behind for a new love she’ll never forget?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-ll-stay-by-karen-day--65202880https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Stay Author: Karen Day Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: There are some decisions you can never unmake. You can only atone for them - or try to. During her senior year of college, Clare Michaels takes a spring break trip to Florida with three other girls, including her best friend, Lee. She's hoping for adventure and a few stories to share back at school. Instead, a string of bad choices leads to a horrific encounter, and Lee offers herself up so that Clare can escape. In the weeks and months that follow that fateful incident, Lee, once so dynamic and ambitious, flounders and withdraws. Clare was the only person to whom she'd ever confided about her troubled past. For Clare, that role felt like an honor-until it became a burden. Now she's trying to make amends for her momentary selfishness by taking care of Lee. Years pass, circumstances change, and contact between Clare and Lee ebbs and flows, but the events of that night in Florida are impossible to escape. They keep dragging Clare back, forcing her to confront what really happened and her part in it...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322532Tue, 30 Jan 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Stay Author: Karen Day Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I'll Stay Author: Karen Day Narrator: Laurel Lefkow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: January 30, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: There are some decisions you can never unmake. You can only atone for them - or try to. During her senior year of college, Clare Michaels takes a spring break trip to Florida with three other girls, including her best friend, Lee. She's hoping for adventure and a few stories to share back at school. Instead, a string of bad choices leads to a horrific encounter, and Lee offers herself up so that Clare can escape. In the weeks and months that follow that fateful incident, Lee, once so dynamic and ambitious, flounders and withdraws. Clare was the only person to whom she'd ever confided about her troubled past. For Clare, that role felt like an honor-until it became a burden. Now she's trying to make amends for her momentary selfishness by taking care of Lee. Years pass, circumstances change, and contact between Clare and Lee ebbs and flows, but the events of that night in Florida are impossible to escape. They keep dragging Clare back, forcing her to confront what really happened and her part in it...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-bright-side-the-new-secret-diary-of-hendrik-groen-by-hendrik-groen--65202927https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Bright Side: The new secret diary of Hendrik Groen Author: Hendrik Groen Narrator: Patrick Ryecart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of On the Bright Side by Hendrik Groen, read by Patrick Ryecart. Everyone's favourite octogenarian is back and - together with the Old-But-Not-Dead Club - is more determined than ever to wreak havoc. After a year mourning the death of his beloved friend Eefje, Hendrik picks up his pen once again to chronicle the goings on both inside his care home and in the increasingly confusing world outside. He may be older and a little more wobbly but his appetite for mischief hasn't diminished. When fears arise that the home is set for demolition it's up to Hendrik and the Old-But-Not-Dead Club to intervene. Both heart-breaking and hilarious, we see Hendrik make new friends whilst losing old ones and embarking on new adventures while confronting the realities of old age. Written with his characteristic charm and candour Hendrik is determined to enjoy his autumnal years and turn a twinkly eye on the brighter side of life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312932Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Bright Side: The new secret diary of Hendrik Groen Author: Hendrik Groen Narrator: Patrick Ryecart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312932 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On the Bright Side: The new secret diary of Hendrik Groen Author: Hendrik Groen Narrator: Patrick Ryecart Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 26 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of On the Bright Side by Hendrik Groen, read by Patrick Ryecart. Everyone's favourite octogenarian is back and - together with the Old-But-Not-Dead Club - is more determined than ever to wreak havoc. After a year mourning the death of his beloved friend Eefje, Hendrik picks up his pen once again to chronicle the goings on both inside his care home and in the increasingly confusing world outside. He may be older and a little more wobbly but his appetite for mischief hasn't diminished. When fears arise that the home is set for demolition it's up to Hendrik and the Old-But-Not-Dead Club to intervene. Both heart-breaking and hilarious, we see Hendrik make new friends whilst losing old ones and embarking on new adventures while confronting the realities of old age. Written with his characteristic charm and candour Hendrik is determined to enjoy his autumnal years and turn a twinkly eye on the brighter side of life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wolves-of-winter-by-tyrell-johnson--65202911https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wolves of Winter Author: Tyrell Johnson Narrator: Jayme Mattler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘A cracking futuristic adventure, told with pace and panache and packed with vivid, shiver-inducing description’ Daily Mail ‘Read this in one sitting. DEEPLY satisfying.’ Lucy Mangan Forget the old days. Forget summer. Forget warmth. Forget anything that doesn’t help you survive Lynn McBride has learned much since society collapsed in the face of nuclear war and the relentless spread of disease. As memories of her old life haunt her, she has been forced to forge ahead in the snow-covered Canadian Yukon, learning how to hunt and trap to survive. But her fragile existence is about to be shattered. Shadows of the world before have found her tiny community—most prominently in the enigmatic figure of Jax, who sets in motion a chain of events that will force Lynn to fulfill a destiny she never imagined. Station Eleven meets The Girl With All The Gifts in a powerful speculative book club read.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322261Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wolves of Winter Author: Tyrell Johnson Narrator: Jayme Mattler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322261 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wolves of Winter Author: Tyrell Johnson Narrator: Jayme Mattler Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘A cracking futuristic adventure, told with pace and panache and packed with vivid, shiver-inducing description’ Daily Mail ‘Read this in one sitting. DEEPLY satisfying.’ Lucy Mangan Forget the old days. Forget summer. Forget warmth. Forget anything that doesn’t help you survive Lynn McBride has learned much since society collapsed in the face of nuclear war and the relentless spread of disease. As memories of her old life haunt her, she has been forced to forge ahead in the snow-covered Canadian Yukon, learning how to hunt and trap to survive. But her fragile existence is about to be shattered. Shadows of the world before have found her tiny community—most prominently in the enigmatic figure of Jax, who sets in motion a chain of events that will force Lynn to fulfill a destiny she never imagined. Station Eleven meets The Girl With All The Gifts in a powerful speculative book club read.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stand-by-me-by-s-d-robertson--65202855https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stand By Me Author: S.D. Robertson Narrator: Luci Fish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘A heartbreaking tale’ THE SUN ‘Exceptionally beautiful’ MIRANDA DICKINSON They’ll always have each other…won’t they? Lisa and Elliot have been best friends ever since the day they met as children. Popular, bright and sporty, Lisa was Elliot’s biggest supporter when the school bullies made his life a misery, and for that, he will always be grateful. Twenty years later, life has pulled the pair apart and Lisa is struggling. Her marriage is floundering, her teenage kids are being secretive, and she’s so tired she can’t think straight. So when Elliot knocks on the door, looking much better than she remembers, she can’t help but be delighted to see her old friend again. With Elliot back in their lives, Lisa’s family problems begin to improve – he’s like the fairy godmother she never had. As their bond deepens, she realises how much she’s missed him, and prays that this is one friendship that will last a lifetime. But sometimes, life has other ideas… A heartwarming story perfect for fans of Keith Stewart and Jojo Moyes, that will leave you with a tear in your eye but hope in your heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322258Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stand By Me Author: S.D. Robertson Narrator: Luci Fish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stand By Me Author: S.D. Robertson Narrator: Luci Fish Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 11, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘A heartbreaking tale’ THE SUN ‘Exceptionally beautiful’ MIRANDA DICKINSON They’ll always have each other…won’t they? Lisa and Elliot have been best friends ever since the day they met as children. Popular, bright and sporty, Lisa was Elliot’s biggest supporter when the school bullies made his life a misery, and for that, he will always be grateful. Twenty years later, life has pulled the pair apart and Lisa is struggling. Her marriage is floundering, her teenage kids are being secretive, and she’s so tired she can’t think straight. So when Elliot knocks on the door, looking much better than she remembers, she can’t help but be delighted to see her old friend again. With Elliot back in their lives, Lisa’s family problems begin to improve – he’s like the fairy godmother she never had. As their bond deepens, she realises how much she’s missed him, and prays that this is one friendship that will last a lifetime. But sometimes, life has other ideas… A heartwarming story perfect for fans of Keith Stewart and Jojo Moyes, that will leave you with a tear in your eye but hope in your heart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sinless-by-sarah-tarkoff--65202875https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sinless Author: Sarah Tarkoff Narrator: Stephanie Einstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With shades of Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies and Ally Condie’s Matched, this dark, cinematic dystopian novel—the first in the thrilling Eye of the Beholder series—is set in a near future society in which ''right'' and ''wrong'' are manifested by beauty and ugliness. In Grace Luther’s world, morality is physically enforced. Those who are ''good'' are blessed with beauty, while those who are not suffer horrifying consequences—disfigurement, or even death. When the cleric’s daughter stumbles onto information that proves her world is more complicated than it seems, she finds herself at the center of an epic battle where good and evil are not so easily distinguished. Despite all her efforts to live a normal teenage life, Grace is faced with a series of decisions that will risk the lives of everyone she loves. With each minute, Sarah Tarkoff masterfully tightens the screws in this electrifying debut novel that plunges us into a nightmarish and all too plausible future. Full of high-drama and pulsating tension, Sinless explores essential questions teenagers wrestle with every day: What is beauty? What is faith? Where does friendship end and love begin? Do we take our world at face value and accept all that we have been taught—or do we question the mores of the society into which we are born? Chilling and thought-provoking, Sinless is essential listening for fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner, The Giver, and Delirium.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320966Tue, 09 Jan 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sinless Author: Sarah Tarkoff Narrator: Stephanie Einstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320966 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sinless Author: Sarah Tarkoff Narrator: Stephanie Einstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 9, 2018 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With shades of Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies and Ally Condie’s Matched, this dark, cinematic dystopian novel—the first in the thrilling Eye of the Beholder series—is set in a near future society in which ''right'' and ''wrong'' are manifested by beauty and ugliness. In Grace Luther’s world, morality is physically enforced. Those who are ''good'' are blessed with beauty, while those who are not suffer horrifying consequences—disfigurement, or even death. When the cleric’s daughter stumbles onto information that proves her world is more complicated than it seems, she finds herself at the center of an epic battle where good and evil are not so easily distinguished. Despite all her efforts to live a normal teenage life, Grace is faced with a series of decisions that will risk the lives of everyone she loves. With each minute, Sarah Tarkoff masterfully tightens the screws in this electrifying debut novel that plunges us into a nightmarish and all too plausible future. Full of high-drama and pulsating tension, Sinless explores essential questions teenagers wrestle with every day: What is beauty? What is faith? Where does friendship end and love begin? Do we take our world at face value and accept all that we have been taught—or do we question the mores of the society into which we are born? Chilling and thought-provoking, Sinless is essential listening for fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner, The Giver, and Delirium.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/missing-isaac-by-valerie-fraser-luesse--65202864https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Missing Isaac Author: Valerie Fraser Luesse Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When a black field hand disappears, a wealthy white boy he has befriended sets out to find him. But Pete McLean discovers more than he bargained for--including unexpected love and difficult truths about race and class in 1960s Alabama. There was another South in the 1960s, one far removed from the marches and bombings and turmoil in the streets that were broadcast on the evening news. It was a place of inner turmoil, where ordinary people struggled to right themselves on a social landscape that was dramatically shifting beneath their feet. This is the world of Valerie Fraser Luesse's stunning debut, Missing Isaac. It is 1965 when black field hand Isaac Reynolds goes missing from the tiny, unassuming town of Glory, Alabama. The townspeople's reactions range from concern to indifference, but one boy will stop at nothing to find out what happened to his unlikely friend. White, wealthy, and fatherless, young Pete McLean has nothing to gain and everything to lose in his relentless search for Isaac. In the process, he will discover much more than he bargained for. Before it's all over, Pete--and the people he loves most--will have to blur the hard lines of race, class, and religion. And what they discover about themselves may change some of them forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322705Tue, 02 Jan 2018 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Missing Isaac Author: Valerie Fraser Luesse Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322705 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Missing Isaac Author: Valerie Fraser Luesse Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 2, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When a black field hand disappears, a wealthy white boy he has befriended sets out to find him. But Pete McLean discovers more than he bargained for--including unexpected love and difficult truths about race and class in 1960s Alabama. There was another South in the 1960s, one far removed from the marches and bombings and turmoil in the streets that were broadcast on the evening news. It was a place of inner turmoil, where ordinary people struggled to right themselves on a social landscape that was dramatically shifting beneath their feet. This is the world of Valerie Fraser Luesse's stunning debut, Missing Isaac. It is 1965 when black field hand Isaac Reynolds goes missing from the tiny, unassuming town of Glory, Alabama. The townspeople's reactions range from concern to indifference, but one boy will stop at nothing to find out what happened to his unlikely friend. White, wealthy, and fatherless, young Pete McLean has nothing to gain and everything to lose in his relentless search for Isaac. In the process, he will discover much more than he bargained for. Before it's all over, Pete--and the people he loves most--will have to blur the hard lines of race, class, and religion. And what they discover about themselves may change some of them forever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hotel-tito-a-novel-by-ivana-bodrozic--65202915https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hotel Tito: A Novel Author: Ivana Bodrožić Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: December 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When the Croatian War of Independence breaks out in her hometown of Vukovar in the summer of 1991, she is nine years old, nestled within the embrace of family with her father, mother, and older brother. She is sent on a seaside vacation to be far from the hostilities. Meanwhile, her father has disappeared while fighting with the Croatian forces. By the time she returns at summer’s end everything has changed. Against the backdrop of genocide and the devastation of middle-class society within the Yugoslav Federation, our young narrator, now with her mother and brother as refugees amid a sea of refugees, spends the next six years experiencing her own self-discovery and transformation in unfamiliar surroundings as a displaced person. As she grows from a nine-year-old into a sparkling and wonderfully complicated fifteen-year-old, it is as a stranger in her own land. Applauded as the finest work of fiction to appear about the Yugoslav Wars, Ivana Bodrožić’s The Hotel Tito is at its heart a story of a young girl’s coming of age, a reminder that even during times of war—especially during such times—the future rests with those who are the innocent victims and peaceful survivors.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320796Tue, 26 Dec 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hotel Tito: A Novel Author: Ivana Bodrožić Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hotel Tito: A Novel Author: Ivana Bodrožić Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 28 minutes Release date: December 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When the Croatian War of Independence breaks out in her hometown of Vukovar in the summer of 1991, she is nine years old, nestled within the embrace of family with her father, mother, and older brother. She is sent on a seaside vacation to be far from the hostilities. Meanwhile, her father has disappeared while fighting with the Croatian forces. By the time she returns at summer’s end everything has changed. Against the backdrop of genocide and the devastation of middle-class society within the Yugoslav Federation, our young narrator, now with her mother and brother as refugees amid a sea of refugees, spends the next six years experiencing her own self-discovery and transformation in unfamiliar surroundings as a displaced person. As she grows from a nine-year-old into a sparkling and wonderfully complicated fifteen-year-old, it is as a stranger in her own land. Applauded as the finest work of fiction to appear about the Yugoslav Wars, Ivana Bodrožić’s The Hotel Tito is at its heart a story of a young girl’s coming of age, a reminder that even during times of war—especially during such times—the future rests with those who are the innocent victims and peaceful survivors.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-suppers-by-mandy-mikulencak--65202868https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Suppers Author: Mandy Mikulencak Narrator: Rebecca Gibel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Set in 1950s Louisiana, Mandy Mikulencak’s beautifully written and emotionally moving novel evokes both The Help and Dead Man Walking with the story of an unforgettable woman whose quest to provide meals for death row prisoners leads her into the secrets of her own past. Many children have grown up in the shadow of Louisiana’s Greenmount State Penitentiary. Most of them—sons and daughters of corrections officers and staff—left the place as soon as they could. Yet Ginny Polk chose to come back to work as a prison cook. She knows the harsh reality of life within those walls—the cries of men being beaten, the lines of shuffling inmates chained together. Yet she has never seen them as monsters, not even the ones sentenced to execution. That’s why, among her duties, Ginny has taken on a special responsibility: preparing their last meals. Pot roast or red beans and rice, coconut cake with seven-minute frosting or pork neck stew … whatever the men ask for Ginny prepares, even meeting with their heartbroken relatives to get each recipe just right. It’s her way of honoring their humanity, showing some compassion in their final hours. The prison board frowns upon the ritual, as does Roscoe Simms, Greenmount’s warden. Her daddy’s best friend before he was murdered, Roscoe has always watched out for Ginny, and their friendship has evolved into something deep and unexpected. But when Ginny stumbles upon information about the man executed for killing her father, it leads to a series of dark and painful revelations. Truth, justice, mercy—none of these are as simple as Ginny once believed. And the most shocking crimes may not be the ones committed out of anger or greed, but the sacrifices we make for love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322010Tue, 26 Dec 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Suppers Author: Mandy Mikulencak Narrator: Rebecca Gibel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322010 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Suppers Author: Mandy Mikulencak Narrator: Rebecca Gibel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 26, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Set in 1950s Louisiana, Mandy Mikulencak’s beautifully written and emotionally moving novel evokes both The Help and Dead Man Walking with the story of an unforgettable woman whose quest to provide meals for death row prisoners leads her into the secrets of her own past. Many children have grown up in the shadow of Louisiana’s Greenmount State Penitentiary. Most of them—sons and daughters of corrections officers and staff—left the place as soon as they could. Yet Ginny Polk chose to come back to work as a prison cook. She knows the harsh reality of life within those walls—the cries of men being beaten, the lines of shuffling inmates chained together. Yet she has never seen them as monsters, not even the ones sentenced to execution. That’s why, among her duties, Ginny has taken on a special responsibility: preparing their last meals. Pot roast or red beans and rice, coconut cake with seven-minute frosting or pork neck stew … whatever the men ask for Ginny prepares, even meeting with their heartbroken relatives to get each recipe just right. It’s her way of honoring their humanity, showing some compassion in their final hours. The prison board frowns upon the ritual, as does Roscoe Simms, Greenmount’s warden. Her daddy’s best friend before he was murdered, Roscoe has always watched out for Ginny, and their friendship has evolved into something deep and unexpected. But when Ginny stumbles upon information about the man executed for killing her father, it leads to a series of dark and painful revelations. Truth, justice, mercy—none of these are as simple as Ginny once believed. And the most shocking crimes may not be the ones committed out of anger or greed, but the sacrifices we make for love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-grow-an-addict-a-novel-by-j-a-wright--65202879https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322192 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Grow an Addict: A Novel Author: J. A. Wright Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Randall Grange has been tricked into admitting herself into a treatment center and she doesn't know why. She's not a party hound like the others in her therapy group—but then again, she knows she can't live without pills or booze. Raised by an abusive father, a detached mother, and a loving aunt and uncle, Randall both loves and hates her life. She's awkward and a misfit. Her parents introduced her to alcohol and tranquilizers at a young age, ensuring that her teenage years would be full of bad choices, and by the time she's twenty-three years old, she's a full-blown drug addict, well acquainted with the miraculous power chemicals have to cure just about any problem she could possibly have—and she's in more trouble than she's ever known was possible.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322192Tue, 19 Dec 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322192 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Grow an Addict: A Novel Author: J. A. Wright Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322192 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Grow an Addict: A Novel Author: J. A. Wright Narrator: Karissa Vacker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Randall Grange has been tricked into admitting herself into a treatment center and she doesn't know why. She's not a party hound like the others in her therapy group—but then again, she knows she can't live without pills or booze. Raised by an abusive father, a detached mother, and a loving aunt and uncle, Randall both loves and hates her life. She's awkward and a misfit. Her parents introduced her to alcohol and tranquilizers at a young age, ensuring that her teenage years would be full of bad choices, and by the time she's twenty-three years old, she's a full-blown drug addict, well acquainted with the miraculous power chemicals have to cure just about any problem she could possibly have—and she's in more trouble than she's ever known was possible.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dandelion-wine-by-ray-bradbury--65202912https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dandelion Wine Series: #1 of Green Town Author: Ray Bradbury Narrator: David Aaron Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: December 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 8 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928.Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole wide world that lies beyond the city limits. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of dandelions for Grandfather's renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley's bell on a hazy afternoon. It is yesteryear and tomorrow blended into an unforgettable always. But as young Douglas is about to discover, summer can be more than the repetition of established rituals whose mystical power holds time at bay. It can be a best friend moving away, a human time machine who can transport you back to the Civil War, or a sideshow automaton able to glimpse the bittersweet future.Come and savor Ray Bradbury's priceless distillation of all that is eternal about boyhood and summer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320925Fri, 15 Dec 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dandelion Wine Series: #1 of Green Town Author: Ray Bradbury Narrator: David Aaron Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dandelion Wine Series: #1 of Green Town Author: Ray Bradbury Narrator: David Aaron Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: December 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.28 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 8 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928.Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole wide world that lies beyond the city limits. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of dandelions for Grandfather's renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley's bell on a hazy afternoon. It is yesteryear and tomorrow blended into an unforgettable always. But as young Douglas is about to discover, summer can be more than the repetition of established rituals whose mystical power holds time at bay. It can be a best friend moving away, a human time machine who can transport you back to the Civil War, or a sideshow automaton able to glimpse the bittersweet future.Come and savor Ray Bradbury's priceless distillation of all that is eternal about boyhood and summer.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lost-prayers-of-ricky-graves-a-novel-by-james-han-mattson--65203028https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves: A Novel Author: James Han Mattson Narrator: Jesse Lee, Jake Mate, Will Ropp, Lauren Ezzo, Emily Sutton-Smith, Kate Rudd, Luke Daniels, Sandra Burr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: December 1, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In raw, poignant alternating first-person narratives, interspersed with e-mails, gay chat-room exchanges, and other fragments of a youth laid bare in the age of social media, The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves unravels the mystery of a life in all its glory: despair and regret, humor and wonder, courage and connection. A heartbroken and humiliated Ricky Graves took the life of a classmate and himself. Five months later, the sleepy community is still in shock and mourning. Ricky’s sister, Alyssa, returns to confront her shattered, withdrawn mother and her guilt over the brother she left adrift. Mark McVitry, the lone survivor of the deadly outburst sparked by his own cruelty, is tormented by visions of Ricky’s vengeful spirit. Ricky’s surrogate older brother, Corky Meeks, grapples with doubts about the fragile boy he tried to protect but may have doomed instead. And Jeremy Little, who inadvertently became Ricky’s long-distance Internet crush despite never having met, seeks to atone for failing to hear his friend’s cries for help. For those closest to the tormented killer, shock and grief have given way to soul searching, as they’re forced to confront their broken dreams, buried desires, and missed opportunities. And in their shared search for meaning and redemption, Ricky’s loved ones find a common purpose: learning to trust their feelings, fighting for real intimacy in a world grown selfish and insincere, and fearlessly embracing all that matters most…before it’s gone from their lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291812Fri, 01 Dec 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves: A Novel Author: James Han Mattson Narrator: Jesse Lee, Jake Mate, Will Ropp, Lauren Ezzo, Emily Sutton-Smith, Kate...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291812 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves: A Novel Author: James Han Mattson Narrator: Jesse Lee, Jake Mate, Will Ropp, Lauren Ezzo, Emily Sutton-Smith, Kate Rudd, Luke Daniels, Sandra Burr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: December 1, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In raw, poignant alternating first-person narratives, interspersed with e-mails, gay chat-room exchanges, and other fragments of a youth laid bare in the age of social media, The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves unravels the mystery of a life in all its glory: despair and regret, humor and wonder, courage and connection. A heartbroken and humiliated Ricky Graves took the life of a classmate and himself. Five months later, the sleepy community is still in shock and mourning. Ricky’s sister, Alyssa, returns to confront her shattered, withdrawn mother and her guilt over the brother she left adrift. Mark McVitry, the lone survivor of the deadly outburst sparked by his own cruelty, is tormented by visions of Ricky’s vengeful spirit. Ricky’s surrogate older brother, Corky Meeks, grapples with doubts about the fragile boy he tried to protect but may have doomed instead. And Jeremy Little, who inadvertently became Ricky’s long-distance Internet crush despite never having met, seeks to atone for failing to hear his friend’s cries for help. For those closest to the tormented killer, shock and grief have given way to soul searching, as they’re forced to confront their broken dreams, buried desires, and missed opportunities. And in their shared search for meaning and redemption, Ricky’s loved ones find a common purpose: learning to trust their feelings, fighting for real intimacy in a world grown selfish and insincere, and fearlessly embracing all that matters most…before it’s gone from their lives.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sisters-of-glass-ferry-by-kim-michele-richardson--65202952https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sisters of Glass Ferry Author: Kim Michele Richardson Narrator: Marguerite Gavin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Glass Ferry, Kentucky, is bourbon country. Whiskey has been a way of life for generations, enabling families to provide and survive even in the darkest times. Flannery Butler’s daddy, Beauregard “Honey Bee” Butler, was known for making some of the best whiskey in the state, aged in barrels he’d take by boat up and down the Kentucky River until the rocking waters turned the spirits smooth and golden. Flannery is the only person Honey Bee ever entrusted with his recipes before he passed on, swearing her to secrecy as he did so. But Flannery is harboring other secrets too, about her twin sister Patsy, older by eight minutes and pretty in a way Flannery knows she’ll never be. Then comes the prom night when Patsy—wearing a yellow chiffon dress and the family pearls—disappears along with her date. Every succeeding year on the twins’ birthday, Flannery’s mother bakes a strawberry cake, convinced that this is the day Patsy will finally come home. But it will be two tumultuous decades until the muddy river yields a clue about what happened that night, compelling Flannery to confront the truth about her sleepy town, her family’s past, and the choices she and those closest to her have made in the name of love and retribution.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309565Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sisters of Glass Ferry Author: Kim Michele Richardson Narrator: Marguerite Gavin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sisters of Glass Ferry Author: Kim Michele Richardson Narrator: Marguerite Gavin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Glass Ferry, Kentucky, is bourbon country. Whiskey has been a way of life for generations, enabling families to provide and survive even in the darkest times. Flannery Butler’s daddy, Beauregard “Honey Bee” Butler, was known for making some of the best whiskey in the state, aged in barrels he’d take by boat up and down the Kentucky River until the rocking waters turned the spirits smooth and golden. Flannery is the only person Honey Bee ever entrusted with his recipes before he passed on, swearing her to secrecy as he did so. But Flannery is harboring other secrets too, about her twin sister Patsy, older by eight minutes and pretty in a way Flannery knows she’ll never be. Then comes the prom night when Patsy—wearing a yellow chiffon dress and the family pearls—disappears along with her date. Every succeeding year on the twins’ birthday, Flannery’s mother bakes a strawberry cake, convinced that this is the day Patsy will finally come home. But it will be two tumultuous decades until the muddy river yields a clue about what happened that night, compelling Flannery to confront the truth about her sleepy town, her family’s past, and the choices she and those closest to her have made in the name of love and retribution.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-forsaken-throne-by-jeff-wheeler--65202956https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forsaken Throne Series: #6 of Kingfountain Author: Jeff Wheeler Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The thrilling conclusion to the million-copy, Wall Street Journal bestselling Kingfountain series from Jeff Wheeler. A devastating disaster has left the Forbidden Court in ashes, its fountains destroyed, and its magic at risk. It was destined as the site of Trynne Kiskaddon’s coronation as empress. Now, all Trynne can imagine is the roar of flames, the cries of Gahalatine’s people, and the smell of cinders in a city gone dark. Tragic as the threat to Kingfountain is, it’s nowhere near as foul as the treachery posed by Morwenna. Saboteur, conspirator, and full-blood sister of the king, she is prepared to set forth a wave of destruction that will eliminate everything that stands between her and possession of the throne. But Trynne has her weapons, too—her magic, her resilience, her skills at intrigue, and especially, Fallon. The man who once swore his allegiance to Morwenna now stands by Trynne’s side as they venture into the unknown to protect those they love, reunite with a family scattered by diabolical forces, and safeguard a kingdom…as well as the destiny the Fountain has for each of them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303786Tue, 14 Nov 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forsaken Throne Series: #6 of Kingfountain Author: Jeff Wheeler Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303786 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forsaken Throne Series: #6 of Kingfountain Author: Jeff Wheeler Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The thrilling conclusion to the million-copy, Wall Street Journal bestselling Kingfountain series from Jeff Wheeler. A devastating disaster has left the Forbidden Court in ashes, its fountains destroyed, and its magic at risk. It was destined as the site of Trynne Kiskaddon’s coronation as empress. Now, all Trynne can imagine is the roar of flames, the cries of Gahalatine’s people, and the smell of cinders in a city gone dark. Tragic as the threat to Kingfountain is, it’s nowhere near as foul as the treachery posed by Morwenna. Saboteur, conspirator, and full-blood sister of the king, she is prepared to set forth a wave of destruction that will eliminate everything that stands between her and possession of the throne. But Trynne has her weapons, too—her magic, her resilience, her skills at intrigue, and especially, Fallon. The man who once swore his allegiance to Morwenna now stands by Trynne’s side as they venture into the unknown to protect those they love, reunite with a family scattered by diabolical forces, and safeguard a kingdom…as well as the destiny the Fountain has for each of them.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-crooked-path-by-irma-joubert--65202929https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crooked Path Author: Irma Joubert Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The Girl From the Train, comes another compelling coming of age story of delayed love, loss, and reconciliation in WWII-era South Africa. Lettie has always felt different from and overshadowed by the women around her– this friend is richer, that friend is more beautiful, those friends are closer. Still, she doesn’t let this hold her back. She works hard to apply her mind, trying to compensate for her perceived lack of beauty with diligent academic work and a successful career as a doctor. She learns to treasure her friendships, but she still wonders if any man will ever return her interest. Marco’s experience in the second world war have robbed him of love and health. When winters in his native Italy prove dangerous to his health even after the war has ended, he moves to South Africa to be with his brother, husband to one of Lettie’s best friends. Marco is Lettie’s first patient, and their relationship grows as she aids him on the road back to restored health. In the company of beloved characters from The Child of the River, Marco and Lettie find a happiness that neither of them thought possible. With that joy comes pain and loss, but Lettie learns that life—while perhaps a crooked path—is always a journey worth taking.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307052Tue, 07 Nov 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crooked Path Author: Irma Joubert Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 7,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307052 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crooked Path Author: Irma Joubert Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The Girl From the Train, comes another compelling coming of age story of delayed love, loss, and reconciliation in WWII-era South Africa. Lettie has always felt different from and overshadowed by the women around her– this friend is richer, that friend is more beautiful, those friends are closer. Still, she doesn’t let this hold her back. She works hard to apply her mind, trying to compensate for her perceived lack of beauty with diligent academic work and a successful career as a doctor. She learns to treasure her friendships, but she still wonders if any man will ever return her interest. Marco’s experience in the second world war have robbed him of love and health. When winters in his native Italy prove dangerous to his health even after the war has ended, he moves to South Africa to be with his brother, husband to one of Lettie’s best friends. Marco is Lettie’s first patient, and their relationship grows as she aids him on the road back to restored health. In the company of beloved characters from The Child of the River, Marco and Lettie find a happiness that neither of them thought possible. With that joy comes pain and loss, but Lettie learns that life—while perhaps a crooked path—is always a journey worth taking.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mark-of-fire-by-richard-phillips--65202942https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mark of Fire Series: #1 of The Endarian Prophecy Author: Richard Phillips Narrator: Caitlin Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An ancient prophecy. A young woman’s destiny. Lorness Carol, coming of age in the kingdom of her warlord father, Lord Rafel, aspires to wield magic. But she’s also unknowingly become the obsession of Kragan, an avenging wielder as old as evil itself. He’s waited centuries to find and kill the female prophesied as the only human empowered to destroy him. However, dispatching the king’s assassin, Blade, to Rafel’s Keep, ends in treason. For Blade arrives not with a weapon but rather a warning for the woman he’s known and loved since he was a child. With a price on his head, Blade flees—as Carol and her family are urged away on their own desperate route of escape. Now, traversing the lawless western borderlands, Carol struggles to understand the uncanny magic she possesses and must learn to master. Though separated, Carol and Blade are still united—not only by the darkness pursuing them both but by a quest toward destiny, revenge, and the revelations of an ancient prophecy that signal the ultimate war between good and evil.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308067Wed, 01 Nov 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mark of Fire Series: #1 of The Endarian Prophecy Author: Richard Phillips Narrator: Caitlin Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mark of Fire Series: #1 of The Endarian Prophecy Author: Richard Phillips Narrator: Caitlin Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An ancient prophecy. A young woman’s destiny. Lorness Carol, coming of age in the kingdom of her warlord father, Lord Rafel, aspires to wield magic. But she’s also unknowingly become the obsession of Kragan, an avenging wielder as old as evil itself. He’s waited centuries to find and kill the female prophesied as the only human empowered to destroy him. However, dispatching the king’s assassin, Blade, to Rafel’s Keep, ends in treason. For Blade arrives not with a weapon but rather a warning for the woman he’s known and loved since he was a child. With a price on his head, Blade flees—as Carol and her family are urged away on their own desperate route of escape. Now, traversing the lawless western borderlands, Carol struggles to understand the uncanny magic she possesses and must learn to master. Though separated, Carol and Blade are still united—not only by the darkness pursuing them both but by a quest toward destiny, revenge, and the revelations of an ancient prophecy that signal the ultimate war between good and evil.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stephen-florida-by-gabe-habash--65202973https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stephen Florida Author: Gabe Habash Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Powerful and magnetic’ Guardian ‘Mind blowing’ Roxane Gay ‘Explosive’ Hanya Yanagihara ‘Funny and disturbing’ Lauren Groff Meet Stephen Florida: college student, amateur wrestler, visionary, outsider. Entering senior year, his sights are set on the championships. Every practice, every match, is a step closer to greatness, yet also a step further from reality. Profane, manic and tipping into the uncanny, this is Florida’s chronicle of loneliness, obsession, and the drive to leave a mark. With echoes of The Art of Fielding and the film Foxcatcher, Gabe Habash’s daring, revelatory debut journeys into the mind of a young man teetering between control and rage, grief and elation, genius and insanity.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308381Thu, 05 Oct 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stephen Florida Author: Gabe Habash Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Stephen Florida Author: Gabe Habash Narrator: Will Damron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 5, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Powerful and magnetic’ Guardian ‘Mind blowing’ Roxane Gay ‘Explosive’ Hanya Yanagihara ‘Funny and disturbing’ Lauren Groff Meet Stephen Florida: college student, amateur wrestler, visionary, outsider. Entering senior year, his sights are set on the championships. Every practice, every match, is a step closer to greatness, yet also a step further from reality. Profane, manic and tipping into the uncanny, this is Florida’s chronicle of loneliness, obsession, and the drive to leave a mark. With echoes of The Art of Fielding and the film Foxcatcher, Gabe Habash’s daring, revelatory debut journeys into the mind of a young man teetering between control and rage, grief and elation, genius and insanity.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/last-christmas-in-paris-a-novel-of-world-war-i-by-heather-webb-hazel-gaynor--65202970https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I Author: Heather Webb, Hazel Gaynor Narrator: Gary Furlong, Morag Sims, Jane Copland, Alex Wyndham, Billie Fulford-Brown, Mary Jane Wells, Derek Perkins, Antony Ferguson, Greg Wagland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor has joined with Heather Webb to create this unforgettably romantic novel of the Great War. August 1914. England is at war. As Evie Elliott watches her brother, Will, and his best friend, Thomas Harding, depart for the front, she believes—as everyone does—that it will be over by Christmas, when the trio plan to celebrate the holiday among the romantic cafes of Paris. But as history tells us, it all happened so differently… Evie and Thomas experience a very different war. Frustrated by life as a privileged young lady, Evie longs to play a greater part in the conflict—but how?—and as Thomas struggles with the unimaginable realities of war he also faces personal battles back home where War Office regulations on press reporting cause trouble at his father’s newspaper business. Through their letters, Evie and Thomas share their greatest hopes and fears—and grow ever fonder from afar. Can love flourish amid the horror of the First World War, or will fate intervene? Christmas 1968. With failing health, Thomas returns to Paris—a cherished packet of letters in hand—determined to lay to rest the ghosts of his past. But one final letter is waiting for him…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302943Tue, 03 Oct 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I Author: Heather Webb, Hazel Gaynor Narrator: Gary Furlong, Morag Sims, Jane Copland, Alex Wyndham,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302943 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I Author: Heather Webb, Hazel Gaynor Narrator: Gary Furlong, Morag Sims, Jane Copland, Alex Wyndham, Billie Fulford-Brown, Mary Jane Wells, Derek Perkins, Antony Ferguson, Greg Wagland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor has joined with Heather Webb to create this unforgettably romantic novel of the Great War. August 1914. England is at war. As Evie Elliott watches her brother, Will, and his best friend, Thomas Harding, depart for the front, she believes—as everyone does—that it will be over by Christmas, when the trio plan to celebrate the holiday among the romantic cafes of Paris. But as history tells us, it all happened so differently… Evie and Thomas experience a very different war. Frustrated by life as a privileged young lady, Evie longs to play a greater part in the conflict—but how?—and as Thomas struggles with the unimaginable realities of war he also faces personal battles back home where War Office regulations on press reporting cause trouble at his father’s newspaper business. Through their letters, Evie and Thomas share their greatest hopes and fears—and grow ever fonder from afar. Can love flourish amid the horror of the First World War, or will fate intervene? Christmas 1968. With failing health, Thomas returns to Paris—a cherished packet of letters in hand—determined to lay to rest the ghosts of his past. But one final letter is waiting for him…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/great-expectations-by-charles-dickens--65202949https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Expectations Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Martin Jarvis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Great Expectations, recognized as Charles Dickens' finest novel, is told by Pip, an orphan who lives with his sister and her husband, the village blacksmith. The young boy's life is changed forever when he meets and aids an escaped convict who wanders into his yard. Years later, Pip is sent to live with the decaying, bitter Miss Havisham and falls in love with her ward, the elegant and elusive Estella. A young man of modest means, Pip nevertheless aims to become a gentleman in order to win Estella's heart and an endowment from an anonymous benefactor suddenly places his intentions within reach. But capricious fate will lead him through further adversity and unexpected revelations in the pursuit of his dreams.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307017Tue, 03 Oct 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Expectations Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Martin Jarvis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Expectations Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: Martin Jarvis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 3, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Great Expectations, recognized as Charles Dickens' finest novel, is told by Pip, an orphan who lives with his sister and her husband, the village blacksmith. The young boy's life is changed forever when he meets and aids an escaped convict who wanders into his yard. Years later, Pip is sent to live with the decaying, bitter Miss Havisham and falls in love with her ward, the elegant and elusive Estella. A young man of modest means, Pip nevertheless aims to become a gentleman in order to win Estella's heart and an endowment from an anonymous benefactor suddenly places his intentions within reach. But capricious fate will lead him through further adversity and unexpected revelations in the pursuit of his dreams.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hanna-who-fell-from-the-sky-by-christopher-meades--65202919https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hanna Who Fell from the Sky Author: Christopher Meades Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From highly acclaimed, award-winning author Christopher Meades comes a magical, provocative tale of forbidden love and one girl's struggle for liberation  Hanna has never been outside her secluded community of Clearhaven. She has never questioned why her father has four wives or why she has fourteen brothers and sisters. And in only one week, on her eighteenth birthday, Hanna will follow tradition and become the fifth wife of a man more than twice her age.  But just days before the wedding, Hanna meets Daniel, an enigmatic stranger who challenges her to question her fate and to follow her own will. Then her mother tells her a secret—one that could grant Hanna the freedom she's known only in her dreams. As her world unravels around her, Hanna must decide whether she was really meant for something greater than the claustrophobic world of Clearhaven. But can she abandon her beloved younger sister and the only home she's ever known? Or is there another option—one too fantastical to believe?  With lush, evocative prose, Christopher Meades takes readers on an emotional journey into a fascinating, unknown world—and, along the way, brilliantly illuminates complexities of faith, identity and how our origins shape who we are.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302327Tue, 26 Sep 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hanna Who Fell from the Sky Author: Christopher Meades Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hanna Who Fell from the Sky Author: Christopher Meades Narrator: Caitlin Kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: September 26, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From highly acclaimed, award-winning author Christopher Meades comes a magical, provocative tale of forbidden love and one girl's struggle for liberation  Hanna has never been outside her secluded community of Clearhaven. She has never questioned why her father has four wives or why she has fourteen brothers and sisters. And in only one week, on her eighteenth birthday, Hanna will follow tradition and become the fifth wife of a man more than twice her age.  But just days before the wedding, Hanna meets Daniel, an enigmatic stranger who challenges her to question her fate and to follow her own will. Then her mother tells her a secret—one that could grant Hanna the freedom she's known only in her dreams. As her world unravels around her, Hanna must decide whether she was really meant for something greater than the claustrophobic world of Clearhaven. But can she abandon her beloved younger sister and the only home she's ever known? Or is there another option—one too fantastical to believe?  With lush, evocative prose, Christopher Meades takes readers on an emotional journey into a fascinating, unknown world—and, along the way, brilliantly illuminates complexities of faith, identity and how our origins shape who we are.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-trick-a-novel-by-emanuel-bergmann--65203002https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trick: A Novel Author: Emanuel Bergmann Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sweeping between Prague during World War II and modern-day Los Angeles, “The Trick is a lyrical, uplifting, and funny story that will tug at all of your heartstrings” (Armando Lucas Correa, bestselling author of The German Girl) that follows a young boy seeking out a cynical, old magician in the hopes that his spells might keep his family together. In 1934, a rabbi’s son in Prague joins a traveling circus, becomes a magician, and rises to fame under the stage name the Great Zabbatini, just as Europe descends into World War II. When Zabbatini is discovered to be a Jew, his battered trunk full of magic tricks becomes his only hope for survival. Seventy years later in Los Angeles, ten-year-old Max finds a scratched-up LP that captured Zabbatini performing his greatest illusions. But the track in which Zabbatini performs the spell of eternal love—the spell Max believes will keep his parents from getting divorced—is damaged beyond repair. Desperate for a solution, Max seeks out the now elderly, cynical magician and begs him for help. With gentle wisdom and heartbreaking humor, this is an inventive, deeply moving story about a young boy who needs a miracle, and a disillusioned old man who needs redemption.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302917Tue, 19 Sep 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trick: A Novel Author: Emanuel Bergmann Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trick: A Novel Author: Emanuel Bergmann Narrator: Jonathan Davis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sweeping between Prague during World War II and modern-day Los Angeles, “The Trick is a lyrical, uplifting, and funny story that will tug at all of your heartstrings” (Armando Lucas Correa, bestselling author of The German Girl) that follows a young boy seeking out a cynical, old magician in the hopes that his spells might keep his family together. In 1934, a rabbi’s son in Prague joins a traveling circus, becomes a magician, and rises to fame under the stage name the Great Zabbatini, just as Europe descends into World War II. When Zabbatini is discovered to be a Jew, his battered trunk full of magic tricks becomes his only hope for survival. Seventy years later in Los Angeles, ten-year-old Max finds a scratched-up LP that captured Zabbatini performing his greatest illusions. But the track in which Zabbatini performs the spell of eternal love—the spell Max believes will keep his parents from getting divorced—is damaged beyond repair. Desperate for a solution, Max seeks out the now elderly, cynical magician and begs him for help. With gentle wisdom and heartbreaking humor, this is an inventive, deeply moving story about a young boy who needs a miracle, and a disillusioned old man who needs redemption.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-by-stephen-chbosky--65202948https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Author: Stephen Chbosky Narrator: Noah Galvin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 441 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 33 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “A timeless story for every young person who needs to understand that they are not alone.” —Judy Blume “Once in a while, a novel comes along that becomes a generational touchstone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of those books.” —R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder This #1 New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story with millions of copies in print takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up. A #1 New York Times bestseller for more than a year, adapted into a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson (and written and directed by the author), and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), this novel for teen readers (or wallflowers of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303026Tue, 19 Sep 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Author: Stephen Chbosky Narrator: Noah Galvin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303026 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Author: Stephen Chbosky Narrator: Noah Galvin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: September 19, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 441 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 33 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “A timeless story for every young person who needs to understand that they are not alone.” —Judy Blume “Once in a while, a novel comes along that becomes a generational touchstone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of those books.” —R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder This #1 New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story with millions of copies in print takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up. A #1 New York Times bestseller for more than a year, adapted into a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson (and written and directed by the author), and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), this novel for teen readers (or wallflowers of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-boat-runner-a-novel-by-devin-murphy--65202971https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boat Runner: A Novel Author: Devin Murphy Narrator: Matthew Waterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of All The Light We Cannot See and The Nightingale, comes an incandescent debut novel about a young Dutch man who comes of age during the perilousness of World War II. Beginning in the summer of 1939, fourteen-year-old Jacob Koopman and his older brother, Edwin, enjoy lives of prosperity and quiet contentment. Many of the residents in their small Dutch town have some connection to the Koopman lightbulb factory, and the locals hold the family in high esteem. On days when they aren’t playing with friends, Jacob and Edwin help their Uncle Martin on his fishing boat in the North Sea, where German ships have become a common sight. But conflict still seems unthinkable, even as the boys’ father naively sends his sons to a Hitler Youth Camp in an effort to secure German business for the factory. When war breaks out, Jacob’s world is thrown into chaos. The Boat Runner follows Jacob over the course of four years, through the forests of France, the stormy beaches of England, and deep within the secret missions of the German Navy, where he is confronted with the moral dilemma that will change his life—and his life’s mission—forever. Epic in scope and featuring a thrilling narrative with precise, elegant language, The Boat Runner tells the little-known story of the young Dutch boys who were thrown into the Nazi campaign, as well as the brave boatmen who risked everything to give Jewish refugees safe passage to land abroad. Through one boy’s harrowing tale of personal redemption, here is a novel about the power of people’s stories and voices to shine light through our darkest days, until only love prevails.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301195Tue, 05 Sep 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boat Runner: A Novel Author: Devin Murphy Narrator: Matthew Waterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/301195 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Boat Runner: A Novel Author: Devin Murphy Narrator: Matthew Waterson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of All The Light We Cannot See and The Nightingale, comes an incandescent debut novel about a young Dutch man who comes of age during the perilousness of World War II. Beginning in the summer of 1939, fourteen-year-old Jacob Koopman and his older brother, Edwin, enjoy lives of prosperity and quiet contentment. Many of the residents in their small Dutch town have some connection to the Koopman lightbulb factory, and the locals hold the family in high esteem. On days when they aren’t playing with friends, Jacob and Edwin help their Uncle Martin on his fishing boat in the North Sea, where German ships have become a common sight. But conflict still seems unthinkable, even as the boys’ father naively sends his sons to a Hitler Youth Camp in an effort to secure German business for the factory. When war breaks out, Jacob’s world is thrown into chaos. The Boat Runner follows Jacob over the course of four years, through the forests of France, the stormy beaches of England, and deep within the secret missions of the German Navy, where he is confronted with the moral dilemma that will change his life—and his life’s mission—forever. Epic in scope and featuring a thrilling narrative with precise, elegant language, The Boat Runner tells the little-known story of the young Dutch boys who were thrown into the Nazi campaign, as well as the brave boatmen who risked everything to give Jewish refugees safe passage to land abroad. Through one boy’s harrowing tale of personal redemption, here is a novel about the power of people’s stories and voices to shine light through our darkest days, until only love prevails.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fender-lizards-by-joe-r-lansdale--65202944https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fender Lizards Author: Joe R. Lansdale Narrator: Kasey Lansdale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Dot waitresses on roller skates at the Dairy Bob, doesn’t care for smoking, at least partly on account of her dad having never returned from a cigarette run, and carries on the family tradition of philosophizing. Life hasn’t done her any favors in her seventeen years so far. But if there was ever a heroine built for turning things upside down and seeing what shakes out, it’s Dot. Determined to find out who she is and why she’s the way she is, an opportunity presents itself when her heretofore-unknown uncle suddenly moves his camper into the front yard. As in his classic novels The Bottoms and The Magic Wagon, Lansdale instills place with character and character with place. Here is an overlooked world and a cast of real folks that prove unforgettable, all rendered in one of American fiction’s most authentic voices.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302081Tue, 05 Sep 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fender Lizards Author: Joe R. Lansdale Narrator: Kasey Lansdale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302081 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fender Lizards Author: Joe R. Lansdale Narrator: Kasey Lansdale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 17 minutes Release date: September 5, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Dot waitresses on roller skates at the Dairy Bob, doesn’t care for smoking, at least partly on account of her dad having never returned from a cigarette run, and carries on the family tradition of philosophizing. Life hasn’t done her any favors in her seventeen years so far. But if there was ever a heroine built for turning things upside down and seeing what shakes out, it’s Dot. Determined to find out who she is and why she’s the way she is, an opportunity presents itself when her heretofore-unknown uncle suddenly moves his camper into the front yard. As in his classic novels The Bottoms and The Magic Wagon, Lansdale instills place with character and character with place. Here is an overlooked world and a cast of real folks that prove unforgettable, all rendered in one of American fiction’s most authentic voices.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-absolute-darling-by-gabriel-tallent--65202947https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Absolute Darling Author: Gabriel Tallent Narrator: Alex McKenna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR • A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR • A METRO BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘The year’s must read novel’ The Times ‘One of the most important books you’ll pick up this decade’ Harper’s Bazaar ‘An outstanding book that could be this year’s A Little Life’ Guardian ‘You think you’re invincible. You think you won’t ever miss. We need to put the fear on you. You need to surrender yourself to death before you ever begin, and accept your life as a state of grace, and then and only then will you be good enough.’ At 14, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall; That chaos is coming and only the strong will survive it; That her daddy loves her more than anything else in this world. And he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her with him. She doesn’t know why she feels so different from the other girls at school; Why the line between love and pain can be so hard to see; Why making a friend may be the bravest and most terrifying thing she has ever done And what her daddy will do when he finds out … Sometimes strength is not the same as courage. Sometimes leaving is not the only way to escape. Sometimes surviving isn't enough. ‘This book has challenged me like no other. It’s a masterpiece. A work of art on a page. I guarantee this book will take your breath away’ Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep ‘Brutal yet beautiful, My Absolute Darling has floored me. Dear Turtle, a heroine amidst the horror. Exceptional, unflinching storytelling’ Ali Land‏, author of Good Me Bad Me ‘An incandescent novel with an extraordinary, unforgettable heroine, both deeply contemplative and utterly thrilling’ Observer – Thriller of the month ‘There are echoes of Ma’s bravery in Emma Donoghue’s Room, or the resilience of Cormac McCarthy’s protagonists as they struggle to stay alive. Tallent’s world is shocking in the truest sense of the word’ Irish Times ‘An utterly fantastic read. Every page is brimming with energy. And Turtle Alveston is as enthralling a character as I’ve encountered in a good long while’ Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307246Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Absolute Darling Author: Gabriel Tallent Narrator: Alex McKenna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 29,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Absolute Darling Author: Gabriel Tallent Narrator: Alex McKenna Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 29, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR • A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR • A METRO BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘The year’s must read novel’ The Times ‘One of the most important books you’ll pick up this decade’ Harper’s Bazaar ‘An outstanding book that could be this year’s A Little Life’ Guardian ‘You think you’re invincible. You think you won’t ever miss. We need to put the fear on you. You need to surrender yourself to death before you ever begin, and accept your life as a state of grace, and then and only then will you be good enough.’ At 14, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall; That chaos is coming and only the strong will survive it; That her daddy loves her more than anything else in this world. And he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her with him. She doesn’t know why she feels so different from the other girls at school; Why the line between love and pain can be so hard to see; Why making a friend may be the bravest and most terrifying thing she has ever done And what her daddy will do when he finds out … Sometimes strength is not the same as courage. Sometimes leaving is not the only way to escape. Sometimes surviving isn't enough. ‘This book has challenged me like no other. It’s a masterpiece. A work of art on a page. I guarantee this book will take your breath away’ Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep ‘Brutal yet beautiful, My Absolute Darling has floored me. Dear Turtle, a heroine amidst the horror. Exceptional, unflinching storytelling’ Ali Land‏, author of Good Me Bad Me ‘An incandescent novel with an extraordinary, unforgettable heroine, both deeply contemplative and utterly thrilling’ Observer – Thriller of the month ‘There are echoes of Ma’s bravery in Emma Donoghue’s Room, or the resilience of Cormac McCarthy’s protagonists as they struggle to stay alive. Tallent’s world is shocking in the truest sense of the word’ Irish Times ‘An utterly fantastic read. Every page is brimming with energy. And Turtle Alveston is as enthralling a character as I’ve encountered in a good long while’ Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-we-lost-a-novel-by-valerie-geary--65202978https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything We Lost: A Novel Author: Valerie Geary Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the critically acclaimed author of Crooked River comes this fascinating novel about a young woman searching for answers about events that transpired ten years before when her brother disappeared without a trace—an utterly mesmerizing psychological thriller. Lucy Durant was only fourteen-years-old when she lost her older brother. First to his paranoid delusions as he became increasingly obsessed with UFOs and government conspiracies. Then, permanently, when he walked into the desert outside Bishop, California, and never returned. Now on the tenth anniversary of Nolan’s mysterious disappearance, Lucy is still struggling with guilt and confusion—her memories from that period are blurry and obscured by time, distance, and alcohol. Now an adult, she’s stuck in a holding pattern, hiding out at her father’s house, avoiding people, and doing whatever she can to keep herself from thinking about Nolan. But when a series of unsettling events leads Lucy back to Bishop, she is forced to reconcile with her estranged mother and come to terms with the tangled memories of her past to discover what really happened to her brother all those years ago. Told in Lucy and Nolan's alternating voices, Everything We Lost is a psychological mystery exploring family, beliefs, obsessions, the nature of memory, and fear of the unknown—a haunting, compelling story that will resonate with listeners long after the last sentence is heard.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300401Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything We Lost: A Novel Author: Valerie Geary Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 48 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything We Lost: A Novel Author: Valerie Geary Narrator: Jorjeana Marie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the critically acclaimed author of Crooked River comes this fascinating novel about a young woman searching for answers about events that transpired ten years before when her brother disappeared without a trace—an utterly mesmerizing psychological thriller. Lucy Durant was only fourteen-years-old when she lost her older brother. First to his paranoid delusions as he became increasingly obsessed with UFOs and government conspiracies. Then, permanently, when he walked into the desert outside Bishop, California, and never returned. Now on the tenth anniversary of Nolan’s mysterious disappearance, Lucy is still struggling with guilt and confusion—her memories from that period are blurry and obscured by time, distance, and alcohol. Now an adult, she’s stuck in a holding pattern, hiding out at her father’s house, avoiding people, and doing whatever she can to keep herself from thinking about Nolan. But when a series of unsettling events leads Lucy back to Bishop, she is forced to reconcile with her estranged mother and come to terms with the tangled memories of her past to discover what really happened to her brother all those years ago. Told in Lucy and Nolan's alternating voices, Everything We Lost is a psychological mystery exploring family, beliefs, obsessions, the nature of memory, and fear of the unknown—a haunting, compelling story that will resonate with listeners long after the last sentence is heard.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-uncertain-season-by-ann-howard-creel--65202955https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Uncertain Season Author: Ann Howard Creel Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Hurricane of 1900 devastated Galveston Island, but a storm of betrayal is still brewing. Nineteen-year-old Grace’s golden age is just beginning. She and her mother live a privileged life. Beautiful and talented, Grace is looking forward to a pleasant summer celebrating her engagement to a wealthy young gentleman. But when her lovely, charming, and disgraced cousin Etta arrives, Grace finds her place in society—and in her mother’s heart—threatened. Etta enchants everyone as she maneuvers to secure a station in Galveston’s upper echelons. Grace, in a reckless moment, reveals Etta’s scandalous past, and as punishment, she’s sent to work in Galveston’s back alleys, helping the poor. There, a silent waif known only as Miss Girl opens Grace’s eyes to new love and purpose. She’s determined to save this girl who lost her entire family in the hurricane and now slips along the shadows of the unfinished seawall with a mysterious resolve. Soon, the lives of the three young women will converge as betrayal, mistaken identity, and a family secret sweep them toward a future that defies all expectations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293658Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Uncertain Season Author: Ann Howard Creel Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Uncertain Season Author: Ann Howard Creel Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The Hurricane of 1900 devastated Galveston Island, but a storm of betrayal is still brewing. Nineteen-year-old Grace’s golden age is just beginning. She and her mother live a privileged life. Beautiful and talented, Grace is looking forward to a pleasant summer celebrating her engagement to a wealthy young gentleman. But when her lovely, charming, and disgraced cousin Etta arrives, Grace finds her place in society—and in her mother’s heart—threatened. Etta enchants everyone as she maneuvers to secure a station in Galveston’s upper echelons. Grace, in a reckless moment, reveals Etta’s scandalous past, and as punishment, she’s sent to work in Galveston’s back alleys, helping the poor. There, a silent waif known only as Miss Girl opens Grace’s eyes to new love and purpose. She’s determined to save this girl who lost her entire family in the hurricane and now slips along the shadows of the unfinished seawall with a mysterious resolve. Soon, the lives of the three young women will converge as betrayal, mistaken identity, and a family secret sweep them toward a future that defies all expectations.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-silent-shield-by-jeff-wheeler--65202924https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Silent Shield Series: #5 of Kingfountain Author: Jeff Wheeler Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Wall Street Journal bestseller. The fifth book in the million-copy bestselling Kingfountain series from Jeff Wheeler. Courtly intrigue and rumors of invasion plunge Kingfountain into turmoil as the search for Trynne’s father begins in earnest. But Trynne’s quest to learn the truth of Owen’s sinister disappearance is sidetracked when tragedy strikes her family once again. Suddenly, the future of the kingdom rests in her hands as she struggles to learn—and control—the power that can keep the threatening Deep Fathoms at bay. When King Gahalatine unleashes his overwhelming forces against the realm, Trynne must draw on her political instincts, warrior training, and Fountain-blessed magic if she hopes to survive the chaos to come. But a final, epic confrontation will force Trynne into an unimaginable choice: save her kingdom and the lives of her people, or lose the one who means more to her than life itself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294975Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Silent Shield Series: #5 of Kingfountain Author: Jeff Wheeler Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294975 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Silent Shield Series: #5 of Kingfountain Author: Jeff Wheeler Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Wall Street Journal bestseller. The fifth book in the million-copy bestselling Kingfountain series from Jeff Wheeler. Courtly intrigue and rumors of invasion plunge Kingfountain into turmoil as the search for Trynne’s father begins in earnest. But Trynne’s quest to learn the truth of Owen’s sinister disappearance is sidetracked when tragedy strikes her family once again. Suddenly, the future of the kingdom rests in her hands as she struggles to learn—and control—the power that can keep the threatening Deep Fathoms at bay. When King Gahalatine unleashes his overwhelming forces against the realm, Trynne must draw on her political instincts, warrior training, and Fountain-blessed magic if she hopes to survive the chaos to come. But a final, epic confrontation will force Trynne into an unimaginable choice: save her kingdom and the lives of her people, or lose the one who means more to her than life itself.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/map-of-the-heart-a-novel-by-susan-wiggs--65202916https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Map of the Heart: A Novel Author: Susan Wiggs Narrator: Christina Traister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Love and family. War and secrets. Betrayal and redemption. #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs returns with a deeply emotional and atmospheric story that spans oceans and decades, from the present-day Delaware shore to the battlefields of WWII France. Widowed by an unspeakable tragedy, Camille Palmer has made her peace with the past and settled into the quiet safety of life with her teenage daughter Julie in a sleepy coastal town. Then the arrival of a mysterious package breaks open the door to her family’s secret past. In uncovering a hidden history, Camille has no idea that she’s embarking on an adventure that will utterly transform her. Camille, Julie, and Camille’s father return to the French town of his youth, sparking  unexpected memories — recollections that will lead them back to the dark days of the Second World War. And it is in the stunning Provençal countryside that they will uncover their family’s surprising history. While Provence offers answers about the past, it also holds the key to Camille’s future. Along the way, she meets a former naval officer who stirs a passion deep within her — a feeling that she thought she’d never experience again. “Susan Wiggs seamlessly melds historical drama with contemporary romance,” raves Mary Kay Andrews. Now, this hugely popular author has created her biggest, most powerful story yet — a beautiful and heartfelt novel that celebrates the bonds of family and pays homage to the sacrifices of the past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300394Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Map of the Heart: A Novel Author: Susan Wiggs Narrator: Christina Traister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Map of the Heart: A Novel Author: Susan Wiggs Narrator: Christina Traister Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.45 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Love and family. War and secrets. Betrayal and redemption. #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs returns with a deeply emotional and atmospheric story that spans oceans and decades, from the present-day Delaware shore to the battlefields of WWII France. Widowed by an unspeakable tragedy, Camille Palmer has made her peace with the past and settled into the quiet safety of life with her teenage daughter Julie in a sleepy coastal town. Then the arrival of a mysterious package breaks open the door to her family’s secret past. In uncovering a hidden history, Camille has no idea that she’s embarking on an adventure that will utterly transform her. Camille, Julie, and Camille’s father return to the French town of his youth, sparking  unexpected memories — recollections that will lead them back to the dark days of the Second World War. And it is in the stunning Provençal countryside that they will uncover their family’s surprising history. While Provence offers answers about the past, it also holds the key to Camille’s future. Along the way, she meets a former naval officer who stirs a passion deep within her — a feeling that she thought she’d never experience again. “Susan Wiggs seamlessly melds historical drama with contemporary romance,” raves Mary Kay Andrews. Now, this hugely popular author has created her biggest, most powerful story yet — a beautiful and heartfelt novel that celebrates the bonds of family and pays homage to the sacrifices of the past.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-the-creek-don-t-rise-by-leah-weiss--65202904https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322168 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If the Creek Don't Rise Author: Leah Weiss Narrator: Tom Stechschulte, Kate Forbes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.84 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.1 of Total 10 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: He's gonna be sorry he ever messed with me and Loretta Lynn.Sadie Blue has been a wife for fifteen days. That's long enough to know she should have never hitched herself to Roy Tupkin, even with the baby.Sadie is desperate to make her own mark on the world, but in remote Appalachia, a ticket out of town is hard to come by and hope often gets stomped out. When a stranger sweeps into Baines Creek and knocks things off kilter, Sadie finds herself with an unexpected lifeline … if she can just figure out how to use it.Fans of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek will love this intimate insight into a fiercely proud, tenacious community and relish the voices of the forgotten folks of Baines Creek.With a colorful cast of characters and a flair for the Southern Gothic, If the Creek Don't Rise is a debut novel bursting with heart, honesty, and homegrown grit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322168Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322168 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If the Creek Don't Rise Author: Leah Weiss Narrator: Tom Stechschulte, Kate Forbes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322168 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If the Creek Don't Rise Author: Leah Weiss Narrator: Tom Stechschulte, Kate Forbes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: August 22, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.84 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.1 of Total 10 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: He's gonna be sorry he ever messed with me and Loretta Lynn.Sadie Blue has been a wife for fifteen days. That's long enough to know she should have never hitched herself to Roy Tupkin, even with the baby.Sadie is desperate to make her own mark on the world, but in remote Appalachia, a ticket out of town is hard to come by and hope often gets stomped out. When a stranger sweeps into Baines Creek and knocks things off kilter, Sadie finds herself with an unexpected lifeline … if she can just figure out how to use it.Fans of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek will love this intimate insight into a fiercely proud, tenacious community and relish the voices of the forgotten folks of Baines Creek.With a colorful cast of characters and a flair for the Southern Gothic, If the Creek Don't Rise is a debut novel bursting with heart, honesty, and homegrown grit.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-daughters-of-ireland-by-santa-montefiore--65203009https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daughters of Ireland Series: #2 of Deverill Chronicles Author: Santa Montefiore Narrator: Genevieve Swallow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ireland. 1925. The war is over. But life will never be the same... ''Everything Santa Montefiore writes, she writes from the heart,” says JOJO MOYES. See why in this unforgettable story of love, loss, and life, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY and KATE MORTON. In the green hills of West Cork, Ireland, Castle Deverill has burned to the ground. But young Celia Deverill is determined to see her ruined ancestral home restored to its former glory — to the years when Celia ran through its vast halls with her cousin Kitty and their childhood friend Bridie Doyle. Kitty herself is raising a young family, but she longs for Jack O’Leary — the long-ago sweetheart she cannot have. And soon Kitty must make a heartbreaking decision, one that could destroy everything she holds dear. Bridie, once a cook's daugher in Castle Deverill, is now a well-heeled New York City socialite. Yet her celebrity can't erase a past act that haunts her still. Nor can it keep her from seeking revenge upon the woman who wronged her all those years ago. As these three daughters of Ireland seek to make their way in a world once again beset by dark forces, Santa Montefiore shows us once more why she is one of the best-loved storytellers at work today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300312Tue, 15 Aug 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daughters of Ireland Series: #2 of Deverill Chronicles Author: Santa Montefiore Narrator: Genevieve Swallow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Daughters of Ireland Series: #2 of Deverill Chronicles Author: Santa Montefiore Narrator: Genevieve Swallow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 15, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ireland. 1925. The war is over. But life will never be the same... ''Everything Santa Montefiore writes, she writes from the heart,” says JOJO MOYES. See why in this unforgettable story of love, loss, and life, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY and KATE MORTON. In the green hills of West Cork, Ireland, Castle Deverill has burned to the ground. But young Celia Deverill is determined to see her ruined ancestral home restored to its former glory — to the years when Celia ran through its vast halls with her cousin Kitty and their childhood friend Bridie Doyle. Kitty herself is raising a young family, but she longs for Jack O’Leary — the long-ago sweetheart she cannot have. And soon Kitty must make a heartbreaking decision, one that could destroy everything she holds dear. Bridie, once a cook's daugher in Castle Deverill, is now a well-heeled New York City socialite. Yet her celebrity can't erase a past act that haunts her still. Nor can it keep her from seeking revenge upon the woman who wronged her all those years ago. As these three daughters of Ireland seek to make their way in a world once again beset by dark forces, Santa Montefiore shows us once more why she is one of the best-loved storytellers at work today.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-readymade-thief-by-augustus-rose--65202974https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Readymade Thief Author: Augustus Rose Narrator: Emily Rankin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 26 minutes Release date: August 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose, read by Emily Rankin. An addictive literary puzzle that introduces an unforgettable young heroine plunged into the twisted world of a secret society with a dark agenda. Lee Cuddy is seventeen years old and on the run, alone on the streets of Philadelphia. After taking the fall for a rich friend, Lee reluctantly accepts refuge in the Crystal Castle - a cooperative of homeless kids squatting in an austere, derelict building. But homeless kids are disappearing from the streets in suspicious numbers, and Lee quickly discovers that the secret society’s charitable façade is too good to be true. She finds an unexpected ally in Tomi, a young artist and hacker whose knowledge of the Internet’s black market is rivalled only by his ability to break into and out of buildings. From abandoned aquariums to highly patrolled museums to the homes of vacationing Philadelphians, Tomi and Lee can always chart a way to the next, perfect hide-out. But the harder Lee tries to escape into the unmapped corners of the city, the closer she unwittingly gets to uncovering the disturbing agenda of the very men who pull the strings of the secret society she’s hoped to elude, a group of fanatics obsessed with the secrets encoded in the work of early-twentieth-century artist Marcel Duchamp. What these men want is more twisted than anything Lee could’ve imagined, and they believe Lee holds the key to it all. The Readymade Thief heralds the arrival of an astoundingly imaginative and propulsive new voice in fiction for fans of Marisha Pessl and Ernest Cline.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296969Thu, 10 Aug 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Readymade Thief Author: Augustus Rose Narrator: Emily Rankin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 26 minutes Release date: August 10, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/296969 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Readymade Thief Author: Augustus Rose Narrator: Emily Rankin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 26 minutes Release date: August 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose, read by Emily Rankin. An addictive literary puzzle that introduces an unforgettable young heroine plunged into the twisted world of a secret society with a dark agenda. Lee Cuddy is seventeen years old and on the run, alone on the streets of Philadelphia. After taking the fall for a rich friend, Lee reluctantly accepts refuge in the Crystal Castle - a cooperative of homeless kids squatting in an austere, derelict building. But homeless kids are disappearing from the streets in suspicious numbers, and Lee quickly discovers that the secret society’s charitable façade is too good to be true. She finds an unexpected ally in Tomi, a young artist and hacker whose knowledge of the Internet’s black market is rivalled only by his ability to break into and out of buildings. From abandoned aquariums to highly patrolled museums to the homes of vacationing Philadelphians, Tomi and Lee can always chart a way to the next, perfect hide-out. But the harder Lee tries to escape into the unmapped corners of the city, the closer she unwittingly gets to uncovering the disturbing agenda of the very men who pull the strings of the secret society she’s hoped to elude, a group of fanatics obsessed with the secrets encoded in the work of early-twentieth-century artist Marcel Duchamp. What these men want is more twisted than anything Lee could’ve imagined, and they believe Lee holds the key to it all. The Readymade Thief heralds the arrival of an astoundingly imaginative and propulsive new voice in fiction for fans of Marisha Pessl and Ernest Cline.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sworn-virgin-a-novel-by-kristopher-dukes--65202925https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sworn Virgin: A Novel Author: Kristopher Dukes Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Dukes's gripping historical novel tells the tale of a desperate Albanian woman who will do whatever it takes to keep her independence and seize control of her future...even if it means swearing to remain a virgin for her entire life. When eighteen-year-old Eleanora’s father is shot dead on the cobblestone streets of 1910 Albania, Eleanora must abandon her dream of studying art in Italy as she struggles to survive in a remote mountain village with her stepmother Meria. Nearing starvation, Meria secretly sells Eleanora into marriage with the cruel heir of a powerful clan. Intent on keeping her freedom, Eleanora takes an oath to remain a virgin for the rest of her life—a tradition that gives her the right to live as a man: she is now head of her household and can work for a living as well as carry a gun. Eleanora can also participate in the vengeful blood feuds that consume the mountain tribes, but she may not be killed—unless she forsakes her vow, which she has no intention of ever doing. But when an injured stranger stumbles into her life, Eleanora nurses him back to health, saving his life—yet risking her own as she falls in love with him...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300402Tue, 08 Aug 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sworn Virgin: A Novel Author: Kristopher Dukes Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sworn Virgin: A Novel Author: Kristopher Dukes Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 9 minutes Release date: August 8, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Dukes's gripping historical novel tells the tale of a desperate Albanian woman who will do whatever it takes to keep her independence and seize control of her future...even if it means swearing to remain a virgin for her entire life. When eighteen-year-old Eleanora’s father is shot dead on the cobblestone streets of 1910 Albania, Eleanora must abandon her dream of studying art in Italy as she struggles to survive in a remote mountain village with her stepmother Meria. Nearing starvation, Meria secretly sells Eleanora into marriage with the cruel heir of a powerful clan. Intent on keeping her freedom, Eleanora takes an oath to remain a virgin for the rest of her life—a tradition that gives her the right to live as a man: she is now head of her household and can work for a living as well as carry a gun. Eleanora can also participate in the vengeful blood feuds that consume the mountain tribes, but she may not be killed—unless she forsakes her vow, which she has no intention of ever doing. But when an injured stranger stumbles into her life, Eleanora nurses him back to health, saving his life—yet risking her own as she falls in love with him...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/motherest-a-novel-by-kristen-iskandrian--65202957https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Motherest: A Novel Author: Kristen Iskandrian Narrator: Lauren Fortgang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Marrying the sharp insights of Jenny Offill with the dark humor of Maria Semple, Motherest is an inventive and moving coming-of-age novel that captures the pain of fractured family life, the heat of new love, and the particular magic of the female friendship -- all through the lens of a fraying daughter-mother bond. It's the early 1990s, and Agnes is running out of people she can count on. A new college student, she is caught between the broken home she leaves behind and the wilderness of campus life. What she needs most is her mother, who has seemingly disappeared, and her brother, who left the family tragically a few years prior. As Agnes falls into new romance, mines female friendships for intimacy, and struggles to find her footing, she writes letters to her mother, both to conjure a closeness they never had and to try to translate her experiences to herself. When she finds out she is pregnant, Agnes begins to contend with what it means to be a mother and, in some ways, what it means to be your own mother.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300246Tue, 01 Aug 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Motherest: A Novel Author: Kristen Iskandrian Narrator: Lauren Fortgang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/300246 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Motherest: A Novel Author: Kristen Iskandrian Narrator: Lauren Fortgang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Marrying the sharp insights of Jenny Offill with the dark humor of Maria Semple, Motherest is an inventive and moving coming-of-age novel that captures the pain of fractured family life, the heat of new love, and the particular magic of the female friendship -- all through the lens of a fraying daughter-mother bond. It's the early 1990s, and Agnes is running out of people she can count on. A new college student, she is caught between the broken home she leaves behind and the wilderness of campus life. What she needs most is her mother, who has seemingly disappeared, and her brother, who left the family tragically a few years prior. As Agnes falls into new romance, mines female friendships for intimacy, and struggles to find her footing, she writes letters to her mother, both to conjure a closeness they never had and to try to translate her experiences to herself. When she finds out she is pregnant, Agnes begins to contend with what it means to be a mother and, in some ways, what it means to be your own mother.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kings-of-broken-things-by-theodore-wheeler--65202938https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kings of Broken Things Author: Theodore Wheeler Narrator: Christopher Lane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With characters depicted in precise detail and wide panorama—a kept-woman’s parlor, a contentious interracial baseball game on the Fourth of July, and the tragic true events of the Omaha Race Riot of 1919—Kings of Broken Things reveals the folly of human nature in an era of astonishing ambition. During the waning days of World War I, three lost souls find themselves adrift in Omaha, Nebraska, at a time of unprecedented nationalism, xenophobia, and political corruption. Adolescent European refugee Karel Miihlstein’s life is transformed after neighborhood boys discover his prodigious natural talent for baseball. Jake Strauss, a young man with a violent past and desperate for a second chance, is drawn into a criminal underworld. Evie Chambers, a kept woman, is trying to make ends meet and looking every which way to escape her cheerless existence. As wounded soldiers return from the front and black migrant workers move north in search of economic opportunity, the immigrant wards of Omaha become a tinderbox of racial resentment stoked by unscrupulous politicians. Punctuated by an unspeakable act of mob violence, the fates of Karel, Jake, and Evie will become inexorably entangled with the schemes of a ruthless political boss whose will to power knows no bounds. Written in the tradition of Don DeLillo and Colum McCann, with a great debt to Ralph Ellison, Theodore Wheeler’s debut novel Kings of Broken Things is a panoramic view of a city on the brink of implosion during the course of this summer of strife.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293486Tue, 01 Aug 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kings of Broken Things Author: Theodore Wheeler Narrator: Christopher Lane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293486 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kings of Broken Things Author: Theodore Wheeler Narrator: Christopher Lane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: With characters depicted in precise detail and wide panorama—a kept-woman’s parlor, a contentious interracial baseball game on the Fourth of July, and the tragic true events of the Omaha Race Riot of 1919—Kings of Broken Things reveals the folly of human nature in an era of astonishing ambition. During the waning days of World War I, three lost souls find themselves adrift in Omaha, Nebraska, at a time of unprecedented nationalism, xenophobia, and political corruption. Adolescent European refugee Karel Miihlstein’s life is transformed after neighborhood boys discover his prodigious natural talent for baseball. Jake Strauss, a young man with a violent past and desperate for a second chance, is drawn into a criminal underworld. Evie Chambers, a kept woman, is trying to make ends meet and looking every which way to escape her cheerless existence. As wounded soldiers return from the front and black migrant workers move north in search of economic opportunity, the immigrant wards of Omaha become a tinderbox of racial resentment stoked by unscrupulous politicians. Punctuated by an unspeakable act of mob violence, the fates of Karel, Jake, and Evie will become inexorably entangled with the schemes of a ruthless political boss whose will to power knows no bounds. Written in the tradition of Don DeLillo and Colum McCann, with a great debt to Ralph Ellison, Theodore Wheeler’s debut novel Kings of Broken Things is a panoramic view of a city on the brink of implosion during the course of this summer of strife.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hannah-green-and-her-unfeasibly-mundane-existence-by-michael-marshall-smith--65202991https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308471 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence Author: Michael Marshall Smith Narrator: William Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An unpredictable, poignant, and captivating tale for readers of all ages, by the critically acclaimed author of Only Forward. There are a million stories in the world. Most are perfectly ordinary. This one… isn’t. Hannah Green actually thinks her story is more mundane than most. But she’s about to discover that the shadows in her life have been hiding a world where nothing is as it seems: that there's an ancient and secret machine that converts evil deeds into energy, that some mushrooms can talk — and that her grandfather has been friends with the Devil for over a hundred and fifty years, and now they need her help.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308471Thu, 27 Jul 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308471 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence Author: Michael Marshall Smith Narrator: William Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308471 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence Author: Michael Marshall Smith Narrator: William Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An unpredictable, poignant, and captivating tale for readers of all ages, by the critically acclaimed author of Only Forward. There are a million stories in the world. Most are perfectly ordinary. This one… isn’t. Hannah Green actually thinks her story is more mundane than most. But she’s about to discover that the shadows in her life have been hiding a world where nothing is as it seems: that there's an ancient and secret machine that converts evil deeds into energy, that some mushrooms can talk — and that her grandfather has been friends with the Devil for over a hundred and fifty years, and now they need her help.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/about-grace-by-anthony-doerr--65202937https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: About Grace Author: Anthony Doerr Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Beautifully written and compelling, About Grace is the brilliant debut novel from Anthony Doerr. Growing up in Alaska, young David Winkler is crippled by his dreams. At nine, he dreams a man is decapitated by a passing truck on the path outside his family’s home. The next day, unable to prevent it, he witnesses an exact replay of his dream in real life. The premonitions keep coming, unstoppably. He sleepwalks during them, bringing catastrophe into his reach. Then, as unstoppable as a vision, he falls in love, at the supermarket (exactly as he already dreamed) with Sandy. They flee south, landing in Ohio, where their daughter Grace is born. And then the visions of Grace’s death begin for Winkler, as their waterside home is inundated. Plagued by the same horrific images of Grace drowning, when the floods come, he cannot face his destiny and flees. He beaches on a remote Caribbean island, where he works as a handyman, chipping away at his doubts and hopes, never knowing whether Grace survived the flood or met the doom he foretold. After two decades, he musters the strength to find out…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308496Thu, 20 Jul 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: About Grace Author: Anthony Doerr Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 20, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/308496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: About Grace Author: Anthony Doerr Narrator: George Newbern Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 20, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Beautifully written and compelling, About Grace is the brilliant debut novel from Anthony Doerr. Growing up in Alaska, young David Winkler is crippled by his dreams. At nine, he dreams a man is decapitated by a passing truck on the path outside his family’s home. The next day, unable to prevent it, he witnesses an exact replay of his dream in real life. The premonitions keep coming, unstoppably. He sleepwalks during them, bringing catastrophe into his reach. Then, as unstoppable as a vision, he falls in love, at the supermarket (exactly as he already dreamed) with Sandy. They flee south, landing in Ohio, where their daughter Grace is born. And then the visions of Grace’s death begin for Winkler, as their waterside home is inundated. Plagued by the same horrific images of Grace drowning, when the floods come, he cannot face his destiny and flees. He beaches on a remote Caribbean island, where he works as a handyman, chipping away at his doubts and hopes, never knowing whether Grace survived the flood or met the doom he foretold. After two decades, he musters the strength to find out…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leopard-at-the-door-by-jennifer-mcveigh--65202936https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293609 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leopard at the Door Author: Jennifer McVeigh Narrator: Katharine McEwan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh, read by Katherine McEwan. Stepping off the boat in Mombasa, eighteen-year-old Rachel Fullsmith stands on Kenyan soil for the first time in six years. She has come home. But when Rachel reaches the family farm at the end of the dusty Rift Valley Road, she finds so much has changed. Her beloved father has moved his new partner and her son into the family home. She hears menacing rumours of Mau Mau violence, and witnesses cruel reprisals by British soldiers. Even Michael, the handsome Kikuyu boy from her childhood, has started to look at her differently. Isolated and conflicted, Rachel fears for her future. But when home is no longer a place of safety and belonging, where do you go, and who do you turn to?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293609Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293609 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leopard at the Door Author: Jennifer McVeigh Narrator: Katharine McEwan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293609 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Leopard at the Door Author: Jennifer McVeigh Narrator: Katharine McEwan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 13, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh, read by Katherine McEwan. Stepping off the boat in Mombasa, eighteen-year-old Rachel Fullsmith stands on Kenyan soil for the first time in six years. She has come home. But when Rachel reaches the family farm at the end of the dusty Rift Valley Road, she finds so much has changed. Her beloved father has moved his new partner and her son into the family home. She hears menacing rumours of Mau Mau violence, and witnesses cruel reprisals by British soldiers. Even Michael, the handsome Kikuyu boy from her childhood, has started to look at her differently. Isolated and conflicted, Rachel fears for her future. But when home is no longer a place of safety and belonging, where do you go, and who do you turn to?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hum-if-you-don-t-know-the-words-by-bianca-marais--65203007https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hum If You Don't Know the Words Author: Bianca Marais Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Perfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy. Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her husband's death. Both lives have been built upon the division of race, and their meeting should never have occurred...until the Soweto Uprising, in which a protest by black students ignites racial conflict, alters the fault lines on which their society is built, and shatters their worlds when Robin’s parents are left dead and Beauty’s daughter goes missing. After Robin is sent to live with her loving but irresponsible aunt, Beauty is hired to care for Robin while continuing the search for her daughter. In Beauty, Robin finds the security and family that she craves, and the two forge an inextricable bond through their deep personal losses. But Robin knows that if Beauty finds her daughter, Robin could lose her new caretaker forever, so she makes a desperate decision with devastating consequences. Her quest to make amends and find redemption is a journey of self-discovery in which she learns the harsh truths of the society that once promised her protection. Told through Beauty and Robin's alternating perspectives, the interwoven narratives create a rich and complex tapestry of the emotions and tensions at the heart of Apartheid-era South Africa. Hum If You Don’t Know the Words is a beautifully rendered look at loss, racism, and the creation of family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295004Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hum If You Don't Know the Words Author: Bianca Marais Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 26...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hum If You Don't Know the Words Author: Bianca Marais Narrator: Katharine Lee Mcewan, Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 26 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Perfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy. Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her husband's death. Both lives have been built upon the division of race, and their meeting should never have occurred...until the Soweto Uprising, in which a protest by black students ignites racial conflict, alters the fault lines on which their society is built, and shatters their worlds when Robin’s parents are left dead and Beauty’s daughter goes missing. After Robin is sent to live with her loving but irresponsible aunt, Beauty is hired to care for Robin while continuing the search for her daughter. In Beauty, Robin finds the security and family that she craves, and the two forge an inextricable bond through their deep personal losses. But Robin knows that if Beauty finds her daughter, Robin could lose her new caretaker forever, so she makes a desperate decision with devastating consequences. Her quest to make amends and find redemption is a journey of self-discovery in which she learns the harsh truths of the society that once promised her protection. Told through Beauty and Robin's alternating perspectives, the interwoven narratives create a rich and complex tapestry of the emotions and tensions at the heart of Apartheid-era South Africa. Hum If You Don’t Know the Words is a beautifully rendered look at loss, racism, and the creation of family.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secret-sisters-a-novel-by-joy-callaway--65202960https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Sisters: A Novel Author: Joy Callaway Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Fifth Avenue Artists Society comes this unforgettable historical novel based on the founding of the country's first sororities. Illinois, 1881: Whitsitt College sophomore Beth Carrington has two goals to fulfill by the time she graduates: obtain a medical degree, and establish a women’s fraternity, Beta Xi Beta, that will help young women like herself to connect with and support one another while attending the male-dominated Whitsitt. Neither is an easy task. The sole female student in the physicians’ program, Beth is constantly called out by her professors and peers for having the audacity not to concentrate on a more “fitting” subject like secretarial studies. Meanwhile, secret organizations are off-limits, and simply by crowding together in a dank basement room and creating a sense of camaraderie, she and her small group of fraternity sisters risk expulsion. In order to have the fraternity recognized, she knows she needs help. She turns to the most powerful student on campus: senior Grant Richardson, Iota Gamma fraternity president and the scion of a Whitsitt family—a man she’s only acquainted with because of her longstanding friendship with his fraternity brother Will Buchannan. Staunchly traditional, Grant doesn’t see the purpose of this women’s organization, but captivated by Beth, he agrees to give her a helping hand. What she doesn’t know is how many will stop at nothing to keep her burgeoning organization out of the record books—and who she can actually trust along the way. As Beth fights for her beloved Beta Xi Beta to be recognized, she will uncover deep secrets about the college and those who surround her, and will have to put both love and friendship on the line so that history can be made.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295753Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Sisters: A Novel Author: Joy Callaway Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295753 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Sisters: A Novel Author: Joy Callaway Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of The Fifth Avenue Artists Society comes this unforgettable historical novel based on the founding of the country's first sororities. Illinois, 1881: Whitsitt College sophomore Beth Carrington has two goals to fulfill by the time she graduates: obtain a medical degree, and establish a women’s fraternity, Beta Xi Beta, that will help young women like herself to connect with and support one another while attending the male-dominated Whitsitt. Neither is an easy task. The sole female student in the physicians’ program, Beth is constantly called out by her professors and peers for having the audacity not to concentrate on a more “fitting” subject like secretarial studies. Meanwhile, secret organizations are off-limits, and simply by crowding together in a dank basement room and creating a sense of camaraderie, she and her small group of fraternity sisters risk expulsion. In order to have the fraternity recognized, she knows she needs help. She turns to the most powerful student on campus: senior Grant Richardson, Iota Gamma fraternity president and the scion of a Whitsitt family—a man she’s only acquainted with because of her longstanding friendship with his fraternity brother Will Buchannan. Staunchly traditional, Grant doesn’t see the purpose of this women’s organization, but captivated by Beth, he agrees to give her a helping hand. What she doesn’t know is how many will stop at nothing to keep her burgeoning organization out of the record books—and who she can actually trust along the way. As Beth fights for her beloved Beta Xi Beta to be recognized, she will uncover deep secrets about the college and those who surround her, and will have to put both love and friendship on the line so that history can be made.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/refuge-a-novel-by-dina-nayeri--65202953https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Refuge: A Novel Author: Dina Nayeri Narrator: Mozhan Marnò, Youssif Kamal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Rich and colorful… [Refuge] has the kind of immediacy commonly associated with memoir, which lends it heft, intimacy, atmosphere.” –New York Times The moving lifetime relationship between a father and a daughter, seen through the prism of global immigration and the contemporary refugee experience. An Iranian girl escapes to America as a child, but her father stays behind. Over twenty years, as she transforms from confused immigrant to overachieving Westerner to sophisticated European transplant, daughter and father know each other only from their visits: four crucial visits over two decades, each in a different international city. The longer they are apart, the more their lives diverge, but also the more each comes to need the other's wisdom and, ultimately, rescue. Meanwhile, refugees of all nationalities are flowing into Europe under troubling conditions. Wanting to help, but also looking for a lost sense of home, our grown-up transplant finds herself quickly entranced by a world that is at once everything she has missed and nothing that she has ever known. Will her immersion in the lives of these new refugees allow her the grace to save her father? Refuge charts the deeply moving lifetime relationship between a father and a daughter, seen through the prism of global immigration. Beautifully written, full of insight, charm, and humor, the novel subtly exposes the parts of ourselves that get left behind in the wake of diaspora and ultimately asks: Must home always be a physical place, or can we find it in another person?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295003Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Refuge: A Novel Author: Dina Nayeri Narrator: Mozhan Marnò, Youssif Kamal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Refuge: A Novel Author: Dina Nayeri Narrator: Mozhan Marnò, Youssif Kamal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Rich and colorful… [Refuge] has the kind of immediacy commonly associated with memoir, which lends it heft, intimacy, atmosphere.” –New York Times The moving lifetime relationship between a father and a daughter, seen through the prism of global immigration and the contemporary refugee experience. An Iranian girl escapes to America as a child, but her father stays behind. Over twenty years, as she transforms from confused immigrant to overachieving Westerner to sophisticated European transplant, daughter and father know each other only from their visits: four crucial visits over two decades, each in a different international city. The longer they are apart, the more their lives diverge, but also the more each comes to need the other's wisdom and, ultimately, rescue. Meanwhile, refugees of all nationalities are flowing into Europe under troubling conditions. Wanting to help, but also looking for a lost sense of home, our grown-up transplant finds herself quickly entranced by a world that is at once everything she has missed and nothing that she has ever known. Will her immersion in the lives of these new refugees allow her the grace to save her father? Refuge charts the deeply moving lifetime relationship between a father and a daughter, seen through the prism of global immigration. Beautifully written, full of insight, charm, and humor, the novel subtly exposes the parts of ourselves that get left behind in the wake of diaspora and ultimately asks: Must home always be a physical place, or can we find it in another person?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gork-the-teenage-dragon-by-gabe-hudson--65202905https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gork, the Teenage Dragon Author: Gabe Hudson Narrator: Brian Hutchison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Fans of Harry Potter and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will relish this teenage dragon's spellbinding love story filled with bighearted humor and imagination. 'No good human won't love this dragon named Gork.' -Dave Eggers Gork isn't like the other dragons at WarWings Military Academy. He has a gigantic heart, two-inch horns, and an occasional problem with fainting. His nickname is Weak Sauce and his Will to Power ranking is Snacklicious-the lowest in his class. But he is determined not to let any of this hold him back as he embarks on the most important mission of his life: tonight, on the eve of his high school graduation, he must ask a female dragon to be his queen. If she says yes, they'll go off to conquer a foreign planet together. If she says no, Gork becomes a slave. Vying with Jocks, Nerds, Mutants, and Multi-Dimensioners to find his mate, Gork encounters an unforgettable cast of friends and foes, including Dr. Terrible, the mad scientist; Fribby, a robot dragon obsessed with death; and Metheldra, a healer specializing in acupuncture with swords. But finally it is Gork's biggest perceived weakness, his huge heart, that will guide him through his epic quest and help him reach his ultimate destination: planet Earth. A love story, a fantasy, and a coming-of-age story, Gork the Teenage Dragon is a wildly comic, beautifully imagined, and deeply heartfelt debut novel that shows us just how human a dragon can be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322119Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gork, the Teenage Dragon Author: Gabe Hudson Narrator: Brian Hutchison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gork, the Teenage Dragon Author: Gabe Hudson Narrator: Brian Hutchison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 11, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Fans of Harry Potter and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will relish this teenage dragon's spellbinding love story filled with bighearted humor and imagination. 'No good human won't love this dragon named Gork.' -Dave Eggers Gork isn't like the other dragons at WarWings Military Academy. He has a gigantic heart, two-inch horns, and an occasional problem with fainting. His nickname is Weak Sauce and his Will to Power ranking is Snacklicious-the lowest in his class. But he is determined not to let any of this hold him back as he embarks on the most important mission of his life: tonight, on the eve of his high school graduation, he must ask a female dragon to be his queen. If she says yes, they'll go off to conquer a foreign planet together. If she says no, Gork becomes a slave. Vying with Jocks, Nerds, Mutants, and Multi-Dimensioners to find his mate, Gork encounters an unforgettable cast of friends and foes, including Dr. Terrible, the mad scientist; Fribby, a robot dragon obsessed with death; and Metheldra, a healer specializing in acupuncture with swords. But finally it is Gork's biggest perceived weakness, his huge heart, that will guide him through his epic quest and help him reach his ultimate destination: planet Earth. A love story, a fantasy, and a coming-of-age story, Gork the Teenage Dragon is a wildly comic, beautifully imagined, and deeply heartfelt debut novel that shows us just how human a dragon can be.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/safe-bet-by-monica-murphy--65203008https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Safe Bet Series: #4 of The Rules Series Author: Monica Murphy Narrator: Jack Dupont, Seraphine Valentine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 4, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sydney Walker’s new job is perfect. As the live-in nanny to the most famous quarterback in the NFL and his beautiful wife, she couldn’t have it any better. Their kids are adorable. Her bosses are more than generous. Plus, there are hot football players at the house all the time. Life can’t get much better than this. Until her life turns into an absolute nightmare. The media is abuzz with rumors that she and her boss Drew Callahan are having a torrid affair. Everyone knows the truth―except the public. So Drew’s wife Fable comes up with the perfect idea. She creates a fake relationship between Sydney and one of the rookie players on Drew’s team. Wade Knox is forever indebted to Drew and Fable and readily agrees to the set up. Pretending to be in a romantic relationship with the hot nanny for a week―how hard can it be? Crazy how it only takes one week for two people to fall head over heels in love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291855Tue, 04 Jul 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Safe Bet Series: #4 of The Rules Series Author: Monica Murphy Narrator: Jack Dupont, Seraphine Valentine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Safe Bet Series: #4 of The Rules Series Author: Monica Murphy Narrator: Jack Dupont, Seraphine Valentine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 4, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sydney Walker’s new job is perfect. As the live-in nanny to the most famous quarterback in the NFL and his beautiful wife, she couldn’t have it any better. Their kids are adorable. Her bosses are more than generous. Plus, there are hot football players at the house all the time. Life can’t get much better than this. Until her life turns into an absolute nightmare. The media is abuzz with rumors that she and her boss Drew Callahan are having a torrid affair. Everyone knows the truth―except the public. So Drew’s wife Fable comes up with the perfect idea. She creates a fake relationship between Sydney and one of the rookie players on Drew’s team. Wade Knox is forever indebted to Drew and Fable and readily agrees to the set up. Pretending to be in a romantic relationship with the hot nanny for a week―how hard can it be? Crazy how it only takes one week for two people to fall head over heels in love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fingerprints-of-previous-owners-a-novel-by-rebecca-entel--65202992https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fingerprints of Previous Owners: A Novel Author: Rebecca Entel Narrator: Ron Butler, Cherise Boothe, Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This is a soulful and timely novel exploring family histories and community divides, in the vein of Nicole Dennis-Benn’s Here Comes the Sun and Monique Roffey’s The White Woman on the Green Bicycle. At a Caribbean resort built atop a former slave plantation, Myrna works as a maid by day; by night she trespasses on the resort’s overgrown inland property, secretly excavating the plantation ruins that her island community refuses to acknowledge. Rapt by the crumbling walls of the once slave owner’s estate, she explores the unspoken history of the plantation—a site where her ancestors once worked the land, but which the resort now uses as a lookout point for tourists. When Myrna discovers a book detailing the experiences of slaves, who still share a last name with the majority of the islanders, her investigation becomes deeply personal, extending to her neighbors and friends, and explaining her mother’s self-imposed silence and brother’s disappearance. A new generation begins to speak about the past just as racial tensions erupt between the resort and the local island community when an African American tourist at the resort is brutally attacked. Suffused with the sun-drenched beauty of the Caribbean, Fingerprints of Previous Owners is a powerful novel of hope and recovery in the wake of devastating trauma. In her soulful and timely debut, Entel explores what it means to colonize and be colonized, to trespass and be trespassed upon, to be wounded and to heal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294926Tue, 04 Jul 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fingerprints of Previous Owners: A Novel Author: Rebecca Entel Narrator: Ron Butler, Cherise Boothe, Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294926 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fingerprints of Previous Owners: A Novel Author: Rebecca Entel Narrator: Ron Butler, Cherise Boothe, Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This is a soulful and timely novel exploring family histories and community divides, in the vein of Nicole Dennis-Benn’s Here Comes the Sun and Monique Roffey’s The White Woman on the Green Bicycle. At a Caribbean resort built atop a former slave plantation, Myrna works as a maid by day; by night she trespasses on the resort’s overgrown inland property, secretly excavating the plantation ruins that her island community refuses to acknowledge. Rapt by the crumbling walls of the once slave owner’s estate, she explores the unspoken history of the plantation—a site where her ancestors once worked the land, but which the resort now uses as a lookout point for tourists. When Myrna discovers a book detailing the experiences of slaves, who still share a last name with the majority of the islanders, her investigation becomes deeply personal, extending to her neighbors and friends, and explaining her mother’s self-imposed silence and brother’s disappearance. A new generation begins to speak about the past just as racial tensions erupt between the resort and the local island community when an African American tourist at the resort is brutally attacked. Suffused with the sun-drenched beauty of the Caribbean, Fingerprints of Previous Owners is a powerful novel of hope and recovery in the wake of devastating trauma. In her soulful and timely debut, Entel explores what it means to colonize and be colonized, to trespass and be trespassed upon, to be wounded and to heal.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reluctant-queen-book-two-of-the-queens-of-renthia-by-sarah-beth-durst--65202986https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reluctant Queen: Book Two of The Queens of Renthia Series: #2 of Queens of Renthia Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Filled with political intrigue, violent magic, and malevolent spirits, the mesmerizing second book in Sarah Beth Durst’s Queens of Renthia epic fantasy trilogy. Everything has a spirit: the willow tree with leaves that kiss the pond, the stream that feeds the river, the wind that exhales fresh snow . . . And those spirits want to kill you. It’s the first lesson that every Renthian learns. Not long ago, Daleina used her strength and skill to survive those spirits and assume the royal throne. Since then, the new queen has kept the peace and protected the humans of her land. But now for all her power, she is hiding a terrible secret: she is dying. And if she leaves the world before a new heir is ready, the spirits that inhabit her beloved realm will run wild, destroying her cities and slaughtering her people. Naelin is one such person, and she couldn’t be further removed from the Queen—and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Her world is her two children, her husband, and the remote village tucked deep in the forest that is her home, and that’s all she needs. But when Ven, the Queens champion, passes through the village, Naelin’s ambitious husband proudly tells him of his wife’s ability to control spirits—magic that Naelin fervently denies. She knows that if the truth of her abilities is known, it will bring only death and separation from those she loves. But Ven has a single task: to find the best possible candidate to protect the people of Aratay. He did it once when he discovered Daleina, and he’s certain he’s done it again. Yet for all his appeals to duty, Naelin is a mother, and she knows her duty is to her children first and foremost. Only as the Queen’s power begins to wane and the spirits become emboldened—even as ominous rumors trickle down from the north—does she realize that the best way to keep her son and daughter safe is to risk everything. Sarah Beth Durst established a place of dark wonder in The Queen of Blood, and now the stakes are even higher as the threat to the Queen and her people grows both from within and beyond the borders of Aratay in this riveting second novel of the Queens of Renthia series.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294177Tue, 04 Jul 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reluctant Queen: Book Two of The Queens of Renthia Series: #2 of Queens of Renthia Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294177 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Reluctant Queen: Book Two of The Queens of Renthia Series: #2 of Queens of Renthia Author: Sarah Beth Durst Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 47 minutes Release date: July 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Filled with political intrigue, violent magic, and malevolent spirits, the mesmerizing second book in Sarah Beth Durst’s Queens of Renthia epic fantasy trilogy. Everything has a spirit: the willow tree with leaves that kiss the pond, the stream that feeds the river, the wind that exhales fresh snow . . . And those spirits want to kill you. It’s the first lesson that every Renthian learns. Not long ago, Daleina used her strength and skill to survive those spirits and assume the royal throne. Since then, the new queen has kept the peace and protected the humans of her land. But now for all her power, she is hiding a terrible secret: she is dying. And if she leaves the world before a new heir is ready, the spirits that inhabit her beloved realm will run wild, destroying her cities and slaughtering her people. Naelin is one such person, and she couldn’t be further removed from the Queen—and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Her world is her two children, her husband, and the remote village tucked deep in the forest that is her home, and that’s all she needs. But when Ven, the Queens champion, passes through the village, Naelin’s ambitious husband proudly tells him of his wife’s ability to control spirits—magic that Naelin fervently denies. She knows that if the truth of her abilities is known, it will bring only death and separation from those she loves. But Ven has a single task: to find the best possible candidate to protect the people of Aratay. He did it once when he discovered Daleina, and he’s certain he’s done it again. Yet for all his appeals to duty, Naelin is a mother, and she knows her duty is to her children first and foremost. Only as the Queen’s power begins to wane and the spirits become emboldened—even as ominous rumors trickle down from the north—does she realize that the best way to keep her son and daughter safe is to risk everything. Sarah Beth Durst established a place of dark wonder in The Queen of Blood, and now the stakes are even higher as the threat to the Queen and her people grows both from within and beyond the borders of Aratay in this riveting second novel of the Queens of Renthia series.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-color-of-water-in-july-by-nora-carroll--65202965https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Water in July Author: Nora Carroll Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 30, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: It’s been a long seventeen years since Jess last saw her grandmother or visited the family cottage set on an idyllic lake in Northern Michigan. For all that time, she’s been haunted by loss—of her innocence and her ability to trust and, most of all, of a profound summer romance that might have been something more. So when her grandmother leaves the house to her, Jess summons her courage and returns to a place full of memories—and secrets. There, she stumbles upon old letters and photographs of a time not so much forgotten as buried. As she begins to unravel the hidden histories of her mother and her grandmother, she makes a startling discovery about a tragic death that prompted her family’s slow undoing. With every uneven and painful step into the past, Jess comes closer to a truth that could alter her own path—and open a door to a different future. Revised edition: This edition of The Color of Water in July includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292896Fri, 30 Jun 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Water in July Author: Nora Carroll Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 30, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Water in July Author: Nora Carroll Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 30, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: It’s been a long seventeen years since Jess last saw her grandmother or visited the family cottage set on an idyllic lake in Northern Michigan. For all that time, she’s been haunted by loss—of her innocence and her ability to trust and, most of all, of a profound summer romance that might have been something more. So when her grandmother leaves the house to her, Jess summons her courage and returns to a place full of memories—and secrets. There, she stumbles upon old letters and photographs of a time not so much forgotten as buried. As she begins to unravel the hidden histories of her mother and her grandmother, she makes a startling discovery about a tragic death that prompted her family’s slow undoing. With every uneven and painful step into the past, Jess comes closer to a truth that could alter her own path—and open a door to a different future. Revised edition: This edition of The Color of Water in July includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-between-by-lisa-stromme--65203038https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Between Author: Lisa Strømme Narrator: Katherine Kellgren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Now that she's working as a maid for an admiral's family, Johanne thinks her carefree summers are over. She doesn't yet know that an infamous artist will lead her down a path of scorching chaos. The admiral's daughter has become obsessed with the painter, a man years older with a dark reputation. When a forbidden affair begins, and Johanne is asked to hide more than just secrets, she must decide whether to take the risk . . . Seen through the eyes of a young maid who finds herself drawn ever deeper into the intense relationship between her mistress and the painter, The Girl Between explores how one of the most famous paintings of all time may have been inspired by an intoxicating love affair.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316691Tue, 27 Jun 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Between Author: Lisa Strømme Narrator: Katherine Kellgren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316691 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Between Author: Lisa Strømme Narrator: Katherine Kellgren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Now that she's working as a maid for an admiral's family, Johanne thinks her carefree summers are over. She doesn't yet know that an infamous artist will lead her down a path of scorching chaos. The admiral's daughter has become obsessed with the painter, a man years older with a dark reputation. When a forbidden affair begins, and Johanne is asked to hide more than just secrets, she must decide whether to take the risk . . . Seen through the eyes of a young maid who finds herself drawn ever deeper into the intense relationship between her mistress and the painter, The Girl Between explores how one of the most famous paintings of all time may have been inspired by an intoxicating love affair.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-waking-land-by-callie-bates--65203001https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Waking Land Series: #1 of The Waking Land Author: Callie Bates Narrator: Erin Spencer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the lush and magical tradition of Naomi Novik’s award-winning Uprooted comes this riveting debut from brilliant young writer Callie Bates—whose boundless imagination places her among the finest authors of fantasy fiction, including Sarah J. Maas and Sabaa Tahir. Lady Elanna is fiercely devoted to the king who raised her like a daughter. But when he dies under mysterious circumstances, Elanna is accused of his murder—and must flee for her life. Returning to the homeland of magical legends she has forsaken, Elanna is forced to reckon with her despised, estranged father, branded a traitor long ago. Feeling a strange, deep connection to the natural world, she also must face the truth about the forces she has always denied or disdained as superstition—powers that suddenly stir within her. But an all-too-human threat is drawing near, determined to exact vengeance. Now Elanna has no choice but to lead a rebellion against the kingdom to which she once gave her allegiance. Trapped between divided loyalties, she must summon the courage to confront a destiny that could tear her apart. 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 Waking Land “Callie Bates has written an exciting and involving first book, and she is clearly a writer of real talent.”—Terry Brooks “A heartbreaking, enchanting, edge-of-the-seat read that held me captive from start to finish!”—Tamora Pierce “The Waking Land is all about rising to challenges, and it succeeds wonderfully.”—Charlaine Harris “A simmering tale of magic that builds to a raging inferno, and hits like a cross between Brandon Sanderson and Pierce Brown.”—Scott Sigler  “This superior novel blends passionate romance and sweeping magic. . . . Bates has a delicate, precise touch with human and superhuman relationships.”—Publishers Weekly “A wonderfully stunning debut . . . Bates’ clear, captivating, imaginative storytelling and vivid, distinctive characters will cause readers to soak up every word.”—RT Book Reviews]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293963Tue, 27 Jun 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Waking Land Series: #1 of The Waking Land Author: Callie Bates Narrator: Erin Spencer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 20 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Waking Land Series: #1 of The Waking Land Author: Callie Bates Narrator: Erin Spencer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the lush and magical tradition of Naomi Novik’s award-winning Uprooted comes this riveting debut from brilliant young writer Callie Bates—whose boundless imagination places her among the finest authors of fantasy fiction, including Sarah J. Maas and Sabaa Tahir. Lady Elanna is fiercely devoted to the king who raised her like a daughter. But when he dies under mysterious circumstances, Elanna is accused of his murder—and must flee for her life. Returning to the homeland of magical legends she has forsaken, Elanna is forced to reckon with her despised, estranged father, branded a traitor long ago. Feeling a strange, deep connection to the natural world, she also must face the truth about the forces she has always denied or disdained as superstition—powers that suddenly stir within her. But an all-too-human threat is drawing near, determined to exact vengeance. Now Elanna has no choice but to lead a rebellion against the kingdom to which she once gave her allegiance. Trapped between divided loyalties, she must summon the courage to confront a destiny that could tear her apart. 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 Waking Land “Callie Bates has written an exciting and involving first book, and she is clearly a writer of real talent.”—Terry Brooks “A heartbreaking, enchanting, edge-of-the-seat read that held me captive from start to finish!”—Tamora Pierce “The Waking Land is all about rising to challenges, and it succeeds wonderfully.”—Charlaine Harris “A simmering tale of magic that builds to a raging inferno, and hits like a cross between Brandon Sanderson and Pierce Brown.”—Scott Sigler  “This superior novel blends passionate romance and sweeping magic. . . . Bates has a delicate, precise touch with human and superhuman relationships.”—Publishers Weekly “A wonderfully stunning debut . . . Bates’ clear, captivating, imaginative storytelling and vivid, distinctive characters will cause readers to soak up every word.”—RT Book Reviews]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sweetest-burn-by-jeaniene-frost--65202984https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sweetest Burn Series: #2 of The Broken Destiny Series Author: Jeaniene Frost Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The second novel in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost’s Broken Destiny series finds Ivy and Adrian rekindling their alliance—and passion—as the struggle for the fate of the world begins. Conquering a supernatural realm turned out to be easier than getting over a broken heart. But her initial victory has made Ivy a target for revenge, forcing her to reunite with the dangerous—and dangerously sexy—Adrian. Ivy isn’t sure which will be harder: finding the hallowed weapon that will repair the crumbling walls between the demon and human realms or resisting Adrian, who’s decided that, come hell or high water, he will make Ivy his. At first Adrian tried to resist his feelings for Ivy. Now, determined to break the curse that dooms their love, he’s vowed to save her and to have her. If only he can persuade her to forgive his past sins. But defying destiny—and surrendering to the smoldering desire between them—will bring consequences and sacrifices they never imagined.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293971Tue, 27 Jun 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sweetest Burn Series: #2 of The Broken Destiny Series Author: Jeaniene Frost Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293971 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sweetest Burn Series: #2 of The Broken Destiny Series Author: Jeaniene Frost Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: June 27, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The second novel in New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost’s Broken Destiny series finds Ivy and Adrian rekindling their alliance—and passion—as the struggle for the fate of the world begins. Conquering a supernatural realm turned out to be easier than getting over a broken heart. But her initial victory has made Ivy a target for revenge, forcing her to reunite with the dangerous—and dangerously sexy—Adrian. Ivy isn’t sure which will be harder: finding the hallowed weapon that will repair the crumbling walls between the demon and human realms or resisting Adrian, who’s decided that, come hell or high water, he will make Ivy his. At first Adrian tried to resist his feelings for Ivy. Now, determined to break the curse that dooms their love, he’s vowed to save her and to have her. If only he can persuade her to forgive his past sins. But defying destiny—and surrendering to the smoldering desire between them—will bring consequences and sacrifices they never imagined.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hollow-crown-by-jeff-wheeler--65203003https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285008 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hollow Crown Series: #4 of Kingfountain Author: Jeff Wheeler Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Wall Street Journal bestseller. The fourth book in the million-copy bestselling Kingfountain series from Jeff Wheeler. Following the downfall of a tyrant, years have passed in prosperity for the kingdom of Ceredigion. Now, as the time comes to celebrate the new king’s nuptials, the specter of a new enemy emerges to destroy all that has been painstakingly built in those years. Tryneowy Kiskaddon has grown up learning military and diplomatic strategy from her father, one of the king’s closest advisors. She feels her destiny lies in defending the kingdom as a knight, not as a Wizr as her parents have decided, though no lady of the realm has taken up the sword in a century. As she seeks to understand her own Fountain-blessed powers, she studies in the tradition of her mother while training in secret and closely following the realm’s politics, alarmed by her mother’s vision of an impending clash and a devastating future. But the pieces on fate’s game board are in motion, and on the eve of battle, a threatening force irrevocably changes the future of the kingdom and her own. Does Trynne have what it takes to maneuver Ceredigion’s key players into position and outsmart the kingdom’s enemies—even those still concealed in shadow?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285008Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285008 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hollow Crown Series: #4 of Kingfountain Author: Jeff Wheeler Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285008 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hollow Crown Series: #4 of Kingfountain Author: Jeff Wheeler Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A Wall Street Journal bestseller. The fourth book in the million-copy bestselling Kingfountain series from Jeff Wheeler. Following the downfall of a tyrant, years have passed in prosperity for the kingdom of Ceredigion. Now, as the time comes to celebrate the new king’s nuptials, the specter of a new enemy emerges to destroy all that has been painstakingly built in those years. Tryneowy Kiskaddon has grown up learning military and diplomatic strategy from her father, one of the king’s closest advisors. She feels her destiny lies in defending the kingdom as a knight, not as a Wizr as her parents have decided, though no lady of the realm has taken up the sword in a century. As she seeks to understand her own Fountain-blessed powers, she studies in the tradition of her mother while training in secret and closely following the realm’s politics, alarmed by her mother’s vision of an impending clash and a devastating future. But the pieces on fate’s game board are in motion, and on the eve of battle, a threatening force irrevocably changes the future of the kingdom and her own. Does Trynne have what it takes to maneuver Ceredigion’s key players into position and outsmart the kingdom’s enemies—even those still concealed in shadow?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-chalk-artist-a-novel-by-allegra-goodman--65202969https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chalk Artist: A Novel Author: Allegra Goodman Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A tender affair and the redemptive power of art are at the core of this compelling novel from National Book Award finalist Allegra Goodman, “a romantic realist who dazzles with wit [and] compassion” (The Wall Street Journal). Collin James is young, creative, and unhappy. A college dropout, he waits tables and spends his free time beautifying the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his medium of choice: chalk. Collin’s art captivates passersby with its vibrant colors and intricate lines—until the moment he wipes it all away. Nothing in Collin’s life is meant to last. Then he meets Nina. . . . The daughter of a tech mogul who is revolutionizing virtual reality, Nina Lazare is trying to give back as a high school teacher—but her students won’t listen to her. When Collin enters her world, he inspires her to think bigger. Nina wants to return the favor—even if it means losing him. Against this poignant backdrop, Allegra Goodman paints a tableau of students, neighbors, and colleagues: Diana, a teenage girl trying to make herself invisible; her twin brother, Aidan, who’s addicted to the games produced by Nina’s father; and Daphne, a viral-marketing trickster who unites them all, for better or worse. Wise, warm, and enchanting, The Chalk Artist is both a finely rendered portrait of modern love and a celebration of all the realms we inhabit: real and imagined, visual and virtual, seemingly independent yet hopelessly tangled. Praise for The Chalk Artist “The virtual world Goodman conjures is as feverishly vivid as it is mysterious and alluring. Not since I pushed my way through C. S. Lewis’s fusty mothballed wardrobe and stepped out into the frozen, pine-scented forests of Narnia can I remember being so effectively transported into a viscerally, sometimes terrifyingly plausible alternate universe. . . . This is a novel full of wit and spark. . . . Irresistible and arresting.”—The New York Times Book Review “Enjoyably sharp dialogue and convincing portraits of multiple mindsets and terrains . . . One can’t help but marvel at how Goodman has captured the atmosphere of this virtual fantasy land so effectively in words.”—NPR “Mesmerizing depictions of virtual-reality landscapes of ‘Neverwhen’ and ‘Underworld’ make the games’ dangerous power over one of Nina’s students very real.”—People “Goodman’s latest combines fantastical flourishes (an imagined video game called ‘Underworld’) and realistic Cambridge details . . . in a narrative about art and ambition.”—The Boston Globe “Allegra Goodman creates suspense where you might least expect to find it.”—The Atlantic]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293726Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chalk Artist: A Novel Author: Allegra Goodman Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chalk Artist: A Novel Author: Allegra Goodman Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A tender affair and the redemptive power of art are at the core of this compelling novel from National Book Award finalist Allegra Goodman, “a romantic realist who dazzles with wit [and] compassion” (The Wall Street Journal). Collin James is young, creative, and unhappy. A college dropout, he waits tables and spends his free time beautifying the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his medium of choice: chalk. Collin’s art captivates passersby with its vibrant colors and intricate lines—until the moment he wipes it all away. Nothing in Collin’s life is meant to last. Then he meets Nina. . . . The daughter of a tech mogul who is revolutionizing virtual reality, Nina Lazare is trying to give back as a high school teacher—but her students won’t listen to her. When Collin enters her world, he inspires her to think bigger. Nina wants to return the favor—even if it means losing him. Against this poignant backdrop, Allegra Goodman paints a tableau of students, neighbors, and colleagues: Diana, a teenage girl trying to make herself invisible; her twin brother, Aidan, who’s addicted to the games produced by Nina’s father; and Daphne, a viral-marketing trickster who unites them all, for better or worse. Wise, warm, and enchanting, The Chalk Artist is both a finely rendered portrait of modern love and a celebration of all the realms we inhabit: real and imagined, visual and virtual, seemingly independent yet hopelessly tangled. Praise for The Chalk Artist “The virtual world Goodman conjures is as feverishly vivid as it is mysterious and alluring. Not since I pushed my way through C. S. Lewis’s fusty mothballed wardrobe and stepped out into the frozen, pine-scented forests of Narnia can I remember being so effectively transported into a viscerally, sometimes terrifyingly plausible alternate universe. . . . This is a novel full of wit and spark. . . . Irresistible and arresting.”—The New York Times Book Review “Enjoyably sharp dialogue and convincing portraits of multiple mindsets and terrains . . . One can’t help but marvel at how Goodman has captured the atmosphere of this virtual fantasy land so effectively in words.”—NPR “Mesmerizing depictions of virtual-reality landscapes of ‘Neverwhen’ and ‘Underworld’ make the games’ dangerous power over one of Nina’s students very real.”—People “Goodman’s latest combines fantastical flourishes (an imagined video game called ‘Underworld’) and realistic Cambridge details . . . in a narrative about art and ambition.”—The Boston Globe “Allegra Goodman creates suspense where you might least expect to find it.”—The Atlantic]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-map-that-leads-to-you-a-novel-by-j-p-monninger--65202920https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Map That Leads to You: A Novel Author: J. P. Monninger Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Romantic and unforgettable.” —Nicholas Sparks Two strangers take the road less traveled... Heather Mulgrew’s world is already mapped out: she is going to travel abroad with her friends after college, come back to a great career in September, and head into a life where not much is left to chance. But that was before an encounter on an overnight train introduces her to Jack, a passionate adventurer who changes the course of her journey and her life. Throwing Heather's careful itinerary to the wind, they follow Jack's grandfather's journal through post-World War II era Europe: Vienna, Budapest, Turkey—exotic places that serve only to heighten their feelings. As September looms, Jack urges Heather to stay with him, to keep traveling, to give in to the romance of their experience; Heather convinces him to return to the United States. Jack has a secret that could change everything. And Heather’s world is about to be shaken to the core. J.P. Monniger's The Map That Leads to You is a breathtaking audiobook about love, loss, and the best-laid plans that are meant to be broken.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294806Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Map That Leads to You: A Novel Author: J. P. Monninger Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/294806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Map That Leads to You: A Novel Author: J. P. Monninger Narrator: Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: June 13, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Romantic and unforgettable.” —Nicholas Sparks Two strangers take the road less traveled... Heather Mulgrew’s world is already mapped out: she is going to travel abroad with her friends after college, come back to a great career in September, and head into a life where not much is left to chance. But that was before an encounter on an overnight train introduces her to Jack, a passionate adventurer who changes the course of her journey and her life. Throwing Heather's careful itinerary to the wind, they follow Jack's grandfather's journal through post-World War II era Europe: Vienna, Budapest, Turkey—exotic places that serve only to heighten their feelings. As September looms, Jack urges Heather to stay with him, to keep traveling, to give in to the romance of their experience; Heather convinces him to return to the United States. Jack has a secret that could change everything. And Heather’s world is about to be shaken to the core. J.P. Monniger's The Map That Leads to You is a breathtaking audiobook about love, loss, and the best-laid plans that are meant to be broken.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-survive-a-summer-a-novel-by-nick-white--65203019https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Survive a Summer: A Novel Author: Nick White Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: **Named One of Book Riot’s BEST QUEER BOOKS OF 2017** “Packed with story and drama … If Tennessee Williams’s ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ could be transposed to the 21st-century South, where queer liberation co-exists alongside the stubborn remains of fire and brimstone, it might read something like this juicy, moving hot mess of a novel.” –Tim Murphy, The Washington Post  A searing debut novel centering around a gay-to-straight conversion camp in Mississippi and a man's reckoning with the trauma he faced there as a teen. Camp Levi, nestled in the Mississippi countryside, is designed to “cure” young teenage boys of their budding homosexuality. Will Dillard, a midwestern graduate student, spent a summer at the camp as a teenager, and has since tried to erase the experience from his mind. But when a fellow student alerts him that a slasher movie based on the camp is being released, he is forced to confront his troubled history and possible culpability in the death of a fellow camper. As past and present are woven together, Will recounts his “rehabilitation,” eventually returning to the abandoned campgrounds to solve the mysteries of that pivotal summer, and to reclaim his story from those who have stolen it. With a masterful confluence of sensibility and place, How to Survive a Summer is a searing, unforgettable novel that introduces an exciting new literary voice. “Clear and moving, revealing White’s talent in evoking the complexities of the rural South.” —Publishers Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292443Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Survive a Summer: A Novel Author: Nick White Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Survive a Summer: A Novel Author: Nick White Narrator: Michael Crouch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: **Named One of Book Riot’s BEST QUEER BOOKS OF 2017** “Packed with story and drama … If Tennessee Williams’s ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ could be transposed to the 21st-century South, where queer liberation co-exists alongside the stubborn remains of fire and brimstone, it might read something like this juicy, moving hot mess of a novel.” –Tim Murphy, The Washington Post  A searing debut novel centering around a gay-to-straight conversion camp in Mississippi and a man's reckoning with the trauma he faced there as a teen. Camp Levi, nestled in the Mississippi countryside, is designed to “cure” young teenage boys of their budding homosexuality. Will Dillard, a midwestern graduate student, spent a summer at the camp as a teenager, and has since tried to erase the experience from his mind. But when a fellow student alerts him that a slasher movie based on the camp is being released, he is forced to confront his troubled history and possible culpability in the death of a fellow camper. As past and present are woven together, Will recounts his “rehabilitation,” eventually returning to the abandoned campgrounds to solve the mysteries of that pivotal summer, and to reclaim his story from those who have stolen it. With a masterful confluence of sensibility and place, How to Survive a Summer is a searing, unforgettable novel that introduces an exciting new literary voice. “Clear and moving, revealing White’s talent in evoking the complexities of the rural South.” —Publishers Weekly]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-passage-by-shion-miura--65203005https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Passage Author: Shion Miura Narrator: Brian Nishii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An award-winning story of love, friendship, and the power of human connection. Kohei Araki believes that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years of creating dictionaries, it's time for him to retire and find his replacement. He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime—a young, disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguistics—whom he swipes from his company's sales department. Along with an energetic, if reluctant, new recruit and an elder linguistics scholar, Majime is tasked with a career-defining accomplishment: completing The Great Passage, a comprehensive 2,900-page tome of the Japanese language. On his journey, Majime discovers friendship, romance, and an incredible dedication to his work, inspired by the words that connect us all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289574Thu, 01 Jun 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Passage Author: Shion Miura Narrator: Brian Nishii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 1, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289574 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Great Passage Author: Shion Miura Narrator: Brian Nishii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: June 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An award-winning story of love, friendship, and the power of human connection. Kohei Araki believes that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years of creating dictionaries, it's time for him to retire and find his replacement. He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime—a young, disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguistics—whom he swipes from his company's sales department. Along with an energetic, if reluctant, new recruit and an elder linguistics scholar, Majime is tasked with a career-defining accomplishment: completing The Great Passage, a comprehensive 2,900-page tome of the Japanese language. On his journey, Majime discovers friendship, romance, and an incredible dedication to his work, inspired by the words that connect us all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-good-things-by-clare-fisher--65202980https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Good Things Author: Clare Fisher Narrator: Emily Atack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 1, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of All the Good Things by Clare Fisher, read by Emily Atack. Twenty-one year old Beth is in prison. The thing she did is so bad she doesn't deserve ever to feel good again. But her counsellor, Erika, won't give up on her. She asks Beth to make a list of all the good things in her life. So Beth starts to write down her story, from sharing silences with Foster Dad No. 1, to flirting in the Odeon on Orange Wednesdays, to the very first time she sniffed her baby's head. But at the end of her story, Beth must confront the bad thing. What is the truth hiding behind her crime? And does anyone - even a 100% bad person - deserve a chance to be good? All the Good Things is a story about redemption and hope for fans of Nathan Filer, Stephen Kelman and Emma Healey Praise for All the Good Things Heartfelt, heartbreaking, and genuinely joyous (Francis Spufford, author of 'Golden Hill') Compassionate and beautifully written (Carys Bray, author of 'The Museum of You') I raced through this beautiful novel, which oscillates between pain and hope, anger and joy. An important novel which celebrates the fact that good things exist inside every person, no matter how ignored or hidden. (Sarah Butler, author of 'Ten Things I've Learned About Love' and 'Before the Fire') A heartbreaking, vital and seamless insight into a life that might otherwise be ignored or judged. The voice of Bethany is perfect - compelling, whip-smart and deeply affecting. (Emma Jane Unsworth, author of 'Animals') If I could have given this book six stars I could. . So beautifully written and so insightful (5* Goodreads review) In this profoundly moving but surprisingly funny debut novel, Clare Fisher has given voice to people on the fringes of society, people with a story like any of us (5* Netgalley review) This empathetic beautiful story will have you bawling your eyes out (5* Goodreads review) 'All The Good Things' is a well written and heartbreaking novel (5* Goodreads review) Utterly riveting, cunningly written and bursting full of character (4* Netgalley review) This really is a wonderful debut... a beautiful story about social exclusion, the vulnerability of women and girls, and the unfortunate ones who fall through the cracks (4* Goodreads review) [This] novel will challenge preconceptions about the kind of people who end up in care; the kind of people who end up in prison; the kind of people who do terrible things (4* Goodreads review)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293993Thu, 01 Jun 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Good Things Author: Clare Fisher Narrator: Emily Atack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 1, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293993 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Good Things Author: Clare Fisher Narrator: Emily Atack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 14 minutes Release date: June 1, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of All the Good Things by Clare Fisher, read by Emily Atack. Twenty-one year old Beth is in prison. The thing she did is so bad she doesn't deserve ever to feel good again. But her counsellor, Erika, won't give up on her. She asks Beth to make a list of all the good things in her life. So Beth starts to write down her story, from sharing silences with Foster Dad No. 1, to flirting in the Odeon on Orange Wednesdays, to the very first time she sniffed her baby's head. But at the end of her story, Beth must confront the bad thing. What is the truth hiding behind her crime? And does anyone - even a 100% bad person - deserve a chance to be good? All the Good Things is a story about redemption and hope for fans of Nathan Filer, Stephen Kelman and Emma Healey Praise for All the Good Things Heartfelt, heartbreaking, and genuinely joyous (Francis Spufford, author of 'Golden Hill') Compassionate and beautifully written (Carys Bray, author of 'The Museum of You') I raced through this beautiful novel, which oscillates between pain and hope, anger and joy. An important novel which celebrates the fact that good things exist inside every person, no matter how ignored or hidden. (Sarah Butler, author of 'Ten Things I've Learned About Love' and 'Before the Fire') A heartbreaking, vital and seamless insight into a life that might otherwise be ignored or judged. The voice of Bethany is perfect - compelling, whip-smart and deeply affecting. (Emma Jane Unsworth, author of 'Animals') If I could have given this book six stars I could. . So beautifully written and so insightful (5* Goodreads review) In this profoundly moving but surprisingly funny debut novel, Clare Fisher has given voice to people on the fringes of society, people with a story like any of us (5* Netgalley review) This empathetic beautiful story will have you bawling your eyes out (5* Goodreads review) 'All The Good Things' is a well written and heartbreaking novel (5* Goodreads review) Utterly riveting, cunningly written and bursting full of character (4* Netgalley review) This really is a wonderful debut... a beautiful story about social exclusion, the vulnerability of women and girls, and the unfortunate ones who fall through the cracks (4* Goodreads review) [This] novel will challenge preconceptions about the kind of people who end up in care; the kind of people who end up in prison; the kind of people who do terrible things (4* Goodreads review)]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/once-in-lourdes-a-novel-by-sharon-solwitz--65203042https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once, in Lourdes: A Novel Author: Sharon Solwitz Narrator: Phoebe Strole Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 30, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the turbulent summer of 1968, four high school friends make a pact that will change their lives forever. As the Vietnam War rages overseas, four friends make a vow. For the next two weeks, they will live for each other and for each day. Then, at the end of the two weeks, they will sacrifice themselves on the altar of their friendship. Loyal Kay, our narrator, dreams of being an artist and escaping her stifling family—the stepmother and stepsister she gained after her mother’s early death, and the father she no longer feels she knows. As she struggles with her weight, her schoolwork, and her longing for her mother, she feels loyalty only to her three friends, determined to keep their group together at any cost. Brilliant, charismatic CJ appears to have everything—though even those closest to him can’t see him as he really is. Steady, quiet Saint wants to do right by everyone, trying not to let his emotions destroy himself and those around him. And beautiful Vera’s family secrets are too dark to share, even with her closest friends; caught in a web of family dysfunction, she can only hope the others won’t get tangled up in the danger she senses around her. In the two-week span in which the novel takes place, during the summer before their senior year of high school, the lives of Kay, CJ, Saint, and Vera will change beyond their expectations, and what they gain and lose will determine the novel’s outcome. Once, in Lourdes is a gripping, haunting novel about the power of teenage bonds, the story of four young people who will win your heart and transport you back to your own high school years. As the heady 1960s shift the ground beneath their feet, all of them must face who they are—and who they want to be.  Praise for Once, in Lourdes “After writing a spate of short stories, [Sharon Solwitz] returns to the longer form with a ravishing sense of place . . . and a heightened, almost surreal, feel for how intense emotions alter our perception of the world, especially in youth. Solwitz’s surging, many-threaded, complexly insightful tale dramatizes not only personal crises, but also the violence of the infamous 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. Timely and timeless.”—Booklist (starred review) “What makes Once, in Lourdes such a moving read is how deeply and finely Sharon Solwitz has observed and portrayed her characters. They are recognizable teenagers with recognizable desires and miseries and hardships, but they are so well rendered in their particulars that we follow them less and less as familiar types and more and more as the actual friends with whom we attempt to struggle through this part of life, making promises and pacts, breaking and keeping them, living and dying by them.”—Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Tinkers and Enon “This is a story that reads achingly true to young angst, then, now, and always. It’s an achievement of remarkable empathy—and gorgeous prose.”—Janet Burroway, author of Raw Silk and Writing Fiction “Sharon Solwitz has an ear so attuned to teen speech, teen humor, and, finally and most convincingly, teen angst that her novel crackles with urgency. She follows the rise and fall of adolescent moods, patient with their extremes and sympathetic to the neediness her characters struggle to hide. Once, in Lourdes will make you think you’re eavesdropping on what you’re not supposed to hear.”—Rosellen Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Before and After]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291749Tue, 30 May 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once, in Lourdes: A Novel Author: Sharon Solwitz Narrator: Phoebe Strole Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291749 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once, in Lourdes: A Novel Author: Sharon Solwitz Narrator: Phoebe Strole Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 30, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the turbulent summer of 1968, four high school friends make a pact that will change their lives forever. As the Vietnam War rages overseas, four friends make a vow. For the next two weeks, they will live for each other and for each day. Then, at the end of the two weeks, they will sacrifice themselves on the altar of their friendship. Loyal Kay, our narrator, dreams of being an artist and escaping her stifling family—the stepmother and stepsister she gained after her mother’s early death, and the father she no longer feels she knows. As she struggles with her weight, her schoolwork, and her longing for her mother, she feels loyalty only to her three friends, determined to keep their group together at any cost. Brilliant, charismatic CJ appears to have everything—though even those closest to him can’t see him as he really is. Steady, quiet Saint wants to do right by everyone, trying not to let his emotions destroy himself and those around him. And beautiful Vera’s family secrets are too dark to share, even with her closest friends; caught in a web of family dysfunction, she can only hope the others won’t get tangled up in the danger she senses around her. In the two-week span in which the novel takes place, during the summer before their senior year of high school, the lives of Kay, CJ, Saint, and Vera will change beyond their expectations, and what they gain and lose will determine the novel’s outcome. Once, in Lourdes is a gripping, haunting novel about the power of teenage bonds, the story of four young people who will win your heart and transport you back to your own high school years. As the heady 1960s shift the ground beneath their feet, all of them must face who they are—and who they want to be.  Praise for Once, in Lourdes “After writing a spate of short stories, [Sharon Solwitz] returns to the longer form with a ravishing sense of place . . . and a heightened, almost surreal, feel for how intense emotions alter our perception of the world, especially in youth. Solwitz’s surging, many-threaded, complexly insightful tale dramatizes not only personal crises, but also the violence of the infamous 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. Timely and timeless.”—Booklist (starred review) “What makes Once, in Lourdes such a moving read is how deeply and finely Sharon Solwitz has observed and portrayed her characters. They are recognizable teenagers with recognizable desires and miseries and hardships, but they are so well rendered in their particulars that we follow them less and less as familiar types and more and more as the actual friends with whom we attempt to struggle through this part of life, making promises and pacts, breaking and keeping them, living and dying by them.”—Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Tinkers and Enon “This is a story that reads achingly true to young angst, then, now, and always. It’s an achievement of remarkable empathy—and gorgeous prose.”—Janet Burroway, author of Raw Silk and Writing Fiction “Sharon Solwitz has an ear so attuned to teen speech, teen humor, and, finally and most convincingly, teen angst that her novel crackles with urgency. She follows the rise and fall of adolescent moods, patient with their extremes and sympathetic to the neediness her characters struggle to hide. Once, in Lourdes will make you think you’re eavesdropping on what you’re not supposed to hear.”—Rosellen Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Before and After]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/allie-and-bea-a-novel-by-catherine-ryan-hyde--65202990https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Allie and Bea: A Novel Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Lauren Ezzo, Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.45 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts bestseller. Humor and heart move the fast-paced journey of an unlikely pair coming together to form a family of their own in this touching story from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. Bea has barely been scraping by since her husband died. After falling for a telephone scam, she loses everything and is forced to abandon her trailer. With only two-thirds of a tank in her old van, she heads toward the Pacific Ocean with her cat—on a mission to reclaim what’s rightfully hers, even if it means making others pay for what she lost. When fifteen-year-old Allie’s parents are jailed for tax fraud, she’s sent to a group home. But when her life is threatened by another resident, she knows she has to get out. She escapes only to find she has nowhere to go—until fate throws Allie in Bea’s path. Reluctant to trust each other, much less become friends, the two warily make their way up the Pacific Coast. Yet as their hearts open to friendship and love from the strangers they meet on their journey, they find the courage to forge their own unique family—and begin to see an imperfect world with new eyes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285156Tue, 23 May 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Allie and Bea: A Novel Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Lauren Ezzo, Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285156 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Allie and Bea: A Novel Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Lauren Ezzo, Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.45 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An Amazon Charts bestseller. Humor and heart move the fast-paced journey of an unlikely pair coming together to form a family of their own in this touching story from New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde. Bea has barely been scraping by since her husband died. After falling for a telephone scam, she loses everything and is forced to abandon her trailer. With only two-thirds of a tank in her old van, she heads toward the Pacific Ocean with her cat—on a mission to reclaim what’s rightfully hers, even if it means making others pay for what she lost. When fifteen-year-old Allie’s parents are jailed for tax fraud, she’s sent to a group home. But when her life is threatened by another resident, she knows she has to get out. She escapes only to find she has nowhere to go—until fate throws Allie in Bea’s path. Reluctant to trust each other, much less become friends, the two warily make their way up the Pacific Coast. Yet as their hearts open to friendship and love from the strangers they meet on their journey, they find the courage to forge their own unique family—and begin to see an imperfect world with new eyes.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-good-country-a-novel-by-laleh-khadivi--65202963https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Good Country: A Novel Author: Laleh Khadivi Narrator: Assaf Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A timely novel about the radicalization of a Muslim teen in California—about where identity truly lies, and how we find it Laguna Beach, California, 2010. Reza Courdee, a fourteen-year-old straight-A student and chemistry whiz, takes his first hit of pot. In as long as it takes to inhale and exhale, he is transformed from the high-achieving son of Iranian immigrants into a happy-go-lucky stoner. He loses his virginity, takes up surfing, and sneaks away to all-night raves. For the first time, Reza—now Rez—feels like an American teen. Life is smooth; even lying to his strict parents comes easily. But then he changes again, falling out with the bad boy surfers and in with a group of kids more awake to the world around them, who share his background, and whose ideas fill him with a very different sense of purpose. Within a year, Reza and his girlfriend are making their way to Syria to be part of a Muslim nation rising from the ashes of the civil war. Timely, nuanced, and emotionally forceful, A Good Country is a gorgeous meditation on modern life, religious radicalization, and a young man caught among vastly different worlds. What we are left with at the dramatic end is not an assessment of good or evil, east versus west, but a lingering question that applies to all modern souls: Do we decide how to live, or is our life decided for us?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293547Tue, 23 May 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Good Country: A Novel Author: Laleh Khadivi Narrator: Assaf Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293547 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Good Country: A Novel Author: Laleh Khadivi Narrator: Assaf Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: May 23, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A timely novel about the radicalization of a Muslim teen in California—about where identity truly lies, and how we find it Laguna Beach, California, 2010. Reza Courdee, a fourteen-year-old straight-A student and chemistry whiz, takes his first hit of pot. In as long as it takes to inhale and exhale, he is transformed from the high-achieving son of Iranian immigrants into a happy-go-lucky stoner. He loses his virginity, takes up surfing, and sneaks away to all-night raves. For the first time, Reza—now Rez—feels like an American teen. Life is smooth; even lying to his strict parents comes easily. But then he changes again, falling out with the bad boy surfers and in with a group of kids more awake to the world around them, who share his background, and whose ideas fill him with a very different sense of purpose. Within a year, Reza and his girlfriend are making their way to Syria to be part of a Muslim nation rising from the ashes of the civil war. Timely, nuanced, and emotionally forceful, A Good Country is a gorgeous meditation on modern life, religious radicalization, and a young man caught among vastly different worlds. What we are left with at the dramatic end is not an assessment of good or evil, east versus west, but a lingering question that applies to all modern souls: Do we decide how to live, or is our life decided for us?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine-by-gail-honeyman--65202967https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307243 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Author: Gail Honeyman Narrator: Cathleen McCarron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 542 Ratings of Narrator: 4.66 of Total 175 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: • Winner of the Costa First Novel Award • No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and No.1 New York Times bestseller • One of the Sunday Times' 100 bestselling books of the past 50 years • Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon ‘Funny, touching and unpredictable’ Jojo Moyes Winner of the Audie award for Best Fiction Audiobook 2018 Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive – but not how to live Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything. One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted – while searching for the courage to face the dark corners she’s avoided all her life. Change can be good. Change can be bad. But surely any change is better than… fine? ‘Heartwrenching and wonderful’ Nina Stibbe ‘Deft, compassionate and moving’ Paula McLain ‘I adored it. Skilled, perceptive, Eleanor's world will feel familiar to you from the very first page. An outstanding debut!’ Joanna Cannon]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307243Thu, 18 May 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307243 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Author: Gail Honeyman Narrator: Cathleen McCarron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307243 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Author: Gail Honeyman Narrator: Cathleen McCarron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 542 Ratings of Narrator: 4.66 of Total 175 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: • Winner of the Costa First Novel Award • No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and No.1 New York Times bestseller • One of the Sunday Times' 100 bestselling books of the past 50 years • Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon ‘Funny, touching and unpredictable’ Jojo Moyes Winner of the Audie award for Best Fiction Audiobook 2018 Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive – but not how to live Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything. One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted – while searching for the courage to face the dark corners she’s avoided all her life. Change can be good. Change can be bad. But surely any change is better than… fine? ‘Heartwrenching and wonderful’ Nina Stibbe ‘Deft, compassionate and moving’ Paula McLain ‘I adored it. Skilled, perceptive, Eleanor's world will feel familiar to you from the very first page. An outstanding debut!’ Joanna Cannon]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-love-by-dani-atkins--65202881https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Love Author: Dani Atkins Narrator: Sarah Feathers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: *** Winner of the RNA Award 2018 *** 'Dani Atkins is the undisputed queen of fiction that packs a huge emotional punch, and this captivating story is another outstanding example' - heat Sophie stopped believing in happy endings a long time ago, but could this love change all of that?   Sophie Winter lives in a self-imposed cocoon - she's a single, 31-year-old translator who works from home in her one-bedroom flat. This isn’t really the life she dreamed of, but then Sophie stopped believing in dreams when she was a teenager and tragedy struck her family.   So, to be safe, she keeps everyone at arm’s length. Sophie understands she has a problem, but recognising it and knowing how to fix it are two entirely different things. One night a serious fire breaks out in the flat below hers. Sophie is trapped in the burning building until a passer-by, Ben, sees her and rescues her.   Suddenly her cocoon is shattered - what will be the consequences of this second life-changing event?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332906Thu, 18 May 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Love Author: Dani Atkins Narrator: Sarah Feathers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332906 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Love Author: Dani Atkins Narrator: Sarah Feathers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: *** Winner of the RNA Award 2018 *** 'Dani Atkins is the undisputed queen of fiction that packs a huge emotional punch, and this captivating story is another outstanding example' - heat Sophie stopped believing in happy endings a long time ago, but could this love change all of that?   Sophie Winter lives in a self-imposed cocoon - she's a single, 31-year-old translator who works from home in her one-bedroom flat. This isn’t really the life she dreamed of, but then Sophie stopped believing in dreams when she was a teenager and tragedy struck her family.   So, to be safe, she keeps everyone at arm’s length. Sophie understands she has a problem, but recognising it and knowing how to fix it are two entirely different things. One night a serious fire breaks out in the flat below hers. Sophie is trapped in the burning building until a passer-by, Ben, sees her and rescues her.   Suddenly her cocoon is shattered - what will be the consequences of this second life-changing event?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/camino-beach-by-amanda-callendrier--65203004https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Camino Beach Author: Amanda Callendrier Narrator: Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this poignant debut loaded with humor, heartbreak, and Southern charm, old friends road-trip their way to solving a mystery and righting a long-ago wrong. Sarah Martin had every intention of skipping her high school reunion. Once a popular girl and valedictorian, she’s now pushing forty, divorced, and running a small bookstore in Nashville—not exactly an impressive life. But Sarah’s best friend, Kristen, won’t take no for an answer, and she won’t let them return to Briley High without Roxanne, the missing third in their senior-high trio. The beautiful and wild Roxanne—who listened to eighties rocker chicks, let anyone kiss her at parties, and dragged Sarah into plenty of trouble—disappeared just weeks before graduation. But Sarah’s not so sure she wants to track her down. She knows Roxanne’s departure was likely because of a betrayal—hers. Along with their pal Jack, Sarah and Kristen embark on a quest in a beat-up old El Camino, once the center of their spring-break dreams, in search of Roxanne. But the road ahead is full of surprises that will force the friends to confront their pasts and consider the paths they’ve chosen—and the ones still waiting to be explored.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291158Tue, 16 May 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Camino Beach Author: Amanda Callendrier Narrator: Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291158 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Camino Beach Author: Amanda Callendrier Narrator: Amanda Ronconi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this poignant debut loaded with humor, heartbreak, and Southern charm, old friends road-trip their way to solving a mystery and righting a long-ago wrong. Sarah Martin had every intention of skipping her high school reunion. Once a popular girl and valedictorian, she’s now pushing forty, divorced, and running a small bookstore in Nashville—not exactly an impressive life. But Sarah’s best friend, Kristen, won’t take no for an answer, and she won’t let them return to Briley High without Roxanne, the missing third in their senior-high trio. The beautiful and wild Roxanne—who listened to eighties rocker chicks, let anyone kiss her at parties, and dragged Sarah into plenty of trouble—disappeared just weeks before graduation. But Sarah’s not so sure she wants to track her down. She knows Roxanne’s departure was likely because of a betrayal—hers. Along with their pal Jack, Sarah and Kristen embark on a quest in a beat-up old El Camino, once the center of their spring-break dreams, in search of Roxanne. But the road ahead is full of surprises that will force the friends to confront their pasts and consider the paths they’ve chosen—and the ones still waiting to be explored.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sycamore-a-novel-by-bryn-chancellor--65203032https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sycamore: A Novel Author: Bryn Chancellor Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen, Teri Schnaubelt, Sara Morsey, Xe Sands, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “In this masterful performance, Bryn Chancellor explores the loss around which an entire community has calcified with humanity and wisdom. Chancellor digs deep in these pages, unearthing broken hearts, secrets, betrayals, passion and—most impressively—grace. What a joy to find a book that is both propulsive and perfectly composed.”—Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of The Nest An award-winning writer makes her debut with this mesmerizing must-listen in the spirit of Everything I Never Told You and Olive Kitteridge. Out for a hike one scorching afternoon in Sycamore, Arizona, a newcomer to town stumbles across what appear to be human remains embedded in the wall of a dry desert ravine. As news of the discovery makes its way around town, Sycamore’s longtime residents fear the bones may belong to Jess Winters, the teenage girl who disappeared suddenly some eighteen years earlier, an unsolved mystery that has soaked into the porous rock of the town and haunted it ever since. In the days it takes the authorities to make an identification, the residents rekindle stories, rumors, and recollections both painful and poignant as they revisit Jess’s troubled history. In resurrecting the past, the people of Sycamore will find clarity, unexpected possibility, and a way forward for their lives. Skillfully interweaving multiple points of view, Bryn Chancellor knowingly maps the bloodlines of a community and the indelible characters at its heart—most notably Jess Winters, a thoughtful, promising adolescent poised on the threshold of adulthood. Evocative and atmospheric, Sycamore is a coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a moving exploration of the elemental forces that drive human nature—desire, loneliness, grief, love, forgiveness, and hope—as witnessed through the inhabitants of one small Arizona town.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291182Tue, 09 May 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sycamore: A Novel Author: Bryn Chancellor Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen, Teri Schnaubelt, Sara Morsey, Xe Sands, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sycamore: A Novel Author: Bryn Chancellor Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen, Teri Schnaubelt, Sara Morsey, Xe Sands, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 53 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “In this masterful performance, Bryn Chancellor explores the loss around which an entire community has calcified with humanity and wisdom. Chancellor digs deep in these pages, unearthing broken hearts, secrets, betrayals, passion and—most impressively—grace. What a joy to find a book that is both propulsive and perfectly composed.”—Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of The Nest An award-winning writer makes her debut with this mesmerizing must-listen in the spirit of Everything I Never Told You and Olive Kitteridge. Out for a hike one scorching afternoon in Sycamore, Arizona, a newcomer to town stumbles across what appear to be human remains embedded in the wall of a dry desert ravine. As news of the discovery makes its way around town, Sycamore’s longtime residents fear the bones may belong to Jess Winters, the teenage girl who disappeared suddenly some eighteen years earlier, an unsolved mystery that has soaked into the porous rock of the town and haunted it ever since. In the days it takes the authorities to make an identification, the residents rekindle stories, rumors, and recollections both painful and poignant as they revisit Jess’s troubled history. In resurrecting the past, the people of Sycamore will find clarity, unexpected possibility, and a way forward for their lives. Skillfully interweaving multiple points of view, Bryn Chancellor knowingly maps the bloodlines of a community and the indelible characters at its heart—most notably Jess Winters, a thoughtful, promising adolescent poised on the threshold of adulthood. Evocative and atmospheric, Sycamore is a coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a moving exploration of the elemental forces that drive human nature—desire, loneliness, grief, love, forgiveness, and hope—as witnessed through the inhabitants of one small Arizona town.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fake-plastic-love-a-novel-by-kimberley-tait--65203011https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fake Plastic Love: A Novel Author: Kimberley Tait Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 1 minute Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Prepare yourself for a daring, unsparing takedown of millennial Manhattan, trick by glossy trick.” —Beatriz Williams We are a bifurcated generation, the Romantics versus the Realists: those who prefer transistor radios to Bose sound systems, scuffed ocean liner trunks to gleaming Rimowa hard shells, fountain pens to BlackBerry keyboards, restored old roadsters to eco-friendly hybrids, the unsmudgeable guarantee of old illusions to present-life ones, tinny and certain to disappoint. When M. meets Belle at Dartmouth, they become the unlikeliest best friends. Belle is an unapologetic Romantic famous on campus for her bright red accessories and hundred-watt smile, while M. is a tomboyish Realist who insists she’ll always prefer her signet ring to any diamond. Despite their differences, they are drawn together, and after graduation they both move to New York with all the unfounded confidence of twenty-two. M. secures a job at the city’s most prestigious investment bank, and Belle turns her nostalgic aesthetic into one of the first lifestyle blogs, which quickly goes viral. Their future is spread before them, a glittering tableau of vintage cocktails, password-guarded parties, and high-octane ambition. But as they are pulled deeper into their new lives, and into the charming orbit of their Gatsby-esque new friend, Jeremy, style and substance—and dreams and reality—increasingly blur. In this fake plastic world, what do success and love and happiness even look like? Dazzling, whimsical, and full of yearning, Fake Plastic Love is the transporting story of bright young things tested by the unsentimental realities of post-graduate life. Tipping its hat to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kimberley Tait’s gorgeous, incisive debut is a portrait of millennial Manhattan—equal parts nostalgia and modernity—that explores the timeless question: You will be a grand total of what you spend your time doing, so what do you want to add up to?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292738Tue, 09 May 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fake Plastic Love: A Novel Author: Kimberley Tait Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 1 minute Release date: May 9,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fake Plastic Love: A Novel Author: Kimberley Tait Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 1 minute Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Prepare yourself for a daring, unsparing takedown of millennial Manhattan, trick by glossy trick.” —Beatriz Williams We are a bifurcated generation, the Romantics versus the Realists: those who prefer transistor radios to Bose sound systems, scuffed ocean liner trunks to gleaming Rimowa hard shells, fountain pens to BlackBerry keyboards, restored old roadsters to eco-friendly hybrids, the unsmudgeable guarantee of old illusions to present-life ones, tinny and certain to disappoint. When M. meets Belle at Dartmouth, they become the unlikeliest best friends. Belle is an unapologetic Romantic famous on campus for her bright red accessories and hundred-watt smile, while M. is a tomboyish Realist who insists she’ll always prefer her signet ring to any diamond. Despite their differences, they are drawn together, and after graduation they both move to New York with all the unfounded confidence of twenty-two. M. secures a job at the city’s most prestigious investment bank, and Belle turns her nostalgic aesthetic into one of the first lifestyle blogs, which quickly goes viral. Their future is spread before them, a glittering tableau of vintage cocktails, password-guarded parties, and high-octane ambition. But as they are pulled deeper into their new lives, and into the charming orbit of their Gatsby-esque new friend, Jeremy, style and substance—and dreams and reality—increasingly blur. In this fake plastic world, what do success and love and happiness even look like? Dazzling, whimsical, and full of yearning, Fake Plastic Love is the transporting story of bright young things tested by the unsentimental realities of post-graduate life. Tipping its hat to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kimberley Tait’s gorgeous, incisive debut is a portrait of millennial Manhattan—equal parts nostalgia and modernity—that explores the timeless question: You will be a grand total of what you spend your time doing, so what do you want to add up to?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-leavers-a-novel-by-lisa-ko--65203017https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Leavers: A Novel Author: Lisa Ko Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.58 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. They rename him Daniel Wilkinson in their efforts to make him over into their version of an 'all-American boy.' But far away from all he’s ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his new life with his mother’s disappearance and the memories of the family and community he left behind. Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid and moving examination of borders and belonging. It's the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he's loved has been taken away—and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of her past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309895Tue, 02 May 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Leavers: A Novel Author: Lisa Ko Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Leavers: A Novel Author: Lisa Ko Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.58 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. They rename him Daniel Wilkinson in their efforts to make him over into their version of an 'all-American boy.' But far away from all he’s ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his new life with his mother’s disappearance and the memories of the family and community he left behind. Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid and moving examination of borders and belonging. It's the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he's loved has been taken away—and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of her past.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-sister-and-other-liars-by-ruth-dugdall--65203035https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Sister And Other Liars Author: Ruth Dugdall Narrator: Henrietta Meire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 1, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sam is seventeen, starving herself and longing for oblivion. Her sister, Jena, is mentally scarred and desperate to remember. Between them, they share secrets too terrible to recall. Eighteen months earlier, Sam was still full of hope: hope that she could piece together Jena's fragmented memory after the vicious attack that changed their family forever. But digging into the past unearthed long-hidden lies and betrayals, and left Sam feeling helpless and alone in a world designed to deceive her. Now, in a last bid to save her from self-imposed shutdown, Sam's therapist is helping her confront her memories. But the road to recovery is a dangerous one. Because Sam has not only been lying to her doctors: she's been hiding dark secrets from herself.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285007Mon, 01 May 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Sister And Other Liars Author: Ruth Dugdall Narrator: Henrietta Meire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285007 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Sister And Other Liars Author: Ruth Dugdall Narrator: Henrietta Meire Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 1, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Sam is seventeen, starving herself and longing for oblivion. Her sister, Jena, is mentally scarred and desperate to remember. Between them, they share secrets too terrible to recall. Eighteen months earlier, Sam was still full of hope: hope that she could piece together Jena's fragmented memory after the vicious attack that changed their family forever. But digging into the past unearthed long-hidden lies and betrayals, and left Sam feeling helpless and alone in a world designed to deceive her. Now, in a last bid to save her from self-imposed shutdown, Sam's therapist is helping her confront her memories. But the road to recovery is a dangerous one. Because Sam has not only been lying to her doctors: she's been hiding dark secrets from herself.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/startup-a-novel-by-doree-shafrir--65202977https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Startup: A Novel Author: Doree Shafrir Narrator: Eliana Marianes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From veteran online journalist and BuzzFeed writer Doree Shafrir comes a hilarious debut novel that proves there are some dilemmas that no app can solve. Mack McAllister has a $600 million dollar idea. His mindfulness app, TakeOff, is already the hottest thing in tech and he's about to launch a new and improved version that promises to bring investors running and may turn his brainchild into a $1 billion dollar business -- in startup parlance, an elusive unicorn. Katya Pasternack is hungry for a scoop that will drive traffic. An ambitious young journalist at a gossipy tech blog, Katya knows that she needs more than another PR friendly puff piece to make her the go-to byline for industry news. Sabrina Choe Blum just wants to stay afloat. The exhausted mother of two and failed creative writer is trying to escape from her credit card debt and an inattentive husband-who also happens to be Katya's boss-as she rejoins a work force that has gotten younger, hipper, and much more computer literate since she's been away. Before the ink on Mack's latest round of funding is dry, an errant text message hints that he may be working a bit too closely for comfort with a young social media manager in his office. When Mack's bad behavior collides with Katya's search for a salacious post, Sabrina gets caught in the middle as TakeOff goes viral for all the wrong reasons. As the fallout from Mack's scandal engulfs the lower Manhattan office building where all three work, it's up to Katya and Sabrina to write the story the men in their lives would prefer remain untold. An assured, observant debut from the veteran online journalist Doree Shafrir, Startup is a sharp, hugely entertaining story of youth, ambition, love, money and technology's inability to hack human nature. 'A biting and astute debut novel [with] many delights.'-Lara Vapnyar, New York Times Book Review]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290355Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Startup: A Novel Author: Doree Shafrir Narrator: Eliana Marianes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290355 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Startup: A Novel Author: Doree Shafrir Narrator: Eliana Marianes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From veteran online journalist and BuzzFeed writer Doree Shafrir comes a hilarious debut novel that proves there are some dilemmas that no app can solve. Mack McAllister has a $600 million dollar idea. His mindfulness app, TakeOff, is already the hottest thing in tech and he's about to launch a new and improved version that promises to bring investors running and may turn his brainchild into a $1 billion dollar business -- in startup parlance, an elusive unicorn. Katya Pasternack is hungry for a scoop that will drive traffic. An ambitious young journalist at a gossipy tech blog, Katya knows that she needs more than another PR friendly puff piece to make her the go-to byline for industry news. Sabrina Choe Blum just wants to stay afloat. The exhausted mother of two and failed creative writer is trying to escape from her credit card debt and an inattentive husband-who also happens to be Katya's boss-as she rejoins a work force that has gotten younger, hipper, and much more computer literate since she's been away. Before the ink on Mack's latest round of funding is dry, an errant text message hints that he may be working a bit too closely for comfort with a young social media manager in his office. When Mack's bad behavior collides with Katya's search for a salacious post, Sabrina gets caught in the middle as TakeOff goes viral for all the wrong reasons. As the fallout from Mack's scandal engulfs the lower Manhattan office building where all three work, it's up to Katya and Sabrina to write the story the men in their lives would prefer remain untold. An assured, observant debut from the veteran online journalist Doree Shafrir, Startup is a sharp, hugely entertaining story of youth, ambition, love, money and technology's inability to hack human nature. 'A biting and astute debut novel [with] many delights.'-Lara Vapnyar, New York Times Book Review]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/burntown-a-novel-by-jennifer-mcmahon--65202962https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burntown: A Novel Author: Jennifer McMahon Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: On the surface, Ashford, Vermont, seems like a quaint New England college town, but to those who live among the shadowy remains of its abandoned mills and factories, and beneath its towering steel bridges, it's known as Burntown.  Eva Sandeski, who goes by the name Necco on the street, has been a part of Burntown's underworld for years, ever since the night her father, Miles, drowned in a flood that left her and her mother, Lily, homeless. A respected professor, Miles was also an inventor of fantastic machines, including one so secret that the plans were said to have been stolen from Thomas Edison's workshop. According to Lily, this machine got Miles murdered. Necco has always written off this claim as the fevered imaginings of a woman consumed by grief. But when Lily also dies under mysterious circumstances, and Necco's boyfriend is murdered, she's convinced her mother was telling the truth. Now, on the run from a man called Snake Eyes, Necco must rely on other Burntown outsiders to survive.  As the lives of these misfits intersect, and as the killer from the Sandeski family's past draws ever closer, a story of edge-of-your-seat suspense begins to unfurl with classic Jennifer McMahon twists and turns.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289365Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burntown: A Novel Author: Jennifer McMahon Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Burntown: A Novel Author: Jennifer McMahon Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: On the surface, Ashford, Vermont, seems like a quaint New England college town, but to those who live among the shadowy remains of its abandoned mills and factories, and beneath its towering steel bridges, it's known as Burntown.  Eva Sandeski, who goes by the name Necco on the street, has been a part of Burntown's underworld for years, ever since the night her father, Miles, drowned in a flood that left her and her mother, Lily, homeless. A respected professor, Miles was also an inventor of fantastic machines, including one so secret that the plans were said to have been stolen from Thomas Edison's workshop. According to Lily, this machine got Miles murdered. Necco has always written off this claim as the fevered imaginings of a woman consumed by grief. But when Lily also dies under mysterious circumstances, and Necco's boyfriend is murdered, she's convinced her mother was telling the truth. Now, on the run from a man called Snake Eyes, Necco must rely on other Burntown outsiders to survive.  As the lives of these misfits intersect, and as the killer from the Sandeski family's past draws ever closer, a story of edge-of-your-seat suspense begins to unfurl with classic Jennifer McMahon twists and turns.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-night-she-won-miss-america-a-novel-by-michael-callahan--65202930https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Night She Won Miss America: A Novel Author: Michael Callahan Narrator: Daniela Acitelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Betty Jane Welch reluctantly enters the Miss Delaware contest to make her mother happy and, surprisingly, finds herself to be the judges' choice. Just like that, she's catapulted into the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. Her pageant-approved escort for the week is the dashing, mercurial Griffin McAllister, and she falls for him hard. But when she unexpectedly wins the crown, she finds she may lose what she wants most: Griff. In order to protect his darkest secret, Griff must run, so Betty recklessly agrees to run, too. With the cops and a scrappy reporter in pursuit, the chase begins, taking them from the carnival of the Boardwalk to the streets of Manhattan and a cliffside mansion in Newport, and it threatens to unravel everything.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291504Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Night She Won Miss America: A Novel Author: Michael Callahan Narrator: Daniela Acitelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291504 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Night She Won Miss America: A Novel Author: Michael Callahan Narrator: Daniela Acitelli Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Betty Jane Welch reluctantly enters the Miss Delaware contest to make her mother happy and, surprisingly, finds herself to be the judges' choice. Just like that, she's catapulted into the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City. Her pageant-approved escort for the week is the dashing, mercurial Griffin McAllister, and she falls for him hard. But when she unexpectedly wins the crown, she finds she may lose what she wants most: Griff. In order to protect his darkest secret, Griff must run, so Betty recklessly agrees to run, too. With the cops and a scrappy reporter in pursuit, the chase begins, taking them from the carnival of the Boardwalk to the streets of Manhattan and a cliffside mansion in Newport, and it threatens to unravel everything.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gray-house-by-mariam-petrosyan--65202917https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gray House Author: Mariam Petrosyan Narrator: Scott Merriman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 36 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “The Gray House is enigmatic and fantastical, comic and postmodern…Rowling meets Rushdie via Tartt…Nothing short of life-changing.” —The Guardian The Gray House is an astounding tale of how what others understand as liabilities can be leveraged into strengths. Bound to wheelchairs and dependent on prosthetic limbs, the physically disabled students living in the House are overlooked by the Outsides. Not that it matters to anyone living in the House, a hulking old structure that its residents know is alive. From the corridors and crawl spaces to the classrooms and dorms, the House is full of tribes, tinctures, scared teachers, and laws—all seen and understood through a prismatic array of teenagers’ eyes. But student deaths and mounting pressure from the Outsides put the time-defying order of the House in danger. As the tribe leaders struggle to maintain power, they defer to the awesome power of the House, attempting to make it through days and nights that pass in ways that clocks and watches cannot record. A Read Russia Prize Finalist.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292132Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gray House Author: Mariam Petrosyan Narrator: Scott Merriman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 36 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/292132 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gray House Author: Mariam Petrosyan Narrator: Scott Merriman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 36 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “The Gray House is enigmatic and fantastical, comic and postmodern…Rowling meets Rushdie via Tartt…Nothing short of life-changing.” —The Guardian The Gray House is an astounding tale of how what others understand as liabilities can be leveraged into strengths. Bound to wheelchairs and dependent on prosthetic limbs, the physically disabled students living in the House are overlooked by the Outsides. Not that it matters to anyone living in the House, a hulking old structure that its residents know is alive. From the corridors and crawl spaces to the classrooms and dorms, the House is full of tribes, tinctures, scared teachers, and laws—all seen and understood through a prismatic array of teenagers’ eyes. But student deaths and mounting pressure from the Outsides put the time-defying order of the House in danger. As the tribe leaders struggle to maintain power, they defer to the awesome power of the House, attempting to make it through days and nights that pass in ways that clocks and watches cannot record. A Read Russia Prize Finalist.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-endless-summer-by-laurie-ellingham--65202913https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Endless Summer Author: Laurie Ellingham Narrator: Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 20, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Speechless at just how breathtaking this book really is.’ Rachel Gilbey Three best friends. Three continents. Three months to live. How long can you keep a secret? Three best friends are embarking on an all-expenses paid trip of their dreams. The only catch? Every moment will be documented on film. Lizzie is finally ready to embrace adventure for the very first time. It’s their last three months together, but it is Lizzie’s time to finally start living! Jaddi is known for her stunning looks, flirtatious attitude and many conquests. But Jaddi has a secret and on this last trip together she needs to decide whether her best friends will ever know the real her. Samantha has always been the ‘grown up’ of the group, the one with a five year plan. What Lizzie and Jaddi don’t know is that Sam is trapped, and her perfect life isn’t quite what it seems… As they trek across the globe Lizzie, Jaddi and Samantha must come to terms with loss, love and trusting one another. But will it all be too late…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320687Thu, 20 Apr 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Endless Summer Author: Laurie Ellingham Narrator: Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 20,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320687 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Endless Summer Author: Laurie Ellingham Narrator: Stephanie Racine Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 20, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Speechless at just how breathtaking this book really is.’ Rachel Gilbey Three best friends. Three continents. Three months to live. How long can you keep a secret? Three best friends are embarking on an all-expenses paid trip of their dreams. The only catch? Every moment will be documented on film. Lizzie is finally ready to embrace adventure for the very first time. It’s their last three months together, but it is Lizzie’s time to finally start living! Jaddi is known for her stunning looks, flirtatious attitude and many conquests. But Jaddi has a secret and on this last trip together she needs to decide whether her best friends will ever know the real her. Samantha has always been the ‘grown up’ of the group, the one with a five year plan. What Lizzie and Jaddi don’t know is that Sam is trapped, and her perfect life isn’t quite what it seems… As they trek across the globe Lizzie, Jaddi and Samantha must come to terms with loss, love and trusting one another. But will it all be too late…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-year-of-the-comet-by-sergei-lebedev--65202988https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Year of the Comet Author: Sergei Lebedev Narrator: Daniel Gamburg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An idyllic childhood takes a sinister turn. Rumors of a serial killer haunt the neighborhood, families pack up and leave town without a word of warning, and the country begins to unravel. Policemen stand by as protesters overtake the streets, knowing that the once awe-inspiring symbols of power they wear on their helmets have become devoid of meaning. Lebedev depicts a vast empire coming apart at the seams, transforming a very public moment into something tender and personal, and writes with stunning beauty and shattering insight about childhood and the growing consciousness of a boy in the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291149Tue, 18 Apr 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Year of the Comet Author: Sergei Lebedev Narrator: Daniel Gamburg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Year of the Comet Author: Sergei Lebedev Narrator: Daniel Gamburg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An idyllic childhood takes a sinister turn. Rumors of a serial killer haunt the neighborhood, families pack up and leave town without a word of warning, and the country begins to unravel. Policemen stand by as protesters overtake the streets, knowing that the once awe-inspiring symbols of power they wear on their helmets have become devoid of meaning. Lebedev depicts a vast empire coming apart at the seams, transforming a very public moment into something tender and personal, and writes with stunning beauty and shattering insight about childhood and the growing consciousness of a boy in the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-color-of-our-sky-a-novel-by-amita-trasi--65202954https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Our Sky: A Novel Author: Amita Trasi Narrator: Zehra Jane Naqvi, Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.54 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice—a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night. India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old village girl from the lower caste Yellama cult has come of age and must fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute, as her mother and grandmother did before her. In an attempt to escape her fate, Mukta is sent to be a house girl for an upper-middle class family in Mumbai. There she discovers a friend in the daughter of the family, high spirited eight-year-old Tara, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past. Tara introduces Mukta to an entirely different world—one of ice cream, reading, and a friendship that soon becomes a sisterhood. But one night in 1993, Mukta is kidnapped from Tara’s family home and disappears. Shortly thereafter, Tara and her father move to America. A new life in Los Angeles awaits them but Tara never recovers from the loss of her best friend, or stops wondering if she was somehow responsible for Mukta's abduction. Eleven years later, Tara, now an adult, returns to India determined to find Mukta. As her search takes her into the brutal underground world of human trafficking, Tara begins to uncover long-buried secrets in her own family that might explain what happened to Mukta—and why she came to live with Tara’s family in the first place. Moving from a traditional Indian village to the bustling modern metropolis of Mumbai, to Los Angeles and back again, this is a heartbreaking and beautiful portrait of an unlikely friendship—a story of love, betrayal, and, ultimately, redemption.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289824Tue, 18 Apr 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Our Sky: A Novel Author: Amita Trasi Narrator: Zehra Jane Naqvi, Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Color of Our Sky: A Novel Author: Amita Trasi Narrator: Zehra Jane Naqvi, Sneha Mathan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 51 minutes Release date: April 18, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.54 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice—a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night. India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old village girl from the lower caste Yellama cult has come of age and must fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute, as her mother and grandmother did before her. In an attempt to escape her fate, Mukta is sent to be a house girl for an upper-middle class family in Mumbai. There she discovers a friend in the daughter of the family, high spirited eight-year-old Tara, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past. Tara introduces Mukta to an entirely different world—one of ice cream, reading, and a friendship that soon becomes a sisterhood. But one night in 1993, Mukta is kidnapped from Tara’s family home and disappears. Shortly thereafter, Tara and her father move to America. A new life in Los Angeles awaits them but Tara never recovers from the loss of her best friend, or stops wondering if she was somehow responsible for Mukta's abduction. Eleven years later, Tara, now an adult, returns to India determined to find Mukta. As her search takes her into the brutal underground world of human trafficking, Tara begins to uncover long-buried secrets in her own family that might explain what happened to Mukta—and why she came to live with Tara’s family in the first place. Moving from a traditional Indian village to the bustling modern metropolis of Mumbai, to Los Angeles and back again, this is a heartbreaking and beautiful portrait of an unlikely friendship—a story of love, betrayal, and, ultimately, redemption.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-we-were-villains-a-novel-by-m-l-rio--65203015https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If We Were Villains: A Novel Author: M. L. Rio Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.44 of Total 16 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Much like Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, M. L. Rio’s sparkling debut is a richly layered story of love, friendship, and obsession...If We Were Villains will keep you riveted through its final, electrifying moments.” --Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail – for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a decade ago. As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless. Intelligent, thrilling, and richly detailed, If We Were Villains is a captivating story of the enduring power and passion of words.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283514Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If We Were Villains: A Novel Author: M. L. Rio Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If We Were Villains: A Novel Author: M. L. Rio Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.44 of Total 16 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Much like Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, M. L. Rio’s sparkling debut is a richly layered story of love, friendship, and obsession...If We Were Villains will keep you riveted through its final, electrifying moments.” --Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail – for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a decade ago. As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless. Intelligent, thrilling, and richly detailed, If We Were Villains is a captivating story of the enduring power and passion of words.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-rockaway-by-jill-eisenstadt--65202996https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290057 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Rockaway Author: Jill Eisenstadt Narrator: Kasey Lee Huizinga Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Timmy and Chowderhead and Peg are lifeguards. They spend summers sitting in those tall chairs, smoking dope and staring at the waves, swatting insects, tormenting seagulls. Winters they work shit jobs like unloading trucks at Mickey's Deli. At night, winter and summer, they drink. Drink and get rowdy. Then there's Alex, the girl who gets away, not only from old boyfriend Timmy but also from 'Rotaway'-on scholarship to a rich-kid's college in New England. One midsummer night when the four are reunited, tensions erupt in feats of daring and self-destruction during the wild, cathartic, near-sacred lifeguard ritual known as the Death Keg. Brilliantly capturing the restlessness and casual nihilism of working-class youth with no options, Jill Eisenstadt's acclaimed first novel startles in its power and originality, its depth of feeling, its bright and dark comic turns.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290057Tue, 11 Apr 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290057 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Rockaway Author: Jill Eisenstadt Narrator: Kasey Lee Huizinga Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290057 to listen full audiobooks. Title: From Rockaway Author: Jill Eisenstadt Narrator: Kasey Lee Huizinga Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 11, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Timmy and Chowderhead and Peg are lifeguards. They spend summers sitting in those tall chairs, smoking dope and staring at the waves, swatting insects, tormenting seagulls. Winters they work shit jobs like unloading trucks at Mickey's Deli. At night, winter and summer, they drink. Drink and get rowdy. Then there's Alex, the girl who gets away, not only from old boyfriend Timmy but also from 'Rotaway'-on scholarship to a rich-kid's college in New England. One midsummer night when the four are reunited, tensions erupt in feats of daring and self-destruction during the wild, cathartic, near-sacred lifeguard ritual known as the Death Keg. Brilliantly capturing the restlessness and casual nihilism of working-class youth with no options, Jill Eisenstadt's acclaimed first novel startles in its power and originality, its depth of feeling, its bright and dark comic turns.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-shape-of-bones-by-daniel-galera--65202981https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shape of Bones Author: Daniel Galera Narrator: Charlie Anson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the complete unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Shape of Bones by Daniel Galera, read by Charlie Anson. From one of Brazil's foremost literary voices comes a gripping, visceral new novel about youth, power and the nature of manhood A man rises at 5 a.m. and leaves his home. He does not wake his wife or child to bid them goodbye. He starts his car - an SUV filled with survival gear - but does not drive to his friend's house as planned. Instead he glides through the sleeping streets of Porto Alegre, haunted by ghosts of himself: the fearless boy riding a battered stunt bike, the silent adolescent fascinated by bodies and violence, the obsessive young surgeon, the distant husband. As the dawn comes on and people slowly fill the streets, the man drives unthinkingly, inexorably, toward the old neighbourhood of his youth. What is pulling him back there? Perhaps the need to make something happen, perhaps just nostalgia. Or perhaps the search for absolution - from a crime he has carried in his heart for fifteen years.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293982Thu, 06 Apr 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shape of Bones Author: Daniel Galera Narrator: Charlie Anson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293982 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shape of Bones Author: Daniel Galera Narrator: Charlie Anson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the complete unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Shape of Bones by Daniel Galera, read by Charlie Anson. From one of Brazil's foremost literary voices comes a gripping, visceral new novel about youth, power and the nature of manhood A man rises at 5 a.m. and leaves his home. He does not wake his wife or child to bid them goodbye. He starts his car - an SUV filled with survival gear - but does not drive to his friend's house as planned. Instead he glides through the sleeping streets of Porto Alegre, haunted by ghosts of himself: the fearless boy riding a battered stunt bike, the silent adolescent fascinated by bodies and violence, the obsessive young surgeon, the distant husband. As the dawn comes on and people slowly fill the streets, the man drives unthinkingly, inexorably, toward the old neighbourhood of his youth. What is pulling him back there? Perhaps the need to make something happen, perhaps just nostalgia. Or perhaps the search for absolution - from a crime he has carried in his heart for fifteen years.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-practice-house-by-laura-mcneal--65202983https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Practice House Author: Laura McNeal Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Nineteen-year-old Aldine McKenna is stuck at home with her sister and aunt in a Scottish village in 1929 when two Mormon missionaries ring the doorbell. Aldine’s sister converts and moves to America to marry, and Aldine follows, hoping to find the life she’s meant to lead and the person she’s meant to love. In New York, Aldine answers an ad soliciting a teacher for a one-room schoolhouse in a place she can’t possibly imagine: drought-stricken Kansas. She arrives as farms on the Great Plains have begun to fail and schools are going bankrupt, unable to pay or house new teachers. With no money and too much pride to turn back, she lives uneasily with the family of Ansel Price—the charming, optimistic man who placed the ad—and his family responds to her with kind curiosity, suspicion, and, most dangerously, love. Just as she’s settling into her strange new life, a storm forces unspoken thoughts to the surface that will forever alter the course of their lives. Laura McNeal’s novel is a sweeping and timeless love story about leaving—and finding—home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281059Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Practice House Author: Laura McNeal Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281059 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Practice House Author: Laura McNeal Narrator: Angela Dawe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 21 minutes Release date: April 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Nineteen-year-old Aldine McKenna is stuck at home with her sister and aunt in a Scottish village in 1929 when two Mormon missionaries ring the doorbell. Aldine’s sister converts and moves to America to marry, and Aldine follows, hoping to find the life she’s meant to lead and the person she’s meant to love. In New York, Aldine answers an ad soliciting a teacher for a one-room schoolhouse in a place she can’t possibly imagine: drought-stricken Kansas. She arrives as farms on the Great Plains have begun to fail and schools are going bankrupt, unable to pay or house new teachers. With no money and too much pride to turn back, she lives uneasily with the family of Ansel Price—the charming, optimistic man who placed the ad—and his family responds to her with kind curiosity, suspicion, and, most dangerously, love. Just as she’s settling into her strange new life, a storm forces unspoken thoughts to the surface that will forever alter the course of their lives. Laura McNeal’s novel is a sweeping and timeless love story about leaving—and finding—home.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-piece-of-the-world-by-christina-baker-kline--65202943https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Piece of the World Author: Christina Baker Kline Narrator: Polly Stone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: March 23, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Graceful, moving and powerful . . . a wonderful story that seems to have been waiting, all this time, for Kline to come along and tell it’ MICHAEL CHABON For decades, Christina Olson’s whole world has been a rocky, windswept point on the coast of Maine, the farmhouse her ancestors fled to from the Salem witch trials. A world she fears she will never leave. As a girl, farm life asked more of Christina than it did her family, her wasting limbs turning every task into a challenge. But the very tenacity that strengthened her may dash her chances for a life beyond her chores and extinguish her hopes for love. Years pass and Christina’s solitude is broken by the arrival of Andrew Wyeth, a young artist who is fixated on the isolated farm house. In Christina he will discover more than a kindred spirit; for him, she will become a muse like no other… From the bestselling author of ORPHAN TRAIN comes a luminous portrait of a woman of grit and grace, as heartwarming as it is gripping. A story that allows the reader to marvel at Andrew Wyeth’s iconic portrait from the other side.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309632Thu, 23 Mar 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Piece of the World Author: Christina Baker Kline Narrator: Polly Stone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: March 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Piece of the World Author: Christina Baker Kline Narrator: Polly Stone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 1 minute Release date: March 23, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Graceful, moving and powerful . . . a wonderful story that seems to have been waiting, all this time, for Kline to come along and tell it’ MICHAEL CHABON For decades, Christina Olson’s whole world has been a rocky, windswept point on the coast of Maine, the farmhouse her ancestors fled to from the Salem witch trials. A world she fears she will never leave. As a girl, farm life asked more of Christina than it did her family, her wasting limbs turning every task into a challenge. But the very tenacity that strengthened her may dash her chances for a life beyond her chores and extinguish her hopes for love. Years pass and Christina’s solitude is broken by the arrival of Andrew Wyeth, a young artist who is fixated on the isolated farm house. In Christina he will discover more than a kindred spirit; for him, she will become a muse like no other… From the bestselling author of ORPHAN TRAIN comes a luminous portrait of a woman of grit and grace, as heartwarming as it is gripping. A story that allows the reader to marvel at Andrew Wyeth’s iconic portrait from the other side.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wish-me-home-by-kay-bratt--65203022https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wish Me Home Author: Kay Bratt Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In her first work of contemporary women’s fiction, bestselling author Kay Bratt draws on her own life experiences to create a raw, yet inescapably warm, novel about friendship and a wary heart’s unexpected capacity to love. A hungry, stray dog is the last thing Cara Butter needs. Stranded in Georgia with only her backpack and a few dwindling dollars, she already has too much baggage. Like her twin sister, Hana, who has broken Cara’s heart one too many times. After a lifetime of family troubles, and bouncing from one foster home to another, Cara decides to leave it all behind and strike out alone—on foot. Cara sets off to Florida to see the home of her literary hero, Ernest Hemingway, accompanied only by Hemi, the stray dog who proves to be the perfect travel companion. But the harrowing trip takes unexpected turns as strangers become friends who make her question everything, and Cara finds that as the journey unfolds, so does her life—in ways she could never imagine.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281900Tue, 21 Mar 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wish Me Home Author: Kay Bratt Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 21, 2017 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281900 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wish Me Home Author: Kay Bratt Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: March 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In her first work of contemporary women’s fiction, bestselling author Kay Bratt draws on her own life experiences to create a raw, yet inescapably warm, novel about friendship and a wary heart’s unexpected capacity to love. A hungry, stray dog is the last thing Cara Butter needs. Stranded in Georgia with only her backpack and a few dwindling dollars, she already has too much baggage. Like her twin sister, Hana, who has broken Cara’s heart one too many times. After a lifetime of family troubles, and bouncing from one foster home to another, Cara decides to leave it all behind and strike out alone—on foot. Cara sets off to Florida to see the home of her literary hero, Ernest Hemingway, accompanied only by Hemi, the stray dog who proves to be the perfect travel companion. But the harrowing trip takes unexpected turns as strangers become friends who make her question everything, and Cara finds that as the journey unfolds, so does her life—in ways she could never imagine.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-of-polly-a-novel-by-kathy-hepinstall--65203033https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285024 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Polly: A Novel Author: Kathy Hepinstall Narrator: Jenna Lamia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Delightful. . . funny and poignant.” --People With a kick like the best hot sauce, this is the laugh-out-loud story of a girl determined to keep up with her aging, crazy-as-a-fox mother 'If you ever pined for a mother who would take a hunting falcon as her wingman to a parent-teacher conference, Polly is the gal for you. Delicious.' --Mark Childress, author of Crazy in Alabama  Willow Havens is ten years old and obsessed with the fear that her mother will die. Her mother, Polly, is a cantankerous, take-no-prisoners Southern woman who lives to chase varmints, drink margaritas, and antagonize the neighbors—and she sticks out like a sore thumb among the young modern mothers of their small conventional Texas town. She was in her late fifties when Willow was born, so Willow knows she’s here by accident, a late-life afterthought. Willow’s father died before she was born, her much older brother and sister are long grown and gone and failing elsewhere. It’s just her and bigger-than-life Polly.  Willow is desperately hungry for clues to the family life that preceded her, and especially Polly’s life pre-Willow. Why did she leave her hometown of Bethel, Louisiana, fifty years ago and vow never to return? Who is Garland Jones, her long-ago suitor who possibly killed a man? And will Polly be able to outrun the Bear, the illness that finally puts her on a collision course with her past? The Book of Polly has a great blend of humor and sadness, pathos and hilarity. This is a bittersweet novel about the grip of love in a truly quirky family and you’ll come to know one of the most unforgettable mother-daughter duos you’ve ever met.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285024Tue, 14 Mar 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285024 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Polly: A Novel Author: Kathy Hepinstall Narrator: Jenna Lamia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285024 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Polly: A Novel Author: Kathy Hepinstall Narrator: Jenna Lamia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.53 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Delightful. . . funny and poignant.” --People With a kick like the best hot sauce, this is the laugh-out-loud story of a girl determined to keep up with her aging, crazy-as-a-fox mother 'If you ever pined for a mother who would take a hunting falcon as her wingman to a parent-teacher conference, Polly is the gal for you. Delicious.' --Mark Childress, author of Crazy in Alabama  Willow Havens is ten years old and obsessed with the fear that her mother will die. Her mother, Polly, is a cantankerous, take-no-prisoners Southern woman who lives to chase varmints, drink margaritas, and antagonize the neighbors—and she sticks out like a sore thumb among the young modern mothers of their small conventional Texas town. She was in her late fifties when Willow was born, so Willow knows she’s here by accident, a late-life afterthought. Willow’s father died before she was born, her much older brother and sister are long grown and gone and failing elsewhere. It’s just her and bigger-than-life Polly.  Willow is desperately hungry for clues to the family life that preceded her, and especially Polly’s life pre-Willow. Why did she leave her hometown of Bethel, Louisiana, fifty years ago and vow never to return? Who is Garland Jones, her long-ago suitor who possibly killed a man? And will Polly be able to outrun the Bear, the illness that finally puts her on a collision course with her past? The Book of Polly has a great blend of humor and sadness, pathos and hilarity. This is a bittersweet novel about the grip of love in a truly quirky family and you’ll come to know one of the most unforgettable mother-daughter duos you’ve ever met.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/broken-glass-by-v-c-andrews--65203041https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken Glass Series: #2 of The Mirror Sisters Series Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: February 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This second gothic novel in the dark Mirror Sisters trilogy continues the tale of sisterly love at its absolute worst—from the legendary New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic and My Sweet Audrina (now Lifetime movies). For fans of Ruth Ware (In a Dark, Dark Wood) and Liane Moriarty (The Husband’s Secret). Under their mother’s watchful eye, identical twins Haylee and Kaylee Fitzgerald have lived their entire lives in sync. Never alone, never apart, everything about them must be exactly the same: clothes, friends, punishments. One night, in the darkness of a movie theater, Haylee reveals that she’s leaving to meet up with someone she knows from online. But suddenly feeling ill, and not wanting to disappoint this older man, she convinces Kaylee to go in her stead. He’ll never know, and this way he won’t think she stood him up. Kaylee reluctantly agrees to go, but when the credits roll and she’s nowhere to be found, Haylee confesses everything to her mom. With the manhunt on, Haylee knows everything must be done to find her sister. Still, for the first time in her life, she’s free from her twin, which, really, isn’t so bad...is it?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284327Tue, 28 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken Glass Series: #2 of The Mirror Sisters Series Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Broken Glass Series: #2 of The Mirror Sisters Series Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: February 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This second gothic novel in the dark Mirror Sisters trilogy continues the tale of sisterly love at its absolute worst—from the legendary New York Times bestselling author of Flowers in the Attic and My Sweet Audrina (now Lifetime movies). For fans of Ruth Ware (In a Dark, Dark Wood) and Liane Moriarty (The Husband’s Secret). Under their mother’s watchful eye, identical twins Haylee and Kaylee Fitzgerald have lived their entire lives in sync. Never alone, never apart, everything about them must be exactly the same: clothes, friends, punishments. One night, in the darkness of a movie theater, Haylee reveals that she’s leaving to meet up with someone she knows from online. But suddenly feeling ill, and not wanting to disappoint this older man, she convinces Kaylee to go in her stead. He’ll never know, and this way he won’t think she stood him up. Kaylee reluctantly agrees to go, but when the credits roll and she’s nowhere to be found, Haylee confesses everything to her mom. With the manhunt on, Haylee knows everything must be done to find her sister. Still, for the first time in her life, she’s free from her twin, which, really, isn’t so bad...is it?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/till-death-by-jennifer-l-armentrout--65203014https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Till Death Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Narrator: Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s gripping new novel,  a young woman comes home to reclaim her life— It’s been ten years since Sasha Keeton left her West Virginia hometown . . . since she escaped the twisted serial killer known as the Groom. Returning to help run her family inn means being whole again, except for one missing piece. The piece that falls into place when Sasha’s threatened—and FBI agent Cole Landis vows to protect her the way he couldn’t a decade ago. First one woman disappears; then another, and all the while, disturbing calling cards are left for the sole survivor of the Groom’s reign of terror. Cole’s never forgiven himself for not being there when Sasha was taken, but he intends to make up for it now . . .because under the quirky sexiness Cole first fell for is a steely strength that only makes him love Sasha more. But someone is watching. Waiting. And Sasha’s first mistake could be her last.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283757Tue, 28 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Till Death Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Narrator: Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Till Death Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Narrator: Sarah Naughton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 41 minutes Release date: February 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s gripping new novel,  a young woman comes home to reclaim her life— It’s been ten years since Sasha Keeton left her West Virginia hometown . . . since she escaped the twisted serial killer known as the Groom. Returning to help run her family inn means being whole again, except for one missing piece. The piece that falls into place when Sasha’s threatened—and FBI agent Cole Landis vows to protect her the way he couldn’t a decade ago. First one woman disappears; then another, and all the while, disturbing calling cards are left for the sole survivor of the Groom’s reign of terror. Cole’s never forgiven himself for not being there when Sasha was taken, but he intends to make up for it now . . .because under the quirky sexiness Cole first fell for is a steely strength that only makes him love Sasha more. But someone is watching. Waiting. And Sasha’s first mistake could be her last.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flesh-and-bone-and-water-by-luiza-sauma--65202999https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flesh and Bone and Water Author: Luiza Sauma Narrator: Charlie Anson, Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: February 23, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Flesh and Bone and Water by Luiza Sauma, read by Charlie Anson and Kristin Atherton. Brazilian-born doctor André Cabral is living in London when one day he receives a letter from his home country, which he left nearly thirty years ago. A letter he keeps in his pocket for weeks, but tells no one about. The letter prompts André to remember the days of his youth - torrid afternoons on Ipanema beach with his listless teenage friends, parties in elegant Rio apartments, his after-school job at his father's plastic surgery practice - and, above all, his secret infatuation with the daughter of his family's maid, the intoxicating Luana. Unable to resist the pull of the letter, André embarks on a journey back to Brazil to rediscover his past.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284324Thu, 23 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flesh and Bone and Water Author: Luiza Sauma Narrator: Charlie Anson, Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Flesh and Bone and Water Author: Luiza Sauma Narrator: Charlie Anson, Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: February 23, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Flesh and Bone and Water by Luiza Sauma, read by Charlie Anson and Kristin Atherton. Brazilian-born doctor André Cabral is living in London when one day he receives a letter from his home country, which he left nearly thirty years ago. A letter he keeps in his pocket for weeks, but tells no one about. The letter prompts André to remember the days of his youth - torrid afternoons on Ipanema beach with his listless teenage friends, parties in elegant Rio apartments, his after-school job at his father's plastic surgery practice - and, above all, his secret infatuation with the daughter of his family's maid, the intoxicating Luana. Unable to resist the pull of the letter, André embarks on a journey back to Brazil to rediscover his past.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/havoc-mayhem-series-4-by-jamie-shaw--65203036https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Havoc: Mayhem Series #4 Series: #4 of Mayhem Series Author: Jamie Shaw Narrator: Will Damron, Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When Hailey Harper left her family farm to enroll in veterinary school, she had a plan: keep her head down, ace her classes, and most importantly... don’t upset the uncle paying her tuition. Translation? Don’t piss off his dramatic, self-absorbed daughter, Danica, even if she’s a nightmare to live with. Falling in love with her cousin’s rock star ex-boyfriend was definitely not part of the plan. As the drummer of a now-famous rock band, Mike Madden could have any girl he wants. He’s sweet, funny, romantic, talented—and the only guy that’s ever made Hailey’s heart do cartwheels in her chest. The more she gets to know him, the harder she falls, but Hailey knows they can never be more than friends… because Danica wants him back, and she’ll fight dirty to win. Mike is falling for Hailey too, but Danica’s threats and his rock star life—music video shoots, international tours, obsessed fans—could tear them apart before they’ve even begun. Hailey isn’t sure she’s the one for him, but Mike’s waited years for a girl like her… and he’ll do anything to prove it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284090Tue, 21 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Havoc: Mayhem Series #4 Series: #4 of Mayhem Series Author: Jamie Shaw Narrator: Will Damron, Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Havoc: Mayhem Series #4 Series: #4 of Mayhem Series Author: Jamie Shaw Narrator: Will Damron, Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: When Hailey Harper left her family farm to enroll in veterinary school, she had a plan: keep her head down, ace her classes, and most importantly... don’t upset the uncle paying her tuition. Translation? Don’t piss off his dramatic, self-absorbed daughter, Danica, even if she’s a nightmare to live with. Falling in love with her cousin’s rock star ex-boyfriend was definitely not part of the plan. As the drummer of a now-famous rock band, Mike Madden could have any girl he wants. He’s sweet, funny, romantic, talented—and the only guy that’s ever made Hailey’s heart do cartwheels in her chest. The more she gets to know him, the harder she falls, but Hailey knows they can never be more than friends… because Danica wants him back, and she’ll fight dirty to win. Mike is falling for Hailey too, but Danica’s threats and his rock star life—music video shoots, international tours, obsessed fans—could tear them apart before they’ve even begun. Hailey isn’t sure she’s the one for him, but Mike’s waited years for a girl like her… and he’ll do anything to prove it.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/setting-free-the-kites-by-alex-george--65202993https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Setting Free the Kites Author: Alex George Narrator: Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: February 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of the “lyrical and compelling” (USA Today) novel A Good American comes a powerful story of two friends and the unintended consequences of friendship, loss, and hope.   For Robert Carter, life in his coastal Maine hometown is comfortably predictable. But in 1976, on his first day of eighth grade, he meets Nathan Tilly, who changes everything. Nathan is confident, fearless, impetuous—and fascinated by kites and flying. Robert and Nathan’s budding friendship is forged in the crucible of two family tragedies, and as the boys struggle to come to terms with loss, they take summer jobs at the local rundown amusement park. It’s there that Nathan’s boundless capacity for optimism threatens to overwhelm them both, and where they learn some harsh truths about family, desire, and revenge.   Unforgettable and heart-breaking, Setting Free the Kites is a poignant and moving exploration of the pain, joy, and glories of young friendship.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283959Tue, 21 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Setting Free the Kites Author: Alex George Narrator: Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: February 21,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Setting Free the Kites Author: Alex George Narrator: Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: February 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of the “lyrical and compelling” (USA Today) novel A Good American comes a powerful story of two friends and the unintended consequences of friendship, loss, and hope.   For Robert Carter, life in his coastal Maine hometown is comfortably predictable. But in 1976, on his first day of eighth grade, he meets Nathan Tilly, who changes everything. Nathan is confident, fearless, impetuous—and fascinated by kites and flying. Robert and Nathan’s budding friendship is forged in the crucible of two family tragedies, and as the boys struggle to come to terms with loss, they take summer jobs at the local rundown amusement park. It’s there that Nathan’s boundless capacity for optimism threatens to overwhelm them both, and where they learn some harsh truths about family, desire, and revenge.   Unforgettable and heart-breaking, Setting Free the Kites is a poignant and moving exploration of the pain, joy, and glories of young friendship.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-good-at-heart-by-ursula-werner--65202968https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good at Heart Author: Ursula Werner Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Based on the author’s discoveries about her great-grandfather, this stunning debut novel that “powerfully portrays the inner struggles of ordinary people moved to do extraordinary things” (Booklist) takes place over three days during World War II when members of a German family must make “the sometimes impossible choice between family and morality” (Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand). When World War II breaks out, Edith and Oskar Eberhardt move their family—their daughter, Marina; son-in-law, Franz; and their granddaughters—out of Berlin to the quiet town of Blumental, near Switzerland. A member of the Fuhrer’s cabinet, Oskar is gone most of the time, and Franz begins fighting in the war, so the women of the house are left to their quiet lives in the village. But life in Blumental isn’t as idyllic as it appears. An egotistical Nazi captain terrorizes the citizens he’s assigned to protect. Neighbors spy on each other. Some mysteriously disappear. Marina has a lover who also has close ties to her family and the government. Thinking none of them share her hatred of the Reich, she joins a Protestant priest smuggling Jewish refugees over the nearby Swiss border. The latest “package” is two Polish girls, and against her better judgment, Marina finds she must hide them in the Eberhardt’s cellar. Everything is set to go smoothly until Oskar comes home with the news that the Führer will be visiting the area for a concert, and he will be making a house call on the Eberhardts. “With jaw-clenching suspense and unexpected tenderness” (Jacquelyn Mitchard), The Good at Heart is an “engaging…rich…evocative” (Library Journal) portrait of a family torn between doing their duty for their country and doing what’s right, especially for those they love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284331Tue, 21 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good at Heart Author: Ursula Werner Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 21,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good at Heart Author: Ursula Werner Narrator: Gibson Frazier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 21, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Based on the author’s discoveries about her great-grandfather, this stunning debut novel that “powerfully portrays the inner struggles of ordinary people moved to do extraordinary things” (Booklist) takes place over three days during World War II when members of a German family must make “the sometimes impossible choice between family and morality” (Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand). When World War II breaks out, Edith and Oskar Eberhardt move their family—their daughter, Marina; son-in-law, Franz; and their granddaughters—out of Berlin to the quiet town of Blumental, near Switzerland. A member of the Fuhrer’s cabinet, Oskar is gone most of the time, and Franz begins fighting in the war, so the women of the house are left to their quiet lives in the village. But life in Blumental isn’t as idyllic as it appears. An egotistical Nazi captain terrorizes the citizens he’s assigned to protect. Neighbors spy on each other. Some mysteriously disappear. Marina has a lover who also has close ties to her family and the government. Thinking none of them share her hatred of the Reich, she joins a Protestant priest smuggling Jewish refugees over the nearby Swiss border. The latest “package” is two Polish girls, and against her better judgment, Marina finds she must hide them in the Eberhardt’s cellar. Everything is set to go smoothly until Oskar comes home with the news that the Führer will be visiting the area for a concert, and he will be making a house call on the Eberhardts. “With jaw-clenching suspense and unexpected tenderness” (Jacquelyn Mitchard), The Good at Heart is an “engaging…rich…evocative” (Library Journal) portrait of a family torn between doing their duty for their country and doing what’s right, especially for those they love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-drifter-a-novel-by-christine-lennon--65203024https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Drifter: A Novel Author: Christine Lennon Narrator: Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Megan Abbott meets M.O. Walsh in Christine Lennon's compelling debut novel about a group of friends on the cusp of graduating from college when their lives are irrevocably changed by a brutal act of violence. Present Day… For two decades, Elizabeth has tried to escape the ghosts of her past…tried to erase the painful memories…tried to keep out the terrifying nightmares. But twenty years after graduating from the University of Florida, her carefully curated life begins to unravel, forcing her to confront the past she’s tried so hard to forget. 1990s, Gainesville, Florida… Elizabeth and her two closest friends, Caroline and Ginny, are having the time of their lives in college—binge watching Oprah, flirting for freebies from Taco Bell, and breaking hearts along the way. But without warning, their world is suddenly shattered when a series of horrific acts of violence ravage the campus, changing their lives forever. Sweeping readers from the exclusive corners of sorority life in the South to the frontlines of the drug-fueled, slacker culture in Manhattan in the ‘90s and early ‘00s, when Elizabeth is forced to acknowledge her role in the death of a friend in order to mend a broken friendship and save her own life, The Drifter is an unforgettable story about the complexities of friendships and the secrets that can ultimately destroy us.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283532Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Drifter: A Novel Author: Christine Lennon Narrator: Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Drifter: A Novel Author: Christine Lennon Narrator: Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Megan Abbott meets M.O. Walsh in Christine Lennon's compelling debut novel about a group of friends on the cusp of graduating from college when their lives are irrevocably changed by a brutal act of violence. Present Day… For two decades, Elizabeth has tried to escape the ghosts of her past…tried to erase the painful memories…tried to keep out the terrifying nightmares. But twenty years after graduating from the University of Florida, her carefully curated life begins to unravel, forcing her to confront the past she’s tried so hard to forget. 1990s, Gainesville, Florida… Elizabeth and her two closest friends, Caroline and Ginny, are having the time of their lives in college—binge watching Oprah, flirting for freebies from Taco Bell, and breaking hearts along the way. But without warning, their world is suddenly shattered when a series of horrific acts of violence ravage the campus, changing their lives forever. Sweeping readers from the exclusive corners of sorority life in the South to the frontlines of the drug-fueled, slacker culture in Manhattan in the ‘90s and early ‘00s, when Elizabeth is forced to acknowledge her role in the death of a friend in order to mend a broken friendship and save her own life, The Drifter is an unforgettable story about the complexities of friendships and the secrets that can ultimately destroy us.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/abby-s-journey-by-steena-holmes--65203020https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abby's Journey Series: #2 of Forever Abby Author: Steena Holmes Narrator: Em Eldridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Twenty-year-old Abigail Turner has only known her mother, Claire—who died shortly after she was born—through letters, videos, postcards, and journals. Abby’s father, Josh, has raised his precious daughter himself, but his overprotectiveness has become stifling. Abby longs to forge out on her own and see the world after a childhood trapped indoors: she suffers from bronchopulmonary dysplasia, which means a case of the sniffles can rapidly escalate into life-threatening pneumonia. But when Abby’s doctor declares her healthy—for now—her grandmother Millie whisks her away to Europe to visit the Christmas markets that her mother cherished and chronicled in her travel journals. Despite her father’s objections, Abby and Millie embark on a journey of discovery in which Abby will learn secrets that force her to reevaluate her image of her mother and come to a more mature understanding of a parent-child bond that transcends death. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Steena Holmes offers a tender and heartfelt exploration of parental love and a daughter’s longing for connection in the poignant next chapter following Saving Abby.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278576Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abby's Journey Series: #2 of Forever Abby Author: Steena Holmes Narrator: Em Eldridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278576 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Abby's Journey Series: #2 of Forever Abby Author: Steena Holmes Narrator: Em Eldridge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 42 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Twenty-year-old Abigail Turner has only known her mother, Claire—who died shortly after she was born—through letters, videos, postcards, and journals. Abby’s father, Josh, has raised his precious daughter himself, but his overprotectiveness has become stifling. Abby longs to forge out on her own and see the world after a childhood trapped indoors: she suffers from bronchopulmonary dysplasia, which means a case of the sniffles can rapidly escalate into life-threatening pneumonia. But when Abby’s doctor declares her healthy—for now—her grandmother Millie whisks her away to Europe to visit the Christmas markets that her mother cherished and chronicled in her travel journals. Despite her father’s objections, Abby and Millie embark on a journey of discovery in which Abby will learn secrets that force her to reevaluate her image of her mother and come to a more mature understanding of a parent-child bond that transcends death. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Steena Holmes offers a tender and heartfelt exploration of parental love and a daughter’s longing for connection in the poignant next chapter following Saving Abby.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-young-wives-club-a-novel-by-julie-pennell--65203010https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Young Wives Club: A Novel Author: Julie Pennell Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Southern Living’s Best New Summer Books In Toulouse, Louisiana finding your one true love happens sometime around high school. If you’re lucky, he might be the man you thought he was. But as four friends are about to find out, not every girl has luck on her side in this charming debut novel perfect for fans of The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Desperate Housewives. Laura Landry’s quarterback husband was her ticket out of Toulouse. But when a devastating football injury sidelines him, they’re forced to move back to the small town she was so desperate to leave. As Brian starts drinking instead of rehabbing his knee, Laura must reevaluate what her future looks like…and if it includes her husband. For years, Madison Blanchette has been waiting for bad-boy musician Cash Romero to commit to her. When wealthy George Dubois asks her out, she figures she may as well wait in style. Life with George means weekend trips to New Orleans, gourmet meals, and expensive gifts. At first she loves how George’s affection sparks Cash’s jealousy, but when George proposes to Madison, she finds herself torn between two men… All Claire Thibodeaux wants is to be the perfect wife and mother. If she can do everything right she won’t end up like her mom, a divorced, single parent trying to make ends meet. But when Claire’s husband Gavin, a well-respected local pastor, starts spending late nights at work and less time in their bed, she can’t help but fear that history is about to repeat itself… Gabrielle Vaughn never thought she’d end up with someone like her fiancé. The son of a prominent congressman, Tony Ford is completely out of her league—which is why she lied to him about everything from having a college degree to the dark truth about her family. She knows she has to come clean, but how do you tell the love of your life that your entire relationship is a lie? As these young wives come together to help each other through life, love, and heartbreak, they discover that there are no easy answers when it comes to matters of the heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283637Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Young Wives Club: A Novel Author: Julie Pennell Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Young Wives Club: A Novel Author: Julie Pennell Narrator: Rebekkah Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: February 14, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Southern Living’s Best New Summer Books In Toulouse, Louisiana finding your one true love happens sometime around high school. If you’re lucky, he might be the man you thought he was. But as four friends are about to find out, not every girl has luck on her side in this charming debut novel perfect for fans of The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Desperate Housewives. Laura Landry’s quarterback husband was her ticket out of Toulouse. But when a devastating football injury sidelines him, they’re forced to move back to the small town she was so desperate to leave. As Brian starts drinking instead of rehabbing his knee, Laura must reevaluate what her future looks like…and if it includes her husband. For years, Madison Blanchette has been waiting for bad-boy musician Cash Romero to commit to her. When wealthy George Dubois asks her out, she figures she may as well wait in style. Life with George means weekend trips to New Orleans, gourmet meals, and expensive gifts. At first she loves how George’s affection sparks Cash’s jealousy, but when George proposes to Madison, she finds herself torn between two men… All Claire Thibodeaux wants is to be the perfect wife and mother. If she can do everything right she won’t end up like her mom, a divorced, single parent trying to make ends meet. But when Claire’s husband Gavin, a well-respected local pastor, starts spending late nights at work and less time in their bed, she can’t help but fear that history is about to repeat itself… Gabrielle Vaughn never thought she’d end up with someone like her fiancé. The son of a prominent congressman, Tony Ford is completely out of her league—which is why she lied to him about everything from having a college degree to the dark truth about her family. She knows she has to come clean, but how do you tell the love of your life that your entire relationship is a lie? As these young wives come together to help each other through life, love, and heartbreak, they discover that there are no easy answers when it comes to matters of the heart.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-not-so-perfect-life-a-novel-by-sophie-kinsella--65203026https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Not So Perfect Life: A Novel Author: Sophie Kinsella Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 55 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 15 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE HILARIOUS AND BRILLIANT BESTSELLER FROM NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR SOPHIE KINSELLA Katie Brenner has the perfect life: a flat in London, a glamorous job, and a super-cool Instagram feed. OK, so the truth is that she rents a tiny room with no space for a wardrobe, has a hideous commute to a lowly admin job, and the life she shares on Instagram isn't really hers. But one day her dreams are bound to come true, aren't they? Until her not-so-perfect life comes crashing down when her mega-successful boss Demeter gives her the sack. All Katie's hopes are shattered. She has to move home to Somerset, where she helps her dad with his new glamping business. Then Demeter and her family book in for a holiday, and Katie sees her chance. But should she get revenge on the woman who ruined her dreams - or try to get her job back? Does Demeter - the woman who has everything - actually have such an idyllic life herself? Maybe they have more in common than it seems. And what's wrong with not-so-perfect, anyway? ALSO OUT NOW the joyful new standalone novel from Sophie Kinsella: LOVE YOUR LIFE 'Sure to make you laugh out loud' Closer 'I almost cried with laughter' Daily Mail 'Hilarious . . . you'll laugh and gasp on every page' Jenny Colgan 'Properly mood-altering . . . funny, fast and farcical. I loved it' Jojo Moyes 'A superb tale. Five stars!' Heat ©2017 Sophie Kinsella (P)2017 Penguin Audio]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283015Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Not So Perfect Life: A Novel Author: Sophie Kinsella Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 59 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283015 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Not So Perfect Life: A Novel Author: Sophie Kinsella Narrator: Fiona Hardingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 59 minutes Release date: February 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 55 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 15 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE HILARIOUS AND BRILLIANT BESTSELLER FROM NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR SOPHIE KINSELLA Katie Brenner has the perfect life: a flat in London, a glamorous job, and a super-cool Instagram feed. OK, so the truth is that she rents a tiny room with no space for a wardrobe, has a hideous commute to a lowly admin job, and the life she shares on Instagram isn't really hers. But one day her dreams are bound to come true, aren't they? Until her not-so-perfect life comes crashing down when her mega-successful boss Demeter gives her the sack. All Katie's hopes are shattered. She has to move home to Somerset, where she helps her dad with his new glamping business. Then Demeter and her family book in for a holiday, and Katie sees her chance. But should she get revenge on the woman who ruined her dreams - or try to get her job back? Does Demeter - the woman who has everything - actually have such an idyllic life herself? Maybe they have more in common than it seems. And what's wrong with not-so-perfect, anyway? ALSO OUT NOW the joyful new standalone novel from Sophie Kinsella: LOVE YOUR LIFE 'Sure to make you laugh out loud' Closer 'I almost cried with laughter' Daily Mail 'Hilarious . . . you'll laugh and gasp on every page' Jenny Colgan 'Properly mood-altering . . . funny, fast and farcical. I loved it' Jojo Moyes 'A superb tale. Five stars!' Heat ©2017 Sophie Kinsella (P)2017 Penguin Audio]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-ever-i-fall-by-s-d-robertson--65202908https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309672 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Ever I Fall Author: S.D. Robertson Narrator: Leighton Pugh, Emma Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date: February 9, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A heart-rending story of family tragedy, perfect for fans of Amanda Prowse and Jojo Moyes. Is holding on harder than letting go? Dan’s life has fallen apart at the seams. He’s lost his house, his job, and now he’s going to lose his family too. All he’s ever wanted is to keep them together, but is everything beyond repair? Maria is drowning in grief. She spends her days writing letters that will never be answered. Nights are spent trying to hold terrible memories at bay, to escape the pain that threatens to engulf her. Jack wakes up confused and alone. He doesn’t know who he is, how he got there, or why he finds himself on a deserted clifftop, but will piecing together the past leave him a broken man? In the face of real tragedy, can these three people find a way to reconcile their past with a new future? And is love enough to carry them through?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309672Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309672 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Ever I Fall Author: S.D. Robertson Narrator: Leighton Pugh, Emma Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309672 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Ever I Fall Author: S.D. Robertson Narrator: Leighton Pugh, Emma Gregory Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date: February 9, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A heart-rending story of family tragedy, perfect for fans of Amanda Prowse and Jojo Moyes. Is holding on harder than letting go? Dan’s life has fallen apart at the seams. He’s lost his house, his job, and now he’s going to lose his family too. All he’s ever wanted is to keep them together, but is everything beyond repair? Maria is drowning in grief. She spends her days writing letters that will never be answered. Nights are spent trying to hold terrible memories at bay, to escape the pain that threatens to engulf her. Jack wakes up confused and alone. He doesn’t know who he is, how he got there, or why he finds himself on a deserted clifftop, but will piecing together the past leave him a broken man? In the face of real tragedy, can these three people find a way to reconcile their past with a new future? And is love enough to carry them through?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mutual-admiration-society-a-novel-by-lesley-kagen--65203016https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mutual Admiration Society: A Novel Author: Lesley Kagen Narrator: Dara Rosenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark comes an unforgettable novel that illuminates the sweet and brittle bonds of family, the tenderness of growing up, the heartbreak of longing for what we’ve lost, and the poignancy of finding love. FACT: Unbeknownst to eleven-year-old Theresa “Tessie” Finley, she’s in over her head. PROOF: After hearing a scream and catching a glimpse of a mysterious man carrying a body beneath the flickering streetlights in the cemetery behind her house, Tessie adds solving a murder case to her already quite full to-do list. Tessie has elected herself president of the crime-stopping Mutual Admiration Society—as if dealing with her “sad madness” over the tragic drowning of her beloved father; showering tender loving care on her “sweet but weird” younger sister, Birdie; and staying on the good side of their hard-edged mother weren’t enough. With partner in crime Charlie “Cue Ball” Garfield, Tessie and Birdie will need to dodge the gossips in their 1950s blue-collar neighborhood—particularly their evil next-door neighbor, Gert Klement, who’d like nothing better than to send the sisters to “homes.” And, of course, there’s the problem of steering clear of the kidnapping murderer if they have any hope of solving the mystery of all mysteries: the mystery of life. A rich and charming tour de force, The Mutual Admiration Society showcases Lesley Kagen’s marvelous storytelling talents. Laced with heartwarming humor and heartbreaking grief, this novel is nothing short of magical.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280245Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mutual Admiration Society: A Novel Author: Lesley Kagen Narrator: Dara Rosenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mutual Admiration Society: A Novel Author: Lesley Kagen Narrator: Dara Rosenberg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 46 minutes Release date: February 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark comes an unforgettable novel that illuminates the sweet and brittle bonds of family, the tenderness of growing up, the heartbreak of longing for what we’ve lost, and the poignancy of finding love. FACT: Unbeknownst to eleven-year-old Theresa “Tessie” Finley, she’s in over her head. PROOF: After hearing a scream and catching a glimpse of a mysterious man carrying a body beneath the flickering streetlights in the cemetery behind her house, Tessie adds solving a murder case to her already quite full to-do list. Tessie has elected herself president of the crime-stopping Mutual Admiration Society—as if dealing with her “sad madness” over the tragic drowning of her beloved father; showering tender loving care on her “sweet but weird” younger sister, Birdie; and staying on the good side of their hard-edged mother weren’t enough. With partner in crime Charlie “Cue Ball” Garfield, Tessie and Birdie will need to dodge the gossips in their 1950s blue-collar neighborhood—particularly their evil next-door neighbor, Gert Klement, who’d like nothing better than to send the sisters to “homes.” And, of course, there’s the problem of steering clear of the kidnapping murderer if they have any hope of solving the mystery of all mysteries: the mystery of life. A rich and charming tour de force, The Mutual Admiration Society showcases Lesley Kagen’s marvelous storytelling talents. Laced with heartwarming humor and heartbreaking grief, this novel is nothing short of magical.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-odds-of-you-and-me-a-novel-by-cecilia-galante--65203023https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Odds of You and Me: A Novel Author: Cecilia Galante Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 31, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the vein of Meg Donohue and Sarah Jio, Cecilia Galante’s second novel delivers the powerful story of one young woman who’s faced with an impossible choice—one that could have her making the biggest mistake of her life. Thirteen days. That’s all Bernadette, “Bird,” Sincavage has left to go until she’s done with her probation and can be free again. Free from making payments to the supermarket she wrote bad checks to. Free from living at home with her overzealous mother who’s constantly nagging her about attending church again. Free to give her four-year-old son, Angus, the normal life he deserves. Her impending freedom and move to Moon Lake, where she’s plunked down a deposit on a brand new apartment, is so close she can almost taste it. What trouble could she possibly get into in just thirteen days? But trouble does follow in the form of James Rittenhouse—someone she worked with a few years ago. At first, Bird is stunned to see James make the evening news when he’s arrested for assaulting someone in a local bar. But that’s nothing compared to the shock she gets when she discovers James hiding out in an abandoned church choir loft. Somehow he escaped police custody, broke his leg, and got his hand on a gun, which he’s now pointing at her. Although Bird doesn’t tell anyone she saw James, there’s no way she’s helping him. She can’t screw up her probation or her second chance for a new future. And she has her son’s welfare to think about. Still. If only she could stop thinking about the terrified look in James’ eyes and the fact that he’s hurt. If only she could forget that once, long ago, James helped her out, and she owes him a debt like no other.  Will Bird jeopardize her future for someone who helped her out in the past? A past that holds secrets she’s not quite sure she’s ready to face? Or will she turn a blind eye and learn to live with the consequences?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283076Tue, 31 Jan 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Odds of You and Me: A Novel Author: Cecilia Galante Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Odds of You and Me: A Novel Author: Cecilia Galante Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 31, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the vein of Meg Donohue and Sarah Jio, Cecilia Galante’s second novel delivers the powerful story of one young woman who’s faced with an impossible choice—one that could have her making the biggest mistake of her life. Thirteen days. That’s all Bernadette, “Bird,” Sincavage has left to go until she’s done with her probation and can be free again. Free from making payments to the supermarket she wrote bad checks to. Free from living at home with her overzealous mother who’s constantly nagging her about attending church again. Free to give her four-year-old son, Angus, the normal life he deserves. Her impending freedom and move to Moon Lake, where she’s plunked down a deposit on a brand new apartment, is so close she can almost taste it. What trouble could she possibly get into in just thirteen days? But trouble does follow in the form of James Rittenhouse—someone she worked with a few years ago. At first, Bird is stunned to see James make the evening news when he’s arrested for assaulting someone in a local bar. But that’s nothing compared to the shock she gets when she discovers James hiding out in an abandoned church choir loft. Somehow he escaped police custody, broke his leg, and got his hand on a gun, which he’s now pointing at her. Although Bird doesn’t tell anyone she saw James, there’s no way she’s helping him. She can’t screw up her probation or her second chance for a new future. And she has her son’s welfare to think about. Still. If only she could stop thinking about the terrified look in James’ eyes and the fact that he’s hurt. If only she could forget that once, long ago, James helped her out, and she owes him a debt like no other.  Will Bird jeopardize her future for someone who helped her out in the past? A past that holds secrets she’s not quite sure she’s ready to face? Or will she turn a blind eye and learn to live with the consequences?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/appalachian-daughter-by-mary-jane-salyers--65203030https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Appalachian Daughter Author: Mary Jane Salyers Narrator: Bailey Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: On the last day of eighth grade, Maggie begins to dream of finding a way to escape the drudgery and confinement of life in the hollow and establish her independence. Her plan begins to fall in place when she enters high school and discovers she has a natural talent for excelling in shorthand, typing, and other business classes. Meanwhile she spares no effort in helping her family continue to survive despite their poverty, a less than fertile few acres, and a family history of instability. The typical spoken language, folkways, traditional beliefs, and religious practices are skillfully woven into this portrait of Appalachian family life. The author's sympathetic insights into mountain culture combined with memorably etched characters and events create a realistic reflection of Tennessee mountain life during the decade following World War II. Maggie's life takes an unexpected turn when her cousin JD reveals a dark secret that could shatter the family. Maggie struggles to maintain her dreams of a better life amidst the many trials that will test the grit of this Appalachian Daughter.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317496Wed, 25 Jan 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Appalachian Daughter Author: Mary Jane Salyers Narrator: Bailey Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 25,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Appalachian Daughter Author: Mary Jane Salyers Narrator: Bailey Carr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 25, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: On the last day of eighth grade, Maggie begins to dream of finding a way to escape the drudgery and confinement of life in the hollow and establish her independence. Her plan begins to fall in place when she enters high school and discovers she has a natural talent for excelling in shorthand, typing, and other business classes. Meanwhile she spares no effort in helping her family continue to survive despite their poverty, a less than fertile few acres, and a family history of instability. The typical spoken language, folkways, traditional beliefs, and religious practices are skillfully woven into this portrait of Appalachian family life. The author's sympathetic insights into mountain culture combined with memorably etched characters and events create a realistic reflection of Tennessee mountain life during the decade following World War II. Maggie's life takes an unexpected turn when her cousin JD reveals a dark secret that could shatter the family. Maggie struggles to maintain her dreams of a better life amidst the many trials that will test the grit of this Appalachian Daughter.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dc-trip-by-sara-benincasa--65203037https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: DC Trip Author: Sara Benincasa Narrator: Sara Benincasa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Alicia Deats is a new teacher chaperoning her very first high school trip to Washington DC, and nothing could be more terrifying than a class full of horny, backstabbing, boundary-pushing teenagers under her watch. To make matters worse, she embarrassed herself with her co-chaperone Bryan Kenner with one too many margaritas and an ill-placed vomiting incident at last year’s teacher mixer and is hoping this trip can be a fresh start for them. Alicia believes in positive reinforcement and trust to keep her students out of trouble, but best friend high school sophomores Gertie, Sivan, and Rachel have a different idea: they plan to take full advantage of the un-parented freedom that a trip to DC offers. DC TRIP by novelist-comedian Sara Benincasa is an honest and irreverent journey of sexual confusion, bar shots, drag queens, and pot cookies in the Rose Garden.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281036Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: DC Trip Author: Sara Benincasa Narrator: Sara Benincasa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: DC Trip Author: Sara Benincasa Narrator: Sara Benincasa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Alicia Deats is a new teacher chaperoning her very first high school trip to Washington DC, and nothing could be more terrifying than a class full of horny, backstabbing, boundary-pushing teenagers under her watch. To make matters worse, she embarrassed herself with her co-chaperone Bryan Kenner with one too many margaritas and an ill-placed vomiting incident at last year’s teacher mixer and is hoping this trip can be a fresh start for them. Alicia believes in positive reinforcement and trust to keep her students out of trouble, but best friend high school sophomores Gertie, Sivan, and Rachel have a different idea: they plan to take full advantage of the un-parented freedom that a trip to DC offers. DC TRIP by novelist-comedian Sara Benincasa is an honest and irreverent journey of sexual confusion, bar shots, drag queens, and pot cookies in the Rose Garden.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-most-dangerous-place-on-earth-a-novel-by-lindsey-lee-johnson--65203029https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Most Dangerous Place on Earth: A Novel Author: Lindsey Lee Johnson Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An unforgettable cast of characters is unleashed into a realm known for its cruelty—the American high school—in this captivating debut novel. The wealthy enclaves north of San Francisco are not the paradise they appear to be, and nobody knows this better than the students of a local high school. Despite being raised with all the opportunities money can buy, these vulnerable kids are navigating a treacherous adolescence in which every action, every rumor, every feeling, is potentially postable, shareable, viral. Lindsey Lee Johnson’s kaleidoscopic narrative exposes at every turn the real human beings beneath the high school stereotypes. Abigail Cress is ticking off the boxes toward the Ivy League when she makes the first impulsive decision of her life: entering into an inappropriate relationship with a teacher. Dave Chu, who knows himself at heart to be a typical B student, takes desperate measures to live up to his parents’ crushing expectations. Emma Fleed, a gifted dancer, balances rigorous rehearsals with wild weekends. Damon Flintov returns from a stint at rehab looking to prove that he’s not an irredeemable screwup. And Calista Broderick, once part of the popular crowd, chooses, for reasons of her own, to become a hippie outcast. Into this complicated web, an idealistic young English teacher arrives from a poorer, scruffier part of California. Molly Nicoll strives to connect with her students—without understanding the middle school tragedy that played out online and has continued to reverberate in different ways for all of them. Written with the rare talent capable of turning teenage drama into urgent, adult fiction, The Most Dangerous Place on Earth makes vivid a modern adolescence lived in the gleam of the virtual, but rich with sorrow, passion, and humanity. Praise for The Most Dangerous Place on Earth “Alarming, compelling . . . Here’s high school life in all its madness.”—The New York Times   “Unputdownable.”—Elle   “Impossibly funny and achingly sad . . . [Lindsey Lee] Johnson cracks open adolescent angst with adult sensibility and sensitivity.”—San Francisco Chronicle   “[A] piercing debut . . . Johnson proves herself a master of the coming-of-age story.”—The Boston Globe   “Entrancing . . . Johnson’s novel possesses a propulsive quality. . . . Hard to put down.”—Chicago Tribune   “Readers may find themselves so swept up in this enthralling novel that they finish it in a single sitting.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280275Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Most Dangerous Place on Earth: A Novel Author: Lindsey Lee Johnson Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Most Dangerous Place on Earth: A Novel Author: Lindsey Lee Johnson Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An unforgettable cast of characters is unleashed into a realm known for its cruelty—the American high school—in this captivating debut novel. The wealthy enclaves north of San Francisco are not the paradise they appear to be, and nobody knows this better than the students of a local high school. Despite being raised with all the opportunities money can buy, these vulnerable kids are navigating a treacherous adolescence in which every action, every rumor, every feeling, is potentially postable, shareable, viral. Lindsey Lee Johnson’s kaleidoscopic narrative exposes at every turn the real human beings beneath the high school stereotypes. Abigail Cress is ticking off the boxes toward the Ivy League when she makes the first impulsive decision of her life: entering into an inappropriate relationship with a teacher. Dave Chu, who knows himself at heart to be a typical B student, takes desperate measures to live up to his parents’ crushing expectations. Emma Fleed, a gifted dancer, balances rigorous rehearsals with wild weekends. Damon Flintov returns from a stint at rehab looking to prove that he’s not an irredeemable screwup. And Calista Broderick, once part of the popular crowd, chooses, for reasons of her own, to become a hippie outcast. Into this complicated web, an idealistic young English teacher arrives from a poorer, scruffier part of California. Molly Nicoll strives to connect with her students—without understanding the middle school tragedy that played out online and has continued to reverberate in different ways for all of them. Written with the rare talent capable of turning teenage drama into urgent, adult fiction, The Most Dangerous Place on Earth makes vivid a modern adolescence lived in the gleam of the virtual, but rich with sorrow, passion, and humanity. Praise for The Most Dangerous Place on Earth “Alarming, compelling . . . Here’s high school life in all its madness.”—The New York Times   “Unputdownable.”—Elle   “Impossibly funny and achingly sad . . . [Lindsey Lee] Johnson cracks open adolescent angst with adult sensibility and sensitivity.”—San Francisco Chronicle   “[A] piercing debut . . . Johnson proves herself a master of the coming-of-age story.”—The Boston Globe   “Entrancing . . . Johnson’s novel possesses a propulsive quality. . . . Hard to put down.”—Chicago Tribune   “Readers may find themselves so swept up in this enthralling novel that they finish it in a single sitting.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/huck-out-west-a-novel-by-robert-coover--65203000https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Huck Out West: A Novel Author: Robert Coover Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: At the end of Huckleberry Finn, on the eve of the Civil War, Huck and his pal Tom Sawyer 'light out for the Territory' to avoid 'sivilization.' In Robert Coover's vision of their Western adventures, Huck and Tom start by joining the famous but short-lived Pony Express. Tom becomes something of a hero and decides he'd rather own civilization than escape it, returning east to get a wife and a law degree. But Huck stays alone in the Territory; he guides wagon trains, scouts for both sides in the war, wrangles horses on a Chisholm Trail cattle drive, joins a bandit gang, finds an ill-fated pal in an army fort and another in a Lakota Sioux tribe, and eventually finds himself in the Black Hills just ahead of the 1876 Gold Rush. In the course of his adventures, Huck reunites with Tom, Jim, and Becky Thatcher and faces some hard truths and harder choices.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317913Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Huck Out West: A Novel Author: Robert Coover Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Huck Out West: A Novel Author: Robert Coover Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: At the end of Huckleberry Finn, on the eve of the Civil War, Huck and his pal Tom Sawyer 'light out for the Territory' to avoid 'sivilization.' In Robert Coover's vision of their Western adventures, Huck and Tom start by joining the famous but short-lived Pony Express. Tom becomes something of a hero and decides he'd rather own civilization than escape it, returning east to get a wife and a law degree. But Huck stays alone in the Territory; he guides wagon trains, scouts for both sides in the war, wrangles horses on a Chisholm Trail cattle drive, joins a bandit gang, finds an ill-fated pal in an army fort and another in a Lakota Sioux tribe, and eventually finds himself in the Black Hills just ahead of the 1876 Gold Rush. In the course of his adventures, Huck reunites with Tom, Jim, and Becky Thatcher and faces some hard truths and harder choices.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dragon-springs-road-a-novel-by-janie-chang--65202998https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dragon Springs Road: A Novel Author: Janie Chang Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of Three Souls comes a vividly imagined and haunting new novel set in early 20th century Shanghai—a story of friendship, heartbreak, and history that follows a young Eurasian orphan’s search for her long-lost mother. That night I dreamed that I had wandered out to Dragon Springs Road all on my own, when a dreadful knowledge seized me that my mother had gone away never to return . . . In 1908, Jialing is only seven years old when she is abandoned in the courtyard of a once-lavish estate near Shanghai. Jialing is zazhong—Eurasian—and faces a lifetime of contempt from both Chinese and Europeans. Without her mother’s protection, she can survive only if the estate’s new owners, the Yang family, agree to take her in. Jialing finds allies in Anjuin, the eldest Yang daughter, and Fox, an animal spirit who has lived in the haunted courtyard for centuries. But Jialing’s life as the Yangs’ bondservant changes unexpectedly when she befriends a young English girl who then mysteriously vanishes. Always hopeful of finding her long-lost mother, Jialing grows into womanhood during the tumultuous early years of the Chinese republic, guided by Fox and by her own strength of spirit, away from the shadows of her past. But she finds herself drawn into a murder at the periphery of political intrigue, a relationship that jeopardizes her friendship with Anjuin and a forbidden affair that brings danger to the man she loves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281016Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dragon Springs Road: A Novel Author: Janie Chang Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281016 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dragon Springs Road: A Novel Author: Janie Chang Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of Three Souls comes a vividly imagined and haunting new novel set in early 20th century Shanghai—a story of friendship, heartbreak, and history that follows a young Eurasian orphan’s search for her long-lost mother. That night I dreamed that I had wandered out to Dragon Springs Road all on my own, when a dreadful knowledge seized me that my mother had gone away never to return . . . In 1908, Jialing is only seven years old when she is abandoned in the courtyard of a once-lavish estate near Shanghai. Jialing is zazhong—Eurasian—and faces a lifetime of contempt from both Chinese and Europeans. Without her mother’s protection, she can survive only if the estate’s new owners, the Yang family, agree to take her in. Jialing finds allies in Anjuin, the eldest Yang daughter, and Fox, an animal spirit who has lived in the haunted courtyard for centuries. But Jialing’s life as the Yangs’ bondservant changes unexpectedly when she befriends a young English girl who then mysteriously vanishes. Always hopeful of finding her long-lost mother, Jialing grows into womanhood during the tumultuous early years of the Chinese republic, guided by Fox and by her own strength of spirit, away from the shadows of her past. But she finds herself drawn into a murder at the periphery of political intrigue, a relationship that jeopardizes her friendship with Anjuin and a forbidden affair that brings danger to the man she loves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/montpelier-parade-by-karl-geary--65203031https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281171 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Montpelier Parade Author: Karl Geary Narrator: Karl Geary Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 5, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary, read by Karl Geary. 'Luminous and moving. A story that asks who you can love and how, and a novel that gets to the heart of things; it certainly got to the heart of me.' Sunjeev Sahota, author of The Year of the Runaways The house is on Montpelier Parade: just across town, but it might as well be a different world. Working on the garden with his father one Saturday, Sonny is full of curiosity. Then the back door eases open and she comes down the path towards him. Vera. Chance meetings become shy arrangements, and soon Sonny is in love for the first time. Casting off his lonely life of dreams and quiet violence for this new, intoxicating encounter, he longs to know Vera, even to save her. But what is it that Vera isn’t telling him? Unfolding in the sea-bright, rain-soaked Dublin of early spring, Montpelier Parade is a beautiful, cinematic novel about desire, longing, grief, hope and the things that remain unspoken. It is about how deeply we can connect with one another, and the choices we must also make alone.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281171Thu, 05 Jan 2017 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281171 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Montpelier Parade Author: Karl Geary Narrator: Karl Geary Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 5, 2017...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281171 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Montpelier Parade Author: Karl Geary Narrator: Karl Geary Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 5, 2017 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary, read by Karl Geary. 'Luminous and moving. A story that asks who you can love and how, and a novel that gets to the heart of things; it certainly got to the heart of me.' Sunjeev Sahota, author of The Year of the Runaways The house is on Montpelier Parade: just across town, but it might as well be a different world. Working on the garden with his father one Saturday, Sonny is full of curiosity. Then the back door eases open and she comes down the path towards him. Vera. Chance meetings become shy arrangements, and soon Sonny is in love for the first time. Casting off his lonely life of dreams and quiet violence for this new, intoxicating encounter, he longs to know Vera, even to save her. But what is it that Vera isn’t telling him? Unfolding in the sea-bright, rain-soaked Dublin of early spring, Montpelier Parade is a beautiful, cinematic novel about desire, longing, grief, hope and the things that remain unspoken. It is about how deeply we can connect with one another, and the choices we must also make alone.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/into-the-beautiful-north-a-novel-by-luis-alberto-urrea--65202994https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Beautiful North: A Novel Author: Luis Alberto Urrea Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: December 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This powerful novel from a bestselling and Pulitzer Prize winning author tells the story of a young woman's journey—both emotionally and physically—as she travels north to America. Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village -- they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men -- her own "Siete Magnv?ficos" -- to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, Into the Beautiful North is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283210Tue, 27 Dec 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Beautiful North: A Novel Author: Luis Alberto Urrea Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into the Beautiful North: A Novel Author: Luis Alberto Urrea Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 32 minutes Release date: December 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This powerful novel from a bestselling and Pulitzer Prize winning author tells the story of a young woman's journey—both emotionally and physically—as she travels north to America. Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village -- they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men -- her own "Siete Magnv?ficos" -- to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, Into the Beautiful North is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/odd-exam-by-piers-anthony--65202989https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Odd Exam Author: Piers Anthony Narrator: Jackie Meloche Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: December 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Odd Exam is a novella from Piers Anthony about an unusual college entrance examination. Entrance exams are taken in the form of a multi-player online game in a semi-virtual reality, with portals to other worlds and alien monsters. For those who qualify, board and tuition will be free. Can this be serious?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280128Tue, 27 Dec 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Odd Exam Author: Piers Anthony Narrator: Jackie Meloche Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: December 27, 2016 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280128 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Odd Exam Author: Piers Anthony Narrator: Jackie Meloche Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: December 27, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Odd Exam is a novella from Piers Anthony about an unusual college entrance examination. Entrance exams are taken in the form of a multi-player online game in a semi-virtual reality, with portals to other worlds and alien monsters. For those who qualify, board and tuition will be free. Can this be serious?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wiregrass-a-novel-by-pam-webber--65202903https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wiregrass: A Novel Author: Pam Webber Narrator: Erin Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Reminiscent of the stories and styles of Harper Lee, Sue Monk Kidd, and Jan Karon, Pam Webber's The Wiregrass is an extraordinary tale about a magical time in an ordinary place full of lovable and unlovable characters. Infused with laughter, tears, love, loss, and hope, the story follows fourteen-year-old cousins Nettie, J.D., Eric, and Sam as they navigate the summer of their discontent, struggle with the physical and emotional turbulence of puberty and disappearing childhood, feel the excitement of first love, and run for their lives after they uncover an evil secret hidden in the shadows of the small town they love. Their story promises to stay with you a lifetime.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315191Tue, 20 Dec 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wiregrass: A Novel Author: Pam Webber Narrator: Erin Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 20, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315191 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wiregrass: A Novel Author: Pam Webber Narrator: Erin Moon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 20, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Reminiscent of the stories and styles of Harper Lee, Sue Monk Kidd, and Jan Karon, Pam Webber's The Wiregrass is an extraordinary tale about a magical time in an ordinary place full of lovable and unlovable characters. Infused with laughter, tears, love, loss, and hope, the story follows fourteen-year-old cousins Nettie, J.D., Eric, and Sam as they navigate the summer of their discontent, struggle with the physical and emotional turbulence of puberty and disappearing childhood, feel the excitement of first love, and run for their lives after they uncover an evil secret hidden in the shadows of the small town they love. Their story promises to stay with you a lifetime.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/river-s-end-by-melody-carlson--65203018https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: River's End Series: #3 of The Inn at Shining Waters Author: Melody Carlson Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: December 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the final story of The Inn at Shining Waters, Anna Larson's granddaughter Sarah is beginning to find her independence. But her relationship with her parents suffers as a result and she travels away from all that is familiar. While the solace of the river calls Sarah back, surprises await upon her return. Three generations of family heartbreak and disappointments converge at Shining Waters as Sarah finds God right in the center of it all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280249Tue, 13 Dec 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: River's End Series: #3 of The Inn at Shining Waters Author: Melody Carlson Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280249 to listen full audiobooks. Title: River's End Series: #3 of The Inn at Shining Waters Author: Melody Carlson Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: December 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the final story of The Inn at Shining Waters, Anna Larson's granddaughter Sarah is beginning to find her independence. But her relationship with her parents suffers as a result and she travels away from all that is familiar. While the solace of the river calls Sarah back, surprises await upon her return. Three generations of family heartbreak and disappointments converge at Shining Waters as Sarah finds God right in the center of it all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/river-s-call-by-melody-carlson--65202995https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: River's Call Series: #2 of The Inn at Shining Waters Author: Melody Carlson Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: December 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Anna Larson's daughter, Lauren, is confused, brokenhearted, and misguided. It's the turbulent 1960s and, feeling alienated from her mother, Lauren chooses to stay with her paternal grandmother. However, repelled by the woman's manipulative and spiteful ways, Lauren returns to her mother, the river, and the Inn at Shining Waters. There, Lauren begins to appreciate the person her mother is becoming--and she loves the river. However, romantic interests throw a wrench into the works and Lauren, jealous and angry, returns to her grandmother yet again. But as time passes, Lauren, now a mother to her own defiant teenager, faces a new crisis-one that puts the entire family at risk.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279654Tue, 13 Dec 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: River's Call Series: #2 of The Inn at Shining Waters Author: Melody Carlson Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: River's Call Series: #2 of The Inn at Shining Waters Author: Melody Carlson Narrator: Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: December 13, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Anna Larson's daughter, Lauren, is confused, brokenhearted, and misguided. It's the turbulent 1960s and, feeling alienated from her mother, Lauren chooses to stay with her paternal grandmother. However, repelled by the woman's manipulative and spiteful ways, Lauren returns to her mother, the river, and the Inn at Shining Waters. There, Lauren begins to appreciate the person her mother is becoming--and she loves the river. However, romantic interests throw a wrench into the works and Lauren, jealous and angry, returns to her grandmother yet again. But as time passes, Lauren, now a mother to her own defiant teenager, faces a new crisis-one that puts the entire family at risk.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-almond-for-a-parrot-by-wray-delaney--65203025https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Almond for a Parrot Author: Wray Delaney Narrator: Rachel Atkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 3, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘shades of Sarah Waters…irresistible’ – The Guardian ‘I would like to make myself the heroine of this story – an innocent victim led astray. But alas sir, I would be lying…’ London, 1756: In Newgate prison, Tully Truegood awaits trial. Her fate hanging in the balance, she tells her life-story. It’s a tale that takes her from skivvy in the back streets of London, to conjuror’s assistant, to celebrated courtesan at her stepmother’s Fairy House, the notorious house of ill-repute where decadent excess is a must… Tully was once the talk of the town. Now, with the best seats at Newgate already sold in anticipation of her execution, her only chance of survival is to get her story to the one person who can help her avoid the gallows. She is Tully Truegood. Orphan, whore, magician’s apprentice. Murderer? A compelling mix of bawdy romp and magical realism.’ -Sarra Manning, Red magazine]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310127Thu, 03 Nov 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Almond for a Parrot Author: Wray Delaney Narrator: Rachel Atkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310127 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Almond for a Parrot Author: Wray Delaney Narrator: Rachel Atkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 3, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘shades of Sarah Waters…irresistible’ – The Guardian ‘I would like to make myself the heroine of this story – an innocent victim led astray. But alas sir, I would be lying…’ London, 1756: In Newgate prison, Tully Truegood awaits trial. Her fate hanging in the balance, she tells her life-story. It’s a tale that takes her from skivvy in the back streets of London, to conjuror’s assistant, to celebrated courtesan at her stepmother’s Fairy House, the notorious house of ill-repute where decadent excess is a must… Tully was once the talk of the town. Now, with the best seats at Newgate already sold in anticipation of her execution, her only chance of survival is to get her story to the one person who can help her avoid the gallows. She is Tully Truegood. Orphan, whore, magician’s apprentice. Murderer? A compelling mix of bawdy romp and magical realism.’ -Sarra Manning, Red magazine]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-see-you-a-novel-by-molly-mcadams--65203034https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I See You: A Novel Author: Molly McAdams Narrator: Em Eldridge, Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 1, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Molly McAdams’ powerful new novel offers one of the most memorable love triangles in fiction since Twilight—perfect for fans of New Adult fiction like Jamie McGuire, Abbi Glines, and Tamarra Webber. Futures are uncertain, unpredictable—like ink spilled across the purest surface. Nearly imperceptible ripples move and flow until a unique stain is formed. The ink is permanently imbedded in the surface… During one wild night in college, Jentry Michaels is a tidal wave of ink that brands Aurora Wilde’s soul. An unparalleled stain she can’t forget despite the many months that have passed—and despite the distraction she’d hoped she would find in her new relationship with Declan, the charmer who captured her heart soon after. Jentry has irrevocably touched her soul, and he is intertwined in her present and future in ways she never fathomed. Now Aurora is faced with keeping that night hidden though it feels as if the ink has indelibly etched their story across her skin. When Declan is confronted with his own personal demons, Aurora must decide if she will continue to hold tight to their relationship and a safe, reliable future with him, or if she will turn to Jentry—the guy she can’t forget no matter how hard she tries.…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275475Tue, 01 Nov 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I See You: A Novel Author: Molly McAdams Narrator: Em Eldridge, Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I See You: A Novel Author: Molly McAdams Narrator: Em Eldridge, Graham Halstead Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 40 minutes Release date: November 1, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Molly McAdams’ powerful new novel offers one of the most memorable love triangles in fiction since Twilight—perfect for fans of New Adult fiction like Jamie McGuire, Abbi Glines, and Tamarra Webber. Futures are uncertain, unpredictable—like ink spilled across the purest surface. Nearly imperceptible ripples move and flow until a unique stain is formed. The ink is permanently imbedded in the surface… During one wild night in college, Jentry Michaels is a tidal wave of ink that brands Aurora Wilde’s soul. An unparalleled stain she can’t forget despite the many months that have passed—and despite the distraction she’d hoped she would find in her new relationship with Declan, the charmer who captured her heart soon after. Jentry has irrevocably touched her soul, and he is intertwined in her present and future in ways she never fathomed. Now Aurora is faced with keeping that night hidden though it feels as if the ink has indelibly etched their story across her skin. When Declan is confronted with his own personal demons, Aurora must decide if she will continue to hold tight to their relationship and a safe, reliable future with him, or if she will turn to Jentry—the guy she can’t forget no matter how hard she tries.…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/keep-by-rachel-van-dyken--65202987https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep Series: #2 of Seaside Pictures Author: Rachel Van Dyken Narrator: Peter Coleman, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: My name is shouted on rooftops. It's written on bras, on the inside of bathroom stalls, hell, my name is everywhere. To say my name is to experience an orgasm without ever leaving your damn house. My name is Zane Saint Andrews. I'm sex. I'm a rock god. I'm also...a virgin. What they don't know won't kill them right? Give the people what they want. And what they want is the idea of me; the pleasure they gain at listening to my song and knowing without a doubt I'm talking about them and only them. It worked for a while. Until a nerdy girl with glasses falls at my feet, literally, and suddenly I don't want to be Saint anymore. What I want? What I really need? Is to be kept. By her.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278677Tue, 01 Nov 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep Series: #2 of Seaside Pictures Author: Rachel Van Dyken Narrator: Peter Coleman, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Keep Series: #2 of Seaside Pictures Author: Rachel Van Dyken Narrator: Peter Coleman, Brittany Pressley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Release date: November 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: My name is shouted on rooftops. It's written on bras, on the inside of bathroom stalls, hell, my name is everywhere. To say my name is to experience an orgasm without ever leaving your damn house. My name is Zane Saint Andrews. I'm sex. I'm a rock god. I'm also...a virgin. What they don't know won't kill them right? Give the people what they want. And what they want is the idea of me; the pleasure they gain at listening to my song and knowing without a doubt I'm talking about them and only them. It worked for a while. Until a nerdy girl with glasses falls at my feet, literally, and suddenly I don't want to be Saint anymore. What I want? What I really need? Is to be kept. By her.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/immaculate-blue-a-novel-by-paul-russell--65203040https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Immaculate Blue: A Novel Author: Paul Russell Narrator: Charles Leggett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the award-winning author of The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov comes the brilliantly conceived and precisely rendered novel Immaculate Blue, which explores the lives of four people - Anatole, Leigh, Chris, and Lydia - and their intermingled and unwinding desires. Set in upstate New York, the novel follows these characters as they achieve their aims in lives redolent with loss and hope, humor and sadness, union and alienation. Russell picks up the thread of his critically acclaimed novel The Salt Point 20 years later and tracks the lives of these friends, some of whom not only lost touch with each other but have also lost their way. Moving, at times shocking, and always memorable, Immaculate Blue points to where the personal and the political come together and shape our lives in unexpected ways. With this newest novel, Paul Russell reminds us of why he is one of the most important voices on the literary scene.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275847Tue, 25 Oct 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Immaculate Blue: A Novel Author: Paul Russell Narrator: Charles Leggett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Immaculate Blue: A Novel Author: Paul Russell Narrator: Charles Leggett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 23 minutes Release date: October 25, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the award-winning author of The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov comes the brilliantly conceived and precisely rendered novel Immaculate Blue, which explores the lives of four people - Anatole, Leigh, Chris, and Lydia - and their intermingled and unwinding desires. Set in upstate New York, the novel follows these characters as they achieve their aims in lives redolent with loss and hope, humor and sadness, union and alienation. Russell picks up the thread of his critically acclaimed novel The Salt Point 20 years later and tracks the lives of these friends, some of whom not only lost touch with each other but have also lost their way. Moving, at times shocking, and always memorable, Immaculate Blue points to where the personal and the political come together and shape our lives in unexpected ways. With this newest novel, Paul Russell reminds us of why he is one of the most important voices on the literary scene.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-wrong-boy-by-willy-russell--65202946https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wrong Boy Author: Willy Russell Narrator: Willy Russell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 11, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The extraordinary first novel from the internationally acclaimed playwright. Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a normal northern town. His Dad left home after falling in love with a five-string banjo; his fun-hating Gran believes she should have married Jean-Paul Sartre: ‘I could never read his books, but y’could tell from his picture, there was nothing frivolous about Jean-Paul Sartre.’ Felonious Uncle Jason and Appalling Aunty Paula are lusting after the satellite dish; frogs are flattened on Failsworth Boulevard; and Sickening Sonia’s being sick in the majestic cathedral of words. Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a normal northern town. Until, on the banks of the Rochdale Canal, the flytrapping craze begins and, for Raymond and his Mam, nothing is ever quite so normal again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309317Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wrong Boy Author: Willy Russell Narrator: Willy Russell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 11, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309317 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Wrong Boy Author: Willy Russell Narrator: Willy Russell Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 11, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The extraordinary first novel from the internationally acclaimed playwright. Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a normal northern town. His Dad left home after falling in love with a five-string banjo; his fun-hating Gran believes she should have married Jean-Paul Sartre: ‘I could never read his books, but y’could tell from his picture, there was nothing frivolous about Jean-Paul Sartre.’ Felonious Uncle Jason and Appalling Aunty Paula are lusting after the satellite dish; frogs are flattened on Failsworth Boulevard; and Sickening Sonia’s being sick in the majestic cathedral of words. Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a normal northern town. Until, on the banks of the Rochdale Canal, the flytrapping craze begins and, for Raymond and his Mam, nothing is ever quite so normal again.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/losing-it-by-emma-rathbone--65202964https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing It Author: Emma Rathbone Narrator: Katharine Mangold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: October 6, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Julia Greenfield is entirely imperfect and completely sympathetic, and Losing It is a bright gem of a novel.’ —Lauren Fox, author of Days of Awe and Friends Like Us Twenty-six year old Julia Greenfield has long suspected that everyone is having fun without her. It’s not that she’s unhappy, per se. It’s just that she’s not exactly happy either. She hasn’t done anything spontaneous since about 2003. Shouldn’t she be running a start up? Or going backpacking? Or exploring uncharted erogenous zones with inappropriate men? Trapped between news of her mother’s latent sexual awakening and her spinster aunt’s odd behaviour – Julia has finally snapped. It’s time to take some risks, and get a life. After all – what has she got to lose?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309327Thu, 06 Oct 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing It Author: Emma Rathbone Narrator: Katharine Mangold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: October 6, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing It Author: Emma Rathbone Narrator: Katharine Mangold Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: October 6, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Julia Greenfield is entirely imperfect and completely sympathetic, and Losing It is a bright gem of a novel.’ —Lauren Fox, author of Days of Awe and Friends Like Us Twenty-six year old Julia Greenfield has long suspected that everyone is having fun without her. It’s not that she’s unhappy, per se. It’s just that she’s not exactly happy either. She hasn’t done anything spontaneous since about 2003. Shouldn’t she be running a start up? Or going backpacking? Or exploring uncharted erogenous zones with inappropriate men? Trapped between news of her mother’s latent sexual awakening and her spinster aunt’s odd behaviour – Julia has finally snapped. It’s time to take some risks, and get a life. After all – what has she got to lose?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-santiago-sisters-by-victoria-fox--65202909https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Santiago Sisters Author: Victoria Fox Narrator: Yolanda Kettle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 28, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Exciting, glitzy and gripping… perfect summer reading’ -Daily Mail They should have stayed as one. They couldn’t survive apart. It was fate, forever destined to come to this: from birth to death, two halves of the same whole. Twins Calida and Teresita Santiago have never known a world without each other…until Teresita is wrenched from their Argentinian home to be adopted by world-famous actress Simone Geddes. Now, while Teresita is provided with all that money can buy, Calida must fight her way to the top – her only chance of reuniting with her twin. But no one can predict the explosive events which will finally bring the Santiago sisters into the spotlight together… ‘The Santiago Sisters’ is a romp of a read, full of passion, thrills and drama, a perfect novel to escape into and enjoy.’ -Liz Robinson, Lovereading.co.uk]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310324Thu, 28 Jul 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Santiago Sisters Author: Victoria Fox Narrator: Yolanda Kettle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 28, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310324 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Santiago Sisters Author: Victoria Fox Narrator: Yolanda Kettle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 28, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘Exciting, glitzy and gripping… perfect summer reading’ -Daily Mail They should have stayed as one. They couldn’t survive apart. It was fate, forever destined to come to this: from birth to death, two halves of the same whole. Twins Calida and Teresita Santiago have never known a world without each other…until Teresita is wrenched from their Argentinian home to be adopted by world-famous actress Simone Geddes. Now, while Teresita is provided with all that money can buy, Calida must fight her way to the top – her only chance of reuniting with her twin. But no one can predict the explosive events which will finally bring the Santiago sisters into the spotlight together… ‘The Santiago Sisters’ is a romp of a read, full of passion, thrills and drama, a perfect novel to escape into and enjoy.’ -Liz Robinson, Lovereading.co.uk]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-last-road-home-by-danny-johnson--65202928https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Road Home Author: Danny Johnson Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 26, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From Pushcart Prize nominee Danny Johnson comes a powerful, lyrical debut novel that explores race relations, first love, and coming-of-age in North Carolina in the 1950s and '60s. At eight years old, Raeford 'Junebug' Hurley has known more than his share of hard lessons. After the sudden death of his parents, he goes to live with his grandparents on a farm surrounded by tobacco fields and lonesome woods. There he meets Fancy Stroud and her twin brother, Lightning, the children of black sharecroppers on a neighboring farm. As years pass, the friendship between Junebug and bright, compassionate Fancy takes on a deeper intensity. Junebug, aware of all the ways in which he and Fancy are more alike than different, habitually bucks against the casual bigotry that surrounds them--dangerous in a community ruled by the Klan. On the brink of adulthood, Junebug is drawn into a moneymaking scheme that goes awry--and leaves him with a dark secret he must keep from those he loves. And as Fancy, tired of saying yes'um and living scared, tries to find her place in the world, Junebug embarks on a journey that will take him through loss and war toward a hard-won understanding. At once tender and unflinching, The Last Road Home delves deep into the gritty, violent realities of the South's turbulent past, yet evokes the universal hunger for belonging]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321530Tue, 26 Jul 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Road Home Author: Danny Johnson Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321530 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Road Home Author: Danny Johnson Narrator: James Patrick Cronin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 26, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From Pushcart Prize nominee Danny Johnson comes a powerful, lyrical debut novel that explores race relations, first love, and coming-of-age in North Carolina in the 1950s and '60s. At eight years old, Raeford 'Junebug' Hurley has known more than his share of hard lessons. After the sudden death of his parents, he goes to live with his grandparents on a farm surrounded by tobacco fields and lonesome woods. There he meets Fancy Stroud and her twin brother, Lightning, the children of black sharecroppers on a neighboring farm. As years pass, the friendship between Junebug and bright, compassionate Fancy takes on a deeper intensity. Junebug, aware of all the ways in which he and Fancy are more alike than different, habitually bucks against the casual bigotry that surrounds them--dangerous in a community ruled by the Klan. On the brink of adulthood, Junebug is drawn into a moneymaking scheme that goes awry--and leaves him with a dark secret he must keep from those he loves. And as Fancy, tired of saying yes'um and living scared, tries to find her place in the world, Junebug embarks on a journey that will take him through loss and war toward a hard-won understanding. At once tender and unflinching, The Last Road Home delves deep into the gritty, violent realities of the South's turbulent past, yet evokes the universal hunger for belonging]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-is-not-forgotten-by-wendy-walker--65202959https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Is Not Forgotten Author: Wendy Walker Narrator: Dylan Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 14, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: How far would you go to protect your daughter? ‘Deeply intriguing and provocative,… ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN is not to be missed’ –KARIN SLAUGHTER Since the night she was attacked, Jenny Kramer hasn't been able to recall what happened. Her parents and the doctors saw to that. Her mother couldn’t prevent the terror in the woods, but she’s done all she can to stop it ruining Jenny’s life. The only thing that now bothers Jenny is the scar carved into her lower back. Which she can’t stop touching. But if Jenny can’t remember her attacker, he can’t be caught. He could be the man next to her right now, the one who caught just her eye. And he hasn’t forgotten anything…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312083Thu, 14 Jul 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Is Not Forgotten Author: Wendy Walker Narrator: Dylan Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 14, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Is Not Forgotten Author: Wendy Walker Narrator: Dylan Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 14, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: How far would you go to protect your daughter? ‘Deeply intriguing and provocative,… ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN is not to be missed’ –KARIN SLAUGHTER Since the night she was attacked, Jenny Kramer hasn't been able to recall what happened. Her parents and the doctors saw to that. Her mother couldn’t prevent the terror in the woods, but she’s done all she can to stop it ruining Jenny’s life. The only thing that now bothers Jenny is the scar carved into her lower back. Which she can’t stop touching. But if Jenny can’t remember her attacker, he can’t be caught. He could be the man next to her right now, the one who caught just her eye. And he hasn’t forgotten anything…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/age-of-consent-by-marti-leimbach--65202935https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Age of Consent Author: Marti Leimbach Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 14, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A powerful, compelling, topical novel about a relationship between a radio DJ and a teenage girl from the author of DYING YOUNG and DANIEL ISN’T TALKING Radio DJ Craig Kirtz took a shine to Bobbie when she was only thirteen years old, embroiling her in a secret life of sex and drugs. He remembers their relationship as a love affair. She remembers it as abuse. Thirty years later, she returns to her hometown to testify against him. He denies the charges. And he has a witness Bobbie could not have anticipated – her own mother, who is now Craig’s wife.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312084Thu, 14 Jul 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Age of Consent Author: Marti Leimbach Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 14, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Age of Consent Author: Marti Leimbach Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 17 minutes Release date: July 14, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A powerful, compelling, topical novel about a relationship between a radio DJ and a teenage girl from the author of DYING YOUNG and DANIEL ISN’T TALKING Radio DJ Craig Kirtz took a shine to Bobbie when she was only thirteen years old, embroiling her in a secret life of sex and drugs. He remembers their relationship as a love affair. She remembers it as abuse. Thirty years later, she returns to her hometown to testify against him. He denies the charges. And he has a witness Bobbie could not have anticipated – her own mother, who is now Craig’s wife.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reliance-illinois-by-mary-volmer--65202894https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reliance, Illinois Author: Mary Volmer Narrator: Sandy Rustin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Reliance, Illinois tells the story of a young woman faced with choices that will alter the course of her own future, and offers a brilliant window into American life during a period of tumultuous change. Illinois, 1874: With a birthmark covering half her face, thirteen-year-old Madelyn Branch is accustomed to cold and awkward greetings, and expects no less in the struggling town of Reliance. After all, her mother, Rebecca, was careful not to mention a daughter in the Matrimonial Times ad that brought them there. When Rebecca weds, Madelyn poses as her mother's younger sister and earns a grudging berth in her new house. Deeply injured by her mother's deceptions, Madelyn soon leaves to enter the service of Miss Rose Werner, prodigal daughter of the town's founder. Miss Rose is a suffragette and purveyor of black market birth control who sees in Madelyn a project and potential acolyte. Madelyn, though, wants to feel beautiful and loved, and she pins her hopes on William Stark, a young photographer and haunted Civil War veteran. Reliance, Illinois tells the story of a young woman faced with choices that will alter the course of her own future, and offers a brilliant window into American life during a period of tumultuous change.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321398Tue, 10 May 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reliance, Illinois Author: Mary Volmer Narrator: Sandy Rustin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reliance, Illinois Author: Mary Volmer Narrator: Sandy Rustin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 10, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Reliance, Illinois tells the story of a young woman faced with choices that will alter the course of her own future, and offers a brilliant window into American life during a period of tumultuous change. Illinois, 1874: With a birthmark covering half her face, thirteen-year-old Madelyn Branch is accustomed to cold and awkward greetings, and expects no less in the struggling town of Reliance. After all, her mother, Rebecca, was careful not to mention a daughter in the Matrimonial Times ad that brought them there. When Rebecca weds, Madelyn poses as her mother's younger sister and earns a grudging berth in her new house. Deeply injured by her mother's deceptions, Madelyn soon leaves to enter the service of Miss Rose Werner, prodigal daughter of the town's founder. Miss Rose is a suffragette and purveyor of black market birth control who sees in Madelyn a project and potential acolyte. Madelyn, though, wants to feel beautiful and loved, and she pins her hopes on William Stark, a young photographer and haunted Civil War veteran. Reliance, Illinois tells the story of a young woman faced with choices that will alter the course of her own future, and offers a brilliant window into American life during a period of tumultuous change.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-crossing-by-cormac-mccarthy--65202870https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crossing Series: #2 of Border (McCarthy) Author: Cormac McCarthy Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 18, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 9 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy fulfills the promise of All the Pretty Horses and at the same time give us a work that is darker and more visionary, a novel with the unstoppable momentum of a classic western and the elegaic power of a lost American myth. In the late 1930s, sixteen-year-old Billy Parham captures a she-wolf that has been marauding his family's ranch. But instead of killing it, he decides to take it back to the mountains of Mexico. With that crossing, he begins an arduous and often dreamlike journey into a country where men meet ghosts and violence strikes as suddenly as heat-lightning--a world where there is no order 'save that which death has put there.' An essential novel by any measure, The Crossing is luminous and appalling, a book that touches, stops, and starts the heart and mind at once.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321269Fri, 18 Mar 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crossing Series: #2 of Border (McCarthy) Author: Cormac McCarthy Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 43 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crossing Series: #2 of Border (McCarthy) Author: Cormac McCarthy Narrator: Richard Poe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 43 minutes Release date: March 18, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.56 of Total 9 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In The Crossing, Cormac McCarthy fulfills the promise of All the Pretty Horses and at the same time give us a work that is darker and more visionary, a novel with the unstoppable momentum of a classic western and the elegaic power of a lost American myth. In the late 1930s, sixteen-year-old Billy Parham captures a she-wolf that has been marauding his family's ranch. But instead of killing it, he decides to take it back to the mountains of Mexico. With that crossing, he begins an arduous and often dreamlike journey into a country where men meet ghosts and violence strikes as suddenly as heat-lightning--a world where there is no order 'save that which death has put there.' An essential novel by any measure, The Crossing is luminous and appalling, a book that touches, stops, and starts the heart and mind at once.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/reap-by-eric-rickstad--65203043https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reap Author: Eric Rickstad Narrator: R. C. Bray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Like a cross between Denis Johnson's Already Dead and David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Reap draws us into the hot, still air of a summer backwoods at whose fringes lurk danger and epiphany. Jessup Burke, a lonely, naive sixteen-year-old, has grown up without a father in a jobless, indifferent logging town. Out of high school a year early, he now bikes through the woods with his fishing gear, daydreaming of his sweetheart and their secret 'home' in an abandoned farmhouse. When Reg, an embittered, paranoid recluse fresh out of jail for growing marijuana, encounters Jessup hitchhiking, he is at first drawn to the boy's easily manipulated naïveté, but the two soon become irreversibly bound. As Jessup unknowingly participates in Reg's perilous, criminal behavior, he also endangers himself when his relationship with Marigold, Reg's younger, married sister, goes beyond friendship. Jessup's rude awakening into adulthood is rendered in sure and supple prose in this dramatic, action-packed novel.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317065Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reap Author: Eric Rickstad Narrator: R. C. Bray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Genres: Coming...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reap Author: Eric Rickstad Narrator: R. C. Bray Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Like a cross between Denis Johnson's Already Dead and David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Reap draws us into the hot, still air of a summer backwoods at whose fringes lurk danger and epiphany. Jessup Burke, a lonely, naive sixteen-year-old, has grown up without a father in a jobless, indifferent logging town. Out of high school a year early, he now bikes through the woods with his fishing gear, daydreaming of his sweetheart and their secret 'home' in an abandoned farmhouse. When Reg, an embittered, paranoid recluse fresh out of jail for growing marijuana, encounters Jessup hitchhiking, he is at first drawn to the boy's easily manipulated naïveté, but the two soon become irreversibly bound. As Jessup unknowingly participates in Reg's perilous, criminal behavior, he also endangers himself when his relationship with Marigold, Reg's younger, married sister, goes beyond friendship. Jessup's rude awakening into adulthood is rendered in sure and supple prose in this dramatic, action-packed novel.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-doubter-s-almanac-by-ethan-canin--65202933https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Doubter's Almanac Author: Ethan Canin Narrator: David Aaron Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this mesmerizing novel, Ethan Canin, the New York Times bestselling author of America America and other acclaimed works of fiction, explores the mysteries of a father, a son, and a family, as well as the nature of genius, jealousy, ambition, and love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309821Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Doubter's Almanac Author: Ethan Canin Narrator: David Aaron Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 16,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309821 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Doubter's Almanac Author: Ethan Canin Narrator: David Aaron Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this mesmerizing novel, Ethan Canin, the New York Times bestselling author of America America and other acclaimed works of fiction, explores the mysteries of a father, a son, and a family, as well as the nature of genius, jealousy, ambition, and love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/time-to-say-goodbye-by-s-d-robertson--65202923https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time to Say Goodbye Author: S.D. Robertson Narrator: Paul Tyreman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 11, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: **‘A strong contender for my favourite book of the year … Emotional, heart-warming, tragic, bittersweet, charming and very, very satisfying.’ – Silver Thistle book blog** A heart-rending story about the unique bond between a father and his daughter, for fans of JOJO MOYES and JOHN GREEN HOW DO YOU LEAVE THE PERSON YOU LOVE THE MOST? Will Curtis's six-year-old daughter, Ella, knows her father will never leave her. After all, he promised her so when her mother died. And he's going to do everything he can to keep his word. What Will doesn't know is that the promise he made to his little girl might be harder to keep than he imagined. When he's faced with an impossible decision, Will finds that the most obvious choice might not be the right one. But the future is full of unexpected surprises. And father and daughter are about to embark on an unforgettable journey together . . . Here’s what readers are saying about TIME TO SAY GOODBYE: ‘Heart-achingly good, with laugh-out-loud moments’ THE SUN ‘Time to Say Goodbye is a very beautiful book about death and its effect on the family. It’s sad and extremely moving, yet somehow allows you to laugh at the same time.’ Stewart Foster, author of The Bubble Boy ‘One of those unique books that once read will truly stay with you for a lifetime.’ Compellingreads.co.uk ‘A sad, sweet, thought-provoking tale about the love and the bond between parents and children.’ Lovereading.co.uk ‘A beautiful well written heart-rending story about a father’s love for his daughter.’ ireadnovels ‘A tender, warm, and wonderfully written novel.’ Becca’s Books ‘An engaging, heartfelt and stunning read.’ A Spoonful of Happy Endings]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312550Thu, 11 Feb 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time to Say Goodbye Author: S.D. Robertson Narrator: Paul Tyreman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Time to Say Goodbye Author: S.D. Robertson Narrator: Paul Tyreman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 11, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: **‘A strong contender for my favourite book of the year … Emotional, heart-warming, tragic, bittersweet, charming and very, very satisfying.’ – Silver Thistle book blog** A heart-rending story about the unique bond between a father and his daughter, for fans of JOJO MOYES and JOHN GREEN HOW DO YOU LEAVE THE PERSON YOU LOVE THE MOST? Will Curtis's six-year-old daughter, Ella, knows her father will never leave her. After all, he promised her so when her mother died. And he's going to do everything he can to keep his word. What Will doesn't know is that the promise he made to his little girl might be harder to keep than he imagined. When he's faced with an impossible decision, Will finds that the most obvious choice might not be the right one. But the future is full of unexpected surprises. And father and daughter are about to embark on an unforgettable journey together . . . Here’s what readers are saying about TIME TO SAY GOODBYE: ‘Heart-achingly good, with laugh-out-loud moments’ THE SUN ‘Time to Say Goodbye is a very beautiful book about death and its effect on the family. It’s sad and extremely moving, yet somehow allows you to laugh at the same time.’ Stewart Foster, author of The Bubble Boy ‘One of those unique books that once read will truly stay with you for a lifetime.’ Compellingreads.co.uk ‘A sad, sweet, thought-provoking tale about the love and the bond between parents and children.’ Lovereading.co.uk ‘A beautiful well written heart-rending story about a father’s love for his daughter.’ ireadnovels ‘A tender, warm, and wonderfully written novel.’ Becca’s Books ‘An engaging, heartfelt and stunning read.’ A Spoonful of Happy Endings]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-trouble-with-goats-and-sheep-by-joanna-cannon--65202958https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trouble with Goats and Sheep Author: Joanna Cannon Narrator: Paula Wilcox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Part whodunnit, part coming of age, this is a gripping debut about the secrets behind every door’ RACHEL JOYCE ‘Cannon is so attuned to other people’s stories… a chronicler both of the human condition and the quotidian details which speak to who we are’ GUARDIAN ‘A very special book’ NATHAN FILER ‘An utter delight’ SARAH WINMAN ‘A delight’ PAULA HAWKINS ‘A treasure chest of a novel’ JULIE COHEN ‘One of the standout novels of the year’ HANNAH BECKERMAN ‘I didn't want the book to end’ CARYS BRAY ‘An excellent debut’ JAMES HANNAH ‘Grace and Tilly are my new heroes’ KATE HAMER ‘A wonderful debut’ JILL MANSELL ‘A modern classic in the making’ SARAH HILARY ‘A stunning debut’ KATIE FFORDE ‘Phenomenal’ MIRANDA DICKINSON England,1976. Mrs Creasy is missing and The Avenue is alive with whispers. As the summer shimmers endlessly on, ten-year-olds Grace and Tilly decide to take matters into their own hands. And as the cul-de-sac starts giving up its secrets, the amateur detectives will find much more than they imagined…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307240Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trouble with Goats and Sheep Author: Joanna Cannon Narrator: Paula Wilcox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/307240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Trouble with Goats and Sheep Author: Joanna Cannon Narrator: Paula Wilcox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 6 minutes Release date: January 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Part whodunnit, part coming of age, this is a gripping debut about the secrets behind every door’ RACHEL JOYCE ‘Cannon is so attuned to other people’s stories… a chronicler both of the human condition and the quotidian details which speak to who we are’ GUARDIAN ‘A very special book’ NATHAN FILER ‘An utter delight’ SARAH WINMAN ‘A delight’ PAULA HAWKINS ‘A treasure chest of a novel’ JULIE COHEN ‘One of the standout novels of the year’ HANNAH BECKERMAN ‘I didn't want the book to end’ CARYS BRAY ‘An excellent debut’ JAMES HANNAH ‘Grace and Tilly are my new heroes’ KATE HAMER ‘A wonderful debut’ JILL MANSELL ‘A modern classic in the making’ SARAH HILARY ‘A stunning debut’ KATIE FFORDE ‘Phenomenal’ MIRANDA DICKINSON England,1976. Mrs Creasy is missing and The Avenue is alive with whispers. As the summer shimmers endlessly on, ten-year-olds Grace and Tilly decide to take matters into their own hands. And as the cul-de-sac starts giving up its secrets, the amateur detectives will find much more than they imagined…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/only-love-can-break-your-heart-by-ed-tarkington--65202918https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Love Can Break Your Heart Author: Ed Tarkington Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ed Tarkington's debut novel draws you into a small-town American Gothic story of coming-of-age, brotherhood, and family fealty, first love, scandal, and murder. In Virginia in the 1930s, 6-year-old Rocky lives in awe of Paul, his juvenile delinquent older brother, until Paul disappears with his delicate girlfriend Leigh. Nine years later we find a teenage Rocky discovering first love (and first sex) with the neighbors' daughter, trying to come into his own, discovering his own talents, when Leigh returns, more unstable than ever and full of secrets. Eventually, when their elderly father falls ill, Paul returns to find a town -- and a family -- that cannot trust him. Just as the brothers begin to reclaim what was lost, a brutal murder threatens everything.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317855Tue, 05 Jan 2016 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Love Can Break Your Heart Author: Ed Tarkington Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/317855 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Love Can Break Your Heart Author: Ed Tarkington Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 5, 2016 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ed Tarkington's debut novel draws you into a small-town American Gothic story of coming-of-age, brotherhood, and family fealty, first love, scandal, and murder. In Virginia in the 1930s, 6-year-old Rocky lives in awe of Paul, his juvenile delinquent older brother, until Paul disappears with his delicate girlfriend Leigh. Nine years later we find a teenage Rocky discovering first love (and first sex) with the neighbors' daughter, trying to come into his own, discovering his own talents, when Leigh returns, more unstable than ever and full of secrets. Eventually, when their elderly father falls ill, Paul returns to find a town -- and a family -- that cannot trust him. Just as the brothers begin to reclaim what was lost, a brutal murder threatens everything.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kill-without-mercy-by-alexandra-ivy--65202926https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kill Without Mercy Series: #1 of Ares Security Author: Alexandra Ivy Narrator: Jim Frangione Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: December 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the hellhole of a Taliban prison to sweet freedom, five brave military heroes have made it home-and they're ready to take on the civilian missions no one else can. Individually they're intimidating. Together they're invincible. They're the men of ARES Security. Rafe Vargas is only in Newton, Iowa, to clear out his late grandfather's small house. As the covert ops specialist for ARES Security, he's eager to get back to his new life in Texas. But when he crosses paths with Annie White, a haunted beauty with skeletons in her closet, he can't just walk away-not when she's clearly in danger. There's a mysterious serial killer on the loose with a link to Annie's dark past. And the closer he gets, the deeper Rafe's instinct to protect kicks in. But even with his considerable skill, Annie's courage, and his ARES buddies behind him, the slaying won't stop. Now it's only a matter of time before Annie's next-unless they can unravel a history of deadly lies that won't be buried.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312763Tue, 29 Dec 2015 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kill Without Mercy Series: #1 of Ares Security Author: Alexandra Ivy Narrator: Jim Frangione Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/312763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kill Without Mercy Series: #1 of Ares Security Author: Alexandra Ivy Narrator: Jim Frangione Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: December 29, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the hellhole of a Taliban prison to sweet freedom, five brave military heroes have made it home-and they're ready to take on the civilian missions no one else can. Individually they're intimidating. Together they're invincible. They're the men of ARES Security. Rafe Vargas is only in Newton, Iowa, to clear out his late grandfather's small house. As the covert ops specialist for ARES Security, he's eager to get back to his new life in Texas. But when he crosses paths with Annie White, a haunted beauty with skeletons in her closet, he can't just walk away-not when she's clearly in danger. There's a mysterious serial killer on the loose with a link to Annie's dark past. And the closer he gets, the deeper Rafe's instinct to protect kicks in. But even with his considerable skill, Annie's courage, and his ARES buddies behind him, the slaying won't stop. Now it's only a matter of time before Annie's next-unless they can unravel a history of deadly lies that won't be buried.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sum-and-total-of-now-by-don-robertson--65202950https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sum and Total of Now Author: Don Robertson Narrator: Bill Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 4, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Morris Bird III, who is trying to make do with the sum and total of his present until maturity arrives, has the usual teenage troubles-acne, his dumb name, a squabbling family, and, in this summer of 1948, the looming death of his grandmother.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310150Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sum and Total of Now Author: Don Robertson Narrator: Bill Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/310150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sum and Total of Now Author: Don Robertson Narrator: Bill Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: December 4, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Morris Bird III, who is trying to make do with the sum and total of his present until maturity arrives, has the usual teenage troubles-acne, his dumb name, a squabbling family, and, in this summer of 1948, the looming death of his grandmother.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-that-are-left-by-clare-clark--65202966https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We That Are Left Author: Clare Clark Narrator: Shaun Grindell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 48 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: It is 1910. Jessica and Phyllis Melville have grown up at Ellinghurst, their family estate. A headstrong beauty, Jessica longs for London—the glitter and glamor of debutante life— while bookish Phyllis dreams in vain of attending the university. Neither girl questions that it is Theo, their adored brother, whom their mother loves best. Theo eclipses everyone around him, including the diffident Oskar Grunewald, who is a frequent visitor to Ellinghurst. Fascinated by the house but alternately tormented and ignored by the Melville children, Oskar seeks refuge in Ellinghurst's enormous library. Over the next decade, as the Great War devastates and reshapes their world, the sisters come of age in a country unrecognizable from the idylls of their youth. As they struggle to forge new paths in a world that no longer plays by the old rules, Oskar's life becomes entwined with theirs once again, in ways that will change all of their futures forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313945Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We That Are Left Author: Clare Clark Narrator: Shaun Grindell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 48 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313945 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We That Are Left Author: Clare Clark Narrator: Shaun Grindell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 48 minutes Release date: October 20, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: It is 1910. Jessica and Phyllis Melville have grown up at Ellinghurst, their family estate. A headstrong beauty, Jessica longs for London—the glitter and glamor of debutante life— while bookish Phyllis dreams in vain of attending the university. Neither girl questions that it is Theo, their adored brother, whom their mother loves best. Theo eclipses everyone around him, including the diffident Oskar Grunewald, who is a frequent visitor to Ellinghurst. Fascinated by the house but alternately tormented and ignored by the Melville children, Oskar seeks refuge in Ellinghurst's enormous library. Over the next decade, as the Great War devastates and reshapes their world, the sisters come of age in a country unrecognizable from the idylls of their youth. As they struggle to forge new paths in a world that no longer plays by the old rules, Oskar's life becomes entwined with theirs once again, in ways that will change all of their futures forever.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/make-your-home-among-strangers-by-jennine-capo-crucet--65202975https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309983 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Make Your Home Among Strangers Author: Jennine Capo Crucet Narrator: Marisol Ramirez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Lizet, a daughter of Cuban immigrants and the first in her family to graduate from high school, secretly applies and is accepted to an ultra-elite college. Her parents are furious at her decision to leave Miami, and amid a painful divorce, her father sells her childhood home, leaving Lizet, her mother, and older sister, a newly single mom-without a steady income and scrambling for a place to live. Amidst this turmoil, Lizet begins college, but the privileged world of the campus feels utterly foreign to her, as does her new awareness of herself as a minority. Struggling both socially and academically, she returns home for a Thanksgiving visit, only to be overshadowed by the arrival of Ariel Hernandez, a young boy whose mother died fleeing with him from Cuba on a raft. The ensuing immigration battle puts Miami in a glaring spotlight, captivating the nation and entangling Lizet's entire family. Pulled between life at college and the needs of those she loves, Lizet is faced with hard decisions that will change her life forever. Her urgent, mordantly funny voice leaps off the page to tell this moving story of a young woman torn between generational, cultural, and political forces; it's the new story of what it means to be American today. Jennine CapO Crucet is the author of Make Your Home Among Strangers and a story collection, How to Leave Hialeah, winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award, John Gardner Book Prize, Devil's Kitchen Reading Award, and named a Best Book of the Year by the Miami Herald and the Latinidad List. A PEN/O. Henry Prize winner and Bread Loaf Fellow, she was a Picador Guest Professor at the University of Leipzig, Germany. She was raised in Miami and still writes and teaches in Florida.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309983Tue, 04 Aug 2015 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309983 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Make Your Home Among Strangers Author: Jennine Capo Crucet Narrator: Marisol Ramirez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 17 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/309983 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Make Your Home Among Strangers Author: Jennine Capo Crucet Narrator: Marisol Ramirez Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Lizet, a daughter of Cuban immigrants and the first in her family to graduate from high school, secretly applies and is accepted to an ultra-elite college. Her parents are furious at her decision to leave Miami, and amid a painful divorce, her father sells her childhood home, leaving Lizet, her mother, and older sister, a newly single mom-without a steady income and scrambling for a place to live. Amidst this turmoil, Lizet begins college, but the privileged world of the campus feels utterly foreign to her, as does her new awareness of herself as a minority. Struggling both socially and academically, she returns home for a Thanksgiving visit, only to be overshadowed by the arrival of Ariel Hernandez, a young boy whose mother died fleeing with him from Cuba on a raft. The ensuing immigration battle puts Miami in a glaring spotlight, captivating the nation and entangling Lizet's entire family. Pulled between life at college and the needs of those she loves, Lizet is faced with hard decisions that will change her life forever. Her urgent, mordantly funny voice leaps off the page to tell this moving story of a young woman torn between generational, cultural, and political forces; it's the new story of what it means to be American today. Jennine CapO Crucet is the author of Make Your Home Among Strangers and a story collection, How to Leave Hialeah, winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award, John Gardner Book Prize, Devil's Kitchen Reading Award, and named a Best Book of the Year by the Miami Herald and the Latinidad List. A PEN/O. Henry Prize winner and Bread Loaf Fellow, she was a Picador Guest Professor at the University of Leipzig, Germany. She was raised in Miami and still writes and teaches in Florida.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/eight-hundred-grapes-by-laura-dave--65202902https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eight Hundred Grapes Author: Laura Dave Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 30, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide… A heartbreaking, funny, and deeply evocative novel about love, marriage, family, wine, and the treacherous terrain in which they meet. For everyone who loved Brothers and Sisters. My mother said it simply: ‘Be careful what you give up’ ‘Because you can’t get it back?’ ‘No.’ She squeezed my shoulder. ‘Because, eventually, you get it back any way you can.’ Georgia Ford, associate at a lop LA law firm, has built a solid life for herself away from her childhood spent in the beautiful surroundings of her parents’ Californian vineyard. The life of a winemaker was too precarious, too heartbreaking and unpredictable for her. But just a week before her wedding to her beloved Ben, a secret is revealed that changes everything. Returning to the family vineyard, Georgia just wants to throw herself into the grape harvest with her long-married parents, her inseparable twin brothers, and everything familiar. But the foundations of Georgia’s ideas about love and happiness are shaken as she realises that her parents’ long marriage is not quite the picture perfect relationship she had always assumed it was. And neither is her brothers’ easy-going camaraderie. As the last harvest draws to a close, Georgia discovers that in the time she’s been away, the vineyard has settled into a rhythm of its own, and it’s the people who tend to it who are struggling to keep their roots. In ways she never imagined, her whole life is unravelling, and it’s up to Georgia to bring everyone through the storm…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313264Thu, 30 Jul 2015 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eight Hundred Grapes Author: Laura Dave Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 30, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eight Hundred Grapes Author: Laura Dave Narrator: Laurence Bouvard Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 30, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide… A heartbreaking, funny, and deeply evocative novel about love, marriage, family, wine, and the treacherous terrain in which they meet. For everyone who loved Brothers and Sisters. My mother said it simply: ‘Be careful what you give up’ ‘Because you can’t get it back?’ ‘No.’ She squeezed my shoulder. ‘Because, eventually, you get it back any way you can.’ Georgia Ford, associate at a lop LA law firm, has built a solid life for herself away from her childhood spent in the beautiful surroundings of her parents’ Californian vineyard. The life of a winemaker was too precarious, too heartbreaking and unpredictable for her. But just a week before her wedding to her beloved Ben, a secret is revealed that changes everything. Returning to the family vineyard, Georgia just wants to throw herself into the grape harvest with her long-married parents, her inseparable twin brothers, and everything familiar. But the foundations of Georgia’s ideas about love and happiness are shaken as she realises that her parents’ long marriage is not quite the picture perfect relationship she had always assumed it was. And neither is her brothers’ easy-going camaraderie. As the last harvest draws to a close, Georgia discovers that in the time she’s been away, the vineyard has settled into a rhythm of its own, and it’s the people who tend to it who are struggling to keep their roots. In ways she never imagined, her whole life is unravelling, and it’s up to Georgia to bring everyone through the storm…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dark-rooms-by-lili-anolik--65202951https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dark Rooms Author: Lili Anolik Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 4, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A stunning debut coming-of-age novel set in the ambiguous and claustrophobic world of an exclusive New England prep school. The first time I saw my sister after she died was at the Fourth of July party. I felt someone behind me and my flesh started prickling. My skin recognized her before I did, rippling once then tightening on my bones. My sister, Nica. Grace spent her teenage years playing catch-up with her younger but cooler sister, Nica. Chasing and yet never quite catching up. So when Nica is murdered, Grace is cast adrift until it becomes clear to her that she must track down her sister’s killer – and in doing so, uncover the secrets she never knew her sister kept.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313319Thu, 04 Jun 2015 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dark Rooms Author: Lili Anolik Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 4, 2015 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dark Rooms Author: Lili Anolik Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 4, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A stunning debut coming-of-age novel set in the ambiguous and claustrophobic world of an exclusive New England prep school. The first time I saw my sister after she died was at the Fourth of July party. I felt someone behind me and my flesh started prickling. My skin recognized her before I did, rippling once then tightening on my bones. My sister, Nica. Grace spent her teenage years playing catch-up with her younger but cooler sister, Nica. Chasing and yet never quite catching up. So when Nica is murdered, Grace is cast adrift until it becomes clear to her that she must track down her sister’s killer – and in doing so, uncover the secrets she never knew her sister kept.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/that-girl-from-nowhere-a-gripping-and-emotional-story-from-the-bestselling-author-of-the-ice-cream-girls-by-dorothy-koomson--65202997https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Girl From Nowhere: A gripping and emotional story from the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls Author: Dorothy Koomson Narrator: Akiya Henry, Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 11 minutes Release date: April 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before and My Best Friend's Girl, an emotional story about love, identity and the meaning of family. ‘Where are you coming from with that accent of yours?’ he asks. ‘Nowhere,’ I reply. ‘I’m from nowhere.’ ‘Everyone’s from somewhere,’ he says. ‘Not me,’ I reply silently. Clemency Smittson was adopted as a baby and the only connection she has to her birth mother is a cardboard box hand-decorated with butterflies. Now an adult, Clem decides to make a drastic life change and move to Brighton, where she was born. Clem has no idea that while there she'll meet someone who knows all about her butterfly box and what happened to her birth parents. As the tangled truths about her adoption and childhood start to unravel, a series of shocking events cause Clem to reassess whether the price of having contact with her birth family could be too high to pay...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289213Thu, 09 Apr 2015 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Girl From Nowhere: A gripping and emotional story from the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls Author: Dorothy Koomson Narrator: Akiya...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: That Girl From Nowhere: A gripping and emotional story from the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls Author: Dorothy Koomson Narrator: Akiya Henry, Adjoa Andoh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 11 minutes Release date: April 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before and My Best Friend's Girl, an emotional story about love, identity and the meaning of family. ‘Where are you coming from with that accent of yours?’ he asks. ‘Nowhere,’ I reply. ‘I’m from nowhere.’ ‘Everyone’s from somewhere,’ he says. ‘Not me,’ I reply silently. Clemency Smittson was adopted as a baby and the only connection she has to her birth mother is a cardboard box hand-decorated with butterflies. Now an adult, Clem decides to make a drastic life change and move to Brighton, where she was born. Clem has no idea that while there she'll meet someone who knows all about her butterfly box and what happened to her birth parents. As the tangled truths about her adoption and childhood start to unravel, a series of shocking events cause Clem to reassess whether the price of having contact with her birth family could be too high to pay...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/blood-relatives-by-stevan-alcock--65202914https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Relatives Author: Stevan Alcock Narrator: Gareth Bennett-Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 26, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An incredible debut novel: a coming of age tale set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Ripper murders, ‘full of daring, authenticity and wit’ (Rachel Cusk). LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE ‘The milkman found her. On Prince Philip Playing Fields. He crossed the dew-soaked grass toward what he took to be a bundle of clothes, but then he came across a discarded shoe, and then t’ mutilated body. her name wor Wilma McCann.’ Leeds, late 1975 and a body has been found on Prince Philip Playing Fields. Ricky, teenage delivery van boy for Corona pop, will be late for The Matterhorn Man. In the years that follow until his capture, the Yorkshire Ripper and Rick’s own life draw ever closer with unforeseen consequences. Set in a time in England's history of upheaval and change – both personal and social – this is a story told in an unforgettable voice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313495Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Relatives Author: Stevan Alcock Narrator: Gareth Bennett-Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Relatives Author: Stevan Alcock Narrator: Gareth Bennett-Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 18 minutes Release date: March 26, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An incredible debut novel: a coming of age tale set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Ripper murders, ‘full of daring, authenticity and wit’ (Rachel Cusk). LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE ‘The milkman found her. On Prince Philip Playing Fields. He crossed the dew-soaked grass toward what he took to be a bundle of clothes, but then he came across a discarded shoe, and then t’ mutilated body. her name wor Wilma McCann.’ Leeds, late 1975 and a body has been found on Prince Philip Playing Fields. Ricky, teenage delivery van boy for Corona pop, will be late for The Matterhorn Man. In the years that follow until his capture, the Yorkshire Ripper and Rick’s own life draw ever closer with unforeseen consequences. Set in a time in England's history of upheaval and change – both personal and social – this is a story told in an unforgettable voice.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/welcome-to-braggsville-by-t-geronimo-johnson--65202934https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome to Braggsville Author: T Geronimo Johnson Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 26, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘The most dazzling, most unsettling, most oh-my-God-listen-up novel you’ll read this year’ The Washington Post A dark and socially provocative Southern-fried comedy about four UC Berkeley students who stage a dramatic protest during a Civil War reenactment – a fierce, funny, tragic work from a bold new writer LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2015 LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION 2015 Born and raised in the heart of old Dixie, D’aron Davenport is a small-town fish floundering in the depths of a large, hyper-liberal pond of UC Berkeley. Everything changes in his American History class, when D’aron lets slip that his hometown hosts an annual Civil War re-enactment. His announcement is met with righteous indignation, and inspires a ‘performative intervention’. Armed with youthful self-importance, makeshift slave costumes, righteous zeal and their own misguided ideas about the South, D’aron and his three idiosyncratic best friends descend on Braggsville. Their journey through backwoods churches, backroom politics, Waffle Houses and drunken family barbecues is uproarious to start, but will have devastating consequences. A literary coming-of-age novel for a new generation, written with keen wit, tremendous social insight and a unique, generous heart, Welcome to Braggsville reminds us of the promise and perils of youthful exuberance, while painting an indelible portrait of contemporary America.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313523Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome to Braggsville Author: T Geronimo Johnson Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Welcome to Braggsville Author: T Geronimo Johnson Narrator: MacLeod Andrews Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 13 minutes Release date: February 26, 2015 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: ‘The most dazzling, most unsettling, most oh-my-God-listen-up novel you’ll read this year’ The Washington Post A dark and socially provocative Southern-fried comedy about four UC Berkeley students who stage a dramatic protest during a Civil War reenactment – a fierce, funny, tragic work from a bold new writer LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2015 LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION 2015 Born and raised in the heart of old Dixie, D’aron Davenport is a small-town fish floundering in the depths of a large, hyper-liberal pond of UC Berkeley. Everything changes in his American History class, when D’aron lets slip that his hometown hosts an annual Civil War re-enactment. His announcement is met with righteous indignation, and inspires a ‘performative intervention’. Armed with youthful self-importance, makeshift slave costumes, righteous zeal and their own misguided ideas about the South, D’aron and his three idiosyncratic best friends descend on Braggsville. Their journey through backwoods churches, backroom politics, Waffle Houses and drunken family barbecues is uproarious to start, but will have devastating consequences. A literary coming-of-age novel for a new generation, written with keen wit, tremendous social insight and a unique, generous heart, Welcome to Braggsville reminds us of the promise and perils of youthful exuberance, while painting an indelible portrait of contemporary America.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mr-golightly-s-holiday-by-salley-vickers--65202900https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Golightly’s Holiday Author: Salley Vickers Narrator: Derek Jacobi Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 27, 2014 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The new novel from the best-selling author of Miss Garnet's Angel holiday: a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation. [literally: holy day] Many years ago Mr Golightly wrote a work of dramatic fiction which grew to be an international best-seller. But his reputation is on the decline and he finds himself out of touch with the modern world. He decides to take a holiday and comes to the ancient village of Great Calne, hoping to use the opportunity to bring his great work up to date. But he soon finds that events take over his plans and that the themes he has written on are being strangely replicated in the lives of the villagers he is staying among. He meets Ellen Thomas, a reclusive artist, young Johnny Spence, an absconding school boy, and the tough-minded Paula who works at the local pub. As he comes to know his neighbours better, Mr Golightly begins to examine his attitude to love, and to ponder the terrible catastrophe of his son's death. And as the drama unfolds we begin to learn the true and extraordinary identity of Mr Golightly and the nature of the secret sorrow which haunts him links him to his new friends. Mysterious, light of touch, witty and profound Mr Golightly's Holiday confirms Salley Vickers's reputation as one of our most original and engaging novelists.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313426Thu, 27 Nov 2014 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Golightly’s Holiday Author: Salley Vickers Narrator: Derek Jacobi Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 27,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mr Golightly’s Holiday Author: Salley Vickers Narrator: Derek Jacobi Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 50 minutes Release date: November 27, 2014 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The new novel from the best-selling author of Miss Garnet's Angel holiday: a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel, or recreation. [literally: holy day] Many years ago Mr Golightly wrote a work of dramatic fiction which grew to be an international best-seller. But his reputation is on the decline and he finds himself out of touch with the modern world. He decides to take a holiday and comes to the ancient village of Great Calne, hoping to use the opportunity to bring his great work up to date. But he soon finds that events take over his plans and that the themes he has written on are being strangely replicated in the lives of the villagers he is staying among. He meets Ellen Thomas, a reclusive artist, young Johnny Spence, an absconding school boy, and the tough-minded Paula who works at the local pub. As he comes to know his neighbours better, Mr Golightly begins to examine his attitude to love, and to ponder the terrible catastrophe of his son's death. And as the drama unfolds we begin to learn the true and extraordinary identity of Mr Golightly and the nature of the secret sorrow which haunts him links him to his new friends. Mysterious, light of touch, witty and profound Mr Golightly's Holiday confirms Salley Vickers's reputation as one of our most original and engaging novelists.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/behind-the-scenes-at-the-museum-by-kate-atkinson--65203012https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind The Scenes At The Museum Author: Kate Atkinson Narrator: Susan Jameson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 20, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored, and Ruby... Ruby tells the story of The Family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling French photographer catches frail beautiful Alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of Ruby's own life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289176Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind The Scenes At The Museum Author: Kate Atkinson Narrator: Susan Jameson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Behind The Scenes At The Museum Author: Kate Atkinson Narrator: Susan Jameson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: November 20, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored, and Ruby... Ruby tells the story of The Family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling French photographer catches frail beautiful Alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of Ruby's own life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-cement-garden-by-ian-mcewan--65202976https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cement Garden Series: #7 of Vintage Blue Author: Ian McEwan Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 27 minutes Release date: November 13, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278787Thu, 13 Nov 2014 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cement Garden Series: #7 of Vintage Blue Author: Ian McEwan Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 27 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/278787 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cement Garden Series: #7 of Vintage Blue Author: Ian McEwan Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 27 minutes Release date: November 13, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-girl-called-summer-by-lucy-lord--65202941https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Girl Called Summer Author: Lucy Lord Narrator: Penelope Macdonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 17, 2014 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Island life is just one step away… A new start… Bella and Andy have escaped the rat race for the sun-drenched, relaxed lifestyle on the island of Ibiza. But with a run-down house to make habitable and a distractingly gorgeous neighbour, is their island idyll all that it seems? A holiday adventure… Tamara Gold has been Hollywood’s most notorious car crash since she was a child star. Now clean and sober, and engaged to Tinseltown’s hottest leading man, it seems like she’s finally conquered her addictions, if not her bratty behaviour. But a summer in Europe with all the hedonistic lures of Ibiza beckons… A girl called Summer… Summer Larsson has always known Ibiza as home: a haven of hippies, yoga and healthy eating – and loneliness. But in Bella, she’s found the friend she always needed, and when Bella’s glamorous Hollywood friends come to visit, it looks like she might have found true love as well… This could be the summer that everything changes…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315526Thu, 17 Jul 2014 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Girl Called Summer Author: Lucy Lord Narrator: Penelope Macdonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 17,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315526 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Girl Called Summer Author: Lucy Lord Narrator: Penelope Macdonald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 17, 2014 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Island life is just one step away… A new start… Bella and Andy have escaped the rat race for the sun-drenched, relaxed lifestyle on the island of Ibiza. But with a run-down house to make habitable and a distractingly gorgeous neighbour, is their island idyll all that it seems? A holiday adventure… Tamara Gold has been Hollywood’s most notorious car crash since she was a child star. Now clean and sober, and engaged to Tinseltown’s hottest leading man, it seems like she’s finally conquered her addictions, if not her bratty behaviour. But a summer in Europe with all the hedonistic lures of Ibiza beckons… A girl called Summer… Summer Larsson has always known Ibiza as home: a haven of hippies, yoga and healthy eating – and loneliness. But in Bella, she’s found the friend she always needed, and when Bella’s glamorous Hollywood friends come to visit, it looks like she might have found true love as well… This could be the summer that everything changes…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-a-girl-wants-by-lindsey-kelk--65202899https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What a Girl Wants Series: #2 of Tess Brookes Series Author: Lindsey Kelk Narrator: Penelope Rawlins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 17, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A new bestseller from the immensely popular Lindsey Kelk Being arrested in your own bedroom is never a good start to the day. Tess Brookes really needs to sort out her back-stabbing flatmate – and her life. Should she gamble all on the new photography job she’s landed, or snap up the offer from long-time crush and best friend Charlie to start up on their own – in more ways than one? There’s just one small thing she hasn’t mentioned. Or rather, one tall thing. He’s handsome, infuriating and called Nick… For the first time, Tess has to choose between the life she always dreamed of and a future she never imagined possible. From London to Milan, with high fashion and low behaviour thrown in, she’s going to have to make up her mind what a girl really wants…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315523Thu, 17 Jul 2014 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What a Girl Wants Series: #2 of Tess Brookes Series Author: Lindsey Kelk Narrator: Penelope Rawlins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315523 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What a Girl Wants Series: #2 of Tess Brookes Series Author: Lindsey Kelk Narrator: Penelope Rawlins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 17, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A new bestseller from the immensely popular Lindsey Kelk Being arrested in your own bedroom is never a good start to the day. Tess Brookes really needs to sort out her back-stabbing flatmate – and her life. Should she gamble all on the new photography job she’s landed, or snap up the offer from long-time crush and best friend Charlie to start up on their own – in more ways than one? There’s just one small thing she hasn’t mentioned. Or rather, one tall thing. He’s handsome, infuriating and called Nick… For the first time, Tess has to choose between the life she always dreamed of and a future she never imagined possible. From London to Milan, with high fashion and low behaviour thrown in, she’s going to have to make up her mind what a girl really wants…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-right-thing-by-amy-conner--65203006https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/276552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Right Thing Author: Amy Conner Narrator: Kate Baldwin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: On a scorching August day in 1963, seven-year-old Annie Banks meets the girl who will become her best friend. Skinny, outspoken Starr Dukes and her wandering preacher father may not be accepted by polite society in Jackson, Mississippi, but Annie and Starr are too busy sharing secrets and playing elaborate games of Queen for a Day to care. Then, as suddenly as she appeared in Annie's life, Starr disappears. Annie grows up to follow the path ordained for pretty, well-to-do Jackson women--marrying an ambitious lawyer, filling her days with shopping and charity work. She barely recognizes Starr when they meet twenty-seven years after that first fateful summer, but the bond formed so long ago quickly reemerges. Starr, pregnant by a powerful married man who wants her to get out of town, has nowhere to turn. And Annie, determined not to fail her friend this time, agrees to drive Starr to New Orleans to get money she's owed. During the eventful road trip that follows, Annie will confront the gap between friendship and responsibility;between her safe, ordered existence and the dreams she's grown accustomed to denying. Moving, witty, and beautifully told, The Right Thing is a story of love and courage, the powerful impact of friendship, and the small acts that can anchor a life--or, with a little luck, steer it in the right direction at last. 'Mix Fannie Flagg, Rebecca Wells, Kathryn Stockett, then add just a dash of Flannery O'Connor, and you'll wind up with the wholly original voice that is Amy Conner's. In this deceptively breezy novel of Southern women and the disaster and triumph of long-term friendships (not to mention racetracks and horses), Ms. Conner has staked a claim to her own Southern turf.' --Bret Lott, New York Times bestselling author of Jewel 'This riveting debut novel shows how true friendship can span a social gulf and endure even across a chasm of time. The Right Thing is a page-turner that gripped me from the beginning.' --Anna Jean Mayhew, author of The Dry Grass of August 'Before you read this book, make some coffee, grab the chocolate, sit down in front of the fire, and don't plan on getting up for a long, lovely time.' --Cathy Lamb, author of If You Could See What I See 'Amy Connor has combined all of the right elements to make The Right Thing a fantastic read. She's written a touching story about a woman's search for herself and the endurance of a childhood friendship, outlined it in humor, and delivered it with beautiful prose. A wonderful debut!' -- Mary Simses, author of The Irresistible Blueberry Bake Shop & CafE 'Told with natural Southern lyricism, and full of surprises both quirky and heartfelt, The Right Thing is a compassionate reminder about how every choice at every fork in the road has the power to change the rest of our lives-- sometimes far better than we ever could have imagined.' -- Kaya McLaren, author of How I Came to Sparkle Again]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/276552Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/276552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Right Thing Author: Amy Conner Narrator: Kate Baldwin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 11, 2014 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/276552 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Right Thing Author: Amy Conner Narrator: Kate Baldwin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: On a scorching August day in 1963, seven-year-old Annie Banks meets the girl who will become her best friend. Skinny, outspoken Starr Dukes and her wandering preacher father may not be accepted by polite society in Jackson, Mississippi, but Annie and Starr are too busy sharing secrets and playing elaborate games of Queen for a Day to care. Then, as suddenly as she appeared in Annie's life, Starr disappears. Annie grows up to follow the path ordained for pretty, well-to-do Jackson women--marrying an ambitious lawyer, filling her days with shopping and charity work. She barely recognizes Starr when they meet twenty-seven years after that first fateful summer, but the bond formed so long ago quickly reemerges. Starr, pregnant by a powerful married man who wants her to get out of town, has nowhere to turn. And Annie, determined not to fail her friend this time, agrees to drive Starr to New Orleans to get money she's owed. During the eventful road trip that follows, Annie will confront the gap between friendship and responsibility;between her safe, ordered existence and the dreams she's grown accustomed to denying. Moving, witty, and beautifully told, The Right Thing is a story of love and courage, the powerful impact of friendship, and the small acts that can anchor a life--or, with a little luck, steer it in the right direction at last. 'Mix Fannie Flagg, Rebecca Wells, Kathryn Stockett, then add just a dash of Flannery O'Connor, and you'll wind up with the wholly original voice that is Amy Conner's. In this deceptively breezy novel of Southern women and the disaster and triumph of long-term friendships (not to mention racetracks and horses), Ms. Conner has staked a claim to her own Southern turf.' --Bret Lott, New York Times bestselling author of Jewel 'This riveting debut novel shows how true friendship can span a social gulf and endure even across a chasm of time. The Right Thing is a page-turner that gripped me from the beginning.' --Anna Jean Mayhew, author of The Dry Grass of August 'Before you read this book, make some coffee, grab the chocolate, sit down in front of the fire, and don't plan on getting up for a long, lovely time.' --Cathy Lamb, author of If You Could See What I See 'Amy Connor has combined all of the right elements to make The Right Thing a fantastic read. She's written a touching story about a woman's search for herself and the endurance of a childhood friendship, outlined it in humor, and delivered it with beautiful prose. A wonderful debut!' -- Mary Simses, author of The Irresistible Blueberry Bake Shop & CafE 'Told with natural Southern lyricism, and full of surprises both quirky and heartfelt, The Right Thing is a compassionate reminder about how every choice at every fork in the road has the power to change the rest of our lives-- sometimes far better than we ever could have imagined.' -- Kaya McLaren, author of How I Came to Sparkle Again]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/half-a-king-by-joe-abercrombie--65202887https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half a King Series: #1 of Shattered Sea Author: Joe Abercrombie Narrator: Ben Elliot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A classic coming-of-age tale set in a vivid and richly-imagined world from Sunday Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie. ‘Joe Abercrombie is doing some terrific work’ GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never wanted. But first he must survive cruelty, chains and the bitter waters of the Shattered Sea itself. And he must do it all with only one good hand. Born a weakling in the eyes of his father, Yarvi is alone in a world where a strong arm and a cold heart rule. He cannot grip a shield or swing an axe, so he must sharpen his mind to a deadly edge. Gathering a strange fellowship of the outcast and the lost, he finds they can do more to help him become the man he needs to be than any court of nobles could. But even with loyal friends at his side, Yarvi’s path may end as it began – in twists, and traps and tragedy…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315538Thu, 03 Jul 2014 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half a King Series: #1 of Shattered Sea Author: Joe Abercrombie Narrator: Ben Elliot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Half a King Series: #1 of Shattered Sea Author: Joe Abercrombie Narrator: Ben Elliot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A classic coming-of-age tale set in a vivid and richly-imagined world from Sunday Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie. ‘Joe Abercrombie is doing some terrific work’ GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never wanted. But first he must survive cruelty, chains and the bitter waters of the Shattered Sea itself. And he must do it all with only one good hand. Born a weakling in the eyes of his father, Yarvi is alone in a world where a strong arm and a cold heart rule. He cannot grip a shield or swing an axe, so he must sharpen his mind to a deadly edge. Gathering a strange fellowship of the outcast and the lost, he finds they can do more to help him become the man he needs to be than any court of nobles could. But even with loyal friends at his side, Yarvi’s path may end as it began – in twists, and traps and tragedy…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-shock-of-the-fall-by-nathan-filer--65202922https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shock of the Fall Author: Nathan Filer Narrator: OIiver Hembrough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 30, 2014 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013 WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014 ‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.’ There are books you can’t stop reading, which keep you up all night. There are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly real. There are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for days. The Shock of the Fall is all of these books. The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of a young man’s descent into mental illness. It is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction. –––––––––––––––––––––––––- ‘A stunning novel. Ambitious and exquisitely realised, it's by turns shocking, harrowing and heartrending. The writing is so accomplished it's hard to believe it's a debut – it's clearly the work of a major new talent' S J WATSON ‘Nathan Filer is following in the footsteps of Mark Haddon’s genre-setting The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. Both funny and painful… you’re going to love it’ DAILY MAIL ‘Bittersweet and wonderfully etched…perceptive and moving’ TELEGRAPH ‘A deeply moving (but also funny) first novel’ Kate Saunders, THE TIMES ‘A compelling story of grief, madness and loss. Filer has an ear for the dark comedy of life, and Matthew is a charismatic lead character who draws you in even as his world falls apart’ OBSERVER MAGAZINE ‘A tragic and comic account of living with schizophrenia. A must for fans of Matthew Quick’s The Silver Linings Playbook’ GQ]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315796Thu, 30 Jan 2014 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shock of the Fall Author: Nathan Filer Narrator: OIiver Hembrough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315796 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shock of the Fall Author: Nathan Filer Narrator: OIiver Hembrough Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 2 minutes Release date: January 30, 2014 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013 WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014 ‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.’ There are books you can’t stop reading, which keep you up all night. There are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly real. There are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for days. The Shock of the Fall is all of these books. The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of a young man’s descent into mental illness. It is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction. –––––––––––––––––––––––––- ‘A stunning novel. Ambitious and exquisitely realised, it's by turns shocking, harrowing and heartrending. The writing is so accomplished it's hard to believe it's a debut – it's clearly the work of a major new talent' S J WATSON ‘Nathan Filer is following in the footsteps of Mark Haddon’s genre-setting The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. Both funny and painful… you’re going to love it’ DAILY MAIL ‘Bittersweet and wonderfully etched…perceptive and moving’ TELEGRAPH ‘A deeply moving (but also funny) first novel’ Kate Saunders, THE TIMES ‘A compelling story of grief, madness and loss. Filer has an ear for the dark comedy of life, and Matthew is a charismatic lead character who draws you in even as his world falls apart’ OBSERVER MAGAZINE ‘A tragic and comic account of living with schizophrenia. A must for fans of Matthew Quick’s The Silver Linings Playbook’ GQ]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gravity-of-birds-by-tracy-guzeman--65202932https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316188 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gravity of Birds Author: Tracy Guzeman Narrator: Eric Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 15, 2013 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: How do you find someone who wants to be lost? Sisters Alice and Natalie were once close, but adolescence has wrenched them apart. Alice is a dreamer who loves books and birds; Natalie is headstrong, manipulative – and beautiful. On their lakeside family holiday, Alice falls under the thrall of a struggling young painter, Thomas Bayber. Natalie, however, seems strangely unmoved, tolerating sittings for a family portrait with surprising indifference. But by the end of the summer, three lives are shattered. Decades later, Thomas, now a world-renowned artist, reveals the existence of a portrait of himself with Alice and Natalie from that fateful summer. The sisters themselves have disappeared without a trace. And Thomas is torn between taking the secrets of the girls to the grave, or using the painting to resurrect the past before it closes up on them all for good…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316188Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316188 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gravity of Birds Author: Tracy Guzeman Narrator: Eric Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 15, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/316188 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gravity of Birds Author: Tracy Guzeman Narrator: Eric Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 15, 2013 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: How do you find someone who wants to be lost? Sisters Alice and Natalie were once close, but adolescence has wrenched them apart. Alice is a dreamer who loves books and birds; Natalie is headstrong, manipulative – and beautiful. On their lakeside family holiday, Alice falls under the thrall of a struggling young painter, Thomas Bayber. Natalie, however, seems strangely unmoved, tolerating sittings for a family portrait with surprising indifference. But by the end of the summer, three lives are shattered. Decades later, Thomas, now a world-renowned artist, reveals the existence of a portrait of himself with Alice and Natalie from that fateful summer. The sisters themselves have disappeared without a trace. And Thomas is torn between taking the secrets of the girls to the grave, or using the painting to resurrect the past before it closes up on them all for good…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/noughties-enhanced-audio-edition-by-ben-masters--65202979https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noughties (Enhanced Audio Edition) Author: Ben Masters Narrator: Joe Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 10, 2012 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Ben Master's wildly entertaining debut novel, Noughties, read with humour and empathy by Joe Thomas, star of the hit TV series The Inbetweeners and Fresh Meat. It's the last night. The moment it all ends. As Eliot and his friends wave goodbye to University - their education done with, the world calling - they must make a reckoning with everything that has gone by. Here it comes: the pints, the shots, the pubs, the clubs, the jokes, the snogs, the fumbles, the memories, the secrets, the lies told, the 3AM hard truths, the bubble bursting, the tearing up of everything, the start and rush of the rest of your life. This audiobook is enhanced with sound effects and ambient music for a completely immersive experience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293446Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noughties (Enhanced Audio Edition) Author: Ben Masters Narrator: Joe Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/293446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noughties (Enhanced Audio Edition) Author: Ben Masters Narrator: Joe Thomas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 10, 2012 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Ben Master's wildly entertaining debut novel, Noughties, read with humour and empathy by Joe Thomas, star of the hit TV series The Inbetweeners and Fresh Meat. It's the last night. The moment it all ends. As Eliot and his friends wave goodbye to University - their education done with, the world calling - they must make a reckoning with everything that has gone by. Here it comes: the pints, the shots, the pubs, the clubs, the jokes, the snogs, the fumbles, the memories, the secrets, the lies told, the 3AM hard truths, the bubble bursting, the tearing up of everything, the start and rush of the rest of your life. This audiobook is enhanced with sound effects and ambient music for a completely immersive experience.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mama-ruby-by-mary-monroe--65202885https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Ruby Series: #2 of Mama Ruby Author: Mary Monroe Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 10, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An unforgettable tale featuring the rebellious early years of Mama Ruby, the indomitable heroine of New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe’s acclaimed classic novel The Upper Room. Growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana, Ruby Jean Upshaw is the kind of girl who knows what she wants and knows how to get it. By the time she’s fifteen, Ruby has a taste for fast men and cheap liquor, and not even her preacher daddy can set her straight. Only Othella Mae Cartier, daughter of the town tramp, understands what makes Ruby tick.When Ruby discovers she’s in the family way, she’s scared for the first time in her life. After hiding her growing belly, Ruby secretly gives birth to a baby girl at Othella’s house. Othella talks Ruby into giving the child away—and with the help of a shocking revelation, convinces Ruby to run off with her to New Orleans.But nothing can erase Ruby’s memories of her child—or quell her simmering rage at Othella for persuading her to let her precious baby go. Someday there will be a reckoning. And Othella will learn that no one exacts revenge quite like Ruby Jean Upshaw …]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328470Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Ruby Series: #2 of Mama Ruby Author: Mary Monroe Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/328470 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mama Ruby Series: #2 of Mama Ruby Author: Mary Monroe Narrator: Kevin R. Free Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 10, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: An unforgettable tale featuring the rebellious early years of Mama Ruby, the indomitable heroine of New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe’s acclaimed classic novel The Upper Room. Growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana, Ruby Jean Upshaw is the kind of girl who knows what she wants and knows how to get it. By the time she’s fifteen, Ruby has a taste for fast men and cheap liquor, and not even her preacher daddy can set her straight. Only Othella Mae Cartier, daughter of the town tramp, understands what makes Ruby tick.When Ruby discovers she’s in the family way, she’s scared for the first time in her life. After hiding her growing belly, Ruby secretly gives birth to a baby girl at Othella’s house. Othella talks Ruby into giving the child away—and with the help of a shocking revelation, convinces Ruby to run off with her to New Orleans.But nothing can erase Ruby’s memories of her child—or quell her simmering rage at Othella for persuading her to let her precious baby go. Someday there will be a reckoning. And Othella will learn that no one exacts revenge quite like Ruby Jean Upshaw …]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-death-of-eli-gold-by-david-baddiel--65202891https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Eli Gold Author: David Baddiel Narrator: Jot Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The new novel from David Baddiel, comedian, columnist and author of the critically-praised The Secret Purposes. As Eli Gold, a famous old writer lies dying in a hospital in New York, his family gather around his bed. His first wife Violet is too old to travel from London but Harvey, their son, who has never emerged from the shadow of his overpowering father, makes the journey. And there is Colette, a six-year old daughter from a second marriage, struggling to make sense of the fact her father is about to leave her. The Death of Eli Gold is a mesmerising family drama which confounds the expectations anyone might have that David Baddiel as a TV comedian. It is the work of a very fine novelist, here writing at the peak of his powers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320258Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Eli Gold Author: David Baddiel Narrator: Jot Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320258 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Eli Gold Author: David Baddiel Narrator: Jot Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The new novel from David Baddiel, comedian, columnist and author of the critically-praised The Secret Purposes. As Eli Gold, a famous old writer lies dying in a hospital in New York, his family gather around his bed. His first wife Violet is too old to travel from London but Harvey, their son, who has never emerged from the shadow of his overpowering father, makes the journey. And there is Colette, a six-year old daughter from a second marriage, struggling to make sense of the fact her father is about to leave her. The Death of Eli Gold is a mesmerising family drama which confounds the expectations anyone might have that David Baddiel as a TV comedian. It is the work of a very fine novelist, here writing at the peak of his powers.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-street-by-kay-brellend--65202907https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Street Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Grace Halliday Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 3, 2011 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Campbell Road was home to the most notorious criminals: thieves, prostitutes, fraudsters – every sort of rogue and vagabond drifted through this slum.’ Life was tough … but so were they Alice Keiver is a sensitive girl, growing up in one of the roughest parts of North London. As the daughter of an alcoholic mother, and niece of an abusive uncle, she dreams that one day she and her baby sister will escape their rotten surroundings. Alice’s father, Jack Keiver, works day and night to provide for his family. But his hopes for a better life are dashed each time he returns home to find the money-jar raided and his feisty wife Tilly collapsed drunk in the corner. In the room below, Alice's downtrodden Aunt Fran spends most of her days nursing the injuries inflicted on her by her cruel husband Jimmy – but this time he's pushed the family too far and they're not going to let him get away with it. Revenge is going to be sweet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320369Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Street Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Grace Halliday Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 3, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320369 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Street Author: Kay Brellend Narrator: Grace Halliday Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: February 3, 2011 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'Campbell Road was home to the most notorious criminals: thieves, prostitutes, fraudsters – every sort of rogue and vagabond drifted through this slum.’ Life was tough … but so were they Alice Keiver is a sensitive girl, growing up in one of the roughest parts of North London. As the daughter of an alcoholic mother, and niece of an abusive uncle, she dreams that one day she and her baby sister will escape their rotten surroundings. Alice’s father, Jack Keiver, works day and night to provide for his family. But his hopes for a better life are dashed each time he returns home to find the money-jar raided and his feisty wife Tilly collapsed drunk in the corner. In the room below, Alice's downtrodden Aunt Fran spends most of her days nursing the injuries inflicted on her by her cruel husband Jimmy – but this time he's pushed the family too far and they're not going to let him get away with it. Revenge is going to be sweet.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-the-lighthouse-by-virginia-woolf--65202882https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To the Lighthouse Author: Virginia Woolf Narrator: Phyllida Law Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionist depiction of a family holiday and a meditation on a marriage, on parenthood and childhood, on grief, tyranny, and bitterness. Its use of stream of consciousness, reminiscence, and shifting perspectives gives the novel an intimate, poetic essence, and at the time of publication in 1927 it represented an utter rejection of Victorian and Edwardian literary values.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313725Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To the Lighthouse Author: Virginia Woolf Narrator: Phyllida Law Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 1, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/313725 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To the Lighthouse Author: Virginia Woolf Narrator: Phyllida Law Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 36 minutes Release date: November 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionist depiction of a family holiday and a meditation on a marriage, on parenthood and childhood, on grief, tyranny, and bitterness. Its use of stream of consciousness, reminiscence, and shifting perspectives gives the novel an intimate, poetic essence, and at the time of publication in 1927 it represented an utter rejection of Victorian and Edwardian literary values.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-particular-sadness-of-lemon-cake-a-novel-by-aimee-bender--65202961https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel Author: Aimee Bender Narrator: Aimee Bender Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The wondrous Aimee Bender conjures the lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse. On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents’ attention, bites into her mother’s homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother’s emotions in the cake. She discovers this gift to her horror, for her mother—her cheerful, good-with-crafts, can-do mother—tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes a peril and a threat to Rose. The curse her gift has bestowed is the secret knowledge all families keep hidden—her mother’s life outside the home, her father’s detachment, her brother’s clash with the world. Yet as Rose grows up she learns to harness her gift and becomes aware that there are secrets even her taste buds cannot discern. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is a luminous tale about the enormous difficulty of loving someone fully when you know too much about them. It is heartbreaking and funny, wise and sad, and confirms Aimee Bender’s place as “a writer who makes you grateful for the very existence of language” (San Francisco Chronicle).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289589Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel Author: Aimee Bender Narrator: Aimee Bender Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289589 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel Author: Aimee Bender Narrator: Aimee Bender Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The wondrous Aimee Bender conjures the lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse. On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents’ attention, bites into her mother’s homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother’s emotions in the cake. She discovers this gift to her horror, for her mother—her cheerful, good-with-crafts, can-do mother—tastes of despair and desperation. Suddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes a peril and a threat to Rose. The curse her gift has bestowed is the secret knowledge all families keep hidden—her mother’s life outside the home, her father’s detachment, her brother’s clash with the world. Yet as Rose grows up she learns to harness her gift and becomes aware that there are secrets even her taste buds cannot discern. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake is a luminous tale about the enormous difficulty of loving someone fully when you know too much about them. It is heartbreaking and funny, wise and sad, and confirms Aimee Bender’s place as “a writer who makes you grateful for the very existence of language” (San Francisco Chronicle).]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scandals-by-penny-jordan--65202906https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scandals Author: Penny Jordan Narrator: Denica Fairman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 13, 2010 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Prepare to be SCANDALISED in summer 2010 with international multi-million-copy selling Penny Jordan. For over five decades, Amber Fulshawe has been at the helm of Denham Silk, the Macclesfield mill that she inherited from her Grandmother. With many tumultuous years behind them, Amber and her beloved husband Jay, are looking to the legacy that their own grandchildren will inherit. But long-buried secrets and hidden desires have always lain at the heart of the family as this generation are finding out. Ambitious Robert is ready to assume his title and is about to marry his adoring cousin Olivia. But a dark passion threatens to destroy everything he holds dear. Naive beauty Kate is about to learn that love can be twisted and cruel. Damaged Nick blames his failing marriage on his domineering Father-in-law, but is something else at the heart of his woes? Domineering Cassandra's influence is waning, but she has one last nasty surprise… On the eve of her 80th birthday, will Amber be able to guide her family and Denham Silk towards a safe future?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319485Thu, 13 May 2010 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scandals Author: Penny Jordan Narrator: Denica Fairman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 13, 2010 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scandals Author: Penny Jordan Narrator: Denica Fairman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 13, 2010 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Prepare to be SCANDALISED in summer 2010 with international multi-million-copy selling Penny Jordan. For over five decades, Amber Fulshawe has been at the helm of Denham Silk, the Macclesfield mill that she inherited from her Grandmother. With many tumultuous years behind them, Amber and her beloved husband Jay, are looking to the legacy that their own grandchildren will inherit. But long-buried secrets and hidden desires have always lain at the heart of the family as this generation are finding out. Ambitious Robert is ready to assume his title and is about to marry his adoring cousin Olivia. But a dark passion threatens to destroy everything he holds dear. Naive beauty Kate is about to learn that love can be twisted and cruel. Damaged Nick blames his failing marriage on his domineering Father-in-law, but is something else at the heart of his woes? Domineering Cassandra's influence is waning, but she has one last nasty surprise… On the eve of her 80th birthday, will Amber be able to guide her family and Denham Silk towards a safe future?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/english-a-novel-by-wang-gang--65203013https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: English: A Novel Author: Wang Gang Narrator: Michael Sun Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'I loved this book and can't stop talking about it. . . . Transcendent.' —Carolyn See, The Washington Post In the tradition of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Wang Gang's English is a captivating coming-of-age novel about the power of language to launch a journey of self-discovery. When a new teacher—a tall, elegantly dressed man from Shanghai carrying an English dictionary under his arm—comes to Urumqi, the capital of China's far west region of Xinjiang, twelve-year-old Love Liu turns away from Chairman Mao's little red book and toward the teacher's big blue book for answers to his most pressing questions about love and life. But as a whole new world begins to open up for him, Love Liu must face a test more challenging than any he'll take in the classroom.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289808Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: English: A Novel Author: Wang Gang Narrator: Michael Sun Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289808 to listen full audiobooks. Title: English: A Novel Author: Wang Gang Narrator: Michael Sun Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 2, 2009 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: 'I loved this book and can't stop talking about it. . . . Transcendent.' —Carolyn See, The Washington Post In the tradition of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Wang Gang's English is a captivating coming-of-age novel about the power of language to launch a journey of self-discovery. When a new teacher—a tall, elegantly dressed man from Shanghai carrying an English dictionary under his arm—comes to Urumqi, the capital of China's far west region of Xinjiang, twelve-year-old Love Liu turns away from Chairman Mao's little red book and toward the teacher's big blue book for answers to his most pressing questions about love and life. But as a whole new world begins to open up for him, Love Liu must face a test more challenging than any he'll take in the classroom.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mistakes-in-the-background-by-laura-dockrill--65202921https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mistakes In The Background Author: Laura Dockrill Narrator: Laura Dockrill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 48 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Feast your eyes on a treasury of words and illustrations from one of the most exciting young talents around, recently voted by The Times as one of the top ten literary talents of 2008. Enter the weird and wonderful world of Laura Dockrill … I draw like a left-handed baby, I can hardly spell my own name and watching me use a glue-stick is a bit like watching a large bear trying to ram his own head into a pocket-sized cat-flap …no, really. But once the book is finished, when I can see the pages coming together, getting thicker and thicker, detailed and covered with stories and my imagination recorded on pages …everything at last makes sense (to me at least). I did this because I have got things to say. I've got pictures I want you to see and characters I want you to meet – the crying ice-skating boy, the Rolf Harris obsessive, the rude girl in McDonalds with the chocolate milkshake and the try-hard Mighty Boosh watching mum. I don't keep a diary. I think they’re crap. But this is much more than a diary.This is my map.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319938Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mistakes In The Background Author: Laura Dockrill Narrator: Laura Dockrill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 48 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/319938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mistakes In The Background Author: Laura Dockrill Narrator: Laura Dockrill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 48 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Feast your eyes on a treasury of words and illustrations from one of the most exciting young talents around, recently voted by The Times as one of the top ten literary talents of 2008. Enter the weird and wonderful world of Laura Dockrill … I draw like a left-handed baby, I can hardly spell my own name and watching me use a glue-stick is a bit like watching a large bear trying to ram his own head into a pocket-sized cat-flap …no, really. But once the book is finished, when I can see the pages coming together, getting thicker and thicker, detailed and covered with stories and my imagination recorded on pages …everything at last makes sense (to me at least). I did this because I have got things to say. I've got pictures I want you to see and characters I want you to meet – the crying ice-skating boy, the Rolf Harris obsessive, the rude girl in McDonalds with the chocolate milkshake and the try-hard Mighty Boosh watching mum. I don't keep a diary. I think they’re crap. But this is much more than a diary.This is my map.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-antonia-by-willa-cather--65203021https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281320 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Ántonia Series: #3 of Prairie Author: Willa Cather Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 10, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Antonia Shimerdas moves to the harsh Nebraska heartland with her impoverished Bohemian family when she is still a girl. For young Jim Burden, who lives with his grandparents on a homestead nearby, Antonia is an embodiment of the female pioneer-self-sufficient, vigorous, and determined to withstand the daily challenges of maintaining home and family in a primitive countryside. When Jim grows up, his memories return to Antonia. In his effort to understand what she meant to him, he creates an enduring picture of the American frontier and of a woman of unusual spirit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281320Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281320 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Ántonia Series: #3 of Prairie Author: Willa Cather Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/281320 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Ántonia Series: #3 of Prairie Author: Willa Cather Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 10, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Antonia Shimerdas moves to the harsh Nebraska heartland with her impoverished Bohemian family when she is still a girl. For young Jim Burden, who lives with his grandparents on a homestead nearby, Antonia is an embodiment of the female pioneer-self-sufficient, vigorous, and determined to withstand the daily challenges of maintaining home and family in a primitive countryside. When Jim grows up, his memories return to Antonia. In his effort to understand what she meant to him, he creates an enduring picture of the American frontier and of a woman of unusual spirit.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-all-around-me-by-ellen-foster-by-kaye-gibbons--65203027https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster Author: Kaye Gibbons Narrator: Kaye Gibbons Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 27, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this sequel to Gibbons’s beloved classic Ellen Foster, Ellen, now fifteen, is settled into a permanent home with a new mother. Strengthened by adversity and blessed with enough intelligence to design a salvation for herself, she still feels ill at ease. But while she holds fast to the shreds of her child­hood—humoring her best friend, Stuart, who is determined to marry her; and protecting her old neighbor, slow-witted Starletta—she begins to negotiate her way into a larger world.    With a singular mix of perspicacity, naïveté, and compas­sion, Ellen draws us into her life and makes us fall in love with her all over again.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284378Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster Author: Kaye Gibbons Narrator: Kaye Gibbons Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/284378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster Author: Kaye Gibbons Narrator: Kaye Gibbons Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 27, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this sequel to Gibbons’s beloved classic Ellen Foster, Ellen, now fifteen, is settled into a permanent home with a new mother. Strengthened by adversity and blessed with enough intelligence to design a salvation for herself, she still feels ill at ease. But while she holds fast to the shreds of her child­hood—humoring her best friend, Stuart, who is determined to marry her; and protecting her old neighbor, slow-witted Starletta—she begins to negotiate her way into a larger world.    With a singular mix of perspicacity, naïveté, and compas­sion, Ellen draws us into her life and makes us fall in love with her all over again.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-i-paid-for-college-a-novel-of-sex-theft-friendship-musical-theater-by-marc-acito--65202985https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater Author: Marc Acito Narrator: Jeff Woodman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 14, 2004 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From syndicated humor columnist Marc Acito comes a wildly inventive and hysterically funny novel that is equal parts Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fame, Risky Business, Dead Poets Society and The Catcher in the Rye. It's 1983, and 17-year-old Edward Zanni wants to study acting at Juilliard, but his newly remarried father - who earns too much for Edward to claim scholarship money - refuses to pay. So, Edward enlists the aid of his creative theater pals to swindle the money from his father.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285374Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:32:37 +0000Martin MoorePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater Author: Marc Acito Narrator: Jeff Woodman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/285374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater Author: Marc Acito Narrator: Jeff Woodman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 14, 2004 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From syndicated humor columnist Marc Acito comes a wildly inventive and hysterically funny novel that is equal parts Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fame, Risky Business, Dead Poets Society and The Catcher in the Rye. It's 1983, and 17-year-old Edward Zanni wants to study acting at Juilliard, but his newly remarried father - who earns too much for Edward to claim scholarship money - refuses to pay. So, Edward enlists the aid of his creative theater pals to swindle the money from his father.]]>185cleanfull