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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.]]>enDramaCopyright Germaine Ricehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/417458fc725318444d1971b6a1de8854.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/listen-to-new-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-drama--6580829Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:23:25 +0000Germaine RiceGermaine Ricefeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/685/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Our audiobook library with over 500,000+ titles includes categories like Psychology, Ancient Civilizations, and Arts...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/685/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Our audiobook library with over 500,000+ titles includes categories like Psychology, Ancient Civilizations, and Arts & Entertainment. You'll have the opportunity to receive 3 free audiobooks to explore new knowledge. Audiobooks can be listened to on multiple devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android, helping you access wisdom anytime, anywhere. Let's open the world of sound and knowledge 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/full-of-grace-by-dorothea-benton-frank--65310826https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265736 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Full of Grace Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The rich atmosphere of South Carolina, Hilton Head and Charleston, is brought vividly to life by Dorothea Benton Frank, a South Carolina native who, with her exquisitely evocative prose, makes you smell the sea air, see the palmettos, and savor the sweet tea, but this time it comes with a side of antipasti. Hilton Head, a South Carolina retirement heaven—at least it’s supposed to be, but for Big Al and Connie Russo, the move from New Jersey to this southern paradise has been fraught with just a few complications. Especially for their daughter, Grace. Well, that’s what she likes to be called. Her family insists on Maria Graziella. Seriously, enough with the Neapolitan. That might have been okay in New Jersey, but now it’s just plain silly, and Grace at thirty-two is, horror of horrors, still unmarried. No wonder her family drives her crazy. Well, that and the fact that she’s living with the man she would marry if they both weren’t so commitment phobic. Michael is a doctor and a scientist and Grace is pretty sure he’s also an atheist. Over the years, Grace has become a bit ambivalent about her faith, but her family is as old-fashioned Italian as they come. So the stage is set for a major showdown that just might change Grace’s outlook on life, family, and the New South.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265736Tue, 14 Jun 2016 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265736 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Full of Grace Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265736 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Full of Grace Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Narrator: Susan Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The rich atmosphere of South Carolina, Hilton Head and Charleston, is brought vividly to life by Dorothea Benton Frank, a South Carolina native who, with her exquisitely evocative prose, makes you smell the sea air, see the palmettos, and savor the sweet tea, but this time it comes with a side of antipasti. Hilton Head, a South Carolina retirement heaven—at least it’s supposed to be, but for Big Al and Connie Russo, the move from New Jersey to this southern paradise has been fraught with just a few complications. Especially for their daughter, Grace. Well, that’s what she likes to be called. Her family insists on Maria Graziella. Seriously, enough with the Neapolitan. That might have been okay in New Jersey, but now it’s just plain silly, and Grace at thirty-two is, horror of horrors, still unmarried. No wonder her family drives her crazy. Well, that and the fact that she’s living with the man she would marry if they both weren’t so commitment phobic. Michael is a doctor and a scientist and Grace is pretty sure he’s also an atheist. Over the years, Grace has become a bit ambivalent about her faith, but her family is as old-fashioned Italian as they come. So the stage is set for a major showdown that just might change Grace’s outlook on life, family, and the New South.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/march-on-by-david-johnson--65310850https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: March On Series: #4 of The Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the fourth book of the Tucker series, Tucker’s grandson March is at a crossroads as he tries to reconcile his troubled past with his hopeful future. Debbie has given March her heart completely, and though he loves her desperately, he struggles to fully commit to her. Meanwhile, it seems as if evil is stalking March’s family. An old nemesis comes looking for him and, frustrated in his search, takes Tucker hostage. March’s sister, April, is also in peril after her workplace crush turns ugly and she unwittingly finds herself in harm’s way, becoming the victim of an unspeakable crime. Can March rescue Tucker, help April, and finally put his past to rest, so he and Debbie can find the happiness they both deserve? Revised edition: This edition of March On includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236987Tue, 06 Oct 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: March On Series: #4 of The Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: March On Series: #4 of The Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 6, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the fourth book of the Tucker series, Tucker’s grandson March is at a crossroads as he tries to reconcile his troubled past with his hopeful future. Debbie has given March her heart completely, and though he loves her desperately, he struggles to fully commit to her. Meanwhile, it seems as if evil is stalking March’s family. An old nemesis comes looking for him and, frustrated in his search, takes Tucker hostage. March’s sister, April, is also in peril after her workplace crush turns ugly and she unwittingly finds herself in harm’s way, becoming the victim of an unspeakable crime. Can March rescue Tucker, help April, and finally put his past to rest, so he and Debbie can find the happiness they both deserve? Revised edition: This edition of March On includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fates-and-furies-a-novel-by-lauren-groff--65310681https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241858 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fates and Furies: A Novel Author: Lauren Groff Narrator: Will Damron, Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 53 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 22 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE ATLANTIC’S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, TIME, THE SEATTLE TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE, SLATE, LIBRARY JOURNAL, KIRKUS, AND MANY MORE “Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts, and Fates and Furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel that delivers – with comedy, tragedy, well-deployed erudition and unmistakable glimmers of brilliance throughout.” —The New York Times Book Review (cover review) From the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Florida, Matrix, and the highly-anticipated The Vaster Wilds: an exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception.  Fates and Furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best writers of her generation.  Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years. At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but with an electric thrill we understand that things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed. With stunning revelations and multiple threads, and in prose that is vibrantly alive and original, Groff delivers a deeply satisfying novel about love, art, creativity, and power that is unlike anything that has come before it. Profound, surprising, propulsive, and emotionally riveting, it stirs both the mind and the heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241858Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241858 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fates and Furies: A Novel Author: Lauren Groff Narrator: Will Damron, Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 5 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241858 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fates and Furies: A Novel Author: Lauren Groff Narrator: Will Damron, Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 5 minutes Release date: September 15, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 53 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 22 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE ATLANTIC’S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, TIME, THE SEATTLE TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE, SLATE, LIBRARY JOURNAL, KIRKUS, AND MANY MORE “Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts, and Fates and Furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel that delivers – with comedy, tragedy, well-deployed erudition and unmistakable glimmers of brilliance throughout.” —The New York Times Book Review (cover review) From the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Florida, Matrix, and the highly-anticipated The Vaster Wilds: an exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception.  Fates and Furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best writers of her generation.  Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years. At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but with an electric thrill we understand that things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed. With stunning revelations and multiple threads, and in prose that is vibrantly alive and original, Groff delivers a deeply satisfying novel about love, art, creativity, and power that is unlike anything that has come before it. Profound, surprising, propulsive, and emotionally riveting, it stirs both the mind and the heart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/april-s-rain-by-david-johnson--65310797https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: April's Rain Series: #3 of Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Eight years after losing her closest friend, Tucker struggles to keep her rebellious, self-destructive granddaughter under control. When April accidentally kills her boyfriend while defending herself from his attack, Judge Jack helps Tucker ferry her granddaughter away to Spirit Lake, a remote treatment facility in the mountains of eastern Tennessee. There, April creates a false identity, painting herself as a young socialite, and blocks Tucker’s attempts at communication. Tucker’s grandson March, missing for eight years, is discovered half-dead, having lost both his sight and his memories. As he recovers, March’s blindness persists but fragments of his life reemerge. When he finds himself at Spirit Lake, he runs headlong into his past. Will Tucker be able to reunite her family after their paths have splintered? Revised edition: This edition of April's Rain includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236285Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: April's Rain Series: #3 of Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: April's Rain Series: #3 of Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 31 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Eight years after losing her closest friend, Tucker struggles to keep her rebellious, self-destructive granddaughter under control. When April accidentally kills her boyfriend while defending herself from his attack, Judge Jack helps Tucker ferry her granddaughter away to Spirit Lake, a remote treatment facility in the mountains of eastern Tennessee. There, April creates a false identity, painting herself as a young socialite, and blocks Tucker’s attempts at communication. Tucker’s grandson March, missing for eight years, is discovered half-dead, having lost both his sight and his memories. As he recovers, March’s blindness persists but fragments of his life reemerge. When he finds himself at Spirit Lake, he runs headlong into his past. Will Tucker be able to reunite her family after their paths have splintered? Revised edition: This edition of April's Rain includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/journey-a-novel-by-james-a-michener--65310727https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journey: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: "The best novel of James Michener's career." Milwaukee Journal Gold fever swept the world in 1897. The chance for untold riches sent thousands of dreamers on a perilous trek toward their fortunes, failures, or deaths. Follow four English aristocrats and their Irish servant as they misguidedly haul their dreams across cruel Canadian terrain toward the Klondike gold fields.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241182Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journey: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241182 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Journey: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: "The best novel of James Michener's career." Milwaukee Journal Gold fever swept the world in 1897. The chance for untold riches sent thousands of dreamers on a perilous trek toward their fortunes, failures, or deaths. Follow four English aristocrats and their Irish servant as they misguidedly haul their dreams across cruel Canadian terrain toward the Klondike gold fields.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-art-of-crash-landing-a-novel-by-melissa-decarlo--65310689https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Crash Landing: A Novel Author: Melissa DeCarlo Narrator: Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From a bright new talent comes this debut novel about a young woman who travels for the first time to her mother’s hometown, and gets sucked into the mystery that changed her family forever Mattie Wallace has really screwed up this time. Broke and knocked up, she’s got all her worldly possessions crammed into six giant trash bags, and nowhere to go. Try as she might, Mattie can no longer deny that she really is turning into her mother, a broken alcoholic who never met a bad choice she didn’t make. When Mattie gets news of a possible inheritance left by a grandmother she’s never met, she jumps at this one last chance to turn things around. Leaving the Florida Panhandle, she drives eight hundred miles to her mother’s birthplace—the tiny town of Gandy, Oklahoma. There, she soon learns that her mother remains a local mystery—a happy, talented teenager who inexplicably skipped town thirty-five years ago with nothing but the clothes on her back. But the girl they describe bears little resemblance to the damaged woman Mattie knew, and before long it becomes clear that something terrible happened to her mother, and it happened here. The harder Mattie digs for answers, the more obstacles she encounters. Giving up, however, isn’t an option. Uncovering what started her mother’s downward spiral might be the only way to stop her own. Hilarious, gripping, and unexpectedly wise, The Art of Crash Landing is a poignant novel from an assured new voice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241848Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Crash Landing: A Novel Author: Melissa DeCarlo Narrator: Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241848 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Crash Landing: A Novel Author: Melissa DeCarlo Narrator: Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From a bright new talent comes this debut novel about a young woman who travels for the first time to her mother’s hometown, and gets sucked into the mystery that changed her family forever Mattie Wallace has really screwed up this time. Broke and knocked up, she’s got all her worldly possessions crammed into six giant trash bags, and nowhere to go. Try as she might, Mattie can no longer deny that she really is turning into her mother, a broken alcoholic who never met a bad choice she didn’t make. When Mattie gets news of a possible inheritance left by a grandmother she’s never met, she jumps at this one last chance to turn things around. Leaving the Florida Panhandle, she drives eight hundred miles to her mother’s birthplace—the tiny town of Gandy, Oklahoma. There, she soon learns that her mother remains a local mystery—a happy, talented teenager who inexplicably skipped town thirty-five years ago with nothing but the clothes on her back. But the girl they describe bears little resemblance to the damaged woman Mattie knew, and before long it becomes clear that something terrible happened to her mother, and it happened here. The harder Mattie digs for answers, the more obstacles she encounters. Giving up, however, isn’t an option. Uncovering what started her mother’s downward spiral might be the only way to stop her own. Hilarious, gripping, and unexpectedly wise, The Art of Crash Landing is a poignant novel from an assured new voice.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/caribbean-a-novel-by-james-a-michener--65310662https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caribbean: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Alexander Adams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 8 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this acclaimed classic novel, James A. Michener sweeps readers off to the Caribbean, bringing to life the eternal allure and tumultuous history of this glittering string of islands. From the 1310 conquest of the Arawaks by cannibals to the decline of the Mayan empire, from Columbus’s arrival to buccaneer Henry Morgan’s notorious reign, from the bloody slave revolt on Haiti to the rise of Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Caribbean packs seven hundred dramatic years into a tale teeming with revolution and romance, authentic characters and thunderous destinies. Through absorbing, magnificent prose, Michener captures the essence of the islands in all of their awe-inspiring scope and wonder.   Praise for Caribbean   “Michener is a master.”—Boston Herald   “A grand epic . . . [James A. Michener] sympathizes with the struggles of the region’s most oppressed, and succeeds in presenting the Caribbean in its rich diversity.”—The Plain Dealer   “Remarkable and praiseworthy . . . utterly engaging.”—The Washington Post Book World   “Even American tourists familiar with some of the serene islands will find themselves enlightened. . . . In Caribbean, there appears to be a strong aura of truth behind the storytelling.”—The New York Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241183Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caribbean: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Alexander Adams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 8 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caribbean: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Alexander Adams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 32 hours 8 minutes Release date: September 8, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this acclaimed classic novel, James A. Michener sweeps readers off to the Caribbean, bringing to life the eternal allure and tumultuous history of this glittering string of islands. From the 1310 conquest of the Arawaks by cannibals to the decline of the Mayan empire, from Columbus’s arrival to buccaneer Henry Morgan’s notorious reign, from the bloody slave revolt on Haiti to the rise of Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Caribbean packs seven hundred dramatic years into a tale teeming with revolution and romance, authentic characters and thunderous destinies. Through absorbing, magnificent prose, Michener captures the essence of the islands in all of their awe-inspiring scope and wonder.   Praise for Caribbean   “Michener is a master.”—Boston Herald   “A grand epic . . . [James A. Michener] sympathizes with the struggles of the region’s most oppressed, and succeeds in presenting the Caribbean in its rich diversity.”—The Plain Dealer   “Remarkable and praiseworthy . . . utterly engaging.”—The Washington Post Book World   “Even American tourists familiar with some of the serene islands will find themselves enlightened. . . . In Caribbean, there appears to be a strong aura of truth behind the storytelling.”—The New York Times]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sparrow-sisters-a-novel-by-ellen-herrick--65310702https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sparrow Sisters: A Novel Author: Ellen Herrick Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A haunting, magical, modern-day fairytale.  A feast for the senses.” —Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of First Frost With echoes of the alchemy of Practical Magic, the lushness of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, and the darkly joyful wickedness of the Witches of Eastwick, Ellen Herrick’s debut novel spins an enchanting love story about a place where magic whispers just beneath the surface and almost anything is possible, if you aren’t afraid to listen. The Sparrow Sisters are as tightly woven into the seaside New England town of Granite Point as the wild sweet peas that climb the stone walls along the harbor. Sorrel, Nettie and Patience are as colorful as the beach plums on the dunes and as mysterious as the fog that rolls into town at dusk. Patience is the town healer and when a new doctor settles into Granite Point he brings with him a mystery so compelling that Patience is drawn to love him, even as she struggles to mend him. But when Patience Sparrow’s herbs and tinctures are believed to be implicated in a local tragedy, Granite Point is consumed by a long-buried fear—and its three hundred year old history resurfaces as a modern day witch-hunt threatens. The plants and flowers, fruit trees and high hedges begin to wither and die, and the entire town begins to fail; fishermen return to the harbor empty-handed, and blight descends on the old elms that line the lanes. It seems as if Patience and her town are lost until the women of Granite Point band together to save the Sparrow. As they gather, drawing strength from each other, will they be able to turn the tide and return life to Granite Point? The Sparrow Sisters is a beautiful, haunting, and thoroughly mesmerizing novel that will capture your imagination.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241253Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sparrow Sisters: A Novel Author: Ellen Herrick Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241253 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sparrow Sisters: A Novel Author: Ellen Herrick Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A haunting, magical, modern-day fairytale.  A feast for the senses.” —Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of First Frost With echoes of the alchemy of Practical Magic, the lushness of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, and the darkly joyful wickedness of the Witches of Eastwick, Ellen Herrick’s debut novel spins an enchanting love story about a place where magic whispers just beneath the surface and almost anything is possible, if you aren’t afraid to listen. The Sparrow Sisters are as tightly woven into the seaside New England town of Granite Point as the wild sweet peas that climb the stone walls along the harbor. Sorrel, Nettie and Patience are as colorful as the beach plums on the dunes and as mysterious as the fog that rolls into town at dusk. Patience is the town healer and when a new doctor settles into Granite Point he brings with him a mystery so compelling that Patience is drawn to love him, even as she struggles to mend him. But when Patience Sparrow’s herbs and tinctures are believed to be implicated in a local tragedy, Granite Point is consumed by a long-buried fear—and its three hundred year old history resurfaces as a modern day witch-hunt threatens. The plants and flowers, fruit trees and high hedges begin to wither and die, and the entire town begins to fail; fishermen return to the harbor empty-handed, and blight descends on the old elms that line the lanes. It seems as if Patience and her town are lost until the women of Granite Point band together to save the Sparrow. As they gather, drawing strength from each other, will they be able to turn the tide and return life to Granite Point? The Sparrow Sisters is a beautiful, haunting, and thoroughly mesmerizing novel that will capture your imagination.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/did-you-ever-have-a-family-by-bill-clegg--65310635https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Did You Ever Have A Family Author: Bill Clegg Narrator: Bill Clegg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, MAN BOOKER PRIZE, PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE, AND ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE • AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK Hailed as “masterly” by The New York Times Book Review, “a brilliantly constructed debut set in the aftermath of catastrophic loss” (2015 Man Booker Prize Judges). The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about a circle of people who find solace in the least likely of places as they cope with a horrific tragedy. On the eve of her daughter’s wedding, June Reid’s life is upended when a shocking disaster takes the lives of her daughter, her daughter’s fiancé, her ex-husband, and her boyfriend, Luke—her entire family, all gone in a moment. June is the only survivor. Alone and directionless, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections through shared heartbreak. From the couple running a motel on the Pacific Ocean where June eventually settles into a quiet half-life, to the wedding’s caterer whose bill has been forgotten, to Luke’s mother, the shattered outcast of the town—everyone touched by the tragedy is changed as truths about their near and far histories finally come to light. Elegant and heartrending, and one of the most accomplished fiction debuts of the year, Did You Ever Have a Family is an absorbing, unforgettable tale that reveals humanity at its best through forgiveness and hope. At its core is a celebration of family—the ones we are born with and the ones we create.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241731Tue, 01 Sep 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Did You Ever Have A Family Author: Bill Clegg Narrator: Bill Clegg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Did You Ever Have A Family Author: Bill Clegg Narrator: Bill Clegg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 1, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, MAN BOOKER PRIZE, PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE, AND ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE • AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK Hailed as “masterly” by The New York Times Book Review, “a brilliantly constructed debut set in the aftermath of catastrophic loss” (2015 Man Booker Prize Judges). The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about a circle of people who find solace in the least likely of places as they cope with a horrific tragedy. On the eve of her daughter’s wedding, June Reid’s life is upended when a shocking disaster takes the lives of her daughter, her daughter’s fiancé, her ex-husband, and her boyfriend, Luke—her entire family, all gone in a moment. June is the only survivor. Alone and directionless, June drives across the country, away from her small Connecticut town. In her wake, a community emerges, weaving a beautiful and surprising web of connections through shared heartbreak. From the couple running a motel on the Pacific Ocean where June eventually settles into a quiet half-life, to the wedding’s caterer whose bill has been forgotten, to Luke’s mother, the shattered outcast of the town—everyone touched by the tragedy is changed as truths about their near and far histories finally come to light. Elegant and heartrending, and one of the most accomplished fiction debuts of the year, Did You Ever Have a Family is an absorbing, unforgettable tale that reveals humanity at its best through forgiveness and hope. At its core is a celebration of family—the ones we are born with and the ones we create.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/noonday-by-pat-barker--65310653https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241789 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noonday Series: #3 of The Life Class Trilogy Author: Pat Barker Narrator: Finlay Robertson, Juliet Stevenson, Stephen Boxer, Anne Reid, John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 27, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Noonday by Pat Barker, read by Juliet Stevenson, Stephen Boxer, John Sackville, Anne Reid & Finlay Robertson From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls The final novel in Pat Barker's acclaimed 'Life Class' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart 'Bold, hard-hitting, unforgettable, with luminous and unsparing insight' Independent on Sunday 'Barker's command of detail and gift for metaphor are as sharp as ever... Noonday is in the first rank' Mail on Sunday '[There is] no end to her talent in describing how conflicts rupture the soul' Arifa Akbar, Independent London, the Blitz, autumn 1940. As the bombs fall on the blacked-out city, ambulance driver Elinor Brooke races from bomb sites to hospitals trying to save the lives of injured survivors, working alongside former friend Kit Neville, while her husband Paul works as an air-raid warden. As the bombing intensifies, the constant risk of death makes all three of them reach out for quick consolation. Old loves and obsessions re-surface until Elinor is brought face to face with an almost impossible choice. Writing about the Second World War for the first time, Pat Barker brings the besieged and haunted city of London into electrifying life. The Life Class trilogy: Life Class Toby's Room Noonday]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241789Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241789 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noonday Series: #3 of The Life Class Trilogy Author: Pat Barker Narrator: Finlay Robertson, Juliet Stevenson, Stephen Boxer, Anne Reid, John Sackville...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241789 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noonday Series: #3 of The Life Class Trilogy Author: Pat Barker Narrator: Finlay Robertson, Juliet Stevenson, Stephen Boxer, Anne Reid, John Sackville Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: August 27, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Noonday by Pat Barker, read by Juliet Stevenson, Stephen Boxer, John Sackville, Anne Reid & Finlay Robertson From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls The final novel in Pat Barker's acclaimed 'Life Class' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart 'Bold, hard-hitting, unforgettable, with luminous and unsparing insight' Independent on Sunday 'Barker's command of detail and gift for metaphor are as sharp as ever... Noonday is in the first rank' Mail on Sunday '[There is] no end to her talent in describing how conflicts rupture the soul' Arifa Akbar, Independent London, the Blitz, autumn 1940. As the bombs fall on the blacked-out city, ambulance driver Elinor Brooke races from bomb sites to hospitals trying to save the lives of injured survivors, working alongside former friend Kit Neville, while her husband Paul works as an air-raid warden. As the bombing intensifies, the constant risk of death makes all three of them reach out for quick consolation. Old loves and obsessions re-surface until Elinor is brought face to face with an almost impossible choice. Writing about the Second World War for the first time, Pat Barker brings the besieged and haunted city of London into electrifying life. The Life Class trilogy: Life Class Toby's Room Noonday]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/texas-a-novel-by-james-a-michener--65310745https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241181 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Texas: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 65 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 3.2 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: "A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, Anglos and Hispanics, frontier and settlement, money and power...James Michener is something rare and valuable: an honorable craftsman doing honorable work....He manages to make history vivid and palatable to the reader." THE BOSTON GLOBE Texas. A land of sprawling diversity and unparalleled richness; a dazzling chapter in the history of our nation, a place like no other on earth. Through the remarkable lives of four families, this epic saga spans four centuries and two continents and charts the dramatic formation of several great dynasties from the age of the conquistadors to the present day. A richly compelling novel of a proud people eager to meet the challenge of the land, TEXAS is James Michener's most magnificent achievement.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241181Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241181 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Texas: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 65 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241181 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Texas: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 65 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 3.2 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: "A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, Anglos and Hispanics, frontier and settlement, money and power...James Michener is something rare and valuable: an honorable craftsman doing honorable work....He manages to make history vivid and palatable to the reader." THE BOSTON GLOBE Texas. A land of sprawling diversity and unparalleled richness; a dazzling chapter in the history of our nation, a place like no other on earth. Through the remarkable lives of four families, this epic saga spans four centuries and two continents and charts the dramatic formation of several great dynasties from the age of the conquistadors to the present day. A richly compelling novel of a proud people eager to meet the challenge of the land, TEXAS is James Michener's most magnificent achievement.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-invisible-hand-by-ayad-akhtar--65310665https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Invisible Hand Author: Ayad Akhtar Narrator: Ayad Akhtar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A chilling examination of how far we will go to survive and the consequences of the choices we make. In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan. He will earn his own ransom by helping his captors manipulate and master the world commodities and currency markets. '[A] tense, provocative thriller about the unholy nexus of international terrorism and big bucks....'-Seattle Times 'Ahktar again turns hypersensitive subjects into thought-provoking and thoughtful drama'-Newsday 'The prime theme is pulsing and alive: when human lives become just one more commodity to be traded, blood eventually flows in the streets'-Financial Times 'Whip-smart and twisty'-Time Out New York 'The Invisible Hand offers genuine insight into the future of the West' (Village Voice).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241592Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Invisible Hand Author: Ayad Akhtar Narrator: Ayad Akhtar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Invisible Hand Author: Ayad Akhtar Narrator: Ayad Akhtar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A chilling examination of how far we will go to survive and the consequences of the choices we make. In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan. He will earn his own ransom by helping his captors manipulate and master the world commodities and currency markets. '[A] tense, provocative thriller about the unholy nexus of international terrorism and big bucks....'-Seattle Times 'Ahktar again turns hypersensitive subjects into thought-provoking and thoughtful drama'-Newsday 'The prime theme is pulsing and alive: when human lives become just one more commodity to be traded, blood eventually flows in the streets'-Financial Times 'Whip-smart and twisty'-Time Out New York 'The Invisible Hand offers genuine insight into the future of the West' (Village Voice).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-husband-of-her-own-by-brenda-novak--65310660https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241883 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Husband of Her Own Series: #2 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Présentation de l'éditeur Rebecca Wells desperately wants to overcome her reputation. She's finally trying to put an end to her twenty-four-year rivalry with the perfect Josh Hill, a rivalry that began when she was a kid and the Hills moved in across the street. Great-looking, popular, a successful horse rancher, Josh is Dundee's golden boy--and the son her father always wanted. But even when her father insists they call a truce, it's hard for Rebecca to drop her resentment of Josh. She refuses to acknowledge that she feels more for him than she's ever let on. The man she loves to hate is also the man she'd hate to love!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241883Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241883 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Husband of Her Own Series: #2 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241883 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Husband of Her Own Series: #2 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Amy McFadden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Présentation de l'éditeur Rebecca Wells desperately wants to overcome her reputation. She's finally trying to put an end to her twenty-four-year rivalry with the perfect Josh Hill, a rivalry that began when she was a kid and the Hills moved in across the street. Great-looking, popular, a successful horse rancher, Josh is Dundee's golden boy--and the son her father always wanted. But even when her father insists they call a truce, it's hard for Rebecca to drop her resentment of Josh. She refuses to acknowledge that she feels more for him than she's ever let on. The man she loves to hate is also the man she'd hate to love!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/coulda-been-a-cowboy-by-brenda-novak--65310659https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coulda Been a Cowboy Series: #8 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Grandpa Garnier used to say, Love is like a bucking bronco. It takes guts and determination to hang on, but it's worth the ride. If only Grandpa was around now to help Tyson Garnier out of this mess. The famous pro football player is suddenly saddled with a very public scandal—and an illegitimate child. Tyson needs a good nanny now if he's going to salvage his career. And plain, no-nonsense Dakota Brown is the ideal candidate. Dakota doesn't care for football—or for a man who doesn't seem to want his own son. But she needs this job, and that precious little baby needs her. Dakota isn't Tyson's kind of woman. But the more he sees of her—and the more he sees of his son—the harder he wants to hang on.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241939Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coulda Been a Cowboy Series: #8 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Coulda Been a Cowboy Series: #8 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Adam Verner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Grandpa Garnier used to say, Love is like a bucking bronco. It takes guts and determination to hang on, but it's worth the ride. If only Grandpa was around now to help Tyson Garnier out of this mess. The famous pro football player is suddenly saddled with a very public scandal—and an illegitimate child. Tyson needs a good nanny now if he's going to salvage his career. And plain, no-nonsense Dakota Brown is the ideal candidate. Dakota doesn't care for football—or for a man who doesn't seem to want his own son. But she needs this job, and that precious little baby needs her. Dakota isn't Tyson's kind of woman. But the more he sees of her—and the more he sees of his son—the harder he wants to hang on.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-window-opens-a-novel-by-elisabeth-egan--65310648https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Window Opens: A Novel Author: Elisabeth Egan Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What happens when having it all proves too much to handle? In this “fresh, funny take on the age-old struggle to have it all” (People) a wife and mother of three leaps at the chance to fulfill her professional destiny—only to learn every opportunity comes at a price. “A winning, heartfelt debut” (Good Housekeeping), A Window Opens introduces Alice Pearse, a compulsively honest, longing-to-have-it-all, sandwich generation heroine for our social-media-obsessed, lean in (or opt out) age. Like her fictional forebears Kate Reddy and Bridget Jones, Alice plays many roles (which she never refers to as “wearing many hats” and wishes you wouldn’t, either). She is a (mostly) happily married mother of three, an attentive daughter, an ambivalent dog-owner, a part-time editor, a loyal neighbor and a Zen commuter. She is not: a cook, a craftswoman, a decorator, an active PTA member, a natural caretaker, or the breadwinner. But when her husband makes a radical career change, Alice is ready to lean in—and she knows exactly how lucky she is to land a job at Scroll, a hip young start-up which promises to be the future of reading. The Holy Grail of working mothers―an intellectually satisfying job and a happy personal life―seems suddenly within reach. Despite the disapproval of her best friend, who owns the local bookstore, Alice is proud of her new “balancing act” (which is more like a three-ring circus) until her dad gets sick, her marriage flounders, her babysitter gets fed up, her kids start to grow up, and her work takes an unexpected turn. In the midst of her second coming of age, Alice realizes the question is not whether it’s possible to have it all but, what does she really want the most? “Smart and entertaining…with refreshing straight-forwardness and humor” (The Washington Post), “fans of I Don’t Know How She Does It and Where’d You Go, Bernadette will adore A Window Opens” (Booklist, starred review).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241726Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Window Opens: A Novel Author: Elisabeth Egan Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: August 25,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Window Opens: A Novel Author: Elisabeth Egan Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What happens when having it all proves too much to handle? In this “fresh, funny take on the age-old struggle to have it all” (People) a wife and mother of three leaps at the chance to fulfill her professional destiny—only to learn every opportunity comes at a price. “A winning, heartfelt debut” (Good Housekeeping), A Window Opens introduces Alice Pearse, a compulsively honest, longing-to-have-it-all, sandwich generation heroine for our social-media-obsessed, lean in (or opt out) age. Like her fictional forebears Kate Reddy and Bridget Jones, Alice plays many roles (which she never refers to as “wearing many hats” and wishes you wouldn’t, either). She is a (mostly) happily married mother of three, an attentive daughter, an ambivalent dog-owner, a part-time editor, a loyal neighbor and a Zen commuter. She is not: a cook, a craftswoman, a decorator, an active PTA member, a natural caretaker, or the breadwinner. But when her husband makes a radical career change, Alice is ready to lean in—and she knows exactly how lucky she is to land a job at Scroll, a hip young start-up which promises to be the future of reading. The Holy Grail of working mothers―an intellectually satisfying job and a happy personal life―seems suddenly within reach. Despite the disapproval of her best friend, who owns the local bookstore, Alice is proud of her new “balancing act” (which is more like a three-ring circus) until her dad gets sick, her marriage flounders, her babysitter gets fed up, her kids start to grow up, and her work takes an unexpected turn. In the midst of her second coming of age, Alice realizes the question is not whether it’s possible to have it all but, what does she really want the most? “Smart and entertaining…with refreshing straight-forwardness and humor” (The Washington Post), “fans of I Don’t Know How She Does It and Where’d You Go, Bernadette will adore A Window Opens” (Booklist, starred review).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/big-girls-don-t-cry-by-brenda-novak--65310642https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Girls Don't Cry Series: #6 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sometimes Mr. Right couldn't be more wrong… Thanks to a devastating revelation about her husband, Reenie Holbrook's once-perfect marriage is over. For eleven years she had the life she wanted—and now it's gone. Sometimes Mr. Wrong couldn't be more right… Reenie decides that the first step in recovering from her ordeal is to find work; after all, she has three young children to support. She's thrilled when she lands a job at Dundee High teaching history—until Isaac Russell, the man who triggered the unraveling of her marriage, accepts a temporary position teaching science. Then she's tempted to quit. Reenie doesn't care if the whole town admires Isaac…and she won't admit that, secretly, she admires him, too. She doesn't want to see him or his sister in "her" town.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241912Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Girls Don't Cry Series: #6 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Girls Don't Cry Series: #6 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 33 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sometimes Mr. Right couldn't be more wrong… Thanks to a devastating revelation about her husband, Reenie Holbrook's once-perfect marriage is over. For eleven years she had the life she wanted—and now it's gone. Sometimes Mr. Wrong couldn't be more right… Reenie decides that the first step in recovering from her ordeal is to find work; after all, she has three young children to support. She's thrilled when she lands a job at Dundee High teaching history—until Isaac Russell, the man who triggered the unraveling of her marriage, accepts a temporary position teaching science. Then she's tempted to quit. Reenie doesn't care if the whole town admires Isaac…and she won't admit that, secretly, she admires him, too. She doesn't want to see him or his sister in "her" town.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-other-woman-by-brenda-novak--65310640https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Woman Series: #7 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A second chance doesn't mean second best! Elizabeth O'Connell has survived one of the worst betrayals a wife can imagine. Finding out that she wasn't the only woman in her husband's life meant the end of her marriage and a year of personal hell. Now she's focusing on her new business and raising her two kids. Carter Hudson isn't part of her plan. When he's introduced to Liz by well-meaning friends, her dislike is instant. But as she spends time with him, Liz realizes she likes having Carter in her life—more than likes it. However, Carter has secrets in his past that he can't seem to escape, secrets that apparently involve a woman. Liz is sure of one thing—she'll never be "the other woman" again!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241938Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Woman Series: #7 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241938 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Woman Series: #7 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A second chance doesn't mean second best! Elizabeth O'Connell has survived one of the worst betrayals a wife can imagine. Finding out that she wasn't the only woman in her husband's life meant the end of her marriage and a year of personal hell. Now she's focusing on her new business and raising her two kids. Carter Hudson isn't part of her plan. When he's introduced to Liz by well-meaning friends, her dislike is instant. But as she spends time with him, Liz realizes she likes having Carter in her life—more than likes it. However, Carter has secrets in his past that he can't seem to escape, secrets that apparently involve a woman. Liz is sure of one thing—she'll never be "the other woman" again!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-baby-of-her-own-by-brenda-novak--65310637https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Baby of Her Own Series: #1 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What Delaney wants…is a baby. A baby of her own. At thirty, she longs to break away from the constraints of her life. Longs to reach out for her heart's desire. She'd prefer marriage as well, but there's no man in Dundee, Idaho, she's interested in marrying. Then one winter night she and her best friend, Rebecca, go to Boise with the intent of finding a man for Delaney. She meets a handsome stranger named Conner, a man who might be able to provide her with the solution she needs…and the baby she wants! Afterward she thinks she must have been out of her mind. But it's too late. Because she's pregnant. And because the stranger isn't a stranger anymore. Conner Armstrong is now living on a ranch just outside Dundee.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241882Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Baby of Her Own Series: #1 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Baby of Her Own Series: #1 of Dundee Idaho Author: Brenda Novak Narrator: Carly Robins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 27 minutes Release date: August 25, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What Delaney wants…is a baby. A baby of her own. At thirty, she longs to break away from the constraints of her life. Longs to reach out for her heart's desire. She'd prefer marriage as well, but there's no man in Dundee, Idaho, she's interested in marrying. Then one winter night she and her best friend, Rebecca, go to Boise with the intent of finding a man for Delaney. She meets a handsome stranger named Conner, a man who might be able to provide her with the solution she needs…and the baby she wants! Afterward she thinks she must have been out of her mind. But it's too late. Because she's pregnant. And because the stranger isn't a stranger anymore. Conner Armstrong is now living on a ranch just outside Dundee.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-admissions-a-novel-by-meg-mitchell-moore--65310796https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Admissions: A Novel Author: Meg Mitchell Moore Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 18, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Admissions brilliantly captures the frazzled pressure cooker of modern life as a seemingly perfect family comes undone by a few desperate measures, long-buried secret —and college applications! The Hawthorne family has it all. Great jobs, a beautiful house in one of the most affluent areas of Northern California, and three charming kids whose sunny futures are all but assured. And then comes their eldest daughter’s senior year of high school . . .      Firstborn Angela Hawthorne is a straight-A student and star athlete, with extracurricular activities coming out of her ears and a college application that’s not going to write itself. She’s set her sights on Harvard, her father’s alma mater, and like a dog with a chew toy, Angela won’t let up until she’s basking in crimson-colored glory. Except her class rank as valedictorian is under attack, she’s suddenly losing her edge at cross-country, and she can’t help but daydream about a cute baseball player. Of course Angela knows the time put into her schoolgirl crush would be better spent coming up with a subject for her English term paper—which, along with her college essay, has a rapidly approaching deadline.      Angela’s mother, Nora, is similarly stretched to the limit, juggling parent-teacher meetings, carpool, and a real estate career where she caters to the mega-rich and super-picky buyers and sellers of the Bay Area. The youngest daughter, second-grader Maya, still can’t read; the middle child, Cecily, is no longer the happy-go-lucky kid she once was; and their dad, Gabe, seems oblivious to the mounting pressures at home because a devastating secret of his own might be exposed. A few ill-advised moves put the Hawthorne family on a collision course that’s equal parts achingly real and delightfully screwball—and they learn that whatever it cost to get their lucky lives it may cost far more to keep them.      Sharp, topical, and wildly entertaining, The Admissions shows that if you pull at a loose thread, even the sturdiest lives start to unravel at the seams of high achievement.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240742Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Admissions: A Novel Author: Meg Mitchell Moore Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Admissions: A Novel Author: Meg Mitchell Moore Narrator: Allyson Ryan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 18, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Admissions brilliantly captures the frazzled pressure cooker of modern life as a seemingly perfect family comes undone by a few desperate measures, long-buried secret —and college applications! The Hawthorne family has it all. Great jobs, a beautiful house in one of the most affluent areas of Northern California, and three charming kids whose sunny futures are all but assured. And then comes their eldest daughter’s senior year of high school . . .      Firstborn Angela Hawthorne is a straight-A student and star athlete, with extracurricular activities coming out of her ears and a college application that’s not going to write itself. She’s set her sights on Harvard, her father’s alma mater, and like a dog with a chew toy, Angela won’t let up until she’s basking in crimson-colored glory. Except her class rank as valedictorian is under attack, she’s suddenly losing her edge at cross-country, and she can’t help but daydream about a cute baseball player. Of course Angela knows the time put into her schoolgirl crush would be better spent coming up with a subject for her English term paper—which, along with her college essay, has a rapidly approaching deadline.      Angela’s mother, Nora, is similarly stretched to the limit, juggling parent-teacher meetings, carpool, and a real estate career where she caters to the mega-rich and super-picky buyers and sellers of the Bay Area. The youngest daughter, second-grader Maya, still can’t read; the middle child, Cecily, is no longer the happy-go-lucky kid she once was; and their dad, Gabe, seems oblivious to the mounting pressures at home because a devastating secret of his own might be exposed. A few ill-advised moves put the Hawthorne family on a collision course that’s equal parts achingly real and delightfully screwball—and they learn that whatever it cost to get their lucky lives it may cost far more to keep them.      Sharp, topical, and wildly entertaining, The Admissions shows that if you pull at a loose thread, even the sturdiest lives start to unravel at the seams of high achievement.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-never-asked-for-wings-a-novel-by-vanessa-diffenbaugh--65310743https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Never Asked for Wings: A Novel Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh Narrator: Robbie Daymond, Emma Bering Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 18, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Language of Flowers comes her much-anticipated new novel about young love, hard choices, and hope against all odds.   For fourteen years, Letty Espinosa has worked three jobs around San Francisco to make ends meet while her mother raised her children—Alex, fifteen, and Luna, just six—in their tiny apartment on a forgotten spit of wetlands near the bay. But now Letty’s parents are returning to Mexico, and Letty must step up and become a mother for the first time in her life.   Navigating this new terrain is challenging for Letty, especially as Luna desperately misses her grandparents and Alex, who is falling in love with a classmate, is unwilling to give his mother a chance. Letty comes up with a plan to help the family escape the dangerous neighborhood and heartbreaking injustice that have marked their lives, but one wrong move could jeopardize everything she’s worked for and her family’s fragile hopes for the future.   Vanessa Diffenbaugh blends gorgeous prose with compelling themes of motherhood, undocumented immigration, and the American Dream in a powerful and prescient story about family. Praise for We Never Asked for Wings   “Deftly blends family conflict with reassurance: Wings is like Parenthood with class and immigration issues added for gravitas.”—People (Book of the Week)   “This poignant story will stay in readers’ hearts long after the last page. . . . Diffenbaugh weaves in the plight of undocumented immigrants to her tale of first- and second-generation Americans struggling to make their way in America. Moving without being maudlin, this story avoids the stereotypes in its stark portrayal of mothers who just want the best for their children.”—RT Book Reviews (Top Pick)   “Diffenbaugh is a storyteller of the highest order: her simple but poetic prose makes even this most classically American story sing with a special kind of vulnerable beauty.”—Bustle   “[A] gripping, heartfelt exploration of a mother’s love, resilience and redemption.”—Family Circle   “Satisfying storytelling . . . Diffenbaugh delivers a heartwarming journey that mixes redemption and optimistic insight [and] confirms her gift for creating shrewd, sympathetic charmers.”—Kirkus Reviews]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238071Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Never Asked for Wings: A Novel Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh Narrator: Robbie Daymond, Emma Bering Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238071 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Never Asked for Wings: A Novel Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh Narrator: Robbie Daymond, Emma Bering Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 18, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.25 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Language of Flowers comes her much-anticipated new novel about young love, hard choices, and hope against all odds.   For fourteen years, Letty Espinosa has worked three jobs around San Francisco to make ends meet while her mother raised her children—Alex, fifteen, and Luna, just six—in their tiny apartment on a forgotten spit of wetlands near the bay. But now Letty’s parents are returning to Mexico, and Letty must step up and become a mother for the first time in her life.   Navigating this new terrain is challenging for Letty, especially as Luna desperately misses her grandparents and Alex, who is falling in love with a classmate, is unwilling to give his mother a chance. Letty comes up with a plan to help the family escape the dangerous neighborhood and heartbreaking injustice that have marked their lives, but one wrong move could jeopardize everything she’s worked for and her family’s fragile hopes for the future.   Vanessa Diffenbaugh blends gorgeous prose with compelling themes of motherhood, undocumented immigration, and the American Dream in a powerful and prescient story about family. Praise for We Never Asked for Wings   “Deftly blends family conflict with reassurance: Wings is like Parenthood with class and immigration issues added for gravitas.”—People (Book of the Week)   “This poignant story will stay in readers’ hearts long after the last page. . . . Diffenbaugh weaves in the plight of undocumented immigrants to her tale of first- and second-generation Americans struggling to make their way in America. Moving without being maudlin, this story avoids the stereotypes in its stark portrayal of mothers who just want the best for their children.”—RT Book Reviews (Top Pick)   “Diffenbaugh is a storyteller of the highest order: her simple but poetic prose makes even this most classically American story sing with a special kind of vulnerable beauty.”—Bustle   “[A] gripping, heartfelt exploration of a mother’s love, resilience and redemption.”—Family Circle   “Satisfying storytelling . . . Diffenbaugh delivers a heartwarming journey that mixes redemption and optimistic insight [and] confirms her gift for creating shrewd, sympathetic charmers.”—Kirkus Reviews]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fortune-smiles-stories-by-adam-johnson--65310723https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fortune Smiles: Stories Author: Adam Johnson Narrator: Greg Chun, Johnathan Mcclain, Will Damron, W. Morgan Sheppard, Dominic Hoffman, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 18, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed novel about North Korea, The Orphan Master’s Son, Adam Johnson is one of America’s most provocative and powerful authors. Critics have compared him to Kurt Vonnegut, David Mitchell, and George Saunders, but Johnson’s new book will only further his reputation as one of our most original writers. Subtly surreal, darkly comic, both hilarious and heartbreaking, Fortune Smiles is a major collection of stories that gives voice to the perspectives we don’t often hear, while offering something rare in fiction: a new way of looking at the world.   In six masterly stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. “Nirvana,” which won the prestigious Sunday Times short story prize, portrays a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finding solace in a digital simulacrum of the president of the United States. In “Hurricanes Anonymous”—first included in the Best American Short Stories anthology—a young man searches for the mother of his son in a Louisiana devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. “George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine” follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in packages to his door. And in the unforgettable title story, Johnson returns to his signature subject, North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang who are trying to adapt to their new lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind. Unnerving, riveting, and written with a timeless quality, these stories confirm Johnson as one of America’s greatest writers and an indispensable guide to our new century. Readers: “Nirvana” read by Johnathan McClain  “Hurricanes Anonymous” read by Dominic Hoffman  “Interesting Facts” read by Cassandra Campbell  “George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine” read by W. Morgan Sheppard  “Dark Meadow” read by Will Damron  “Fortune Smiles” read by Greg Chun  Advance praise for Fortune Smiles “How do you follow a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel? For Johnson, the answer is a story collection, and the tales are hefty and memorable. . . . In the title story, two North Korean criminals adjust to post-defection life in South Korea. . . . Often funny, even when they’re wrenchingly sad, the stories provide one of the truest satisfactions of reading: the opportunity to sink into worlds we otherwise would know little or nothing about.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A half-dozen sometimes Carver-esque yarns that find more-or-less ordinary people facing extraordinary challenges and somehow holding up. Tragedy is always close to the surface in Johnson’s work—with tragicomic layerings. . . . Bittersweet, elegant, full of hard-won wisdom: this is no ordinary book, either.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)  Praise for Adam Johnson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, The Orphan Master’s Son “Harrowing and deeply affecting . . . a daring and remarkable novel, a novel that not only opens a frightening window on the mysterious kingdom of North Korea, but one that also excavates the very meaning of love and sacrifice.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “Remarkable . . . the single best work of fiction published [this year].”—The Wall Street Journal]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241390Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fortune Smiles: Stories Author: Adam Johnson Narrator: Greg Chun, Johnathan Mcclain, Will Damron, W. Morgan Sheppard, Dominic Hoffman, Cassandra...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241390 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fortune Smiles: Stories Author: Adam Johnson Narrator: Greg Chun, Johnathan Mcclain, Will Damron, W. Morgan Sheppard, Dominic Hoffman, Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 18, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed novel about North Korea, The Orphan Master’s Son, Adam Johnson is one of America’s most provocative and powerful authors. Critics have compared him to Kurt Vonnegut, David Mitchell, and George Saunders, but Johnson’s new book will only further his reputation as one of our most original writers. Subtly surreal, darkly comic, both hilarious and heartbreaking, Fortune Smiles is a major collection of stories that gives voice to the perspectives we don’t often hear, while offering something rare in fiction: a new way of looking at the world.   In six masterly stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. “Nirvana,” which won the prestigious Sunday Times short story prize, portrays a programmer whose wife has a rare disease finding solace in a digital simulacrum of the president of the United States. In “Hurricanes Anonymous”—first included in the Best American Short Stories anthology—a young man searches for the mother of his son in a Louisiana devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. “George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine” follows a former warden of a Stasi prison in East Germany who vehemently denies his past, even as pieces of it are delivered in packages to his door. And in the unforgettable title story, Johnson returns to his signature subject, North Korea, depicting two defectors from Pyongyang who are trying to adapt to their new lives in Seoul, while one cannot forget the woman he left behind. Unnerving, riveting, and written with a timeless quality, these stories confirm Johnson as one of America’s greatest writers and an indispensable guide to our new century. Readers: “Nirvana” read by Johnathan McClain  “Hurricanes Anonymous” read by Dominic Hoffman  “Interesting Facts” read by Cassandra Campbell  “George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine” read by W. Morgan Sheppard  “Dark Meadow” read by Will Damron  “Fortune Smiles” read by Greg Chun  Advance praise for Fortune Smiles “How do you follow a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel? For Johnson, the answer is a story collection, and the tales are hefty and memorable. . . . In the title story, two North Korean criminals adjust to post-defection life in South Korea. . . . Often funny, even when they’re wrenchingly sad, the stories provide one of the truest satisfactions of reading: the opportunity to sink into worlds we otherwise would know little or nothing about.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A half-dozen sometimes Carver-esque yarns that find more-or-less ordinary people facing extraordinary challenges and somehow holding up. Tragedy is always close to the surface in Johnson’s work—with tragicomic layerings. . . . Bittersweet, elegant, full of hard-won wisdom: this is no ordinary book, either.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)  Praise for Adam Johnson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, The Orphan Master’s Son “Harrowing and deeply affecting . . . a daring and remarkable novel, a novel that not only opens a frightening window on the mysterious kingdom of North Korea, but one that also excavates the very meaning of love and sacrifice.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “Remarkable . . . the single best work of fiction published [this year].”—The Wall Street Journal]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silver-linings-a-rose-harbor-novel-by-debbie-macomber--65310800https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silver Linings: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #4 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Debbie Macomber, Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: August 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Set in Cedar Cove’s charming Rose Harbor Inn, Debbie Macomber’s captivating new novel follows innkeeper Jo Marie and two new guests as they seek healing and comfort, revealing that every cloud has a silver lining, even when it seems difficult to find.   Since opening the Rose Harbor Inn, Jo Marie Rose has grown close to her handyman, Mark Taylor. Jo Marie and Mark are good friends—and are becoming something more—yet he still won’t reveal anything about his past. When Mark tells her that he’s moving out of town, Jo Marie is baffled. Just when she is starting to open herself up again to love, she feels once more that she is losing the man she cares about. And as she discovers the secret behind Mark’s decision to leave, she welcomes two visitors also seeking their own answers.   Best friends Kellie Crenshaw and Katie Gilroy have returned to Cedar Cove for their ten-year high school reunion, looking to face down old hurts and find a sense of closure. Kellie, known as Coco, wants to finally confront the boy who callously broke her heart. Katie, however, wishes to reconnect with her old boyfriend, James—the man she still loves and the one who got away. As Katie hopes for a second chance, Coco discovers that people can change—and both look to the exciting possibilities ahead.   Heartwarming and uplifting, Silver Linings is a beautiful novel of letting go of the past and embracing the unexpected. Praise for Silver Linings   “A heartwarming, feel-good story from beginning to end . . . No one writes stories of love and forgiveness like Macomber.”—RT Book Reviews   “Macomber’s homespun storytelling style makes reading an easy venture. . . . She also tosses in some hidden twists and turns that will delight her many longtime fans.”—Bookreporter   “Reading Macomber’s novels is like being with good friends, talking and sharing joys and sorrows.”—New York Journal of Books]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237669Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silver Linings: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #4 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Debbie Macomber, Lorelei King Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silver Linings: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #4 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Debbie Macomber, Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 59 minutes Release date: August 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Set in Cedar Cove’s charming Rose Harbor Inn, Debbie Macomber’s captivating new novel follows innkeeper Jo Marie and two new guests as they seek healing and comfort, revealing that every cloud has a silver lining, even when it seems difficult to find.   Since opening the Rose Harbor Inn, Jo Marie Rose has grown close to her handyman, Mark Taylor. Jo Marie and Mark are good friends—and are becoming something more—yet he still won’t reveal anything about his past. When Mark tells her that he’s moving out of town, Jo Marie is baffled. Just when she is starting to open herself up again to love, she feels once more that she is losing the man she cares about. And as she discovers the secret behind Mark’s decision to leave, she welcomes two visitors also seeking their own answers.   Best friends Kellie Crenshaw and Katie Gilroy have returned to Cedar Cove for their ten-year high school reunion, looking to face down old hurts and find a sense of closure. Kellie, known as Coco, wants to finally confront the boy who callously broke her heart. Katie, however, wishes to reconnect with her old boyfriend, James—the man she still loves and the one who got away. As Katie hopes for a second chance, Coco discovers that people can change—and both look to the exciting possibilities ahead.   Heartwarming and uplifting, Silver Linings is a beautiful novel of letting go of the past and embracing the unexpected. Praise for Silver Linings   “A heartwarming, feel-good story from beginning to end . . . No one writes stories of love and forgiveness like Macomber.”—RT Book Reviews   “Macomber’s homespun storytelling style makes reading an easy venture. . . . She also tosses in some hidden twists and turns that will delight her many longtime fans.”—Bookreporter   “Reading Macomber’s novels is like being with good friends, talking and sharing joys and sorrows.”—New York Journal of Books]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/red-skies-by-kay-bratt--65310786https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Skies Series: #4 of Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters Author: Kay Bratt Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 11, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the fourth book of the Tales of the Scavenger’s Daughters series, the fates of three people who’ve never met converge in profound and unexpected ways. Mari, the daughter of the town scavenger, grew up knowing hardship, but she never could have anticipated the struggles that now face her as an adult. Feeling alone and isolated, she dreams of a better life. On the other side of town, a frightened little girl named An Ni is forced to live on the streets, but she silently longs for the one thing she’s never known—a family. Max, a struggling American photojournalist, arrives in China with only one goal in mind: to face his demons and put an end to his own unbearable suffering. From the bestselling author of A Thread Unbroken comes an emotional, hope-filled story that offers a fresh glimpse into the life of a remarkable family. Revised edition: This edition of Red Skies includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236990Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Skies Series: #4 of Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters Author: Kay Bratt Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Skies Series: #4 of Tales of the Scavenger's Daughters Author: Kay Bratt Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 11, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the fourth book of the Tales of the Scavenger’s Daughters series, the fates of three people who’ve never met converge in profound and unexpected ways. Mari, the daughter of the town scavenger, grew up knowing hardship, but she never could have anticipated the struggles that now face her as an adult. Feeling alone and isolated, she dreams of a better life. On the other side of town, a frightened little girl named An Ni is forced to live on the streets, but she silently longs for the one thing she’s never known—a family. Max, a struggling American photojournalist, arrives in China with only one goal in mind: to face his demons and put an end to his own unbearable suffering. From the bestselling author of A Thread Unbroken comes an emotional, hope-filled story that offers a fresh glimpse into the life of a remarkable family. Revised edition: This edition of Red Skies includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/villa-america-a-novel-by-liza-klaussmann--65310828https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Villa America: A Novel Author: Liza Klaussmann Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A dazzling novel set in the French Riviera based on the real-life inspirations for F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is The Night. When Sara Wiborg and Gerald Murphy met and married, they set forth to create a beautiful world together-one that they couldn't find within the confines of society life in New York City. They packed up their children and moved to the South of France, where they immediately fell in with a group of expats, including Hemingway, Picasso, and Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald. On the coast of Antibes they built Villa America, a fragrant paradise where they invented summer on the Riviera for a group of bohemian artists and writers who became deeply entwined in each other's affairs. There, in their oasis by the sea, the Murphys regaled their guests and their children with flamboyant beach parties, fiery debates over the newest ideas, and dinners beneath the stars. It was, for a while, a charmed life, but these were people who kept secrets, and who beneath the sparkling veneer were heartbreakingly human. When a tragic accident brings Owen, a young American aviator who fought in the Great War, to the south of France, he finds himself drawn into this flamboyant circle, and the Murphys find their world irrevocably, unexpectedly transformed. A handsome, private man, Owen intrigues and unsettles the Murphys, testing the strength of their union and encouraging a hidden side of Gerald to emerge. Suddenly a life in which everything has been considered and exquisitely planned becomes volatile, its safeties breached, the stakes incalculably high. Nothing will remain as it once was. Liza Klaussman expertly evokes the 1920s cultural scene of the so-called 'Lost Generation.' Ravishing and affecting, and written with infinite tenderness, Villa America is at once the poignant story of a marriage and of a golden age that could not last.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234428Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Villa America: A Novel Author: Liza Klaussmann Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Villa America: A Novel Author: Liza Klaussmann Narrator: Jennifer Woodward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A dazzling novel set in the French Riviera based on the real-life inspirations for F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is The Night. When Sara Wiborg and Gerald Murphy met and married, they set forth to create a beautiful world together-one that they couldn't find within the confines of society life in New York City. They packed up their children and moved to the South of France, where they immediately fell in with a group of expats, including Hemingway, Picasso, and Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald. On the coast of Antibes they built Villa America, a fragrant paradise where they invented summer on the Riviera for a group of bohemian artists and writers who became deeply entwined in each other's affairs. There, in their oasis by the sea, the Murphys regaled their guests and their children with flamboyant beach parties, fiery debates over the newest ideas, and dinners beneath the stars. It was, for a while, a charmed life, but these were people who kept secrets, and who beneath the sparkling veneer were heartbreakingly human. When a tragic accident brings Owen, a young American aviator who fought in the Great War, to the south of France, he finds himself drawn into this flamboyant circle, and the Murphys find their world irrevocably, unexpectedly transformed. A handsome, private man, Owen intrigues and unsettles the Murphys, testing the strength of their union and encouraging a hidden side of Gerald to emerge. Suddenly a life in which everything has been considered and exquisitely planned becomes volatile, its safeties breached, the stakes incalculably high. Nothing will remain as it once was. Liza Klaussman expertly evokes the 1920s cultural scene of the so-called 'Lost Generation.' Ravishing and affecting, and written with infinite tenderness, Villa America is at once the poignant story of a marriage and of a golden age that could not last.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hawaii-a-novel-by-james-a-michener--65310822https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hawaii: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 51 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 60 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 16 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The saga of a land from the time when the volcanic islands rose out of the sea to the decade in which they become the 50th state. Michener uses individuals' experiences to symbolize the struggle of the various races to establish themselves in the islands]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238075Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hawaii: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 51 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hawaii: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 51 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.37 of Total 60 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 16 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The saga of a land from the time when the volcanic islands rose out of the sea to the decade in which they become the 50th state. Michener uses individuals' experiences to symbolize the struggle of the various races to establish themselves in the islands]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/caravans-a-novel-of-afghanistan-by-james-a-michener--65310818https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caravans: A Novel of Afghanistan Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: First published in 1963, James A. Michener’s gripping chronicle of the social and political landscape of Afghanistan is more relevant now than ever. Combining fact with riveting adventure and intrigue, Michener follows a military man tasked, in the years after World War II, with a dangerous assignment: finding and returning a young American woman living in Afghanistan to her distraught family after she suddenly and mysteriously disappears. A timeless tale of love and emotional drama set against the backdrop of one of the most important countries in the world today, Caravans captures the tension of the postwar period, the sweep of Afghanistan’s remarkable history, and the inescapable allure of the past.   Praise for Caravans   “Brilliant . . . an extraordinary novel . . . The old nomadic trails across the mountains spring into existence.”—The New York Times   “Romantic and adventurous . . . [Michener] has a wonderful empathy for the wild and free and an understanding of the reasons behind the kind of cruelty that goes with it.”—Newsday   “Michener has done for Afghanistan what . . . his first [book] did for the South Pacific.”—The New York Herald Tribune]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237421Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caravans: A Novel of Afghanistan Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237421 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caravans: A Novel of Afghanistan Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: First published in 1963, James A. Michener’s gripping chronicle of the social and political landscape of Afghanistan is more relevant now than ever. Combining fact with riveting adventure and intrigue, Michener follows a military man tasked, in the years after World War II, with a dangerous assignment: finding and returning a young American woman living in Afghanistan to her distraught family after she suddenly and mysteriously disappears. A timeless tale of love and emotional drama set against the backdrop of one of the most important countries in the world today, Caravans captures the tension of the postwar period, the sweep of Afghanistan’s remarkable history, and the inescapable allure of the past.   Praise for Caravans   “Brilliant . . . an extraordinary novel . . . The old nomadic trails across the mountains spring into existence.”—The New York Times   “Romantic and adventurous . . . [Michener] has a wonderful empathy for the wild and free and an understanding of the reasons behind the kind of cruelty that goes with it.”—Newsday   “Michener has done for Afghanistan what . . . his first [book] did for the South Pacific.”—The New York Herald Tribune]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-source-a-novel-by-james-a-michener--65310813https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Source: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 54 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colorful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition, all the way to the founding of present-day Israel and the Middle-East conflict. "A sweeping chronology filled with excitement." THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237422Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Source: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 54 hours 32 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Source: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 54 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colorful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition, all the way to the founding of present-day Israel and the Middle-East conflict. "A sweeping chronology filled with excitement." THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/centennial-a-novel-by-james-a-michener--65310810https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Centennial: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 50 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 3.2 of Total 10 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener’s magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. Brimming with the glory of America’s past, the story of Colorado—the Centennial State—is manifested through its people: Lame Beaver, the Arapaho chieftain and warrior, and his Comanche and Pawnee enemies; Levi Zendt, fleeing with his child bride from the Amish country; the cowboy, Jim Lloyd, who falls in love with a wealthy and cultured Englishwoman, Charlotte Seccombe. In Centennial, trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and hunters are brought together in the dramatic conflicts that shape the destiny of the legendary West—and the entire country.   Praise for Centennial   “A hell of a book . . . While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates.”—Los Angeles Times   “An engrossing book . . . imaginative and intricate . . . teeming with people and giving a marvelous sense of the land.”—The Plain Dealer   “Michener is America’s best writer, and he proves it once again in Centennial. . . . If you’re a Michener fan, this book is a must. And if you’re not a Michener fan, Centennial will make you one.”—The Pittsburgh Press “An absorbing work . . . Michener is a superb storyteller.”—BusinessWeek]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237423Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Centennial: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 50 hours 12 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Centennial: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 50 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 35 Ratings of Narrator: 3.2 of Total 10 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener’s magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. Brimming with the glory of America’s past, the story of Colorado—the Centennial State—is manifested through its people: Lame Beaver, the Arapaho chieftain and warrior, and his Comanche and Pawnee enemies; Levi Zendt, fleeing with his child bride from the Amish country; the cowboy, Jim Lloyd, who falls in love with a wealthy and cultured Englishwoman, Charlotte Seccombe. In Centennial, trappers, traders, homesteaders, gold seekers, ranchers, and hunters are brought together in the dramatic conflicts that shape the destiny of the legendary West—and the entire country.   Praise for Centennial   “A hell of a book . . . While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates.”—Los Angeles Times   “An engrossing book . . . imaginative and intricate . . . teeming with people and giving a marvelous sense of the land.”—The Plain Dealer   “Michener is America’s best writer, and he proves it once again in Centennial. . . . If you’re a Michener fan, this book is a must. And if you’re not a Michener fan, Centennial will make you one.”—The Pittsburgh Press “An absorbing work . . . Michener is a superb storyteller.”—BusinessWeek]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chesapeake-a-novel-by-james-a-michener--65310805https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chesapeake: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 50 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 3.63 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The central scene of Michener's historical novel is that section of Maryland's Eastern shore, hardly more than 10 miles square. To this point come the founders of families that will dominate the story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237424Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chesapeake: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 50 hours 38 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chesapeake: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 50 hours 38 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 3.63 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The central scene of Michener's historical novel is that section of Maryland's Eastern shore, hardly more than 10 miles square. To this point come the founders of families that will dominate the story.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dust-that-falls-from-dreams-a-novel-by-louis-de-bernieres--65310750https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dust That Falls from Dreams: A Novel Author: Louis De Bernieres Narrator: Avita Jay, David Sibley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 26 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed author of Corelli’s Mandolin, here is a sumptuous, sweeping, powerfully moving new novel about a British family whose lives and loves are indelibly shaped by the horrors of World War I and the hopes for its aftermath.   In the brief golden years of the Edwardian era the McCosh sisters—Christabel, Ottilie, Rosie and Sophie—grow up in an idyllic household in the countryside south of London. On one side, their neighbors are the proper Pendennis family, recently arrived from Baltimore, whose close-in-age boys—Sidney, Albert and Ashbridge—shake their father’s hand at breakfast and address him as “sir.” On the other side is the Pitt family: a “resolutely French” mother, a former navy captain father, and two brothers, Archie and Daniel, who are clearly “going to grow up into a pair of daredevils and adventurers.” In childhood this band is inseparable, but the days of careless camaraderie are brought to an abrupt halt by the outbreak of The Great War, in which everyone will play a part.   All three Pendennis brothers fight in the hellish trenches at the front; Daniel Pitt becomes an ace fighter pilot with his daredevil tendencies intact; Rosie and Ottilie McCosh volunteer in the hospitals, where women serve with as much passion and nearly as much hardship as the men at the front; Christabel McCosh becomes one of the squad of photographers sending “snaps” of their loved ones at home to the soldiers; and Sophie McCosh drives for the RAF in France. In the aftermath of the war, as “the universal joy and relief were beginning to be tempered by . . . an atmosphere of uncertainty,” everyone must contend with the modern world that is slowly emerging from the ashes of the old.   A wholly immersive novel about a particular time and place, The Dust That Falls from Dreams also illuminates the timeless ways in which men and women carry profound loss alongside indelible hope.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240739Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dust That Falls from Dreams: A Novel Author: Louis De Bernieres Narrator: Avita Jay, David Sibley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 26...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dust That Falls from Dreams: A Novel Author: Louis De Bernieres Narrator: Avita Jay, David Sibley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 26 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the acclaimed author of Corelli’s Mandolin, here is a sumptuous, sweeping, powerfully moving new novel about a British family whose lives and loves are indelibly shaped by the horrors of World War I and the hopes for its aftermath.   In the brief golden years of the Edwardian era the McCosh sisters—Christabel, Ottilie, Rosie and Sophie—grow up in an idyllic household in the countryside south of London. On one side, their neighbors are the proper Pendennis family, recently arrived from Baltimore, whose close-in-age boys—Sidney, Albert and Ashbridge—shake their father’s hand at breakfast and address him as “sir.” On the other side is the Pitt family: a “resolutely French” mother, a former navy captain father, and two brothers, Archie and Daniel, who are clearly “going to grow up into a pair of daredevils and adventurers.” In childhood this band is inseparable, but the days of careless camaraderie are brought to an abrupt halt by the outbreak of The Great War, in which everyone will play a part.   All three Pendennis brothers fight in the hellish trenches at the front; Daniel Pitt becomes an ace fighter pilot with his daredevil tendencies intact; Rosie and Ottilie McCosh volunteer in the hospitals, where women serve with as much passion and nearly as much hardship as the men at the front; Christabel McCosh becomes one of the squad of photographers sending “snaps” of their loved ones at home to the soldiers; and Sophie McCosh drives for the RAF in France. In the aftermath of the war, as “the universal joy and relief were beginning to be tempered by . . . an atmosphere of uncertainty,” everyone must contend with the modern world that is slowly emerging from the ashes of the old.   A wholly immersive novel about a particular time and place, The Dust That Falls from Dreams also illuminates the timeless ways in which men and women carry profound loss alongside indelible hope.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-started-with-paris-by-cathy-kelly--65310748https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Started With Paris Author: Cathy Kelly Narrator: Olivia Caffrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'A warm hearted story of the inevitable rollercoaster of romantic love... and the more important task of loving one's self' from #1 international bestselling author Cathy Kelly (Elin Hilderbrand). At the top of the Eiffel Tower, a young man proposes to his girlfriend. In that second, everything changes, not just for the happy couple, but for the family and friends awaiting their return in Ireland. Leila's been nursing a broken heart since her husband suddenly left her, but she's determined to put on a brave face for the bride. Vonnie, a widow, has finally dared to let love back into her life, but a curveball arises that puts another's safety at risk. And Grace, a school principal, finds that her son's impending union brings her ex-husband back into her daily life, and starts to ponder past decisions and wonder if her divorce was in fact a mistake. As these three women gather around the young couple to prepare for the wedding, they'll each have to address their own demons and find a way to move forward, whatever the cost. *Includes reading group guide]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240557Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Started With Paris Author: Cathy Kelly Narrator: Olivia Caffrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240557 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Started With Paris Author: Cathy Kelly Narrator: Olivia Caffrey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'A warm hearted story of the inevitable rollercoaster of romantic love... and the more important task of loving one's self' from #1 international bestselling author Cathy Kelly (Elin Hilderbrand). At the top of the Eiffel Tower, a young man proposes to his girlfriend. In that second, everything changes, not just for the happy couple, but for the family and friends awaiting their return in Ireland. Leila's been nursing a broken heart since her husband suddenly left her, but she's determined to put on a brave face for the bride. Vonnie, a widow, has finally dared to let love back into her life, but a curveball arises that puts another's safety at risk. And Grace, a school principal, finds that her son's impending union brings her ex-husband back into her daily life, and starts to ponder past decisions and wonder if her divorce was in fact a mistake. As these three women gather around the young couple to prepare for the wedding, they'll each have to address their own demons and find a way to move forward, whatever the cost. *Includes reading group guide]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-write-a-novel-a-novel-by-melanie-sumner--65310739https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Write a Novel: A Novel Author: Melanie Sumner Narrator: Katie Schorr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Aristotle “Aris” Thibodeau is twelve-and-a-half years old and destined for greatness. Ever since her father’s death, however, she’s been stuck in the small town of Kanuga, Georgia, where she has to manage her mother Diane’s floundering love life and dubious commitment to her job as an English professor, not to mention coparenting a little brother who hogs all the therapy money. Luckily, Aris has a plan. Following the advice laid out in Write a Novel in Thirty Days!, she sets out to pen a bestseller using her charmingly dysfunctional family as material. If the mom character, Diane, would ditch online dating and accept that the perfect man is clearly the handyman/nanny character, Penn MacGuffin, Aris would have the essential romance for her plot (and a father in her real life). But when a random accident uncovers a dark part of Thibodeau family history, Aris is forced to confront the fact that sometimes in life—as in great literature—things might not work out exactly as planned. How to Write a Novel is a brilliant satire of the modern family, at once endearing, hilarious, and bittersweet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240489Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Write a Novel: A Novel Author: Melanie Sumner Narrator: Katie Schorr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Write a Novel: A Novel Author: Melanie Sumner Narrator: Katie Schorr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Aristotle “Aris” Thibodeau is twelve-and-a-half years old and destined for greatness. Ever since her father’s death, however, she’s been stuck in the small town of Kanuga, Georgia, where she has to manage her mother Diane’s floundering love life and dubious commitment to her job as an English professor, not to mention coparenting a little brother who hogs all the therapy money. Luckily, Aris has a plan. Following the advice laid out in Write a Novel in Thirty Days!, she sets out to pen a bestseller using her charmingly dysfunctional family as material. If the mom character, Diane, would ditch online dating and accept that the perfect man is clearly the handyman/nanny character, Penn MacGuffin, Aris would have the essential romance for her plot (and a father in her real life). But when a random accident uncovers a dark part of Thibodeau family history, Aris is forced to confront the fact that sometimes in life—as in great literature—things might not work out exactly as planned. How to Write a Novel is a brilliant satire of the modern family, at once endearing, hilarious, and bittersweet.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/recessional-a-novel-by-james-a-michener--65310738https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recessional: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'MICHENER IS AMERICA'S BEST WRITER.' --The Pittsburgh Press In his stunning new novel, bestselling novelist James A. Michener draws on his unparalleled gift for storytelling, his deep understanding of American society, and his own life experiences to illuminate the challenges of aging and the folly of youth in a Florida retirement home known as the Palms. As the new, young director of the Palms, Andy Zorn suffers no shortage of loving support and wise advice from his 'elders,' a group of five passionate, outspoken residents who refuse to accept the passive roles that both society and family have handed them. Yet past scandal has driven Zorn to despondency, until he meets an extraordinary young woman in the rehab wing, who has been forced to rebuild her life in the face of crippling injuries. Now Zorn finds himself falling in love--and with the help and gentle jabs from his more mature friends, he discovers a wonderful new purpose in life.... 'Michener hooks you with wonderfully humorous scenes. These are then interwoven between the moments of pain and heartache brought about by life choices we all must make.' --Tulsa World 'Engaging...One will be drawn into the novelist's world....The lush natural setting provides James Michener plenty to show and tell.' --The Washington Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240731Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recessional: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 18 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Recessional: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 18 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'MICHENER IS AMERICA'S BEST WRITER.' --The Pittsburgh Press In his stunning new novel, bestselling novelist James A. Michener draws on his unparalleled gift for storytelling, his deep understanding of American society, and his own life experiences to illuminate the challenges of aging and the folly of youth in a Florida retirement home known as the Palms. As the new, young director of the Palms, Andy Zorn suffers no shortage of loving support and wise advice from his 'elders,' a group of five passionate, outspoken residents who refuse to accept the passive roles that both society and family have handed them. Yet past scandal has driven Zorn to despondency, until he meets an extraordinary young woman in the rehab wing, who has been forced to rebuild her life in the face of crippling injuries. Now Zorn finds himself falling in love--and with the help and gentle jabs from his more mature friends, he discovers a wonderful new purpose in life.... 'Michener hooks you with wonderfully humorous scenes. These are then interwoven between the moments of pain and heartache brought about by life choices we all must make.' --Tulsa World 'Engaging...One will be drawn into the novelist's world....The lush natural setting provides James Michener plenty to show and tell.' --The Washington Times]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alaska-a-novel-by-james-a-michener--65310735https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alaska: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 57 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237671Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alaska: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 57 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alaska: A Novel Author: James A. Michener Narrator: Larry McKeever Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 57 hours 17 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-unexpected-frost-by-david-johnson--65310726https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241414 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unexpected Frost Series: #2 of The Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the second installment of the gripping Tucker’s Way series, Tucker faces the biggest crisis of her life. Tucker has finally overcome a lifelong fear of trusting others and let her kind neighbor, Ella, into her heart. Despite their different backgrounds, Tucker and Ella share a deep affection and, together with their good friend Smiley Carter, they support one another and care for Tucker’s three troubled grandchildren. As Tucker’s bonds with Ella and Smiley deepen, Tucker’s grandson disappears and the bank threatens to foreclose on her farm. Then the worst happens—Ella is diagnosed with lung cancer. How can Tucker find her faith during a time when God has never seemed farther away? Revised edition: This edition of An Unexpected Frost includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241414Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241414 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unexpected Frost Series: #2 of The Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241414 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unexpected Frost Series: #2 of The Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the second installment of the gripping Tucker’s Way series, Tucker faces the biggest crisis of her life. Tucker has finally overcome a lifelong fear of trusting others and let her kind neighbor, Ella, into her heart. Despite their different backgrounds, Tucker and Ella share a deep affection and, together with their good friend Smiley Carter, they support one another and care for Tucker’s three troubled grandchildren. As Tucker’s bonds with Ella and Smiley deepen, Tucker’s grandson disappears and the bank threatens to foreclose on her farm. Then the worst happens—Ella is diagnosed with lung cancer. How can Tucker find her faith during a time when God has never seemed farther away? Revised edition: This edition of An Unexpected Frost includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-who-slept-with-god-a-novel-by-val-brelinski--65310704https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Slept with God: A Novel Author: Val Brelinski Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Fine, carefully wrought . . . reading this novel [is] a heartening experience.” —The New York Times Book Review “Brelinski’s page-turning debut is full of humor, insight, and imaginative sympathy. Think of it as the annunciation of a new talent.” —The Wall Street Journal “A revelation.” —Vanity Fair “[Brelinski] had readers hooked from page 1.” —Elle For Fans of Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You and Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings, an entrancing literary debut about religion, science, secrets, and the power and burden of family from recent Wallace Stegner Fellow Val Brelinski Set in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski’s powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances, gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace. Their father, Oren, is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mother’s depression and Grace’s religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip to Mexico and discovers she’s pregnant with—she believes—the child of God. Distraught, Oren sends Jory and Grace to an isolated home at the edge of the town. There, they prepare for the much-awaited arrival of the baby while building a makeshift family that includes an elderly eccentric neighbor and a tattooed social outcast who drives an ice cream truck. The Girl Who Slept with God is a literary achievement about a family’s desperate need for truth, love, purity, and redemption.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240738Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Slept with God: A Novel Author: Val Brelinski Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 8 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl Who Slept with God: A Novel Author: Val Brelinski Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Fine, carefully wrought . . . reading this novel [is] a heartening experience.” —The New York Times Book Review “Brelinski’s page-turning debut is full of humor, insight, and imaginative sympathy. Think of it as the annunciation of a new talent.” —The Wall Street Journal “A revelation.” —Vanity Fair “[Brelinski] had readers hooked from page 1.” —Elle For Fans of Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You and Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings, an entrancing literary debut about religion, science, secrets, and the power and burden of family from recent Wallace Stegner Fellow Val Brelinski Set in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski’s powerfully affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances, gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace. Their father, Oren, is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local college. Yet their mother’s depression and Grace’s religious fervor threaten the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a missionary trip to Mexico and discovers she’s pregnant with—she believes—the child of God. Distraught, Oren sends Jory and Grace to an isolated home at the edge of the town. There, they prepare for the much-awaited arrival of the baby while building a makeshift family that includes an elderly eccentric neighbor and a tattooed social outcast who drives an ice cream truck. The Girl Who Slept with God is a literary achievement about a family’s desperate need for truth, love, purity, and redemption.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-promise-of-home-a-mill-river-novel-by-darcie-chan--65310703https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Promise of Home: A Mill River Novel Series: #3 of Mill River Author: Darcie Chan Narrator: Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Writing in the tradition of Jan Karon and Maeve Binchy, New York Times bestselling author Darcie Chan returns readers to Mill River, the charming town whose residents experience surprises and sorrows, witness acts of goodwill and kindness, embrace family love and friendship—and uncover age-old secrets and heartaches. These days, Mill River, Vermont, is a hive of activity. Karen Cooper bids farewell to her husband, Nick, as he leaves for Saudi Arabia to work as a contractor. But when he goes missing, Karen turns to beloved nonagenarian Father O’Brien for counsel. Kyle Hansen and Claudia Simon blissfully prepare for their wedding—until a new acquaintance threatens their romance. Emily DiSanti, haunted by a tragedy that tore her world apart a decade ago, is renovating the old McAllister mansion, eager to restore its former beauty and to find peace in the intense workload. All these lives—and the lives of others in this small town—move forward, bump up against one another, and intertwine. And when a cache of letters is discovered, a powerful and unexpected secret comes to light—one rooted deeply in the childhood of the longtime priest who has touched the lives of everyone in Mill River. Praise for The Promise of Home “Chan has once again told a mesmerizing tale about how difficult yet beautiful navigating the river of life can be. This author is, quite simply, an amazing storyteller.”—Fredericksburg Free Lance–Star “Difficult to put down . . . [a] celebration of the healing power of community.”—Booklist “Who better to satisfy [summer] reader cravings than Darcie Chan. . . . Read on—and keep turning those pages [until you] find yourself looking forward to Darcie Chan’s next novel. Whew.”—Hudson Valley News “This serene backdrop is the perfect juxtaposition to the internal turmoil of Karen Cooper. Together the townsfolk make a well-rounded novel full of desperation, hope and redemption. This is a beautiful addition to the Mill River series, yet also reads well as a stand-alone novel.”—RT Book Reviews “[A] layered and heartwarming novel that intertwines a number of engaging contemporary storylines and intersperses them with . . . fascinating insights and historical details along the way. A light-handed affirmation of the power of love, faith, and community.”—Kirkus Reviews Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240726Tue, 04 Aug 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Promise of Home: A Mill River Novel Series: #3 of Mill River Author: Darcie Chan Narrator: Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Promise of Home: A Mill River Novel Series: #3 of Mill River Author: Darcie Chan Narrator: Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 4, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Writing in the tradition of Jan Karon and Maeve Binchy, New York Times bestselling author Darcie Chan returns readers to Mill River, the charming town whose residents experience surprises and sorrows, witness acts of goodwill and kindness, embrace family love and friendship—and uncover age-old secrets and heartaches. These days, Mill River, Vermont, is a hive of activity. Karen Cooper bids farewell to her husband, Nick, as he leaves for Saudi Arabia to work as a contractor. But when he goes missing, Karen turns to beloved nonagenarian Father O’Brien for counsel. Kyle Hansen and Claudia Simon blissfully prepare for their wedding—until a new acquaintance threatens their romance. Emily DiSanti, haunted by a tragedy that tore her world apart a decade ago, is renovating the old McAllister mansion, eager to restore its former beauty and to find peace in the intense workload. All these lives—and the lives of others in this small town—move forward, bump up against one another, and intertwine. And when a cache of letters is discovered, a powerful and unexpected secret comes to light—one rooted deeply in the childhood of the longtime priest who has touched the lives of everyone in Mill River. Praise for The Promise of Home “Chan has once again told a mesmerizing tale about how difficult yet beautiful navigating the river of life can be. This author is, quite simply, an amazing storyteller.”—Fredericksburg Free Lance–Star “Difficult to put down . . . [a] celebration of the healing power of community.”—Booklist “Who better to satisfy [summer] reader cravings than Darcie Chan. . . . Read on—and keep turning those pages [until you] find yourself looking forward to Darcie Chan’s next novel. Whew.”—Hudson Valley News “This serene backdrop is the perfect juxtaposition to the internal turmoil of Karen Cooper. Together the townsfolk make a well-rounded novel full of desperation, hope and redemption. This is a beautiful addition to the Mill River series, yet also reads well as a stand-alone novel.”—RT Book Reviews “[A] layered and heartwarming novel that intertwines a number of engaging contemporary storylines and intersperses them with . . . fascinating insights and historical details along the way. A light-handed affirmation of the power of love, faith, and community.”—Kirkus Reviews Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-way-we-were-by-sinead-moriarty--65310817https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way We Were Author: Sinéad Moriarty Narrator: Robert Portal, Alison Mckenna, Rachel Louise Miller, Daniel Weyman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Way We Were by Sinead Moriarty, read by Robert Portal, Rachel Louise Miller, Alison McKenna and Daniel Weyman. WINNER OF THE IRISH BOOK AWARD FOR POPULAR FICTION 2015 'Heartfelt and deeply moving ... I couldn't put it down.' Susan Lewis 'Intriguing and thought provoking ... a great read.' Katie Fforde When Alice's husband Ben dies suddenly, her world falls apart. They shared twenty years and two daughters and life without him is unimaginable. Having lost her parents while young, Alice understands her girls' pain. At fifteen, Jools is at that awkward age and only Ben could get through to her. And eleven-year-old Holly looks for the answer to everything in books but this time she's drawing a blank. Alice realizes that for their sakes she must summon up superhuman reserves of strength. Somehow all three of them come through the dark days. In time, it's even possible for Alice to consider marrying again, with the girls' blessing. So when Ben turns up after three years, her world is again turned upside-down. The girls assume that their family can go back to the way they were. Alice is not so sure. Once more Alice has to find the strength to be the mother her daughters need her to be. But this time what that means is far from clear ...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240299Thu, 30 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way We Were Author: Sinéad Moriarty Narrator: Robert Portal, Alison Mckenna, Rachel Louise Miller, Daniel Weyman Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way We Were Author: Sinéad Moriarty Narrator: Robert Portal, Alison Mckenna, Rachel Louise Miller, Daniel Weyman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Way We Were by Sinead Moriarty, read by Robert Portal, Rachel Louise Miller, Alison McKenna and Daniel Weyman. WINNER OF THE IRISH BOOK AWARD FOR POPULAR FICTION 2015 'Heartfelt and deeply moving ... I couldn't put it down.' Susan Lewis 'Intriguing and thought provoking ... a great read.' Katie Fforde When Alice's husband Ben dies suddenly, her world falls apart. They shared twenty years and two daughters and life without him is unimaginable. Having lost her parents while young, Alice understands her girls' pain. At fifteen, Jools is at that awkward age and only Ben could get through to her. And eleven-year-old Holly looks for the answer to everything in books but this time she's drawing a blank. Alice realizes that for their sakes she must summon up superhuman reserves of strength. Somehow all three of them come through the dark days. In time, it's even possible for Alice to consider marrying again, with the girls' blessing. So when Ben turns up after three years, her world is again turned upside-down. The girls assume that their family can go back to the way they were. Alice is not so sure. Once more Alice has to find the strength to be the mother her daughters need her to be. But this time what that means is far from clear ...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secrets-sisters-keep-the-devlin-sisters-novel-2-by-sinead-moriarty--65310718https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secrets Sisters Keep: The Devlin sisters, novel 2 Series: #2 of The Devlin Sisters Author: Sinéad Moriarty Narrator: Alison Mckenna, Karen Cogan, Emma Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Secret Sisters Keep, read by Karen Cogan, Emma Lowe and Alison McKenna. The Devlin sisters rely on each other - but some things are just too painful to share, even when your sisters are your best friends . . . Mum-of-four Julie thought that if her family had more money, life would be easier. But now that they've inherited a fortune, her problems are only starting. Lawyer Louise is used to having life go exactly as she wants it to. So accepting that she cannot control the most important thing in her life is beyond her. And former model Sophie can just about cope with getting older - that's until her ex-husband finds a younger model. All three women think that some battles are best fought alone. Maybe they need to think again . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240298Thu, 30 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secrets Sisters Keep: The Devlin sisters, novel 2 Series: #2 of The Devlin Sisters Author: Sinéad Moriarty Narrator: Alison Mckenna, Karen Cogan,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secrets Sisters Keep: The Devlin sisters, novel 2 Series: #2 of The Devlin Sisters Author: Sinéad Moriarty Narrator: Alison Mckenna, Karen Cogan, Emma Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: July 30, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Secret Sisters Keep, read by Karen Cogan, Emma Lowe and Alison McKenna. The Devlin sisters rely on each other - but some things are just too painful to share, even when your sisters are your best friends . . . Mum-of-four Julie thought that if her family had more money, life would be easier. But now that they've inherited a fortune, her problems are only starting. Lawyer Louise is used to having life go exactly as she wants it to. So accepting that she cannot control the most important thing in her life is beyond her. And former model Sophie can just about cope with getting older - that's until her ex-husband finds a younger model. All three women think that some battles are best fought alone. Maybe they need to think again . . .]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-what-i-want-by-craig-lancaster--65310851https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236567 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is What I Want Author: Craig Lancaster Narrator: Gordon Greenhill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the sweltering heat of a Montana July, the small town of Grandview readies for its annual Jamboree. The event is meant to celebrate community, but this year tensions boil over, threatening to tear the town, and a family, apart. Sam Kelvig, a third-generation resident, will do just about anything to protect Grandview from the influx of new oil money and the strangers chasing it. Meanwhile, his restless wife, Patricia, wearies of the constraints of marriage to a man who is so tied to his community; Sam’s estranged son, Norby, has reluctantly returned home despite the family’s struggle with accepting his sexuality; Henrik, Sam’s volatile brother, is looking for any easy opportunity; and Blanche, the family matriarch, only wants a bit of peace before she dies. As Jamboree goes into full swing, the disputes and desires of the Kelvigs—and their friends and neighbors—collide, fueled by both longtime resentments and an irrepressible hope to preserve their family and hometown.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236567Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236567 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is What I Want Author: Craig Lancaster Narrator: Gordon Greenhill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: July 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236567 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is What I Want Author: Craig Lancaster Narrator: Gordon Greenhill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the sweltering heat of a Montana July, the small town of Grandview readies for its annual Jamboree. The event is meant to celebrate community, but this year tensions boil over, threatening to tear the town, and a family, apart. Sam Kelvig, a third-generation resident, will do just about anything to protect Grandview from the influx of new oil money and the strangers chasing it. Meanwhile, his restless wife, Patricia, wearies of the constraints of marriage to a man who is so tied to his community; Sam’s estranged son, Norby, has reluctantly returned home despite the family’s struggle with accepting his sexuality; Henrik, Sam’s volatile brother, is looking for any easy opportunity; and Blanche, the family matriarch, only wants a bit of peace before she dies. As Jamboree goes into full swing, the disputes and desires of the Kelvigs—and their friends and neighbors—collide, fueled by both longtime resentments and an irrepressible hope to preserve their family and hometown.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/montana-cherries-by-kim-law--65310846https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Montana Cherries Series: #1 of The Wildes of Birch Bay Author: Kim Law Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: After her mother’s tragic death, Dani Wilde had no choice but to abandon her dreams. She left Columbia University and returned to her family’s Montana cherry farm, intent on being a maternal figure to her brothers. Now the kids are grown, and it’s finally her time to fly. Her sights are on New York City, and nothing will stop her—not even an old flame with gorgeous green eyes. Celebrity photographer Ben Denton hasn’t seen Montana in years—and hasn’t spoken to Dani since “that night” so long ago. When he discovers he’s a dad to a four-year-old—and the child’s mother refuses to care for her—Montana and the Wilde farm spring to mind. The orchard is the only place that’s ever felt like home, but will the warmth of the Wilde family be enough to help Ben figure out how to be a father? As the Wilde family gathers for the yearly cherry harvest and Dani struggles to figure out what she really wants in life, she discovers the shocking truth about her own mother—and learns that following her heart may lead her to her dreams after all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236564Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Montana Cherries Series: #1 of The Wildes of Birch Bay Author: Kim Law Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Montana Cherries Series: #1 of The Wildes of Birch Bay Author: Kim Law Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: After her mother’s tragic death, Dani Wilde had no choice but to abandon her dreams. She left Columbia University and returned to her family’s Montana cherry farm, intent on being a maternal figure to her brothers. Now the kids are grown, and it’s finally her time to fly. Her sights are on New York City, and nothing will stop her—not even an old flame with gorgeous green eyes. Celebrity photographer Ben Denton hasn’t seen Montana in years—and hasn’t spoken to Dani since “that night” so long ago. When he discovers he’s a dad to a four-year-old—and the child’s mother refuses to care for her—Montana and the Wilde farm spring to mind. The orchard is the only place that’s ever felt like home, but will the warmth of the Wilde family be enough to help Ben figure out how to be a father? As the Wilde family gathers for the yearly cherry harvest and Dani struggles to figure out what she really wants in life, she discovers the shocking truth about her own mother—and learns that following her heart may lead her to her dreams after all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bourbon-kings-by-j-r-ward--65310844https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236695 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bourbon Kings Series: #1 of The Bourbon Kings Author: J.R. Ward Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.15 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood delivers the first novel in an enthralling new series set amid the shifting dynamics of a Southern family defined by wealth and privilege—and compromised by secrets, deceit, and scandal.... For generations, the Bradford family has worn the mantle of kings of the bourbon capital of the world. Their sustained wealth has afforded them prestige and privilege—as well as a hard-won division of class on their sprawling estate, Easterly. Upstairs, a dynasty that by all appearances plays by the rules of good fortune and good taste. Downstairs, the staff who work tirelessly to maintain the impeccable Bradford facade. And never the twain shall meet. For Lizzie King, Easterly’s head gardener, crossing that divide nearly ruined her life. Falling in love with Tulane, the prodigal son of the bourbon dynasty, was nothing that she intended or wanted—and their bitter breakup only served to prove her instincts were right. Now, after two years of staying away, Tulane is finally coming home again, and he is bringing the past with him. No one will be left unmarked: not Tulane’s beautiful and ruthless wife; not his older brother, whose bitterness and bad blood know no bounds; and especially not the ironfisted Bradford patriarch, a man with few morals, fewer scruples, and many, many terrible secrets. As family tensions—professional and intimately private—ignite, Easterly and all its inhabitants are thrown into the grips of an irrevocable transformation, and only the cunning will survive.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236695Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236695 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bourbon Kings Series: #1 of The Bourbon Kings Author: J.R. Ward Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 46...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236695 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bourbon Kings Series: #1 of The Bourbon Kings Author: J.R. Ward Narrator: Alexander Cendese Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.15 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood delivers the first novel in an enthralling new series set amid the shifting dynamics of a Southern family defined by wealth and privilege—and compromised by secrets, deceit, and scandal.... For generations, the Bradford family has worn the mantle of kings of the bourbon capital of the world. Their sustained wealth has afforded them prestige and privilege—as well as a hard-won division of class on their sprawling estate, Easterly. Upstairs, a dynasty that by all appearances plays by the rules of good fortune and good taste. Downstairs, the staff who work tirelessly to maintain the impeccable Bradford facade. And never the twain shall meet. For Lizzie King, Easterly’s head gardener, crossing that divide nearly ruined her life. Falling in love with Tulane, the prodigal son of the bourbon dynasty, was nothing that she intended or wanted—and their bitter breakup only served to prove her instincts were right. Now, after two years of staying away, Tulane is finally coming home again, and he is bringing the past with him. No one will be left unmarked: not Tulane’s beautiful and ruthless wife; not his older brother, whose bitterness and bad blood know no bounds; and especially not the ironfisted Bradford patriarch, a man with few morals, fewer scruples, and many, many terrible secrets. As family tensions—professional and intimately private—ignite, Easterly and all its inhabitants are thrown into the grips of an irrevocable transformation, and only the cunning will survive.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kitchens-of-the-great-midwest-a-novel-by-j-ryan-stradal--65310843https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kitchens of the Great Midwest: A Novel Author: J. Ryan Stradal Narrator: Amy Ryan, Michael Stuhlbarg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A sweet and savory treat.” —People “An impressive feat of narrative jujitsu . . . that keeps readers turning the pages too fast to realize just how ingenious they are.”—The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Pick From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lager Queen of Minnesota, Kitchens of the Great Midwest is a novel about a young woman with a once-in-a-generation palate who becomes the iconic chef behind the country’s most coveted dinner reservation.    When Lars Thorvald’s wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine—and a dashing sommelier—he’s left to raise their baby, Eva, on his own. He’s determined to pass on his love of food to his daughter—starting with puréed pork shoulder. As Eva grows, she finds her solace and salvation in the flavors of her native Minnesota. From Scandinavian lutefisk to hydroponic chocolate habaneros, each ingredient represents one part of Eva’s journey as she becomes the star chef behind a legendary and secretive pop-up supper club, culminating in an opulent and emotional feast that’s a testament to her spirit and resilience.   Each chapter in J. Ryan Stradal’s startlingly original debut tells the story of a single dish and character, at once capturing the zeitgeist of the Midwest, the rise of foodie culture, and delving into the ways food creates community and a sense of identity. By turns quirky, hilarious, and vividly sensory, Kitchens of the Great Midwest is an unexpected mother-daughter story about the bittersweet nature of life—its missed opportunities and its joyful surprises. It marks the entry of a brilliant new talent.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236701Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kitchens of the Great Midwest: A Novel Author: J. Ryan Stradal Narrator: Amy Ryan, Michael Stuhlbarg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236701 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kitchens of the Great Midwest: A Novel Author: J. Ryan Stradal Narrator: Amy Ryan, Michael Stuhlbarg Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A sweet and savory treat.” —People “An impressive feat of narrative jujitsu . . . that keeps readers turning the pages too fast to realize just how ingenious they are.”—The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Pick From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lager Queen of Minnesota, Kitchens of the Great Midwest is a novel about a young woman with a once-in-a-generation palate who becomes the iconic chef behind the country’s most coveted dinner reservation.    When Lars Thorvald’s wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine—and a dashing sommelier—he’s left to raise their baby, Eva, on his own. He’s determined to pass on his love of food to his daughter—starting with puréed pork shoulder. As Eva grows, she finds her solace and salvation in the flavors of her native Minnesota. From Scandinavian lutefisk to hydroponic chocolate habaneros, each ingredient represents one part of Eva’s journey as she becomes the star chef behind a legendary and secretive pop-up supper club, culminating in an opulent and emotional feast that’s a testament to her spirit and resilience.   Each chapter in J. Ryan Stradal’s startlingly original debut tells the story of a single dish and character, at once capturing the zeitgeist of the Midwest, the rise of foodie culture, and delving into the ways food creates community and a sense of identity. By turns quirky, hilarious, and vividly sensory, Kitchens of the Great Midwest is an unexpected mother-daughter story about the bittersweet nature of life—its missed opportunities and its joyful surprises. It marks the entry of a brilliant new talent.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ambassador-s-wife-a-novel-by-jennifer-steil--65310793https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237670 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ambassador's Wife: A Novel Author: Jennifer Steil Narrator: Euan Morton, Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From a real-life ambassador's wife comes a harrowing novel about the kidnapping of an American woman in the Middle East and the heartbreaking choices she and her husband each must make in the hope of being reunited.   When bohemian artist Miranda falls in love with Finn, the British ambassador to an Arab country, she finds herself thrust into a life for which she has no preparation. The couple and their toddler daughter live in a stately mansion with a staff to meet their every need, but for Miranda even this luxury comes at a price: the loss of freedom. Trailed everywhere by bodyguards to protect her from the dangers of a country wracked by civil war and forced to give up work she loves, she finds her world shattered when she is taken hostage, an act of terror with wide-reaching consequences. Diplomatic life is a far cry from Miranda’s first years in Mazrooq, which were spent painting and mentoring a group of young Muslim women, teaching them to draw in ways forbidden in their culture. As the novel weaves together past and present, we come to see how Finn and Miranda’s idealism and secrets they have each sought to hide have placed them and those who trust them in peril. And when Miranda grows close to a child who shares her captivity, it is not clear that even being set free would restore the simple happiness that once was hers and Finn’s. Suspenseful and moving, The Ambassador’s Wife is a story of love, marriage, and friendship tested by impossible choices.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237670Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237670 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ambassador's Wife: A Novel Author: Jennifer Steil Narrator: Euan Morton, Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 52 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237670 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ambassador's Wife: A Novel Author: Jennifer Steil Narrator: Euan Morton, Orlagh Cassidy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From a real-life ambassador's wife comes a harrowing novel about the kidnapping of an American woman in the Middle East and the heartbreaking choices she and her husband each must make in the hope of being reunited.   When bohemian artist Miranda falls in love with Finn, the British ambassador to an Arab country, she finds herself thrust into a life for which she has no preparation. The couple and their toddler daughter live in a stately mansion with a staff to meet their every need, but for Miranda even this luxury comes at a price: the loss of freedom. Trailed everywhere by bodyguards to protect her from the dangers of a country wracked by civil war and forced to give up work she loves, she finds her world shattered when she is taken hostage, an act of terror with wide-reaching consequences. Diplomatic life is a far cry from Miranda’s first years in Mazrooq, which were spent painting and mentoring a group of young Muslim women, teaching them to draw in ways forbidden in their culture. As the novel weaves together past and present, we come to see how Finn and Miranda’s idealism and secrets they have each sought to hide have placed them and those who trust them in peril. And when Miranda grows close to a child who shares her captivity, it is not clear that even being set free would restore the simple happiness that once was hers and Finn’s. Suspenseful and moving, The Ambassador’s Wife is a story of love, marriage, and friendship tested by impossible choices.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tale-of-the-body-thief-by-anne-rice--65310768https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tale of the Body Thief Series: #4 of Vampire Chronicles Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 82 Ratings of Narrator: 4.73 of Total 26 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In another feat of hypnotic storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now classic Interview with the Vampire and continued with The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned. Lestat speaks.  Vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals.  For centuries he has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Lestat is alone.  And suddenly all his vampire rationale--everything he has come to believe and feel safe with--is called into question. In his overwhelming need to destroy his doubts and his loneliness, Lestat embarks on the most dangerous enterprise he has undertaken in all the danger-haunted years of his long existence. The Tale of the Body Thief is told with the unique—and mesmerizing—passion, power, color, and invention that distinguish the novels of Anne Rice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238068Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tale of the Body Thief Series: #4 of Vampire Chronicles Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238068 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tale of the Body Thief Series: #4 of Vampire Chronicles Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 3 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.15 of Total 82 Ratings of Narrator: 4.73 of Total 26 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In another feat of hypnotic storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now classic Interview with the Vampire and continued with The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned. Lestat speaks.  Vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals.  For centuries he has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the living dead. Lestat is alone.  And suddenly all his vampire rationale--everything he has come to believe and feel safe with--is called into question. In his overwhelming need to destroy his doubts and his loneliness, Lestat embarks on the most dangerous enterprise he has undertaken in all the danger-haunted years of his long existence. The Tale of the Body Thief is told with the unique—and mesmerizing—passion, power, color, and invention that distinguish the novels of Anne Rice.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/king-rat-by-james-clavell--65310766https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: King Rat Series: #4 of The Asian Saga Author: James Clavell Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The epic novel of war, savagery, and survival in a Japanese POW camp by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell Japanese POW camp Changi, Singapore: hell on earth for the soldiers contained within its barbed wire walls. Officers and enlisted men, all prisoners together, yet the old hierarchies and rivalries survive. An American corporal, known as the King, has used his personality and wiles to facilitate trading with guards and locals to get needed food, supplies, even information into the camp. The imprisoned upper-class officers have never had to do things for themselves, and now they are reduced to wearing rags while the King’s clean shirt, gained through guts and moxie, seems like luxury in comparison. In the camp, everything has its price and everything is for sale. But trading is illegal—and the King has made a formidable enemy. Robin Grey, the provost marshal, hates the King and all he represents. Grey, though he grew up modestly, fervently believes in the British class system: everyone should know their place, and he knows the King’s place is at the bottom. The King does have a friend in Peter Marlowe, who, though wary of the King and himself a product of the British system, finds himself drawn to the charismatic man who just might be the only one who can save them from both the inhumanity of the prison camp but also from themselves. Powerful and engrossing, King Rat artfully weaves the author’s own World War II prison camp experiences into a compelling narrative of survival amidst the grim realities of war and what men can do when pushed to the edge. A taut masterwork of World War II historical fiction by bestselling author James Clavell.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238034Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: King Rat Series: #4 of The Asian Saga Author: James Clavell Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 55 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238034 to listen full audiobooks. Title: King Rat Series: #4 of The Asian Saga Author: James Clavell Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 55 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The epic novel of war, savagery, and survival in a Japanese POW camp by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell Japanese POW camp Changi, Singapore: hell on earth for the soldiers contained within its barbed wire walls. Officers and enlisted men, all prisoners together, yet the old hierarchies and rivalries survive. An American corporal, known as the King, has used his personality and wiles to facilitate trading with guards and locals to get needed food, supplies, even information into the camp. The imprisoned upper-class officers have never had to do things for themselves, and now they are reduced to wearing rags while the King’s clean shirt, gained through guts and moxie, seems like luxury in comparison. In the camp, everything has its price and everything is for sale. But trading is illegal—and the King has made a formidable enemy. Robin Grey, the provost marshal, hates the King and all he represents. Grey, though he grew up modestly, fervently believes in the British class system: everyone should know their place, and he knows the King’s place is at the bottom. The King does have a friend in Peter Marlowe, who, though wary of the King and himself a product of the British system, finds himself drawn to the charismatic man who just might be the only one who can save them from both the inhumanity of the prison camp but also from themselves. Powerful and engrossing, King Rat artfully weaves the author’s own World War II prison camp experiences into a compelling narrative of survival amidst the grim realities of war and what men can do when pushed to the edge. A taut masterwork of World War II historical fiction by bestselling author James Clavell.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ones-we-trust-by-kimberly-belle--65310741https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ones We Trust Author: Kimberly Belle Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of The Marriage Lie comes a riveting exploration of grief and guilt in the wake of one family’s shocking loss. When former DC journalist Abigail Wolff attempts to rehabilitate her career, she finds herself at the heart of a shocking conspiracy involving the death of a soldier in Afghanistan. This loss has unspeakable emotional consequences for the family and as news of what happened comes to light, Abigail will stop at nothing to write the story. As she stumbles upon more and more evidence in the case, it seems there are fewer and fewer people she can trust…including her own father, a retired army general. Stunned by the revelations, she is equally surprised to find herself falling for the slain soldier’s brother, Gabe, a bitter man struggling to hold his family together. Her investigation eventually leads her to an impossible choice, one of unrelenting sacrifice to protect those she loves. Beyond the buried truths and betrayals, questions of family loyalty and redemption, Abigail’s search is, most of all, a desperate grasp to carry on—and seek hope in the impossible. In this emotionally gripping story, Kimberly Belle has penned an unforgettable narrative and a true testament to the meaning of trust. Originally published in 2015. Don't miss bestselling author Kimberly Belle's next deeply addictive thriller, The Personal Assistant—where she explores the dark side of the digital world when a mommy-blogger’s assistant goes missing! Look for these other pulse-pounding thrillers by Kimberly Belle: - The Marriage Lie - The Last Breath - Stranger in the Lake - My Darling Husband - Three Days Missing - Dear Wife]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238087Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ones We Trust Author: Kimberly Belle Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ones We Trust Author: Kimberly Belle Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: July 28, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the internationally bestselling author of The Marriage Lie comes a riveting exploration of grief and guilt in the wake of one family’s shocking loss. When former DC journalist Abigail Wolff attempts to rehabilitate her career, she finds herself at the heart of a shocking conspiracy involving the death of a soldier in Afghanistan. This loss has unspeakable emotional consequences for the family and as news of what happened comes to light, Abigail will stop at nothing to write the story. As she stumbles upon more and more evidence in the case, it seems there are fewer and fewer people she can trust…including her own father, a retired army general. Stunned by the revelations, she is equally surprised to find herself falling for the slain soldier’s brother, Gabe, a bitter man struggling to hold his family together. Her investigation eventually leads her to an impossible choice, one of unrelenting sacrifice to protect those she loves. Beyond the buried truths and betrayals, questions of family loyalty and redemption, Abigail’s search is, most of all, a desperate grasp to carry on—and seek hope in the impossible. In this emotionally gripping story, Kimberly Belle has penned an unforgettable narrative and a true testament to the meaning of trust. Originally published in 2015. Don't miss bestselling author Kimberly Belle's next deeply addictive thriller, The Personal Assistant—where she explores the dark side of the digital world when a mommy-blogger’s assistant goes missing! Look for these other pulse-pounding thrillers by Kimberly Belle: - The Marriage Lie - The Last Breath - Stranger in the Lake - My Darling Husband - Three Days Missing - Dear Wife]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/movie-star-by-lizzie-pepper-a-novel-by-hilary-liftin--65310848https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper: A Novel Author: Hilary Liftin Narrator: Ariadne Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The “It” book you absolutely must pack in your beach bag—an addictively juicy novel of celebrity love gone wrong. • An EW Best Book of 2015 for the Pop Culture Fanatic in Your Life • “Readers who come for the dirt, real or imagined, won’t be disappointed; there’s plenty of gold in these True Hollywood hills.”  —Entertainment Weekly Chosen as a Great Summer Read by: • USA Today • People Magazine • Entertainment Weekly • Good Housekeeping • Cosmopolitan • Vogue.com • The Hollywood Reporter •   “[A] delicious beach read.”  —People Magazine “A hilarious, tabloid-trashing gotcha novel.”  —Vanity Fair “A juicy work of shocking betrayal.” —Us Weekly “I’ve had a million meetings in my acting career, and I had no idea that this would be the one that would change my life forever. I walked into the room, and there was Rob . . . in the flesh.” Actress Lizzie Pepper was America’s Girl Next Door and her marriage to Hollywood mega-star Rob Mars was tabloid gold—a whirlwind romance and an elaborate celebrity-studded wedding landed them on the cover of every celebrity weekly. But fame, beauty, and wealth weren’t enough to keep their marriage together. Hollywood’s “It” couple are over—and now Lizzie is going to tell her side of the story.   Celebrity ghostwriter Hilary Liftin chronicles the tabloids’ favorite marriage as Lizzie Pepper realizes that, when the curtain falls, her romance isn’t what she and everyone else thought. From her lonely holidays in sumptuous villas to her husband’s deep commitment to a disconcertingly repressive mind-body group, Lizzie reveals a side of fame that her fans never get to see. Full of twists and turns, Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper is a breathless journey to the heights of Hollywood power and royalty and a life in the spotlight that is nearly impossible to escape.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236508Tue, 21 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper: A Novel Author: Hilary Liftin Narrator: Ariadne Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 29 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper: A Novel Author: Hilary Liftin Narrator: Ariadne Meyers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 29 minutes Release date: July 21, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The “It” book you absolutely must pack in your beach bag—an addictively juicy novel of celebrity love gone wrong. • An EW Best Book of 2015 for the Pop Culture Fanatic in Your Life • “Readers who come for the dirt, real or imagined, won’t be disappointed; there’s plenty of gold in these True Hollywood hills.”  —Entertainment Weekly Chosen as a Great Summer Read by: • USA Today • People Magazine • Entertainment Weekly • Good Housekeeping • Cosmopolitan • Vogue.com • The Hollywood Reporter •   “[A] delicious beach read.”  —People Magazine “A hilarious, tabloid-trashing gotcha novel.”  —Vanity Fair “A juicy work of shocking betrayal.” —Us Weekly “I’ve had a million meetings in my acting career, and I had no idea that this would be the one that would change my life forever. I walked into the room, and there was Rob . . . in the flesh.” Actress Lizzie Pepper was America’s Girl Next Door and her marriage to Hollywood mega-star Rob Mars was tabloid gold—a whirlwind romance and an elaborate celebrity-studded wedding landed them on the cover of every celebrity weekly. But fame, beauty, and wealth weren’t enough to keep their marriage together. Hollywood’s “It” couple are over—and now Lizzie is going to tell her side of the story.   Celebrity ghostwriter Hilary Liftin chronicles the tabloids’ favorite marriage as Lizzie Pepper realizes that, when the curtain falls, her romance isn’t what she and everyone else thought. From her lonely holidays in sumptuous villas to her husband’s deep commitment to a disconcertingly repressive mind-body group, Lizzie reveals a side of fame that her fans never get to see. Full of twists and turns, Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper is a breathless journey to the heights of Hollywood power and royalty and a life in the spotlight that is nearly impossible to escape.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-prince-wants-by-jules-bennett--65310731https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the Prince Wants Series: #37 of Billionaires and Babies Author: Jules Bennett Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: July 21, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What happens when a royal daddy falls for his child's live-in nanny?  Widowed Prince Mikos Colin Alexander wants to raise his little girl out of the spotlight. Granted a six-month leave from his royal duties, he escapes to Los Angeles, posing as a regular guy, one in need of a live-in nanny. Colin reluctantly hires Darcy Cooper, the curvy beauty who easily wins over his baby duchess. But soon the lush, love-shy American wins him over, too. Now he's torn between duty to the crown and what feels like his newfound family. But when Darcy discovers her emotionally distant boss is royalty, will all bets be off?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237728Tue, 21 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the Prince Wants Series: #37 of Billionaires and Babies Author: Jules Bennett Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237728 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What the Prince Wants Series: #37 of Billionaires and Babies Author: Jules Bennett Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: July 21, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What happens when a royal daddy falls for his child's live-in nanny?  Widowed Prince Mikos Colin Alexander wants to raise his little girl out of the spotlight. Granted a six-month leave from his royal duties, he escapes to Los Angeles, posing as a regular guy, one in need of a live-in nanny. Colin reluctantly hires Darcy Cooper, the curvy beauty who easily wins over his baby duchess. But soon the lush, love-shy American wins him over, too. Now he's torn between duty to the crown and what feels like his newfound family. But when Darcy discovers her emotionally distant boss is royalty, will all bets be off?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-billionaire-s-daddy-test-by-charlene-sands--65310721https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Billionaire's Daddy Test Series: #17 of Billionaires and Babies Author: Charlene Sands Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 21, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Will a Moonlight Beach bachelor make the grade as a father…and a lover? Find out in this novel from USA TODAY bestselling author Charlene Sands.  Left to care for her late sister's baby, Mia D'Angelo goes on a secret mission to find out if the missing father would make good daddy material. But when she tracks down Adam Chase at his beachfront mansion, her plan spins out of control and they're soon dating!  It isn't long before the reclusive billionaire realizes Mia's keeping a huge secret about the child he never knew he had. Can this guarded man learn to trust Mia after her initial deception…and trust himself around this incredibly sexy woman?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237731Tue, 21 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Billionaire's Daddy Test Series: #17 of Billionaires and Babies Author: Charlene Sands Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237731 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Billionaire's Daddy Test Series: #17 of Billionaires and Babies Author: Charlene Sands Narrator: Christine Williams Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 21, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Will a Moonlight Beach bachelor make the grade as a father…and a lover? Find out in this novel from USA TODAY bestselling author Charlene Sands.  Left to care for her late sister's baby, Mia D'Angelo goes on a secret mission to find out if the missing father would make good daddy material. But when she tracks down Adam Chase at his beachfront mansion, her plan spins out of control and they're soon dating!  It isn't long before the reclusive billionaire realizes Mia's keeping a huge secret about the child he never knew he had. Can this guarded man learn to trust Mia after her initial deception…and trust himself around this incredibly sexy woman?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-together-now-a-novel-by-gill-hornby--65310712https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Together Now: A Novel Author: Gill Hornby Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 21, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The small town of Bridgeford is in crisis. Downtown is deserted, businesses are closing, and the idea of civic pride seems old-fashioned to residents rushing through the streets to get somewhere else. Bridgeford seems to have lost its heart. But there is one thing that just might unite the community -- music. The local choir, a group generally either ignored or mocked by most of Bridgeford's inhabitants, is preparing for an important contest, and to win it they need new members, and a whole new sound. Enlisting (some may say drafting) singers, who include a mother suffering from empty-nest syndrome, a middle-aged man who has just lost his job and his family, and a nineteen-year-old waitress who dreams of reality-TV stardom, the choir regulars must find -- and make -- harmony with neighbors they've been happy not to know for years. Can they all learn to work together, save the choir, and maybe even save their town in the process? All Together Now is a poignant and charming novel about community, family, falling in love -- and the big rewards of making a small change.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237889Tue, 21 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Together Now: A Novel Author: Gill Hornby Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 21,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Together Now: A Novel Author: Gill Hornby Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 21, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The small town of Bridgeford is in crisis. Downtown is deserted, businesses are closing, and the idea of civic pride seems old-fashioned to residents rushing through the streets to get somewhere else. Bridgeford seems to have lost its heart. But there is one thing that just might unite the community -- music. The local choir, a group generally either ignored or mocked by most of Bridgeford's inhabitants, is preparing for an important contest, and to win it they need new members, and a whole new sound. Enlisting (some may say drafting) singers, who include a mother suffering from empty-nest syndrome, a middle-aged man who has just lost his job and his family, and a nineteen-year-old waitress who dreams of reality-TV stardom, the choir regulars must find -- and make -- harmony with neighbors they've been happy not to know for years. Can they all learn to work together, save the choir, and maybe even save their town in the process? All Together Now is a poignant and charming novel about community, family, falling in love -- and the big rewards of making a small change.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/go-set-a-watchman-harper-lee-s-sensational-lost-novel-by-harper-lee--65310811https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Set a Watchman: Harper Lee's sensational lost novel Series: #2 of To Kill A Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Narrator: Reese Witherspoon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Go Set a Watchman is set during the mid-1950s and features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb from New York to visit her father Atticus. She is forced to grapple with issues both personal and political as she tries to understand both her father’s attitude toward society, and her own feelings about the place where she was born and spent her childhood. An instant classic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240391Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Set a Watchman: Harper Lee's sensational lost novel Series: #2 of To Kill A Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Narrator: Reese Witherspoon Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240391 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Set a Watchman: Harper Lee's sensational lost novel Series: #2 of To Kill A Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Narrator: Reese Witherspoon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Go Set a Watchman is set during the mid-1950s and features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb from New York to visit her father Atticus. She is forced to grapple with issues both personal and political as she tries to understand both her father’s attitude toward society, and her own feelings about the place where she was born and spent her childhood. An instant classic.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yellow-rose-beauty-shop-by-carolyn-brown--65310802https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Rose Beauty Shop Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Stella’s mama never should’ve put Stella on the church prayer list. With Stella’s twenty-seventh birthday coming up fast, Nancy desperately wants to see her daughter married and giving her grandbabies. Petitioning heaven seems like a surefire way to get it done. But in Cadillac, Texas, where the gossip’s hotter than the city’s famous jalapeño peppers, it isn’t long before all hell breaks loose. Heather, the bossy leader of the church’s Prayer Angels, thinks a summer ball will get Stella and the town’s other single gals paired off. But nobody can tell redheaded spitfire Stella what to do—not her mama, not Heather, and not even the sexy beau Stella’s been seeing in secret. Together, Stella, her best friends Charlotte and Piper, and the loyal customers of the Yellow Rose Beauty Shop hatch a good old-fashioned scheme to sabotage the ball. But will it wreck Stella’s relationship with her mama forever? And what will the church folk think when Stella reveals the identity of her mystery man?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236295Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Rose Beauty Shop Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Yellow Rose Beauty Shop Author: Carolyn Brown Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Stella’s mama never should’ve put Stella on the church prayer list. With Stella’s twenty-seventh birthday coming up fast, Nancy desperately wants to see her daughter married and giving her grandbabies. Petitioning heaven seems like a surefire way to get it done. But in Cadillac, Texas, where the gossip’s hotter than the city’s famous jalapeño peppers, it isn’t long before all hell breaks loose. Heather, the bossy leader of the church’s Prayer Angels, thinks a summer ball will get Stella and the town’s other single gals paired off. But nobody can tell redheaded spitfire Stella what to do—not her mama, not Heather, and not even the sexy beau Stella’s been seeing in secret. Together, Stella, her best friends Charlotte and Piper, and the loyal customers of the Yellow Rose Beauty Shop hatch a good old-fashioned scheme to sabotage the ball. But will it wreck Stella’s relationship with her mama forever? And what will the church folk think when Stella reveals the identity of her mystery man?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/go-set-a-watchman-a-novel-by-harper-lee--65310753https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Set a Watchman: A Novel Series: #2 of To Kill A Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Narrator: Reese Witherspoon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 208 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 67 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Performed by Reese Witherspoon #1 New York Times Bestseller “Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades.'  — New York Times  A landmark novel by Harper Lee, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—“Scout”—returns home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past—a journey that can only be guided by one’s own conscience. Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of the late Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision—a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238093Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Set a Watchman: A Novel Series: #2 of To Kill A Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Narrator: Reese Witherspoon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238093 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Go Set a Watchman: A Novel Series: #2 of To Kill A Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Narrator: Reese Witherspoon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 58 minutes Release date: July 14, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.93 of Total 208 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 67 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Performed by Reese Witherspoon #1 New York Times Bestseller “Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades.'  — New York Times  A landmark novel by Harper Lee, set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, To Kill a Mockingbird. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—“Scout”—returns home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past—a journey that can only be guided by one’s own conscience. Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of the late Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision—a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/taken-by-the-border-rebel-by-blythe-gifford--65310791https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taken by the Border Rebel Series: #3 of Brunson Clan Author: Blythe Gifford Narrator: Cathleen McCarron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 10, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Tormented by her innocence As leader of his clan, Black Rob Brunson has earned every dark syllable of his name. But, having taken hostage his enemy's daughter in a fierce act of rebellion, he is tormented by feelings of guilt and torn apart with the growing need to protect her-and seduce her! Stella Storwick feels Rob's disdain from the first. Then slowly she starts to see behind his eyes to a man in turmoil. Something he has no words for, something that can only be captured in a heart-wrenching kiss]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236521Fri, 10 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taken by the Border Rebel Series: #3 of Brunson Clan Author: Blythe Gifford Narrator: Cathleen McCarron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236521 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taken by the Border Rebel Series: #3 of Brunson Clan Author: Blythe Gifford Narrator: Cathleen McCarron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 10, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Tormented by her innocence As leader of his clan, Black Rob Brunson has earned every dark syllable of his name. But, having taken hostage his enemy's daughter in a fierce act of rebellion, he is tormented by feelings of guilt and torn apart with the growing need to protect her-and seduce her! Stella Storwick feels Rob's disdain from the first. Then slowly she starts to see behind his eyes to a man in turmoil. Something he has no words for, something that can only be captured in a heart-wrenching kiss]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-days-of-abandonment-by-elena-ferrante--65310855https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Days of Abandonment Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Days of Abandonment is the gripping story of an Italian woman’s experiences after being suddenly left by her husband after fifteen years of marriage. With two young children to care for, Olga finds it more and more difficult to do the things she used to: keep a spotless house, cook meals with creativity and passion, refrain from using obscenities. After running into her husband with his much-younger new lover in public, she cannot even refrain from assaulting him physically. Olga conveys her journey from denial to devastating emptiness—and when she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236484Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Days of Abandonment Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 7,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236484 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Days of Abandonment Author: Elena Ferrante Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.11 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Days of Abandonment is the gripping story of an Italian woman’s experiences after being suddenly left by her husband after fifteen years of marriage. With two young children to care for, Olga finds it more and more difficult to do the things she used to: keep a spotless house, cook meals with creativity and passion, refrain from using obscenities. After running into her husband with his much-younger new lover in public, she cannot even refrain from assaulting him physically. Olga conveys her journey from denial to devastating emptiness—and when she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/among-the-ten-thousand-things-a-novel-by-julia-pierpont--65310820https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Among the Ten Thousand Things: A Novel Author: Julia Pierpont Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND THE HUFFINGTON POST • For fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Lorrie Moore, and Curtis Sittenfeld, Among the Ten Thousand Things is a dazzling first novel, a portrait of an American family on the cusp of irrevocable change, and a startlingly original story of love and time lost. Jack Shanley is a well-known New York artist, charming and vain, who doesn’t mean to plunge his family into crisis. His wife, Deb, gladly left behind a difficult career as a dancer to raise the two children she adores. In the ensuing years, she has mostly avoided coming face-to-face with the weaknesses of the man she married. But then an anonymously sent package arrives in the mail: a cardboard box containing sheaves of printed emails chronicling Jack’s secret life. The package is addressed to Deb, but it’s delivered into the wrong hands: her children’s. With this vertiginous opening begins a debut that is by turns funny, wise, and indescribably moving. As the Shanleys spin apart into separate orbits, leaving New York in an attempt to regain their bearings, fifteen-year-old Simon feels the allure of adult freedoms for the first time, while eleven-year-old Kay wanders precariously into a grown-up world she can’t possibly understand. Writing with extraordinary precision, humor, and beauty, Julia Pierpont has crafted a timeless, hugely enjoyable novel about the bonds of family life—their brittleness, and their resilience. Praise for Among the Ten Thousand Things “A luscious, smart summer novel . . . by a blazingly talented young author.”—The New York Times Book Review   “This book is one of the funniest, and most emotionally honest, I’ve read in a long time.”—Jonathan Safran Foer   “Obsessively compelling . . . emotionally sophisticated . . . Among the Ten Thousand Things rises above [other novels] for its imagined structure, sentence-by-sentence punch, and pure humanity.”—Vanity Fair   “Gripping . . . Pierpont brings this family of four to life in sharply observed detail. . . . An acute observer of social comedy, Ms. Pierpont has a keen eye for the absurd.”—The Wall Street Journal   “Pierpont’s language is heart-stopping. . . . Between Pierpont’s literary finesse and her captivating characters, [Among the Ten Thousand Things] reads like a page-turner.”—Entertainment Weekly (grade: A)   “A twisty, gripping story—that packs an emotional wallop.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “There are going to be as many ingenious twists and turns in this literary novel as there are in a top-notch work of suspense like Gone Girl.”—Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “Tender, delicately perceptive . . . Pierpont’s voice is wry and confident, and she is a fine anthropologist of New York life.”—The Washington Post “Pierpont displays a precocious gift for language and observation. . . . She captures the minutiae of loneliness that pushes us away from each other and sometimes brings us back.”—San Francisco Chronicle]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234901Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Among the Ten Thousand Things: A Novel Author: Julia Pierpont Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 6 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234901 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Among the Ten Thousand Things: A Novel Author: Julia Pierpont Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 6 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 3.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND THE HUFFINGTON POST • For fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Lorrie Moore, and Curtis Sittenfeld, Among the Ten Thousand Things is a dazzling first novel, a portrait of an American family on the cusp of irrevocable change, and a startlingly original story of love and time lost. Jack Shanley is a well-known New York artist, charming and vain, who doesn’t mean to plunge his family into crisis. His wife, Deb, gladly left behind a difficult career as a dancer to raise the two children she adores. In the ensuing years, she has mostly avoided coming face-to-face with the weaknesses of the man she married. But then an anonymously sent package arrives in the mail: a cardboard box containing sheaves of printed emails chronicling Jack’s secret life. The package is addressed to Deb, but it’s delivered into the wrong hands: her children’s. With this vertiginous opening begins a debut that is by turns funny, wise, and indescribably moving. As the Shanleys spin apart into separate orbits, leaving New York in an attempt to regain their bearings, fifteen-year-old Simon feels the allure of adult freedoms for the first time, while eleven-year-old Kay wanders precariously into a grown-up world she can’t possibly understand. Writing with extraordinary precision, humor, and beauty, Julia Pierpont has crafted a timeless, hugely enjoyable novel about the bonds of family life—their brittleness, and their resilience. Praise for Among the Ten Thousand Things “A luscious, smart summer novel . . . by a blazingly talented young author.”—The New York Times Book Review   “This book is one of the funniest, and most emotionally honest, I’ve read in a long time.”—Jonathan Safran Foer   “Obsessively compelling . . . emotionally sophisticated . . . Among the Ten Thousand Things rises above [other novels] for its imagined structure, sentence-by-sentence punch, and pure humanity.”—Vanity Fair   “Gripping . . . Pierpont brings this family of four to life in sharply observed detail. . . . An acute observer of social comedy, Ms. Pierpont has a keen eye for the absurd.”—The Wall Street Journal   “Pierpont’s language is heart-stopping. . . . Between Pierpont’s literary finesse and her captivating characters, [Among the Ten Thousand Things] reads like a page-turner.”—Entertainment Weekly (grade: A)   “A twisty, gripping story—that packs an emotional wallop.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “There are going to be as many ingenious twists and turns in this literary novel as there are in a top-notch work of suspense like Gone Girl.”—Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “Tender, delicately perceptive . . . Pierpont’s voice is wry and confident, and she is a fine anthropologist of New York life.”—The Washington Post “Pierpont displays a precocious gift for language and observation. . . . She captures the minutiae of loneliness that pushes us away from each other and sometimes brings us back.”—San Francisco Chronicle]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tucker-s-way-by-david-johnson--65310794https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tucker's Way Series: #1 of The Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Omnibus Edition of Tucker's Way and For Tucker After enduring a childhood of horrific abuse and crushing poverty, Tucker seeks refuge in her rural Tennessee home. The three grandchildren she is raising are her only connection to the outside, and her demeanor is purposefully rough. But her world is turned upside down when a new neighbor, Ella, moves into the old McDaniel place next door. Ella seeks solace on the same country road after overcoming cancer. Although she is Tucker’s peer agewise, she was raised in a world of privilege and opportunity. Still, Ella shares a tragic part of Tucker’s experience—she also suffered abuse. Hers was at the hands of her husband, a prominent judge in the community and Tucker’s sworn enemy. When Tucker finds herself at risk of losing custody of her beloved youngest grandchild and worse, the child’s mother is murdered, she draws support and strength from her new friendship with Ella. These two women from disparate backgrounds form a fierce bond, and they weather life’s storms together with faith, love, and determination.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236306Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tucker's Way Series: #1 of The Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tucker's Way Series: #1 of The Tucker Author: David Johnson Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Omnibus Edition of Tucker's Way and For Tucker After enduring a childhood of horrific abuse and crushing poverty, Tucker seeks refuge in her rural Tennessee home. The three grandchildren she is raising are her only connection to the outside, and her demeanor is purposefully rough. But her world is turned upside down when a new neighbor, Ella, moves into the old McDaniel place next door. Ella seeks solace on the same country road after overcoming cancer. Although she is Tucker’s peer agewise, she was raised in a world of privilege and opportunity. Still, Ella shares a tragic part of Tucker’s experience—she also suffered abuse. Hers was at the hands of her husband, a prominent judge in the community and Tucker’s sworn enemy. When Tucker finds herself at risk of losing custody of her beloved youngest grandchild and worse, the child’s mother is murdered, she draws support and strength from her new friendship with Ella. These two women from disparate backgrounds form a fierce bond, and they weather life’s storms together with faith, love, and determination.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-better-man-by-leah-mclaren--65310789https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236482 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Better Man Author: Leah McLaren Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What if the only way you could get out of your marriage was to become the perfect husband? Nick and Maya Wakefield's relationship has been in crisis since Maya left her high-powered legal career to stay home with their now 3-year-old twins. Today she feels invisible, anxious, and under-appreciated, and Nick has checked out of family life. Sex is a distant memory and the love is gone. A workaholic and a consummate flirt, Nick has decided he wants out. But he balks when their old friend, a divorce attorney, shows him that as sole breadwinner, he stands to lose the most. Together, he and his friend hatch a plan: Nick will act like an ideal husband and father in order to ease the pain of leaving and make out better in court. So he encourages Maya to go back to work, spends time with the kids, and even takes her on a vacation without them. But with his cynical ruse comes a surprising change of heart. Nick is astonished to find his actual emotions match his act and now his marriage is truly on the mend. That is, until Maya finds out, and Nick's world falls to pieces. Now his only hope of saving his family is to prove to his wife that he really is the man he was pretending to be. A Better Man is a sharply observant novel of the pitfalls of marriage and success, and how one couple must lose it all before they can hope to find their way back.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236482Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236482 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Better Man Author: Leah McLaren Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236482 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Better Man Author: Leah McLaren Narrator: Eva Kaminsky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 7, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What if the only way you could get out of your marriage was to become the perfect husband? Nick and Maya Wakefield's relationship has been in crisis since Maya left her high-powered legal career to stay home with their now 3-year-old twins. Today she feels invisible, anxious, and under-appreciated, and Nick has checked out of family life. Sex is a distant memory and the love is gone. A workaholic and a consummate flirt, Nick has decided he wants out. But he balks when their old friend, a divorce attorney, shows him that as sole breadwinner, he stands to lose the most. Together, he and his friend hatch a plan: Nick will act like an ideal husband and father in order to ease the pain of leaving and make out better in court. So he encourages Maya to go back to work, spends time with the kids, and even takes her on a vacation without them. But with his cynical ruse comes a surprising change of heart. Nick is astonished to find his actual emotions match his act and now his marriage is truly on the mend. That is, until Maya finds out, and Nick's world falls to pieces. Now his only hope of saving his family is to prove to his wife that he really is the man he was pretending to be. A Better Man is a sharply observant novel of the pitfalls of marriage and success, and how one couple must lose it all before they can hope to find their way back.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-perfect-son-by-barbara-claypole-white--65310823https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Son Author: Barbara Claypole White Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 1, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From a distance, Felix Fitzwilliam, the son of an old English family, is a good husband and father. But, obsessed with order and routine, he’s a prisoner to perfection. Disengaged from the emotional life of his North Carolina family, Felix has let his wife, Ella, deal with their special-needs son by herself. A talented jewelry designer turned full-time mother, Ella is the family rock…until her heart attack shatters their carefully structured existence. Now Harry, a gifted teen grappling with the chaos of Tourette’s, confronts a world outside his parents’ control, one that tests his desire for independence. As Harry searches for his future, and Ella adapts to the limits of her failing health, Felix struggles with his past and present roles. To prevent the family from being ripped apart, they must each bend with the inevitability of change and reinforce the ties that bind.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233806Wed, 01 Jul 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Son Author: Barbara Claypole White Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Perfect Son Author: Barbara Claypole White Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 1, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From a distance, Felix Fitzwilliam, the son of an old English family, is a good husband and father. But, obsessed with order and routine, he’s a prisoner to perfection. Disengaged from the emotional life of his North Carolina family, Felix has let his wife, Ella, deal with their special-needs son by herself. A talented jewelry designer turned full-time mother, Ella is the family rock…until her heart attack shatters their carefully structured existence. Now Harry, a gifted teen grappling with the chaos of Tourette’s, confronts a world outside his parents’ control, one that tests his desire for independence. As Harry searches for his future, and Ella adapts to the limits of her failing health, Felix struggles with his past and present roles. To prevent the family from being ripped apart, they must each bend with the inevitability of change and reinforce the ties that bind.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sparrow-migrations-by-cari-noga--65310859https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sparrow Migrations Author: Cari Noga Narrator: Karen Peakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An airplane plunges into an icy river with no loss of life: the Miracle on the Hudson. Then, life after the landing puts three families on another crash course…with their own fragile humanity. Airplane passenger Deborah DeWitt-Goldman knows her survival means one last chance to start the family she so badly desires—no matter the cost to her marriage. Preacher’s wife Brett Stevens witnesses the event from a ferry, burdened by a secret that could destroy her family. And while twelve-year-old Robby Palmer’s desperate parents struggle to reach through the fog of his autism, the boy discovers a deep connection to the birds responsible for the crash. Now, all of them must navigate the crosscurrents of the consequences of their decisions…and when their paths collide a second time, another miracle just might happen. Award-winning author Cari Noga’s Sparrow Migrations is an inspiring, heartfelt look at the crucible of crisis and the power of human connection. Revised edition: This edition of Sparrow Migrations includes editorial revisions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233792Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sparrow Migrations Author: Cari Noga Narrator: Karen Peakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233792 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sparrow Migrations Author: Cari Noga Narrator: Karen Peakes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An airplane plunges into an icy river with no loss of life: the Miracle on the Hudson. Then, life after the landing puts three families on another crash course…with their own fragile humanity. Airplane passenger Deborah DeWitt-Goldman knows her survival means one last chance to start the family she so badly desires—no matter the cost to her marriage. Preacher’s wife Brett Stevens witnesses the event from a ferry, burdened by a secret that could destroy her family. And while twelve-year-old Robby Palmer’s desperate parents struggle to reach through the fog of his autism, the boy discovers a deep connection to the birds responsible for the crash. Now, all of them must navigate the crosscurrents of the consequences of their decisions…and when their paths collide a second time, another miracle just might happen. Award-winning author Cari Noga’s Sparrow Migrations is an inspiring, heartfelt look at the crucible of crisis and the power of human connection. Revised edition: This edition of Sparrow Migrations includes editorial revisions.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-idea-of-love-a-novel-by-patti-callahan-henry--65310784https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Idea of Love: A Novel Author: Patti Callahan Henry Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry, The Idea of Love asks, 'Can two people come together for all the wrong reasons and still make it right?' Ella's life has been completely upended. She's young, beautiful, and deeply in love--until her husband dies in a tragic sailing accident. Or so she'll have everyone believe. Screenwriter Hunter needs a hit, but crippling writers' block and a serious lack of motivation are getting him nowhere. He's on the lookout for a love story. It doesn't matter who it belongs to. When Hunter and Ella meet in Watersend, South Carolina, it feels like the perfect match, something close to fate. In Ella, Hunter finds the perfect love story, full of longing and sacrifice. It's the stuff of epic films. In Hunter, Ella finds possibility. It's an opportunity to live out a fantasy--the life she wishes she had. And more real. Besides--what's a little white lie between strangers? But one lie leads to another, and soon Hunter and Ella find themselves caught in a web of deceit. As they try to untangle their lies and reclaim their lives, they feel something stronger is keeping them together.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236806Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Idea of Love: A Novel Author: Patti Callahan Henry Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Idea of Love: A Novel Author: Patti Callahan Henry Narrator: Andi Arndt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 23, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry, The Idea of Love asks, 'Can two people come together for all the wrong reasons and still make it right?' Ella's life has been completely upended. She's young, beautiful, and deeply in love--until her husband dies in a tragic sailing accident. Or so she'll have everyone believe. Screenwriter Hunter needs a hit, but crippling writers' block and a serious lack of motivation are getting him nowhere. He's on the lookout for a love story. It doesn't matter who it belongs to. When Hunter and Ella meet in Watersend, South Carolina, it feels like the perfect match, something close to fate. In Ella, Hunter finds the perfect love story, full of longing and sacrifice. It's the stuff of epic films. In Hunter, Ella finds possibility. It's an opportunity to live out a fantasy--the life she wishes she had. And more real. Besides--what's a little white lie between strangers? But one lie leads to another, and soon Hunter and Ella find themselves caught in a web of deceit. As they try to untangle their lies and reclaim their lives, they feel something stronger is keeping them together.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rumor-a-novel-by-elin-hilderbrand--65310869https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rumor: A Novel Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.95 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 4.54 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A friendship is tested in this irresistible page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand. Nantucket writer Madeline King could not have picked a worse time to have writer's block. Her deadline is looming, her bills are piling up, and inspiration is in short supply. Madeline's best friend Grace, is hard at work transforming her garden into the envy of the island with the help of a ruggedly handsome landscape architect. Before she realizes it, Grace is on the verge of a decision that will irrevocably change her life. Could Grace's crisis be Madeline's salvation? As the gossip escalates, and the summer's explosive events come to a head, Grace and Madeline try desperately to set the record straight--but the truth might be even worse than rumor has it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233361Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rumor: A Novel Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 16,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rumor: A Novel Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.95 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 4.54 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A friendship is tested in this irresistible page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand. Nantucket writer Madeline King could not have picked a worse time to have writer's block. Her deadline is looming, her bills are piling up, and inspiration is in short supply. Madeline's best friend Grace, is hard at work transforming her garden into the envy of the island with the help of a ruggedly handsome landscape architect. Before she realizes it, Grace is on the verge of a decision that will irrevocably change her life. Could Grace's crisis be Madeline's salvation? As the gossip escalates, and the summer's explosive events come to a head, Grace and Madeline try desperately to set the record straight--but the truth might be even worse than rumor has it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/china-rich-girlfriend-a-novel-by-kevin-kwan--65310863https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: China Rich Girlfriend: A Novel Series: #2 of Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy Author: Kevin Kwan Narrator: Lydia Look Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 207 Ratings of Narrator: 4.02 of Total 54 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather.      On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiancé willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won't be able to walk her down the aisle. Until: a shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. Here we meet Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad boy known for Prince Harry-like antics; Colette, a celebrity girlfriend chased by fevered paparazzi; and the man Rachel has spent her entire life waiting to meet: her father. Meanwhile, Singapore's It Girl, Astrid Leong, is shocked to discover that there is a downside to having a newly minted tech billionaire husband. A romp through Asia's most exclusive clubs, auction houses, and estates, China Rich Girlfriend brings us into the elite circles of Mainland China, introducing a captivating cast of characters, and offering an inside glimpse at what it's like to be gloriously, crazily, China-rich.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233930Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: China Rich Girlfriend: A Novel Series: #2 of Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy Author: Kevin Kwan Narrator: Lydia Look Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233930 to listen full audiobooks. Title: China Rich Girlfriend: A Novel Series: #2 of Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy Author: Kevin Kwan Narrator: Lydia Look Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 207 Ratings of Narrator: 4.02 of Total 54 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather.      On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiancé willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won't be able to walk her down the aisle. Until: a shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. Here we meet Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad boy known for Prince Harry-like antics; Colette, a celebrity girlfriend chased by fevered paparazzi; and the man Rachel has spent her entire life waiting to meet: her father. Meanwhile, Singapore's It Girl, Astrid Leong, is shocked to discover that there is a downside to having a newly minted tech billionaire husband. A romp through Asia's most exclusive clubs, auction houses, and estates, China Rich Girlfriend brings us into the elite circles of Mainland China, introducing a captivating cast of characters, and offering an inside glimpse at what it's like to be gloriously, crazily, China-rich.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-american-lady-by-petra-durst-benning--65310853https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The American Lady Series: #2 of The Glassblower Trilogy Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Tempestuous and beautiful Wanda Miles, daughter of Ruth and Stephen Miles (or so she thinks), aspires to more than the life of a debutante, but the trouble is she doesn’t know precisely what she wants. Then her aunt Marie, the family’s renowned glassblower, arrives from Lauscha, Germany, and Wanda decides that learning about her ancestry may hold the key to her future. When Marie accidentally reveals a long-held secret about Wanda’s parents, Wanda goes to Lauscha to unravel the truth. While Marie finds herself increasingly swept up in New York City’s bohemian social scene—catching the eye of a handsome young Italian in the process—Wanda explores a past she never knew in the village of her mother’s youth—and begins to build a life that she never expected. A sweeping tale that takes readers from the small town of Lauscha to the skyscrapers of New York and the sun-kissed coast of Italy, The American Lady is a tribute to the enduring power of family and what we’ll do in the name of love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236296Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The American Lady Series: #2 of The Glassblower Trilogy Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The American Lady Series: #2 of The Glassblower Trilogy Author: Petra Durst-Benning Narrator: Kristin Watson Heintz Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Tempestuous and beautiful Wanda Miles, daughter of Ruth and Stephen Miles (or so she thinks), aspires to more than the life of a debutante, but the trouble is she doesn’t know precisely what she wants. Then her aunt Marie, the family’s renowned glassblower, arrives from Lauscha, Germany, and Wanda decides that learning about her ancestry may hold the key to her future. When Marie accidentally reveals a long-held secret about Wanda’s parents, Wanda goes to Lauscha to unravel the truth. While Marie finds herself increasingly swept up in New York City’s bohemian social scene—catching the eye of a handsome young Italian in the process—Wanda explores a past she never knew in the village of her mother’s youth—and begins to build a life that she never expected. A sweeping tale that takes readers from the small town of Lauscha to the skyscrapers of New York and the sun-kissed coast of Italy, The American Lady is a tribute to the enduring power of family and what we’ll do in the name of love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/country-by-danielle-steel--65310785https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Country Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 59 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this rich, involving novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a woman's life catapults from the old to the new, as she learns to seize the moment.Stephanie Adams is a devoted stay-at-home mother, married to a successful lawyer in northern California, in a dead marriage she stayed in for years for the sake of her children. Then, on a ski trip in Squaw Valley, her fifty-two-year-old husband dies suddenly and all bets are off.Despite her children's grief, her own conflicting emotions and loneliness, Stephanie tries to move on, but struggles to find herself as an independent individual, after years of giving up her life for everyone else. A spur-of-the-moment road trip and fork in the road lead her to Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and a chance meeting-and her whole life changes forever.She meets country music megastar Chase Taylor, who opens his whole world to her, and Stephanie is no longer the same woman, and can't be anymore. A new man. A new life. The excitement of Nashville. She discovers not only Chase, but herself. The music is bittersweet and the lyrics true in his dazzling, exotic and honest world.As it deftly explores the complex ties between spouses, children, lovers and friends, and dances between the past and the future, Danielle Steel's moving novel brilliantly captures the shock of sudden loss, and the freedom it can bring. Here America's most beloved novelist shares the enduring power of seizing the day. Carpe Diem.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237013Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Country Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Country Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Dan John Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 26 minutes Release date: June 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 59 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this rich, involving novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a woman's life catapults from the old to the new, as she learns to seize the moment.Stephanie Adams is a devoted stay-at-home mother, married to a successful lawyer in northern California, in a dead marriage she stayed in for years for the sake of her children. Then, on a ski trip in Squaw Valley, her fifty-two-year-old husband dies suddenly and all bets are off.Despite her children's grief, her own conflicting emotions and loneliness, Stephanie tries to move on, but struggles to find herself as an independent individual, after years of giving up her life for everyone else. A spur-of-the-moment road trip and fork in the road lead her to Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and a chance meeting-and her whole life changes forever.She meets country music megastar Chase Taylor, who opens his whole world to her, and Stephanie is no longer the same woman, and can't be anymore. A new man. A new life. The excitement of Nashville. She discovers not only Chase, but herself. The music is bittersweet and the lyrics true in his dazzling, exotic and honest world.As it deftly explores the complex ties between spouses, children, lovers and friends, and dances between the past and the future, Danielle Steel's moving novel brilliantly captures the shock of sudden loss, and the freedom it can bring. Here America's most beloved novelist shares the enduring power of seizing the day. Carpe Diem.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-house-of-hidden-mothers-by-meera-syal--65310783https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Hidden Mothers Author: Meera Syal Narrator: Meera Syal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Dazzling. Intense and gritty at times, sparkling and hilarious at others. I found it absorbing, witty, joyous and moving…and that’s all I really want from a book!' - JO BRAND Little India, East London: Shyama, aged forty-four, has fallen for a younger man. They want a child together. Meanwhile, in a rural village in India, young Mala, trapped in an oppressive marriage, dreams of escape. When Shyama and Mala meet, they help each other realise their dreams. But will fate guarantee them both happiness?... Brimming with warmth, wit and indignation, Meera Syal immerses us in a devastating story of friendship, family and the lengths women will go to have a child. THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MOTHERS is her long-awaited third novel and shows Meera Syal at the height of her literary powers Meera Syal, CBE, is one of our most acclaimed actors and writers of stage and screen. She starred in the hit series The Kumars at No.42 and recently in the BBC film of David Walliams' The Boy in the Dress. She is currently in David Hare's play, Behind the Beautiful Forevers at the National Theatre, and in the latest series of Broadchurch. Meera Syal is also highly regarded for her funny, sharp and provocative fiction. Her earlier novels are ANITA AND ME and LIFE ISN'T ALL HA HA HEE HEE (now available as a re-issue). THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MOTHERS is her long-awaited new novel. 'Brilliant. It is destined to be a bestseller. There is so much in it too. Beautiful writing, human frailty, love, vanity, friendship - but most importantly the shocking reminder of how woman are abused the world over.' - ESTHER FREUD]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237228Thu, 11 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Hidden Mothers Author: Meera Syal Narrator: Meera Syal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The House of Hidden Mothers Author: Meera Syal Narrator: Meera Syal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 17 minutes Release date: June 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'Dazzling. Intense and gritty at times, sparkling and hilarious at others. I found it absorbing, witty, joyous and moving…and that’s all I really want from a book!' - JO BRAND Little India, East London: Shyama, aged forty-four, has fallen for a younger man. They want a child together. Meanwhile, in a rural village in India, young Mala, trapped in an oppressive marriage, dreams of escape. When Shyama and Mala meet, they help each other realise their dreams. But will fate guarantee them both happiness?... Brimming with warmth, wit and indignation, Meera Syal immerses us in a devastating story of friendship, family and the lengths women will go to have a child. THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MOTHERS is her long-awaited third novel and shows Meera Syal at the height of her literary powers Meera Syal, CBE, is one of our most acclaimed actors and writers of stage and screen. She starred in the hit series The Kumars at No.42 and recently in the BBC film of David Walliams' The Boy in the Dress. She is currently in David Hare's play, Behind the Beautiful Forevers at the National Theatre, and in the latest series of Broadchurch. Meera Syal is also highly regarded for her funny, sharp and provocative fiction. Her earlier novels are ANITA AND ME and LIFE ISN'T ALL HA HA HEE HEE (now available as a re-issue). THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN MOTHERS is her long-awaited new novel. 'Brilliant. It is destined to be a bestseller. There is so much in it too. Beautiful writing, human frailty, love, vanity, friendship - but most importantly the shocking reminder of how woman are abused the world over.' - ESTHER FREUD]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beggar-maid-by-dilly-court--65310776https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beggar Maid Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The wonderfully nostalgic, vivid and compelling new novel from the Sunday Times top five bestselling author of A Loving Family. From the age of eight, sixteen-year-old Charity Crosse has been living rough with her grandfather and begging on the streets. When he grandfather passes away, Charity is helped by a kindly doctor who introduces her to bookseller, Jethro Dawkins. Jethro takes Charity in to help in his bookshop and keep house in their one room behind the shop. Charity sleeps under the counter and is not well treated, but Jethro instills in her the love of books that began when her grandmother taught her to read. And she starts to hope for a better future for herself. But Jethro dies unexpectedly, and Charity is faced with eviction when the rent is raised by the unscrupulous landlord. Must Charity give up her dream of running the bookshop herself, and worse, be forced to return to the streets...?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237155Thu, 11 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beggar Maid Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 11, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beggar Maid Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The wonderfully nostalgic, vivid and compelling new novel from the Sunday Times top five bestselling author of A Loving Family. From the age of eight, sixteen-year-old Charity Crosse has been living rough with her grandfather and begging on the streets. When he grandfather passes away, Charity is helped by a kindly doctor who introduces her to bookseller, Jethro Dawkins. Jethro takes Charity in to help in his bookshop and keep house in their one room behind the shop. Charity sleeps under the counter and is not well treated, but Jethro instills in her the love of books that began when her grandmother taught her to read. And she starts to hope for a better future for herself. But Jethro dies unexpectedly, and Charity is faced with eviction when the rent is raised by the unscrupulous landlord. Must Charity give up her dream of running the bookshop herself, and worse, be forced to return to the streets...?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sunken-cathedral-a-novel-by-kate-walbert--65310854https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sunken Cathedral: A Novel Author: Kate Walbert Narrator: Kate Walbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the highly acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award nominee, a “funny…beautiful…audacious…masterful” (J. Courtney Sullivan, The Boston Globe) novel about the way memory haunts and shapes the present. Marie and Simone, friends for decades, were once immigrants to the city, survivors of World War II in Europe. Now widows living alone in Chelsea, they remain robust, engaged, and adventurous, even as the vistas from their past interrupt their present. Helen is an art historian who takes a painting class with Marie and Simone. Sid Morris, their instructor, presides over a dusty studio in a tenement slated for condo conversion; he awakes the interest of both Simone and Marie. Elizabeth is Marie’s upstairs tenant, a woman convinced that others have a secret way of being, a confidence and certainty she lacks. She is increasingly unmoored—baffled by her teenage son, her husband, and the roles she is meant to play. In a chorus of voices, Kate Walbert, a “wickedly smart, gorgeous writer” (The New York Times Book Review), explores the growing disconnect between the world of action her characters inhabit and the longings, desires, and doubts they experience. Interweaving long narrative footnotes, Walbert paints portraits of marriage, of friendship, and of love in its many facets, always limning the inner life, the place of deepest yearning and anxiety. The Sunken Cathedral is a stunningly beautiful, profoundly wise novel about the way we live now—“fascinating, moving, and significant” (Ron Charles, The Washington Post).]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236146Tue, 09 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sunken Cathedral: A Novel Author: Kate Walbert Narrator: Kate Walbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sunken Cathedral: A Novel Author: Kate Walbert Narrator: Kate Walbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the highly acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award nominee, a “funny…beautiful…audacious…masterful” (J. Courtney Sullivan, The Boston Globe) novel about the way memory haunts and shapes the present. Marie and Simone, friends for decades, were once immigrants to the city, survivors of World War II in Europe. Now widows living alone in Chelsea, they remain robust, engaged, and adventurous, even as the vistas from their past interrupt their present. Helen is an art historian who takes a painting class with Marie and Simone. Sid Morris, their instructor, presides over a dusty studio in a tenement slated for condo conversion; he awakes the interest of both Simone and Marie. Elizabeth is Marie’s upstairs tenant, a woman convinced that others have a secret way of being, a confidence and certainty she lacks. She is increasingly unmoored—baffled by her teenage son, her husband, and the roles she is meant to play. In a chorus of voices, Kate Walbert, a “wickedly smart, gorgeous writer” (The New York Times Book Review), explores the growing disconnect between the world of action her characters inhabit and the longings, desires, and doubts they experience. Interweaving long narrative footnotes, Walbert paints portraits of marriage, of friendship, and of love in its many facets, always limning the inner life, the place of deepest yearning and anxiety. The Sunken Cathedral is a stunningly beautiful, profoundly wise novel about the way we live now—“fascinating, moving, and significant” (Ron Charles, The Washington Post).]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mireille-by-molly-cochran--65310807https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233784 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mireille Author: Molly Cochran Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Near the end of World War II, seventeen-year-old Mireille de Jouarre flees the home of her stepfather, a Nazi collaborator and abusive drunk. She finds shelter with her childhood friend Stefan, and the two fall deeply in love. But as the fighting escalates, Mireille must escape alone to Paris, where she discovers she’s pregnant and lacking a way to provide for her child. So begins her new life as l’Ange—the Angel. After an unlikely meeting with a wealthy aristocrat in a Parisian hotel—and her acceptance of his solicitation—Mireille becomes the most celebrated poule in all of France, eliciting huge fees and invitations to exclusive parties. At one of these events, Mireille meets Oliver Jordan, an American womanizer and film producer, and is soon launching a promising film career. As her star rises, Mireille is determined to bury her past. But her success isn’t as carefree and glittery as it seems, and when her daughter’s future is threatened, Mireille must make a deadly decision in a desperate attempt to finally choose her own path.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233784Tue, 09 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233784 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mireille Author: Molly Cochran Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233784 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mireille Author: Molly Cochran Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Near the end of World War II, seventeen-year-old Mireille de Jouarre flees the home of her stepfather, a Nazi collaborator and abusive drunk. She finds shelter with her childhood friend Stefan, and the two fall deeply in love. But as the fighting escalates, Mireille must escape alone to Paris, where she discovers she’s pregnant and lacking a way to provide for her child. So begins her new life as l’Ange—the Angel. After an unlikely meeting with a wealthy aristocrat in a Parisian hotel—and her acceptance of his solicitation—Mireille becomes the most celebrated poule in all of France, eliciting huge fees and invitations to exclusive parties. At one of these events, Mireille meets Oliver Jordan, an American womanizer and film producer, and is soon launching a promising film career. As her star rises, Mireille is determined to bury her past. But her success isn’t as carefree and glittery as it seems, and when her daughter’s future is threatened, Mireille must make a deadly decision in a desperate attempt to finally choose her own path.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-truth-according-to-us-a-novel-by-annie-barrows--65310806https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth According to Us: A Novel Author: Annie Barrows Narrator: Linda Montana, Julia Whelan, Danny Campbell, Ann Marie Lee, Mark Deakins, Lincoln Hoppe, Kimberly Farr, Cassandra Campbell, Kirby Heyborne, Tara Sands, Paul Michael, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society comes a wise, witty, and exuberant novel, perfect for fans of Lee Smith, that illuminates the power of loyalty and forgiveness, memory and truth, and the courage it takes to do what’s right.    Annie Barrows once again evokes the charm and eccentricity of a small town filled with extraordinary characters. Her new novel, The Truth According to Us, brings to life an inquisitive young girl, her beloved aunt, and the alluring visitor who changes the course of their destiny forever.   In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck’s father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal jobs program. Within days, Layla finds herself far from her accustomed social whirl, assigned to cover the history of the remote mill town of Macedonia, West Virginia, and destined, in her opinion, to go completely mad with boredom. But once she secures a room in the home of the unconventional Romeyn family, she is drawn into their complex world and soon discovers that the truth of the town is entangled in the thorny past of the Romeyn dynasty.   At the Romeyn house, twelve-year-old Willa is desperate to learn everything in her quest to acquire her favorite virtues of ferocity and devotion—a search that leads her into a thicket of mysteries, including the questionable business that occupies her charismatic father and the reason her adored aunt Jottie remains unmarried. Layla’s arrival strikes a match to the family veneer, bringing to light buried secrets that will tell a new tale about the Romeyns. As Willa peels back the layers of her family’s past, and Layla delves deeper into town legend, everyone involved is transformed—and their personal histories completely rewritten. Read by Ann Marie Lee, Tara Sands, and Julia Whelan, with additional readings by Cassandra Campbell, Danny Campbell, Mark Deakins, Kimberly Farr, Kirby Heyborne, Lincoln Hoppe, Paul Michael, Linda Montana, and Arthur Morey.   Praise for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society   “A jewel . . . poignant and keenly observed . . . a small masterpiece about love, war, and the immeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends.”—People   “Affirms the power of books to nourish people enduring hard times.”—The Washington Post   “This is a book for firesides or long train rides. It’s as charming and timeless as the novels for which its characters profess their love.”—San Francisco Chronicle   “A book-lover’s delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary.”—Chicago Sun-Times   “A poignant, funny novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit . . . This one is a treat.”—The Boston Globe   “Smart and delightful . . . Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233918Tue, 09 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth According to Us: A Novel Author: Annie Barrows Narrator: Linda Montana, Julia Whelan, Danny Campbell, Ann Marie Lee, Mark Deakins, Lincoln...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233918 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth According to Us: A Novel Author: Annie Barrows Narrator: Linda Montana, Julia Whelan, Danny Campbell, Ann Marie Lee, Mark Deakins, Lincoln Hoppe, Kimberly Farr, Cassandra Campbell, Kirby Heyborne, Tara Sands, Paul Michael, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society comes a wise, witty, and exuberant novel, perfect for fans of Lee Smith, that illuminates the power of loyalty and forgiveness, memory and truth, and the courage it takes to do what’s right.    Annie Barrows once again evokes the charm and eccentricity of a small town filled with extraordinary characters. Her new novel, The Truth According to Us, brings to life an inquisitive young girl, her beloved aunt, and the alluring visitor who changes the course of their destiny forever.   In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck’s father, a United States senator, cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal jobs program. Within days, Layla finds herself far from her accustomed social whirl, assigned to cover the history of the remote mill town of Macedonia, West Virginia, and destined, in her opinion, to go completely mad with boredom. But once she secures a room in the home of the unconventional Romeyn family, she is drawn into their complex world and soon discovers that the truth of the town is entangled in the thorny past of the Romeyn dynasty.   At the Romeyn house, twelve-year-old Willa is desperate to learn everything in her quest to acquire her favorite virtues of ferocity and devotion—a search that leads her into a thicket of mysteries, including the questionable business that occupies her charismatic father and the reason her adored aunt Jottie remains unmarried. Layla’s arrival strikes a match to the family veneer, bringing to light buried secrets that will tell a new tale about the Romeyns. As Willa peels back the layers of her family’s past, and Layla delves deeper into town legend, everyone involved is transformed—and their personal histories completely rewritten. Read by Ann Marie Lee, Tara Sands, and Julia Whelan, with additional readings by Cassandra Campbell, Danny Campbell, Mark Deakins, Kimberly Farr, Kirby Heyborne, Lincoln Hoppe, Paul Michael, Linda Montana, and Arthur Morey.   Praise for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society   “A jewel . . . poignant and keenly observed . . . a small masterpiece about love, war, and the immeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends.”—People   “Affirms the power of books to nourish people enduring hard times.”—The Washington Post   “This is a book for firesides or long train rides. It’s as charming and timeless as the novels for which its characters profess their love.”—San Francisco Chronicle   “A book-lover’s delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary.”—Chicago Sun-Times   “A poignant, funny novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit . . . This one is a treat.”—The Boston Globe   “Smart and delightful . . . Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ultimate-betrayal-by-kimberla-lawson-roby--65310801https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ultimate Betrayal Series: #12 of A Reverend Curtis Black Novel Author: Kimberla Lawson Roby Narrator: Tracey Leigh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.94 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It's been four years since twenty-eight-year old Alicia Black, daughter of Reverend Curtis Black, divorced her second husband, the most womanizing and corrupt man she has ever known. Since then, Alicia has been dating her first husband, Phillip Sullivan, a wonderfully kind and true man of God whom she'd hurt terribly by cheating on him. Alicia has worked hard to prove herself worthy of his trust once more, and when he asks her to marry him again, she couldn't be happier. But Levi Cunningham, the drug dealer Alicia had an extramarital affair with, has just been released from prison, and he has completely turned his life around for the better. Still head-over-heels in love with Alicia, he will do whatever is necessary to win her back. Remarrying Phillip is the one thing Alicia has wanted for years, but she can't get Levi out of her mind. Alicia and Phillip aren't the only ones in the middle of a crisis. Their best friends, husband and wife Brad and Melanie Richardson, are struggling to keep their marriage together. Workaholic Brad is never home and has begun losing thousands on bad investments. Or so he says. Melanie, who is certain there's more to the story, is determined to get at the truth. At the same time, her frustration and stress cause her to eat a lot less, and she behaves in an extreme fashion. Alicia worries that she could be suffering from anorexia, but Melanie steadfastly denies it. Their friendship begins to suffer, and it isn't long before they're talking to each other like enemies. Fresh betrayal leads to consequences no one saw coming, and Alicia's relationship with Phillip might not be the only thing that needs saving. But is it already too late?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236216Tue, 09 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ultimate Betrayal Series: #12 of A Reverend Curtis Black Novel Author: Kimberla Lawson Roby Narrator: Tracey Leigh Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236216 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ultimate Betrayal Series: #12 of A Reverend Curtis Black Novel Author: Kimberla Lawson Roby Narrator: Tracey Leigh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.94 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It's been four years since twenty-eight-year old Alicia Black, daughter of Reverend Curtis Black, divorced her second husband, the most womanizing and corrupt man she has ever known. Since then, Alicia has been dating her first husband, Phillip Sullivan, a wonderfully kind and true man of God whom she'd hurt terribly by cheating on him. Alicia has worked hard to prove herself worthy of his trust once more, and when he asks her to marry him again, she couldn't be happier. But Levi Cunningham, the drug dealer Alicia had an extramarital affair with, has just been released from prison, and he has completely turned his life around for the better. Still head-over-heels in love with Alicia, he will do whatever is necessary to win her back. Remarrying Phillip is the one thing Alicia has wanted for years, but she can't get Levi out of her mind. Alicia and Phillip aren't the only ones in the middle of a crisis. Their best friends, husband and wife Brad and Melanie Richardson, are struggling to keep their marriage together. Workaholic Brad is never home and has begun losing thousands on bad investments. Or so he says. Melanie, who is certain there's more to the story, is determined to get at the truth. At the same time, her frustration and stress cause her to eat a lot less, and she behaves in an extreme fashion. Alicia worries that she could be suffering from anorexia, but Melanie steadfastly denies it. Their friendship begins to suffer, and it isn't long before they're talking to each other like enemies. Fresh betrayal leads to consequences no one saw coming, and Alicia's relationship with Phillip might not be the only thing that needs saving. But is it already too late?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-the-single-ladies-a-novel-by-dorothea-benton-frank--65310733https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Single Ladies: A Novel Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The perennial New York Times bestselling author returns with an emotionally resonant novel that illuminates the power of friendship in women’s lives, and is filled with her trademark wit, poignant and timely themes, sassy, flesh-and-blood characters, and the steamy Southern atmosphere and beauty of her beloved Carolina Lowcountry. Few writers capture the complexities, pain, and joy of relationships—between friends, family members, husbands and wives, or lovers—as beloved New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank. In this charming, evocative, soul-touching novel, she once again takes us deep into the heart of the magical Lowcountry where three amazing middle-aged women are bonded by another amazing woman’s death. Through their shared loss they forge a deep friendship, asking critical questions. Who was their friend and what did her life mean? Are they living the lives they imagined for themselves? Will they ever be able to afford to retire? How will they maximize their happiness? Security? Health? And ultimately, their own legacies? A plan is conceived and unfurls with each turn of the tide during one sweltering summer on the Isle of Palms. Without ever fully realizing how close they were to the edge, they finally triumph amid laughter and maybe even newfound love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237685Tue, 09 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Single Ladies: A Novel Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237685 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Single Ladies: A Novel Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: June 9, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The perennial New York Times bestselling author returns with an emotionally resonant novel that illuminates the power of friendship in women’s lives, and is filled with her trademark wit, poignant and timely themes, sassy, flesh-and-blood characters, and the steamy Southern atmosphere and beauty of her beloved Carolina Lowcountry. Few writers capture the complexities, pain, and joy of relationships—between friends, family members, husbands and wives, or lovers—as beloved New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank. In this charming, evocative, soul-touching novel, she once again takes us deep into the heart of the magical Lowcountry where three amazing middle-aged women are bonded by another amazing woman’s death. Through their shared loss they forge a deep friendship, asking critical questions. Who was their friend and what did her life mean? Are they living the lives they imagined for themselves? Will they ever be able to afford to retire? How will they maximize their happiness? Security? Health? And ultimately, their own legacies? A plan is conceived and unfurls with each turn of the tide during one sweltering summer on the Isle of Palms. Without ever fully realizing how close they were to the edge, they finally triumph amid laughter and maybe even newfound love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/worthy-by-catherine-ryan-hyde--65310836https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Worthy Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Nick Podehl, Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde tells the story of two strangers coming together and uncovering a shared tragedy that kept them apart. They might’ve been a family. Virginia finally had the chance to explore a relationship with Aaron when he asked her on a date. She had been waiting, hoping that the widower and his young son, Buddy, would welcome her into their lives. But a terrible tragedy strikes on the night of their first kiss, crushing their hopes for a future together. Nineteen years later, Virginia is engaged, though she has not forgotten Aaron or Buddy. When her dog goes missing and it comes to light that her fiancé set him loose, a distraught Virginia breaks off the engagement and is alone once again. A shy young man has found the missing pet, and although he’s bonded with the animal, he answers his conscience and returns the dog. Before long, Virginia and the young man discover a connection from their pasts that will help them let go of painful memories and change their lives forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233000Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Worthy Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Nick Podehl, Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233000 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Worthy Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde Narrator: Nick Podehl, Tanya Eby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde tells the story of two strangers coming together and uncovering a shared tragedy that kept them apart. They might’ve been a family. Virginia finally had the chance to explore a relationship with Aaron when he asked her on a date. She had been waiting, hoping that the widower and his young son, Buddy, would welcome her into their lives. But a terrible tragedy strikes on the night of their first kiss, crushing their hopes for a future together. Nineteen years later, Virginia is engaged, though she has not forgotten Aaron or Buddy. When her dog goes missing and it comes to light that her fiancé set him loose, a distraught Virginia breaks off the engagement and is alone once again. A shy young man has found the missing pet, and although he’s bonded with the animal, he answers his conscience and returns the dog. Before long, Virginia and the young man discover a connection from their pasts that will help them let go of painful memories and change their lives forever.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-unlikely-event-by-judy-blume--65310816https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Unlikely Event Author: Judy Blume Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.89 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.11 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her highly anticipated new novel, Judy Blume, the New York Times # 1 best-selling author of Summer Sisters and of young adult classics such as Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, creates a richly textured and moving story of three generations of families, friends and strangers, whose lives are profoundly changed by unexpected events.   In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life. Thirty-five years earlier, when Miri was fifteen, and in love for the first time, a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling. Against this backdrop of actual events that Blume experienced in the early 1950s, when airline travel was new and exciting and everyone dreamed of going somewhere, she paints a vivid portrait of a particular time and place—Nat King Cole singing “Unforgettable,” Elizabeth Taylor haircuts, young (and not-so-young) love, explosive friendships, A-bomb hysteria, rumors of Communist threat. And a young journalist who makes his name reporting tragedy. Through it all, one generation reminds another that life goes on. In the Unlikely Event is vintage Judy Blume, with all the hallmarks of Judy Blume’s unparalleled storytelling, and full of memorable characters who cope with loss, remember the good times and, finally, wonder at the joy that keeps them going. Early reviewers have already weighed in: “Like many family stories, this one is not without its life-changing secrets and surprises. There is no surprise that the book is smoothly written, and its story compelling. The setting—the early 1950s—is especially well realized through period references and incidents.” —Booklist (starred review) and “In Blume’s latest adult novel . . . young and old alike must learn to come to terms with technological disaster and social change. Her novel is characteristically accessible, frequently charming and always deeply human.” —Publishers Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233917Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Unlikely Event Author: Judy Blume Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233917 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Unlikely Event Author: Judy Blume Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 5 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.89 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.11 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her highly anticipated new novel, Judy Blume, the New York Times # 1 best-selling author of Summer Sisters and of young adult classics such as Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, creates a richly textured and moving story of three generations of families, friends and strangers, whose lives are profoundly changed by unexpected events.   In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life. Thirty-five years earlier, when Miri was fifteen, and in love for the first time, a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving a community reeling. Against this backdrop of actual events that Blume experienced in the early 1950s, when airline travel was new and exciting and everyone dreamed of going somewhere, she paints a vivid portrait of a particular time and place—Nat King Cole singing “Unforgettable,” Elizabeth Taylor haircuts, young (and not-so-young) love, explosive friendships, A-bomb hysteria, rumors of Communist threat. And a young journalist who makes his name reporting tragedy. Through it all, one generation reminds another that life goes on. In the Unlikely Event is vintage Judy Blume, with all the hallmarks of Judy Blume’s unparalleled storytelling, and full of memorable characters who cope with loss, remember the good times and, finally, wonder at the joy that keeps them going. Early reviewers have already weighed in: “Like many family stories, this one is not without its life-changing secrets and surprises. There is no surprise that the book is smoothly written, and its story compelling. The setting—the early 1950s—is especially well realized through period references and incidents.” —Booklist (starred review) and “In Blume’s latest adult novel . . . young and old alike must learn to come to terms with technological disaster and social change. Her novel is characteristically accessible, frequently charming and always deeply human.” —Publishers Weekly]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/enchanted-august-a-novel-by-brenda-bowen--65310809https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Enchanted August: A Novel Author: Brenda Bowen Narrator: Sierra Boggess Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A charming, thoroughly engrossing novel that’s the next best thing to being there.” —People Magazine   Hopewell Cottage Little Lost Island, Maine. Old, pretty cottage to rent on a small island. Springwater, blueberries, sea glass. August. So reads an ad on Lottie Wilkes’ and Rose Arbuthnot’s children’s preschool bulletin board.   When the mothers arrive on the island, they are transformed by the salt air; the breathtaking views; the long, lazy days; and the happy routine of lobster, corn, and cocktails on the wraparound porch. By the time of the late-August blue moon, real life and its complications have finally fallen far, far away. For on this idyllic island they gradually begin to open up: to one another and to the possibilities of lives quite different from the ones they’ve been leading. Change can’t be that hard, can it?   With a cast of endearingly imperfect characters—including indie movie star Caroline Dester and an elderly Beverly Fisher, who is recovering from heartbreaking loss—and set against the beauty of a gorgeous New England summer, Enchanted August is a sparkling summer debut that brilliantly updates the beloved classic The Enchanted April in a novel of love and reawakening that is simply irresistible.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233407Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Enchanted August: A Novel Author: Brenda Bowen Narrator: Sierra Boggess Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Enchanted August: A Novel Author: Brenda Bowen Narrator: Sierra Boggess Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: June 2, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A charming, thoroughly engrossing novel that’s the next best thing to being there.” —People Magazine   Hopewell Cottage Little Lost Island, Maine. Old, pretty cottage to rent on a small island. Springwater, blueberries, sea glass. August. So reads an ad on Lottie Wilkes’ and Rose Arbuthnot’s children’s preschool bulletin board.   When the mothers arrive on the island, they are transformed by the salt air; the breathtaking views; the long, lazy days; and the happy routine of lobster, corn, and cocktails on the wraparound porch. By the time of the late-August blue moon, real life and its complications have finally fallen far, far away. For on this idyllic island they gradually begin to open up: to one another and to the possibilities of lives quite different from the ones they’ve been leading. Change can’t be that hard, can it?   With a cast of endearingly imperfect characters—including indie movie star Caroline Dester and an elderly Beverly Fisher, who is recovering from heartbreaking loss—and set against the beauty of a gorgeous New England summer, Enchanted August is a sparkling summer debut that brilliantly updates the beloved classic The Enchanted April in a novel of love and reawakening that is simply irresistible.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-tomorrow-brings-by-mary-fitzgerald--65310780https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Tomorrow Brings Author: Mary Fitzgerald Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 28, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: August 1937 Seffy Blake falls in love with Amyas Troy from the moment she sees him on a Cornish beach. But when he disappears, she is forced to face the consequences of their affair alone. In London, Seffy makes a new life for herself working as an assistant to journalist Charlie Bradford, and as Europe hurtles towards war, it is Charlie who sees her through her darkest times. But when Amyas reappears in her life, Seffy must decide whether to follow her heart, or accept her genuine love for Charlie and keep what remains of her family safe from the terrifying consequences of war.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237237Thu, 28 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Tomorrow Brings Author: Mary Fitzgerald Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 28,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237237 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What Tomorrow Brings Author: Mary Fitzgerald Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 26 minutes Release date: May 28, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: August 1937 Seffy Blake falls in love with Amyas Troy from the moment she sees him on a Cornish beach. But when he disappears, she is forced to face the consequences of their affair alone. In London, Seffy makes a new life for herself working as an assistant to journalist Charlie Bradford, and as Europe hurtles towards war, it is Charlie who sees her through her darkest times. But when Amyas reappears in her life, Seffy must decide whether to follow her heart, or accept her genuine love for Charlie and keep what remains of her family safe from the terrifying consequences of war.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rocks-a-novel-by-peter-nichols--65310871https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rocks: A Novel Author: Peter Nichols Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Irresistibly sunny…  Set in the brightly lit Mediterranean amid old olive trees and sexual intrigue, music and wine and beautiful women... Propulsive.” –The New York Times Book Review “The perfect book for pretending it's already beach season.” –O, The Oprah Magazine A romantic page-turner propelled by the sixty-year secret that has shaped two families, four lovers, and one seaside resort community. Set against dramatic Mediterranean Sea views and lush olive groves, The Rocks opens with a confrontation and a secret: What was the mysterious, catastrophic event that drove two honeymooners apart so suddenly and absolutely in 1948 that they never spoke again despite living on the same island for sixty more years? And how did their history shape the Romeo and Juliet–like romance of their (unrelated) children decades later? Centered around a popular seaside resort club and its community, The Rocks is a double love story that begins with a mystery, then moves backward in time, era by era, to unravel what really happened decades earlier. Peter Nichols writes with a pervading, soulful wisdom and self-knowing humor, and captures perfectly this world of glamorous, complicated, misbehaving types with all their sophisticated flaws and genuine longing. The result is a bittersweet, intelligent, and romantic novel about how powerful the perceived truth can be—as a bond, and as a barrier—even if it’s not really the whole story; and how one misunderstanding can echo irreparably through decades.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233383Tue, 26 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rocks: A Novel Author: Peter Nichols Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233383 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rocks: A Novel Author: Peter Nichols Narrator: Steve West Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Irresistibly sunny…  Set in the brightly lit Mediterranean amid old olive trees and sexual intrigue, music and wine and beautiful women... Propulsive.” –The New York Times Book Review “The perfect book for pretending it's already beach season.” –O, The Oprah Magazine A romantic page-turner propelled by the sixty-year secret that has shaped two families, four lovers, and one seaside resort community. Set against dramatic Mediterranean Sea views and lush olive groves, The Rocks opens with a confrontation and a secret: What was the mysterious, catastrophic event that drove two honeymooners apart so suddenly and absolutely in 1948 that they never spoke again despite living on the same island for sixty more years? And how did their history shape the Romeo and Juliet–like romance of their (unrelated) children decades later? Centered around a popular seaside resort club and its community, The Rocks is a double love story that begins with a mystery, then moves backward in time, era by era, to unravel what really happened decades earlier. Peter Nichols writes with a pervading, soulful wisdom and self-knowing humor, and captures perfectly this world of glamorous, complicated, misbehaving types with all their sophisticated flaws and genuine longing. The result is a bittersweet, intelligent, and romantic novel about how powerful the perceived truth can be—as a bond, and as a barrier—even if it’s not really the whole story; and how one misunderstanding can echo irreparably through decades.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secret-brother-by-v-c-andrews--65310862https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Brother Series: #3 of Dollanganger Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Charlotte Penfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The most unexpected Dollanganger story of them all, new from the author of Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind—both now major Lifetime movie events. A young boy suffers amnesia from a trauma he suffered in what feels like must have been another life. He’s adopted into a wealthy family—but what will happen when he learns the truth about his past?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233939Tue, 26 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Brother Series: #3 of Dollanganger Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Charlotte Penfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233939 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Brother Series: #3 of Dollanganger Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Charlotte Penfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.63 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The most unexpected Dollanganger story of them all, new from the author of Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind—both now major Lifetime movie events. A young boy suffers amnesia from a trauma he suffered in what feels like must have been another life. He’s adopted into a wealthy family—but what will happen when he learns the truth about his past?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gai-jin-the-epic-novel-of-the-birth-of-modern-japan-by-james-clavell--65310831https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234120 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gai-Jin: The Epic Novel of the Birth of Modern Japan Series: #3 of The Asian Saga Author: James Clavell Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 50 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The dynamic epic novel of political upheaval and societal change in late 1800s Japan, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell This epic novel by master writer James Clavell, loosely based on the Namamugi Incident and Anglo-Satsuma War that took place in the late 1800s, is a richly researched, panoramic view of Japan’s budding relationship with the Western powers, its sweeping societal changes, and the political upheaval that followed. As Malcolm Struan, the son of Culum and Tess Struan, and a small band of Westerners travel down the Tōkaidō road, they are attacked by two Satsuma samurai, who mortally wound John Canterbury and seriously injure Malcolm, who then finds reprieve in the merchant village of Yokohama after a narrow escape facilitated by the unscathed Angelique. Angelique Richaud, Malcolm’s penniless but beautiful French companion, is thrown into a world of political intrigue, fierce devotion, unstable family dynamics, blackmail, and secrets as the trading houses battle for supremacy. With a cast of dynamic and fully recognized characters, Gai-Jin spins a tale of passionate love affairs, devastating loss, intense power struggles, and the fight to survive and thrive in a hostile new land that will leave readers longing for another foray into Clavell’s extraordinary Asian Saga.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234120Tue, 26 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234120 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gai-Jin: The Epic Novel of the Birth of Modern Japan Series: #3 of The Asian Saga Author: James Clavell Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234120 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gai-Jin: The Epic Novel of the Birth of Modern Japan Series: #3 of The Asian Saga Author: James Clavell Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 50 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The dynamic epic novel of political upheaval and societal change in late 1800s Japan, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell This epic novel by master writer James Clavell, loosely based on the Namamugi Incident and Anglo-Satsuma War that took place in the late 1800s, is a richly researched, panoramic view of Japan’s budding relationship with the Western powers, its sweeping societal changes, and the political upheaval that followed. As Malcolm Struan, the son of Culum and Tess Struan, and a small band of Westerners travel down the Tōkaidō road, they are attacked by two Satsuma samurai, who mortally wound John Canterbury and seriously injure Malcolm, who then finds reprieve in the merchant village of Yokohama after a narrow escape facilitated by the unscathed Angelique. Angelique Richaud, Malcolm’s penniless but beautiful French companion, is thrown into a world of political intrigue, fierce devotion, unstable family dynamics, blackmail, and secrets as the trading houses battle for supremacy. With a cast of dynamic and fully recognized characters, Gai-Jin spins a tale of passionate love affairs, devastating loss, intense power struggles, and the fight to survive and thrive in a hostile new land that will leave readers longing for another foray into Clavell’s extraordinary Asian Saga.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-souls-at-night-a-novel-by-kent-haruf--65310830https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Souls at Night: A novel Author: Kent Haruf Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.03 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 12 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf’s inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have known of each other for decades; in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis’s wife. His daughter lives hours away in Colorado Springs, her son even farther away in Grand Junction, and Addie and Louis have long been living alone in houses now empty of family, the nights so terribly lonely, especially with no one to talk with. Their brave adventures—their pleasures and their difficulties—are hugely involving and truly resonant, making Our Souls at Night the perfect final installment to this beloved writer’s enduring contribution to American literature.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233387Tue, 26 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Souls at Night: A novel Author: Kent Haruf Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Souls at Night: A novel Author: Kent Haruf Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.03 of Total 31 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 12 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf’s inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have known of each other for decades; in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis’s wife. His daughter lives hours away in Colorado Springs, her son even farther away in Grand Junction, and Addie and Louis have long been living alone in houses now empty of family, the nights so terribly lonely, especially with no one to talk with. Their brave adventures—their pleasures and their difficulties—are hugely involving and truly resonant, making Our Souls at Night the perfect final installment to this beloved writer’s enduring contribution to American literature.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-shore-a-novel-by-sara-taylor--65310815https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shore: A Novel Author: Sara Taylor Narrator: MacLeod Andrews, Jenna Lamia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An ambitious, Baileys prize-nominated debut set in an unforgettable place, introducing a powerful new voice in fiction The Shore: a group of small islands in the Chesapeake Bay, just off the coast of Virginia. The Shore is clumps of evergreens, wild ponies, oyster-shell roads, tumble-down houses, unwanted pregnancies, murder, and dark magic in the marshes. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it's a place that generations of families both wealthy and destitute have inhabited, fled, and returned to for hundreds of years. From a half-Shawnee Indian's bold choice to escape an abusive home only to find herself with a man who will one day try to kill her, to a brave young girl's determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, the characters in this remarkable novel have deep connections to the land, and a resilience that only the place they call home could create.    Through a series of interconnecting narratives that recalls the work of David Mitchell and Jennifer Egan, Sara Taylor brings to life the small miracles and miseries of a community of outsiders, and the bonds of blood and fate that connect them all. Spanning over a century, dreamlike and yet impossibly real, profound and playful, The Shore is a breathtakingly ambitious and accomplished work of fiction by a young writer of remarkable promise.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233388Tue, 26 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shore: A Novel Author: Sara Taylor Narrator: MacLeod Andrews, Jenna Lamia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shore: A Novel Author: Sara Taylor Narrator: MacLeod Andrews, Jenna Lamia Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: May 26, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An ambitious, Baileys prize-nominated debut set in an unforgettable place, introducing a powerful new voice in fiction The Shore: a group of small islands in the Chesapeake Bay, just off the coast of Virginia. The Shore is clumps of evergreens, wild ponies, oyster-shell roads, tumble-down houses, unwanted pregnancies, murder, and dark magic in the marshes. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it's a place that generations of families both wealthy and destitute have inhabited, fled, and returned to for hundreds of years. From a half-Shawnee Indian's bold choice to escape an abusive home only to find herself with a man who will one day try to kill her, to a brave young girl's determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, the characters in this remarkable novel have deep connections to the land, and a resilience that only the place they call home could create.    Through a series of interconnecting narratives that recalls the work of David Mitchell and Jennifer Egan, Sara Taylor brings to life the small miracles and miseries of a community of outsiders, and the bonds of blood and fate that connect them all. Spanning over a century, dreamlike and yet impossibly real, profound and playful, The Shore is a breathtakingly ambitious and accomplished work of fiction by a young writer of remarkable promise.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ice-twins-a-novel-by-s-k-tremayne--65310867https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ice Twins: A Novel Author: S.K. Tremayne Narrator: Sandra Duncan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 1.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of The Girl on the Train comes the UK bestseller The Ice Twins, a terrifying psychological thriller with a twisting plot worthy of Gillian Flynn. One of Sarah's daughters died. But can she be sure which one? A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcroft move to the tiny Scottish island Angus inherited from his grandmother, hoping to put together the pieces of their shattered lives. But when their surviving daughter, Kirstie, claims they have mistaken her identity--that she, in fact, is Lydia--their world comes crashing down once again. As winter encroaches, Angus is forced to travel away from the island for work, Sarah is feeling isolated, and Kirstie (or is it Lydia?) is growing more disturbed. When a violent storm leaves Sarah and her daughter stranded, they are forced to confront what really happened on that fateful day.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232065Tue, 19 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ice Twins: A Novel Author: S.K. Tremayne Narrator: Sandra Duncan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ice Twins: A Novel Author: S.K. Tremayne Narrator: Sandra Duncan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.86 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 1.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the tradition of The Girl on the Train comes the UK bestseller The Ice Twins, a terrifying psychological thriller with a twisting plot worthy of Gillian Flynn. One of Sarah's daughters died. But can she be sure which one? A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcroft move to the tiny Scottish island Angus inherited from his grandmother, hoping to put together the pieces of their shattered lives. But when their surviving daughter, Kirstie, claims they have mistaken her identity--that she, in fact, is Lydia--their world comes crashing down once again. As winter encroaches, Angus is forced to travel away from the island for work, Sarah is feeling isolated, and Kirstie (or is it Lydia?) is growing more disturbed. When a violent storm leaves Sarah and her daughter stranded, they are forced to confront what really happened on that fateful day.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-summer-s-end-by-mary-alice-monroe--65310857https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer’s End Series: #3 of The Lowcountry Summer Series Author: Mary Alice Monroe Narrator: Mary Alice Monroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the powerful and heartwarming conclusion to her bestselling Lowcountry Summer trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe brings her readers back to the charm and sultry beauty of Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, to reveal how the pull of family bonds and true love is as strong and steady as the tides. It is summer’s end, and Sea Breeze, the family’s beloved estate on Sullivan’s Island, must be sold. It is an emotional time of transition as Mamaw and the three sisters each must face loss and find a new place in the world. Harper, the youngest sister, arrives at Sea Breeze intending to stay only a weekend. But a rift with her wealthy, influential mother leaves her without direction or a home. During this remarkable summer, free from her mother’s tyranny and with the help of her half-sisters, Harper discovers her talents and independent spirit. But summer is ending, and the fate of Sea Breeze hinges on her courage to decide the course of her own life. To do so she must release her insecurities and recognize her newfound strengths. Harper must accept love fully into her life—the love of Mamaw, Carson, and Dora, the love of Sea Breeze and the lowcountry, and most of all, the love of a wounded warrior who has claimed her heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233747Tue, 19 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer’s End Series: #3 of The Lowcountry Summer Series Author: Mary Alice Monroe Narrator: Mary Alice Monroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Summer’s End Series: #3 of The Lowcountry Summer Series Author: Mary Alice Monroe Narrator: Mary Alice Monroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the powerful and heartwarming conclusion to her bestselling Lowcountry Summer trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe brings her readers back to the charm and sultry beauty of Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, to reveal how the pull of family bonds and true love is as strong and steady as the tides. It is summer’s end, and Sea Breeze, the family’s beloved estate on Sullivan’s Island, must be sold. It is an emotional time of transition as Mamaw and the three sisters each must face loss and find a new place in the world. Harper, the youngest sister, arrives at Sea Breeze intending to stay only a weekend. But a rift with her wealthy, influential mother leaves her without direction or a home. During this remarkable summer, free from her mother’s tyranny and with the help of her half-sisters, Harper discovers her talents and independent spirit. But summer is ending, and the fate of Sea Breeze hinges on her courage to decide the course of her own life. To do so she must release her insecurities and recognize her newfound strengths. Harper must accept love fully into her life—the love of Mamaw, Carson, and Dora, the love of Sea Breeze and the lowcountry, and most of all, the love of a wounded warrior who has claimed her heart.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sweetheart-deal-by-polly-dugan--65310856https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sweetheart Deal Author: Polly Dugan Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Leo has long joked that, in the event of his death, he wants his best friend Garrett, a lifelong bachelor, to marry his wife, Audrey. One drunken night, he goes so far as to make Garrett promise to do so. Then, twelve years later, Leo, a veteran firefighter, dies in a skiing accident. As Audrey navigates her new role as widow and single parent, Garrett quits his job in Boston and buys a one-way ticket out west. Before long, Audrey's feelings for Garrett become more than platonic, and Garrett finds himself falling for Audrey, her boys, and their life together in Portland. When Audrey finds out about the drunken pact from years ago, though, the harmless promise that brought Garrett into her world becomes the obstacle to his remaining in it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234426Tue, 19 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sweetheart Deal Author: Polly Dugan Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234426 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sweetheart Deal Author: Polly Dugan Narrator: Kathleen McInerney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Leo has long joked that, in the event of his death, he wants his best friend Garrett, a lifelong bachelor, to marry his wife, Audrey. One drunken night, he goes so far as to make Garrett promise to do so. Then, twelve years later, Leo, a veteran firefighter, dies in a skiing accident. As Audrey navigates her new role as widow and single parent, Garrett quits his job in Boston and buys a one-way ticket out west. Before long, Audrey's feelings for Garrett become more than platonic, and Garrett finds himself falling for Audrey, her boys, and their life together in Portland. When Audrey finds out about the drunken pact from years ago, though, the harmless promise that brought Garrett into her world becomes the obstacle to his remaining in it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mountain-can-wait-by-sarah-leipciger--65310837https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountain Can Wait Author: Sarah Leipciger Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Tragedy erupts in an instant. Lives are shattered irrevocably. A young man drives off into the night, leaving a girl injured, perhaps fatally so. From that cliffhanger opening, Leipciger takes readers back and forward in time to tell the haunting story of one family's unraveling in rural logging country where the land is still the economic backbone. Like the novels of Annie Proulx, this debut is rooted in richly detailed nature writing and sharply focused on small town mores and regional culture. Marrying the propulsive story of a father and son who, in the wake of catastrophe, must confront their private demons to reach for redemption with an evocative meditation on our environmental legacy, The Mountain Can Wait introduces Leipciger as an exciting talent.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231803Tue, 19 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountain Can Wait Author: Sarah Leipciger Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 19,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231803 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mountain Can Wait Author: Sarah Leipciger Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 19, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Tragedy erupts in an instant. Lives are shattered irrevocably. A young man drives off into the night, leaving a girl injured, perhaps fatally so. From that cliffhanger opening, Leipciger takes readers back and forward in time to tell the haunting story of one family's unraveling in rural logging country where the land is still the economic backbone. Like the novels of Annie Proulx, this debut is rooted in richly detailed nature writing and sharply focused on small town mores and regional culture. Marrying the propulsive story of a father and son who, in the wake of catastrophe, must confront their private demons to reach for redemption with an evocative meditation on our environmental legacy, The Mountain Can Wait introduces Leipciger as an exciting talent.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-love-and-war-by-lily-baxter--65310804https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Love and War Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 14, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A compelling wartime novel of love, loss and rememberance from the bestselling author of The Shopkeeper's Daughter. August 1914. With the approach of war about to bring tragedy and heartache to families all over England, Elsie longs to do her duty for King and country. She heads to London to act as an interpreter for thousands of Belgium refugees. But although she enjoys her work, she longs to do more. And when the opportunity arises she joins the foreign office, travelling to France as an undercover agent. When circumstances force her to return home, she joins the FANYs. And on the battlefields of Europe, she must find the courage to help save lives, each day hoping that one day she’ll be reunited with the man she loves.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237146Thu, 14 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Love and War Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 14, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237146 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Love and War Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 14, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A compelling wartime novel of love, loss and rememberance from the bestselling author of The Shopkeeper's Daughter. August 1914. With the approach of war about to bring tragedy and heartache to families all over England, Elsie longs to do her duty for King and country. She heads to London to act as an interpreter for thousands of Belgium refugees. But although she enjoys her work, she longs to do more. And when the opportunity arises she joins the foreign office, travelling to France as an undercover agent. When circumstances force her to return home, she joins the FANYs. And on the battlefields of Europe, she must find the courage to help save lives, each day hoping that one day she’ll be reunited with the man she loves.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-green-road-by-anne-enright--65310835https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233467 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Green Road Author: Anne Enright Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins, Gerard Doyle, Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From internationally acclaimed, Man Booker Prize–winning author Anne Enright comes a shattering novel set in a small town on Ireland’s Atlantic coast. The Green Road is a tale of family and fracture, compassion and selfishness—a book about the gaps in the human heart and how we strive to fill them. Spanning thirty years, The Green Road tells the story of Rosaleen, matriarch of the Madigans, a family on the cusp of either coming together or falling irreparably apart. As they grow up, Rosaleen’s four children leave the west of Ireland for lives they could have never imagined in Dublin, New York, and Mali, West Africa. In her early old age their difficult, wonderful mother announces that she’s decided to sell the house and divide the proceeds. Her adult children come back for a last Christmas, with the feeling that their childhoods are being erased, their personal history bought and sold. A profoundly moving work about a family’s desperate attempt to recover the relationships they’ve lost and forge the ones they never had, The Green Road is Enright’s most mature, accomplished, and unforgettable novel to date.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233467Mon, 11 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233467 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Green Road Author: Anne Enright Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins, Gerard Doyle, Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233467 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Green Road Author: Anne Enright Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins, Gerard Doyle, Lloyd James Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 47 minutes Release date: May 11, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From internationally acclaimed, Man Booker Prize–winning author Anne Enright comes a shattering novel set in a small town on Ireland’s Atlantic coast. The Green Road is a tale of family and fracture, compassion and selfishness—a book about the gaps in the human heart and how we strive to fill them. Spanning thirty years, The Green Road tells the story of Rosaleen, matriarch of the Madigans, a family on the cusp of either coming together or falling irreparably apart. As they grow up, Rosaleen’s four children leave the west of Ireland for lives they could have never imagined in Dublin, New York, and Mali, West Africa. In her early old age their difficult, wonderful mother announces that she’s decided to sell the house and divide the proceeds. Her adult children come back for a last Christmas, with the feeling that their childhoods are being erased, their personal history bought and sold. A profoundly moving work about a family’s desperate attempt to recover the relationships they’ve lost and forge the ones they never had, The Green Road is Enright’s most mature, accomplished, and unforgettable novel to date.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/once-pregnant-twice-shy-by-red-garnier--65310865https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233244 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once Pregnant, Twice Shy Author: Red Garnier Narrator: Kate Turnbull Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 8, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What's one impulsive night between old friends? Tied together by tragedy, business tycoon Garrett Gage has always vowed to protect Kate Devaney-at all costs. What he doesn't expect is that she'd someday need protection from him. When did Kate blossom from an orphaned little girl into a breathtaking woman? And what possessed him to forsake a deathbed vow and take vulnerable Kate into his arms, into his bed? Now that they'd been intimate, things have changed-more than Garrett could possibly know. Kate is carrying his child. And along with that, a secret that could change everything .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233244Fri, 08 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233244 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once Pregnant, Twice Shy Author: Red Garnier Narrator: Kate Turnbull Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 8, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233244 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once Pregnant, Twice Shy Author: Red Garnier Narrator: Kate Turnbull Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 8, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What's one impulsive night between old friends? Tied together by tragedy, business tycoon Garrett Gage has always vowed to protect Kate Devaney-at all costs. What he doesn't expect is that she'd someday need protection from him. When did Kate blossom from an orphaned little girl into a breathtaking woman? And what possessed him to forsake a deathbed vow and take vulnerable Kate into his arms, into his bed? Now that they'd been intimate, things have changed-more than Garrett could possibly know. Kate is carrying his child. And along with that, a secret that could change everything .]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-be-good-by-nick-hornby--65310808https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to be Good Author: Nick Hornby Narrator: Clare Higgins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of How to be Good by Nick Hornby, read by Claire Higgins. According to her own complex moral calculations, Katie Carr has earned her affair. She's a doctor, after all, and doctors are decent people, and on top of that, her husband David is the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway. But when David suddenly becomes good - properly, maddeningly, give-away-all-his-money good - Katie's sums no longer add up, and she is forced to ask herself some very hard questions. Nick Hornby's brilliant new novel, a No. 1 bestseller in the UK and Ireland, offers a painfully funny account of modern marriage and parenthood, and asks that most difficult of questions: what does it mean to be good?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236265Thu, 07 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to be Good Author: Nick Hornby Narrator: Clare Higgins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236265 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to be Good Author: Nick Hornby Narrator: Clare Higgins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of How to be Good by Nick Hornby, read by Claire Higgins. According to her own complex moral calculations, Katie Carr has earned her affair. She's a doctor, after all, and doctors are decent people, and on top of that, her husband David is the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway. But when David suddenly becomes good - properly, maddeningly, give-away-all-his-money good - Katie's sums no longer add up, and she is forced to ask herself some very hard questions. Nick Hornby's brilliant new novel, a No. 1 bestseller in the UK and Ireland, offers a painfully funny account of modern marriage and parenthood, and asks that most difficult of questions: what does it mean to be good?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shoes-for-anthony-by-emma-kennedy--65310762https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shoes for Anthony Author: Emma Kennedy Narrator: Emma Kennedy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘They’re running wild. Feral! If I had a shilling for every time a Scott Street boy said he was doing something when he was doing something else entirely I’d be living in Cardiff in a house made of Lardy cake. What did I say? Bad things will happen!’ The idea of the war coming to their small, impoverished Welsh mining village always seemed remote, but with one explosive event and the arrival of the Americans preparing for the invasion of France, the people of Treherbert find their world turned upside down. But war brings distrust, lies and danger. And as the villagers find themselves hopelessly divided, Anthony, an 11-year-old who hasn’t had a pair of shoes in years, is going to have to choose between what is popular and what is right. Joyous, thrilling and nostalgic, Emma Kennedy’s Shoes For Anthony will have you wiping your eyes one moment and beaming from ear-to-ear the next.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237235Thu, 07 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shoes for Anthony Author: Emma Kennedy Narrator: Emma Kennedy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237235 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shoes for Anthony Author: Emma Kennedy Narrator: Emma Kennedy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ‘They’re running wild. Feral! If I had a shilling for every time a Scott Street boy said he was doing something when he was doing something else entirely I’d be living in Cardiff in a house made of Lardy cake. What did I say? Bad things will happen!’ The idea of the war coming to their small, impoverished Welsh mining village always seemed remote, but with one explosive event and the arrival of the Americans preparing for the invasion of France, the people of Treherbert find their world turned upside down. But war brings distrust, lies and danger. And as the villagers find themselves hopelessly divided, Anthony, an 11-year-old who hasn’t had a pair of shoes in years, is going to have to choose between what is popular and what is right. Joyous, thrilling and nostalgic, Emma Kennedy’s Shoes For Anthony will have you wiping your eyes one moment and beaming from ear-to-ear the next.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-god-in-ruins-by-kate-atkinson--65310736https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A God in Ruins Series: #2 of Todd Family Author: Kate Atkinson Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Kate Atkinson’s dazzling Life After Life, one of the top selling adult books of 2014, explored the possibility of infinite chances, as Ursula Todd lived through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. In A God in Ruins, Atkinson turns her focus on Ursula’s beloved younger brother Teddy – would-be poet, RAF bomber pilot, husband and father – as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. A God in Ruins is a masterful companion to Life After Life, and will prove once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the finest novelists of our age.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241270Thu, 07 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A God in Ruins Series: #2 of Todd Family Author: Kate Atkinson Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241270 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A God in Ruins Series: #2 of Todd Family Author: Kate Atkinson Narrator: Alex Jennings Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 7, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Kate Atkinson’s dazzling Life After Life, one of the top selling adult books of 2014, explored the possibility of infinite chances, as Ursula Todd lived through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. In A God in Ruins, Atkinson turns her focus on Ursula’s beloved younger brother Teddy – would-be poet, RAF bomber pilot, husband and father – as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. A God in Ruins is a masterful companion to Life After Life, and will prove once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the finest novelists of our age.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gospel-of-loki-by-joanne-m-harris--65310832https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231953 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gospel of Loki Author: Joanne M. Harris Narrator: Allan Corduner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A surprise from the author of Chocolat,” New York Times bestselling author Joanne M. Harris, “this pacy adult fantasy is narrated by Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief” (Vogue). This novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods—retold from the point of view of the world’s ultimate trickster, Loki. A #1 bestseller in the UK, The Gospel of Loki tells the story of Loki’s recruitment from the underworld of Chaos, his many exploits on behalf of his one-eyed master, Odin, through to his eventual betrayal of the gods and the fall of Asgard itself. Using her lifelong passion for the Norse myths, New York Times bestseller Joanne M. Harris has created a vibrant and powerful fantasy novel that the Sunday Sun recommends “to her long-standing audience with wit, style, and obvious enjoyment;” The Sunday Times claims it “lively and fun;” and The Metro adds that “Harris has enormous fun with her antihero...this mythical bad boy should beguile fans of Neil Gaiman.”]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231953Tue, 05 May 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231953 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gospel of Loki Author: Joanne M. Harris Narrator: Allan Corduner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231953 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gospel of Loki Author: Joanne M. Harris Narrator: Allan Corduner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 5, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A surprise from the author of Chocolat,” New York Times bestselling author Joanne M. Harris, “this pacy adult fantasy is narrated by Loki, the Norse god of fire and mischief” (Vogue). This novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods—retold from the point of view of the world’s ultimate trickster, Loki. A #1 bestseller in the UK, The Gospel of Loki tells the story of Loki’s recruitment from the underworld of Chaos, his many exploits on behalf of his one-eyed master, Odin, through to his eventual betrayal of the gods and the fall of Asgard itself. Using her lifelong passion for the Norse myths, New York Times bestseller Joanne M. Harris has created a vibrant and powerful fantasy novel that the Sunday Sun recommends “to her long-standing audience with wit, style, and obvious enjoyment;” The Sunday Times claims it “lively and fun;” and The Metro adds that “Harris has enormous fun with her antihero...this mythical bad boy should beguile fans of Neil Gaiman.”]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-devotion-a-rat-story-by-maile-meloy--65310864https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Devotion: A Rat Story Author: Maile Meloy Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From one of the most popular and acclaimed story writers of her generation, a single-volume short story from the author of 2017's Do Not Become Alarmed, a beautifully packaged palm-sized gift book. “That the yellow house was thrillingly affordable might have been a warning sign, if Eleanor had known how to read it. But she’d been desperate. She was sharing a room with her four-year-old daughter, Hattie, in her parents’ house, and she had to get out.”   From the award-winning novelist and short story writer Maile Meloy, Devotion: A Rat Story is an exquisitely unsettling tale about a young single mother whose new home becomes a kind of nightmare she must resolve on her own. Eleanor is in such a rush to move away from her parents that she allows an imperious realtor to rush her to close on the too-good-to-be-true home without an inspection. Shortly after the house becomes legally hers—with every cent and all of her pride and future tied up in the property—the giant rats show themselves. In the yard, in the kitchen, on her daughter’s bed. A walk around the block reveals a decrepit neighboring house where two elderly sisters are feeding and fostering thousands of unusal “pets.” What has Eleanor done? What action can she possibly take now? In Meloy’s characteristically clean, assured style, she captures the hopes and horrors of domestic life with an element of suspense that drives the reader feverishly to the end.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233394Tue, 28 Apr 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Devotion: A Rat Story Author: Maile Meloy Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 53 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233394 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Devotion: A Rat Story Author: Maile Meloy Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 53 minutes Release date: April 28, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From one of the most popular and acclaimed story writers of her generation, a single-volume short story from the author of 2017's Do Not Become Alarmed, a beautifully packaged palm-sized gift book. “That the yellow house was thrillingly affordable might have been a warning sign, if Eleanor had known how to read it. But she’d been desperate. She was sharing a room with her four-year-old daughter, Hattie, in her parents’ house, and she had to get out.”   From the award-winning novelist and short story writer Maile Meloy, Devotion: A Rat Story is an exquisitely unsettling tale about a young single mother whose new home becomes a kind of nightmare she must resolve on her own. Eleanor is in such a rush to move away from her parents that she allows an imperious realtor to rush her to close on the too-good-to-be-true home without an inspection. Shortly after the house becomes legally hers—with every cent and all of her pride and future tied up in the property—the giant rats show themselves. In the yard, in the kitchen, on her daughter’s bed. A walk around the block reveals a decrepit neighboring house where two elderly sisters are feeding and fostering thousands of unusal “pets.” What has Eleanor done? What action can she possibly take now? In Meloy’s characteristically clean, assured style, she captures the hopes and horrors of domestic life with an element of suspense that drives the reader feverishly to the end.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-place-called-home-by-dilly-court--65310701https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place Called Home Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Willow Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The wonderfully nostalgic and heartwarming new novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of The Beggar Maid. Born out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen, Lucy Pocket has spent all her life in the care of her disreputable but charming grandmother, Eva. They dodge from one poor lodging house to another, always in debt and resorting to theft in order to exist. Until her wealthy paternal grandfather buys her from Eva, determined to bring Lucy up to be a lady. When her grandfather dies, his despicable nephew cheats Lucy out of her inheritance, except for a run-down lodging house in Whitechapel, where she is forced to look after his three illegitimate children. Jilted by her would-be fiancé, Lucy is determined to make a life for herself and the children, and to search for her long lost grandmother, creating the family she has always longed for.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241294Thu, 19 Mar 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place Called Home Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Willow Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 19, 2015...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Place Called Home Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Willow Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The wonderfully nostalgic and heartwarming new novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of The Beggar Maid. Born out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen, Lucy Pocket has spent all her life in the care of her disreputable but charming grandmother, Eva. They dodge from one poor lodging house to another, always in debt and resorting to theft in order to exist. Until her wealthy paternal grandfather buys her from Eva, determined to bring Lucy up to be a lady. When her grandfather dies, his despicable nephew cheats Lucy out of her inheritance, except for a run-down lodging house in Whitechapel, where she is forced to look after his three illegitimate children. Jilted by her would-be fiancé, Lucy is determined to make a life for herself and the children, and to search for her long lost grandmother, creating the family she has always longed for.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/while-we-re-apart-by-ellie-dean--65310658https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While We're Apart Series: #8 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The compelling new Second World War novel from Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of Some Lucky Day. It is 1942 and England is at war. Mary Jones has just celebrated her eighteenth birthday and said goodbye to her childhood sweetheart Jack, when she learns that her house has taken a direct hit during a tip and run raid. With both her parents dead and her home destroyed, a distraught Mary moves in with Jack’s parents. But her father's trunk is still intact amid the ruins, and Mary discovers a shocking secret amongst his diaries. Mary travels to Cliffehaven on the south coast in search of answers. Here she is billeted with Peggy Reilly’s fearsome sister, Doris. When warm-hearted Peggy befriends Mary, she discovers the young woman’s secret. But she begins to regret getting involved, for there can only be trouble ahead...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241304Thu, 19 Feb 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While We're Apart Series: #8 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241304 to listen full audiobooks. Title: While We're Apart Series: #8 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 19, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The compelling new Second World War novel from Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of Some Lucky Day. It is 1942 and England is at war. Mary Jones has just celebrated her eighteenth birthday and said goodbye to her childhood sweetheart Jack, when she learns that her house has taken a direct hit during a tip and run raid. With both her parents dead and her home destroyed, a distraught Mary moves in with Jack’s parents. But her father's trunk is still intact amid the ruins, and Mary discovers a shocking secret amongst his diaries. Mary travels to Cliffehaven on the south coast in search of answers. Here she is billeted with Peggy Reilly’s fearsome sister, Doris. When warm-hearted Peggy befriends Mary, she discovers the young woman’s secret. But she begins to regret getting involved, for there can only be trouble ahead...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-spool-of-blue-thread-shortlisted-for-the-booker-prize-2015-by-anne-tyler--65310725https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Spool of Blue Thread: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2015 Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.2 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZE A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK ‘It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon…’ This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red fell in love that summer’s day in 1959. The whole family on the porch, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so many times before. From that porch we spool back through the generations, witnessing the events, secrets and unguarded moments that have come to define the family. From Red’s father and mother, newly arrived in Baltimore in the 1920s, to Abby and Red’s grandchildren carrying the family legacy boisterously into the twenty-first century – four generations of Whitshanks, their lives unfolding in and around the sprawling, lovingly worn Baltimore house that has always been their home… 'One of my favourite authors' Liane Moriarty 'She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan 'Anne Tyler has no peer' Anita Shreve 'Anne Tyler is one of my favourite writers and this is a delicious book' Rachel Joyce]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241306Tue, 10 Feb 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Spool of Blue Thread: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2015 Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241306 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Spool of Blue Thread: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2015 Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 10, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.2 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZE A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK ‘It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon…’ This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red fell in love that summer’s day in 1959. The whole family on the porch, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so many times before. From that porch we spool back through the generations, witnessing the events, secrets and unguarded moments that have come to define the family. From Red’s father and mother, newly arrived in Baltimore in the 1920s, to Abby and Red’s grandchildren carrying the family legacy boisterously into the twenty-first century – four generations of Whitshanks, their lives unfolding in and around the sprawling, lovingly worn Baltimore house that has always been their home… 'One of my favourite authors' Liane Moriarty 'She spins gold' Elizabeth Buchan 'Anne Tyler has no peer' Anita Shreve 'Anne Tyler is one of my favourite writers and this is a delicious book' Rachel Joyce]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-downstairs-maid-by-rosie-clarke--65310649https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Downstairs Maid Author: Rosie Clarke Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 29, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She is a servant girl... When her father becomes ill, Emily Carter finds herself sent into service at Priorsfield Manor in order to provide the family with an income. He will be the Lord of the Manor... Emily strikes up an unlikely friendship with the daughters of the house, as well as Nicolas, son of the Earl. But as the threat of war comes ever closer, she becomes even more aware of the vast differences between upstairs and downstairs, servant and master... If you like Downton Abbey you’ll love this!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241331Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Downstairs Maid Author: Rosie Clarke Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 29,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Downstairs Maid Author: Rosie Clarke Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 29, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She is a servant girl... When her father becomes ill, Emily Carter finds herself sent into service at Priorsfield Manor in order to provide the family with an income. He will be the Lord of the Manor... Emily strikes up an unlikely friendship with the daughters of the house, as well as Nicolas, son of the Earl. But as the threat of war comes ever closer, she becomes even more aware of the vast differences between upstairs and downstairs, servant and master... If you like Downton Abbey you’ll love this!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/girls-in-white-dresses-by-jennifer-close--65310645https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls in White Dresses Author: Jennifer Close Narrator: Emily Janice Card Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 8, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ever feel like everyone but you has their life under control? Isabella, Mary and Lauren feel like everyone they know has a plan, a good job, and a nice boyfriend. Isabella, on the other hand, thinks she might hate her own boyfriend, Mary is working so hard she's hoping to get hit by a car just so she can have some time off work and Lauren is dating a man who can't spell her first name. All three of them have been friends since college, and now - more than ever - they need each other, as they struggle through those thrilling, bewildering, what-on-earth-am-I-doing years when everyone else is getting married and they're just getting drunk.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241337Thu, 08 Jan 2015 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls in White Dresses Author: Jennifer Close Narrator: Emily Janice Card Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241337 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Girls in White Dresses Author: Jennifer Close Narrator: Emily Janice Card Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 8, 2015 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ever feel like everyone but you has their life under control? Isabella, Mary and Lauren feel like everyone they know has a plan, a good job, and a nice boyfriend. Isabella, on the other hand, thinks she might hate her own boyfriend, Mary is working so hard she's hoping to get hit by a car just so she can have some time off work and Lauren is dating a man who can't spell her first name. All three of them have been friends since college, and now - more than ever - they need each other, as they struggle through those thrilling, bewildering, what-on-earth-am-I-doing years when everyone else is getting married and they're just getting drunk.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-loving-family-by-dilly-court--65310747https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Loving Family Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 6, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She longed to be reunited with her family. The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Workhouse Girl. Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-mouth. Leaving her mother and younger brother and sister behind, Stella goes to a big country house outside London. When she returns home one Sunday, she discovers they have disappeared. Thrown out of their lodgings, no one knows where they have gone. Seven years later it looks likely Stella will soon become Cook. But circumstances compel her to flee with no references and only a few personal possessions to her name. She has never forgotten her loving family and is determined to find out what happened to them – once and for all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241346Thu, 06 Nov 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Loving Family Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 6, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241346 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Loving Family Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 6, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: She longed to be reunited with her family. The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Workhouse Girl. Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-mouth. Leaving her mother and younger brother and sister behind, Stella goes to a big country house outside London. When she returns home one Sunday, she discovers they have disappeared. Thrown out of their lodgings, no one knows where they have gone. Seven years later it looks likely Stella will soon become Cook. But circumstances compel her to flee with no references and only a few personal possessions to her name. She has never forgotten her loving family and is determined to find out what happened to them – once and for all.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lives-of-others-by-neel-mukherjee--65310655https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of Others Author: Neel Mukherjee Narrator: Raj Ghatak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee, read by Raj Ghatak. ***Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014*** ***Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2014*** ***WINNER of the Encore Award 2014*** ‘Ma, I feel exhausted with consuming, with taking and grabbing and using. I am so bloated that I feel I cannot breathe any more. I am leaving to find some air, some place where I shall be able to purge myself, push back against the life given me and make my own. I feel I live in a borrowed house. It’s time to find my own… Forgive me…’ Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is this note … The ageing patriarch and matriarch of his family, the Ghoshes, preside over their large household, unaware that beneath the barely ruffled surface of their lives the sands are shifting. More than poisonous rivalries among sisters-in-law, destructive secrets, and the implosion of the family business, this is a family unravelling as the society around it fractures. For this is a moment of turbulence, of inevitable and unstoppable change: the chasm between the generations, and between those who have and those who have not, has never been wider. Ambitious, rich and compassionate The Lives of Others anatomises the soul of a nation as it unfolds a family history. A novel about many things, including the limits of empathy and the nature of political action, it asks: how do we imagine our place amongst others in the world? Can that be reimagined? And at what cost? This is a novel of unflinching power and emotional force.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241366Tue, 14 Oct 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of Others Author: Neel Mukherjee Narrator: Raj Ghatak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241366 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lives of Others Author: Neel Mukherjee Narrator: Raj Ghatak Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 14, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee, read by Raj Ghatak. ***Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014*** ***Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2014*** ***WINNER of the Encore Award 2014*** ‘Ma, I feel exhausted with consuming, with taking and grabbing and using. I am so bloated that I feel I cannot breathe any more. I am leaving to find some air, some place where I shall be able to purge myself, push back against the life given me and make my own. I feel I live in a borrowed house. It’s time to find my own… Forgive me…’ Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is this note … The ageing patriarch and matriarch of his family, the Ghoshes, preside over their large household, unaware that beneath the barely ruffled surface of their lives the sands are shifting. More than poisonous rivalries among sisters-in-law, destructive secrets, and the implosion of the family business, this is a family unravelling as the society around it fractures. For this is a moment of turbulence, of inevitable and unstoppable change: the chasm between the generations, and between those who have and those who have not, has never been wider. Ambitious, rich and compassionate The Lives of Others anatomises the soul of a nation as it unfolds a family history. A novel about many things, including the limits of empathy and the nature of political action, it asks: how do we imagine our place amongst others in the world? Can that be reimagined? And at what cost? This is a novel of unflinching power and emotional force.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-must-have-been-the-mistletoe-the-perfect-feel-good-festive-treat-for-this-christmas-by-judy-astley--65310767https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241452 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Must Have Been the Mistletoe: the perfect feel-good festive treat for this Christmas Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 9, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Let much-loved and ever-popular author Judy Astley gift you an unmissable, hilarious and heart-warming read this Christmas. Perfect for fans of Katie Fforde, Trisha Ashley, Jenny Colgan and Milly Johnson. 'Witty and warm!' - New! 'A lively laughter-packed riot of a story' - Heat 'Full of fun and with great characters' -- ***** Reader review 'Judy gets the story just right for me' -- ***** Reader review 'Gives you a cosy glow and gets you into the Christmas spirit' -- ***** Reader review 'A really good Christmas story devoured over a festive week-end' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************************************* AT CHRISTMAS, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN... Thea's parents decide to host a big family Christmas in a house by the sea... even though they are, in fact, about to split up. And while her sister and brother are both settled, Thea herself is newly single - her boyfriend has ditched her in favour of his pedigree dogs, and Thea can't decide whether or not she minds. There will be copious food and drink, holly and mistletoe, lots of bracing walks and a wintry barbecue on the beach. If it seems an odd way to celebrate the final break-up of a marriage and the Moving On to new partners, no-one is saying so. But then no-one had anticipated that the new partners might actually turn up to complicate the sleeping arrangements... As Cornwall experiences the biggest snowstorm in living memory, the festive atmosphere comes under some strain. Will Thea manage to find some happiness for herself? Will the mistletoe work its magic on them all?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241452Thu, 09 Oct 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241452 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Must Have Been the Mistletoe: the perfect feel-good festive treat for this Christmas Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241452 to listen full audiobooks. Title: It Must Have Been the Mistletoe: the perfect feel-good festive treat for this Christmas Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 9, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Let much-loved and ever-popular author Judy Astley gift you an unmissable, hilarious and heart-warming read this Christmas. Perfect for fans of Katie Fforde, Trisha Ashley, Jenny Colgan and Milly Johnson. 'Witty and warm!' - New! 'A lively laughter-packed riot of a story' - Heat 'Full of fun and with great characters' -- ***** Reader review 'Judy gets the story just right for me' -- ***** Reader review 'Gives you a cosy glow and gets you into the Christmas spirit' -- ***** Reader review 'A really good Christmas story devoured over a festive week-end' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************************************* AT CHRISTMAS, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN... Thea's parents decide to host a big family Christmas in a house by the sea... even though they are, in fact, about to split up. And while her sister and brother are both settled, Thea herself is newly single - her boyfriend has ditched her in favour of his pedigree dogs, and Thea can't decide whether or not she minds. There will be copious food and drink, holly and mistletoe, lots of bracing walks and a wintry barbecue on the beach. If it seems an odd way to celebrate the final break-up of a marriage and the Moving On to new partners, no-one is saying so. But then no-one had anticipated that the new partners might actually turn up to complicate the sleeping arrangements... As Cornwall experiences the biggest snowstorm in living memory, the festive atmosphere comes under some strain. Will Thea manage to find some happiness for herself? Will the mistletoe work its magic on them all?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-love-song-of-miss-queenie-hennessy-by-rachel-joyce--65310730https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy Series: #2 of Harold Fry Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Celia Imrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait? A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell Harold everything. In confessing to secrets she has hidden for twenty years, she will find atonement for the past. As the volunteer points out, ‘Even though you’ve done your travelling, you’re starting a new journey too.’ Queenie thought her first letter would be the end of the story. She was wrong. It was the beginning. Told in simple, emotionally-honest prose, with a mischievous bite, this is a novel about the journey we all must take to learn who we are; it is about loving and letting go. And most of all it is about finding joy in unexpected places and at times we least expect.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241449Thu, 09 Oct 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy Series: #2 of Harold Fry Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Celia Imrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy Series: #2 of Harold Fry Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Celia Imrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 35 minutes Release date: October 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.7 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait? A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that Queenie should write again; only this time she must tell Harold everything. In confessing to secrets she has hidden for twenty years, she will find atonement for the past. As the volunteer points out, ‘Even though you’ve done your travelling, you’re starting a new journey too.’ Queenie thought her first letter would be the end of the story. She was wrong. It was the beginning. Told in simple, emotionally-honest prose, with a mischievous bite, this is a novel about the journey we all must take to learn who we are; it is about loving and letting go. And most of all it is about finding joy in unexpected places and at times we least expect.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adultery-by-paulo-coelho--65310724https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adultery Author: Paulo Coelho Narrator: Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The thought-provoking new novel from the international bestselling author whose words change lives. Linda knows she's lucky. Yet every morning when she opens her eyes to a so-called new day, she feels like closing them again. Her friends recommend medication. But Linda wants to feel more, not less. And so she embarks on an adventure as unexpected as it is daring, and which reawakens a side of her that she - respectable wife, loving mother, ambitious journalist - thought had disappeared. Even she can't predict what will happen next...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241475Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adultery Author: Paulo Coelho Narrator: Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 11, 2014 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Adultery Author: Paulo Coelho Narrator: Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: September 11, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The thought-provoking new novel from the international bestselling author whose words change lives. Linda knows she's lucky. Yet every morning when she opens her eyes to a so-called new day, she feels like closing them again. Her friends recommend medication. But Linda wants to feel more, not less. And so she embarks on an adventure as unexpected as it is daring, and which reawakens a side of her that she - respectable wife, loving mother, ambitious journalist - thought had disappeared. Even she can't predict what will happen next...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/five-days-left-by-julie-lawson-timmer--65310746https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Days Left Author: Julie Lawson Timmer Narrator: Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 28, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mara is a successful lawyer, and devoted wife and mother. Struggling with a devastating illness, she has set herself five days to make the ultimate decision for her family. Scott lives a thousand miles away, and is a foster parent to a troubled eight-year-old. Scott is facing his own five day countdown until his beloved foster son is returned to his biological mother. The two connect through an online forum, and find a friendship to help guide them through the most difficult, and momentous, week of their lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241485Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Days Left Author: Julie Lawson Timmer Narrator: Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 55 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Days Left Author: Julie Lawson Timmer Narrator: Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 55 minutes Release date: August 28, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mara is a successful lawyer, and devoted wife and mother. Struggling with a devastating illness, she has set herself five days to make the ultimate decision for her family. Scott lives a thousand miles away, and is a foster parent to a troubled eight-year-old. Scott is facing his own five day countdown until his beloved foster son is returned to his biological mother. The two connect through an online forum, and find a friendship to help guide them through the most difficult, and momentous, week of their lives.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/some-lucky-day-by-ellie-dean--65310720https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some Lucky Day Series: #7 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The gripping new Second World War novel from Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of All My Tomorrows. May 1942. Kitty Pargeter loves the life she’s leading as a talented young pilot, serving her country. But tragedy strikes when she is forced to crash-land and is badly injured. She is taken to a specialist hospital in Cliffehaven, where she must come to terms with the disabling injury that threatens her career. Then comes the shattering news that her beloved brother has been shot down and presumed dead. And she wonders if she’ll able to find the courage and fortitude to carry on. As Kitty slowly recovers – with the help of Peggy Reilly and her family at Beach View boarding house – she is more determined than ever to return to the job she loves, whatever it takes.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241489Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some Lucky Day Series: #7 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Some Lucky Day Series: #7 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date: August 14, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The gripping new Second World War novel from Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of All My Tomorrows. May 1942. Kitty Pargeter loves the life she’s leading as a talented young pilot, serving her country. But tragedy strikes when she is forced to crash-land and is badly injured. She is taken to a specialist hospital in Cliffehaven, where she must come to terms with the disabling injury that threatens her career. Then comes the shattering news that her beloved brother has been shot down and presumed dead. And she wonders if she’ll able to find the courage and fortitude to carry on. As Kitty slowly recovers – with the help of Peggy Reilly and her family at Beach View boarding house – she is more determined than ever to return to the job she loves, whatever it takes.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rose-harbor-in-bloom-a-rose-harbor-novel-by-debbie-macomber--65310716https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rose Harbor in Bloom: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #2 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 7, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Welcome to the Rose Harbor Inn, where every room has an inspiring new view, and every guest finds a second chance... Jo Marie has started to feel at home running the Rose Harbor Inn. Now it’s springtime, and in memory of her late husband, Paul, Jo Marie has designed a beautiful rose garden for the property and enlisted handyman Mark Taylor to help make it happen. Jo Marie and Mark don’t always see eye-to-eye but deep down, she finds great comfort in his company. And while she still seeks a sense of closure, she welcomes her latest guests, who are on their own journeys… Annie arrives in town to organise her grandparents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration. But she’s struggling to move on from her broken engagement, and her grandparents themselves seem to be having trouble getting along. But all the best parties end with a surprise, and Annie is in for the biggest one of all. Mary has achieved incredible success in business, yet serious illness has led her to face her sole regret in life. Almost nineteen years ago, she ended her relationship with her true love, George, and now she has returned to Cedar Cove to make amends. Together, the women discover that sometimes you have to travel far from home to find the place where you really belong.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241497Thu, 07 Aug 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rose Harbor in Bloom: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #2 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241497 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rose Harbor in Bloom: A Rose Harbor Novel Series: #2 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: August 7, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Welcome to the Rose Harbor Inn, where every room has an inspiring new view, and every guest finds a second chance... Jo Marie has started to feel at home running the Rose Harbor Inn. Now it’s springtime, and in memory of her late husband, Paul, Jo Marie has designed a beautiful rose garden for the property and enlisted handyman Mark Taylor to help make it happen. Jo Marie and Mark don’t always see eye-to-eye but deep down, she finds great comfort in his company. And while she still seeks a sense of closure, she welcomes her latest guests, who are on their own journeys… Annie arrives in town to organise her grandparents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration. But she’s struggling to move on from her broken engagement, and her grandparents themselves seem to be having trouble getting along. But all the best parties end with a surprise, and Annie is in for the biggest one of all. Mary has achieved incredible success in business, yet serious illness has led her to face her sole regret in life. Almost nineteen years ago, she ended her relationship with her true love, George, and now she has returned to Cedar Cove to make amends. Together, the women discover that sometimes you have to travel far from home to find the place where you really belong.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-smart-one-by-jennifer-close--65310708https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Smart One Author: Jennifer Close Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 7, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Coffey siblings are having a rough year. Claire has broken up with her fiancé and is hiding from her debts. Martha’s in a career crisis and even her therapist is losing patience with her. And Max, the baby of the family in his final year of college, is keeping a life-altering secret. Before long, all three of them have moved back home. But things aren’t so easy the second time around. Martha and Claire regress to fighting over the shared bathroom while their mother continues to plan Claire’s thwarted wedding (unbeknownst to Claire). But it’s only a matter of time before Max’s secret comes out and changes all of their lives…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241499Thu, 07 Aug 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Smart One Author: Jennifer Close Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 7, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Smart One Author: Jennifer Close Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 7, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Coffey siblings are having a rough year. Claire has broken up with her fiancé and is hiding from her debts. Martha’s in a career crisis and even her therapist is losing patience with her. And Max, the baby of the family in his final year of college, is keeping a life-altering secret. Before long, all three of them have moved back home. But things aren’t so easy the second time around. Martha and Claire regress to fighting over the shared bathroom while their mother continues to plan Claire’s thwarted wedding (unbeknownst to Claire). But it’s only a matter of time before Max’s secret comes out and changes all of their lives…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/starry-night-a-christmas-novel-by-debbie-macomber--65310639https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Starry Night: A Christmas Novel Series: Part of Christmas Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 7, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect Christmas women's fiction from international bestseller Debbie Macomber. 'Tis the season for love and second chances ... Carrie Slayton, a big-city society-page columnist, longs to write more serious news stories. So her editor hands her a challenge first: Carrie must score the paper an interview with Finn Dalton, the notoriously reclusive author. Living in Alaskan wilderness, Finn has written a bestselling book about surviving in the wild. But he stubbornly declines to speak to anyone, and no one even knows exactly where he lives. With her career at stake, Carrie sacrifices her family celebrations and flies out to snowy Alaska. When she finally finds Finn, she discovers a man both more charismatic and more stubborn than she expected. And soon Carrie is torn between pursuing the story of a lifetime and following her heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241495Thu, 07 Aug 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Starry Night: A Christmas Novel Series: Part of Christmas Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Starry Night: A Christmas Novel Series: Part of Christmas Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 7, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect Christmas women's fiction from international bestseller Debbie Macomber. 'Tis the season for love and second chances ... Carrie Slayton, a big-city society-page columnist, longs to write more serious news stories. So her editor hands her a challenge first: Carrie must score the paper an interview with Finn Dalton, the notoriously reclusive author. Living in Alaskan wilderness, Finn has written a bestselling book about surviving in the wild. But he stubbornly declines to speak to anyone, and no one even knows exactly where he lives. With her career at stake, Carrie sacrifices her family celebrations and flies out to snowy Alaska. When she finally finds Finn, she discovers a man both more charismatic and more stubborn than she expected. And soon Carrie is torn between pursuing the story of a lifetime and following her heart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dog-gone-back-soon-by-nick-trout--65310761https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Gone, Back Soon Author: Nick Trout Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Dr. Cyrus Mills returned home after inheriting his estranged father's veterinary practice, the last thing he wanted was to stay in Eden Falls, Vermont. However, the previously reclusive veterinarian pathologist quickly found that he actually enjoyed treating animals and getting to know the eccentric residents of the tiny provincial town—especially an alluring waitress named Amy. So Cyrus is now determined to make Bedside Manor thrive. Not an easy goal, given that Healthy Paws, the national veterinary chain across town, will stop at nothing to crush its mom-and-pop competitor. To top it off, Cyrus finds himself both the guardian of a very unique orphaned dog and smack in the middle of serious small-town drama.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240401Wed, 09 Jul 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Gone, Back Soon Author: Nick Trout Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 9, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240401 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dog Gone, Back Soon Author: Nick Trout Narrator: Peter Berkrot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 22 minutes Release date: July 9, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Dr. Cyrus Mills returned home after inheriting his estranged father's veterinary practice, the last thing he wanted was to stay in Eden Falls, Vermont. However, the previously reclusive veterinarian pathologist quickly found that he actually enjoyed treating animals and getting to know the eccentric residents of the tiny provincial town—especially an alluring waitress named Amy. So Cyrus is now determined to make Bedside Manor thrive. Not an easy goal, given that Healthy Paws, the national veterinary chain across town, will stop at nothing to crush its mom-and-pop competitor. To top it off, Cyrus finds himself both the guardian of a very unique orphaned dog and smack in the middle of serious small-town drama.]]>1805cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-kill-a-mockingbird-by-harper-lee--65310717https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Kill A Mockingbird Series: #1 of To Kill A Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Narrator: Sissy Spacek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 158 Ratings of Narrator: 4.72 of Total 29 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELS EVER WRITTEN' 'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241505Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Kill A Mockingbird Series: #1 of To Kill A Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Narrator: Sissy Spacek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241505 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Kill A Mockingbird Series: #1 of To Kill A Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Narrator: Sissy Spacek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 19 minutes Release date: July 8, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 158 Ratings of Narrator: 4.72 of Total 29 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN NOVELS EVER WRITTEN' 'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/noah-s-compass-by-anne-tyler--65310699https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noah's Compass Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Quintessential Tyler, yet full of surprises - a perfectly pitched, enchanting and affecting novel about a man adrift in his own life, Noah's Compass chimes gently, heartbreakingly with our times. With the humour and poignancy of her classic The Accidental Tourist (though with a protagonist who doesn't venture far from home) Anne Tyler's new novel tells the story of a year in the life of Liam Pennywell, a man in his sixty-first year. A classical pedant, he's just been 'let go' from his schoolteaching job and downsizes to a tiny out-of-town apartment, where he goes to bed early and alone on his first night. Widowed, re-married, divorced and the father of three daughters, Liam is a man who is proud of his recall but has learned to dodge issues and skirt adventure. An unpleasant event occurs, though, to jolt him out of his certainty. Obsessed with a frightening gap in his memory, he sets out to uncover what happened, and finds instead an unusual woman with secrets of her own, and a late-flowering love that brings its own thorny problems. His ex-wife (sensible Barbara) and daughters worry about him but Liam blunders on, His teenage daughter Kitty is sent to stay - though it's not clear who is minding whom. His middle daughter, Louise, is a born-again Christian with a son called Jonah, but her certainties leave Liam still more perplexed. Noah's Compass is about memory and its loss, about incidents and relationships which open up sight lines into a painful past long dead for a man who becomes aware that merely trying to stay afloat may not be enough.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241508Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noah's Compass Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Noah's Compass Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 4 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Quintessential Tyler, yet full of surprises - a perfectly pitched, enchanting and affecting novel about a man adrift in his own life, Noah's Compass chimes gently, heartbreakingly with our times. With the humour and poignancy of her classic The Accidental Tourist (though with a protagonist who doesn't venture far from home) Anne Tyler's new novel tells the story of a year in the life of Liam Pennywell, a man in his sixty-first year. A classical pedant, he's just been 'let go' from his schoolteaching job and downsizes to a tiny out-of-town apartment, where he goes to bed early and alone on his first night. Widowed, re-married, divorced and the father of three daughters, Liam is a man who is proud of his recall but has learned to dodge issues and skirt adventure. An unpleasant event occurs, though, to jolt him out of his certainty. Obsessed with a frightening gap in his memory, he sets out to uncover what happened, and finds instead an unusual woman with secrets of her own, and a late-flowering love that brings its own thorny problems. His ex-wife (sensible Barbara) and daughters worry about him but Liam blunders on, His teenage daughter Kitty is sent to stay - though it's not clear who is minding whom. His middle daughter, Louise, is a born-again Christian with a son called Jonah, but her certainties leave Liam still more perplexed. Noah's Compass is about memory and its loss, about incidents and relationships which open up sight lines into a painful past long dead for a man who becomes aware that merely trying to stay afloat may not be enough.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-amateur-marriage-by-anne-tyler--65310696https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amateur Marriage Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in the Polish neighbourhood of Baltimore, he was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervour, they were hastily wed. But they never should have married. Pauline, impulsive and impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, and judgemental, proceeds deliberately. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. A 17-year-old daughter disappears, and some years later this fractious pair is forced to rescue her little boy, named Pagan, from drug-infested San Francisco, to take him home and raise him. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayered apparel of later years, Anne Tyler captures the evocative nuances of everyday life during these decades with such telling precision that every page brings smiles of recognition. Throughout, as each of the competing voices bears witness, we are drawn ever more deeply into the complex entanglements of family life in this marvellous, multifaceted novel - one of Anne Tyler's finest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241510Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amateur Marriage Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amateur Marriage Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in the Polish neighbourhood of Baltimore, he was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervour, they were hastily wed. But they never should have married. Pauline, impulsive and impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, and judgemental, proceeds deliberately. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. A 17-year-old daughter disappears, and some years later this fractious pair is forced to rescue her little boy, named Pagan, from drug-infested San Francisco, to take him home and raise him. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayered apparel of later years, Anne Tyler captures the evocative nuances of everyday life during these decades with such telling precision that every page brings smiles of recognition. Throughout, as each of the competing voices bears witness, we are drawn ever more deeply into the complex entanglements of family life in this marvellous, multifaceted novel - one of Anne Tyler's finest.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/back-when-we-were-grown-ups-from-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-of-french-braid-by-anne-tyler--65310638https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Back When We Were Grown-ups: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of French Braid Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One morning, Rebecca wakes up and realises she has turned into the wrong person. Is she really this joyous and outgoing organiser of parties, the put-upon heart of her dead husband's extended family? What happened to her quiet and serious nineteen-year-old self, and what would have happened if she'd married her college sweetheart? Can someone ever recover the person they've left behind?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241511Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Back When We Were Grown-ups: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of French Braid Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241511 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Back When We Were Grown-ups: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of French Braid Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 3, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One morning, Rebecca wakes up and realises she has turned into the wrong person. Is she really this joyous and outgoing organiser of parties, the put-upon heart of her dead husband's extended family? What happened to her quiet and serious nineteen-year-old self, and what would have happened if she'd married her college sweetheart? Can someone ever recover the person they've left behind?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-she-left-behind-by-ellen-marie-wiseman--65310757https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What She Left Behind Author: Ellen Marie Wiseman Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 163 Ratings of Narrator: 4.22 of Total 46 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy's help in cataloguing items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades-old journal, and a window into her own past. Clara Cartwright, eighteen years old in 1929, is caught between her overbearing parents and her love for an Italian immigrant. Furious when she rejects an arranged marriage, Clara's father sends her to a genteel home for nervous invalids. But when his fortune is lost in the stock market crash, he can no longer afford her care—and Clara is committed to the public asylum. Even as Izzy deals with the challenges of yet another new beginning, Clara's story keeps drawing her into the past. If Clara was never really mentally ill, could something else explain her own mother's violent act? Piecing together Clara's fate compels Izzy to re-examine her own choices—with shocking and unexpected results.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240475Fri, 27 Jun 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What She Left Behind Author: Ellen Marie Wiseman Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240475 to listen full audiobooks. Title: What She Left Behind Author: Ellen Marie Wiseman Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: June 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 163 Ratings of Narrator: 4.22 of Total 46 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy's help in cataloguing items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades-old journal, and a window into her own past. Clara Cartwright, eighteen years old in 1929, is caught between her overbearing parents and her love for an Italian immigrant. Furious when she rejects an arranged marriage, Clara's father sends her to a genteel home for nervous invalids. But when his fortune is lost in the stock market crash, he can no longer afford her care—and Clara is committed to the public asylum. Even as Izzy deals with the challenges of yet another new beginning, Clara's story keeps drawing her into the past. If Clara was never really mentally ill, could something else explain her own mother's violent act? Piecing together Clara's fate compels Izzy to re-examine her own choices—with shocking and unexpected results.]]>905cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/antony-and-cleopatra-drama-by-william-shakespeare--65310654https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antony and Cleopatra: Drama Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: Alex Kingston, Full Cast, Kenneth Branagh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 19, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in Shakespeare's tragedy of love and power. As part of BBC Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in this brand new production. Lovers, politicians, superstars. Antony & Cleopatra is Shakespeare’s late and epic tragedy of mature love, and the catastrophic fall from grace and power that it brings about. Irresistibly drawn together, the couple are surrounded by friends, enemies, admirers and critics, none of who remain unscathed by the folly and heartbreak of this magnificent pair. As empires clash around them, their destiny seems inevitable: to love each other ‘til death and even beyond. Produced by BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 3, this radio production also features Geoffrey Streatfeild, Nigel Anthony, Don Gilet and Peter Polycarpou amongst its cast.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241548Thu, 19 Jun 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antony and Cleopatra: Drama Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: Alex Kingston, Full Cast, Kenneth Branagh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241548 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antony and Cleopatra: Drama Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: Alex Kingston, Full Cast, Kenneth Branagh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 25 minutes Release date: June 19, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in Shakespeare's tragedy of love and power. As part of BBC Radio 3's celebration of the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in this brand new production. Lovers, politicians, superstars. Antony & Cleopatra is Shakespeare’s late and epic tragedy of mature love, and the catastrophic fall from grace and power that it brings about. Irresistibly drawn together, the couple are surrounded by friends, enemies, admirers and critics, none of who remain unscathed by the folly and heartbreak of this magnificent pair. As empires clash around them, their destiny seems inevitable: to love each other ‘til death and even beyond. Produced by BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Radio 3, this radio production also features Geoffrey Streatfeild, Nigel Anthony, Don Gilet and Peter Polycarpou amongst its cast.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-accidental-tourist-by-anne-tyler--65310679https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Accidental Tourist Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: How does a man addicted to routine - a man who flosses his teeth before love-making - cope with the chaos of everyday life? With the loss of his son, the departure of his wife and the arrival of Muriel, a dog trainer from the Meow-Bow dog clinic, Macon's attempts at ordinary life are tragically and comically undone. A heartfelt novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amateur Marriage and Breathing Lessons, now available as an audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241534Thu, 22 May 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Accidental Tourist Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 22, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241534 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Accidental Tourist Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 16 minutes Release date: May 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: How does a man addicted to routine - a man who flosses his teeth before love-making - cope with the chaos of everyday life? With the loss of his son, the departure of his wife and the arrival of Muriel, a dog trainer from the Meow-Bow dog clinic, Macon's attempts at ordinary life are tragically and comically undone. A heartfelt novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amateur Marriage and Breathing Lessons, now available as an audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/breathing-lessons-by-anne-tyler--65310676https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241636 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breathing Lessons Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Breathing Lessons covers the events of a day in the life of Maggie Moran, nearing fifty, married to Ira and with two children. Her eternal optimism and her inexhaustible passion for sorting out other people's lives and willing them to fall in love is severely tested one hot summer day. Maggie and Ira drive from Baltimore to Deer Lick to attend the funeral of the husband of Serena, Maggie's childhood friend. During the course of the journey, with its several unexpected detours - into the lives of old friends and grown children - Anne Tyler shows us all there is to know about a marriage: the expectations; the disappointments; the way children can create storms in a family; the way that wife and husband can fall in love all over again; the way that everything - and nothing - changes. A classic novel from one of America's greatest living novelists, now available as an audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241636Thu, 22 May 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241636 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breathing Lessons Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 22, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241636 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Breathing Lessons Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: May 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Breathing Lessons covers the events of a day in the life of Maggie Moran, nearing fifty, married to Ira and with two children. Her eternal optimism and her inexhaustible passion for sorting out other people's lives and willing them to fall in love is severely tested one hot summer day. Maggie and Ira drive from Baltimore to Deer Lick to attend the funeral of the husband of Serena, Maggie's childhood friend. During the course of the journey, with its several unexpected detours - into the lives of old friends and grown children - Anne Tyler shows us all there is to know about a marriage: the expectations; the disappointments; the way children can create storms in a family; the way that wife and husband can fall in love all over again; the way that everything - and nothing - changes. A classic novel from one of America's greatest living novelists, now available as an audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saint-maybe-by-anne-tyler--65310661https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saint Maybe Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 22, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When eighteen-year-old Ian Bedloe pricks the bubble of his family's optimistic self-deception, his brother Danny drives into a wall, his sister-in-law falls apart, and his parents age before his eyes. Consumed by guilt Ian finds the hope of forgiveness at the Church of the Second Chance, and leaves college to cope with the three children he has inherited and his own embarrassing religion. Twenty years on, Ian's prospects of a second chance are receding fast when, out of the heart of the domesticity that has engulfed him, strides a new figure who will bring him new life. A heartfelt novel about the unexpected tragedies and second chances of life, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Accidental Tourist and The Amateur Marriage. Now available as an audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241637Thu, 22 May 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saint Maybe Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 22, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241637 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Saint Maybe Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 34 minutes Release date: May 22, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When eighteen-year-old Ian Bedloe pricks the bubble of his family's optimistic self-deception, his brother Danny drives into a wall, his sister-in-law falls apart, and his parents age before his eyes. Consumed by guilt Ian finds the hope of forgiveness at the Church of the Second Chance, and leaves college to cope with the three children he has inherited and his own embarrassing religion. Twenty years on, Ian's prospects of a second chance are receding fast when, out of the heart of the domesticity that has engulfed him, strides a new figure who will bring him new life. A heartfelt novel about the unexpected tragedies and second chances of life, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Accidental Tourist and The Amateur Marriage. Now available as an audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dinner-at-the-homesick-restaurant-by-anne-tyler--65310636https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Through every family run memories which bind it together - despite everything. The Tulls of Baltimore are no exception. Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl is left to bring up her three children alone - Cody, a flawed devil, Ezra, a flawed saint, and Jenny, errant and passionate. Now as Pearl lies dying, stiffly encased in her pride and solitude, the past is unlocked and with it, secrets. A classic novel from one of America's greatest living novelists, now available as an audiobook.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241635Thu, 22 May 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 15 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 22, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Through every family run memories which bind it together - despite everything. The Tulls of Baltimore are no exception. Abandoned by her salesman husband, Pearl is left to bring up her three children alone - Cody, a flawed devil, Ezra, a flawed saint, and Jenny, errant and passionate. Now as Pearl lies dying, stiffly encased in her pride and solitude, the past is unlocked and with it, secrets. A classic novel from one of America's greatest living novelists, now available as an audiobook.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/all-my-tomorrows-by-ellie-dean--65310651https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241650 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All My Tomorrows Series: #6 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The compelling new Second World War novel from the author of Always in My Heart. In defending herself against her brutal husband, eighteen-year-old Ruby Clark is forced to flee London. She has no idea where Cliffehaven is, or what she will find there, but she knows that she will never be able to return home again. At first it seems she’s fallen on her feet. She gets a job at the local armaments factory, and the couple she is billeted with are kind and supportive. But when her host makes advances, Ruby is left homeless once more. Until Peggy Reilly welcomes her into the warmth of Beach View boarding house and Ruby dares to hope for a brighter future…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241650Thu, 27 Mar 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241650 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All My Tomorrows Series: #6 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241650 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All My Tomorrows Series: #6 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 48 minutes Release date: March 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The compelling new Second World War novel from the author of Always in My Heart. In defending herself against her brutal husband, eighteen-year-old Ruby Clark is forced to flee London. She has no idea where Cliffehaven is, or what she will find there, but she knows that she will never be able to return home again. At first it seems she’s fallen on her feet. She gets a job at the local armaments factory, and the couple she is billeted with are kind and supportive. But when her host makes advances, Ruby is left homeless once more. Until Peggy Reilly welcomes her into the warmth of Beach View boarding house and Ruby dares to hope for a brighter future…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-house-upon-the-dirt-between-the-lake-and-the-woods-by-matt-bell--65310814https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods Author: Matt Bell Narrator: Charlie Thurston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 18, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this epic, mythical debut novel, a newlywed couple escapes the busy confusion of their homeland for a distant and almost-uninhabited lakeshore. They plan to live there simply, to fish the lake, to trap the nearby woods, and build a house upon the dirt between where they can raise a family. But as their every pregnancy fails, the child-obsessed husband begins to rage at this new world: the song-spun objects somehow created by his wife's beautiful singing voice, the giant and sentient bear that rules the beasts of the woods, the second moon weighing down the fabric of their starless sky, and the labyrinth of memory dug into the earth beneath their house. This novel is a powerful exploration of the limits of parenthood and marriage—and of what happens when a marriage's success is measured solely by the children it produces, or else the sorrow that marks their absence.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236388Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods Author: Matt Bell Narrator: Charlie Thurston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236388 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods Author: Matt Bell Narrator: Charlie Thurston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: March 18, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this epic, mythical debut novel, a newlywed couple escapes the busy confusion of their homeland for a distant and almost-uninhabited lakeshore. They plan to live there simply, to fish the lake, to trap the nearby woods, and build a house upon the dirt between where they can raise a family. But as their every pregnancy fails, the child-obsessed husband begins to rage at this new world: the song-spun objects somehow created by his wife's beautiful singing voice, the giant and sentient bear that rules the beasts of the woods, the second moon weighing down the fabric of their starless sky, and the labyrinth of memory dug into the earth beneath their house. This novel is a powerful exploration of the limits of parenthood and marriage—and of what happens when a marriage's success is measured solely by the children it produces, or else the sorrow that marks their absence.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-one-plus-one-discover-the-author-of-me-before-you-the-love-story-that-captured-a-million-hearts-by-jojo-moyes--65310709https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The One Plus One: Discover the author of Me Before You, the love story that captured a million hearts Author: Jojo Moyes Narrator: Steven France, Nicola Stanton, Elizabeth Bower, Ben Elliot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 6 minutes Release date: February 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.65 of Total 57 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 24 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Jojo Moyes's The One Plus One, read by Elizabeth Bower, Ben Elliot, Nicola Stanton and Steven France. The One Plus One is the beautiful, poignant and utterly compelling new novel by the internationally bestselling author Jojo Moyes. One single mum With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best day after day. But it's hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn't. Because you have to . . . One chaotic family Jess's gifted, quirky daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without a helping hand she'll never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess's teenage stepson, can't fight the bullies alone. Sometimes Jess feels like they're sinking . . . One handsome stranger Into their lives comes Ed Nicholls, a man whose life is in chaos, and who is running from a deeply uncertain future. But he has time on his hands. He knows what it's like to be lonely. And he wants to help . . . One unexpected love story The One Plus One is a captivating and unconventional romance from Jojo Moyes about two lost souls meeting in the most unlikely circumstances. Praise for Jojo Moyes: 'Majestic, utterly compelling, tremendous. A heart-stopping read' Independent on Sunday 'Truly beautiful. Made us laugh, smile and sob like a baby - you simply have to read it' Closer 'A triumph. Packs such an emotional punch, you'll need a box of tissues' Elle Jojo Moyes is a novelist and a journalist. She worked at the Independent for ten years before leaving to write full time. Her previous novels have all been critically acclaimed and include The Ship of Brides, Foreign Fruit, The Last Letter From Your Lover, winner of Spring 2012's most popular Richard and Judy Book Club title Me Before You and most recently The Girl you Left Behind. She lives in Essex with her husband and their three children.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237931Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The One Plus One: Discover the author of Me Before You, the love story that captured a million hearts Author: Jojo Moyes Narrator: Steven France,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237931 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The One Plus One: Discover the author of Me Before You, the love story that captured a million hearts Author: Jojo Moyes Narrator: Steven France, Nicola Stanton, Elizabeth Bower, Ben Elliot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 6 minutes Release date: February 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.65 of Total 57 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 24 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Jojo Moyes's The One Plus One, read by Elizabeth Bower, Ben Elliot, Nicola Stanton and Steven France. The One Plus One is the beautiful, poignant and utterly compelling new novel by the internationally bestselling author Jojo Moyes. One single mum With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best day after day. But it's hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn't. Because you have to . . . One chaotic family Jess's gifted, quirky daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without a helping hand she'll never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess's teenage stepson, can't fight the bullies alone. Sometimes Jess feels like they're sinking . . . One handsome stranger Into their lives comes Ed Nicholls, a man whose life is in chaos, and who is running from a deeply uncertain future. But he has time on his hands. He knows what it's like to be lonely. And he wants to help . . . One unexpected love story The One Plus One is a captivating and unconventional romance from Jojo Moyes about two lost souls meeting in the most unlikely circumstances. Praise for Jojo Moyes: 'Majestic, utterly compelling, tremendous. A heart-stopping read' Independent on Sunday 'Truly beautiful. Made us laugh, smile and sob like a baby - you simply have to read it' Closer 'A triumph. Packs such an emotional punch, you'll need a box of tissues' Elle Jojo Moyes is a novelist and a journalist. She worked at the Independent for ten years before leaving to write full time. Her previous novels have all been critically acclaimed and include The Ship of Brides, Foreign Fruit, The Last Letter From Your Lover, winner of Spring 2012's most popular Richard and Judy Book Club title Me Before You and most recently The Girl you Left Behind. She lives in Essex with her husband and their three children.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-love-of-a-lifetime-historical-romance-by-mary-fitzgerald--65310707https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Love of a Lifetime: Historical Romance Author: Mary Fitzgerald Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 27, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Can love survive the worst betrayal of all? From the moment Elizabeth Nugent arrives to live on his family’s farm in Shropshire, Richard Wilde is in love with her. And as they grow up, it seems like nothing can keep them apart. But as the Second World War rages, Richard is sent to fight in the jungles of Burma, leaving Elizabeth to deal with a terrible secret that could destroy his family. Despite the distance between them, though, Richard and Elizabeth’s love remains constant through war, tragedy and betrayal. But once the fighting is over, will the secrets and lies that Elizabeth has been hiding keep them apart for ever?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241658Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Love of a Lifetime: Historical Romance Author: Mary Fitzgerald Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Love of a Lifetime: Historical Romance Author: Mary Fitzgerald Narrator: Gordon Griffin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 27, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Can love survive the worst betrayal of all? From the moment Elizabeth Nugent arrives to live on his family’s farm in Shropshire, Richard Wilde is in love with her. And as they grow up, it seems like nothing can keep them apart. But as the Second World War rages, Richard is sent to fight in the jungles of Burma, leaving Elizabeth to deal with a terrible secret that could destroy his family. Despite the distance between them, though, Richard and Elizabeth’s love remains constant through war, tragedy and betrayal. But once the fighting is over, will the secrets and lies that Elizabeth has been hiding keep them apart for ever?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/balancing-act-an-absorbing-and-authentic-novel-from-one-of-britain-s-most-popular-authors-by-joanna-trollope--65310657https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241657 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Balancing Act: an absorbing and authentic novel from one of Britain’s most popular authors Author: Joanna Trollope Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Family and business, husbands and wives, parents and children. It's always a balancing act... In this emotional and thought-provoking novel, multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope expertly weaves a study of familial relationships with a lightness of tone and real sense of compassion. Fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will not be disappointed. 'To be relished.' -- The Times 'Joanna Trollope's evocations of human relationships are, as ever, penetrating and engaging.' -- Daily Express 'A joy to read' -- ***** Reader review 'A great read, very engrossing and hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 'Sublime' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************************************** WHEN EVERYTHING YOU'VE WORKED TO ACHIEVE SUDDENLY FEELS PRECARIOUS, YOU'LL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP IT STABLE... Four strong women. All working in a family business. But what happens when they begin to want different things? And what about the men - and the children - in their lives? Susie Moran has always been the breadwinner in her family. Her husband was the one who was there for their three girls. But now he wants something of his past back - the life he had before Susie's career took off, before they had children. And those children don't see their mother's business the way she has always seen it, thereby threatening the balance she has worked so hard to achieve. And then, amidst the simmering tensions, someone significant from the past, someone almost forgotten, turns up. The problems of the past, the present, and the future all become challenges to the stability of both family and work. Which relationships - if any - will survive?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241657Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241657 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Balancing Act: an absorbing and authentic novel from one of Britain’s most popular authors Author: Joanna Trollope Narrator: Julia Franklin Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241657 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Balancing Act: an absorbing and authentic novel from one of Britain’s most popular authors Author: Joanna Trollope Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 27, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Family and business, husbands and wives, parents and children. It's always a balancing act... In this emotional and thought-provoking novel, multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope expertly weaves a study of familial relationships with a lightness of tone and real sense of compassion. Fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will not be disappointed. 'To be relished.' -- The Times 'Joanna Trollope's evocations of human relationships are, as ever, penetrating and engaging.' -- Daily Express 'A joy to read' -- ***** Reader review 'A great read, very engrossing and hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 'Sublime' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************************************** WHEN EVERYTHING YOU'VE WORKED TO ACHIEVE SUDDENLY FEELS PRECARIOUS, YOU'LL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP IT STABLE... Four strong women. All working in a family business. But what happens when they begin to want different things? And what about the men - and the children - in their lives? Susie Moran has always been the breadwinner in her family. Her husband was the one who was there for their three girls. But now he wants something of his past back - the life he had before Susie's career took off, before they had children. And those children don't see their mother's business the way she has always seen it, thereby threatening the balance she has worked so hard to achieve. And then, amidst the simmering tensions, someone significant from the past, someone almost forgotten, turns up. The problems of the past, the present, and the future all become challenges to the stability of both family and work. Which relationships - if any - will survive?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-red-house-by-mark-haddon--65310705https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red House Author: Mark Haddon Narrator: Maxwell Caulfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 23, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and A Spot of Bother comes a superb book about family and secrets Two families. Seven days. One house. Angela and her brother Richard have spent twenty years avoiding each other. Now, after the death of their mother, they bring their families together for a holiday in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children. Seven days of shared meals, log fires, card games and wet walks. But in the quiet and stillness of the valley, ghosts begin to rise up. The parents Richard thought he had. The parents Angela thought she had. Past and present lovers. Friends, enemies, victims, saviours. Once again Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and A Spot of Bother, has written a novel that is funny, poignant and deeply insightful about human lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241674Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red House Author: Mark Haddon Narrator: Maxwell Caulfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 23, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241674 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red House Author: Mark Haddon Narrator: Maxwell Caulfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 23, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and A Spot of Bother comes a superb book about family and secrets Two families. Seven days. One house. Angela and her brother Richard have spent twenty years avoiding each other. Now, after the death of their mother, they bring their families together for a holiday in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children. Seven days of shared meals, log fires, card games and wet walks. But in the quiet and stillness of the valley, ghosts begin to rise up. The parents Richard thought he had. The parents Angela thought she had. Past and present lovers. Friends, enemies, victims, saviours. Once again Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and A Spot of Bother, has written a novel that is funny, poignant and deeply insightful about human lives.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-best-of-daughters-by-dilly-court--65310633https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best of Daughters Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 23, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Despite her privileged upbringing, Daisy Lennox has always longed to make something of her life. She is drawn to the suffragette movement, but when her father faces ruin they are forced to move to the country and Daisy’s first duty is to her family. Here she becomes engaged to her childhood friend – a union both families have dreamed of. But, on the eve of their wedding, war is declared, and Daisy knows her life will never be the same again…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241886Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best of Daughters Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241886 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best of Daughters Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 23, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Despite her privileged upbringing, Daisy Lennox has always longed to make something of her life. She is drawn to the suffragette movement, but when her father faces ruin they are forced to move to the country and Daisy’s first duty is to her family. Here she becomes engaged to her childhood friend – a union both families have dreamed of. But, on the eve of their wedding, war is declared, and Daisy knows her life will never be the same again…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-workhouse-girl-by-dilly-court--65310643https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Workhouse Girl Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 16, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Circumstances force eight-year-old Sarah and her widowed mother to enter the notorious St Giles and St George’s Workhouse. When her mother dies in childbirth, the independent-minded Sarah falls foul of the workhouse master, Trigg and his cruel wife. Sarah’s ordeal seems to be over when a sugar mill owner takes her into his home. But her wealthy benefactor reports Trigg and his wife. And blaming Sarah for their misfortune, in a fit of revenge, the couple decide to take the law into their own hands.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241891Thu, 16 Jan 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Workhouse Girl Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 16,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Workhouse Girl Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 16, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Circumstances force eight-year-old Sarah and her widowed mother to enter the notorious St Giles and St George’s Workhouse. When her mother dies in childbirth, the independent-minded Sarah falls foul of the workhouse master, Trigg and his cruel wife. Sarah’s ordeal seems to be over when a sugar mill owner takes her into his home. But her wealthy benefactor reports Trigg and his wife. And blaming Sarah for their misfortune, in a fit of revenge, the couple decide to take the law into their own hands.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-shopkeeper-s-daughter-by-lily-baxter--65310631https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shopkeeper’s Daughter Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 16, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: June 1944. Ginnie Travis is working in her father's furniture shop, when the continued bombing raids and her sister Shirley's untimely pregnancy force the two girls to go and stay with their aunt in Shropshire. Here Ginnie falls in love with an American, Lieutenant Nick Miller, stationed nearby. But she discovers that Nick has a fiancée back home and a heartbroken Ginnie ends the relationship. Then news of their father's death in an air raid reaches them. With the family left almost penniless and Shirley and her child to provide for, Ginnie is responsible for them all. And when the shop comes under threat, she is even more determined to make it succeed and build a new life for herself and her family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241890Thu, 16 Jan 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shopkeeper’s Daughter Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 16,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241890 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Shopkeeper’s Daughter Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 16, 2014 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: June 1944. Ginnie Travis is working in her father's furniture shop, when the continued bombing raids and her sister Shirley's untimely pregnancy force the two girls to go and stay with their aunt in Shropshire. Here Ginnie falls in love with an American, Lieutenant Nick Miller, stationed nearby. But she discovers that Nick has a fiancée back home and a heartbroken Ginnie ends the relationship. Then news of their father's death in an air raid reaches them. With the family left almost penniless and Shirley and her child to provide for, Ginnie is responsible for them all. And when the shop comes under threat, she is even more determined to make it succeed and build a new life for herself and her family.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-ll-meet-again-by-lily-baxter--65310688https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We'll Meet Again Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It is April 1939 and unaware that the German war machine is advancing towards the Channel Islands, seventeen-year-old Meg Colivet and her sister are enjoying a holiday in Oxford with their aunt. Here Meg meets charismatic German undergraduate Rayner Weiss and the couple fall passionately in love. But all too soon, Britain is at war with Germany, Guernsey has been occupied and Meg's family home requisitioned by the German army. Meg insists on remaining with her father, determined to help save her beloved island from the ravages of war. And then she finds herself face to face with Rayner - now a German officer - once more and her life is thrown into turmoil as they risk their lives to meet in secret . As the conflict in Europe intensifies, basic provisions become scarce and soon the people Meg loves come under threat. Torn between her love for Rayner and her duty to her family and the island she grew up on, a heartbroken Meg has a terrible choice to make...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241895Thu, 02 Jan 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We'll Meet Again Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 2, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241895 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We'll Meet Again Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 4 minutes Release date: January 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It is April 1939 and unaware that the German war machine is advancing towards the Channel Islands, seventeen-year-old Meg Colivet and her sister are enjoying a holiday in Oxford with their aunt. Here Meg meets charismatic German undergraduate Rayner Weiss and the couple fall passionately in love. But all too soon, Britain is at war with Germany, Guernsey has been occupied and Meg's family home requisitioned by the German army. Meg insists on remaining with her father, determined to help save her beloved island from the ravages of war. And then she finds herself face to face with Rayner - now a German officer - once more and her life is thrown into turmoil as they risk their lives to meet in secret . As the conflict in Europe intensifies, basic provisions become scarce and soon the people Meg loves come under threat. Torn between her love for Rayner and her duty to her family and the island she grew up on, a heartbroken Meg has a terrible choice to make...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cinderella-sister-by-dilly-court--65310670https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cinderella Sister Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lily Larkin is the youngest of six and the least important member of her family. With their father dead and their mother a stranger to them, she must stay at home and keep house whilst her elder siblings go out to work. As she goes about her daily chores, her head is full of dreams. And she longs for the day she can have a life of her own. When a fire threatens to destroy the nearby docks, Lily's act of kindness towards a handsome foreigner has disastrous consequences for the whole family. For shortly afterwards they are thrown out of their home and have no choice but to move into two mean rooms above the fire station where Lily's brothers work. Here the family struggles to make ends meet. But just when things might be looking up for them all, Lily makes a terrible error of judgement. In anger her eldest brother turns her from the door. Forced onto the streets, Lily wonders if she'll ever see her family again...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241897Thu, 02 Jan 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cinderella Sister Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 2, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241897 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cinderella Sister Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Annie Aldington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lily Larkin is the youngest of six and the least important member of her family. With their father dead and their mother a stranger to them, she must stay at home and keep house whilst her elder siblings go out to work. As she goes about her daily chores, her head is full of dreams. And she longs for the day she can have a life of her own. When a fire threatens to destroy the nearby docks, Lily's act of kindness towards a handsome foreigner has disastrous consequences for the whole family. For shortly afterwards they are thrown out of their home and have no choice but to move into two mean rooms above the fire station where Lily's brothers work. Here the family struggles to make ends meet. But just when things might be looking up for them all, Lily makes a terrible error of judgement. In anger her eldest brother turns her from the door. Forced onto the streets, Lily wonders if she'll ever see her family again...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spitfire-girl-by-lily-baxter--65310634https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spitfire Girl Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1940. The height of the Blitz. In London, eighteen-year-old Susan Banks longs to do her duty in the war. Her secret ambition is to learn to fly - to serve her country and realise her dream. But she knows it is out of the question for a girl like her; a foundling, unwanted and unloved and dependent on strangers for her welfare. Just as she fears she will be trapped forever in a life of servitude and loneliness, she meets Tony Richards, a flying instructor based in Hampshire. And when she is forced to flee London, she heads out into the country. She is taken in by the kindly landlord of the local inn and his daughter. As Susan works hard to earn her keep, and her friendship with Tony - now recalled to duty - blossoms into love, she dares to hope that things are at last looking up for her. But then she receives devastating news - Tony is missing in action. And Susan wonders if she'll ever see the man she loves again and realise her dream of becoming a Spitfire girl...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241896Thu, 02 Jan 2014 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spitfire Girl Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 2, 2014...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241896 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spitfire Girl Author: Lily Baxter Narrator: Penelope Freeman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 2, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1940. The height of the Blitz. In London, eighteen-year-old Susan Banks longs to do her duty in the war. Her secret ambition is to learn to fly - to serve her country and realise her dream. But she knows it is out of the question for a girl like her; a foundling, unwanted and unloved and dependent on strangers for her welfare. Just as she fears she will be trapped forever in a life of servitude and loneliness, she meets Tony Richards, a flying instructor based in Hampshire. And when she is forced to flee London, she heads out into the country. She is taken in by the kindly landlord of the local inn and his daughter. As Susan works hard to earn her keep, and her friendship with Tony - now recalled to duty - blossoms into love, she dares to hope that things are at last looking up for her. But then she receives devastating news - Tony is missing in action. And Susan wonders if she'll ever see the man she loves again and realise her dream of becoming a Spitfire girl...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/his-brother-s-wife-by-val-wood--65310647https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Brother's Wife Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: December 5, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1860 Harriet Miles is trying to take care of her seriously ill mother, and just when she thinks things couldn’t get any worse she is fired from her job at the hostelry. The last thing she expects after her mother dies is a marriage proposal from a man she barely knows, but her only alternative is the workhouse. And so begins her new life with Noah Tuke. But instead of marital bliss, Harriet finds herself in the cramped farmhouse which Noah calls home, and in this overcrowded and angry household she meets with hostility and bitterness. The only person who offers her friendship is Noah’s brother, Fletcher. Gradually she learns the true reasons behind Noah’s desire to marry her – and realises that the only person she finds real companionship with is the person she can’t possibly be with…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241916Thu, 05 Dec 2013 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Brother's Wife Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: December 5, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Brother's Wife Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 7 minutes Release date: December 5, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1860 Harriet Miles is trying to take care of her seriously ill mother, and just when she thinks things couldn’t get any worse she is fired from her job at the hostelry. The last thing she expects after her mother dies is a marriage proposal from a man she barely knows, but her only alternative is the workhouse. And so begins her new life with Noah Tuke. But instead of marital bliss, Harriet finds herself in the cramped farmhouse which Noah calls home, and in this overcrowded and angry household she meets with hostility and bitterness. The only person who offers her friendship is Noah’s brother, Fletcher. Gradually she learns the true reasons behind Noah’s desire to marry her – and realises that the only person she finds real companionship with is the person she can’t possibly be with…]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-case-of-the-love-commandos-by-tarquin-hall--65310632https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Case of the Love Commandos Author: Tarquin Hall Narrator: Sam Dastor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 10, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The wonderful fourth outing for Delhi detective Vish Puri ('the Indian Hercule Poirot' Financial Times). 'These books are little gems. They are beautifully written, amusing, and intensely readable.' - Alexander McCall Smith When Ram and Tulsi fall in love, the young woman’s parents are dead set against the union. She’s from a high-caste family; he’s an Untouchable, from the lowest strata of Indian society. Young Tulsi’s father locks her up and promises to hunt down the “loverboy dog.” Fortunately, India’s Love Commandos, a group of volunteers dedicated to helping mixed-caste couples, come to the rescue. But just after they liberate Tulsi, Ram is mysteriously snatched from his hiding place. The task of finding him falls to India’s “Most Private Investigator”. Unfortunately, Vish Puri is not having a good month. He’s failed to recover a cache of stolen jewels. His wallet has been stolen and he’s having to rely on his infuriating Mummy-ji to get it back. And to top it all, his archrival, suave investigator Hari Kumar, is also trying to locate Ram. To reunite the star-crossed lovers, Puri and his team of operatives must infiltrate Ram’s village and navigate the caste politics shaped by millennia-old prejudices.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241935Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Case of the Love Commandos Author: Tarquin Hall Narrator: Sam Dastor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Case of the Love Commandos Author: Tarquin Hall Narrator: Sam Dastor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 29 minutes Release date: October 10, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The wonderful fourth outing for Delhi detective Vish Puri ('the Indian Hercule Poirot' Financial Times). 'These books are little gems. They are beautifully written, amusing, and intensely readable.' - Alexander McCall Smith When Ram and Tulsi fall in love, the young woman’s parents are dead set against the union. She’s from a high-caste family; he’s an Untouchable, from the lowest strata of Indian society. Young Tulsi’s father locks her up and promises to hunt down the “loverboy dog.” Fortunately, India’s Love Commandos, a group of volunteers dedicated to helping mixed-caste couples, come to the rescue. But just after they liberate Tulsi, Ram is mysteriously snatched from his hiding place. The task of finding him falls to India’s “Most Private Investigator”. Unfortunately, Vish Puri is not having a good month. He’s failed to recover a cache of stolen jewels. His wallet has been stolen and he’s having to rely on his infuriating Mummy-ji to get it back. And to top it all, his archrival, suave investigator Hari Kumar, is also trying to locate Ram. To reunite the star-crossed lovers, Puri and his team of operatives must infiltrate Ram’s village and navigate the caste politics shaped by millennia-old prejudices.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-mother-s-trust-a-heartwarming-and-gripping-novel-from-the-no-1-sunday-times-bestseller-by-dilly-court--65310629https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Trust: A heartwarming and gripping novel from the no.1 Sunday Times bestseller Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Phoebe Giamatti lives with her boisterous Italian family in the heart of London's East End. Phoebe's father was killed in gang warfare and she and her family share a deep hatred for the Paxman brothers - whose lawless ways strike terror into the whole community. Despite her English mother's feckless ways, Phoebe is fiercely protective of Annie. Then just as the family are about to go to Italy for the winter, Phoebe discovers Annie is in trouble - and the Paxmans are involved. Phoebe is determined not to betray her mother's trust and, giving up her own chance of happiness, she stays behind to care for her. But when Phoebe and Annie are forced to leave London and Annie falls dangerously ill, Phoebe has little choice but to turn to the man she holds responsible for all her family's troubles...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241988Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Trust: A heartwarming and gripping novel from the no.1 Sunday Times bestseller Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Mother's Trust: A heartwarming and gripping novel from the no.1 Sunday Times bestseller Author: Dilly Court Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: September 12, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Phoebe Giamatti lives with her boisterous Italian family in the heart of London's East End. Phoebe's father was killed in gang warfare and she and her family share a deep hatred for the Paxman brothers - whose lawless ways strike terror into the whole community. Despite her English mother's feckless ways, Phoebe is fiercely protective of Annie. Then just as the family are about to go to Italy for the winter, Phoebe discovers Annie is in trouble - and the Paxmans are involved. Phoebe is determined not to betray her mother's trust and, giving up her own chance of happiness, she stays behind to care for her. But when Phoebe and Annie are forced to leave London and Annie falls dangerously ill, Phoebe has little choice but to turn to the man she holds responsible for all her family's troubles...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/always-in-my-heart-by-ellie-dean--65310630https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Always in my Heart Series: #5 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 29, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore, Sarah Fuller is forced to leave her parents and fiancé, Philip, behind. The long journey to England is fraught with danger, and Sarah and her sister Jane don’t even know if their great-aunt is alive, let alone waiting for them. They arrive in Cliffehaven, on the south coast of England, and here Sarah must find work to support them both. When the Women's Timber Corps takes over the local estate, Sarah enlists as a lumberjill. But as time goes on and the news of events in Singapore worsen, Sarah fears she will never see Philip and her parents again...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241992Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Always in my Heart Series: #5 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Always in my Heart Series: #5 of The Cliffehaven Series Author: Ellie Dean Narrator: Julie Maisey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 29, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore, Sarah Fuller is forced to leave her parents and fiancé, Philip, behind. The long journey to England is fraught with danger, and Sarah and her sister Jane don’t even know if their great-aunt is alive, let alone waiting for them. They arrive in Cliffehaven, on the south coast of England, and here Sarah must find work to support them both. When the Women's Timber Corps takes over the local estate, Sarah enlists as a lumberjill. But as time goes on and the news of events in Singapore worsen, Sarah fears she will never see Philip and her parents again...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-guts-by-roddy-doyle--65310628https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Guts Author: Roddy Doyle Narrator: Laurence Kinlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 8, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments back in the eighties is now forty-seven, with a loving wife, four kids ... and bowel cancer. He isn’t dying, he thinks, but he might be. Jimmy still loves his music, and he still loves to hustle – his new thing is finding old bands and then finding the people who loved them enough to pay money for their resurrected singles and albums. On his path through Dublin he meets two of the Commitments – Outspan, whose own illness is probably terminal, and Imelda Quirk, still as gorgeous as ever. He is reunited with his long-lost brother and learns to play the trumpet… This warm, funny novel is about friendship and family, about facing death and opting for life. It climaxes in one of the great passages in Roddy Doyle’s fiction: four middle-aged men at Ireland’s hottest rock festival watching Jimmy’s son Marvin’s band Moanin’ at Midnight pretending to be Bulgarian and playing a song called ‘I’m Going to Hell’ that apparently hasn’t been heard since 1932… Why? You’ll have to read The Guts to find out.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241998Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Guts Author: Roddy Doyle Narrator: Laurence Kinlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 8, 2013 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Guts Author: Roddy Doyle Narrator: Laurence Kinlan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 8, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments back in the eighties is now forty-seven, with a loving wife, four kids ... and bowel cancer. He isn’t dying, he thinks, but he might be. Jimmy still loves his music, and he still loves to hustle – his new thing is finding old bands and then finding the people who loved them enough to pay money for their resurrected singles and albums. On his path through Dublin he meets two of the Commitments – Outspan, whose own illness is probably terminal, and Imelda Quirk, still as gorgeous as ever. He is reunited with his long-lost brother and learns to play the trumpet… This warm, funny novel is about friendship and family, about facing death and opting for life. It climaxes in one of the great passages in Roddy Doyle’s fiction: four middle-aged men at Ireland’s hottest rock festival watching Jimmy’s son Marvin’s band Moanin’ at Midnight pretending to be Bulgarian and playing a song called ‘I’m Going to Hell’ that apparently hasn’t been heard since 1932… Why? You’ll have to read The Guts to find out.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-aftermath-now-a-major-film-starring-keira-knightley-by-rhidian-brook--65310787https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Aftermath: Now A Major Film Starring Keira Knightley Author: Rhidian Brook Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: May 2, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A superbly controlled emotional thriller of passion, betrayal and conscience, set in post-War Germany, soon to be made into a major film. Hamburg, 1946. Thousands remain displaced in what is now the British Occupied Zone. Charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city and the de-Nazification of its defeated people, Colonel Lewis Morgan has requisitioned a fine house on the banks of the Elbe, where he will be joined by his grieving wife Rachael and only remaining son Edmund. But rather than force its owners, a German widower and his traumatised daughter, to leave their home, Lewis insists that the two families live together. In this charged and claustrophobic atmosphere all must confront their true selves as enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal. The Aftermath is a stunning novel about our fiercest loyalties, our deepest desires and the transforming power of forgiveness. The Aftermath is being developed as a feature film by Ridley Scott's production company Scott Free and BBC Films. Rhidian Brook is an award-winning writer of fiction, television drama and film. His first novel The Testimony of Taliesin Jones won several prizes including the Somerset Maugham Award. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications, including the Paris Review, New Statesman and Time Out, and have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. He is also a regular contributor to 'Thought For The Day' on the Today programme.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237935Thu, 02 May 2013 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Aftermath: Now A Major Film Starring Keira Knightley Author: Rhidian Brook Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237935 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Aftermath: Now A Major Film Starring Keira Knightley Author: Rhidian Brook Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: May 2, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A superbly controlled emotional thriller of passion, betrayal and conscience, set in post-War Germany, soon to be made into a major film. Hamburg, 1946. Thousands remain displaced in what is now the British Occupied Zone. Charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city and the de-Nazification of its defeated people, Colonel Lewis Morgan has requisitioned a fine house on the banks of the Elbe, where he will be joined by his grieving wife Rachael and only remaining son Edmund. But rather than force its owners, a German widower and his traumatised daughter, to leave their home, Lewis insists that the two families live together. In this charged and claustrophobic atmosphere all must confront their true selves as enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal. The Aftermath is a stunning novel about our fiercest loyalties, our deepest desires and the transforming power of forgiveness. The Aftermath is being developed as a feature film by Ridley Scott's production company Scott Free and BBC Films. Rhidian Brook is an award-winning writer of fiction, television drama and film. His first novel The Testimony of Taliesin Jones won several prizes including the Somerset Maugham Award. His short stories have appeared in numerous publications, including the Paris Review, New Statesman and Time Out, and have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. He is also a regular contributor to 'Thought For The Day' on the Today programme.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mothers-by-jennifer-gilmore--65310866https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mothers Author: Jennifer Gilmore Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 9, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Poignant, raw, and insightful, Jennifer Gilmore's third novel is an unforgettable story of love, family, and motherhood. With a 'voice [that is] at turns wise and barbed with sharp humor' (Vanity Fair), Gilmore lays bare the story of one couple's ardent desire for a child and their emotional journey through adoption. Jesse and Ramon are a loving couple, but after years spent unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant, they turn to adoption, relieved to think that once they navigate the bureaucratic path to parenthood they will have a happy ending. But nothing has prepared them for the labyrinthine process - for the many training sessions and approvals; for the constant advice from friends, strangers, and 'experts;' for the birthmothers who contact them but don't ultimately choose them; or even, most shockingly, for the women who call claiming they've chosen Jesse and Ramon but who turn out never to have been pregnant in the first place. Jennifer Gilmore's eloquence about the human heart - its frailties and complex]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232936Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mothers Author: Jennifer Gilmore Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 9, 2013...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/232936 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mothers Author: Jennifer Gilmore Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 9 minutes Release date: April 9, 2013 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Poignant, raw, and insightful, Jennifer Gilmore's third novel is an unforgettable story of love, family, and motherhood. With a 'voice [that is] at turns wise and barbed with sharp humor' (Vanity Fair), Gilmore lays bare the story of one couple's ardent desire for a child and their emotional journey through adoption. Jesse and Ramon are a loving couple, but after years spent unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant, they turn to adoption, relieved to think that once they navigate the bureaucratic path to parenthood they will have a happy ending. But nothing has prepared them for the labyrinthine process - for the many training sessions and approvals; for the constant advice from friends, strangers, and 'experts;' for the birthmothers who contact them but don't ultimately choose them; or even, most shockingly, for the women who call claiming they've chosen Jesse and Ramon but who turn out never to have been pregnant in the first place. Jennifer Gilmore's eloquence about the human heart - its frailties and complex]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/forgive-me-one-mother-s-hidden-past-her-daughter-s-life-changed-forever-by-lesley-pearse--65310812https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forgive Me: One mother's hidden past. Her daughter's life changed forever . . . Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Alison Dowling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 14, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Forgive Me, a compelling story of a daughter uncovering her mother's secret past from the No. 1 bestselling author, Lesley Pearse. Read by the actress Alison Dowling. Cheltenham, 1991 When Eva Patterson returns home from work one day, a devastating scene awaits her. Her mother, Flora, lies dead in the bath. Beside her is a note saying only: 'Forgive Me'. Eva is shocked to find out that her mother was once a successful artist back in the 1960s. When she visits her mother's old studio, she finds a collection of Flora's paintings and diaries. Searching for answers, Eva encounters a psychic who mysteriously warns her to beware of a 'sleeping serpent', which she soon discovers refers to a shocking crime in Flora's past. Will discovering the truth destroy Eva's belief in everything she holds dear?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234084Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forgive Me: One mother's hidden past. Her daughter's life changed forever . . . Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Alison Dowling Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234084 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forgive Me: One mother's hidden past. Her daughter's life changed forever . . . Author: Lesley Pearse Narrator: Alison Dowling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 14, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Forgive Me, a compelling story of a daughter uncovering her mother's secret past from the No. 1 bestselling author, Lesley Pearse. Read by the actress Alison Dowling. Cheltenham, 1991 When Eva Patterson returns home from work one day, a devastating scene awaits her. Her mother, Flora, lies dead in the bath. Beside her is a note saying only: 'Forgive Me'. Eva is shocked to find out that her mother was once a successful artist back in the 1960s. When she visits her mother's old studio, she finds a collection of Flora's paintings and diaries. Searching for answers, Eva encounters a psychic who mysteriously warns her to beware of a 'sleeping serpent', which she soon discovers refers to a shocking crime in Flora's past. Will discovering the truth destroy Eva's belief in everything she holds dear?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/zombie-by-j-r-angelella--65310795https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zombie Author: J. R. Angelella Narrator: Alston Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fourteen-year-old Jeremy Barker is obsessed with zombie movies. He attends an all-boys Catholic High School where roving gangs in plaid make his days a living hell. His mother is an absentee pillhead, his older brother a self-diagnosed sex-addict, and his father an ex-Marine realtor who disappears night after night without explanation. Jeremy navigates it all with a code cobbled together from Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later, Planet Terror, Zombieland, and Shaun of the Dead: Avoid Contact, Keep Quiet, Forget the Past, and Lock-and-Load. The code is put to the test when he discovers in his father’s closet a bizarre homemade video of a man strapped to a bed, being prepped for some sort of surgical procedure. As Jeremy—troubled but ever-optimistic—attempts to trace the origin of the video, this remarkable debut moves from its sharp, precocious beginnings to a climax of almost unthinkable violence, testing him to the core.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236648Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zombie Author: J. R. Angelella Narrator: Alston Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 1, 2012 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236648 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Zombie Author: J. R. Angelella Narrator: Alston Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fourteen-year-old Jeremy Barker is obsessed with zombie movies. He attends an all-boys Catholic High School where roving gangs in plaid make his days a living hell. His mother is an absentee pillhead, his older brother a self-diagnosed sex-addict, and his father an ex-Marine realtor who disappears night after night without explanation. Jeremy navigates it all with a code cobbled together from Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later, Planet Terror, Zombieland, and Shaun of the Dead: Avoid Contact, Keep Quiet, Forget the Past, and Lock-and-Load. The code is put to the test when he discovers in his father’s closet a bizarre homemade video of a man strapped to a bed, being prepped for some sort of surgical procedure. As Jeremy—troubled but ever-optimistic—attempts to trace the origin of the video, this remarkable debut moves from its sharp, precocious beginnings to a climax of almost unthinkable violence, testing him to the core.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-wedding-by-james-patterson--65310773https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236880 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Wedding Author: James Patterson Narrator: Kathleen McInearny, Susan McInearny, Allyson Johnson, Ax Norman, Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 42 minutes Release date: November 24, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the presents are wrapped, but the biggest celebration this Christmas is Gaby Summerhill's wedding. Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't celebrated Christmas together since their father's death, but when Gaby announces that she's getting married - and that the groom will remain a secret until the wedding day - she may finally be able to bring them home for the holidays. But the wedding isn't the only surprise - there is one more unexpected gift, and it could change all their lives for ever. With deeply affecting characters and the emotional twists of a James Patterson thriller, The Christmas Wedding is a fresh look at family and the magic of the festive season.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236880Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236880 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Wedding Author: James Patterson Narrator: Kathleen McInearny, Susan McInearny, Allyson Johnson, Ax Norman, Eileen Stevens Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236880 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Wedding Author: James Patterson Narrator: Kathleen McInearny, Susan McInearny, Allyson Johnson, Ax Norman, Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 42 minutes Release date: November 24, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the presents are wrapped, but the biggest celebration this Christmas is Gaby Summerhill's wedding. Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't celebrated Christmas together since their father's death, but when Gaby announces that she's getting married - and that the groom will remain a secret until the wedding day - she may finally be able to bring them home for the holidays. But the wedding isn't the only surprise - there is one more unexpected gift, and it could change all their lives for ever. With deeply affecting characters and the emotional twists of a James Patterson thriller, The Christmas Wedding is a fresh look at family and the magic of the festive season.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/playing-around-an-emotional-and-enthralling-saga-set-in-the-swinging-sixties-from-bestselling-author-gilda-o-neill-by-gilda-o-neill--65310763https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing Around: an emotional and enthralling saga set in the Swinging Sixties from bestselling author Gilda O’Neill Author: Gilda O'Neill Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 7, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Angie is eighteen years old, and, with the help of a mini skirt, a pair of false eyelashes and a tube of pale pink lipstick, has made herself into a beauty. She's living in London in the Swinging Sixties, and knows she's in the best city in the world at the best possible time. She's got that world at her pretty, white-booted feet as she dances the night away with every handsome bloke on the booming, strobe-lit floor of the Canvas Club. She's heard all the scare stories of course, about what drink, drugs and discotheques can do to young girls, but Angie knows she's different. After all, she's only playing around. But that was before that rainy night, when Angie got into the big, shiny car, leaving her friend Jackie in Soho to find her own way home. . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237248Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing Around: an emotional and enthralling saga set in the Swinging Sixties from bestselling author Gilda O’Neill Author: Gilda O'Neill Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237248 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Playing Around: an emotional and enthralling saga set in the Swinging Sixties from bestselling author Gilda O’Neill Author: Gilda O'Neill Narrator: Carole Boyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 7, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Angie is eighteen years old, and, with the help of a mini skirt, a pair of false eyelashes and a tube of pale pink lipstick, has made herself into a beauty. She's living in London in the Swinging Sixties, and knows she's in the best city in the world at the best possible time. She's got that world at her pretty, white-booted feet as she dances the night away with every handsome bloke on the booming, strobe-lit floor of the Canvas Club. She's heard all the scare stories of course, about what drink, drugs and discotheques can do to young girls, but Angie knows she's different. After all, she's only playing around. But that was before that rainy night, when Angie got into the big, shiny car, leaving her friend Jackie in Soho to find her own way home. . .]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/paddy-clarke-ha-ha-ha-a-bbc-between-the-covers-booker-prize-gem-by-roddy-doyle--65310774https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha: A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM Author: Roddy Doyle Narrator: Aidan Gillen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 5, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Paddy Clarke is ten years old. Paddy Clarke lights fires. Paddy Clarke's name is written in wet cement all over Barrytown, north Dublin. Paddy Clarke's heroes are Father Damien (and the lepers), Geronimo and George Best. Paddy Clarke has a brother called Francis, but Paddy calls him Sinbad and hates him because that's the rule. Paddy Clarke knows the exact moment to knock a dead scab from his knee. Paddy Clarke loves his Ma and Da, but it seems like they don't love each other, and Paddy's world is falling apart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237268Thu, 05 May 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha: A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM Author: Roddy Doyle Narrator: Aidan Gillen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha: A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM Author: Roddy Doyle Narrator: Aidan Gillen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 5, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Paddy Clarke is ten years old. Paddy Clarke lights fires. Paddy Clarke's name is written in wet cement all over Barrytown, north Dublin. Paddy Clarke's heroes are Father Damien (and the lepers), Geronimo and George Best. Paddy Clarke has a brother called Francis, but Paddy calls him Sinbad and hates him because that's the rule. Paddy Clarke knows the exact moment to knock a dead scab from his knee. Paddy Clarke loves his Ma and Da, but it seems like they don't love each other, and Paddy's world is falling apart.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/swift-as-desire-by-laura-esquivel--65310759https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swift As Desire Author: Laura Esquivel Narrator: Bonnie Hurren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 5, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Instead of entering the world crying, like other babies, Jubilo was born with a smile on his face. He had a gift for hearing what was in people's hearts, for listening to sand dunes sing and insects whisper. Even as a young boy, acting as an interpreter between his warring Mayan grandmother and Spanish-speaking mother, he would translate words of spite into words of respect, so that their mutual hatred turned to love. When he grew up, he put his gift to good use in his job as a humble telegraph operator. But now the telegraph lies abandoned, obsolete as a form of communication in the electronic age, and Don Jubilo is on his deathbed, mute and estranged from his beloved wife, Lucha, who refuses to speak to him. What tragic event has come between such two such sensuous, loving people to cause their seemingly irreparable rift? What mystery lies behind the death of the son no-one ever mentions? Can their daughter bring reconciliation to her parents before it is too late, by acting as an interpreter between them in Morse code, just as Jubilo used to do for other people? In this magical, bittersweet story, touched with graphic earthiness and wit, Laura Esquivel shows us how keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness, and how communication is the key to love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237264Thu, 05 May 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swift As Desire Author: Laura Esquivel Narrator: Bonnie Hurren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 5, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237264 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swift As Desire Author: Laura Esquivel Narrator: Bonnie Hurren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 24 minutes Release date: May 5, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Instead of entering the world crying, like other babies, Jubilo was born with a smile on his face. He had a gift for hearing what was in people's hearts, for listening to sand dunes sing and insects whisper. Even as a young boy, acting as an interpreter between his warring Mayan grandmother and Spanish-speaking mother, he would translate words of spite into words of respect, so that their mutual hatred turned to love. When he grew up, he put his gift to good use in his job as a humble telegraph operator. But now the telegraph lies abandoned, obsolete as a form of communication in the electronic age, and Don Jubilo is on his deathbed, mute and estranged from his beloved wife, Lucha, who refuses to speak to him. What tragic event has come between such two such sensuous, loving people to cause their seemingly irreparable rift? What mystery lies behind the death of the son no-one ever mentions? Can their daughter bring reconciliation to her parents before it is too late, by acting as an interpreter between them in Morse code, just as Jubilo used to do for other people? In this magical, bittersweet story, touched with graphic earthiness and wit, Laura Esquivel shows us how keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness, and how communication is the key to love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daughters-in-law-an-enthralling-irresistible-and-beautifully-moving-novel-from-one-of-britain-s-most-popular-authors-by-joanna-trollope--65310755https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughters-in-Law: An enthralling, irresistible and beautifully moving novel from one of Britain’s most popular authors Author: Joanna Trollope Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 12, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Can a mother ever hand over her son to another woman? In this emotional and thought-provoking novel, multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope expertly weaves a study of familial relationships with a lightness of tone and real sense of compassion. Fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will love it! 'Trollope writes about family life with wit, intelligence and verve' - Guardian 'Wonderfully observed and readable' - THE TIMES 'Infallibly elegant...Look more closely and something as grim as Greek tragedy is played out around the cosy family dining table' - Daily Telegraph 'I found it hard to put this book down' -- ***** Reader review 'A brilliant book' -- ***** Reader review 'Always an enjoyable read - Joanna Trollope is the mistress of family emotions' -- ***** Reader review 'I read it last week and have started to re-read it immediately.' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************************** DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW : THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER When you've dedicated your life to your children, what happens when they grow up? Rachel loves being at the centre of her large family. She has devoted herself fiercely to bringing up her three sons, but at their childhood home on the wide, bird-haunted coast of Suffolk, Rachel finds that her control begins to slip away. Other women - her daughters-in-law - are usurping her position. They have become more important to her boys than she is. A crisis brings these subtle rifts to the surface. Can there be a way forward, if they are to survive as a family?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237269Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughters-in-Law: An enthralling, irresistible and beautifully moving novel from one of Britain’s most popular authors Author: Joanna Trollope...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daughters-in-Law: An enthralling, irresistible and beautifully moving novel from one of Britain’s most popular authors Author: Joanna Trollope Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 12, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Can a mother ever hand over her son to another woman? In this emotional and thought-provoking novel, multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope expertly weaves a study of familial relationships with a lightness of tone and real sense of compassion. Fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will love it! 'Trollope writes about family life with wit, intelligence and verve' - Guardian 'Wonderfully observed and readable' - THE TIMES 'Infallibly elegant...Look more closely and something as grim as Greek tragedy is played out around the cosy family dining table' - Daily Telegraph 'I found it hard to put this book down' -- ***** Reader review 'A brilliant book' -- ***** Reader review 'Always an enjoyable read - Joanna Trollope is the mistress of family emotions' -- ***** Reader review 'I read it last week and have started to re-read it immediately.' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************************** DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW : THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER When you've dedicated your life to your children, what happens when they grow up? Rachel loves being at the centre of her large family. She has devoted herself fiercely to bringing up her three sons, but at their childhood home on the wide, bird-haunted coast of Suffolk, Rachel finds that her control begins to slip away. Other women - her daughters-in-law - are usurping her position. They have become more important to her boys than she is. A crisis brings these subtle rifts to the surface. Can there be a way forward, if they are to survive as a family?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-yanks-a-feel-good-wartime-romance-you-won-t-be-able-to-put-down-by-margaret-mayhew--65310849https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Yanks: A feel good wartime romance you won't be able to put down... Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Kim Hicks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 7, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas, Rosie Clarke and Katie Flynn, a heart-warming saga set during World War II from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew. READERS ARE LOVING OUR YANKS! 'Omg this book was everything and more than i expected. My ideal book as i love family saga books. Loved that it showed how the Yanks got involved with the girls during wartime . Highs and lows of everyday life. Loved, loved ,loved it' - 5 STARS 'The type of book where one found it hard to put down until the end.' - 5 STARS 'Excellent book, village life with the Yanks very warming story.' - 5 STARS 'Loved this saga ,drew me right in. I could not put this book down. The small town the characters the Yanks. I loved leaving my world and entering their lives. An author whose books I will be devouring.' - 5 STARS 'As always with Margaret Mayhew books, this one hasn't failed to please...'- 5 STARS 'Brilliant story, held me in its grasp...'- 5 STARS ********************************* 'I STILL REMEMBER THE YANKS, ALMOST MORE THAN I DO THE WAR...' -- A Suffolk Woman. August 1943. A fighter group of US airmen descends upon the quiet and sleepy village of King's Thorpe in Northamptonshire. The village has never seen the like of them before: they are glamorous, rich, exciting and full of bravado. While some of the older residents are dismayed, many of the younger ones cannot help but be won over by their charms. And for many - including young Sally Barnet from the bakery, Agnes Dawe - the Rector's daughter, and newly-widowed Lady Beauchamp, they will have a long-lasting impact. It will be a summer many will never forget...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237147Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Yanks: A feel good wartime romance you won't be able to put down... Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Kim Hicks Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Our Yanks: A feel good wartime romance you won't be able to put down... Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Kim Hicks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 7, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas, Rosie Clarke and Katie Flynn, a heart-warming saga set during World War II from bestselling author Margaret Mayhew. READERS ARE LOVING OUR YANKS! 'Omg this book was everything and more than i expected. My ideal book as i love family saga books. Loved that it showed how the Yanks got involved with the girls during wartime . Highs and lows of everyday life. Loved, loved ,loved it' - 5 STARS 'The type of book where one found it hard to put down until the end.' - 5 STARS 'Excellent book, village life with the Yanks very warming story.' - 5 STARS 'Loved this saga ,drew me right in. I could not put this book down. The small town the characters the Yanks. I loved leaving my world and entering their lives. An author whose books I will be devouring.' - 5 STARS 'As always with Margaret Mayhew books, this one hasn't failed to please...'- 5 STARS 'Brilliant story, held me in its grasp...'- 5 STARS ********************************* 'I STILL REMEMBER THE YANKS, ALMOST MORE THAN I DO THE WAR...' -- A Suffolk Woman. August 1943. A fighter group of US airmen descends upon the quiet and sleepy village of King's Thorpe in Northamptonshire. The village has never seen the like of them before: they are glamorous, rich, exciting and full of bravado. While some of the older residents are dismayed, many of the younger ones cannot help but be won over by their charms. And for many - including young Sally Barnet from the bakery, Agnes Dawe - the Rector's daughter, and newly-widowed Lady Beauchamp, they will have a long-lasting impact. It will be a summer many will never forget...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/family-planning-by-karan-mahajan--65310840https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237313 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Planning Author: Karan Mahajan Narrator: Pal Aron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mr Ahuja, Delhi's Minister of Urban Development, has too much on his hands: thirteen children and another on the way. All at sea among his sprawling, noisy brood he reaches out to Arjun, his eldest, and seemingly wisest, son. But Arjun has his own problems: how to tell the girl on the school bus that he's crazy about her? This uproarious debut follows father and son as they blunder their way over and under the flyovers of the megalopolis in a moving - and fast-moving - comic portrait of modern family life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237313Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237313 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Planning Author: Karan Mahajan Narrator: Pal Aron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237313 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Planning Author: Karan Mahajan Narrator: Pal Aron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mr Ahuja, Delhi's Minister of Urban Development, has too much on his hands: thirteen children and another on the way. All at sea among his sprawling, noisy brood he reaches out to Arjun, his eldest, and seemingly wisest, son. But Arjun has his own problems: how to tell the girl on the school bus that he's crazy about her? This uproarious debut follows father and son as they blunder their way over and under the flyovers of the megalopolis in a moving - and fast-moving - comic portrait of modern family life.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-good-girl-the-perfect-light-hearted-feel-good-romance-to-settle-down-with-by-judy-astley--65310778https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Good Girl: the perfect, light-hearted, feel-good romance to settle down with… Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Phyllida Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Let bestselling author Judy Astley sweep you away with this uplifting, laugh-out-loud comedy which shows EXACTLY what little boys are made of. Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Milly Johnson and Trisha Ashley. 'A funny, incisive gem of a novel' - Sunday Post 'This deliciously funny novel had me laughing out loud' - Woman and Home 'A funny, warm and moving novel' - Sunday Mirror 'Judy Astley's books are always a joy to read.' -- ***** Reader review 'Judy Astley is a brilliant writer, you get lost in her books. They are all brilliant in my opinion.' -- ***** Reader review 'Great escapism' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************** PEACE AT LAST? NOT LIKELY! After twenty years of marriage, Nina had offloaded serial philanderer Joe and was happy enough, thank you, coping alone with their two demanding daughters and her own hectic life. It felt like freedom, not having to wonder constantly where Joe was, who with and up to what. But into Nina's new, carefree life some disturbing elements began to appear. A flasher had been accosting young girls on the nearby common, leaving every man in the area under suspicion. Home, to Nina, no longer felt so safe. And Joe, during one of his oh-so-civilised monthly lunches with Nina, revealed that the new love in his life, pin-thin, power-dressed Catherine, had decided that she now required a baby. But babies, Joe told Nina, were what he did with her: a remark that Nina found oddly unsettling...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237282Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Good Girl: the perfect, light-hearted, feel-good romance to settle down with… Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Phyllida Nash Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Every Good Girl: the perfect, light-hearted, feel-good romance to settle down with… Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Phyllida Nash Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Let bestselling author Judy Astley sweep you away with this uplifting, laugh-out-loud comedy which shows EXACTLY what little boys are made of. Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Milly Johnson and Trisha Ashley. 'A funny, incisive gem of a novel' - Sunday Post 'This deliciously funny novel had me laughing out loud' - Woman and Home 'A funny, warm and moving novel' - Sunday Mirror 'Judy Astley's books are always a joy to read.' -- ***** Reader review 'Judy Astley is a brilliant writer, you get lost in her books. They are all brilliant in my opinion.' -- ***** Reader review 'Great escapism' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************** PEACE AT LAST? NOT LIKELY! After twenty years of marriage, Nina had offloaded serial philanderer Joe and was happy enough, thank you, coping alone with their two demanding daughters and her own hectic life. It felt like freedom, not having to wonder constantly where Joe was, who with and up to what. But into Nina's new, carefree life some disturbing elements began to appear. A flasher had been accosting young girls on the nearby common, leaving every man in the area under suspicion. Home, to Nina, no longer felt so safe. And Joe, during one of his oh-so-civilised monthly lunches with Nina, revealed that the new love in his life, pin-thin, power-dressed Catherine, had decided that she now required a baby. But babies, Joe told Nina, were what he did with her: a remark that Nina found oddly unsettling...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-the-whale-by-jennie-rooney--65310749https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inside the Whale Author: Jennie Rooney Narrator: Phyllida Nash, Bill Wallis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Stephanie Sandford, recently widowed, must tell her family the truth. But the past is indistinct and it's complicated. First, there was her mum, who developed an anxious streak after marrying the wrong Reg. And then there was the young man from the dairy who gave Stevie swimming lessons before he broke her heart. War came, and four years chopping root vegetables in the canteen of the Sun Pat peanut factory on the Old Kent Road. Then the wet London nights, with the Doodle Bugs slipping through the sky like huge silvery fish. It's not until she's under an umbrella with Jonathan - dark hair and seaweed eyes - that Stevie finally starts to sense safety. Meanwhile, Michael Royston's memories are squashed into a shoebox (along with Queen Matilda's Dicken Medal for bravery) ready for his move into hospital. Years ago, he trained military carrier pigeons for the Royal Corps of Signals in Cairo so it's ironic that his own homecoming has taken a lifetime. Michael has never been good at putting things into words; he's more comfortable with the click of Morse code. But Anna, a young healthcare assistant, has the patience - and rare tenderness - to eke out his story. And so he begins.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237279Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inside the Whale Author: Jennie Rooney Narrator: Phyllida Nash, Bill Wallis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237279 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inside the Whale Author: Jennie Rooney Narrator: Phyllida Nash, Bill Wallis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: March 3, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Stephanie Sandford, recently widowed, must tell her family the truth. But the past is indistinct and it's complicated. First, there was her mum, who developed an anxious streak after marrying the wrong Reg. And then there was the young man from the dairy who gave Stevie swimming lessons before he broke her heart. War came, and four years chopping root vegetables in the canteen of the Sun Pat peanut factory on the Old Kent Road. Then the wet London nights, with the Doodle Bugs slipping through the sky like huge silvery fish. It's not until she's under an umbrella with Jonathan - dark hair and seaweed eyes - that Stevie finally starts to sense safety. Meanwhile, Michael Royston's memories are squashed into a shoebox (along with Queen Matilda's Dicken Medal for bravery) ready for his move into hospital. Years ago, he trained military carrier pigeons for the Royal Corps of Signals in Cairo so it's ironic that his own homecoming has taken a lifetime. Michael has never been good at putting things into words; he's more comfortable with the click of Morse code. But Anna, a young healthcare assistant, has the patience - and rare tenderness - to eke out his story. And so he begins.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chandlers-green-a-powerful-and-breathtakingly-emotional-saga-set-in-the-north-west-by-bestselling-author-ruth-hamilton-by-ruth-hamilton--65310845https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chandlers Green: A powerful and breathtakingly emotional saga set in the North West by bestselling author Ruth Hamilton Author: Ruth Hamilton Narrator: Marlene Sidway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 17, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This captivating and moving saga full of twists and turns by the Sunday Times bestselling author Ruth Hamilton is perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court and Josephine Cox. 'I believe that Ruth Hamilton is very much the successor to Catherine Cookson. Her books are plot driven, they just rip along; laughs, weeps, love, they've got the lot, and they're quality writing as well' -- SARAH BROADHURST, RADIO FOUR 'Keeps you hooked to the last page' -- ***** Reader review 'A wonderful story' -- ***** Reader review 'Brilliant as always' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************** THE PAST AND PRESENT ARE ABOUT TO MEET IN TRAGEDY The Chandlers had been making candles in Bolton for five hundred years, and had given their name to the village of Chandlers Green. The dynasty, now in decline and ruled by Richard Chandler, is reduced to an unhappy household and a few tenanted properties. But Richard continues to behave as though he were lord of the manor. Jean, his wife, is terrified of him; his grown-up children despise him, but fear for their mother if they were to leave home. And now Richard's arch-enemy, Alf Martindale, is planning to move into his village, and Richard knows that the past is catching up with him fast. A crisis forces him to leave his manor for a while, and he has no way of knowing that Jean is arming herself against his return. The past and the present are about to come together in a way that can only end in tragedy...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237149Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chandlers Green: A powerful and breathtakingly emotional saga set in the North West by bestselling author Ruth Hamilton Author: Ruth Hamilton Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chandlers Green: A powerful and breathtakingly emotional saga set in the North West by bestselling author Ruth Hamilton Author: Ruth Hamilton Narrator: Marlene Sidway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 17, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This captivating and moving saga full of twists and turns by the Sunday Times bestselling author Ruth Hamilton is perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court and Josephine Cox. 'I believe that Ruth Hamilton is very much the successor to Catherine Cookson. Her books are plot driven, they just rip along; laughs, weeps, love, they've got the lot, and they're quality writing as well' -- SARAH BROADHURST, RADIO FOUR 'Keeps you hooked to the last page' -- ***** Reader review 'A wonderful story' -- ***** Reader review 'Brilliant as always' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************** THE PAST AND PRESENT ARE ABOUT TO MEET IN TRAGEDY The Chandlers had been making candles in Bolton for five hundred years, and had given their name to the village of Chandlers Green. The dynasty, now in decline and ruled by Richard Chandler, is reduced to an unhappy household and a few tenanted properties. But Richard continues to behave as though he were lord of the manor. Jean, his wife, is terrified of him; his grown-up children despise him, but fear for their mother if they were to leave home. And now Richard's arch-enemy, Alf Martindale, is planning to move into his village, and Richard knows that the past is catching up with him fast. A crisis forces him to leave his manor for a while, and he has no way of knowing that Jean is arming herself against his return. The past and the present are about to come together in a way that can only end in tragedy...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/matthew-and-son-a-touching-story-of-tragedy-and-redemption-set-in-the-north-west-from-bestselling-author-ruth-hamilton-by-ruth-hamilton--65310841https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Matthew And Son: a touching story of tragedy and redemption set in the North West from bestselling author Ruth Hamilton Author: Ruth Hamilton Narrator: Marlene Sidway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 17, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. When Matthew's beloved wife Molly died, long before her time, her son Mark grieved as much as anyone. He had always known that his parents were completely devoted to each other, and sometimes he had felt excluded from this close partnership. Since he was a small boy his mother had been sickening with the illness that eventually carried her off, and now at the age of sixteen Mark longed to earn his father's respect by assisting with the family business, a prosperous antiques shop. But his father, in grief, seemed beyond help. Tilly Povey, famous for her whiplash tongue and her copious ironing, watched the boy's lonely existence with a heavy heart. Stella, Molly's sister, had done well for herself - now a doctor, she had always loved Matthew, and wondered whether he might, perhaps, turn to her in his hour of need. Matthew, obsessed with his loss, was gradually falling apart and none of those who were closest to him could, it seemed, do anything to help. But Tilly, whose uncompromising exterior hid a warm heart, was determined to help this troubled family. © Ruth Hamilton 2002 (P) Penguin Audio 2011]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237148Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Matthew And Son: a touching story of tragedy and redemption set in the North West from bestselling author Ruth Hamilton Author: Ruth Hamilton Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Matthew And Son: a touching story of tragedy and redemption set in the North West from bestselling author Ruth Hamilton Author: Ruth Hamilton Narrator: Marlene Sidway Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: February 17, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. When Matthew's beloved wife Molly died, long before her time, her son Mark grieved as much as anyone. He had always known that his parents were completely devoted to each other, and sometimes he had felt excluded from this close partnership. Since he was a small boy his mother had been sickening with the illness that eventually carried her off, and now at the age of sixteen Mark longed to earn his father's respect by assisting with the family business, a prosperous antiques shop. But his father, in grief, seemed beyond help. Tilly Povey, famous for her whiplash tongue and her copious ironing, watched the boy's lonely existence with a heavy heart. Stella, Molly's sister, had done well for herself - now a doctor, she had always loved Matthew, and wondered whether he might, perhaps, turn to her in his hour of need. Matthew, obsessed with his loss, was gradually falling apart and none of those who were closest to him could, it seemed, do anything to help. But Tilly, whose uncompromising exterior hid a warm heart, was determined to help this troubled family. © Ruth Hamilton 2002 (P) Penguin Audio 2011]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/homecoming-girls-by-val-wood--65310782https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Homecoming Girls Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 19 minutes Release date: February 17, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Hull, 1874. The beautiful, mysterious Jewel Newmarch, adopted as a baby, turns heads wherever she goes - her exotic looks point to her origins far away from the streets of Hull. Even at her cousin Elizabeth's wedding, she is the belle of the ball. But as she looks on at the happy, newly-married couple she feels a restlessness and intense longing to know her own roots. And so she decides to return to her birthplace in America, taking the bride's twin sister Clara as her companion. In discovering the mysteries of Jewel's past the girls realise that this is a life-changing voyage of discovery for both of them, as they learn important lessons about family, friendship, love and home. But most importantly, love... If you enjoy books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity. © Val Wood 2010 (P) Penguin Audio 2011]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237141Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Homecoming Girls Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 19 minutes Release date: February 17, 2011 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237141 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Homecoming Girls Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 19 minutes Release date: February 17, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Hull, 1874. The beautiful, mysterious Jewel Newmarch, adopted as a baby, turns heads wherever she goes - her exotic looks point to her origins far away from the streets of Hull. Even at her cousin Elizabeth's wedding, she is the belle of the ball. But as she looks on at the happy, newly-married couple she feels a restlessness and intense longing to know her own roots. And so she decides to return to her birthplace in America, taking the bride's twin sister Clara as her companion. In discovering the mysteries of Jewel's past the girls realise that this is a life-changing voyage of discovery for both of them, as they learn important lessons about family, friendship, love and home. But most importantly, love... If you enjoy books by Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, you'll love Val's heartwarming stories of triumph over adversity. © Val Wood 2010 (P) Penguin Audio 2011]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/great-classic-family-favorites-by-various-authors--65310754https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Classic Family Favorites Author: Various Authors Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 15, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This inspiring anthology collects enduring and entertaining stories that have enthralled young and old, by the cherished authors whose tales have captivated children for generations. Perfect for the family car trip or at-home listening, these recordings sparkle with the wit and wonder of time-tested storytelling. This audio recording includes: - 'Moni the Goat-Boy' by Johanna Spyri - 'An Adventure on Island Rock' by L. M. Montgomery - 'Tom Thumb' by the Brothers Grimm - 'The Tin-Man and the Scarecrow' by L. Frank Baum - 'The Emperor's New Clothes' by Hans Christian Andersen - 'How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin' by Rudyard Kipling - 'The Mouse' by Saki - 'Accidental Magic' by E. Nesbit - 'Mermaids' by Louisa May Alcott - 'Little Nell' by Charles Dickens - 'The Little Mermaid' by Hans Christian Andersen - 'The Sun-Dog Trail' by Jack London.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240332Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Classic Family Favorites Author: Various Authors Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Great Classic Family Favorites Author: Various Authors Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 15, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This inspiring anthology collects enduring and entertaining stories that have enthralled young and old, by the cherished authors whose tales have captivated children for generations. Perfect for the family car trip or at-home listening, these recordings sparkle with the wit and wonder of time-tested storytelling. This audio recording includes: - 'Moni the Goat-Boy' by Johanna Spyri - 'An Adventure on Island Rock' by L. M. Montgomery - 'Tom Thumb' by the Brothers Grimm - 'The Tin-Man and the Scarecrow' by L. Frank Baum - 'The Emperor's New Clothes' by Hans Christian Andersen - 'How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin' by Rudyard Kipling - 'The Mouse' by Saki - 'Accidental Magic' by E. Nesbit - 'Mermaids' by Louisa May Alcott - 'Little Nell' by Charles Dickens - 'The Little Mermaid' by Hans Christian Andersen - 'The Sun-Dog Trail' by Jack London.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/getting-there-a-dramatic-saga-of-how-an-innocent-young-girl-finds-herself-entangled-in-the-1960s-east-end-underworld-from-bestselling-autho--65310842https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting There: a dramatic saga of how an innocent young girl finds herself entangled in the 1960s East End underworld from bestselling author Gilda O’Neill Author: Gilda O'Neill Narrator: Judy Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: February 4, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This gripping East End saga, set in the 1960s, is perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Donna Douglas. Bestselling author Gilda O'Neill expertly combines page-turning drama with vivid characterisation - the perfect dose of escapism... Praise for Gilda O'Neill 'A sharp eye, a warm heart and a gift for storytelling' -- Elizabeth Buchan 'This novel has everything...a cracking read' -- Martina Cole 'I just couldn't stop turning the pages' - 5 STARS 'Great book with great characters - defiantly recommended' - 5 STARS 'A cracking read' - 5 STARS 'I couldn't put it down' - 5 STARS 'A real page turner' - 5 STARS ********************************************************************************************** NOT ALL RELATIONSHIPS LEAD TO GOOD THINGS - WILL SHE BE ABLE TO FIND HER WAY THROUGH? What's a nice girl like Lorna Wright doing with an East End bad boy like Richie Clayton? The world is changing and London is swinging: it's the 1960s. But in the East End the docks are closing and life will never be the same. Lorna Wright is a nice girl, but Richie Clayton is bad news: a violent thug who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the top of the East End underworld. The more Lorna gets mixed up in his ugly, brutal world, the more she finds herself in trouble too. There are plenty of people who'd like to see Richie stopped. So when, after a terrible row with Lorna, Richie is found murdered, the finger of accusation points in all sorts of directions...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237285Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting There: a dramatic saga of how an innocent young girl finds herself entangled in the 1960s East End underworld from bestselling author Gilda...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237285 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Getting There: a dramatic saga of how an innocent young girl finds herself entangled in the 1960s East End underworld from bestselling author Gilda O’Neill Author: Gilda O'Neill Narrator: Judy Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 3 minutes Release date: February 4, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This gripping East End saga, set in the 1960s, is perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Donna Douglas. Bestselling author Gilda O'Neill expertly combines page-turning drama with vivid characterisation - the perfect dose of escapism... Praise for Gilda O'Neill 'A sharp eye, a warm heart and a gift for storytelling' -- Elizabeth Buchan 'This novel has everything...a cracking read' -- Martina Cole 'I just couldn't stop turning the pages' - 5 STARS 'Great book with great characters - defiantly recommended' - 5 STARS 'A cracking read' - 5 STARS 'I couldn't put it down' - 5 STARS 'A real page turner' - 5 STARS ********************************************************************************************** NOT ALL RELATIONSHIPS LEAD TO GOOD THINGS - WILL SHE BE ABLE TO FIND HER WAY THROUGH? What's a nice girl like Lorna Wright doing with an East End bad boy like Richie Clayton? The world is changing and London is swinging: it's the 1960s. But in the East End the docks are closing and life will never be the same. Lorna Wright is a nice girl, but Richie Clayton is bad news: a violent thug who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the top of the East End underworld. The more Lorna gets mixed up in his ugly, brutal world, the more she finds herself in trouble too. There are plenty of people who'd like to see Richie stopped. So when, after a terrible row with Lorna, Richie is found murdered, the finger of accusation points in all sorts of directions...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/those-in-peril-a-dramatic-feel-good-and-moving-ww2-saga-perfect-for-curling-up-with-by-margaret-mayhew--65310781https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Those In Peril: A dramatic, feel-good and moving WW2 saga, perfect for curling up with Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Kim Hicks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 4, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In 1940, as the shadows are lengthening over Europe, painter Louis Duval decides to leave his studio in Brittany and, in his small motor boat, make the short but perilous journey to England. His aim is not to flee from the enemy, but to join the Resistance to fight for his beloved France. He arrives in Dartmouth and finds his way to the boarding house run by the delightful young widow Barbara Hillyard, who is trying to make a living for herself and her young evacuee Esme. Lieutenant-Commander Alan Powell, unfit for active service after being wounded in action, is overseeing undercover operations in that part of the West Country, and he and Duval find themselves in dangerous circumstances. Alan, lonely and frustrated in his work, is drawn towards the lovely Mrs Hillyard, but she seems to have eyes only for the attractive Frenchman...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237150Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Those In Peril: A dramatic, feel-good and moving WW2 saga, perfect for curling up with Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Kim Hicks Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Those In Peril: A dramatic, feel-good and moving WW2 saga, perfect for curling up with Author: Margaret Mayhew Narrator: Kim Hicks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 4, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In 1940, as the shadows are lengthening over Europe, painter Louis Duval decides to leave his studio in Brittany and, in his small motor boat, make the short but perilous journey to England. His aim is not to flee from the enemy, but to join the Resistance to fight for his beloved France. He arrives in Dartmouth and finds his way to the boarding house run by the delightful young widow Barbara Hillyard, who is trying to make a living for herself and her young evacuee Esme. Lieutenant-Commander Alan Powell, unfit for active service after being wounded in action, is overseeing undercover operations in that part of the West Country, and he and Duval find themselves in dangerous circumstances. Alan, lonely and frustrated in his work, is drawn towards the lovely Mrs Hillyard, but she seems to have eyes only for the attractive Frenchman...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-fool-s-alphabet-by-sebastian-faulks--65310839https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237291 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Fool's Alphabet Author: Sebastian Faulks Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 27, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The events of Pietro Russell's life are told in 26 chapters. From A-Z each chapter is set in a different place and reveals a fragment of his story. As his memories flicker back and forth through time in his search for a resolution to the conflicts of his life, his story gradually unfolds...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237291Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237291 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Fool's Alphabet Author: Sebastian Faulks Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 27,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237291 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Fool's Alphabet Author: Sebastian Faulks Narrator: Jamie Glover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 27, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The events of Pietro Russell's life are told in 26 chapters. From A-Z each chapter is set in a different place and reveals a fragment of his story. As his memories flicker back and forth through time in his search for a resolution to the conflicts of his life, his story gradually unfolds...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-songbird-by-val-wood--65310847https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Songbird Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 56 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The choice was hers - fame and fortune or true love. Poppy Mazzini, born in Hull over her father's grocery shop, lives up to the promise of her fiery red hair and Italian ancestry. Her lovely singing voice and good looks lead her to her great ambition - to go on the stage and see her name top of the bill. She becomes a music hall star both in her native town and in the south, after an appearance in the theatre at Brighton - she even performs in Paris, to tremendous acclaim. But when her first love, an ambitious shoemaker in her home town, becomes engaged to someone else Poppy is devastated. She disappears, believing that she will never return to her life of stardom. But her fame cannot be kep a secret...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237145Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Songbird Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 56 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237145 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Songbird Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 56 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The choice was hers - fame and fortune or true love. Poppy Mazzini, born in Hull over her father's grocery shop, lives up to the promise of her fiery red hair and Italian ancestry. Her lovely singing voice and good looks lead her to her great ambition - to go on the stage and see her name top of the bill. She becomes a music hall star both in her native town and in the south, after an appearance in the theatre at Brighton - she even performs in Paris, to tremendous acclaim. But when her first love, an ambitious shoemaker in her home town, becomes engaged to someone else Poppy is devastated. She disappears, believing that she will never return to her life of stardom. But her fame cannot be kep a secret...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/learning-by-heart-by-elizabeth-mcgregor--65310829https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Learning By Heart Author: Elizabeth McGregor Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One small, faded, leather-bound journal. One photograph in a newspaper. These two seemingly small items are set to change lives forever. Just when career success seems set fair for Zeph's writer husband Nick, she discovers that he has been having an affair. Wounded and angry, she turns to her mother for support, only to discover that the past has also come back to haunt Cora, a person who always seemed utterly flawless. For now comes evidence of Cora's own long-ago relationship with a famous man, a man who so adored Zeph's mother that he never forgot her. Zeph is forced to see her own childhood, and the bond with her beloved father, in an entirely new light. Was she really loved, as her mother and father tried to deal with their problems? Was their happiness a sham, as hers and Nick's threatens to be? And how much can you trust the person who tells you that they love you? As Zeph struggles to piece together her shattered images of husband and parent, she suddenly realises the connection between herself and the writer of the journal which has appeared in the morning mail, posted from Italy; a last gift from a dying man, an anonymous and passionate stranger..... Set in both England and the alluringly beautiful island of Sicily, A YEAR IN THE LIGHT explores the complexities and subtleties of marriage, of lasting love and human frailty.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237296Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Learning By Heart Author: Elizabeth McGregor Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 23,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237296 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Learning By Heart Author: Elizabeth McGregor Narrator: Karen Cass Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One small, faded, leather-bound journal. One photograph in a newspaper. These two seemingly small items are set to change lives forever. Just when career success seems set fair for Zeph's writer husband Nick, she discovers that he has been having an affair. Wounded and angry, she turns to her mother for support, only to discover that the past has also come back to haunt Cora, a person who always seemed utterly flawless. For now comes evidence of Cora's own long-ago relationship with a famous man, a man who so adored Zeph's mother that he never forgot her. Zeph is forced to see her own childhood, and the bond with her beloved father, in an entirely new light. Was she really loved, as her mother and father tried to deal with their problems? Was their happiness a sham, as hers and Nick's threatens to be? And how much can you trust the person who tells you that they love you? As Zeph struggles to piece together her shattered images of husband and parent, she suddenly realises the connection between herself and the writer of the journal which has appeared in the morning mail, posted from Italy; a last gift from a dying man, an anonymous and passionate stranger..... Set in both England and the alluringly beautiful island of Sicily, A YEAR IN THE LIGHT explores the complexities and subtleties of marriage, of lasting love and human frailty.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wait-for-the-dawn-a-sweeping-powerful-and-deeply-moving-saga-of-pleasure-and-pain-you-won-t-be-able-to-put-down-by-jess-foley--65310779https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wait For The Dawn: a sweeping, powerful and deeply moving saga of pleasure and pain you won’t be able to put down Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Nicolette McKenzie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fans of Josephine Cox, Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court will absolutely love this emotionally charged and unmissable romantic saga of one woman's search for love and fulfilment from much loved author Jess Foley. 'An earthy tale of love, longing and tragedy' -- Swindon Evening Advertiser 'Dramatic and satisfying' -- Iris Gower 'Read it in one night, just could not put it down until it was finished' -- ***** Reader review 'A truly enchanting book' -- ***** Reader review 'I was totally gripped by this story' -- ***** Reader review 'A masterpiece' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************* ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE. BUT WILL SHE FIND PLEASURE OR PAIN? Faced with a future that holds little promise, Lydia Halley longs to leave home. But it is only after her mother's tragic death that she finally seizes her chance of freedom - a freedom she has yearned for all her life. Taking up lodgings in the bustling city of Redbury, she meets handsome stranger Guy Anderson and so begins a friendship which blossoms into love. Until one day a telegram from Italy brings devastating news for Guy and their passionate leave-taking has dramatic consequences for them both.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237151Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wait For The Dawn: a sweeping, powerful and deeply moving saga of pleasure and pain you won’t be able to put down Author: Jess Foley Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237151 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wait For The Dawn: a sweeping, powerful and deeply moving saga of pleasure and pain you won’t be able to put down Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Nicolette McKenzie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fans of Josephine Cox, Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court will absolutely love this emotionally charged and unmissable romantic saga of one woman's search for love and fulfilment from much loved author Jess Foley. 'An earthy tale of love, longing and tragedy' -- Swindon Evening Advertiser 'Dramatic and satisfying' -- Iris Gower 'Read it in one night, just could not put it down until it was finished' -- ***** Reader review 'A truly enchanting book' -- ***** Reader review 'I was totally gripped by this story' -- ***** Reader review 'A masterpiece' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************* ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE. BUT WILL SHE FIND PLEASURE OR PAIN? Faced with a future that holds little promise, Lydia Halley longs to leave home. But it is only after her mother's tragic death that she finally seizes her chance of freedom - a freedom she has yearned for all her life. Taking up lodgings in the bustling city of Redbury, she meets handsome stranger Guy Anderson and so begins a friendship which blossoms into love. Until one day a telegram from Italy brings devastating news for Guy and their passionate leave-taking has dramatic consequences for them both.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-long-walk-home-by-val-wood--65310772https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Walk Home Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. At only thirteen, Mikey Quinn is arrested for stealing a rabbit to feed his family. Despite his age, he's shown no mercy by the wealthy lawyer who sends him to prison. He returns home to find that his mother has died and his younger siblings taken into the workhouse. With only his determination, Mikey makes his way to London to seek a better life for his family. Whilst there, he meets Eleanor who he recognises as the daughter of the lawyer who ruined his life. Desperate, they band together forging a new life for themselves on the streets of London. Overlooking their initial differences, the two come to rely on each other and, when the time comes to return to Hull, they face the long walk home together. © Val Wood 2008 (P) Penguin Audio 2010]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237144Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Walk Home Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237144 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Long Walk Home Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 56 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. At only thirteen, Mikey Quinn is arrested for stealing a rabbit to feed his family. Despite his age, he's shown no mercy by the wealthy lawyer who sends him to prison. He returns home to find that his mother has died and his younger siblings taken into the workhouse. With only his determination, Mikey makes his way to London to seek a better life for his family. Whilst there, he meets Eleanor who he recognises as the daughter of the lawyer who ruined his life. Desperate, they band together forging a new life for themselves on the streets of London. Overlooking their initial differences, the two come to rely on each other and, when the time comes to return to Hull, they face the long walk home together. © Val Wood 2008 (P) Penguin Audio 2010]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-wings-to-fly-a-powerful-saga-of-passion-and-pain-set-in-the-heart-of-rural-england-by-jess-foley--65310769https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Wings To Fly: a powerful saga of passion and pain set in the heart of rural England Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Patricia Gillmore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: If you like Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Katie Flynn, then you will love this breath-taking saga of one of love, passion, betrayal, tragedy and longing by much loved author Jess Foley. This unmissable and unputdownable saga is one you will never forget... 'Compulsive and well-paced' -- Wiltshire Times 'A gripping saga... What makes this particular novel such compelling reading is its expertly researched background... The author writes with exuberance and style, and the central characters are totally convincing.' -- Northampton Chronicle & Echo 'A stunning read' -- ***** Reader review 'Excellent read - I couldn't put in down' -- ***** Reader review 'This book is really good: it's sad, exciting, tragic - you have it all in this book' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************* ONE WOMAN'S STRUGGLE FOR HAPPINESS Having spent her childhood with a cold, unfeeling stepmother, Lily Clair's life is changed for ever when she is sent as general maid to old friends of her family. When Joel - handsome son of a wealthy entrepreneur - enters her life, their meeting is for Lily, young and vulnerable, a revelation. Riding high on the crest of her new-found happiness she is in no way prepared for the violent attack that comes in the night, or for its devastating, life-changing consequences. But she must live with the consequences as, with a shattered heart, she deals with one hand of fate after another. In her search for happiness, Lily is a woman who will capture your heart and stay with you forever...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237152Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Wings To Fly: a powerful saga of passion and pain set in the heart of rural England Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Patricia Gillmore Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237152 to listen full audiobooks. Title: No Wings To Fly: a powerful saga of passion and pain set in the heart of rural England Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Patricia Gillmore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 3 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: If you like Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Katie Flynn, then you will love this breath-taking saga of one of love, passion, betrayal, tragedy and longing by much loved author Jess Foley. This unmissable and unputdownable saga is one you will never forget... 'Compulsive and well-paced' -- Wiltshire Times 'A gripping saga... What makes this particular novel such compelling reading is its expertly researched background... The author writes with exuberance and style, and the central characters are totally convincing.' -- Northampton Chronicle & Echo 'A stunning read' -- ***** Reader review 'Excellent read - I couldn't put in down' -- ***** Reader review 'This book is really good: it's sad, exciting, tragic - you have it all in this book' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************* ONE WOMAN'S STRUGGLE FOR HAPPINESS Having spent her childhood with a cold, unfeeling stepmother, Lily Clair's life is changed for ever when she is sent as general maid to old friends of her family. When Joel - handsome son of a wealthy entrepreneur - enters her life, their meeting is for Lily, young and vulnerable, a revelation. Riding high on the crest of her new-found happiness she is in no way prepared for the violent attack that comes in the night, or for its devastating, life-changing consequences. But she must live with the consequences as, with a shattered heart, she deals with one hand of fate after another. In her search for happiness, Lily is a woman who will capture your heart and stay with you forever...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/too-close-to-the-sun-the-passionate-and-uplifting-saga-of-an-orphan-s-struggle-to-forge-a-better-life-for-herself-by-jess-foley--65310765https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lose yourself in this captivating and heart-wrenching saga from much loved author Jess Foley, written in the bestselling tradition of Josephine Cox, Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court. You will not want to put it down... READERS ARE LOVING TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN 'Good story couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'Keeps you gripped to the end'-- ***** Reader review 'A stunning read'-- ***** Reader review 'An emotional rollercoaster of a book'-- ***** Reader review ************************************************** HOW HIGH A PRICE MUST SHE PAY TO KEEP HER FAMILY SAFE? Grace Harper's world falls apart when she is orphaned and she and her little brother Billy are left homeless and alone. Putting her grief and fear aside, she must think practically. When she finds a job as companion to the wealthy, lonely Mrs Spencer, she and Billy are relieved to have a roof over their heads again, but just as Grace starts to find her feet disaster strikes again. Things look desperate, and when she is offered marriage and a good life for herself and Billy, Grace is tempted. But is her suitor to be trusted? Or is she, desperate in her search for safety for her little family, flying too close to the sun?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237153Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself Author: Jess Foley Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237153 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Too Close To The Sun: the passionate and uplifting saga of an orphan’s struggle to forge a better life for herself Author: Jess Foley Narrator: Patience Tomlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lose yourself in this captivating and heart-wrenching saga from much loved author Jess Foley, written in the bestselling tradition of Josephine Cox, Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court. You will not want to put it down... READERS ARE LOVING TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN 'Good story couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'Keeps you gripped to the end'-- ***** Reader review 'A stunning read'-- ***** Reader review 'An emotional rollercoaster of a book'-- ***** Reader review ************************************************** HOW HIGH A PRICE MUST SHE PAY TO KEEP HER FAMILY SAFE? Grace Harper's world falls apart when she is orphaned and she and her little brother Billy are left homeless and alone. Putting her grief and fear aside, she must think practically. When she finds a job as companion to the wealthy, lonely Mrs Spencer, she and Billy are relieved to have a roof over their heads again, but just as Grace starts to find her feet disaster strikes again. Things look desperate, and when she is offered marriage and a good life for herself and Billy, Grace is tempted. But is her suitor to be trusted? Or is she, desperate in her search for safety for her little family, flying too close to the sun?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-right-thing-a-wonderfully-funny-warm-and-moving-novel-that-will-sweep-you-away-by-judy-astley--65310752https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Right Thing: a wonderfully funny, warm and moving novel that will sweep you away Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Diana Bishop Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Let bestselling author Judy Astley sweep you away with this insightful and uplifting gem of a novel about the important things in life. Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Milly Johnson and Trisha Ashley. 'Astley writes with humour and insight about the stresses and strains of family life' - THE TIMES 'A most absorbing and revealing read' - WOMAN'S WEEKLY 'Judy Astley's books are always a joy to read.' -- ***** Reader review 'Judy Astley is a brilliant writer, you get lost in her books. They are all brilliant in my opinion.' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************* HER LIFE SEEMS COMPLETE, BUT THERE'S ONE THING SHE HAS TO FIND... Funerals are strange things. Kitty hadn't really wanted to go to this one - a old school friend she hadn't seen for years - and she hadn't bargained for the way it made her think of the past. In particular, it made her think of the baby she had given birth to when she was eighteen and been forced to give away for adoption. She'd called her Madeleine, and she remembered her every day, wondered what she was like, if she was happy. Now, reminded of how cruelly short life can be, she has to see her - just to make sure she'd done the right thing. Life has turned out pretty well for Kitty: a secure marriage, two teenage children and a house within sound and sight of the Cornish surf... But the hole left by that first baby isn't getting any smaller, and she decides to make the first, tentative steps towards filling it - although she, and all her family, are quite unprepared for what this means... © Judy Astley 1999 (P) Penguin Audio 2010]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237361Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Right Thing: a wonderfully funny, warm and moving novel that will sweep you away Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Diana Bishop Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237361 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Right Thing: a wonderfully funny, warm and moving novel that will sweep you away Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Diana Bishop Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 32 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Let bestselling author Judy Astley sweep you away with this insightful and uplifting gem of a novel about the important things in life. Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Milly Johnson and Trisha Ashley. 'Astley writes with humour and insight about the stresses and strains of family life' - THE TIMES 'A most absorbing and revealing read' - WOMAN'S WEEKLY 'Judy Astley's books are always a joy to read.' -- ***** Reader review 'Judy Astley is a brilliant writer, you get lost in her books. They are all brilliant in my opinion.' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************* HER LIFE SEEMS COMPLETE, BUT THERE'S ONE THING SHE HAS TO FIND... Funerals are strange things. Kitty hadn't really wanted to go to this one - a old school friend she hadn't seen for years - and she hadn't bargained for the way it made her think of the past. In particular, it made her think of the baby she had given birth to when she was eighteen and been forced to give away for adoption. She'd called her Madeleine, and she remembered her every day, wondered what she was like, if she was happy. Now, reminded of how cruelly short life can be, she has to see her - just to make sure she'd done the right thing. Life has turned out pretty well for Kitty: a secure marriage, two teenage children and a house within sound and sight of the Cornish surf... But the hole left by that first baby isn't getting any smaller, and she decides to make the first, tentative steps towards filling it - although she, and all her family, are quite unprepared for what this means... © Judy Astley 1999 (P) Penguin Audio 2010]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rising-to-the-occasion-by-linda-taylor--65310744https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237363 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rising To The Occasion Author: Linda Taylor Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cathy Gordon has made a discovery. Adopted at birth, she finds out at the age of twenty-eight that she has a grandfather. But when she arrives at a cricket match to meet Frank, there is no trace of him - only an alarmingly sexy man called Nick. Heading off to Frank's home in leafy Oxford, she encounters a grumpy old man who only takes pleasure in two things. Cricket, and arguing - especially with his lifelong friend, Barbara. Determined to bond with her only living relative, Cathy takes up the challenge - a challenge which means her path crossing with Nick's once again. But as the summer heatwave continues, Cathy realises that there is more at stake than family ties. Will any of them - including Frank's beloved England team - rise to the occasion?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237363Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237363 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rising To The Occasion Author: Linda Taylor Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 16 minutes Release date: December...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237363 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rising To The Occasion Author: Linda Taylor Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 16 minutes Release date: December 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cathy Gordon has made a discovery. Adopted at birth, she finds out at the age of twenty-eight that she has a grandfather. But when she arrives at a cricket match to meet Frank, there is no trace of him - only an alarmingly sexy man called Nick. Heading off to Frank's home in leafy Oxford, she encounters a grumpy old man who only takes pleasure in two things. Cricket, and arguing - especially with his lifelong friend, Barbara. Determined to bond with her only living relative, Cathy takes up the challenge - a challenge which means her path crossing with Nick's once again. But as the summer heatwave continues, Cathy realises that there is more at stake than family ties. Will any of them - including Frank's beloved England team - rise to the occasion?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/laying-the-ghost-by-judy-astley--65310777https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Laying The Ghost Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Liz Holliss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 4, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Readers of Carole Matthews, Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond and Milly Johnson will love this delightfully light-hearted, witty and sparkling romantic comedy. Perfect to settle down with! 'Fast and fun' -- Woman & Home 'I loved it!' -- ***** Reader review 'Gripping from beginning to end' -- ***** Reader review 'A book best read in one sitting' -- ***** Reader review *********************************************************************************** IS IT EVER TOO LATE TO REKINDLE AN OLD FLAME? When Nell was a student, she and Patrick were a serious item. They were inseparable, and she really thought he was The One. But then Alex came along...the safer, more restful option, and thanks to her over-controlling mother she opted for him instead. Now nothing is going right. Alex has left her to live in New York with a younger, blonder woman. Escaping to the Caribbean for a recuperative holiday, she is mugged at Gatwick and her bag is stolen. It's crisis time - and she makes two decisions: First - she will take lessons in self-defence. Second - she will try and find Patrick again. Is she trying to put the past behind her - or setting out to ruin her future?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237384Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Laying The Ghost Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Liz Holliss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 4, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237384 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Laying The Ghost Author: Judy Astley Narrator: Liz Holliss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 4, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Readers of Carole Matthews, Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond and Milly Johnson will love this delightfully light-hearted, witty and sparkling romantic comedy. Perfect to settle down with! 'Fast and fun' -- Woman & Home 'I loved it!' -- ***** Reader review 'Gripping from beginning to end' -- ***** Reader review 'A book best read in one sitting' -- ***** Reader review *********************************************************************************** IS IT EVER TOO LATE TO REKINDLE AN OLD FLAME? When Nell was a student, she and Patrick were a serious item. They were inseparable, and she really thought he was The One. But then Alex came along...the safer, more restful option, and thanks to her over-controlling mother she opted for him instead. Now nothing is going right. Alex has left her to live in New York with a younger, blonder woman. Escaping to the Caribbean for a recuperative holiday, she is mugged at Gatwick and her bag is stolen. It's crisis time - and she makes two decisions: First - she will take lessons in self-defence. Second - she will try and find Patrick again. Is she trying to put the past behind her - or setting out to ruin her future?]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jump-another-joyful-and-dramatic-romp-from-jilly-cooper-the-sunday-times-bestseller-by-jilly-cooper--65310838https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jump!: Another joyful and dramatic romp from Jilly Cooper, the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Jilly Cooper Narrator: Samantha Bond Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 16, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jilly Cooper returns to horses in a fabulously entertaining romp through the world of jump racing. Etta Bancroft - sweet, kind, still beautiful - adores racing and harbours a crush on one of its stars, the handsome, high-handed owner-trainer Rupert Campbell-Black. When her bullying husband dies, Etta's selfish, ambitious children drag her from her lovely Dorset home to live in a hideous modern bungalow in the Cotswold village of Willowwood. Etta's life changes when, in the snow in nearby woods, she finds a horribly mutilated filly, which she names Mrs Wilkinson and nurses back to health. The filly charms everyone in the village, then tests reveal her to be a spectacularly well-bred racehorse. After a nail-biting court case, she is awarded to Etta, thus ensuring the lasting and vengeful enmity of her former trainer and owner. A village syndicate is formed to put the filly into training, consisting of a riotous mix of local characters, who set off to the races in a minibus clanking with bottles. Ridden by Rupert's delectable god-daughter, Amber, Mrs Wilkinson captivates vast crowds as she progresses from point-to-point to major races and brings fame and fortune to the syndicate, until, at last, she is entered in the Grand National. Can she be the first mare in over fifty years, and Amber the first woman ever, to win this mighty race? In Jump! you will meet rich, capricious owners, obsessive trainers, gallant stable lads and lasses and tough, brave jockeys; you will fall in love with the horses, and above all with Mrs Wilkinson herself - hilarious, heroic and gutsy, she will gallop into your heart forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237386Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jump!: Another joyful and dramatic romp from Jilly Cooper, the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Jilly Cooper Narrator: Samantha Bond Format: Abridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jump!: Another joyful and dramatic romp from Jilly Cooper, the Sunday Times bestseller Author: Jilly Cooper Narrator: Samantha Bond Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 16, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jilly Cooper returns to horses in a fabulously entertaining romp through the world of jump racing. Etta Bancroft - sweet, kind, still beautiful - adores racing and harbours a crush on one of its stars, the handsome, high-handed owner-trainer Rupert Campbell-Black. When her bullying husband dies, Etta's selfish, ambitious children drag her from her lovely Dorset home to live in a hideous modern bungalow in the Cotswold village of Willowwood. Etta's life changes when, in the snow in nearby woods, she finds a horribly mutilated filly, which she names Mrs Wilkinson and nurses back to health. The filly charms everyone in the village, then tests reveal her to be a spectacularly well-bred racehorse. After a nail-biting court case, she is awarded to Etta, thus ensuring the lasting and vengeful enmity of her former trainer and owner. A village syndicate is formed to put the filly into training, consisting of a riotous mix of local characters, who set off to the races in a minibus clanking with bottles. Ridden by Rupert's delectable god-daughter, Amber, Mrs Wilkinson captivates vast crowds as she progresses from point-to-point to major races and brings fame and fortune to the syndicate, until, at last, she is entered in the Grand National. Can she be the first mare in over fifty years, and Amber the first woman ever, to win this mighty race? In Jump! you will meet rich, capricious owners, obsessive trainers, gallant stable lads and lasses and tough, brave jockeys; you will fall in love with the horses, and above all with Mrs Wilkinson herself - hilarious, heroic and gutsy, she will gallop into your heart forever.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/exclusive-by-fern-michaels--65310798https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exclusive Series: #2 of Godmothers Series Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 31, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Toots Loudenberry relocated to Los Angeles from South Carolina to be near her daughter, Abby, she expected to bump into the occasional celebrity. She just never expected them to be dead. Meanwhile, Toots, Sophie, and Mavis are concerned that the prestigious Dr. Sameer’s budding romance with Ida may have something to do with his ailing bank balance. And Abby’s attempted makeover of the celebrity magazine The Informer into the most talked-about tabloid in town could end more than just her career.But the Godmothers wouldn’t be the Godmothers if they weren’t pulling a few behind-the-scenes strings, and Abby’s hopes of changing the fortunes of The Informer are still alive. Yet it’ll take an assist from a source no one could have predicted, let alone see, to secure a story that will shake Tinseltown to its very core.…“The Godmothers series [is] pure recession-proof fun.” —Publishers Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236572Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exclusive Series: #2 of Godmothers Series Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/236572 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Exclusive Series: #2 of Godmothers Series Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 31, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Toots Loudenberry relocated to Los Angeles from South Carolina to be near her daughter, Abby, she expected to bump into the occasional celebrity. She just never expected them to be dead. Meanwhile, Toots, Sophie, and Mavis are concerned that the prestigious Dr. Sameer’s budding romance with Ida may have something to do with his ailing bank balance. And Abby’s attempted makeover of the celebrity magazine The Informer into the most talked-about tabloid in town could end more than just her career.But the Godmothers wouldn’t be the Godmothers if they weren’t pulling a few behind-the-scenes strings, and Abby’s hopes of changing the fortunes of The Informer are still alive. Yet it’ll take an assist from a source no one could have predicted, let alone see, to secure a story that will shake Tinseltown to its very core.…“The Godmothers series [is] pure recession-proof fun.” —Publishers Weekly]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-other-family-an-utterly-compelling-novel-from-bestselling-author-joanna-trollope-by-joanna-trollope--65310827https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Family: an utterly compelling novel from bestselling author Joanna Trollope Author: Joanna Trollope Narrator: Fenella Woolgar Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 18, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will love this absorbing, emotionally charged and beautifully written novel from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope. Our lives are not always as rock-solid as we think... 'Inventive, surprising and fascinating' - The Times 'A page-turner that feels like sinking into a warm, deep bath. With Trollope you are always in safe hands. Highly recommended' -- Sunday Express 'Trollope is shrewdly observant of human interaction' -- Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating' -- ***** Reader review 'Absolutely gripping' -- ***** Reader review 'I could hardly bear to put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'Another unputdownable book from Joanna Trollope' -- ***** Reader review ****************************************************************** SOME SECRETS ARE TOO BIG TO STAY HIDDEN... Chrissie had always believed that her husband Richie was the one. With their three daughters, a lovely house and a fulfilling career, things couldn't be much better. And even if he hadn't given her the one thing she really wanted, she knew he loved her. But suddenly Richie is no longer there and, without him, Chrissie's carefully constructed life comes tumbling down and the secrets start to come out. As the practicalities of Richie's will must be sorted out, Chrissie must tell her daughters of their father's other family, a wife and son he had abandoned years before and sworn never to see again. And now, it is finally time for the two families to face each other...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237395Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Family: an utterly compelling novel from bestselling author Joanna Trollope Author: Joanna Trollope Narrator: Fenella Woolgar Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Other Family: an utterly compelling novel from bestselling author Joanna Trollope Author: Joanna Trollope Narrator: Fenella Woolgar Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 18, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will love this absorbing, emotionally charged and beautifully written novel from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope. Our lives are not always as rock-solid as we think... 'Inventive, surprising and fascinating' - The Times 'A page-turner that feels like sinking into a warm, deep bath. With Trollope you are always in safe hands. Highly recommended' -- Sunday Express 'Trollope is shrewdly observant of human interaction' -- Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating' -- ***** Reader review 'Absolutely gripping' -- ***** Reader review 'I could hardly bear to put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'Another unputdownable book from Joanna Trollope' -- ***** Reader review ****************************************************************** SOME SECRETS ARE TOO BIG TO STAY HIDDEN... Chrissie had always believed that her husband Richie was the one. With their three daughters, a lovely house and a fulfilling career, things couldn't be much better. And even if he hadn't given her the one thing she really wanted, she knew he loved her. But suddenly Richie is no longer there and, without him, Chrissie's carefully constructed life comes tumbling down and the secrets start to come out. As the practicalities of Richie's will must be sorted out, Chrissie must tell her daughters of their father's other family, a wife and son he had abandoned years before and sworn never to see again. And now, it is finally time for the two families to face each other...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-brightest-star-in-the-sky-british-book-awards-author-of-the-year-2022-by-marian-keyes--65310858https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234048 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Brightest Star in the Sky: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022 Author: Marian Keyes Narrator: Niamh Daly Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 30, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The audiobook adaptation of Marian Keye's The Brightest Star in the Sky, read by actress Niamh Daly. At 66, Star Street in Dublin, someone is watching over the lives of the people living in its flats. But no one is aware of it - yet... One of them is ready to take the plunge and fall in love; another is torn between two very different lovers. For some, secrets they want to stay buried will come to light and for others, the unveiling of those secrets will have tragic consequences. Fate is on its way to Star Street, bringing with it love and tragedy, friendship and heartbreak, and the power to change their lives in the most unexpected of ways...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234048Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234048 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Brightest Star in the Sky: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022 Author: Marian Keyes Narrator: Niamh Daly Format: Abridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/234048 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Brightest Star in the Sky: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022 Author: Marian Keyes Narrator: Niamh Daly Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: October 30, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The audiobook adaptation of Marian Keye's The Brightest Star in the Sky, read by actress Niamh Daly. At 66, Star Street in Dublin, someone is watching over the lives of the people living in its flats. But no one is aware of it - yet... One of them is ready to take the plunge and fall in love; another is torn between two very different lovers. For some, secrets they want to stay buried will come to light and for others, the unveiling of those secrets will have tragic consequences. Fate is on its way to Star Street, bringing with it love and tragedy, friendship and heartbreak, and the power to change their lives in the most unexpected of ways...]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-crowning-glory-of-calla-lily-ponder-by-rebecca-wells--65310833https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder Author: Rebecca Wells Narrator: Judith Ivey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Rebecca Wells has done it again….A new book full of Southern charm and unique characters…impossible to put down.” —Houston Chronicle “Wells weaves that magic spell again.” —New Orleans Times-Picayune   For Ya-Ya fans everywhere, New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Wells returns with The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder. The creator of the literary sensations Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Little Altars Everywhere, and Ya-Yas in Bloom delivers an unforgettable new stand-alone novel about the pull of first love, the power of home, and everyday magic. No matter if you already adore the Ya-Yas or haven’t yet entered the miraculous world of Rebecca Wells, you are going to love—and never forget—Calla Lily Ponder.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231860Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder Author: Rebecca Wells Narrator: Judith Ivey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/231860 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder Author: Rebecca Wells Narrator: Judith Ivey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 7, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Rebecca Wells has done it again….A new book full of Southern charm and unique characters…impossible to put down.” —Houston Chronicle “Wells weaves that magic spell again.” —New Orleans Times-Picayune   For Ya-Ya fans everywhere, New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Wells returns with The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder. The creator of the literary sensations Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Little Altars Everywhere, and Ya-Yas in Bloom delivers an unforgettable new stand-alone novel about the pull of first love, the power of home, and everyday magic. No matter if you already adore the Ya-Yas or haven’t yet entered the miraculous world of Rebecca Wells, you are going to love—and never forget—Calla Lily Ponder.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-art-of-racing-in-the-rain-by-garth-stein--65310870https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Racing in the Rain Author: Garth Stein Narrator: Christopher Evan Welch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 275 Ratings of Narrator: 4.73 of Total 41 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM FOX 2000 STARRING MILO VENTIMIGLIA, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AND KEVIN COSTNER MEET THE DOG WHO WILL SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO BE HUMAN The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein—a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope—a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . . . as only a dog could tell it. “Splendid.” —People “The perfect book for anyone who knows that compassion isn’t only for humans, and that the relationship between two souls who are meant for each other never really comes to an end. Every now and then I’m lucky enough to read a novel I can’t stop thinking about: this is one of them.” —Jodi Picoult “It’s impossible not to love Enzo.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “This old soul of a dog has much to teach us about being human. I loved this book.” —Sara Gruen]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233155Tue, 13 May 2008 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Racing in the Rain Author: Garth Stein Narrator: Christopher Evan Welch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233155 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Art of Racing in the Rain Author: Garth Stein Narrator: Christopher Evan Welch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.58 of Total 275 Ratings of Narrator: 4.73 of Total 41 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM FOX 2000 STARRING MILO VENTIMIGLIA, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AND KEVIN COSTNER MEET THE DOG WHO WILL SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO BE HUMAN The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein—a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope—a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . . . as only a dog could tell it. “Splendid.” —People “The perfect book for anyone who knows that compassion isn’t only for humans, and that the relationship between two souls who are meant for each other never really comes to an end. Every now and then I’m lucky enough to read a novel I can’t stop thinking about: this is one of them.” —Jodi Picoult “It’s impossible not to love Enzo.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “This old soul of a dog has much to teach us about being human. I loved this book.” —Sara Gruen]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-maytrees-by-annie-dillard--65310861https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Maytrees Author: Annie Dillard Narrator: David Rasche Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Release date: June 12, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Toby Maytree first sees Lou Bigelow on her bicycle in postwar Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her laughter and loveliness catch his breath. Maytree is a Provincetown native, an educated poet of thirty. As he courts Lou, just out of college, her stillness draws him. Hands-off, he hides his serious wooing, and idly shows her his poems. In spare, elegant prose, Dillard traces the Maytrees' decades of loving and longing. They live cheaply among the nonconformist artists and writers that the bare tip of Cape Cod attracts. Lou takes up painting. When their son Pete appears, their innocent Bohemian friend Deary helps care for him. These people are all loving, and ironic. Theirs is a simple and bold story. In this moving novel, Dillard intimately depicts nature's vastness and nearness. She presents willed bonds of loyalty, friendship, and abiding love. Warm and hopeful, The Maytrees is the surprising capstone of Annie Dillard's original body of work.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233580Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Maytrees Author: Annie Dillard Narrator: David Rasche Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Release date: June 12, 2007 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233580 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Maytrees Author: Annie Dillard Narrator: David Rasche Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Release date: June 12, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Toby Maytree first sees Lou Bigelow on her bicycle in postwar Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her laughter and loveliness catch his breath. Maytree is a Provincetown native, an educated poet of thirty. As he courts Lou, just out of college, her stillness draws him. Hands-off, he hides his serious wooing, and idly shows her his poems. In spare, elegant prose, Dillard traces the Maytrees' decades of loving and longing. They live cheaply among the nonconformist artists and writers that the bare tip of Cape Cod attracts. Lou takes up painting. When their son Pete appears, their innocent Bohemian friend Deary helps care for him. These people are all loving, and ironic. Theirs is a simple and bold story. In this moving novel, Dillard intimately depicts nature's vastness and nearness. She presents willed bonds of loyalty, friendship, and abiding love. Warm and hopeful, The Maytrees is the surprising capstone of Annie Dillard's original body of work.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/caramelo-by-sandra-cisneros--65310860https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caramelo Author: Sandra Cisneros Narrator: Sandra Cisneros Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 14, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lala Reyes' grandmother is descended from a family of renowned rebozo—, or shawl-makers. The striped (caramelo) is the most beautiful of all, and the one that makes its way, like the family history it has come to represent, into Lala's possession. The novel opens with the Reyes' annual car trip—a caravan overflowing with children, laughter, and quarrels—from Chicago to ''the other side'': Mexico City. It is there, each year, that Lala hears her family's stories, separating the truth from the ''healthy lies'' that have ricocheted from one generation to the next. We travel from the Mexico City that was the ''Paris of the New World'' to the music-filled streets of Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties—and finally, to Lala's own difficult adolescence in the not-quite-promised land of San Antonio, Texas. Caramelo is a vital, wise, romantic tale of homelands, sometimes real, sometimes imagined. Vivid, funny, intimate, historical, it is a brilliant work destined to become a classic: a major new novel from one of our country's most beloved storytellers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233954Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caramelo Author: Sandra Cisneros Narrator: Sandra Cisneros Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 14, 2006...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/233954 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Caramelo Author: Sandra Cisneros Narrator: Sandra Cisneros Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 14, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.69 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lala Reyes' grandmother is descended from a family of renowned rebozo—, or shawl-makers. The striped (caramelo) is the most beautiful of all, and the one that makes its way, like the family history it has come to represent, into Lala's possession. The novel opens with the Reyes' annual car trip—a caravan overflowing with children, laughter, and quarrels—from Chicago to ''the other side'': Mexico City. It is there, each year, that Lala hears her family's stories, separating the truth from the ''healthy lies'' that have ricocheted from one generation to the next. We travel from the Mexico City that was the ''Paris of the New World'' to the music-filled streets of Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties—and finally, to Lala's own difficult adolescence in the not-quite-promised land of San Antonio, Texas. Caramelo is a vital, wise, romantic tale of homelands, sometimes real, sometimes imagined. Vivid, funny, intimate, historical, it is a brilliant work destined to become a classic: a major new novel from one of our country's most beloved storytellers.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peace-like-a-river-by-leif-enger--65310799https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Peace Like A River Author: Leif Enger Narrator: Chad Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 15 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Born with no air in his lungs, it was only when Reuben Land's father, Jeremiah, picked him up and commanded him to breathe that Reuben's lungs filled. Reuben struggles with debilitating asthma from then on, making him a boy who knows firsthand that life is a gift, and also one who suspects that his father is touched by God and can overturn the laws of nature. The quiet 1960's midwestern life of the Lands is upended when Reuben's brother Davy kills two marauders who have come to harm the family. The morning of his sentencing, Davy—a hero to some, a cold-blooded murderer to others—escapes from his cell, and the Lands set out in search of him. Their journey is touched by serendipity and the kindness of strangers, and they cover territory far more extraordinary than even the Badlands where they search for Davy from their Airstream trailer. Sprinkled with playful nods to Biblical tales, beloved classics such as Huckleberry Finn, the adventure stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the westerns of Zane Grey, Peace Like A River is at once a heroic quest, a tragedy, a love story, and a haunting meditation on the possibility of magic in the everyday world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240402Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Peace Like A River Author: Leif Enger Narrator: Chad Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 1, 2005...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240402 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Peace Like A River Author: Leif Enger Narrator: Chad Lowe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.46 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 4.6 of Total 15 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Born with no air in his lungs, it was only when Reuben Land's father, Jeremiah, picked him up and commanded him to breathe that Reuben's lungs filled. Reuben struggles with debilitating asthma from then on, making him a boy who knows firsthand that life is a gift, and also one who suspects that his father is touched by God and can overturn the laws of nature. The quiet 1960's midwestern life of the Lands is upended when Reuben's brother Davy kills two marauders who have come to harm the family. The morning of his sentencing, Davy—a hero to some, a cold-blooded murderer to others—escapes from his cell, and the Lands set out in search of him. Their journey is touched by serendipity and the kindness of strangers, and they cover territory far more extraordinary than even the Badlands where they search for Davy from their Airstream trailer. Sprinkled with playful nods to Biblical tales, beloved classics such as Huckleberry Finn, the adventure stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the westerns of Zane Grey, Peace Like A River is at once a heroic quest, a tragedy, a love story, and a haunting meditation on the possibility of magic in the everyday world.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/birds-without-wings-by-louis-de-bernieres--65310641https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345163 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Birds Without Wings Author: Louis De Bernieres Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 29, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in southwest Turkey (Anatolia) in the early part of the last century—a quirky community in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully over the centuries and where friendship, even love, has transcended religious differences. But with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness; Two inseparable childhood friends who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody struggle; and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, who has an enchanting mistress who is not what she seems. Far away from these small lives, a man of destiny who will come to be known as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is emerging to create a country from the ruins of an empire. Victory at Gallipoli fails to save the Ottomans from ultimate defeat and, as a new conflict arises, Muslims and Christians struggle to survive, let alone understand, their part in the great tragedy that will reshape the whole region forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345163Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345163 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Birds Without Wings Author: Louis De Bernieres Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 29, 2004...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/345163 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Birds Without Wings Author: Louis De Bernieres Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 3 minutes Release date: April 29, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in southwest Turkey (Anatolia) in the early part of the last century—a quirky community in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully over the centuries and where friendship, even love, has transcended religious differences. But with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness; Two inseparable childhood friends who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody struggle; and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, who has an enchanting mistress who is not what she seems. Far away from these small lives, a man of destiny who will come to be known as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is emerging to create a country from the ruins of an empire. Victory at Gallipoli fails to save the Ottomans from ultimate defeat and, as a new conflict arises, Muslims and Christians struggle to survive, let alone understand, their part in the great tragedy that will reshape the whole region forever.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gods-and-generals-by-jeff-shaara--65310663https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gods and Generals Series: #1 of Civil War Trilogy Author: Jeff Shaara Narrator: Stephen Lang Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47 minutes Release date: February 4, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.64 of Total 44 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic The Killer Angels   In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. Here is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War; Winfield Scott Hancock, a captain of quartermasters who quickly establishes himself as one of the finest leaders of the Union army; Joshua Chamberlain, who gives up his promising academic career and goes on to become one of the most heroic soldiers in American history; and Robert E. Lee, never believing until too late that a civil war would ever truly come to pass. Profound in its insights into the minds and hearts of those who fought in the war, Gods and Generals creates a vivid portrait of the soldiers, the battlefields, and the tumultuous times that forever shaped the nation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241777Tue, 04 Feb 2003 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gods and Generals Series: #1 of Civil War Trilogy Author: Jeff Shaara Narrator: Stephen Lang Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241777 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gods and Generals Series: #1 of Civil War Trilogy Author: Jeff Shaara Narrator: Stephen Lang Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 47 minutes Release date: February 4, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.64 of Total 44 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic The Killer Angels   In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. Here is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War; Winfield Scott Hancock, a captain of quartermasters who quickly establishes himself as one of the finest leaders of the Union army; Joshua Chamberlain, who gives up his promising academic career and goes on to become one of the most heroic soldiers in American history; and Robert E. Lee, never believing until too late that a civil war would ever truly come to pass. Profound in its insights into the minds and hearts of those who fought in the war, Gods and Generals creates a vivid portrait of the soldiers, the battlefields, and the tumultuous times that forever shaped the nation.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/milk-glass-moon-by-adriana-trigiani--65310737https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Milk Glass Moon Series: #3 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 9, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: To unify her family, Ave Maria must harness the power of love and its abiding truth in this lyrical and heartfelt novel, the third installment of the New York Times bestselling Big Stone Gap series “Trigiani can make you laugh in one sentence then break your heart in the next.”—Mississippi Clarion-Ledger   Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney has never been a devotee of tarot cards or crystal balls. And yet when the fortune-teller at the county fair suggests that it is time for her to “redream” her life, Ave Maria realizes she is wide open to suggestion. Not a bad idea considering that her beloved daughter, Etta, is growing up fast. In the face of the trials of adolescence, Ave Maria tries to prepare herself for the day when Etta will rebel big-time. Of course, everyone in Big Stone Gap sees it’s coming: Cranky cashier Fleeta has warned her, county sexpert Iva Lou has consoled her, even Pearl, now a mother herself, has lent her sympathy—but that doesn’t make the changes in Etta any easier to handle.    Milk Glass Moon chronicles the challenges Ave Maria faces in her parenting and in her marriage, with more surprising twists and turns than on the mountain roads of southwest Virginia.   Don’t miss any of Adriana Trigiani’s beloved Big Stone Gap series BIG STONE GAP • BIG CHERRY HOLLER • MILK GLASS MOON • HOME TO BIG STONE GAP]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240988Tue, 09 Jul 2002 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Milk Glass Moon Series: #3 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Milk Glass Moon Series: #3 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 9, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: To unify her family, Ave Maria must harness the power of love and its abiding truth in this lyrical and heartfelt novel, the third installment of the New York Times bestselling Big Stone Gap series “Trigiani can make you laugh in one sentence then break your heart in the next.”—Mississippi Clarion-Ledger   Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney has never been a devotee of tarot cards or crystal balls. And yet when the fortune-teller at the county fair suggests that it is time for her to “redream” her life, Ave Maria realizes she is wide open to suggestion. Not a bad idea considering that her beloved daughter, Etta, is growing up fast. In the face of the trials of adolescence, Ave Maria tries to prepare herself for the day when Etta will rebel big-time. Of course, everyone in Big Stone Gap sees it’s coming: Cranky cashier Fleeta has warned her, county sexpert Iva Lou has consoled her, even Pearl, now a mother herself, has lent her sympathy—but that doesn’t make the changes in Etta any easier to handle.    Milk Glass Moon chronicles the challenges Ave Maria faces in her parenting and in her marriage, with more surprising twists and turns than on the mountain roads of southwest Virginia.   Don’t miss any of Adriana Trigiani’s beloved Big Stone Gap series BIG STONE GAP • BIG CHERRY HOLLER • MILK GLASS MOON • HOME TO BIG STONE GAP]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-buffalo-soldier-by-chris-bohjalian--65310685https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Buffalo Soldier Author: Chris Bohjalian Narrator: Alison Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 5, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Midwives and Trans-Sister Radio comes a hauntingly beautiful story of the ties that bind families—and the strains that pull them apart. In northern Vermont, a raging river overflows its banks and sweeps the nine-year-old twin daughters of Terry and Laura Sheldon to their deaths. In the aftermath of the tragedy, the highway patrolman and his wife, unable to have more children, take in a foster child: a ten-year-old African-American boy who has been shuttled for years between foster families and group homes. Young Alfred cautiously enters the Sheldon family circle, barely willing to hope that he might find a permanent home among these kind people still distracted by grief. Across the street from the Sheldons live an older couple who take Alfred under their wing, and it is they who introduce him to the history of the buffalo soldiers—African-American cavalry troopers whose reputation for integrity, honor, and personal responsibility inspires the child. Before life has a chance to settle down, however, Terry, who has never been unfaithful to Laura, finds himself attracted to the solace offered by another woman. Their encounter, brief as it is, leaves her pregnant with his baby—a child Terry suddenly realizes he urgently wants. From these fitful lives emerges a lyrical and richly textured story, one that explores the meaning of marriage, the bonds between parents and children, and the relationships that cause a community to become a family. But The Buffalo Soldier is also a tale of breathtaking power and profound moral complexity—and exactly the sort of novel readers have come to expect from Chris Bohjalian.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240747Tue, 05 Mar 2002 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Buffalo Soldier Author: Chris Bohjalian Narrator: Alison Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240747 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Buffalo Soldier Author: Chris Bohjalian Narrator: Alison Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 14 minutes Release date: March 5, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Midwives and Trans-Sister Radio comes a hauntingly beautiful story of the ties that bind families—and the strains that pull them apart. In northern Vermont, a raging river overflows its banks and sweeps the nine-year-old twin daughters of Terry and Laura Sheldon to their deaths. In the aftermath of the tragedy, the highway patrolman and his wife, unable to have more children, take in a foster child: a ten-year-old African-American boy who has been shuttled for years between foster families and group homes. Young Alfred cautiously enters the Sheldon family circle, barely willing to hope that he might find a permanent home among these kind people still distracted by grief. Across the street from the Sheldons live an older couple who take Alfred under their wing, and it is they who introduce him to the history of the buffalo soldiers—African-American cavalry troopers whose reputation for integrity, honor, and personal responsibility inspires the child. Before life has a chance to settle down, however, Terry, who has never been unfaithful to Laura, finds himself attracted to the solace offered by another woman. Their encounter, brief as it is, leaves her pregnant with his baby—a child Terry suddenly realizes he urgently wants. From these fitful lives emerges a lyrical and richly textured story, one that explores the meaning of marriage, the bonds between parents and children, and the relationships that cause a community to become a family. But The Buffalo Soldier is also a tale of breathtaking power and profound moral complexity—and exactly the sort of novel readers have come to expect from Chris Bohjalian.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fourth-hand-a-novel-by-john-irving--65310711https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240679 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fourth Hand: A Novel Author: John Irving Narrator: Jason Culp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 3, 2001 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK While reporting a story from India, New York journalist Patrick Wallingford inadvertently becomes his own headline when his left hand is eaten by a lion. In Boston, a renowned surgeon eagerly awaits the opportunity to perform the nation’s first hand transplant. But what if the donor’s widow demands visitation rights with the hand? In answering this unexpected question, John Irving has written a novel that is by turns brilliantly comic and emotionally moving, offering a penetrating look at the power of second chances and the will to change. Praise for The Fourth Hand “A rich and deeply moving tale . . . Vintage Irving: a story of two very disparate people, and the strange and unexpected ways we grow . . . Irving’s novels are perceptive and precise reflections of the world around us.”—The Washington Post Book World “A blend of sexual farce, journalistic satire, and tender love story . . . From what at first seems bizarre, Irving builds the best kind of love story: an improbable one. Wallingford gets more than a transplanted hand; he begins to find his soul.”—USA Today “A riveting entertainment and certainly one of the funniest novels of the year. The authoritative control of Irving’s storytelling has never been more impressive. . . . The delighted reader is powerless to look away.”—Chicago Sun-Times “[A] thoroughly satisfying literary experience . . . Irving’s most compassionate and redemptive [novel] to date . . . [His] mastery of characterization is unequaled in American novelists of the day.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch “A beautiful story about the redemptive power of love.”—The Denver Post]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240679Tue, 03 Jul 2001 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240679 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fourth Hand: A Novel Author: John Irving Narrator: Jason Culp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 3, 2001...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240679 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fourth Hand: A Novel Author: John Irving Narrator: Jason Culp Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 18 minutes Release date: July 3, 2001 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK While reporting a story from India, New York journalist Patrick Wallingford inadvertently becomes his own headline when his left hand is eaten by a lion. In Boston, a renowned surgeon eagerly awaits the opportunity to perform the nation’s first hand transplant. But what if the donor’s widow demands visitation rights with the hand? In answering this unexpected question, John Irving has written a novel that is by turns brilliantly comic and emotionally moving, offering a penetrating look at the power of second chances and the will to change. Praise for The Fourth Hand “A rich and deeply moving tale . . . Vintage Irving: a story of two very disparate people, and the strange and unexpected ways we grow . . . Irving’s novels are perceptive and precise reflections of the world around us.”—The Washington Post Book World “A blend of sexual farce, journalistic satire, and tender love story . . . From what at first seems bizarre, Irving builds the best kind of love story: an improbable one. Wallingford gets more than a transplanted hand; he begins to find his soul.”—USA Today “A riveting entertainment and certainly one of the funniest novels of the year. The authoritative control of Irving’s storytelling has never been more impressive. . . . The delighted reader is powerless to look away.”—Chicago Sun-Times “[A] thoroughly satisfying literary experience . . . Irving’s most compassionate and redemptive [novel] to date . . . [His] mastery of characterization is unequaled in American novelists of the day.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch “A beautiful story about the redemptive power of love.”—The Denver Post]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/disobedience-by-jane-hamilton--65310758https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disobedience Author: Jane Hamilton Narrator: Robert Sean Leonard Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 17, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Jane Hamilton, author of the beloved New York Times bestsellers A Map of the World and The Book of Ruth, comes a warmly humorous, poignant novel about a young man, his mother's e-mail, and the often surprising path of infidelity. Henry Shaw, a high school senior, is about as comfortable with his family as any seventeen-year-old can be. His father, Kevin, teaches history with a decidedly socialist tinge at the Chicago private school Henry and his sister attend. His mother, Beth, who plays the piano in a group specializing in antique music, is a loving, attentive wife and parent. Henry even accepts the offbeat behavior of his thirteen-year-old sister, Elvira, who is obsessed with Civil War reenactments and insists on dressing in handmade Union uniforms at inopportune times. When he stumbles on his mother's e-mail account, however, Henry realizes that all is not as it seems. There, under the name Liza38, a name that Henry innocently established for her, is undeniable evidence that his mother is having an affair with one Richard Polloco, a violin maker and unlikely paramour who nonetheless has a very appealing way with words and a romantic spirit that, in Henry's estimation, his own father woefully lacks. Against his better judgment, Henry charts the progress of his mother's infatuation, her feelings of euphoria, of guilt, and of profound, touching confusion. His knowledge of Beth's secret life colors his own tentative explorations of love and sex with the ephemeral Lily, and casts a new light on the arguments-usually focused on Elvira-in which his parents regularly indulge. Over the course of his final year of high school, Henry observes each member of the family, trying to anticipate when they will find out about the infidelity and what the knowledge will mean to each of them. Henry's observations, set down ten years after that fateful year, are much more than the "old story" of adultery his mother deemed her affair to be. With her inimitable grace and compassion, Jane Hamilton has created a novel full of gentle humor and rich insights into the nature of love and the deep, mysterious bonds that hold families together.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238236Tue, 17 Oct 2000 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disobedience Author: Jane Hamilton Narrator: Robert Sean Leonard Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 17, 2000...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238236 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disobedience Author: Jane Hamilton Narrator: Robert Sean Leonard Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 17, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Jane Hamilton, author of the beloved New York Times bestsellers A Map of the World and The Book of Ruth, comes a warmly humorous, poignant novel about a young man, his mother's e-mail, and the often surprising path of infidelity. Henry Shaw, a high school senior, is about as comfortable with his family as any seventeen-year-old can be. His father, Kevin, teaches history with a decidedly socialist tinge at the Chicago private school Henry and his sister attend. His mother, Beth, who plays the piano in a group specializing in antique music, is a loving, attentive wife and parent. Henry even accepts the offbeat behavior of his thirteen-year-old sister, Elvira, who is obsessed with Civil War reenactments and insists on dressing in handmade Union uniforms at inopportune times. When he stumbles on his mother's e-mail account, however, Henry realizes that all is not as it seems. There, under the name Liza38, a name that Henry innocently established for her, is undeniable evidence that his mother is having an affair with one Richard Polloco, a violin maker and unlikely paramour who nonetheless has a very appealing way with words and a romantic spirit that, in Henry's estimation, his own father woefully lacks. Against his better judgment, Henry charts the progress of his mother's infatuation, her feelings of euphoria, of guilt, and of profound, touching confusion. His knowledge of Beth's secret life colors his own tentative explorations of love and sex with the ephemeral Lily, and casts a new light on the arguments-usually focused on Elvira-in which his parents regularly indulge. Over the course of his final year of high school, Henry observes each member of the family, trying to anticipate when they will find out about the infidelity and what the knowledge will mean to each of them. Henry's observations, set down ten years after that fateful year, are much more than the "old story" of adultery his mother deemed her affair to be. With her inimitable grace and compassion, Jane Hamilton has created a novel full of gentle humor and rich insights into the nature of love and the deep, mysterious bonds that hold families together.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/drowning-ruth-a-novel-by-christina-schwarz--65310722https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drowning Ruth: A Novel Author: Christina Schwarz Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 26, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Deftly written and emotionally powerful, Drowning Ruth is a stunning portrait of the ties that bind sisters together and the forces that tear them apart, of the dangers of keeping secrets and the explosive repercussions when they are exposed. A mesmerizing and achingly beautiful debut. Winter, 1919. Amanda Starkey spends her days nursing soldiers wounded in the Great War. Finding herself suddenly overwhelmed, she flees Milwaukee and retreats to her family's farm on Nagawaukee Lake, seeking comfort with her younger sister, Mathilda, and three-year-old niece, Ruth. But very soon, Amanda comes to see that her old home is no refuge--she has carried her troubles with her. On one terrible night almost a year later, Amanda loses nearly everything that is dearest to her when her sister mysteriously disappears and is later found drowned beneath the ice that covers the lake. When Mathilda's husband comes home from the war, wounded and troubled himself, he finds that Amanda has taken charge of Ruth and the farm, assuming her responsibility with a frightening intensity. Wry and guarded, Amanda tells the story of her family in careful doses, as anxious to hide from herself as from us the secrets of her own past and of that night. Ruth, haunted by her own memory of that fateful night, grows up under the watchful eye of her prickly and possessive aunt and gradually becomes aware of the odd events of her childhood. As she tells her own story with increasing clarity, she reveals the mounting toll that her aunt's secrets exact from her family and everyone around her, until the heartrending truth is uncovered. Guiding us through the lives of the Starkey women, Christina Schwarz's first novel shows her compassion and a unique understanding of the American landscape and the people who live on it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238232Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drowning Ruth: A Novel Author: Christina Schwarz Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drowning Ruth: A Novel Author: Christina Schwarz Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 26, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Deftly written and emotionally powerful, Drowning Ruth is a stunning portrait of the ties that bind sisters together and the forces that tear them apart, of the dangers of keeping secrets and the explosive repercussions when they are exposed. A mesmerizing and achingly beautiful debut. Winter, 1919. Amanda Starkey spends her days nursing soldiers wounded in the Great War. Finding herself suddenly overwhelmed, she flees Milwaukee and retreats to her family's farm on Nagawaukee Lake, seeking comfort with her younger sister, Mathilda, and three-year-old niece, Ruth. But very soon, Amanda comes to see that her old home is no refuge--she has carried her troubles with her. On one terrible night almost a year later, Amanda loses nearly everything that is dearest to her when her sister mysteriously disappears and is later found drowned beneath the ice that covers the lake. When Mathilda's husband comes home from the war, wounded and troubled himself, he finds that Amanda has taken charge of Ruth and the farm, assuming her responsibility with a frightening intensity. Wry and guarded, Amanda tells the story of her family in careful doses, as anxious to hide from herself as from us the secrets of her own past and of that night. Ruth, haunted by her own memory of that fateful night, grows up under the watchful eye of her prickly and possessive aunt and gradually becomes aware of the odd events of her childhood. As she tells her own story with increasing clarity, she reveals the mounting toll that her aunt's secrets exact from her family and everyone around her, until the heartrending truth is uncovered. Guiding us through the lives of the Starkey women, Christina Schwarz's first novel shows her compassion and a unique understanding of the American landscape and the people who live on it.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-running-mate-a-novel-by-joe-klein--65310821https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Running Mate: A Novel Author: Joe Klein Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hailed as "astonishingly powerful" by The New York Times, and "written perfectly" by The Washington Post, Joe Klein's #1 bestseller, Primary Colors, was the most-talked-about political novel of the past century. Now acclaimed journalist and author Joe Klein returns with another brilliant and slyly subversive novel set in the gladiatorial arena he knows so well: politics in modern-day America. U.S. senator Charlie Martin is a hot political property, dashing, honorable, irreverent -- and a decorated Vietnam veteran. The Running Mate follows this brash hero on a wild, exhilarating ride through the minefields of politics as usual. But as Charlie quickly learns, combat is a cakewalk compared with the battles waged by free men in pursuit of glory and power. For Charlie's political star is beginning to wane ... a bid for the presidency ends in failure ... a young campaign volunteer's father decks him -- in front of the cameras ... a well-kept secret from Charlie's Vietnam days is revealed ... and a woman has entered his life -- one who loves him but is appalled by his life's work. Suddenly Charlie must confront the two greatest challenges of his life -- a political opponent who has no scruples and a dazzling, unconventional woman who may force him to choose between love and politics. Charlie's dilemma is one that has come to haunt contemporary American politics: Is it possible to be a good politician and a good man?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238002Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Running Mate: A Novel Author: Joe Klein Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 16 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Running Mate: A Novel Author: Joe Klein Narrator: John Bedford Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 16 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hailed as "astonishingly powerful" by The New York Times, and "written perfectly" by The Washington Post, Joe Klein's #1 bestseller, Primary Colors, was the most-talked-about political novel of the past century. Now acclaimed journalist and author Joe Klein returns with another brilliant and slyly subversive novel set in the gladiatorial arena he knows so well: politics in modern-day America. U.S. senator Charlie Martin is a hot political property, dashing, honorable, irreverent -- and a decorated Vietnam veteran. The Running Mate follows this brash hero on a wild, exhilarating ride through the minefields of politics as usual. But as Charlie quickly learns, combat is a cakewalk compared with the battles waged by free men in pursuit of glory and power. For Charlie's political star is beginning to wane ... a bid for the presidency ends in failure ... a young campaign volunteer's father decks him -- in front of the cameras ... a well-kept secret from Charlie's Vietnam days is revealed ... and a woman has entered his life -- one who loves him but is appalled by his life's work. Suddenly Charlie must confront the two greatest challenges of his life -- a political opponent who has no scruples and a dazzling, unconventional woman who may force him to choose between love and politics. Charlie's dilemma is one that has come to haunt contemporary American politics: Is it possible to be a good politician and a good man?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tara-road-a-novel-by-maeve-binchy--65310770https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tara Road: A Novel Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.51 of Total 51 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ria lived on Tara Road in Dublin with her dashing husband, Danny, and their two children. She fully believed she was happily married, right up until the day Danny told her he was leaving her to be with his young, pregnant girlfriend. By a chance phone call, Ria meets Marilyn, a woman from New England unable to come to terms with her only son's death and now separated from her husband. The two women exchange houses for the summer with extraordinary consequences, each learning that the other has a deep secret that can never be revealed. Drawn into lifestyles vastly differing from their own, at first each resents the news of how well the other is getting on. Ria seems to have become quite a hostess, entertaining half the neighborhood, which at first irritates the reserved and withdrawn Marilyn, a woman who has always guarded her privacy. Marilyn seems to have become bosom friends with Ria's children, as well as with Colm, a handsome restaurateur, whom Ria has begun to miss terribly. At the end of the summer, the women at last meet face-to-face. Having learned a great deal, about themselves and about each other, they find that they have become, firmly and forever, good friends. A moving story rendered with the deft touch of a master artisan, Tara Road is Maeve Binchy at her very best—utterly beautiful, hauntingly unforgettable, entirely original, and wholly enjoyable.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249800Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tara Road: A Novel Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249800 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tara Road: A Novel Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.51 of Total 51 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ria lived on Tara Road in Dublin with her dashing husband, Danny, and their two children. She fully believed she was happily married, right up until the day Danny told her he was leaving her to be with his young, pregnant girlfriend. By a chance phone call, Ria meets Marilyn, a woman from New England unable to come to terms with her only son's death and now separated from her husband. The two women exchange houses for the summer with extraordinary consequences, each learning that the other has a deep secret that can never be revealed. Drawn into lifestyles vastly differing from their own, at first each resents the news of how well the other is getting on. Ria seems to have become quite a hostess, entertaining half the neighborhood, which at first irritates the reserved and withdrawn Marilyn, a woman who has always guarded her privacy. Marilyn seems to have become bosom friends with Ria's children, as well as with Colm, a handsome restaurateur, whom Ria has begun to miss terribly. At the end of the summer, the women at last meet face-to-face. Having learned a great deal, about themselves and about each other, they find that they have become, firmly and forever, good friends. A moving story rendered with the deft touch of a master artisan, Tara Road is Maeve Binchy at her very best—utterly beautiful, hauntingly unforgettable, entirely original, and wholly enjoyable.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lightning-by-danielle-steel--65310764https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lightning Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Howard McGillin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As a partner at one of New York's most prestigious law firms, Alexandra Parker barely manages to juggle husband, career, and the three-year-old child she gave birth to at forty.  But Alex feels blessed with her life and happy marriage--until lightning strikes her.  Suddenly a routine medical check-up turns her world upside down when tests reveal shattering news. Sam Parker is a star venture capitalist, a Wall Street whiz kid, and is as proud of his longtime marriage to Alex as he is of his successful career.  As a major player in New York's financial world, Sam is used to being in control--until he is caught off guard by Alex's illness.  Terrified of losing his wife and family, and haunted by ghosts from his past, Sam is unable to provide any kind of emotional support to Alex. Unable to cope with her needs, Sam takes his distance from her, and almost overnight she and Sam become strangers.  As lightning strikes them yet again, Sam's promising career suddenly explodes in disaster, and his very life and identity are challenged.  With their entire future hanging in the balance, Alex must decide what she feels for Sam, if life will ever be the same for them again, or if she must move on without him. What happens to people when every aspect of their lives and well-being is threatened?  In Lightning, Danielle Steel tells the story of a family thrust into uncertainty and explores whether the bonds of love and marriage can withstand life's most unexpected bolts of lightning.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238183Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lightning Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Howard McGillin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lightning Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Howard McGillin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As a partner at one of New York's most prestigious law firms, Alexandra Parker barely manages to juggle husband, career, and the three-year-old child she gave birth to at forty.  But Alex feels blessed with her life and happy marriage--until lightning strikes her.  Suddenly a routine medical check-up turns her world upside down when tests reveal shattering news. Sam Parker is a star venture capitalist, a Wall Street whiz kid, and is as proud of his longtime marriage to Alex as he is of his successful career.  As a major player in New York's financial world, Sam is used to being in control--until he is caught off guard by Alex's illness.  Terrified of losing his wife and family, and haunted by ghosts from his past, Sam is unable to provide any kind of emotional support to Alex. Unable to cope with her needs, Sam takes his distance from her, and almost overnight she and Sam become strangers.  As lightning strikes them yet again, Sam's promising career suddenly explodes in disaster, and his very life and identity are challenged.  With their entire future hanging in the balance, Alex must decide what she feels for Sam, if life will ever be the same for them again, or if she must move on without him. What happens to people when every aspect of their lives and well-being is threatened?  In Lightning, Danielle Steel tells the story of a family thrust into uncertainty and explores whether the bonds of love and marriage can withstand life's most unexpected bolts of lightning.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-glass-lake-by-maeve-binchy--65310742https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Glass Lake Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Night after night the beautiful woman walked beside the serene waters of Lough Glass. Until the day she disappeared, leaving only a boat drifting upside down on the unfathomable lake that gave the town its name. Ravishing Helen McMahon, the Dubliner with film-star looks and unfulfilled dreams, never belonged in Lough Glass, not the way her genial pharmacist-husband Martin belonged, or their spirited daughter Kit. Suddenly, she is gone and Kit is haunted by the memory of her mother, seen through a window, alone at the kitchen table, tears streaming down her face. Now Kit, too, has secrets: of the night she discovered a letter on Martin’s pillow and burned it, unopened. The night her mother was lost. The night everything changed forever…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237654Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Glass Lake Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237654 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Glass Lake Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Fionnula Flanagan Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Night after night the beautiful woman walked beside the serene waters of Lough Glass. Until the day she disappeared, leaving only a boat drifting upside down on the unfathomable lake that gave the town its name. Ravishing Helen McMahon, the Dubliner with film-star looks and unfulfilled dreams, never belonged in Lough Glass, not the way her genial pharmacist-husband Martin belonged, or their spirited daughter Kit. Suddenly, she is gone and Kit is haunted by the memory of her mother, seen through a window, alone at the kitchen table, tears streaming down her face. Now Kit, too, has secrets: of the night she discovered a letter on Martin’s pillow and burned it, unopened. The night her mother was lost. The night everything changed forever…]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trans-sister-radio-a-novel-by-chris-bohjalian--65310734https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237631 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trans-Sister Radio: A Novel Author: Chris Bohjalian Narrator: Elizabeth Kim Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Four people in a small Vermont village are about to have their lives inexorably intertwined by the uncertainties of love . . . and the apparent absolutes of gender.         Schoolteacher Allison Banks, the long-divorced mother of a teenager on the cusp of college, has at last fallen in love. The object of her desire? Dana Stevens, a professor at the nearby university and her instructor for a summer film and literature course. Her daughter, Carly, watches with pleasure her mother's newfound happiness, but her ex-husband, Will, the president of Vermont Public Radio, is jealous. Still secretly in love with his ex-wife, he finds himself increasingly unsettled by the prospect of Allison's attachment to another man. Yet Dana is unlike anyone Allison has ever been with: attentive, gentle, kind -- and an exceptionally ardent lover. Moreover, it's clear that Dana cares just as deeply for Allison. The only stumbling block? Dana has known always that in actuality he is a woman -- genitalia, plumbing, and perceptions be damned -- and he will soon be having a sex change operation. At first Allison runs, but overwhelmed by the depth of her passions, she returns. But can the pair's love transcend both the biologic imperatives that are their bodies, as well as their ingrained notions of sexual preference? Moreover, can their love survive the outrage of the small community in which they live? All four characters -- Allison, Dana, Carly, and Will -- narrate this compelling story, spinning a tale that will keep you turning the pages with the eagerness we usually reserve for thrillers, while nodding in wonder at such a deeply moving and profoundly honest portrayal of longing, love, and desire.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237631Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237631 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trans-Sister Radio: A Novel Author: Chris Bohjalian Narrator: Elizabeth Kim Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237631 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trans-Sister Radio: A Novel Author: Chris Bohjalian Narrator: Elizabeth Kim Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 15 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Four people in a small Vermont village are about to have their lives inexorably intertwined by the uncertainties of love . . . and the apparent absolutes of gender.         Schoolteacher Allison Banks, the long-divorced mother of a teenager on the cusp of college, has at last fallen in love. The object of her desire? Dana Stevens, a professor at the nearby university and her instructor for a summer film and literature course. Her daughter, Carly, watches with pleasure her mother's newfound happiness, but her ex-husband, Will, the president of Vermont Public Radio, is jealous. Still secretly in love with his ex-wife, he finds himself increasingly unsettled by the prospect of Allison's attachment to another man. Yet Dana is unlike anyone Allison has ever been with: attentive, gentle, kind -- and an exceptionally ardent lover. Moreover, it's clear that Dana cares just as deeply for Allison. The only stumbling block? Dana has known always that in actuality he is a woman -- genitalia, plumbing, and perceptions be damned -- and he will soon be having a sex change operation. At first Allison runs, but overwhelmed by the depth of her passions, she returns. But can the pair's love transcend both the biologic imperatives that are their bodies, as well as their ingrained notions of sexual preference? Moreover, can their love survive the outrage of the small community in which they live? All four characters -- Allison, Dana, Carly, and Will -- narrate this compelling story, spinning a tale that will keep you turning the pages with the eagerness we usually reserve for thrillers, while nodding in wonder at such a deeply moving and profoundly honest portrayal of longing, love, and desire.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/malice-by-danielle-steel--65310729https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238185 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Malice Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Jason Culp Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her 37th bestselling novel, Danielle Steel tells the compelling story of a woman who must struggle to overcome a shattering betrayal, and the cruelest kind of malice. At seventeen, the night of her mother's funeral, Grace Adams is attacked. It is not the first time, and a brutal crime ensues. And to everyone's horror, Grace will not tell the truth. She is a young woman with secrets too horrible to tell, with hurts so deep they may never heal. She is also beautiful enough for men to want her no matter how much she does not want them. Whatever the outcome, Grace Adams will have to live with whatever happened during those terrible years. After a lifetime of being a victim, now she must pay the price for other people's sins. From the depths of an Illinois women's prison to a Chicago modeling agency to a challenging career in New York, Grace must carry the past with her wherever she goes. And in healing her own pain, she reaches out to battered women and children who live a nightmare she knows all too well. When Grace meets Charles Mackenzie, a New York lawyer, she has found a man who wants nothing from her-except to heal her, to hear her secrets, and to give her the family she so desperately wants. But, with happiness finally within her grasp, and precious loved ones to protect, Grace is at her most vulnerable-in danger of losing everything to a vicious tabloid press and an enemy from her past, an enemy bent on malice at all costs. With rare insight and power, Danielle Steel writes this extraordinary woman's story, portraying her struggle to triumph over malice and betrayal, and to transform a lifetime of pain into a blessing for others. Revealing both the stark reality of domestic abuse and the healing power of love, Malice, is more than superb fiction. It is a piece of life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238185Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238185 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Malice Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Jason Culp Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/238185 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Malice Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Jason Culp Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 17 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her 37th bestselling novel, Danielle Steel tells the compelling story of a woman who must struggle to overcome a shattering betrayal, and the cruelest kind of malice. At seventeen, the night of her mother's funeral, Grace Adams is attacked. It is not the first time, and a brutal crime ensues. And to everyone's horror, Grace will not tell the truth. She is a young woman with secrets too horrible to tell, with hurts so deep they may never heal. She is also beautiful enough for men to want her no matter how much she does not want them. Whatever the outcome, Grace Adams will have to live with whatever happened during those terrible years. After a lifetime of being a victim, now she must pay the price for other people's sins. From the depths of an Illinois women's prison to a Chicago modeling agency to a challenging career in New York, Grace must carry the past with her wherever she goes. And in healing her own pain, she reaches out to battered women and children who live a nightmare she knows all too well. When Grace meets Charles Mackenzie, a New York lawyer, she has found a man who wants nothing from her-except to heal her, to hear her secrets, and to give her the family she so desperately wants. But, with happiness finally within her grasp, and precious loved ones to protect, Grace is at her most vulnerable-in danger of losing everything to a vicious tabloid press and an enemy from her past, an enemy bent on malice at all costs. With rare insight and power, Danielle Steel writes this extraordinary woman's story, portraying her struggle to triumph over malice and betrayal, and to transform a lifetime of pain into a blessing for others. Revealing both the stark reality of domestic abuse and the healing power of love, Malice, is more than superb fiction. It is a piece of life.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-prodigal-spy-a-novel-by-joseph-kanon--65310692https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prodigal Spy: A Novel Author: Joseph Kanon Narrator: Boyd Gaines Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What if the Communist witch-hunts of the 1950s had actually uncovered a spy? The bestselling author of Los Alamos returns with a thrilling new novel of suspense, romance, and intrigue.   Washington, 1950.  The trouble with history, Nick Kotlar's father tells him, is that you have to live through it before you know how it'll come out.  And for Walter Kotlar, a high-level State Department official, the stakes couldn't be higher: an ambitious congressman has accused him of treason.  As Nick watches helplessly, his family's privileged world is turned upside down in a frenzy of klieg lights and banging gavels. Then one snowy night the chief witness against his father plunges to her death and his father flees, leaving only an endless mystery and the stain of his defection.  It would be better, Nick is told, to think of him as dead. But twenty years later Walter Kotlar is still alive, and he enlists Molly, a young journalist, to bring Nick a disturbing message.  He badly wants to see his son; after two decades of silence and isolation, he is desperate to end his own Cold War.  Resentful but intrigued, Nick agrees to accompany Molly to Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia for the painful reunion.   Once in Prague, Nick finds a clandestine world where nothing is what it seems--not the beautiful city, shadowy with menace; not the woman with whom he falls in love; and most of all not the man he thinks he no longer knows, yet still knows better than anyone.  For Walter Kotlar has an impossible request: he wants to come home and he wants Nick to help.  He also has a valuable secret about what really happened the night he walked out of Nick's life--and about the deadly conspiracy that still threatens them. The Prodigal Spy is a story of fathers and sons and the loyalties that transcend borders, and of a young man's search for the truth buried in his own past, when a national drama was made personal and history itself became a crime story.  Like Los Alamos, this is at once an ingenious mystery, a love story, and a masterly recreation of an era whose legacy haunts our own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237987Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prodigal Spy: A Novel Author: Joseph Kanon Narrator: Boyd Gaines Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prodigal Spy: A Novel Author: Joseph Kanon Narrator: Boyd Gaines Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What if the Communist witch-hunts of the 1950s had actually uncovered a spy? The bestselling author of Los Alamos returns with a thrilling new novel of suspense, romance, and intrigue.   Washington, 1950.  The trouble with history, Nick Kotlar's father tells him, is that you have to live through it before you know how it'll come out.  And for Walter Kotlar, a high-level State Department official, the stakes couldn't be higher: an ambitious congressman has accused him of treason.  As Nick watches helplessly, his family's privileged world is turned upside down in a frenzy of klieg lights and banging gavels. Then one snowy night the chief witness against his father plunges to her death and his father flees, leaving only an endless mystery and the stain of his defection.  It would be better, Nick is told, to think of him as dead. But twenty years later Walter Kotlar is still alive, and he enlists Molly, a young journalist, to bring Nick a disturbing message.  He badly wants to see his son; after two decades of silence and isolation, he is desperate to end his own Cold War.  Resentful but intrigued, Nick agrees to accompany Molly to Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia for the painful reunion.   Once in Prague, Nick finds a clandestine world where nothing is what it seems--not the beautiful city, shadowy with menace; not the woman with whom he falls in love; and most of all not the man he thinks he no longer knows, yet still knows better than anyone.  For Walter Kotlar has an impossible request: he wants to come home and he wants Nick to help.  He also has a valuable secret about what really happened the night he walked out of Nick's life--and about the deadly conspiracy that still threatens them. The Prodigal Spy is a story of fathers and sons and the loyalties that transcend borders, and of a young man's search for the truth buried in his own past, when a national drama was made personal and history itself became a crime story.  Like Los Alamos, this is at once an ingenious mystery, a love story, and a masterly recreation of an era whose legacy haunts our own.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mummy-or-ramses-the-damned-a-novel-by-anne-rice--65310825https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mummy or Ramses the Damned: A Novel Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Michael York Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 4, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: He was Ramses the Damned in ancient Egypt, but awoke in opulent Edwardian London as Dr. Ramsey, expert in Egyptology. He mixes with the aristocrats and samples their voluptuous lifestyle, but it is for his beloved, Cleopatra, that he longs, and will do anything to be with....]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237759Tue, 04 Jul 2000 07:11:32 +0000Germaine RicePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mummy or Ramses the Damned: A Novel Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Michael York Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/237759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mummy or Ramses the Damned: A Novel Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Michael York Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 4, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: He was Ramses the Damned in ancient Egypt, but awoke in opulent Edwardian London as Dr. Ramsey, expert in Egyptology. He mixes with the aristocrats and samples their voluptuous lifestyle, but it is for his beloved, Cleopatra, that he longs, and will do anything to be with....]]>605cleanfull