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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 Madelyn Roobhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/7a8f306d0bd6cce8088d3c5abf1a683d.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/get-latest-full-audiobooks-in-fiction-drama--6580841Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:34:24 +0000Madelyn RoobMadelyn Roobfeeds@spreaker.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/689/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you passionate about Self-Development, Psychology, or want to enhance Communication Skills? With over 500,000+...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/user/689/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Are you passionate about Self-Development, Psychology, or want to enhance Communication Skills? With over 500,000+ audiobooks, we provide you with a rich resource. Get 3 free audiobooks right away and experience. You can listen to books on iPhone, iPad, Android, and other devices, making learning easier than ever. Don't miss the opportunity to improve yourself with us! Note: The authors receive royalties paid by the audiobook service provider for this free offer. If you do not want your audiobook to be in the podcast please send us an email to info@thebookvoice.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/song-of-the-exile-by-kiana-davenport--65311672https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Song of the Exile Author: Kiana Davenport Narrator: Cristine Mcmurdo-Wallis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 51 minutes Release date: November 26, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This beautiful and haunting novel bares the soul of a Hawaiian-American family during World War II. As you share in the Meahuna family's misfortunes and triumphs, a sense of intense intimacy evolves. Cristine McMurdo-Wallis lets you savor the family members' remarkable, heartwrenching stories as they are revealed piece by piece in language rich with sensuous detail.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93054Wed, 26 Nov 2014 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Song of the Exile Author: Kiana Davenport Narrator: Cristine Mcmurdo-Wallis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 51 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93054 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Song of the Exile Author: Kiana Davenport Narrator: Cristine Mcmurdo-Wallis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 51 minutes Release date: November 26, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This beautiful and haunting novel bares the soul of a Hawaiian-American family during World War II. As you share in the Meahuna family's misfortunes and triumphs, a sense of intense intimacy evolves. Cristine McMurdo-Wallis lets you savor the family members' remarkable, heartwrenching stories as they are revealed piece by piece in language rich with sensuous detail.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-winter-dream-by-richard-paul-evans--65311552https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Winter Dream Author: Richard Paul Evans Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 30, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box and master of the holiday novel reimagines the biblical story of Joseph and the coat of many colors in this inspiring modern story of family and forgiveness that will “move [you] to tears and laughter” (Kirkus Reviews). Joseph Jacobson is the twelfth of thirteen siblings, all of whom are employed by their father’s successful Colorado advertising company. But underneath the success runs a poisonous undercurrent of jealousy and hatred. When the father’s favorite and the focus of his brothers’ envy seems on the brink of being named heir, the brothers make their move, forcing Joseph from the company and his Denver home, severing his ties to his parents and ending his relationship with his soon-to-be-fiancée. Alone and lonely, Joseph must start a new life. Joseph joins a Chicago advertising agency where his creativity helps him advance high up in the company. He also finds hope for a lasting love with April, a kind woman with a secret. However, all secrets hold consequences, and when Joseph learns the truth about April’s past, his world is again turned upside down. Finally, Joseph must confront his own difficult past in order to make his dreams for the future come true.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146356Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Winter Dream Author: Richard Paul Evans Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 30, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Winter Dream Author: Richard Paul Evans Narrator: Fred Berman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 30, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box and master of the holiday novel reimagines the biblical story of Joseph and the coat of many colors in this inspiring modern story of family and forgiveness that will “move [you] to tears and laughter” (Kirkus Reviews). Joseph Jacobson is the twelfth of thirteen siblings, all of whom are employed by their father’s successful Colorado advertising company. But underneath the success runs a poisonous undercurrent of jealousy and hatred. When the father’s favorite and the focus of his brothers’ envy seems on the brink of being named heir, the brothers make their move, forcing Joseph from the company and his Denver home, severing his ties to his parents and ending his relationship with his soon-to-be-fiancée. Alone and lonely, Joseph must start a new life. Joseph joins a Chicago advertising agency where his creativity helps him advance high up in the company. He also finds hope for a lasting love with April, a kind woman with a secret. However, all secrets hold consequences, and when Joseph learns the truth about April’s past, his world is again turned upside down. Finally, Joseph must confront his own difficult past in order to make his dreams for the future come true.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-middlesteins-a-novel-by-jami-attenberg--65311554https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Middlesteins: A Novel Author: Jami Attenberg Narrator: Molly Ringwald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 23, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie's enormous girth. She's obsessed with food--thinking about it, eating it--and if she doesn't stop, she won't have much longer to live. When Richard abandons his wife, it is up to the next generation to take control. Robin, their schoolteacher daughter, is determined that her father pay for leaving Edie. Benny, an easy-going, pot-smoking family man, just wants to smooth things over. And Rachelle-- a whippet thin perfectionist-- is intent on saving her mother-in-law's life, but this task proves even bigger than planning her twin children's spectacular b'nai mitzvah party. Through it all, they wonder: do Edie's devastating choices rest on her shoulders alone, or are others at fault, too? With pitch-perfect prose, huge compassion, and sly humor, Jami Attenberg has given us an epic story of marriage, family, and obsession. The Middlesteins explores the hopes and heartbreaks of new and old love, the yearnings of Midwestern America, and our devastating, fascinating preoccupation with food.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145830Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Middlesteins: A Novel Author: Jami Attenberg Narrator: Molly Ringwald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: October...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Middlesteins: A Novel Author: Jami Attenberg Narrator: Molly Ringwald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 23, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie's enormous girth. She's obsessed with food--thinking about it, eating it--and if she doesn't stop, she won't have much longer to live. When Richard abandons his wife, it is up to the next generation to take control. Robin, their schoolteacher daughter, is determined that her father pay for leaving Edie. Benny, an easy-going, pot-smoking family man, just wants to smooth things over. And Rachelle-- a whippet thin perfectionist-- is intent on saving her mother-in-law's life, but this task proves even bigger than planning her twin children's spectacular b'nai mitzvah party. Through it all, they wonder: do Edie's devastating choices rest on her shoulders alone, or are others at fault, too? With pitch-perfect prose, huge compassion, and sly humor, Jami Attenberg has given us an epic story of marriage, family, and obsession. The Middlesteins explores the hopes and heartbreaks of new and old love, the yearnings of Midwestern America, and our devastating, fascinating preoccupation with food.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silent-house-by-orhan-pamuk--65311553https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent House Author: Orhan Pamuk Narrator: Emrhys Cooper, Steve West, Jonathan Cowley, Juliet Mills, John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 9, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Never before published in English, Orhan Pamuk’s second novel is the story of a Turkish family gathering in the shadow of the impending military coup of 1980. In an old mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near Istanbul, a widow, Fatma, awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an idealistic young doctor, ran afoul of the sultan’s grand vizier and arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly bedridden, she is attended by her constant servant Recep, a dwarf—and the doctor’s illegitimate son. Despite mutual dependency, there is no love lost between mistress and servant, who have very different recollections—and grievances—from the early years, before Cennethisar grew into a high-class resort surrounding the family house, now in shambles. Though eagerly anticipated, Fatma’s grandchildren bring little consolation. The eldest, Faruk, a dissipated historian, wallows in alcohol as he laments his inability to tell the story of the past from the kaleidoscopic pieces he finds in the local archive; his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgün, has yet to discover the real-life consequences of highminded politics; and Metin, a high school nerd, tries to keep up with the lifestyle of his spoiled society schoolmates while he fantasizes about going to America—an unaffordable dream unless he can persuade his grandmother to tear down her house. But it is Recep’s nephew Hasan, a high school dropout, lately fallen in with right-wing nationalists, who will draw the visiting family into the growing political cataclysm issuing from Turkey’s tumultuous century-long struggle for modernity. By turns deeply moving, hilarious, and terrifying, Silent House pulses with the special energy of a great writer’s early work even as it offers beguiling evidence of the mature genius for which Orhan Pamuk would later be celebrated the world over.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143644Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent House Author: Orhan Pamuk Narrator: Emrhys Cooper, Steve West, Jonathan Cowley, Juliet Mills, John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143644 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silent House Author: Orhan Pamuk Narrator: Emrhys Cooper, Steve West, Jonathan Cowley, Juliet Mills, John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 46 minutes Release date: October 9, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Never before published in English, Orhan Pamuk’s second novel is the story of a Turkish family gathering in the shadow of the impending military coup of 1980. In an old mansion in Cennethisar, a former fishing village near Istanbul, a widow, Fatma, awaits the annual summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an idealistic young doctor, ran afoul of the sultan’s grand vizier and arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly bedridden, she is attended by her constant servant Recep, a dwarf—and the doctor’s illegitimate son. Despite mutual dependency, there is no love lost between mistress and servant, who have very different recollections—and grievances—from the early years, before Cennethisar grew into a high-class resort surrounding the family house, now in shambles. Though eagerly anticipated, Fatma’s grandchildren bring little consolation. The eldest, Faruk, a dissipated historian, wallows in alcohol as he laments his inability to tell the story of the past from the kaleidoscopic pieces he finds in the local archive; his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgün, has yet to discover the real-life consequences of highminded politics; and Metin, a high school nerd, tries to keep up with the lifestyle of his spoiled society schoolmates while he fantasizes about going to America—an unaffordable dream unless he can persuade his grandmother to tear down her house. But it is Recep’s nephew Hasan, a high school dropout, lately fallen in with right-wing nationalists, who will draw the visiting family into the growing political cataclysm issuing from Turkey’s tumultuous century-long struggle for modernity. By turns deeply moving, hilarious, and terrifying, Silent House pulses with the special energy of a great writer’s early work even as it offers beguiling evidence of the mature genius for which Orhan Pamuk would later be celebrated the world over.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ancient-light-by-john-banville--65311570https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ancient Light Author: John Banville Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 2, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea gives us a brilliant, profoundly moving new novel about an actor in the twilight of his life and his career: a meditation on love and loss, and on the inscrutable immediacy of the past in our present lives. Is there any difference between memory and invention? That is the question that fuels this stunning novel, written with the depth of character, the clarifying lyricism and the sly humor that have marked all of John Banville’s extraordinary works. And it is the question that haunts Alexander Cleave, an actor in the twilight of his career and of his life, as he plumbs the memories of his first—and perhaps only—love (he, fifteen years old, the woman more than twice his age, the mother of his best friend; the situation impossible, thrilling, devouring and finally devastating) . . . and of his daughter, lost to a kind of madness of mind and heart that Cleave can only fail to understand. When his dormant acting career is suddenly, inexplicably revived with a movie role portraying a man who may not be who he says he is, his young leading lady—famous and fragile—unwittingly gives him the opportunity to see with aching clarity the “chasm that yawns between the doing of a thing and the recollection of what was done.” Ancient Light is a profoundly moving meditation on love and loss, on the inscrutable immediacy of the past in our present lives, on how invention shapes memory and memory shapes the man. It is a book of spellbinding power and pathos from one of the greatest masters of prose at work today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142294Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ancient Light Author: John Banville Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 2, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142294 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ancient Light Author: John Banville Narrator: Robin Sachs Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 2, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea gives us a brilliant, profoundly moving new novel about an actor in the twilight of his life and his career: a meditation on love and loss, and on the inscrutable immediacy of the past in our present lives. Is there any difference between memory and invention? That is the question that fuels this stunning novel, written with the depth of character, the clarifying lyricism and the sly humor that have marked all of John Banville’s extraordinary works. And it is the question that haunts Alexander Cleave, an actor in the twilight of his career and of his life, as he plumbs the memories of his first—and perhaps only—love (he, fifteen years old, the woman more than twice his age, the mother of his best friend; the situation impossible, thrilling, devouring and finally devastating) . . . and of his daughter, lost to a kind of madness of mind and heart that Cleave can only fail to understand. When his dormant acting career is suddenly, inexplicably revived with a movie role portraying a man who may not be who he says he is, his young leading lady—famous and fragile—unwittingly gives him the opportunity to see with aching clarity the “chasm that yawns between the doing of a thing and the recollection of what was done.” Ancient Light is a profoundly moving meditation on love and loss, on the inscrutable immediacy of the past in our present lives, on how invention shapes memory and memory shapes the man. It is a book of spellbinding power and pathos from one of the greatest masters of prose at work today.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/goldberg-variations-a-novel-by-susan-isaacs--65311547https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goldberg Variations: A Novel Author: Susan Isaacs Narrator: Morgan Hallett, Jonathan Todd Ross, Rachel Botchan, Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 2, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Susan Issacs, a “deliciously wicked” (Publishers Weekly) story of three cousins and a fortune. Imagine King Lear as a comedy… At seventy-nine, Gloria Garrison must plan for the future of Glory, Inc., the beauty-makeover business that she has grown from zilch into an eleven-million-dollar-per-year bonanza. Gloria’s never been big on family, but she’s forced to contemplate her three grandkids as objects of her largesse. There’s Daisy, a story editor for a movie studio; her brother, Matt, who does PR for a New York baseball team; and cousin Raquel, laboring away as a Legal Aid lawyer. When Gloria sends plane tickets and a weekend invitation to Santa Fe, the cousins couldn’t be more surprised. But the visit holds an unexpected twist for Gloria, too. Always sassy, smart, and wickedly witty, Susan Isaacs is at her formidable best in a novel that is both hilariously funny and a deeply moving tale of family, faith, and discovery.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145628Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goldberg Variations: A Novel Author: Susan Isaacs Narrator: Morgan Hallett, Jonathan Todd Ross, Rachel Botchan, Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145628 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goldberg Variations: A Novel Author: Susan Isaacs Narrator: Morgan Hallett, Jonathan Todd Ross, Rachel Botchan, Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 2, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From New York Times bestselling author Susan Issacs, a “deliciously wicked” (Publishers Weekly) story of three cousins and a fortune. Imagine King Lear as a comedy… At seventy-nine, Gloria Garrison must plan for the future of Glory, Inc., the beauty-makeover business that she has grown from zilch into an eleven-million-dollar-per-year bonanza. Gloria’s never been big on family, but she’s forced to contemplate her three grandkids as objects of her largesse. There’s Daisy, a story editor for a movie studio; her brother, Matt, who does PR for a New York baseball team; and cousin Raquel, laboring away as a Legal Aid lawyer. When Gloria sends plane tickets and a weekend invitation to Santa Fe, the cousins couldn’t be more surprised. But the visit holds an unexpected twist for Gloria, too. Always sassy, smart, and wickedly witty, Susan Isaacs is at her formidable best in a novel that is both hilariously funny and a deeply moving tale of family, faith, and discovery.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-marriage-trap-by-jennifer-probst--65311542https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Marriage Trap Author: Jennifer Probst Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 2, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The sexy second book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Marriage to a Billionaire trilogy by “one of the most exciting breakout novelists” (USA TODAY) Jennifer Probst. To satisfy his late father’s wishes, hot and single billionaire Michael Conte must find a bride—someone who will fit into his traditional family back home in Italy—and fast, so his engaged sister will be allowed to wed. With no intention of being tied down, Michael “proposes” to fiery, free-spirited photographer Maggie Ryan: if she will play the part of his fiancée during her trip to Milan for a photo shoot, he will keep away from her married best friend, Alexa, and stop making Maggie nuts with their too-close-for-comfort flirtations. But once in Italy, sexual tension sparks the hottest no-strings-attached arrangement on any continent. Could marriage be the most enticing trap of all?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145638Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Marriage Trap Author: Jennifer Probst Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145638 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Marriage Trap Author: Jennifer Probst Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 2, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The sexy second book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Marriage to a Billionaire trilogy by “one of the most exciting breakout novelists” (USA TODAY) Jennifer Probst. To satisfy his late father’s wishes, hot and single billionaire Michael Conte must find a bride—someone who will fit into his traditional family back home in Italy—and fast, so his engaged sister will be allowed to wed. With no intention of being tied down, Michael “proposes” to fiery, free-spirited photographer Maggie Ryan: if she will play the part of his fiancée during her trip to Milan for a photo shoot, he will keep away from her married best friend, Alexa, and stop making Maggie nuts with their too-close-for-comfort flirtations. But once in Italy, sexual tension sparks the hottest no-strings-attached arrangement on any continent. Could marriage be the most enticing trap of all?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/love-anthony-by-lisa-genova--65311546https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143744 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Anthony Author: Lisa Genova Narrator: Debra Messing Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 25, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.88 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice, a moving novel about autism, friendship, and unconditional love. In an insightful, deeply human story reminiscent of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Daniel Isn’t Talking, and The Reason I Jump, Lisa Genova offers a unique perspective in fiction—the extraordinary voice of Anthony, a nonverbal boy with autism. Anthony reveals a neurologically plausible peek inside the mind of autism, why he hates pronouns, why he loves swinging and the number three, how he experiences routine, joy, and love. In this powerfully unforgettable story, Anthony teaches two women about the power of friendship and helps them to discover the universal truths that connect us all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143744Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143744 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Anthony Author: Lisa Genova Narrator: Debra Messing Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 25, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143744 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Anthony Author: Lisa Genova Narrator: Debra Messing Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 25, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.32 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 3.88 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice, a moving novel about autism, friendship, and unconditional love. In an insightful, deeply human story reminiscent of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Daniel Isn’t Talking, and The Reason I Jump, Lisa Genova offers a unique perspective in fiction—the extraordinary voice of Anthony, a nonverbal boy with autism. Anthony reveals a neurologically plausible peek inside the mind of autism, why he hates pronouns, why he loves swinging and the number three, how he experiences routine, joy, and love. In this powerfully unforgettable story, Anthony teaches two women about the power of friendship and helps them to discover the universal truths that connect us all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/escape-by-perihan-magden--65311543https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Escape Author: Perihan Magden Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 11, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “There are questions like that. Questions that must never be asked. Subjects that must never be brought up.” Time passes slowly in the hotel rooms. This is what the daughter thinks. They’ve been moving since the beginning, in and out of hotels, sometimes staying for months, sometimes for a mere hour, but never with luggage, heavy things weighing them down. The mother and daughter are singular, a “Moon Unit,” revolving so far away that no one can touch them. They form attachments to no one, not the pool boy who watches the daughter swim for hours, nor the girl at the front desk who counts the moments she sees the daughter as little good luck charms for her day. They are bound together with a secret language, the beautiful girl loved solely by her mother, who will never ever ever leave her side. Prize-winning Turkish novelist and journalist Perihan Magden delivers a heartbreaking meditation on the intense and sometimes isolated love between a mother and daughter against the world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142801Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Escape Author: Perihan Magden Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 11, 2012 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Escape Author: Perihan Magden Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 9 minutes Release date: September 11, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “There are questions like that. Questions that must never be asked. Subjects that must never be brought up.” Time passes slowly in the hotel rooms. This is what the daughter thinks. They’ve been moving since the beginning, in and out of hotels, sometimes staying for months, sometimes for a mere hour, but never with luggage, heavy things weighing them down. The mother and daughter are singular, a “Moon Unit,” revolving so far away that no one can touch them. They form attachments to no one, not the pool boy who watches the daughter swim for hours, nor the girl at the front desk who counts the moments she sees the daughter as little good luck charms for her day. They are bound together with a secret language, the beautiful girl loved solely by her mother, who will never ever ever leave her side. Prize-winning Turkish novelist and journalist Perihan Magden delivers a heartbreaking meditation on the intense and sometimes isolated love between a mother and daughter against the world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-doula-by-bridget-boland--65311559https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Doula Author: Bridget Boland Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 4, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the powerful tradition of Chris Bohjalian’s Midwives and Jodi Picoult’s Handle With Care comes a riveting debut novel about a doula, trained to support women and their families during childbirth, on trial for her best friend’s death. When you come from a family of funeral directors, the telephone rings ominously in the middle of the night. For a doula, it resonates with eager anticipation. Either way, it always means lives are about to change. . . . It might seem like birth and death lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, but to Carolyn Connors, they are mirror images. Caro is no stranger to death, having grown up in a funeral home, but after witnessing her mother’s miscarriage and her brother’s tragic drowning as a child—neither of which she is allowed to discuss—she chooses to become a doula, celebrating the arrival of life rather than its departure. When her glamorous lifelong best friend, Mary Grace, calls with the exciting news that she is pregnant, Caro packs up her life and leaves home to be MG’s birthing coach. But tension escalates between Caro and MG’s domineering husband, Brad, and the sensitive doula’s advice falls on deaf ears. MG cuts off all contact until complications with her pregnancy leave her with no one else to call. Hurrying to the unborn child’s rescue and watching the life drain from her best friend’s body, Caro thinks the nightmare can’t get any worse. . . . Until Brad accuses her of medical malpractice. For the first time in her life, Caro must confront the painful guilt, loss, and shame that have trailed her from the past, leading her to the most profound rebirth of all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142483Tue, 04 Sep 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Doula Author: Bridget Boland Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 4, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142483 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Doula Author: Bridget Boland Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 4, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the powerful tradition of Chris Bohjalian’s Midwives and Jodi Picoult’s Handle With Care comes a riveting debut novel about a doula, trained to support women and their families during childbirth, on trial for her best friend’s death. When you come from a family of funeral directors, the telephone rings ominously in the middle of the night. For a doula, it resonates with eager anticipation. Either way, it always means lives are about to change. . . . It might seem like birth and death lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, but to Carolyn Connors, they are mirror images. Caro is no stranger to death, having grown up in a funeral home, but after witnessing her mother’s miscarriage and her brother’s tragic drowning as a child—neither of which she is allowed to discuss—she chooses to become a doula, celebrating the arrival of life rather than its departure. When her glamorous lifelong best friend, Mary Grace, calls with the exciting news that she is pregnant, Caro packs up her life and leaves home to be MG’s birthing coach. But tension escalates between Caro and MG’s domineering husband, Brad, and the sensitive doula’s advice falls on deaf ears. MG cuts off all contact until complications with her pregnancy leave her with no one else to call. Hurrying to the unborn child’s rescue and watching the life drain from her best friend’s body, Caro thinks the nightmare can’t get any worse. . . . Until Brad accuses her of medical malpractice. For the first time in her life, Caro must confront the painful guilt, loss, and shame that have trailed her from the past, leading her to the most profound rebirth of all.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-the-land-of-the-long-white-cloud-by-sarah-lark--65311576https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142814 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Land of the Long White Cloud Series: #1 of In the Land of the Long White Cloud Saga Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 21, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Helen Davenport, governess for a wealthy London household, longs for a family of her own—but nearing her late twenties, she knows her prospects are dim. Then she spots an advertisement seeking young women to marry New Zealand’s honorable bachelors and begins an affectionate correspondence with a gentleman farmer. When her church offers to pay her travels under an unusual arrangement, she jumps at the opportunity. Meanwhile, not far away in Wales, beautiful and daring Gwyneira Silkham, daughter of a wealthy sheep breeder, is bored with high society. But when a mysterious New Zealand baron deals her father an unlucky blackjack hand, Gwyn’s hand in marriage is suddenly on the table. Her family is outraged, but Gwyn is thrilled to escape the life laid out for her. The two women meet on the ship to Christchurch—Helen traveling in steerage, Gwyn first class—and become unlikely friends. When their new husbands turn out to be very different than expected, the women must help one another find the life—and love—they’d hoped for. Set against the backdrop of colonial nineteenth-century New Zealand, In the Land of the Long White Cloud is a soaring saga of friendship, romance, and unforgettable adventure.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142814Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142814 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Land of the Long White Cloud Series: #1 of In the Land of the Long White Cloud Saga Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142814 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Land of the Long White Cloud Series: #1 of In the Land of the Long White Cloud Saga Author: Sarah Lark Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 21, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Helen Davenport, governess for a wealthy London household, longs for a family of her own—but nearing her late twenties, she knows her prospects are dim. Then she spots an advertisement seeking young women to marry New Zealand’s honorable bachelors and begins an affectionate correspondence with a gentleman farmer. When her church offers to pay her travels under an unusual arrangement, she jumps at the opportunity. Meanwhile, not far away in Wales, beautiful and daring Gwyneira Silkham, daughter of a wealthy sheep breeder, is bored with high society. But when a mysterious New Zealand baron deals her father an unlucky blackjack hand, Gwyn’s hand in marriage is suddenly on the table. Her family is outraged, but Gwyn is thrilled to escape the life laid out for her. The two women meet on the ship to Christchurch—Helen traveling in steerage, Gwyn first class—and become unlikely friends. When their new husbands turn out to be very different than expected, the women must help one another find the life—and love—they’d hoped for. Set against the backdrop of colonial nineteenth-century New Zealand, In the Land of the Long White Cloud is a soaring saga of friendship, romance, and unforgettable adventure.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-roots-of-the-olive-tree-by-courtney-miller-santo--65311563https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/137655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Roots of the Olive Tree Author: Courtney miller Santo Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 21, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary new voice in contemporary woman’s fiction, Courtney Miller Santo makes her magnificent debut with a novel that will delight fans of Sarah Blake’s The Postmistress, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, and the works of Kristin Hannah. Set in a house on an olive grove in northern California, The Roots of the Olive Tree is a beautiful, touching story that brings to life five generations of women—including an unforgettable 112 year-old matriarch determined to break all Guinness longevity records—the secrets and lies that divide them and the love that ultimately ties them together.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/137655Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/137655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Roots of the Olive Tree Author: Courtney miller Santo Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/137655 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Roots of the Olive Tree Author: Courtney miller Santo Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 21, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An extraordinary new voice in contemporary woman’s fiction, Courtney Miller Santo makes her magnificent debut with a novel that will delight fans of Sarah Blake’s The Postmistress, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, and the works of Kristin Hannah. Set in a house on an olive grove in northern California, The Roots of the Olive Tree is a beautiful, touching story that brings to life five generations of women—including an unforgettable 112 year-old matriarch determined to break all Guinness longevity records—the secrets and lies that divide them and the love that ultimately ties them together.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-it-happens-to-you-a-novel-in-stories-by-molly-ringwald--65311673https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories Author: Molly Ringwald Narrator: Molly Ringwald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When it happens to you, you will be surprised. That thing they say about how you knew all the time, but just weren't facing it? That might be the case, but nevertheless, there you will be. Molly Ringwald mines the complexities of modern relationships in this gripping and nuanced collection of interlinked stories. Writing with a deep compassion for human imperfection, Ringwald follows a Los Angeles family and their friends and neighbors while they negotiate the hazardous terrain of everyday life—revealing the deceptions, heartbreak, and vulnerability familiar to us all. In ''The Harvest Moon,'' a stay-at-home mom grapples with age, infertility, and an increasingly distant husband. In ''Ursa Minor,'' a former children's television star tries to rebuild his life after being hospitalized for ''exhaustion.'' An elderly woman mourns the loss of her husband and her estranged relationship with her daughter in ''The Little One.'' In ''My Olivia,'' a single mother finds untapped reserves of strength to protect her flamboyant six-year-old son who wishes only to wear dresses and be addressed as Olivia. And in the devastating title story, a betrayed wife chronicles her pain and alienation, leading to an eviscerating denouement. As the lives of these characters converge and diverge in unexpected ways, Ringwald reveals a startling eye for the universality of loss, love, and the search for connection. An unflinching yet poignant examination of the intricacies of the human heart, When It Happens to You is an auspicious literary debut.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136948Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories Author: Molly Ringwald Narrator: Molly Ringwald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136948 to listen full audiobooks. Title: When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories Author: Molly Ringwald Narrator: Molly Ringwald Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 19 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When it happens to you, you will be surprised. That thing they say about how you knew all the time, but just weren't facing it? That might be the case, but nevertheless, there you will be. Molly Ringwald mines the complexities of modern relationships in this gripping and nuanced collection of interlinked stories. Writing with a deep compassion for human imperfection, Ringwald follows a Los Angeles family and their friends and neighbors while they negotiate the hazardous terrain of everyday life—revealing the deceptions, heartbreak, and vulnerability familiar to us all. In ''The Harvest Moon,'' a stay-at-home mom grapples with age, infertility, and an increasingly distant husband. In ''Ursa Minor,'' a former children's television star tries to rebuild his life after being hospitalized for ''exhaustion.'' An elderly woman mourns the loss of her husband and her estranged relationship with her daughter in ''The Little One.'' In ''My Olivia,'' a single mother finds untapped reserves of strength to protect her flamboyant six-year-old son who wishes only to wear dresses and be addressed as Olivia. And in the devastating title story, a betrayed wife chronicles her pain and alienation, leading to an eviscerating denouement. As the lives of these characters converge and diverge in unexpected ways, Ringwald reveals a startling eye for the universality of loss, love, and the search for connection. An unflinching yet poignant examination of the intricacies of the human heart, When It Happens to You is an auspicious literary debut.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-pale-view-of-hills-by-kazuo-ishiguro--65311594https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Pale View of Hills Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Narrator: Roe Kendall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day Here is the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a novel where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136190Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Pale View of Hills Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Narrator: Roe Kendall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Pale View of Hills Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Narrator: Roe Kendall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 58 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day Here is the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a novel where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-inn-at-rose-harbor-a-novel-by-debbie-macomber--65311579https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inn at Rose Harbor: A Novel Series: #1 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.22 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber comes the first book in a series set in the beloved Pacific Northwest town of Cedar Cove. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber comes a heartwarming new series based in the Pacific Northwest town of Cedar Cove, where a charming cast of characters finds love, forgiveness, and renewal behind the doors of the cozy Rose Harbor Inn.   Jo Marie Rose first arrives in Cedar Cove seeking a sense of peace and a fresh start. Coping with the death of her husband, she purchases a local bed-and-breakfast—the newly christened Rose Harbor Inn—ready to begin her life anew. Yet the inn holds more surprises than Jo Marie can imagine.   Her first guest is Joshua Weaver, who has come home to care for his ailing stepfather. The two have never seen eye to eye, and Joshua has little hope that they can reconcile their differences. But a long-lost acquaintance from Joshua’s high school days proves to him that forgiveness is never out of reach and love can bloom even where it’s least expected.     The other guest is Abby Kincaid, who has returned to Cedar Cove to attend her brother’s wedding. Back for the first time in twenty years, she almost wishes she hadn’t come, the picturesque town harboring painful memories from her past. And while Abby reconnects with family and old friends, she realizes she can only move on if she truly allows herself to let go.   A touching novel of life’s grand possibilities and the heart’s ability to heal, The Inn at Rose Harbor is a welcome introduction to an unforgettable set of friends.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135090Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inn at Rose Harbor: A Novel Series: #1 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135090 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Inn at Rose Harbor: A Novel Series: #1 of Rose Harbor Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Lorelei King Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4.22 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber comes the first book in a series set in the beloved Pacific Northwest town of Cedar Cove. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber comes a heartwarming new series based in the Pacific Northwest town of Cedar Cove, where a charming cast of characters finds love, forgiveness, and renewal behind the doors of the cozy Rose Harbor Inn.   Jo Marie Rose first arrives in Cedar Cove seeking a sense of peace and a fresh start. Coping with the death of her husband, she purchases a local bed-and-breakfast—the newly christened Rose Harbor Inn—ready to begin her life anew. Yet the inn holds more surprises than Jo Marie can imagine.   Her first guest is Joshua Weaver, who has come home to care for his ailing stepfather. The two have never seen eye to eye, and Joshua has little hope that they can reconcile their differences. But a long-lost acquaintance from Joshua’s high school days proves to him that forgiveness is never out of reach and love can bloom even where it’s least expected.     The other guest is Abby Kincaid, who has returned to Cedar Cove to attend her brother’s wedding. Back for the first time in twenty years, she almost wishes she hadn’t come, the picturesque town harboring painful memories from her past. And while Abby reconnects with family and old friends, she realizes she can only move on if she truly allows herself to let go.   A touching novel of life’s grand possibilities and the heart’s ability to heal, The Inn at Rose Harbor is a welcome introduction to an unforgettable set of friends.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/600-hours-of-edward-by-craig-lancaster--65311572https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 600 Hours of Edward Author: Craig Lancaster Narrator: Luke Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A thirty-nine-year-old with Asperger’s syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder, Edward Stanton lives alone on a rigid schedule in the Montana town where he grew up. His carefully constructed routine includes tracking his most common waking time (7:38 a.m.), refusing to start his therapy sessions even a minute before the appointed hour (10:00 a.m.), and watching one episode of the 1960s cop show Dragnet each night (10:00 p.m.). But when a single mother and her nine-year-old son move in across the street, Edward’s timetable comes undone. Over the course of a momentous 600 hours, he opens up to his new neighbors and confronts old grievances with his estranged parents. Exposed to both the joys and heartaches of friendship, Edward must ultimately decide whether to embrace the world outside his door or retreat to his solitary ways. Heartfelt and hilarious, this moving novel will appeal to fans of Daniel Keyes’s classic Flowers for Algernon and to any reader who loves an underdog.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135724Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 600 Hours of Edward Author: Craig Lancaster Narrator: Luke Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135724 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 600 Hours of Edward Author: Craig Lancaster Narrator: Luke Daniels Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A thirty-nine-year-old with Asperger’s syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder, Edward Stanton lives alone on a rigid schedule in the Montana town where he grew up. His carefully constructed routine includes tracking his most common waking time (7:38 a.m.), refusing to start his therapy sessions even a minute before the appointed hour (10:00 a.m.), and watching one episode of the 1960s cop show Dragnet each night (10:00 p.m.). But when a single mother and her nine-year-old son move in across the street, Edward’s timetable comes undone. Over the course of a momentous 600 hours, he opens up to his new neighbors and confronts old grievances with his estranged parents. Exposed to both the joys and heartaches of friendship, Edward must ultimately decide whether to embrace the world outside his door or retreat to his solitary ways. Heartfelt and hilarious, this moving novel will appeal to fans of Daniel Keyes’s classic Flowers for Algernon and to any reader who loves an underdog.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-d-you-go-bernadette-a-novel-by-maria-semple--65311569https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel Author: Maria Semple Narrator: Kathleen Wilhoite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 227 Ratings of Narrator: 4.49 of Total 57 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A misanthropic matriarch leaves her eccentric family in crisis when she mysteriously disappears in this 'whip-smart and divinely funny' novel that inspired the movie starring Cate Blanchett (New York Times). Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect; and to 15-year-old Bee, she is her best friend and, simply, Mom. Then Bernadette vanishes. It all began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle -- and people in general -- has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic. To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, and secret correspondence -- creating a compulsively readable and surprisingly touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135245Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel Author: Maria Semple Narrator: Kathleen Wilhoite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135245 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel Author: Maria Semple Narrator: Kathleen Wilhoite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 227 Ratings of Narrator: 4.49 of Total 57 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A misanthropic matriarch leaves her eccentric family in crisis when she mysteriously disappears in this 'whip-smart and divinely funny' novel that inspired the movie starring Cate Blanchett (New York Times). Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect; and to 15-year-old Bee, she is her best friend and, simply, Mom. Then Bernadette vanishes. It all began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But Bernadette's intensifying allergy to Seattle -- and people in general -- has made her so agoraphobic that a virtual assistant in India now runs her most basic errands. A trip to the end of the earth is problematic. To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, and secret correspondence -- creating a compulsively readable and surprisingly touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter's role in an absurd world.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/valley-of-ashes-by-cornelia-read--65311567https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valley of Ashes Series: #4 of A Madeline Dare Novel Author: Cornelia Read Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Madeline Dare trades New York's gritty streets for the tree-lined avenues of Boulder, Colorado when her husband Dean lands a promising job. Madeline, now a full-time homemaker and mother to beautiful toddler twin girls, has achieved everything she thought she always wanted, but with her husband constantly on the road, she's fighting a losing battle against the Betty Friedan riptide of suburban/maternal exhaustion, angst, and sheer loneliness. A new freelance newspaper gig helps her get her mojo back, but Boulder isn't nearly as tranquil as it seems: there's a serial arsonist at large in the city. As Madeline closes in on the culprit, the fires turn deadly-and the stakes tragically personal. She'll need every ounce of strength and courage she has to keep the flames from reaching her own doorstep, threatening all she holds most dear.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135591Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valley of Ashes Series: #4 of A Madeline Dare Novel Author: Cornelia Read Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135591 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Valley of Ashes Series: #4 of A Madeline Dare Novel Author: Cornelia Read Narrator: Hillary Huber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 14, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Madeline Dare trades New York's gritty streets for the tree-lined avenues of Boulder, Colorado when her husband Dean lands a promising job. Madeline, now a full-time homemaker and mother to beautiful toddler twin girls, has achieved everything she thought she always wanted, but with her husband constantly on the road, she's fighting a losing battle against the Betty Friedan riptide of suburban/maternal exhaustion, angst, and sheer loneliness. A new freelance newspaper gig helps her get her mojo back, but Boulder isn't nearly as tranquil as it seems: there's a serial arsonist at large in the city. As Madeline closes in on the culprit, the fires turn deadly-and the stakes tragically personal. She'll need every ounce of strength and courage she has to keep the flames from reaching her own doorstep, threatening all she holds most dear.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/goodbye-for-now-a-novel-by-laurie-frankel--65311601https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye for Now: A Novel Author: Laurie Frankel Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 7, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of ONE DAY, comes a fresh and warmhearted love story for the 21st century. Sometimes the end is just the beginning . . . Sam Elling works for an internet dating company, but he still can't get a date. So he creates an algorithm that will match you with your soul mate. Sam meets the love of his life, a coworker named Meredith, but he also gets fired when the company starts losing all their customers to Mr. and Ms. Right. When Meredith's grandmother, Livvie, dies suddenly, Sam uses his ample free time to create a computer program that will allow Meredith to have one last conversation with her grandmother. Mining from all her correspondence—email, Facebook, Skype, texts—Sam constructs a computer simulation of Livvie who can respond to email or video chat just as if she were still alive. It's not supernatural, it's computer science. Meredith loves it, and the couple begins to wonder if this is something that could help more people through their grief. And thus, the company RePose is born. The business takes off, but for every person who just wants to say good-bye, there is someone who can't let go. In the meantime, Sam and Meredith's affection for one another deepens into the kind of love that once tasted, you can't live without. But what if one of them suddenly had to? This entertaining novel, delivers a charming and bittersweet romance as well as a lump in the throat exploration of the nature of love, loss, and life (both real and computer simulated). Maybe nothing was meant to last forever, but then again, sometimes love takes on a life of its own.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135115Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye for Now: A Novel Author: Laurie Frankel Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: August...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135115 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Goodbye for Now: A Novel Author: Laurie Frankel Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 7, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of ONE DAY, comes a fresh and warmhearted love story for the 21st century. Sometimes the end is just the beginning . . . Sam Elling works for an internet dating company, but he still can't get a date. So he creates an algorithm that will match you with your soul mate. Sam meets the love of his life, a coworker named Meredith, but he also gets fired when the company starts losing all their customers to Mr. and Ms. Right. When Meredith's grandmother, Livvie, dies suddenly, Sam uses his ample free time to create a computer program that will allow Meredith to have one last conversation with her grandmother. Mining from all her correspondence—email, Facebook, Skype, texts—Sam constructs a computer simulation of Livvie who can respond to email or video chat just as if she were still alive. It's not supernatural, it's computer science. Meredith loves it, and the couple begins to wonder if this is something that could help more people through their grief. And thus, the company RePose is born. The business takes off, but for every person who just wants to say good-bye, there is someone who can't let go. In the meantime, Sam and Meredith's affection for one another deepens into the kind of love that once tasted, you can't live without. But what if one of them suddenly had to? This entertaining novel, delivers a charming and bittersweet romance as well as a lump in the throat exploration of the nature of love, loss, and life (both real and computer simulated). Maybe nothing was meant to last forever, but then again, sometimes love takes on a life of its own.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-black-isle-by-sandi-tan--65311593https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black Isle Author: Sandi Tan Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 7, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This “ambitious, supernatural coming-of-age story” (The LA Times) is a sweeping tale of ghosts in the modern world, and one woman's struggle to create her own destiny. There are ghosts on the Black Isle. Ghosts that no one can see. No one . . . except Cassandra. Uprooted from Shanghai with her father and twin brother, young Cassandra finds the Black Isle's bustling, immigrant-filled seaport, swampy jungle, and grand rubber plantations a sharp contrast to the city of her childhood. And she soon makes another discovery: the Black Isle is swarming with ghosts. Haunted and lonely, Cassandra at first tries to ignore her ability to see the restless apparitions that drift down the street and crouch in cold corners at school. Yet despite her struggles with these spirits, Cassandra comes to love her troubled new home. And soon, she attracts the notice of a dangerously charismatic man. Even as she becomes a fearless young woman, the Isle's dark forces won't let her go. War is looming, and Cassandra wonders if her unique gift might be her beloved island's only chance for salvation . . . Taking readers from the 1920s, through the Japanese occupation during WWII, to the Isle's radical transformation into a gleaming cosmopolitan city, The Black Isle is a sweeping epic—a deeply imagined, fiercely original tale from a vibrant new voice in fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135252Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black Isle Author: Sandi Tan Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 7, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135252 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Black Isle Author: Sandi Tan Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 7, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This “ambitious, supernatural coming-of-age story” (The LA Times) is a sweeping tale of ghosts in the modern world, and one woman's struggle to create her own destiny. There are ghosts on the Black Isle. Ghosts that no one can see. No one . . . except Cassandra. Uprooted from Shanghai with her father and twin brother, young Cassandra finds the Black Isle's bustling, immigrant-filled seaport, swampy jungle, and grand rubber plantations a sharp contrast to the city of her childhood. And she soon makes another discovery: the Black Isle is swarming with ghosts. Haunted and lonely, Cassandra at first tries to ignore her ability to see the restless apparitions that drift down the street and crouch in cold corners at school. Yet despite her struggles with these spirits, Cassandra comes to love her troubled new home. And soon, she attracts the notice of a dangerously charismatic man. Even as she becomes a fearless young woman, the Isle's dark forces won't let her go. War is looming, and Cassandra wonders if her unique gift might be her beloved island's only chance for salvation . . . Taking readers from the 1920s, through the Japanese occupation during WWII, to the Isle's radical transformation into a gleaming cosmopolitan city, The Black Isle is a sweeping epic—a deeply imagined, fiercely original tale from a vibrant new voice in fiction.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-prophet-by-michael-koryta--65311561https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prophet Author: Michael Koryta Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 7, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Adam Austin hasn't spoken to his brother in years. When they were teenagers, their sister was abducted and murdered, and their devastated family never recovered. Now Adam keeps to himself, scraping by as a bail bondsman, working so close to the town's criminal fringes that he sometimes seems a part of them. Kent Austin is the beloved coach of the local high school football team, a religious man and hero in the community. After years of near misses, Kent's team has a shot at the state championship, a welcome point of pride in a town that has had its share of hardships. Just before playoffs begin, the town and the team are thrown into shock when horrifically, impossibly, another teenage girl is found murdered. As details emerge that connect the crime to the Austin brothers, the two must confront their buried rage and grief-and unite to stop a killer. Michael Koryta, widely hailed as one of the most exciting thriller authors at work today, has written his greatest novel ever -- an emotionally harrowing, unstoppably suspenseful novel that Donald Ray Pollock has called 'one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read in my life.']]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135266Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prophet Author: Michael Koryta Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 7, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135266 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Prophet Author: Michael Koryta Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: August 7, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Adam Austin hasn't spoken to his brother in years. When they were teenagers, their sister was abducted and murdered, and their devastated family never recovered. Now Adam keeps to himself, scraping by as a bail bondsman, working so close to the town's criminal fringes that he sometimes seems a part of them. Kent Austin is the beloved coach of the local high school football team, a religious man and hero in the community. After years of near misses, Kent's team has a shot at the state championship, a welcome point of pride in a town that has had its share of hardships. Just before playoffs begin, the town and the team are thrown into shock when horrifically, impossibly, another teenage girl is found murdered. As details emerge that connect the crime to the Austin brothers, the two must confront their buried rage and grief-and unite to stop a killer. Michael Koryta, widely hailed as one of the most exciting thriller authors at work today, has written his greatest novel ever -- an emotionally harrowing, unstoppably suspenseful novel that Donald Ray Pollock has called 'one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read in my life.']]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-light-between-oceans-a-novel-by-m-l-stedman--65311598https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/134940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light Between Oceans: A Novel Author: M.L. Stedman Narrator: Noah Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 205 Ratings of Narrator: 3.62 of Total 47 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The years-long New York Times bestseller and major motion picture from Spielberg’s Dreamworks is “irresistible…seductive…with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page” (O, The Oprah Magazine). After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a “gift from God,” and against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/134940Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/134940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light Between Oceans: A Novel Author: M.L. Stedman Narrator: Noah Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/134940 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Light Between Oceans: A Novel Author: M.L. Stedman Narrator: Noah Taylor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 205 Ratings of Narrator: 3.62 of Total 47 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The years-long New York Times bestseller and major motion picture from Spielberg’s Dreamworks is “irresistible…seductive…with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page” (O, The Oprah Magazine). After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a “gift from God,” and against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-red-book-by-deborah-copaken-kogan--65311600https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Book Author: Deborah Copaken Kogan Narrator: Cohn Jennifer, Susan Bennet, Kathleen Mcinerney, Kate Udall, Robert Petkoff, Jennifer Ikeda, Eliza Foss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 24, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Big Chill meets The Group in Deborah Copaken Kogan's wry, lively, and irresistible new novel about a once-close circle of friends at their twentieth college reunion. Clover, Addison, Mia, and Jane were roommates at Harvard until their graduation in 1989. Clover, homeschooled on a commune by mixed-race parents, felt woefully out of place. Addison yearned to shed the burden of her Mayflower heritage. Mia mined the depths of her suburban ennui to enact brilliant performances on the Harvard stage. Jane, an adopted Vietnamese war orphan, made sense of her fractured world through words. Twenty years later, their lives are in free fall. Clover, once a securities broker with Lehman, is out of a job and struggling to reproduce before her fertility window slams shut. Addison's marriage to a writer's-blocked novelist is as stale as her so-called career as a painter. Hollywood shut its gold-plated gates to Mia, who now stays home with her four children, renovating and acquiring faster than her director husband can pay the bills. Jane, the Paris bureau chief for a newspaper whose foreign bureaus are now shuttered, is caught in a vortex of loss. Like all Harvard grads, they've kept abreast of one another via the red book, a class report published every five years, containing brief autobiographical essays by fellow alumni. But there's the story we tell the world, and then there's the real story, as these former classmates will learn during their twentieth reunion weekend, when they arrive with their families, their histories, their dashed dreams, and their secret yearnings to a relationship-changing, score-settling, unforgettable weekend.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135214Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Book Author: Deborah Copaken Kogan Narrator: Cohn Jennifer, Susan Bennet, Kathleen Mcinerney, Kate Udall, Robert Petkoff, Jennifer Ikeda, Eliza...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135214 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red Book Author: Deborah Copaken Kogan Narrator: Cohn Jennifer, Susan Bennet, Kathleen Mcinerney, Kate Udall, Robert Petkoff, Jennifer Ikeda, Eliza Foss Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 24, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Big Chill meets The Group in Deborah Copaken Kogan's wry, lively, and irresistible new novel about a once-close circle of friends at their twentieth college reunion. Clover, Addison, Mia, and Jane were roommates at Harvard until their graduation in 1989. Clover, homeschooled on a commune by mixed-race parents, felt woefully out of place. Addison yearned to shed the burden of her Mayflower heritage. Mia mined the depths of her suburban ennui to enact brilliant performances on the Harvard stage. Jane, an adopted Vietnamese war orphan, made sense of her fractured world through words. Twenty years later, their lives are in free fall. Clover, once a securities broker with Lehman, is out of a job and struggling to reproduce before her fertility window slams shut. Addison's marriage to a writer's-blocked novelist is as stale as her so-called career as a painter. Hollywood shut its gold-plated gates to Mia, who now stays home with her four children, renovating and acquiring faster than her director husband can pay the bills. Jane, the Paris bureau chief for a newspaper whose foreign bureaus are now shuttered, is caught in a vortex of loss. Like all Harvard grads, they've kept abreast of one another via the red book, a class report published every five years, containing brief autobiographical essays by fellow alumni. But there's the story we tell the world, and then there's the real story, as these former classmates will learn during their twentieth reunion weekend, when they arrive with their families, their histories, their dashed dreams, and their secret yearnings to a relationship-changing, score-settling, unforgettable weekend.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry-a-novel-by-rachel-joyce--65311566https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Jim Broadbent Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 24, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 81 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 35 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of quotidian minutiae is a letter addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl from a woman he hasn’t seen or heard from in twenty years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye.   Harold pens a quick reply and, leaving Maureen to her chores, heads to the corner mailbox. But then, as happens in the very best works of fiction, Harold has a chance encounter, one that convinces him that he absolutely must deliver his message to Queenie in person. And thus begins the unlikely pilgrimage at the heart of Rachel Joyce’s remarkable debut. Harold Fry is determined to walk six hundred miles from Kingsbridge to the hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed because, he believes, as long as he walks, Queenie Hennessey will live.   Still in his yachting shoes and light coat, Harold embarks on his urgent quest across the countryside. Along the way he meets one fascinating character after another, each of whom unlocks his long-dormant spirit and sense of promise. Memories of his first dance with Maureen, his wedding day, his joy in fatherhood, come rushing back to him—allowing him to also reconcile the losses and the regrets. As for Maureen, she finds herself missing Harold for the first time in years.   And then there is the unfinished business with Queenie Hennessy.   A novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we all bury deep within our hearts, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry introduces Rachel Joyce as a wise—and utterly irresistible—storyteller. Advance praise for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry “When it seems almost too late, Harold Fry opens his battered heart and lets the world rush in. This funny, poignant story about an ordinary man on an extraordinary journey moved and inspired me.”—Nancy Horan, author of Loving Frank   “There’s tremendous heart in this debut novel by Rachel Joyce, as she probes questions that are as simple as they are profound: Can we begin to live again, and live truly, as ourselves, even in middle age, when all seems ruined? Can we believe in hope when hope seems to have abandoned us? I found myself laughing through tears, rooting for Harold at every step of his journey. I’m still rooting for him.”—Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife “Marvelous! I held my breath at his every blister and cramp, and felt as if by turning the pages, I might help his impossible quest succeed.”—Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand   “Harold’s journey is ordinary and extraordinary; it is a journey through the self, through modern society, through time and landscape. It is a funny book, a wise book, a charming book—but never cloying. It’s a book with a  savage twist—and yet never seems manipulative. Perhaps because Harold himself is just wonderful. . . . I’m telling you now: I love this book.”—Erica Wagner, The Times (UK)   “The odyssey of a simple man . . . original, subtle and touching.”—Claire Tomalin, author of Charles Dickens: A Life]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131913Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Jim Broadbent Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131913 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel Author: Rachel Joyce Narrator: Jim Broadbent Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 24, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.27 of Total 81 Ratings of Narrator: 4.63 of Total 35 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of quotidian minutiae is a letter addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl from a woman he hasn’t seen or heard from in twenty years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye.   Harold pens a quick reply and, leaving Maureen to her chores, heads to the corner mailbox. But then, as happens in the very best works of fiction, Harold has a chance encounter, one that convinces him that he absolutely must deliver his message to Queenie in person. And thus begins the unlikely pilgrimage at the heart of Rachel Joyce’s remarkable debut. Harold Fry is determined to walk six hundred miles from Kingsbridge to the hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed because, he believes, as long as he walks, Queenie Hennessey will live.   Still in his yachting shoes and light coat, Harold embarks on his urgent quest across the countryside. Along the way he meets one fascinating character after another, each of whom unlocks his long-dormant spirit and sense of promise. Memories of his first dance with Maureen, his wedding day, his joy in fatherhood, come rushing back to him—allowing him to also reconcile the losses and the regrets. As for Maureen, she finds herself missing Harold for the first time in years.   And then there is the unfinished business with Queenie Hennessy.   A novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we all bury deep within our hearts, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry introduces Rachel Joyce as a wise—and utterly irresistible—storyteller. Advance praise for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry “When it seems almost too late, Harold Fry opens his battered heart and lets the world rush in. This funny, poignant story about an ordinary man on an extraordinary journey moved and inspired me.”—Nancy Horan, author of Loving Frank   “There’s tremendous heart in this debut novel by Rachel Joyce, as she probes questions that are as simple as they are profound: Can we begin to live again, and live truly, as ourselves, even in middle age, when all seems ruined? Can we believe in hope when hope seems to have abandoned us? I found myself laughing through tears, rooting for Harold at every step of his journey. I’m still rooting for him.”—Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife “Marvelous! I held my breath at his every blister and cramp, and felt as if by turning the pages, I might help his impossible quest succeed.”—Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand   “Harold’s journey is ordinary and extraordinary; it is a journey through the self, through modern society, through time and landscape. It is a funny book, a wise book, a charming book—but never cloying. It’s a book with a  savage twist—and yet never seems manipulative. Perhaps because Harold himself is just wonderful. . . . I’m telling you now: I love this book.”—Erica Wagner, The Times (UK)   “The odyssey of a simple man . . . original, subtle and touching.”—Claire Tomalin, author of Charles Dickens: A Life]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sandcastle-girls-a-novel-by-chris-bohjalian--65311585https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sandcastle Girls: A Novel Author: Chris Bohjalian Narrator: Cassandra Campbell, Alison Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 17, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Over the course of his career, New York Times bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian has taken readers on a spectacular array of journeys. Midwives brought us to an isolated Vermont farmhouse on an icy winter’s night and a home birth gone tragically wrong. The Double Bind perfectly conjured the Roaring Twenties on Long Island—and a young social worker’s descent into madness. And Skeletons at the Feast chronicled the last six months of World War Two in Poland and Germany with nail-biting authenticity. As The Washington Post Book World has noted, Bohjalian writes “the sorts of books people stay awake all night to finish.” In his fifteenth book, The Sandcastle Girls, he brings us on a very different kind of journey. This spellbinding tale travels between Aleppo, Syria, in 1915 and Bronxville, New York, in 2012—a sweeping historical love story steeped in the author’s Armenian heritage, making it his most personal novel to date. When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke College, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language. The First World War is spreading across Europe, and she has volunteered on behalf of the Boston-based Friends of Armenia to deliver food and medical aid to refugees of the Armenian genocide. There, Elizabeth becomes friendly with Armen, a young Armenian engineer who has already lost his wife and infant daughter. When Armen leaves Aleppo to join the British Army in Egypt, he begins to write Elizabeth letters, and comes to realize that he has fallen in love with the wealthy, young American woman who is so different from the wife he lost.Flash forward to the present, where we meet Laura Petrosian, a novelist living in suburban New York. Although her grandparents’ ornate Pelham home was affectionately nicknamed the “Ottoman Annex,” Laura has never really given her Armenian heritage much thought. But when an old friend calls, claiming to have seen a newspaper photo of Laura’s grandmother promoting an exhibit at a Boston museum, Laura embarks on a journey back through her family’s history that reveals love, loss—and a wrenching secret that has been buried for generations.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131904Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sandcastle Girls: A Novel Author: Chris Bohjalian Narrator: Cassandra Campbell, Alison Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131904 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sandcastle Girls: A Novel Author: Chris Bohjalian Narrator: Cassandra Campbell, Alison Fraser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 9 minutes Release date: July 17, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Over the course of his career, New York Times bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian has taken readers on a spectacular array of journeys. Midwives brought us to an isolated Vermont farmhouse on an icy winter’s night and a home birth gone tragically wrong. The Double Bind perfectly conjured the Roaring Twenties on Long Island—and a young social worker’s descent into madness. And Skeletons at the Feast chronicled the last six months of World War Two in Poland and Germany with nail-biting authenticity. As The Washington Post Book World has noted, Bohjalian writes “the sorts of books people stay awake all night to finish.” In his fifteenth book, The Sandcastle Girls, he brings us on a very different kind of journey. This spellbinding tale travels between Aleppo, Syria, in 1915 and Bronxville, New York, in 2012—a sweeping historical love story steeped in the author’s Armenian heritage, making it his most personal novel to date. When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke College, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language. The First World War is spreading across Europe, and she has volunteered on behalf of the Boston-based Friends of Armenia to deliver food and medical aid to refugees of the Armenian genocide. There, Elizabeth becomes friendly with Armen, a young Armenian engineer who has already lost his wife and infant daughter. When Armen leaves Aleppo to join the British Army in Egypt, he begins to write Elizabeth letters, and comes to realize that he has fallen in love with the wealthy, young American woman who is so different from the wife he lost.Flash forward to the present, where we meet Laura Petrosian, a novelist living in suburban New York. Although her grandparents’ ornate Pelham home was affectionately nicknamed the “Ottoman Annex,” Laura has never really given her Armenian heritage much thought. But when an old friend calls, claiming to have seen a newspaper photo of Laura’s grandmother promoting an exhibit at a Boston museum, Laura embarks on a journey back through her family’s history that reveals love, loss—and a wrenching secret that has been buried for generations.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tigers-in-red-weather-a-novel-by-liza-klaussmann--65311556https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tigers in Red Weather: A Novel Author: Liza Klaussmann Narrator: Katherine Kellgren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 17, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Nick and her cousin, Helena, have grown up sharing sultry summer heat, sunbleached boat docks, and midnight gin parties on Martha's Vineyard in a glorious old family estate known as Tiger House. In the days following the end of the Second World War, the world seems to offer itself up, and the two women are on the cusp of their 'real lives': Helena is off to Hollywood and a new marriage, while Nick is heading for a reunion with her own young husband, Hughes, about to return from the war. Soon the gilt begins to crack. Helena's husband is not the man he seemed to be, and Hughes has returned from the war distant, his inner light curtained over. On the brink of the 1960s, back at Tiger House, Nick and Helena -- with their children, Daisy and Ed -- try to recapture that sense of possibility. But when Daisy and Ed discover the victim of a brutal murder, the intrusion of violence causes everything to unravel. The members of the family spin out of their prescribed orbits, secrets come to light, and nothing about their lives will ever be the same. Brilliantly told from five points of view, with a magical elegance and suspenseful dark longing, Tigers in Red Weather is an unforgettable debut novel from a writer of extraordinary insight and accomplishment.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135592Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tigers in Red Weather: A Novel Author: Liza Klaussmann Narrator: Katherine Kellgren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135592 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tigers in Red Weather: A Novel Author: Liza Klaussmann Narrator: Katherine Kellgren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 17, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Nick and her cousin, Helena, have grown up sharing sultry summer heat, sunbleached boat docks, and midnight gin parties on Martha's Vineyard in a glorious old family estate known as Tiger House. In the days following the end of the Second World War, the world seems to offer itself up, and the two women are on the cusp of their 'real lives': Helena is off to Hollywood and a new marriage, while Nick is heading for a reunion with her own young husband, Hughes, about to return from the war. Soon the gilt begins to crack. Helena's husband is not the man he seemed to be, and Hughes has returned from the war distant, his inner light curtained over. On the brink of the 1960s, back at Tiger House, Nick and Helena -- with their children, Daisy and Ed -- try to recapture that sense of possibility. But when Daisy and Ed discover the victim of a brutal murder, the intrusion of violence causes everything to unravel. The members of the family spin out of their prescribed orbits, secrets come to light, and nothing about their lives will ever be the same. Brilliantly told from five points of view, with a magical elegance and suspenseful dark longing, Tigers in Red Weather is an unforgettable debut novel from a writer of extraordinary insight and accomplishment.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/size-12-and-ready-to-rock-a-heather-wells-mystery-by-meg-cabot--65311595https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Size 12 and Ready to Rock: A Heather Wells Mystery Series: #4 of Heather Wells Mysteries Author: Meg Cabot Narrator: Sandy Rustin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: July 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: After dallying with sexy vampires and ingeniously reinterpreting the Dracula legend (Insatiable, Overbite), #1 New York Times bestseller Meg Cabot is ready to rock ’n’ roll once more with Heather Wells. The un-petite assistant New York City college dorm director and sometime sleuth is back in Size 12 and Ready to Rock—a delectable comedy mystery that proves once more that the much beloved author of The Princess Diaries rules in the realm of grown-up women’s fiction as well. Heather’s got her hands full when a pop star and her reality TV camera crew invade the dorm—bringing with them a summer camp-full of adoring teen admirers—only to have an inconvenient homicide spoil the fun.  There’s romance, treachery, merry mayhem and music—just the ticket for readers who like to rock out on the hip contemporary singleton fiction of Sophie Kinsella, Jennifer Weiner, and Jane Green.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132671Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Size 12 and Ready to Rock: A Heather Wells Mystery Series: #4 of Heather Wells Mysteries Author: Meg Cabot Narrator: Sandy Rustin Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132671 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Size 12 and Ready to Rock: A Heather Wells Mystery Series: #4 of Heather Wells Mysteries Author: Meg Cabot Narrator: Sandy Rustin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 5 minutes Release date: July 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.36 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: After dallying with sexy vampires and ingeniously reinterpreting the Dracula legend (Insatiable, Overbite), #1 New York Times bestseller Meg Cabot is ready to rock ’n’ roll once more with Heather Wells. The un-petite assistant New York City college dorm director and sometime sleuth is back in Size 12 and Ready to Rock—a delectable comedy mystery that proves once more that the much beloved author of The Princess Diaries rules in the realm of grown-up women’s fiction as well. Heather’s got her hands full when a pop star and her reality TV camera crew invade the dorm—bringing with them a summer camp-full of adoring teen admirers—only to have an inconvenient homicide spoil the fun.  There’s romance, treachery, merry mayhem and music—just the ticket for readers who like to rock out on the hip contemporary singleton fiction of Sophie Kinsella, Jennifer Weiner, and Jane Green.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chaperoned-by-dora-heldt--65311565https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chaperoned Author: Dora Heldt Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 10, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When an old friend invites her to help renovate a bar in a posh resort town, single gal Christine immediately agrees, anticipating two blissful weeks of sun, cocktails, and gorgeous men. Her excitement is short-lived, however, thanks in no small part to her overbearing mother and one heavy-handed guilt trip. Now, for the first time in nearly thirty years, Christine and her best friend Dorothea find themselves saddled with an unexpected chaperone: Christine’s father, Heinz. The trip is a catastrophe from the get-go. For starters, Heinz insists on taking charge of the bar’s overhaul. And when he learns that the locals are hunting for an escaped con artist, he promptly joins the investigation. At the top of his suspect list? Johann, the handsome, mysterious traveler who makes Christine go weak at the knees. But just when she thinks she can’t take one more day of his “father knows best” routine, Christine makes a poignant realization that will forever change the way she looks at Heinz. Sparkling with humor, this delightful novel, which spent over one hundred weeks on Germany’s bestseller list, captures the unique—and occasionally exasperating—bond between fathers and daughters.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135751Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chaperoned Author: Dora Heldt Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 10, 2012 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chaperoned Author: Dora Heldt Narrator: Teri Clark Linden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: July 10, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When an old friend invites her to help renovate a bar in a posh resort town, single gal Christine immediately agrees, anticipating two blissful weeks of sun, cocktails, and gorgeous men. Her excitement is short-lived, however, thanks in no small part to her overbearing mother and one heavy-handed guilt trip. Now, for the first time in nearly thirty years, Christine and her best friend Dorothea find themselves saddled with an unexpected chaperone: Christine’s father, Heinz. The trip is a catastrophe from the get-go. For starters, Heinz insists on taking charge of the bar’s overhaul. And when he learns that the locals are hunting for an escaped con artist, he promptly joins the investigation. At the top of his suspect list? Johann, the handsome, mysterious traveler who makes Christine go weak at the knees. But just when she thinks she can’t take one more day of his “father knows best” routine, Christine makes a poignant realization that will forever change the way she looks at Heinz. Sparkling with humor, this delightful novel, which spent over one hundred weeks on Germany’s bestseller list, captures the unique—and occasionally exasperating—bond between fathers and daughters.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-by-morning-by-alexis-harrington--65311574https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home by Morning Series: #1 of A Powell Springs Novel Author: Alexis Harrington Narrator: Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 1, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: October 1918: En route from New York to Seattle, Jessica Layton stops for a visit in her hometown of Powell Springs, Oregon, and comes face-to-face with Cole Braddock, her first and only love from years ago. Now Jessica is a highly accomplished clinical physician preparing for an exciting new job in Washington, and Cole is a successful horse breeder who is courting her sister Amy. Both are convinced they have moved beyond their youthful passion and the heartbreak it produced; nonetheless, they are grateful that Jessica’s brief visit will leave little opportunity to rehash old wounds. But before Dr. Layton can leave town, Powell Springs is hit hard by the influenza epidemic ravaging the country. With no other doctors available, Jessica must remain in Oregon and tend to her friends and former neighbors. Her work brings her in constant contact with Cole, and with each passing day he finds it harder to convince himself that mild-tempered Amy can fill his heart as Jessica once did. Set against the gritty backdrop of World War I and the epidemic of 1918, Home by Morning is a raw, compelling story of betrayal, heartbreak, and redemption.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135485Sun, 01 Jul 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home by Morning Series: #1 of A Powell Springs Novel Author: Alexis Harrington Narrator: Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/135485 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Home by Morning Series: #1 of A Powell Springs Novel Author: Alexis Harrington Narrator: Amy Rubinate Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 34 minutes Release date: July 1, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: October 1918: En route from New York to Seattle, Jessica Layton stops for a visit in her hometown of Powell Springs, Oregon, and comes face-to-face with Cole Braddock, her first and only love from years ago. Now Jessica is a highly accomplished clinical physician preparing for an exciting new job in Washington, and Cole is a successful horse breeder who is courting her sister Amy. Both are convinced they have moved beyond their youthful passion and the heartbreak it produced; nonetheless, they are grateful that Jessica’s brief visit will leave little opportunity to rehash old wounds. But before Dr. Layton can leave town, Powell Springs is hit hard by the influenza epidemic ravaging the country. With no other doctors available, Jessica must remain in Oregon and tend to her friends and former neighbors. Her work brings her in constant contact with Cole, and with each passing day he finds it harder to convince himself that mild-tempered Amy can fill his heart as Jessica once did. Set against the gritty backdrop of World War I and the epidemic of 1918, Home by Morning is a raw, compelling story of betrayal, heartbreak, and redemption.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-bright-river-a-novel-by-patrick-somerville--65311596https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Bright River: A Novel Author: Patrick Somerville Narrator: Erin Bennett, David W. Collins, Scott Holst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 26, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From a writer and producer of HBO's acclaimed apocalyptic drama series The Leftovers comes a compelling story of young love and old secrets. Ben Hanson's aimless life has bottomed out after a series of bad decisions, but an unexpected offer from his father draws him home to Wisconsin. There, he finds his family fractured, still reeling from his cousin's mysterious death a decade earlier. Lauren Sheehan abandoned her career in medicine after a series of violent events abroad. Now she's back in the safest place she knows -- the same small Wisconsin town where she and Ben grew up -- hiding from a world that has only brought her heartache. As Lauren cautiously expands her horizons and Ben tries to unravel his family's dark secrets, their paths intersect. Could each be exactly what the other needs? A compelling family drama and a surprising love story, This Bright River is the work of a natural storyteller, one whose dark humor and piercing intelligence provide constant, lasting delights.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131495Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Bright River: A Novel Author: Patrick Somerville Narrator: Erin Bennett, David W. Collins, Scott Holst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/131495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Bright River: A Novel Author: Patrick Somerville Narrator: Erin Bennett, David W. Collins, Scott Holst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 33 minutes Release date: June 26, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From a writer and producer of HBO's acclaimed apocalyptic drama series The Leftovers comes a compelling story of young love and old secrets. Ben Hanson's aimless life has bottomed out after a series of bad decisions, but an unexpected offer from his father draws him home to Wisconsin. There, he finds his family fractured, still reeling from his cousin's mysterious death a decade earlier. Lauren Sheehan abandoned her career in medicine after a series of violent events abroad. Now she's back in the safest place she knows -- the same small Wisconsin town where she and Ben grew up -- hiding from a world that has only brought her heartache. As Lauren cautiously expands her horizons and Ben tries to unravel his family's dark secrets, their paths intersect. Could each be exactly what the other needs? A compelling family drama and a surprising love story, This Bright River is the work of a natural storyteller, one whose dark humor and piercing intelligence provide constant, lasting delights.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/summerland-a-novel-by-elin-hilderbrand--65311575https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summerland: A Novel Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 26, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The 'queen of the summer novel' explores the power of community, family, and honesty-and proves that even from the ashes of sorrow new love can take flight (Kirkus Reviews). A warm June evening, a local tradition: the students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach. What begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver, Penny Alistair, dead, and her twin brother in a coma. The other passengers, Penny's boyfriend, Jake, and her friend Demeter, are physically unhurt--but the emotional damage is overwhelming. Questions linger about what happened before Penny took the wheel. As summer unfolds, startling truths are revealed about the survivors and their parents, the secrets kept, promises broken, and hearts betrayed.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132036Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summerland: A Novel Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 26, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132036 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summerland: A Novel Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 26, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.57 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The 'queen of the summer novel' explores the power of community, family, and honesty-and proves that even from the ashes of sorrow new love can take flight (Kirkus Reviews). A warm June evening, a local tradition: the students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach. What begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver, Penny Alistair, dead, and her twin brother in a coma. The other passengers, Penny's boyfriend, Jake, and her friend Demeter, are physically unhurt--but the emotional damage is overwhelming. Questions linger about what happened before Penny took the wheel. As summer unfolds, startling truths are revealed about the survivors and their parents, the secrets kept, promises broken, and hearts betrayed.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seating-arrangements-by-maggie-shipstead--65311666https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seating Arrangements Author: Maggie Shipstead Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Maggie Shipstead’s irresistible social satire, set on an exclusive New England island over a wedding weekend in June, provides a deliciously biting glimpse into the lives of the well-bred and ill-behaved. Winn Van Meter is heading for his family’s retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. Normally a haven of calm, for the next three days this sanctuary will be overrun by tipsy revelers as Winn prepares for the marriage of his daughter Daphne to the affable young scion Greyson Duff.  Winn’s wife, Biddy, has planned the wedding with military precision, but arrangements are sideswept by a storm of salacious misbehavior and intractable lust: Daphne’s sister, Livia, who has recently had her heart broken by Teddy Fenn, the son of her father’s oldest rival, is an eager target for the seductive wiles of Greyson’s best man; Winn, instead of reveling in his patriarchal duties, is tormented by his long-standing crush on Daphne’s beguiling bridesmaid Agatha; and the bride and groom find themselves presiding over a spectacle of misplaced desire, marital infidelity, and monumental loss of faith in the rituals of American life. Hilarious, keenly intelligent, and commandingly well written, Shipstead’s deceptively frothy first novel is a piercing rumination on desire, on love and its obligations, and on the dangers of leading an inauthentic life, heralding the debut of an exciting new literary voice.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127518Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seating Arrangements Author: Maggie Shipstead Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 12,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127518 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Seating Arrangements Author: Maggie Shipstead Narrator: Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 9 minutes Release date: June 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.71 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Maggie Shipstead’s irresistible social satire, set on an exclusive New England island over a wedding weekend in June, provides a deliciously biting glimpse into the lives of the well-bred and ill-behaved. Winn Van Meter is heading for his family’s retreat on the pristine New England island of Waskeke. Normally a haven of calm, for the next three days this sanctuary will be overrun by tipsy revelers as Winn prepares for the marriage of his daughter Daphne to the affable young scion Greyson Duff.  Winn’s wife, Biddy, has planned the wedding with military precision, but arrangements are sideswept by a storm of salacious misbehavior and intractable lust: Daphne’s sister, Livia, who has recently had her heart broken by Teddy Fenn, the son of her father’s oldest rival, is an eager target for the seductive wiles of Greyson’s best man; Winn, instead of reveling in his patriarchal duties, is tormented by his long-standing crush on Daphne’s beguiling bridesmaid Agatha; and the bride and groom find themselves presiding over a spectacle of misplaced desire, marital infidelity, and monumental loss of faith in the rituals of American life. Hilarious, keenly intelligent, and commandingly well written, Shipstead’s deceptively frothy first novel is a piercing rumination on desire, on love and its obligations, and on the dangers of leading an inauthentic life, heralding the debut of an exciting new literary voice.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beautiful-ruins-a-novel-by-jess-walter--65311618https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beautiful Ruins: A Novel Author: Jess Walter Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes Release date: June 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 76 Ratings of Narrator: 4.55 of Total 29 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed, award-winning author of the national bestseller The Financial Lives of the Poets returns with his  funniest, most romantic, and most purely enjoyable novel yet: the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962 . . . and is rekindled in Hollywood fifty years later.   “Why mince words? Beautiful Ruins is an absolute masterpiece.” —Richard Russo “A ridiculously talented writer.” —New York Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129723Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beautiful Ruins: A Novel Author: Jess Walter Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes Release date: June...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129723 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beautiful Ruins: A Novel Author: Jess Walter Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes Release date: June 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.12 of Total 76 Ratings of Narrator: 4.55 of Total 29 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The acclaimed, award-winning author of the national bestseller The Financial Lives of the Poets returns with his  funniest, most romantic, and most purely enjoyable novel yet: the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962 . . . and is rekindled in Hollywood fifty years later.   “Why mince words? Beautiful Ruins is an absolute masterpiece.” —Richard Russo “A ridiculously talented writer.” —New York Times]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-red-house-a-novel-by-mark-haddon--65311616https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red House: A Novel Author: Mark Haddon Narrator: Maxwell Caulfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An dazzlingly inventive novel about modern family, from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time The set-up of Mark Haddon's brilliant new novel is simple: Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who sometimes seem alien to her. The stage is set for seven days of resentment and guilt, a staple of family gatherings the world over. But because of Haddon's extraordinary narrative technique, the stories of these eight people are anything but simple. Told through the alternating viewpoints of each character, The Red House becomes a symphony of long-held grudges, fading dreams and rising hopes, tightly-guarded secrets and illicit desires, all adding up to a portrait of contemporary family life that is bittersweet, comic, and deeply felt. As we come to know each character they become profoundly real to us. We understand them, even as we come to realize they will never fully understand each other, which is the tragicomedy of every family. The Red House is a literary tour-de-force that illuminates the puzzle of family in a profoundly empathetic manner -- a novel sure to entrance the millions of readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127510Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red House: A Novel Author: Mark Haddon Narrator: Maxwell Caulfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 12,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Red House: A Novel Author: Mark Haddon Narrator: Maxwell Caulfield Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 41 minutes Release date: June 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An dazzlingly inventive novel about modern family, from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time The set-up of Mark Haddon's brilliant new novel is simple: Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who sometimes seem alien to her. The stage is set for seven days of resentment and guilt, a staple of family gatherings the world over. But because of Haddon's extraordinary narrative technique, the stories of these eight people are anything but simple. Told through the alternating viewpoints of each character, The Red House becomes a symphony of long-held grudges, fading dreams and rising hopes, tightly-guarded secrets and illicit desires, all adding up to a portrait of contemporary family life that is bittersweet, comic, and deeply felt. As we come to know each character they become profoundly real to us. We understand them, even as we come to realize they will never fully understand each other, which is the tragicomedy of every family. The Red House is a literary tour-de-force that illuminates the puzzle of family in a profoundly empathetic manner -- a novel sure to entrance the millions of readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-came-back-a-novel-by-christopher-coake--65311592https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/130147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Came Back: A Novel Author: Christopher Coake Narrator: Scott Holst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Thirty-something midwesterner Mark Fife believes he has successfully moved past the accidental death of his young son Brendan, as well as his subsequent divorce from his college sweetheart Chloe. He's successful, he's in love again, and he believes he's mastered his own memories. But then he is contacted by a strange woman who tells him not only that she owns his old house, but that she believes it to be haunted by Brendan's ghost. Will Mark--who does not believe in ghosts--come to accept the mounting evidence that Brendan's is real? Will his engagement to his new love Allison be threatened by the reappearance in Mark's life of Chloe--who does believe? If the ghost is real, what can these two wounded parents do to help their son? You Came Back examines the beauty and danger of belief in all its forms--not only belief in the supernatural, but in the love that binds parents and children, husbands and wives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/130147Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/130147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Came Back: A Novel Author: Christopher Coake Narrator: Scott Holst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 12,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/130147 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Came Back: A Novel Author: Christopher Coake Narrator: Scott Holst Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Thirty-something midwesterner Mark Fife believes he has successfully moved past the accidental death of his young son Brendan, as well as his subsequent divorce from his college sweetheart Chloe. He's successful, he's in love again, and he believes he's mastered his own memories. But then he is contacted by a strange woman who tells him not only that she owns his old house, but that she believes it to be haunted by Brendan's ghost. Will Mark--who does not believe in ghosts--come to accept the mounting evidence that Brendan's is real? Will his engagement to his new love Allison be threatened by the reappearance in Mark's life of Chloe--who does believe? If the ghost is real, what can these two wounded parents do to help their son? You Came Back examines the beauty and danger of belief in all its forms--not only belief in the supernatural, but in the love that binds parents and children, husbands and wives.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/porch-lights-by-dorothea-benton-frank--65311550https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Porch Lights Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “The queen of sassy Southern fiction.” —Charlotte Observer   “Dottie Frank’s books are sexy and hilarious. She has staked out the lowcountry of South Carolina as her personal literary property.” —Pat Conroy, Author of The Prince of Tides and South of Broad   New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank is back home in the Carolina lowcountry, spinning a tale that brims with the warmth, charm, heart, and humor that has become her trademark. Porch Lights is a stirring, emotionally rich multigenerational story—a poignant tale of life, love, and transformation—as a nurse, returning to Sullivans Island from the Afghanistan War, finds her life has been irrevocably altered by tragedy…and now must rediscover love and purpose with the help of her son and aging mother. An evocative visit to enchanting Sullivans Island with its unique pluff mud beaches, palmetto trees, and colorful local lore—a novel filled with unforgettable characters, and enlivened by tales of the notorious Blackbeard and his bloodthirsty pirate crew and eerie Edgar Allen Poe stories—Porch Lights stands tall among the very best works of not only Dottie Frank, but Anne Rivers Siddons, Rebecca Wells, Pat Conroy, and other masters of the modern Southern novel as well.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129779Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Porch Lights Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 12, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129779 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Porch Lights Author: Dorothea Benton Frank Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 48 minutes Release date: June 12, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.88 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “The queen of sassy Southern fiction.” —Charlotte Observer   “Dottie Frank’s books are sexy and hilarious. She has staked out the lowcountry of South Carolina as her personal literary property.” —Pat Conroy, Author of The Prince of Tides and South of Broad   New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank is back home in the Carolina lowcountry, spinning a tale that brims with the warmth, charm, heart, and humor that has become her trademark. Porch Lights is a stirring, emotionally rich multigenerational story—a poignant tale of life, love, and transformation—as a nurse, returning to Sullivans Island from the Afghanistan War, finds her life has been irrevocably altered by tragedy…and now must rediscover love and purpose with the help of her son and aging mother. An evocative visit to enchanting Sullivans Island with its unique pluff mud beaches, palmetto trees, and colorful local lore—a novel filled with unforgettable characters, and enlivened by tales of the notorious Blackbeard and his bloodthirsty pirate crew and eerie Edgar Allen Poe stories—Porch Lights stands tall among the very best works of not only Dottie Frank, but Anne Rivers Siddons, Rebecca Wells, Pat Conroy, and other masters of the modern Southern novel as well.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-innocents-by-francesca-segal--65311625https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128452 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Innocents Author: Francesca Segal Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 5, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'It is impossible to resist this novel's wit, grace, and charm.' --Lauren Groff, author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia A smart and slyly funny tale of love, temptation, confusion, and commitment; a triumphant and beautifully executed recasting of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Newly engaged and unthinkingly self-satisfied, twenty-eight-year-old Adam Newman is the prize catch of Temple Fortune, a small, tight-knit Jewish suburb of London. He has been dating Rachel Gilbert since they were both sixteen and now, to the relief and happiness of the entire Gilbert family, they are finally to marry. To Adam, Rachel embodies the highest values of Temple Fortune; she is innocent, conventional, and entirely secure in her community--a place in which everyone still knows the whereabouts of their nursery school classmates. Marrying Rachel will cement Adam's role in a warm, inclusive family he loves. But as the vast machinery of the wedding gathers momentum, Adam feels the first faint touches of claustrophobia, and when Rachel's younger cousin Ellie Schneider moves home from New York, she unsettles Adam more than he'd care to admit. Ellie--beautiful, vulnerable, and fiercely independent--offers a liberation that he hadn't known existed: a freedom from the loving interference and frustrating parochialism of North West London. Adam finds himself questioning everything, suddenly torn between security and exhilaration, tradition and independence. What might he be missing by staying close to home?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128452Tue, 05 Jun 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128452 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Innocents Author: Francesca Segal Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 5, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128452 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Innocents Author: Francesca Segal Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 5, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'It is impossible to resist this novel's wit, grace, and charm.' --Lauren Groff, author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia A smart and slyly funny tale of love, temptation, confusion, and commitment; a triumphant and beautifully executed recasting of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Newly engaged and unthinkingly self-satisfied, twenty-eight-year-old Adam Newman is the prize catch of Temple Fortune, a small, tight-knit Jewish suburb of London. He has been dating Rachel Gilbert since they were both sixteen and now, to the relief and happiness of the entire Gilbert family, they are finally to marry. To Adam, Rachel embodies the highest values of Temple Fortune; she is innocent, conventional, and entirely secure in her community--a place in which everyone still knows the whereabouts of their nursery school classmates. Marrying Rachel will cement Adam's role in a warm, inclusive family he loves. But as the vast machinery of the wedding gathers momentum, Adam feels the first faint touches of claustrophobia, and when Rachel's younger cousin Ellie Schneider moves home from New York, she unsettles Adam more than he'd care to admit. Ellie--beautiful, vulnerable, and fiercely independent--offers a liberation that he hadn't known existed: a freedom from the loving interference and frustrating parochialism of North West London. Adam finds himself questioning everything, suddenly torn between security and exhilaration, tradition and independence. What might he be missing by staying close to home?]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/summer-breeze-a-novel-by-nancy-thayer--65311608https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Breeze: A Novel Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: June 5, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer never fails to imbue her novels with warmth and wisdom. In Summer Breeze, the author of Beachcombers and Heat Wave tells the wonderfully moving story of three women who forge a unique bond one sun-drenched summer on New England’s Dragonfly Lake.   Morgan O’Keefe feels trapped in a gilded cage. True, the thirty-year-old mother agreed to put her science career on hold to raise her young son while her husband  pursued his high-powered job. But though Morgan loves many things about staying home with her child, she misses the thrill of working with her colleagues in the lab. She’s restless and in dire need of a change.   Fed up with New York City’s hectic pace, Natalie Reynolds takes up her aunt’s offer to move to the Berkshires and house-sit her fabulous lakeside house for a year. Passionate about applying brush to canvas, Natalie is poised to become the artist she has forever longed to be. But life on Dragonfly Lake is never without surprises, and for a novice swimmer like Natalie, the most welcome surprise proves to be the arms of a handsome neighbor pulling her up from the water for a gulp of air.   When her mother breaks her leg, Bella Barnaby quits her job in Austin and returns home to help out her large, boisterous family. Among her new duties: manning the counter at the family business, Barnaby’s Barn, an outdated shop sorely in need of a makeover. While attractive architect Aaron has designs on her, Bella harbors long held secret dreams of her own.    Summer on Dragonfly Lake is ripe for romance, temptation, and self-discovery as the lives of these three women unexpectedly intertwine. Summer Breeze illustrates how the best of friends can offer comfort, infuriate, or even—sometimes—open one’s eyes to the astonishing possibilities of life lived in a different way. This captivating novel displays a prestigiously gifted writer at the height of her storytelling powers.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128512Tue, 05 Jun 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Breeze: A Novel Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: June 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128512 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer Breeze: A Novel Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 11 minutes Release date: June 5, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer never fails to imbue her novels with warmth and wisdom. In Summer Breeze, the author of Beachcombers and Heat Wave tells the wonderfully moving story of three women who forge a unique bond one sun-drenched summer on New England’s Dragonfly Lake.   Morgan O’Keefe feels trapped in a gilded cage. True, the thirty-year-old mother agreed to put her science career on hold to raise her young son while her husband  pursued his high-powered job. But though Morgan loves many things about staying home with her child, she misses the thrill of working with her colleagues in the lab. She’s restless and in dire need of a change.   Fed up with New York City’s hectic pace, Natalie Reynolds takes up her aunt’s offer to move to the Berkshires and house-sit her fabulous lakeside house for a year. Passionate about applying brush to canvas, Natalie is poised to become the artist she has forever longed to be. But life on Dragonfly Lake is never without surprises, and for a novice swimmer like Natalie, the most welcome surprise proves to be the arms of a handsome neighbor pulling her up from the water for a gulp of air.   When her mother breaks her leg, Bella Barnaby quits her job in Austin and returns home to help out her large, boisterous family. Among her new duties: manning the counter at the family business, Barnaby’s Barn, an outdated shop sorely in need of a makeover. While attractive architect Aaron has designs on her, Bella harbors long held secret dreams of her own.    Summer on Dragonfly Lake is ripe for romance, temptation, and self-discovery as the lives of these three women unexpectedly intertwine. Summer Breeze illustrates how the best of friends can offer comfort, infuriate, or even—sometimes—open one’s eyes to the astonishing possibilities of life lived in a different way. This captivating novel displays a prestigiously gifted writer at the height of her storytelling powers.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-night-a-novel-by-luanne-rice--65311599https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Night: A Novel Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 5, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Clare Burke’s life took a devastating turn when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne’s defense of her spouse—all lies—and the sisters have been estranged ever since. Nearly twenty years later, Clare is living a quiet life in Manhattan as an urban birder and nature blogger, when her niece, Grit, turns up on her doorstep.   The two long for a relationship with each other, but they’ll have to dig deep into their family’s difficult past in order to build one. Together, they face the wounds inflicted by Anne and her husband and find in their new connection a place of healing. When Clare begins to suspect her sister might have followed Grit to New York, she and her niece hold out hope for a long-awaited reunion with her. . . but will it be the joyous occasion they dream of? And will Clare and her longtime partner, Paul, whose complicated relationship has been sorely tested through the years, find a way back to love and to each other—again?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127501Tue, 05 Jun 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Night: A Novel Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 5, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127501 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Night: A Novel Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 3 minutes Release date: June 5, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Clare Burke’s life took a devastating turn when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne’s defense of her spouse—all lies—and the sisters have been estranged ever since. Nearly twenty years later, Clare is living a quiet life in Manhattan as an urban birder and nature blogger, when her niece, Grit, turns up on her doorstep.   The two long for a relationship with each other, but they’ll have to dig deep into their family’s difficult past in order to build one. Together, they face the wounds inflicted by Anne and her husband and find in their new connection a place of healing. When Clare begins to suspect her sister might have followed Grit to New York, she and her niece hold out hope for a long-awaited reunion with her. . . but will it be the joyous occasion they dream of? And will Clare and her longtime partner, Paul, whose complicated relationship has been sorely tested through the years, find a way back to love and to each other—again?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-search-of-lucy-a-novel-by-lia-fairchild--65311584https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Search of Lucy: A Novel Author: Lia Fairchild Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 29, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lucy Lang’s life is spiraling out of control. For years she sacrificed her own needs to care for her half-sister and alcoholic mother, only to be abandoned by both. Now, at age thirty, Lucy finds herself held back by memories and regret as she struggles to find her own purpose in life. But when her sister needs a kidney transplant, Lucy is the only one who can save her life. With the help of new friends and a man who won’t give up on her, Lucy sets out on a journey to reunite with her sister and find the answers she so desperately needs. Can she get past her emotions and have a chance at happiness? With its colorful and endearing cast of characters, In Search of Lucy takes readers on a rollercoaster of emotions from sadness and heartache to happiness and hope.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127492Tue, 29 May 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Search of Lucy: A Novel Author: Lia Fairchild Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 29, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127492 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Search of Lucy: A Novel Author: Lia Fairchild Narrator: Kate Rudd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 29, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lucy Lang’s life is spiraling out of control. For years she sacrificed her own needs to care for her half-sister and alcoholic mother, only to be abandoned by both. Now, at age thirty, Lucy finds herself held back by memories and regret as she struggles to find her own purpose in life. But when her sister needs a kidney transplant, Lucy is the only one who can save her life. With the help of new friends and a man who won’t give up on her, Lucy sets out on a journey to reunite with her sister and find the answers she so desperately needs. Can she get past her emotions and have a chance at happiness? With its colorful and endearing cast of characters, In Search of Lucy takes readers on a rollercoaster of emotions from sadness and heartache to happiness and hope.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/taking-care-of-business-by-lutishia-lovely--65311611https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127686 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taking Care of Business Author: Lutishia Lovely Narrator: Corey Allen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 25, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lutishia Lovely delivers plenty of delicious drama in her novels chronicling one family's soul food empire. In Taking Care of Business, the Livingstons are enjoying plenty of success-Toussaint is a Food Network star, Malcolm's BBQ Soul Smoker is the toast of QVC, and Bianca's Taste of Soul Tapas Style restaurant is a hit. In fact, only Jefferson has yet to make a name for himself-a problem he blames on his cousin, Toussaint. But when a stranger threatens the Livingstons' legacy, Jefferson must put his damaged ego aside and help his family fight to stay in business.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127686Fri, 25 May 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127686 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taking Care of Business Author: Lutishia Lovely Narrator: Corey Allen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 25,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127686 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taking Care of Business Author: Lutishia Lovely Narrator: Corey Allen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 29 minutes Release date: May 25, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lutishia Lovely delivers plenty of delicious drama in her novels chronicling one family's soul food empire. In Taking Care of Business, the Livingstons are enjoying plenty of success-Toussaint is a Food Network star, Malcolm's BBQ Soul Smoker is the toast of QVC, and Bianca's Taste of Soul Tapas Style restaurant is a hit. In fact, only Jefferson has yet to make a name for himself-a problem he blames on his cousin, Toussaint. But when a stranger threatens the Livingstons' legacy, Jefferson must put his damaged ego aside and help his family fight to stay in business.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/calling-invisible-women-a-novel-by-jeanne-ray--65311606https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Calling Invisible Women: A Novel Author: Jeanne Ray Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 22, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A mom in her early fifties, Clover knows she no longer turns heads the way she used to, and she’s only really missed when dinner isn’t on the table on time. Then Clover wakes up one morning to discover she’s invisible—truly invisible. She panics, but when her husband and son sit down to dinner, nothing is amiss. Even though she’s been with her husband, Arthur, since college, her condition goes unnoticed. Her friend Gilda immediately observes that Clover is invisible, which relieves Clover immensely—she’s not losing her mind after all!—but she is crushed by the realization that neither her husband nor her children ever truly look at her. She was invisible even before she knew she was invisible.   Clover discovers that there are other women like her, women of a certain age who seem to have disappeared. As she uses her invisibility to get to know her family and her town better, Clover leads the way in helping invisible women become recognized and appreciated no matter what their role. Smart and hilarious, with indomitable female characters, Calling Invisible Women will appeal to anyone who has ever felt invisible.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127297Tue, 22 May 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Calling Invisible Women: A Novel Author: Jeanne Ray Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 37 minutes Release date: May...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127297 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Calling Invisible Women: A Novel Author: Jeanne Ray Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 37 minutes Release date: May 22, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A mom in her early fifties, Clover knows she no longer turns heads the way she used to, and she’s only really missed when dinner isn’t on the table on time. Then Clover wakes up one morning to discover she’s invisible—truly invisible. She panics, but when her husband and son sit down to dinner, nothing is amiss. Even though she’s been with her husband, Arthur, since college, her condition goes unnoticed. Her friend Gilda immediately observes that Clover is invisible, which relieves Clover immensely—she’s not losing her mind after all!—but she is crushed by the realization that neither her husband nor her children ever truly look at her. She was invisible even before she knew she was invisible.   Clover discovers that there are other women like her, women of a certain age who seem to have disappeared. As she uses her invisibility to get to know her family and her town better, Clover leads the way in helping invisible women become recognized and appreciated no matter what their role. Smart and hilarious, with indomitable female characters, Calling Invisible Women will appeal to anyone who has ever felt invisible.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/big-stone-gap-a-novel-by-adriana-trigiani--65311605https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Stone Gap: A Novel Series: #1 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first novel in the beloved Big Stone Gap series, now a major motion picture written and directed by Adriana Trigiani, starring Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, John Benjamin Hickey, Jane Krakowski, Anthony LaPaglia, and Jenna Elfman   “Delightfully quirky . . . chock-full of engaging, oddball characters and unexpected plot twists.”—People (Book of the Week) It's 1978, and Ave Maria Mulligan is the thirty-five-year-old self-proclaimed spinster of Big Stone Gap, a sleepy hamlet in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She’s also the local pharmacist, the co-captain of the Rescue Squad, and the director of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, the town’s long-running Outdoor Drama. Ave Maria is content with her life—until, one fateful day, her past opens wide with the revelation of a long-buried secret that will alter the course of her life. Before she knows it, Ave Maria is fielding marriage proposals, trying to claim her rightful inheritance, and planning the trip of a lifetime to Italy—one that will change her view of the world and her own place in it forever. Millions of readers around the world have fallen in love with the small town of Big Stone Gap, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and its self-proclaimed spinster. Full of wit and wonder, hilarity and heart, Big Stone Gap is a gem of a book, and one that you will share with friends and family for years to come.   WINNER OF THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA ANNUAL LITERARY AWARD   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/127011Tue, 15 May 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Stone Gap: A Novel Series: #1 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Stone Gap: A Novel Series: #1 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: May 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first novel in the beloved Big Stone Gap series, now a major motion picture written and directed by Adriana Trigiani, starring Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, John Benjamin Hickey, Jane Krakowski, Anthony LaPaglia, and Jenna Elfman   “Delightfully quirky . . . chock-full of engaging, oddball characters and unexpected plot twists.”—People (Book of the Week) It's 1978, and Ave Maria Mulligan is the thirty-five-year-old self-proclaimed spinster of Big Stone Gap, a sleepy hamlet in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She’s also the local pharmacist, the co-captain of the Rescue Squad, and the director of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, the town’s long-running Outdoor Drama. Ave Maria is content with her life—until, one fateful day, her past opens wide with the revelation of a long-buried secret that will alter the course of her life. Before she knows it, Ave Maria is fielding marriage proposals, trying to claim her rightful inheritance, and planning the trip of a lifetime to Italy—one that will change her view of the world and her own place in it forever. Millions of readers around the world have fallen in love with the small town of Big Stone Gap, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and its self-proclaimed spinster. Full of wit and wonder, hilarity and heart, Big Stone Gap is a gem of a book, and one that you will share with friends and family for years to come.   WINNER OF THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA ANNUAL LITERARY AWARD   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/milk-glass-moon-a-novel-big-stone-gap-novels-by-adriana-trigiani--65311602https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Milk Glass Moon: A Novel (Big Stone Gap Novels) Series: #3 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 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/127013Tue, 15 May 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Milk Glass Moon: A Novel (Big Stone Gap Novels) Series: #3 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Milk Glass Moon: A Novel (Big Stone Gap Novels) Series: #3 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 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/big-cherry-holler-by-adriana-trigiani--65311597https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Cherry Holler Series: #2 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Ave Maria must decide between old love and new adventures in this enthralling second novel in the beloved Big Stone Gap series   “Heartwarming . . . Everything that really matters is here: humor, romance, wisdom, and drama.”—The Dallas Morning News Eight years have passed since Ave Maria Mulligan married Jack Mac, moved up into the hills, and dug in her roots even deeper. But Ave Maria soon discovers that the mountains cannot shelter her from the painful lessons of the heart. As her life reaches a crossroads, almost everybody in town has advice to offer—including the Bookmobile’s self-appointed sexpert Iva Lou Wade, savvy pharmacy owner Pearl Grimes, crusty chain-smoking cashier Fleeta, and of course, the always-wise band director Theodore Tipton. But when Ave Maria takes her daughter to Italy for the summer, her passion for a seductive stranger will test her marriage—and push her to choose the man who is truly her destiny. At once funny and deeply poignant, resonant with the power of love and forgiveness and the unexpected events that force us to stake a claim in our own lives, Big Cherry Holler is a wise, wonderful story to treasure.   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/127012Tue, 15 May 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Cherry Holler Series: #2 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Big Cherry Holler Series: #2 of Big Stone Gap Author: Adriana Trigiani Narrator: Adriana Trigiani Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 15, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.83 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Ave Maria must decide between old love and new adventures in this enthralling second novel in the beloved Big Stone Gap series   “Heartwarming . . . Everything that really matters is here: humor, romance, wisdom, and drama.”—The Dallas Morning News Eight years have passed since Ave Maria Mulligan married Jack Mac, moved up into the hills, and dug in her roots even deeper. But Ave Maria soon discovers that the mountains cannot shelter her from the painful lessons of the heart. As her life reaches a crossroads, almost everybody in town has advice to offer—including the Bookmobile’s self-appointed sexpert Iva Lou Wade, savvy pharmacy owner Pearl Grimes, crusty chain-smoking cashier Fleeta, and of course, the always-wise band director Theodore Tipton. But when Ave Maria takes her daughter to Italy for the summer, her passion for a seductive stranger will test her marriage—and push her to choose the man who is truly her destiny. At once funny and deeply poignant, resonant with the power of love and forgiveness and the unexpected events that force us to stake a claim in our own lives, Big Cherry Holler is a wise, wonderful story to treasure.   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-family-corleone-by-ed-falco--65311623https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Corleone Author: Ed Falco Narrator: Bobby Cannavale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 8, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.39 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An exhilarating and profound novel of tradition and violence and of loyalty and betrayal, The Family Corleone will appeal to the legions of fans who can never get enough of The Godfather. New York, 1933: The city and the nation are in the depths of the Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is looming that will determine which organizations will rise and which will face a violent end. For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important that his family's future. While his youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie, are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation, and his adopted son Tom Hagen is a college student, he worries most about Sonny, his eldest child. Vito pushes Sonny to be a businessman, but Sonny-17 years-old, impatient and reckless-wants something else: To follow in his father's footsteps and become a part of the real family business.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125148Tue, 08 May 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Corleone Author: Ed Falco Narrator: Bobby Cannavale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 8, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125148 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Family Corleone Author: Ed Falco Narrator: Bobby Cannavale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 8, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.39 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An exhilarating and profound novel of tradition and violence and of loyalty and betrayal, The Family Corleone will appeal to the legions of fans who can never get enough of The Godfather. New York, 1933: The city and the nation are in the depths of the Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is looming that will determine which organizations will rise and which will face a violent end. For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important that his family's future. While his youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie, are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation, and his adopted son Tom Hagen is a college student, he worries most about Sonny, his eldest child. Vito pushes Sonny to be a businessman, but Sonny-17 years-old, impatient and reckless-wants something else: To follow in his father's footsteps and become a part of the real family business.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-arrivals-a-novel-by-meg-mitchell-moore--65311591https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Arrivals: A Novel Author: Meg Mitchell Moore Narrator: Leslie Bellair Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 8, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two empty nesters living a quiet life have their lives changed overnight as each of their children returns home to recover under the guidance of their parents in this story of relationships and familial connections. It's early summer when Ginny and William's peaceful life in Vermont comes to an abrupt halt. First, their daughter Lillian arrives, with her two children in tow, to escape her crumbling marriage. Next, their son Stephen and his pregnant wife Jane show up for a weekend visit, which extends indefinitely when Jane ends up on bed rest. When their youngest daughter Rachel appears, fleeing her difficult life in New York, Ginny and William find themselves consumed again by the chaos of parenthood -- only this time around, their children are facing adult problems. By summer's end, the family gains new ideas of loyalty and responsibility, exposing the challenges of surviving the modern family -- and the old adage, once a parent, always a parent, has never rung so true.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126951Tue, 08 May 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Arrivals: A Novel Author: Meg Mitchell Moore Narrator: Leslie Bellair Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 8,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Arrivals: A Novel Author: Meg Mitchell Moore Narrator: Leslie Bellair Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 8, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Two empty nesters living a quiet life have their lives changed overnight as each of their children returns home to recover under the guidance of their parents in this story of relationships and familial connections. It's early summer when Ginny and William's peaceful life in Vermont comes to an abrupt halt. First, their daughter Lillian arrives, with her two children in tow, to escape her crumbling marriage. Next, their son Stephen and his pregnant wife Jane show up for a weekend visit, which extends indefinitely when Jane ends up on bed rest. When their youngest daughter Rachel appears, fleeing her difficult life in New York, Ginny and William find themselves consumed again by the chaos of parenthood -- only this time around, their children are facing adult problems. By summer's end, the family gains new ideas of loyalty and responsibility, exposing the challenges of surviving the modern family -- and the old adage, once a parent, always a parent, has never rung so true.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/deadline-by-fern-michaels--65311622https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deadline Series: #4 of Godmothers Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 2, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: LIFE STARTS NOW Toots Loudenberry and her three best friends—Sophie, Ida, and Mavis—are at their best when supporting each other. It’s a shared bond that includes Toots’s daughter Abby, who always finds her godmothers there when she needs them the most . . . Abby has both a personal and professional stake in the story when Laura Leigh, a Hollywood starlet whose main talent seems to be landing in trouble, goes missing. Not only is Abby editor-in-chief at gossip magazine The Informer, but entertainment attorney Chris Clay, her would-be beau, was the last person seen with Laura. And now he’s missing, too. With the help of friends in high—and low—places, Abby and the Godmothers will navigate Hollywood’s glittering inner circles and seedy underbelly to discover the truth. Along the way, they’ll uncover unexpected secrets that no one could have predicted . . .]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127445Wed, 02 May 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deadline Series: #4 of Godmothers Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127445 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Deadline Series: #4 of Godmothers Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Natalie Ross Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 39 minutes Release date: May 2, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: LIFE STARTS NOW Toots Loudenberry and her three best friends—Sophie, Ida, and Mavis—are at their best when supporting each other. It’s a shared bond that includes Toots’s daughter Abby, who always finds her godmothers there when she needs them the most . . . Abby has both a personal and professional stake in the story when Laura Leigh, a Hollywood starlet whose main talent seems to be landing in trouble, goes missing. Not only is Abby editor-in-chief at gossip magazine The Informer, but entertainment attorney Chris Clay, her would-be beau, was the last person seen with Laura. And now he’s missing, too. With the help of friends in high—and low—places, Abby and the Godmothers will navigate Hollywood’s glittering inner circles and seedy underbelly to discover the truth. Along the way, they’ll uncover unexpected secrets that no one could have predicted . . .]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-newlyweds-by-nell-freudenberger--65311604https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Newlyweds Author: Nell Freudenberger Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A powerful, funny, richly observed tour de force by one of America’s most acclaimed young writers: a story of love and marriage, secrets and betrayals, that takes us from the backyards of America to the back alleys and villages of Bangladesh. In The Newlyweds, we follow the story of Amina Mazid, who at age twenty-four moves from Bangladesh to Rochester, New York, for love. A hundred years ago, Amina would have been called a mail-order bride. But this is an arranged marriage for the twenty-first century: Amina is wooed by—and woos—George Stillman online.  For Amina, George offers a chance for a new life and a different kind of happiness than she might find back home. For George, Amina is a woman who doesn’t play games. But each of them is hiding something: someone from the past they thought they could leave behind. It is only when they put an ocean between them—and Amina returns to Bangladesh—that she and George find out if their secrets will tear them apart, or if they can build a future together. The Newlyweds is a surprising, suspenseful story about the exhilarations—and real-life complications—of getting, and staying, married. It stretches across continents, generations, and plains of emotion. What has always set Nell Freudenberger apart is the sly, gimlet eye she turns on collisions of all kinds—sexual, cultural, familial. With The Newlyweds, she has found her perfect subject for that vision, and characters to match. She reveals Amina’s heart and mind, capturing both her new American reality and the home she cannot forget, with seamless authenticity, empathy, and grace. At once revelatory and affecting, The Newlyweds is a stunning achievement.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124639Tue, 01 May 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Newlyweds Author: Nell Freudenberger Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124639 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Newlyweds Author: Nell Freudenberger Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A powerful, funny, richly observed tour de force by one of America’s most acclaimed young writers: a story of love and marriage, secrets and betrayals, that takes us from the backyards of America to the back alleys and villages of Bangladesh. In The Newlyweds, we follow the story of Amina Mazid, who at age twenty-four moves from Bangladesh to Rochester, New York, for love. A hundred years ago, Amina would have been called a mail-order bride. But this is an arranged marriage for the twenty-first century: Amina is wooed by—and woos—George Stillman online.  For Amina, George offers a chance for a new life and a different kind of happiness than she might find back home. For George, Amina is a woman who doesn’t play games. But each of them is hiding something: someone from the past they thought they could leave behind. It is only when they put an ocean between them—and Amina returns to Bangladesh—that she and George find out if their secrets will tear them apart, or if they can build a future together. The Newlyweds is a surprising, suspenseful story about the exhilarations—and real-life complications—of getting, and staying, married. It stretches across continents, generations, and plains of emotion. What has always set Nell Freudenberger apart is the sly, gimlet eye she turns on collisions of all kinds—sexual, cultural, familial. With The Newlyweds, she has found her perfect subject for that vision, and characters to match. She reveals Amina’s heart and mind, capturing both her new American reality and the home she cannot forget, with seamless authenticity, empathy, and grace. At once revelatory and affecting, The Newlyweds is a stunning achievement.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-death-of-sweet-mister-a-novel-by-daniel-woodrell--65311617https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Sweet Mister: A Novel Author: Daniel Woodrell Narrator: Nicholas Tecosky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 24, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Shug Akins is a lonely, overweight thirteen-year-old boy. His mother, Glenda, is the one person who loves him -- she calls him Sweet Mister and attempts to boost his confidence and give him hope for his future. Shuggie's purported father, Red, is a brutal man with a short fuse who mocks and despises the boy. Into this small-town Ozarks mix comes Jimmy Vin Pearce, with his shiny green T-bird and his smart city clothes. When he and Glenda begin a torrid affair, a series of violent events is inevitably set in motion. The outcome will break your heart. 'This is Daniel Woodrell's third book set in the Ozarks and, like the other two, Give Us a Kiss and Tomato Red, it peels back the layers from lives already made bare by poverty and petty crime.'-Otto Penzler, Penzler Pick, 2001]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125663Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Sweet Mister: A Novel Author: Daniel Woodrell Narrator: Nicholas Tecosky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Death of Sweet Mister: A Novel Author: Daniel Woodrell Narrator: Nicholas Tecosky Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 24, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Shug Akins is a lonely, overweight thirteen-year-old boy. His mother, Glenda, is the one person who loves him -- she calls him Sweet Mister and attempts to boost his confidence and give him hope for his future. Shuggie's purported father, Red, is a brutal man with a short fuse who mocks and despises the boy. Into this small-town Ozarks mix comes Jimmy Vin Pearce, with his shiny green T-bird and his smart city clothes. When he and Glenda begin a torrid affair, a series of violent events is inevitably set in motion. The outcome will break your heart. 'This is Daniel Woodrell's third book set in the Ozarks and, like the other two, Give Us a Kiss and Tomato Red, it peels back the layers from lives already made bare by poverty and petty crime.'-Otto Penzler, Penzler Pick, 2001]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-unexpected-guest-a-novel-by-anne-korkeakivi--65311568https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unexpected Guest: A Novel Author: Anne Korkeakivi Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 17, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Clare Moorhouse, the American wife of a high-ranking diplomat in Paris, is arranging an official dinner crucial to her husband's career. As she shops for fresh stalks of asparagus and works out the menu and seating arrangements, her day is complicated by the unexpected arrival of her son and a random encounter with a Turkish man, whom she discovers is a suspected terrorist. Like Virginia Woolf did in Mrs. Dalloway, Anne Korkeakivi brilliantly weaves the complexities of an age into an act as deceptively simple as hosting a dinner party.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124405Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unexpected Guest: A Novel Author: Anne Korkeakivi Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124405 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Unexpected Guest: A Novel Author: Anne Korkeakivi Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 17, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Clare Moorhouse, the American wife of a high-ranking diplomat in Paris, is arranging an official dinner crucial to her husband's career. As she shops for fresh stalks of asparagus and works out the menu and seating arrangements, her day is complicated by the unexpected arrival of her son and a random encounter with a Turkish man, whom she discovers is a suspected terrorist. Like Virginia Woolf did in Mrs. Dalloway, Anne Korkeakivi brilliantly weaves the complexities of an age into an act as deceptively simple as hosting a dinner party.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/up-from-the-blue-a-novel-by-susan-henderson--65311635https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up From the Blue: A Novel Author: Susan Henderson Narrator: Emily Durante Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 10, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Elegant and engrossing….Henderson is a talent to watch.” —Danielle Trussoni, author of Angelology  “This is not a book you’ll soon forget.” —Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants The gripping debut novel from Litpark.com founder and Pushcart Prize-nominee Susan Henderson, Up From the Blue is a dazzling tour de force that unfolds against the backdrop of 1970s America—a tumultuous era of desegregation, school busing, and the early rise of modern-day feminism. The story of an imaginative young girl struggling to make sense of her mother’s mysterious disappearance, Up From the Blue is enthralling fiction that delves into complex family relationships, in the vein of Jennifer McMahon, Katrina Kittle, and Laura Kasischke.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124874Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up From the Blue: A Novel Author: Susan Henderson Narrator: Emily Durante Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124874 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Up From the Blue: A Novel Author: Susan Henderson Narrator: Emily Durante Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 25 minutes Release date: April 10, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Elegant and engrossing….Henderson is a talent to watch.” —Danielle Trussoni, author of Angelology  “This is not a book you’ll soon forget.” —Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants The gripping debut novel from Litpark.com founder and Pushcart Prize-nominee Susan Henderson, Up From the Blue is a dazzling tour de force that unfolds against the backdrop of 1970s America—a tumultuous era of desegregation, school busing, and the early rise of modern-day feminism. The story of an imaginative young girl struggling to make sense of her mother’s mysterious disappearance, Up From the Blue is enthralling fiction that delves into complex family relationships, in the vein of Jennifer McMahon, Katrina Kittle, and Laura Kasischke.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/calico-joe-by-john-grisham--65311610https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Calico Joe Author: John Grisham Narrator: Erik Singer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball… “Grisham knocks it out of the park.”—The Washington Post It’s the summer of 1973, and Joe Castle is the boy wonder of baseball, the greatest rookie anyone has ever seen. The kid from Calico Rock, Arkansas, dazzles Chicago Cubs fans as he hits home run after home run, politely tipping his hat to the crowd as he shatters all rookie records. Calico Joe quickly becomes the idol of every baseball fan in America, including Paul Tracey, the young son of a hard-partying and hard-throwing New York Mets pitcher. On the day that Warren Tracey finally faces Calico Joe, Paul is in the stands, rooting for his idol but also for his dad. Then Warren throws a fastball that will change their lives forever. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124232Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Calico Joe Author: John Grisham Narrator: Erik Singer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 10, 2012 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124232 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Calico Joe Author: John Grisham Narrator: Erik Singer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 10, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.86 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball… “Grisham knocks it out of the park.”—The Washington Post It’s the summer of 1973, and Joe Castle is the boy wonder of baseball, the greatest rookie anyone has ever seen. The kid from Calico Rock, Arkansas, dazzles Chicago Cubs fans as he hits home run after home run, politely tipping his hat to the crowd as he shatters all rookie records. Calico Joe quickly becomes the idol of every baseball fan in America, including Paul Tracey, the young son of a hard-partying and hard-throwing New York Mets pitcher. On the day that Warren Tracey finally faces Calico Joe, Paul is in the stands, rooting for his idol but also for his dad. Then Warren throws a fastball that will change their lives forever. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beginner-s-goodbye-by-anne-tyler--65311643https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beginner's Goodbye Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances—in their house, on the roadway, in the market.   Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron spent his childhood fending off a sister who wants to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, a plain, outspoken, self-dependent young woman, she is like a breath of fresh air. Unhesitatingly he marries her, and they have a relatively happy, unremarkable marriage. But when a tree crashes into their house and Dorothy is killed, Aaron feels as though he has been erased forever. Only Dorothy’s unexpected appearances from the dead help him to live in the moment and to find some peace.   Gradually he discovers, as he works in the family’s vanity-publishing business, turning out titles that presume to guide beginners through the trials of life, that maybe for this beginner there is a way of saying goodbye.   A beautiful, subtle exploration of loss and recovery, pierced throughout with Anne Tyler’s humor, wisdom, and always penetrating look at human foibles.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124208Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beginner's Goodbye Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Beginner's Goodbye Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances—in their house, on the roadway, in the market.   Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron spent his childhood fending off a sister who wants to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, a plain, outspoken, self-dependent young woman, she is like a breath of fresh air. Unhesitatingly he marries her, and they have a relatively happy, unremarkable marriage. But when a tree crashes into their house and Dorothy is killed, Aaron feels as though he has been erased forever. Only Dorothy’s unexpected appearances from the dead help him to live in the moment and to find some peace.   Gradually he discovers, as he works in the family’s vanity-publishing business, turning out titles that presume to guide beginners through the trials of life, that maybe for this beginner there is a way of saying goodbye.   A beautiful, subtle exploration of loss and recovery, pierced throughout with Anne Tyler’s humor, wisdom, and always penetrating look at human foibles.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-simple-spring-a-seasons-of-lancaster-novel-by-rosalind-lauer--65311641https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Simple Spring: A Seasons of Lancaster Novel Series: #2 of Seasons of Lancaster Author: Rosalind Lauer Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A CHANCE TO FOLLOW HER HEART, A CHOICE THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME   Although Sadie King is blessed with the voice of an angel, she never thought that following the song in her heart would take her far beyond the strict boundaries of her Amish faith and away from the only home she’s ever known. But during her rumspringa, one road leads to another, and suddenly she’s secretly performing with a band. Now she faces an impossible choice between the music in her heart and the traditions branded upon her soul.   Mike Trueherz is a dedicated young paramedic who finds a kindred spirit in Sadie. Torn between family duty and his desire to pursue a life beyond his father’s rural medical practice, he is inspired by Sadie’s honesty and courage.   While spring unfurls rich colors and bounty through the countryside of Lancaster County, Sadie and Mike must reconcile their families’ expectations with their own callings. Ultimately, their faith in each other and the God that has brought them together will give them the strength and the peace to take a chance—and to make the biggest decision of their lives.   A coming-of-age story reflecting the deepest messages of love, A Simple Spring is music for the heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124217Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Simple Spring: A Seasons of Lancaster Novel Series: #2 of Seasons of Lancaster Author: Rosalind Lauer Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/124217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Simple Spring: A Seasons of Lancaster Novel Series: #2 of Seasons of Lancaster Author: Rosalind Lauer Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A CHANCE TO FOLLOW HER HEART, A CHOICE THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME   Although Sadie King is blessed with the voice of an angel, she never thought that following the song in her heart would take her far beyond the strict boundaries of her Amish faith and away from the only home she’s ever known. But during her rumspringa, one road leads to another, and suddenly she’s secretly performing with a band. Now she faces an impossible choice between the music in her heart and the traditions branded upon her soul.   Mike Trueherz is a dedicated young paramedic who finds a kindred spirit in Sadie. Torn between family duty and his desire to pursue a life beyond his father’s rural medical practice, he is inspired by Sadie’s honesty and courage.   While spring unfurls rich colors and bounty through the countryside of Lancaster County, Sadie and Mike must reconcile their families’ expectations with their own callings. Ultimately, their faith in each other and the God that has brought them together will give them the strength and the peace to take a chance—and to make the biggest decision of their lives.   A coming-of-age story reflecting the deepest messages of love, A Simple Spring is music for the heart.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thunder-and-rain-a-novel-by-charles-martin--65311560https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thunder and Rain: A Novel Author: Charles Martin Narrator: Luci Christian Bell, Daniel May Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As a result of his hard exterior and lonely tendencies, Tyler Steele finds himself a single father alone in the world - until a stranger and her daughter show up and change his life. Third generation Texas Ranger Tyler Steele is the last of a dying breed-- a modern day cowboy hero living in a world that doesn't quite understand his powerful sense of right and wrong and instinct to defend those who can't defend themselves. Despite his strong moral compass, Ty has trouble seeing his greatest weakness. His hard outer shell, the one essential to his work, made him incapable of forging the emotional connection his wife Andie so desperately needed. Now retired, rasing their son Brodie on his own, and at risk of losing his ranch, Ty does not know how to rebuild from the rubble of his life. The answer comes in the form of Samantha and her daughter Hope, on the run from a seemingly inescapable situation. They are in danger, desperate, and alone. Though they are strangers, Ty knows he can help-- protecting the innocent is what he does best. As his relationship with Sam and Hope unfolds, Ty realizes he must confront his true weaknesses if he wants to become the man he needs to be.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125094Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thunder and Rain: A Novel Author: Charles Martin Narrator: Luci Christian Bell, Daniel May Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125094 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thunder and Rain: A Novel Author: Charles Martin Narrator: Luci Christian Bell, Daniel May Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: April 3, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.31 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As a result of his hard exterior and lonely tendencies, Tyler Steele finds himself a single father alone in the world - until a stranger and her daughter show up and change his life. Third generation Texas Ranger Tyler Steele is the last of a dying breed-- a modern day cowboy hero living in a world that doesn't quite understand his powerful sense of right and wrong and instinct to defend those who can't defend themselves. Despite his strong moral compass, Ty has trouble seeing his greatest weakness. His hard outer shell, the one essential to his work, made him incapable of forging the emotional connection his wife Andie so desperately needed. Now retired, rasing their son Brodie on his own, and at risk of losing his ranch, Ty does not know how to rebuild from the rubble of his life. The answer comes in the form of Samantha and her daughter Hope, on the run from a seemingly inescapable situation. They are in danger, desperate, and alone. Though they are strangers, Ty knows he can help-- protecting the innocent is what he does best. As his relationship with Sam and Hope unfolds, Ty realizes he must confront his true weaknesses if he wants to become the man he needs to be.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secrets-of-paris-by-luanne-rice--65311549https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of Paris Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 27, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lydie McBride has always embraced life to the fullest. But when an unthinkable tragedy strikes her family, everything she believes in is shattered. Her architect husband, Michael, watches the passion disappear from Lydie’s eyes and from their marriage, and hopes that an assignment to Paris will help them reclaim a love that once seemed unassailable. But the City of Lights holds secrets and seductions for them both. As Michael pursues his design project at the Louvre — and falls into the orbit of a mysterious, alluring Frenchwoman — Lydie finds new inspiration for her work as a photo and art stylist and begins a friendship with two dramatically different women that will enable her to find a new life. Will there be a place for the man with whom she always wanted to share that life . . . if she can find him again? “A rare treat, an escapist book with a moral center.” —Chicago Tribune “Exquisitely detailed, delightfully unusual.” —People “Perceptive and intriguing.” —The New York Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127669Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of Paris Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 27, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secrets of Paris Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Justine Eyre Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 27, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lydie McBride has always embraced life to the fullest. But when an unthinkable tragedy strikes her family, everything she believes in is shattered. Her architect husband, Michael, watches the passion disappear from Lydie’s eyes and from their marriage, and hopes that an assignment to Paris will help them reclaim a love that once seemed unassailable. But the City of Lights holds secrets and seductions for them both. As Michael pursues his design project at the Louvre — and falls into the orbit of a mysterious, alluring Frenchwoman — Lydie finds new inspiration for her work as a photo and art stylist and begins a friendship with two dramatically different women that will enable her to find a new life. Will there be a place for the man with whom she always wanted to share that life . . . if she can find him again? “A rare treat, an escapist book with a moral center.” —Chicago Tribune “Exquisitely detailed, delightfully unusual.” —People “Perceptive and intriguing.” —The New York Times]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-good-father-by-noah-hawley--65311634https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Father Author: Noah Hawley Narrator: Ryan Gesell, Bruce Turk, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 20, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the award-winning creator of the TV show Fargo and author of the bestseller Before the Fall, an intense, psychological novel about one doctor's suspense-filled quest to unlock the mind of a suspected political assassin: his twenty-year old son.   As the Chief of Rheumatology at Columbia Presbyterian, Dr. Paul Allen's specialty is diagnosing patients with conflicting symptoms, patients other doctors have given up on. He lives a contented life in Westport with his second wife and their twin sons—hard won after a failed marriage earlier in his career that produced a son named Daniel. In the harrowing opening scene of this provocative and affecting novel, Dr. Allen is home with his family when a televised news report announces that the Democratic candidate for president has been shot at a rally, and Daniel is caught on video as the assassin.       Daniel Allen has always been a good kid—a decent student, popular—but, as a child of divorce, used to shuttling back and forth between parents, he is also something of a drifter. Which may be why, at the age of nineteen, he quietly drops out of Vassar and begins an aimless journey across the United States, during which he sheds his former skin and eventually even changes his name to Carter Allen Cash.      Told alternately from the point of view of the guilt-ridden, determined father and his meandering, ruminative son, The Good Father is a powerfully emotional page-turner that keeps one guessing until the very end. This is an absorbing and honest novel about the responsibilities—and limitations—of being a parent and our capacity to provide our children with unconditional love in the face of an unthinkable situation.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122316Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Father Author: Noah Hawley Narrator: Ryan Gesell, Bruce Turk, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Father Author: Noah Hawley Narrator: Ryan Gesell, Bruce Turk, Arthur Morey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes Release date: March 20, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the award-winning creator of the TV show Fargo and author of the bestseller Before the Fall, an intense, psychological novel about one doctor's suspense-filled quest to unlock the mind of a suspected political assassin: his twenty-year old son.   As the Chief of Rheumatology at Columbia Presbyterian, Dr. Paul Allen's specialty is diagnosing patients with conflicting symptoms, patients other doctors have given up on. He lives a contented life in Westport with his second wife and their twin sons—hard won after a failed marriage earlier in his career that produced a son named Daniel. In the harrowing opening scene of this provocative and affecting novel, Dr. Allen is home with his family when a televised news report announces that the Democratic candidate for president has been shot at a rally, and Daniel is caught on video as the assassin.       Daniel Allen has always been a good kid—a decent student, popular—but, as a child of divorce, used to shuttling back and forth between parents, he is also something of a drifter. Which may be why, at the age of nineteen, he quietly drops out of Vassar and begins an aimless journey across the United States, during which he sheds his former skin and eventually even changes his name to Carter Allen Cash.      Told alternately from the point of view of the guilt-ridden, determined father and his meandering, ruminative son, The Good Father is a powerfully emotional page-turner that keeps one guessing until the very end. This is an absorbing and honest novel about the responsibilities—and limitations—of being a parent and our capacity to provide our children with unconditional love in the face of an unthinkable situation.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gilly-salt-sisters-by-tiffany-baker--65311588https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gilly Salt Sisters Author: Tiffany Baker Narrator: Angela Brazil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The author of the New York Times bestselling The Little Giant of Aberdeen County returns with a magic-tinged tale of dreams, family secrets, and betrayals on a New England salt farm. In the isolated Cape Cod village of Prospect, the Gilly sisters are as different as can be. Jo, a fierce and quiet loner, is devoted to the mysteries of her family's salt farm, while Claire is popular, pretty, and yearns to flee the salt at any cost. But the Gilly land hides a dark legacy that proves impossible to escape. Although the community half-suspects the Gilly sisters might be witches, it doesn't stop Whit Turner, the town's wealthiest bachelor, from forcing his way into their lives. It's Jo who first steals Whit's heart, but it is Claire--heartbroken over her high school sweetheart--who marries him. Years later, estranged from her family, Claire finds herself thrust back onto the farm with the last person she would have chosen: her husband's pregnant mistress. Suddenly, alliances change, old loves return, and new battle lines are drawn. What the Gilly sisters learn about each other, the land around them, and the power of the salt, will not only change each of their lives forever, it will also alter Gilly history for good.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122872Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gilly Salt Sisters Author: Tiffany Baker Narrator: Angela Brazil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122872 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gilly Salt Sisters Author: Tiffany Baker Narrator: Angela Brazil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 14, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The author of the New York Times bestselling The Little Giant of Aberdeen County returns with a magic-tinged tale of dreams, family secrets, and betrayals on a New England salt farm. In the isolated Cape Cod village of Prospect, the Gilly sisters are as different as can be. Jo, a fierce and quiet loner, is devoted to the mysteries of her family's salt farm, while Claire is popular, pretty, and yearns to flee the salt at any cost. But the Gilly land hides a dark legacy that proves impossible to escape. Although the community half-suspects the Gilly sisters might be witches, it doesn't stop Whit Turner, the town's wealthiest bachelor, from forcing his way into their lives. It's Jo who first steals Whit's heart, but it is Claire--heartbroken over her high school sweetheart--who marries him. Years later, estranged from her family, Claire finds herself thrust back onto the farm with the last person she would have chosen: her husband's pregnant mistress. Suddenly, alliances change, old loves return, and new battle lines are drawn. What the Gilly sisters learn about each other, the land around them, and the power of the salt, will not only change each of their lives forever, it will also alter Gilly history for good.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arcadia-by-lauren-groff--65311581https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Arcadia Author: Lauren Groff Narrator: Andrew Garman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 13, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lauren Groff's acclaimed debut novel The Monsters of Templeton was short-listed for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, Arcadia opens in the late 1960s with a group of young idealists forming a commune in western New York State. Into this group is born Bit, who grows into a quiet, distant man. Over the course of 50 years, Bit witnesses the utopia crumble and the world change in unimaginable ways. 'Richly peopled and ambitious . is one of the most moving and satisfying novels I've read in a long time.'-Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122884Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Arcadia Author: Lauren Groff Narrator: Andrew Garman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 13, 2012 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122884 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Arcadia Author: Lauren Groff Narrator: Andrew Garman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: March 13, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Lauren Groff's acclaimed debut novel The Monsters of Templeton was short-listed for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, Arcadia opens in the late 1960s with a group of young idealists forming a commune in western New York State. Into this group is born Bit, who grows into a quiet, distant man. Over the course of 50 years, Bit witnesses the utopia crumble and the world change in unimaginable ways. 'Richly peopled and ambitious . is one of the most moving and satisfying novels I've read in a long time.'-Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/summer-in-the-south-by-cathy-holton--65311577https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer in the South Author: Cathy Holton Narrator: Julia Gibson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 9, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cathy Holton's Summer in the South is the follow-up to her best-selling Beach Trip. Following a grave tragedy, Ava Dabrowski hopes to recover by traveling with a friend to a sleepy Tennessee town. Once there, she meets a vibrant collection of aging Southern belles and discovers a gripping mystery involving a local family's legacy. 'Ava's struggles with her own past make her a wonderfully grounded narrator for a snapshot of the South as it is today: a region deeply tangled in its own history.'-Publishers Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122774Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer in the South Author: Cathy Holton Narrator: Julia Gibson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 9, 2012...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122774 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer in the South Author: Cathy Holton Narrator: Julia Gibson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 9, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Cathy Holton's Summer in the South is the follow-up to her best-selling Beach Trip. Following a grave tragedy, Ava Dabrowski hopes to recover by traveling with a friend to a sleepy Tennessee town. Once there, she meets a vibrant collection of aging Southern belles and discovers a gripping mystery involving a local family's legacy. 'Ava's struggles with her own past make her a wonderfully grounded narrator for a snapshot of the South as it is today: a region deeply tangled in its own history.'-Publishers Weekly]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/may-the-road-rise-up-to-meet-you-a-novel-by-peter-troy--65311621https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: May the Road Rise Up to Meet You: A Novel Author: Peter Troy Narrator: Barrie Kreinik, Adam Lazarre-White, Allyson Johnson, John Keating Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Four unique voices, two parallel love stories, one sweeping novel rich in the history of nineteenth-century America. This remarkable debut draws from the great themes of literature—famine, war, love, and family—as it introduces four unforgettable characters. Ethan McOwen is an Irish immigrant whose endurance is tested in Brooklyn and the Five Points at the height of its urban destitution; he is among the first to join the famed Irish Brigade and becomes a celebrated war photographer. Marcella, a society girl from Spain, defies her father to become a passionate abolitionist. Mary and Micah are slaves of varying circumstances, who form an instant connection and embark on a tumultuous path to freedom. All four lives unfold in two beautiful love stories, which eventually collide. Written in gorgeous language that subtly captures the diverse backgrounds of the characters and interspersed with letters, journals, and dreams, this unforgettable story, rendered in cinematic detail, is about having faith in life's great meaning amidst its various tangles.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125349Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: May the Road Rise Up to Meet You: A Novel Author: Peter Troy Narrator: Barrie Kreinik, Adam Lazarre-White, Allyson Johnson, John Keating Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/125349 to listen full audiobooks. Title: May the Road Rise Up to Meet You: A Novel Author: Peter Troy Narrator: Barrie Kreinik, Adam Lazarre-White, Allyson Johnson, John Keating Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 1, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Four unique voices, two parallel love stories, one sweeping novel rich in the history of nineteenth-century America. This remarkable debut draws from the great themes of literature—famine, war, love, and family—as it introduces four unforgettable characters. Ethan McOwen is an Irish immigrant whose endurance is tested in Brooklyn and the Five Points at the height of its urban destitution; he is among the first to join the famed Irish Brigade and becomes a celebrated war photographer. Marcella, a society girl from Spain, defies her father to become a passionate abolitionist. Mary and Micah are slaves of varying circumstances, who form an instant connection and embark on a tumultuous path to freedom. All four lives unfold in two beautiful love stories, which eventually collide. Written in gorgeous language that subtly captures the diverse backgrounds of the characters and interspersed with letters, journals, and dreams, this unforgettable story, rendered in cinematic detail, is about having faith in life's great meaning amidst its various tangles.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-capture-of-the-earl-of-glencrae-by-stephanie-laurens--65311630https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae Series: #3 of Cynster Sisters Trilogy Author: Stephanie Laurens Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.54 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Laurens’s lush sensuality takes my breath away!” —Lisa Kleypas Stephanie Laurens fans simply cannot get enough of the Cynsters—the New York Times bestselling author’s wickedly seductive family of sexy rogues and headstrong young ladies. With The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae, Laurens’s enthralling historical romance miniseries featuring the Cynster Brides comes to a wild and satisfying conclusion—as lovely, determined Angelica Cynster recognizes her ideal match across a candlelit ballroom…only to find herself suddenly kidnapped by the man, spirited off to the Scottish Highlands, and engaged to be married!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120837Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae Series: #3 of Cynster Sisters Trilogy Author: Stephanie Laurens Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/120837 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae Series: #3 of Cynster Sisters Trilogy Author: Stephanie Laurens Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 29 minutes Release date: January 31, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.54 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Laurens’s lush sensuality takes my breath away!” —Lisa Kleypas Stephanie Laurens fans simply cannot get enough of the Cynsters—the New York Times bestselling author’s wickedly seductive family of sexy rogues and headstrong young ladies. With The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae, Laurens’s enthralling historical romance miniseries featuring the Cynster Brides comes to a wild and satisfying conclusion—as lovely, determined Angelica Cynster recognizes her ideal match across a candlelit ballroom…only to find herself suddenly kidnapped by the man, spirited off to the Scottish Highlands, and engaged to be married!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/american-dervish-a-novel-by-ayad-akhtar--65311668https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Dervish: A Novel Author: Ayad Akhtar Narrator: Ayad Akhtar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 9, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes. American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118375Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Dervish: A Novel Author: Ayad Akhtar Narrator: Ayad Akhtar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 9,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118375 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Dervish: A Novel Author: Ayad Akhtar Narrator: Ayad Akhtar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 9, 2012 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Wisconsin struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes. American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wild-abandon-a-novel-by-joe-dunthorne--65311648https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119700 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild Abandon: A Novel Author: Joe Dunthorne Narrator: Tom Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 3, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: At a once vibrant communal-living property in the British countryside, back-to-basics fervor has given way to a vague discontent. A place that once buzzed with activity, from the polytunnels to the pottery shed, now functions with a skeleton crew. Founder Don Riley surveys his domain with the grim focus of someone who knows what’s best for everyone—and isn’t afraid to let them know. Especially when those people are related to him. Don’s wife, Freya, can’t quite decide whether not liking someone anymore is enough reason to end a twenty-year marriage. So she decamps to a mud yurt in the woods to mull it over. Their seventeen-year-old daughter, Kate, enrolls in school for the first time in her life: the exotic new world of fellow teenagers and surprisingly tasty cafeteria food beckons, and she is quickly lured into the arms of a “meathead” classmate. In his sister’s absence, eleven-year-old Albert falls under the spell of an outlandish new visitor to the community who fills his head with strange notions of the impending end of the world. Faced with the task of rescuing his son from apocalyptic fantasies, his daughter from the clutches of suburbia, and his wife from her increasingly apparent desire to leave him, Don convinces himself that the only way to save the world he’s created is . . . to throw the biggest party of his life. Will anyone show up? From the acclaimed young author of Submarine, Wild Abandon is a strange and wonderful look at love—familial and romantic, returned and rebuffed—and the people and places we choose to call home.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119700Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119700 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild Abandon: A Novel Author: Joe Dunthorne Narrator: Tom Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 3,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119700 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild Abandon: A Novel Author: Joe Dunthorne Narrator: Tom Lawrence Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 46 minutes Release date: January 3, 2012 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: At a once vibrant communal-living property in the British countryside, back-to-basics fervor has given way to a vague discontent. A place that once buzzed with activity, from the polytunnels to the pottery shed, now functions with a skeleton crew. Founder Don Riley surveys his domain with the grim focus of someone who knows what’s best for everyone—and isn’t afraid to let them know. Especially when those people are related to him. Don’s wife, Freya, can’t quite decide whether not liking someone anymore is enough reason to end a twenty-year marriage. So she decamps to a mud yurt in the woods to mull it over. Their seventeen-year-old daughter, Kate, enrolls in school for the first time in her life: the exotic new world of fellow teenagers and surprisingly tasty cafeteria food beckons, and she is quickly lured into the arms of a “meathead” classmate. In his sister’s absence, eleven-year-old Albert falls under the spell of an outlandish new visitor to the community who fills his head with strange notions of the impending end of the world. Faced with the task of rescuing his son from apocalyptic fantasies, his daughter from the clutches of suburbia, and his wife from her increasingly apparent desire to leave him, Don convinces himself that the only way to save the world he’s created is . . . to throw the biggest party of his life. Will anyone show up? From the acclaimed young author of Submarine, Wild Abandon is a strange and wonderful look at love—familial and romantic, returned and rebuffed—and the people and places we choose to call home.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-need-to-talk-about-kevin-movie-tie-in-a-novel-by-lionel-shriver--65311649https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin movie tie-in: A Novel Author: Lionel Shriver Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 7 minutes Release date: December 27, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 3.71 of Total 17 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ''Impossible to put down. . . . Who, in the end, needs to talk about Kevin? Maybe we all do.” — Boston Globe Acclaimed author Lionel Shriver's gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry Shriver’s resonant story of a mother’s unsettling quest to understand her teenage son’s deadly violence, her own ambivalence toward motherhood, and the explosive link between them reverberates with the haunting power of high hopes shattered by dark realities. Eva never really wanted to be a mother—and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher who tried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin’s horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her estranged husband, Franklin. Uneasy with the sacrifices and social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails. Like Shriver’s charged and incisive later novels, including So Much for That and The Post-Birthday World, We Need to Talk About Kevin is a piercing, unforgettable, and penetrating exploration of violence, family ties, and responsibility.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119303Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin movie tie-in: A Novel Author: Lionel Shriver Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 7 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119303 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Need to Talk About Kevin movie tie-in: A Novel Author: Lionel Shriver Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 7 minutes Release date: December 27, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 34 Ratings of Narrator: 3.71 of Total 17 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ''Impossible to put down. . . . Who, in the end, needs to talk about Kevin? Maybe we all do.” — Boston Globe Acclaimed author Lionel Shriver's gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry Shriver’s resonant story of a mother’s unsettling quest to understand her teenage son’s deadly violence, her own ambivalence toward motherhood, and the explosive link between them reverberates with the haunting power of high hopes shattered by dark realities. Eva never really wanted to be a mother—and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher who tried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin’s horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her estranged husband, Franklin. Uneasy with the sacrifices and social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails. Like Shriver’s charged and incisive later novels, including So Much for That and The Post-Birthday World, We Need to Talk About Kevin is a piercing, unforgettable, and penetrating exploration of violence, family ties, and responsibility.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/money-never-sleeps-a-millionaire-wives-club-novel-by-tu-shonda-whitaker--65311665https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Money Never Sleeps: A Millionaire Wives Club Novel Series: #2 of Millionaire Wives Club Author: Tu-Shonda Whitaker Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: December 6, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The bling is brighter, the drama is amped up, and the delicious beauties from Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker’s Millionaire Wives Club are back for a second season of backstabbing, divorce parties, and family sagas. Lights, camera, action!   Milan, Jaise, and Chaunci are the gorgeous, high-rolling divas starring in the hit reality show Millionaire Wives Club. As they struggle with love, lies, lust, and the pressures of sudden fame, their friendships turn into catfights that keep the cameras following all their malicious moves. Milan is finally engaged to Kendu, the man of her dreams, and though things look perfect on the outside, distrust and jealousy are crumbling their romance. Jaise has found the love she so desperately craves, but her son, Jabril, remains the No. 1 man in her life—for better or for worse. And Chaunci, the independent, single mom who doesn’t feel she needs a man, is contemplating taking the plunge into a deep love affair—but will the man she chooses have room in his life for her? Add to this crafty cast Vera, a venomous new vixen who plays the game better than any of them, and you’ve got a season even more scintillating than the last.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116075Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Money Never Sleeps: A Millionaire Wives Club Novel Series: #2 of Millionaire Wives Club Author: Tu-Shonda Whitaker Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Money Never Sleeps: A Millionaire Wives Club Novel Series: #2 of Millionaire Wives Club Author: Tu-Shonda Whitaker Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 53 minutes Release date: December 6, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The bling is brighter, the drama is amped up, and the delicious beauties from Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker’s Millionaire Wives Club are back for a second season of backstabbing, divorce parties, and family sagas. Lights, camera, action!   Milan, Jaise, and Chaunci are the gorgeous, high-rolling divas starring in the hit reality show Millionaire Wives Club. As they struggle with love, lies, lust, and the pressures of sudden fame, their friendships turn into catfights that keep the cameras following all their malicious moves. Milan is finally engaged to Kendu, the man of her dreams, and though things look perfect on the outside, distrust and jealousy are crumbling their romance. Jaise has found the love she so desperately craves, but her son, Jabril, remains the No. 1 man in her life—for better or for worse. And Chaunci, the independent, single mom who doesn’t feel she needs a man, is contemplating taking the plunge into a deep love affair—but will the man she chooses have room in his life for her? Add to this crafty cast Vera, a venomous new vixen who plays the game better than any of them, and you’ve got a season even more scintillating than the last.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-december-by-richard-paul-evans--65311722https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost December Author: Richard Paul Evans Narrator: John Dossett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From one of America’s most beloved storytellers comes his most spiritual book since The Christmas Box and The Walk series with this modern-day, Christmas-themed retelling of the story of the prodigal son. It has been said that sometimes the greatest hope in our lives is just a second chance to do what we should have done right in the first place. This is the story of my second chance. When Luke Crisp graduates from business school, his father, CEO and cofounder of Fortune 500 Crisp’s Copy Centers, is ready to share some good news: he wants to turn the family business over to his son. But Luke has other plans. Taking control of his trust fund, Luke leaves home to pursue a life of reckless indulgence. But when his funds run out, so do his friends. Humbled, alone, and too ashamed to ask his father for help, Luke secretly takes a lowly job at one of his father’s copy centers. There he falls in love with a struggling single mother and begins to understand the greatest source of personal joy. Lost December is New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans’s modern-day holiday version of the biblical story of the prodigal son, an “inspiring” (Ventura County Star), “beautiful” (Desert News) tale of redemption, hope, and the true meaning of love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116004Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost December Author: Richard Paul Evans Narrator: John Dossett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116004 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost December Author: Richard Paul Evans Narrator: John Dossett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From one of America’s most beloved storytellers comes his most spiritual book since The Christmas Box and The Walk series with this modern-day, Christmas-themed retelling of the story of the prodigal son. It has been said that sometimes the greatest hope in our lives is just a second chance to do what we should have done right in the first place. This is the story of my second chance. When Luke Crisp graduates from business school, his father, CEO and cofounder of Fortune 500 Crisp’s Copy Centers, is ready to share some good news: he wants to turn the family business over to his son. But Luke has other plans. Taking control of his trust fund, Luke leaves home to pursue a life of reckless indulgence. But when his funds run out, so do his friends. Humbled, alone, and too ashamed to ask his father for help, Luke secretly takes a lowly job at one of his father’s copy centers. There he falls in love with a struggling single mother and begins to understand the greatest source of personal joy. Lost December is New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans’s modern-day holiday version of the biblical story of the prodigal son, an “inspiring” (Ventura County Star), “beautiful” (Desert News) tale of redemption, hope, and the true meaning of love.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-plain-fancy-christmas-a-novel-by-cynthia-keller--65311636https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Plain & Fancy Christmas: A Novel Author: Cynthia Keller Narrator: Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 25, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Raised in a Pennsylvania Amish community, young mother Rachel Yoder has led a simple life within her close-knit family. Widowed three years ago, she has moved back in with her parents, attempting to raise her daughter, Katie, without further emotional upheaval. Meanwhile, four hours and a whole world away in New York City, Ellie Lawrence is laser-focused on a high-powered public relations career, with too little time for her family, her friends, or even her boyfriend. Then one fateful day, these two very different women receive shocking news of a mistake made three decades earlier and long kept hidden: Shortly after their births, the two were accidentally switched in the hospital. Shaken to the core by this momentous news, Rachel and Ellie are plunged into an exploration of who they are and where they really belong. While Ellie is eager to learn more about her Amish family and their life in the countryside, Rachel cannot help but feel jealous as she watches the only mother she has ever known bonding so easily with her natural daughter. But Rachel also knows that her own biological family is out there, and with Katie at her side she heads for Manhattan, where she establishes a connection with the raucous, spirited Lawrences. As Ellie and Rachel make their way through unfamiliar landscapes, they face life-altering challenges and grapple with a crucial question: Will their old conventions and desires give way to new customs and yearnings? With the Christmas holidays fast approaching, it takes the love of two families for Rachel and Ellie to discover their own paths to fulfillment and happiness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102489Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Plain & Fancy Christmas: A Novel Author: Cynthia Keller Narrator: Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102489 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Plain & Fancy Christmas: A Novel Author: Cynthia Keller Narrator: Susan Denaker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 25, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Raised in a Pennsylvania Amish community, young mother Rachel Yoder has led a simple life within her close-knit family. Widowed three years ago, she has moved back in with her parents, attempting to raise her daughter, Katie, without further emotional upheaval. Meanwhile, four hours and a whole world away in New York City, Ellie Lawrence is laser-focused on a high-powered public relations career, with too little time for her family, her friends, or even her boyfriend. Then one fateful day, these two very different women receive shocking news of a mistake made three decades earlier and long kept hidden: Shortly after their births, the two were accidentally switched in the hospital. Shaken to the core by this momentous news, Rachel and Ellie are plunged into an exploration of who they are and where they really belong. While Ellie is eager to learn more about her Amish family and their life in the countryside, Rachel cannot help but feel jealous as she watches the only mother she has ever known bonding so easily with her natural daughter. But Rachel also knows that her own biological family is out there, and with Katie at her side she heads for Manhattan, where she establishes a connection with the raucous, spirited Lawrences. As Ellie and Rachel make their way through unfamiliar landscapes, they face life-altering challenges and grapple with a crucial question: Will their old conventions and desires give way to new customs and yearnings? With the Christmas holidays fast approaching, it takes the love of two families for Rachel and Ellie to discover their own paths to fulfillment and happiness.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-wedding-by-richard-dilallo-james-patterson--65311684https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Wedding Author: Richard DiLallo, James Patterson Narrator: Susan Mcinearny, Kathleen Mcinerney, Allyson Johnson, Ax Norman, Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 17, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.95 of Total 21 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the packages 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 Gaby's only surprise--she has one more gift for her children, and it could change all their lives forever. 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 season.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102228Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Wedding Author: Richard DiLallo, James Patterson Narrator: Susan Mcinearny, Kathleen Mcinerney, Allyson Johnson, Ax Norman, Eileen...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102228 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Wedding Author: Richard DiLallo, James Patterson Narrator: Susan Mcinearny, Kathleen Mcinerney, Allyson Johnson, Ax Norman, Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 17, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.95 of Total 21 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the packages 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 Gaby's only surprise--she has one more gift for her children, and it could change all their lives forever. 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 season.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/empire-falls-by-richard-russo--65311719https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empire Falls Author: Richard Russo Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.95 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Richard Russo—from his first novel, Mohawk, to his most recent, Straight Man—has demonstrated a peerless affinity for the human tragicomedy, and with this stunning new novel he extends even further his claims on the small-town, blue-collar heart of the country. Dexter County, Maine, and specifically the town of Empire Falls, has seen better days, and for decades, in fact, only a succession from bad to worse. One by one, its logging and textile enterprises have gone belly-up, and the once vast holdings of the Whiting clan (presided over by the last scion’s widow) now mostly amount to decrepit real estate. The working classes, meanwhile, continue to eke out whatever meager promise isn’t already boarded up. Miles Roby gazes over this ruined kingdom from the Empire Grill, an opportunity of his youth that has become the albatross of his daily and future life. Called back from college and set to work by family obligations—his mother ailing, his father a loose cannon—Miles never left home again. Even so, his own obligations are manifold: a pending divorce; a troubled younger brother; and, not least, a peculiar partnership in the failing grill with none other than Mrs. Whiting. All of these, though, are offset by his daughter, Tick, whom he guides gently and proudly through the tribulations of adolescence. A decent man encircled by history and dreams, by echoing churches and abandoned mills, by the comforts and feuds provided by lifelong friends and neighbors, Miles is also a patient, knowing guide to the rich, hardscrabble nature of Empire Falls: fathers and sons and daughters, living and dead, rich and poor alike. Shot through with the mysteries of generations and the shattering visitations of the nation at large, it is a social novel of panoramic ambition, yet at the same time achingly personal. In the end, Empire Falls reveals our worst and best instincts, both our most appalling nightmares and our simplest hopes, with all the vision, grace and humanity of truly epic storytelling.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102407Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empire Falls Author: Richard Russo Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 11, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102407 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empire Falls Author: Richard Russo Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.95 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Richard Russo—from his first novel, Mohawk, to his most recent, Straight Man—has demonstrated a peerless affinity for the human tragicomedy, and with this stunning new novel he extends even further his claims on the small-town, blue-collar heart of the country. Dexter County, Maine, and specifically the town of Empire Falls, has seen better days, and for decades, in fact, only a succession from bad to worse. One by one, its logging and textile enterprises have gone belly-up, and the once vast holdings of the Whiting clan (presided over by the last scion’s widow) now mostly amount to decrepit real estate. The working classes, meanwhile, continue to eke out whatever meager promise isn’t already boarded up. Miles Roby gazes over this ruined kingdom from the Empire Grill, an opportunity of his youth that has become the albatross of his daily and future life. Called back from college and set to work by family obligations—his mother ailing, his father a loose cannon—Miles never left home again. Even so, his own obligations are manifold: a pending divorce; a troubled younger brother; and, not least, a peculiar partnership in the failing grill with none other than Mrs. Whiting. All of these, though, are offset by his daughter, Tick, whom he guides gently and proudly through the tribulations of adolescence. A decent man encircled by history and dreams, by echoing churches and abandoned mills, by the comforts and feuds provided by lifelong friends and neighbors, Miles is also a patient, knowing guide to the rich, hardscrabble nature of Empire Falls: fathers and sons and daughters, living and dead, rich and poor alike. Shot through with the mysteries of generations and the shattering visitations of the nation at large, it is a social novel of panoramic ambition, yet at the same time achingly personal. In the end, Empire Falls reveals our worst and best instincts, both our most appalling nightmares and our simplest hopes, with all the vision, grace and humanity of truly epic storytelling.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-whore-s-child-stories-by-richard-russo--65311693https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102409 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Whore's Child: Stories Author: Richard Russo Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: To this irresistible debut collection of short stories, Richard Russo brings the same bittersweet wit, deep knowledge of human nature, and spellbinding narrative gifts that distinguish his best-selling novels. His themes are the imperfect bargains of marriage; the discoveries and disillusionments of childhood;the unwinnable battles men and women insist on fighting with the past. A cynical Hollywood moviemaker confronts his dead wife’s lover and abruptly realizes the depth of his own passion. As his parents’ marriage disintegrates, a precocious fifth-grader distracts himself with meditations on baseball, spaghetti, and his place in the universe. And in the title story, an elderly nun enters a college creative writing class and plays havoc with its tidy notions of fact and fiction. The Whore’s Child is further proof that Russo is one of the finest writers we have, unsparingly truthful yet hugely compassionate. “The Whore’s Child,” read by Mark Bramhall “Monhegan Light,” read by Robertson Dean “The Farther You Go,” read by Arthur Morey “Joy Ride,” read by Lincoln Hoppe “Buoyancy,” read by Stefan Rudnicki “Poison,” read by Fred Sanders “The Mysteries of Linwood Hart,” read by John Rubinstein]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102409Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102409 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Whore's Child: Stories Author: Richard Russo Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 11,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102409 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Whore's Child: Stories Author: Richard Russo Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 47 minutes Release date: October 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: To this irresistible debut collection of short stories, Richard Russo brings the same bittersweet wit, deep knowledge of human nature, and spellbinding narrative gifts that distinguish his best-selling novels. His themes are the imperfect bargains of marriage; the discoveries and disillusionments of childhood;the unwinnable battles men and women insist on fighting with the past. A cynical Hollywood moviemaker confronts his dead wife’s lover and abruptly realizes the depth of his own passion. As his parents’ marriage disintegrates, a precocious fifth-grader distracts himself with meditations on baseball, spaghetti, and his place in the universe. And in the title story, an elderly nun enters a college creative writing class and plays havoc with its tidy notions of fact and fiction. The Whore’s Child is further proof that Russo is one of the finest writers we have, unsparingly truthful yet hugely compassionate. “The Whore’s Child,” read by Mark Bramhall “Monhegan Light,” read by Robertson Dean “The Farther You Go,” read by Arthur Morey “Joy Ride,” read by Lincoln Hoppe “Buoyancy,” read by Stefan Rudnicki “Poison,” read by Fred Sanders “The Mysteries of Linwood Hart,” read by John Rubinstein]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-stranger-s-child-by-alan-hollinghurst--65311687https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stranger's Child Author: Alan Hollinghurst Narrator: James Daniel Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Man Booker Prize–winning author of The Line of Beauty: a magnificent, century-spanning saga about a love triangle that spawns a myth, and a family mystery, across generations. In the late summer of 1913, George Sawle brings his Cambridge schoolmate—a handsome, aristocratic young poet named Cecil Valance—to his family’s modest home outside London for the weekend. George is enthralled by Cecil, and soon his sixteen-year-old sister, Daphne, is equally besotted by him and the stories he tells about Corley Court, the country estate he is heir to. But what Cecil writes in Daphne’s autograph album will change their and their families’ lives forever: a poem that, after Cecil is killed in the Great War and his reputation burnished, will become a touchstone for a generation, a work recited by every schoolchild in England. Over time, a tragic love story is spun, even as other secrets lie buried—until, decades later, an ambitious biographer threatens to unearth them. Rich with Hollinghurst’s signature gifts—haunting sensuality, delicious wit and exquisite lyricism—The Stranger’s Child is a tour de force: a masterly novel about the lingering power of desire, how the heart creates its own history, and how legends are made.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102359Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stranger's Child Author: Alan Hollinghurst Narrator: James Daniel Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 52 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Stranger's Child Author: Alan Hollinghurst Narrator: James Daniel Wilson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 11, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Man Booker Prize–winning author of The Line of Beauty: a magnificent, century-spanning saga about a love triangle that spawns a myth, and a family mystery, across generations. In the late summer of 1913, George Sawle brings his Cambridge schoolmate—a handsome, aristocratic young poet named Cecil Valance—to his family’s modest home outside London for the weekend. George is enthralled by Cecil, and soon his sixteen-year-old sister, Daphne, is equally besotted by him and the stories he tells about Corley Court, the country estate he is heir to. But what Cecil writes in Daphne’s autograph album will change their and their families’ lives forever: a poem that, after Cecil is killed in the Great War and his reputation burnished, will become a touchstone for a generation, a work recited by every schoolchild in England. Over time, a tragic love story is spun, even as other secrets lie buried—until, decades later, an ambitious biographer threatens to unearth them. Rich with Hollinghurst’s signature gifts—haunting sensuality, delicious wit and exquisite lyricism—The Stranger’s Child is a tour de force: a masterly novel about the lingering power of desire, how the heart creates its own history, and how legends are made.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/everything-we-ever-wanted-a-novel-by-sara-shepard--65311683https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything We Ever Wanted: A Novel Author: Sara Shepard Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 11, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Sara Shepard delivers the perfect read….A brilliant storyteller.” —Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Very Valentine and Brava, Valentine “[Written] with unflinching honesty and unstinting compassion.” —Jacquelyn Mitchard, author The Deep End of the Ocean “This riveting, provocative and well-crafted family drama surprised and delivered at every turn. I could not put it down.” —Sarah Mlynowski, author of Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) Sara Shepard, the bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars, delivers a powerful novel of family dreams, lies, and delusions.  Everything We Ever Wanted begins with a phone call with allegations that rock an upper crust Philadelphia family to its very foundations, unlocking years of secrets and scandals that expose the serious flaws in outwardly perfect lives. A moving, intelligent, and unforgettable novel, Shepard’s Everything We Ever Wanted is exceptional contemporary women’s fiction that will be embraced by book clubs everywhere.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102395Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything We Ever Wanted: A Novel Author: Sara Shepard Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/102395 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything We Ever Wanted: A Novel Author: Sara Shepard Narrator: Coleen Marlo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 11, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Sara Shepard delivers the perfect read….A brilliant storyteller.” —Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Very Valentine and Brava, Valentine “[Written] with unflinching honesty and unstinting compassion.” —Jacquelyn Mitchard, author The Deep End of the Ocean “This riveting, provocative and well-crafted family drama surprised and delivered at every turn. I could not put it down.” —Sarah Mlynowski, author of Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) Sara Shepard, the bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars, delivers a powerful novel of family dreams, lies, and delusions.  Everything We Ever Wanted begins with a phone call with allegations that rock an upper crust Philadelphia family to its very foundations, unlocking years of secrets and scandals that expose the serious flaws in outwardly perfect lives. A moving, intelligent, and unforgettable novel, Shepard’s Everything We Ever Wanted is exceptional contemporary women’s fiction that will be embraced by book clubs everywhere.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-pursuit-of-eliza-cynster-a-cynster-novel-by-stephanie-laurens--65311678https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster: A Cynster Novel Series: #2 of Cynster Sisters Trilogy Author: Stephanie Laurens Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 27, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Arguably Regency England’s most scandalous family of misbehaving rogues and ladies, the Cynsters are back! New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens continues her delectable new historical romance series with In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster, focusing on the first of three Cynster sisters, each on a determined quest to find a hero who’s her match in every way possible. When Eliza is kidnapped from her sister’s engagement ball, the plucky miss refuses to be daunted—and her escape leads her straight into the arms of a most unlikely champion. Devoted Laurens and Cynster fans, as well as readers of the acclaimed romance fiction of Lisa Kleypas, will find pursuing Eliza Cynster to be an exceptional delight!]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101362Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster: A Cynster Novel Series: #2 of Cynster Sisters Trilogy Author: Stephanie Laurens Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101362 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster: A Cynster Novel Series: #2 of Cynster Sisters Trilogy Author: Stephanie Laurens Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Release date: September 27, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Arguably Regency England’s most scandalous family of misbehaving rogues and ladies, the Cynsters are back! New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens continues her delectable new historical romance series with In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster, focusing on the first of three Cynster sisters, each on a determined quest to find a hero who’s her match in every way possible. When Eliza is kidnapped from her sister’s engagement ball, the plucky miss refuses to be daunted—and her escape leads her straight into the arms of a most unlikely champion. Devoted Laurens and Cynster fans, as well as readers of the acclaimed romance fiction of Lisa Kleypas, will find pursuing Eliza Cynster to be an exceptional delight!]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-woman-s-work-street-chronicles-by-nikki-turner--65311682https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman's Work: Street Chronicles Author: Nikki Turner Narrator: April Parker-Jones, Millena Gay, Susan Wilson, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 20, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The heralded Queen of Hip-Hop Lit presents an addictive collection of celebrated urban authors with their fingers on the pulse of the streets.   Street lit’s finest female voices—Keisha Starr, Tysha, LaKesa Cox, and Monique S. Hall—deliver searing stories about women who make hard sacrifices to stay on top of their hustle and seize the power, money, and fame they can’t live without. Enterprising and fearless, these players are more than equipped to handle whatever the street throws at them. That’s because they are hellbent on survival—by any means necessary.  Once again, Nikki Turner shares ultra-realistic page-turners that will keep fans coming back for more.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101381Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman's Work: Street Chronicles Author: Nikki Turner Narrator: April Parker-Jones, Millena Gay, Susan Wilson, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101381 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Woman's Work: Street Chronicles Author: Nikki Turner Narrator: April Parker-Jones, Millena Gay, Susan Wilson, Adenrele Ojo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 20, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The heralded Queen of Hip-Hop Lit presents an addictive collection of celebrated urban authors with their fingers on the pulse of the streets.   Street lit’s finest female voices—Keisha Starr, Tysha, LaKesa Cox, and Monique S. Hall—deliver searing stories about women who make hard sacrifices to stay on top of their hustle and seize the power, money, and fame they can’t live without. Enterprising and fearless, these players are more than equipped to handle whatever the street throws at them. That’s because they are hellbent on survival—by any means necessary.  Once again, Nikki Turner shares ultra-realistic page-turners that will keep fans coming back for more.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/viscount-breckenridge-to-the-rescue-a-cynster-novel-by-stephanie-laurens--65311675https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue: A Cynster Novel Series: #1 of Cynster Sisters Trilogy Author: Stephanie Laurens Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 30, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.85 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Cynsters are back in a brilliant new series from USA Today and New York Times bestseller Stephanie Laurens! Fans adore Laurens’s irrepressible fictional family of sexy scoundrels and passionate ladies and their amorous Regency Era exploits. In Laurens’s sensational new Cynster historical romance, it’s Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue when feisty Heather Cynster steps out of her safe, dull social circle in search of a dashing hero to wed…and ends up kidnapped, scandalized and whisked out of London, with her only hope for salvation—and love—resting with a notorious rogue lord.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100136Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue: A Cynster Novel Series: #1 of Cynster Sisters Trilogy Author: Stephanie Laurens Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100136 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue: A Cynster Novel Series: #1 of Cynster Sisters Trilogy Author: Stephanie Laurens Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 15 minutes Release date: August 30, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.85 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Cynsters are back in a brilliant new series from USA Today and New York Times bestseller Stephanie Laurens! Fans adore Laurens’s irrepressible fictional family of sexy scoundrels and passionate ladies and their amorous Regency Era exploits. In Laurens’s sensational new Cynster historical romance, it’s Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue when feisty Heather Cynster steps out of her safe, dull social circle in search of a dashing hero to wed…and ends up kidnapped, scandalized and whisked out of London, with her only hope for salvation—and love—resting with a notorious rogue lord.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1105-yakima-street-by-debbie-macomber--65311586https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1105 Yakima Street Series: #11 of Cedar Cove Series Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Sandra Burr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: August 30, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1105 Yakima Street,Cedar Cove, Washington Dear Listener,You’ve probably heard that my wife has left me. Rachel’s pregnant, and she says she can’t handle the stress in our household anymore. My thirteen-year-old daughter, Jolene, is jealous of her. Maybe it’s my fault. As a widower I spoiled her- Jolene was reading over my shoulder just now and says that’s not true. She claims Rachel ruined everything. But that’s not true. The real question is: How can I get my wife back? I don’t even know where she is. She’s not with Teri Polgar or any of her other friends from the salon. The other question is…when will Jolene grow up and stop acting like such a brat? Of course, I’m not the only one in town with problems. Linc Wyse’s father-in-law is trying to destroy his business. And you know Charlotte Rhodes? Seems she’s becoming forgetful, and the family’s worried about her and Ben. Lots of other stuff going on—but Rachel is better at keeping up with it than I am. If you have any idea where my wife is, give me a call. Please. Bruce Peyton]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127334Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1105 Yakima Street Series: #11 of Cedar Cove Series Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Sandra Burr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 1105 Yakima Street Series: #11 of Cedar Cove Series Author: Debbie Macomber Narrator: Sandra Burr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: August 30, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 1105 Yakima Street,Cedar Cove, Washington Dear Listener,You’ve probably heard that my wife has left me. Rachel’s pregnant, and she says she can’t handle the stress in our household anymore. My thirteen-year-old daughter, Jolene, is jealous of her. Maybe it’s my fault. As a widower I spoiled her- Jolene was reading over my shoulder just now and says that’s not true. She claims Rachel ruined everything. But that’s not true. The real question is: How can I get my wife back? I don’t even know where she is. She’s not with Teri Polgar or any of her other friends from the salon. The other question is…when will Jolene grow up and stop acting like such a brat? Of course, I’m not the only one in town with problems. Linc Wyse’s father-in-law is trying to destroy his business. And you know Charlotte Rhodes? Seems she’s becoming forgetful, and the family’s worried about her and Ben. Lots of other stuff going on—but Rachel is better at keeping up with it than I am. If you have any idea where my wife is, give me a call. Please. Bruce Peyton]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/between-the-tides-a-novel-by-patti-callahan-henry--65311564https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between the Tides: A Novel Author: Patti Callahan Henry Narrator: Shannon McManus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 30, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Nine months after Catherine Leary’s father, a literature professor, passed away, she still has not fulfilled his final wish: that she scatter his ashes in the Seaboro River in South Carolina. The scene of a childhood tragedy that forced her family to move, Seaboro is the last place Catherine wants to see again. But on the evening of her thirtieth birthday, her father’s young colleague—whom she once dated—pays a visit.…Forrest Anderson offers a challenge from Catherine’s father: three probing questions that he had planned to put inside a birthday letter to his daughter. But it’s the news that Forrest plans to memorialize her father in an article that includes the family’s time in Seaboro—and the surprising revelation that her father visited there in recent years—that sends Catherine reeling. Hoping to stop Forrest from exposing her family’s secrets, she agrees to accompany him to her once–beloved Lowcountry town—and embarks on a poignant trip into the past…a journey that might lead her into a new life of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery.…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139569Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between the Tides: A Novel Author: Patti Callahan Henry Narrator: Shannon McManus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/139569 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Between the Tides: A Novel Author: Patti Callahan Henry Narrator: Shannon McManus Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 51 minutes Release date: August 30, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Nine months after Catherine Leary’s father, a literature professor, passed away, she still has not fulfilled his final wish: that she scatter his ashes in the Seaboro River in South Carolina. The scene of a childhood tragedy that forced her family to move, Seaboro is the last place Catherine wants to see again. But on the evening of her thirtieth birthday, her father’s young colleague—whom she once dated—pays a visit.…Forrest Anderson offers a challenge from Catherine’s father: three probing questions that he had planned to put inside a birthday letter to his daughter. But it’s the news that Forrest plans to memorialize her father in an article that includes the family’s time in Seaboro—and the surprising revelation that her father visited there in recent years—that sends Catherine reeling. Hoping to stop Forrest from exposing her family’s secrets, she agrees to accompany him to her once–beloved Lowcountry town—and embarks on a poignant trip into the past…a journey that might lead her into a new life of love, forgiveness, and self-discovery.…]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-language-of-flowers-a-novel-by-vanessa-diffenbaugh--65311703https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99025 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Language of Flowers: A Novel Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh Narrator: Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 23, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.39 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past. The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating grief, mistrust, and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system, Victoria has nowhere to go and sleeps in a public park, where she plants a small garden of her own. Soon a local florist discovers her talents, and Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But a mysterious vendor at the flower market has her questioning what’s been missing in her life, and when she’s forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it’s worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness. Praise for The Language of Flowers 'Instantly enchanting . . . [Diffenbaugh] is the best new writer of the year.'—Elle “I would like to hand Vanessa Diffenbaugh a bouquet of bouvardia (enthusiasm), gladiolus (you pierce my heart) and lisianthus (appreciation).  In this original and brilliant first novel, Diffenbaugh has united her fascination with the language of flowers—a long-forgotten and mysterious way of communication—with her firsthand knowledge of the travails of the foster-care system. . . . This novel is both enchanting and cruel, full of beauty and anger. Diffenbaugh is a talented writer and a mesmerizing storyteller.  She includes a flower dictionary in case we want to use the language ourselves.  And there is one more sprig I should add to her bouquet: a single pink carnation (I will never forget you).”—Washington Post 'A fascinating debut . . . Diffenbaugh clearly knows both the human heart and her plants, and she keeps us rooting for the damaged Victoria.'—O Magazine 'Diffenbaugh effortlessly spins this enchanting tale, making even her prickly protagonist impossible not to love.'—Entertainment Weekly]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99025Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99025 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Language of Flowers: A Novel Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh Narrator: Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99025 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Language of Flowers: A Novel Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh Narrator: Tara Sands Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 23, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.39 of Total 54 Ratings of Narrator: 4.62 of Total 13 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past. The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating grief, mistrust, and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system, Victoria has nowhere to go and sleeps in a public park, where she plants a small garden of her own. Soon a local florist discovers her talents, and Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But a mysterious vendor at the flower market has her questioning what’s been missing in her life, and when she’s forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it’s worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness. Praise for The Language of Flowers 'Instantly enchanting . . . [Diffenbaugh] is the best new writer of the year.'—Elle “I would like to hand Vanessa Diffenbaugh a bouquet of bouvardia (enthusiasm), gladiolus (you pierce my heart) and lisianthus (appreciation).  In this original and brilliant first novel, Diffenbaugh has united her fascination with the language of flowers—a long-forgotten and mysterious way of communication—with her firsthand knowledge of the travails of the foster-care system. . . . This novel is both enchanting and cruel, full of beauty and anger. Diffenbaugh is a talented writer and a mesmerizing storyteller.  She includes a flower dictionary in case we want to use the language ourselves.  And there is one more sprig I should add to her bouquet: a single pink carnation (I will never forget you).”—Washington Post 'A fascinating debut . . . Diffenbaugh clearly knows both the human heart and her plants, and she keeps us rooting for the damaged Victoria.'—O Magazine 'Diffenbaugh effortlessly spins this enchanting tale, making even her prickly protagonist impossible not to love.'—Entertainment Weekly]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-buddha-in-the-attic-by-julie-otsuka--65311664https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Buddha in the Attic Author: Julie Otsuka Narrator: Samantha Quan, Carrington MacDuffie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 23, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Finalist for the 2011 National Book Award Julie Otsuka’s long awaited follow-up to When the Emperor Was Divine (“To watch Emperor catching on with teachers and students in vast numbers is to grasp what must have happened at the outset for novels like Lord of the Flies and To Kill a Mockingbird” —The New York Times) is a tour de force of economy and precision, a novel that tells the story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as ‘picture brides’ nearly a century ago. In eight incantatory sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces their extraordinary lives, from their arduous journey by boat, where they exchange photographs of their husbands, imagining uncertain futures in an unknown land; to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; to their backbreaking work picking fruit in the fields and scrubbing the floors of white women; to their struggles to master a new language and a new culture; to their experiences in childbirth, and then as mothers, raising children who will ultimately reject their heritage and their history; to the deracinating arrival of war. In language that has the force and the fury of poetry, Julie Otsuka has written a singularly spellbinding novel about the American dream.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99022Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Buddha in the Attic Author: Julie Otsuka Narrator: Samantha Quan, Carrington MacDuffie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 53 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Buddha in the Attic Author: Julie Otsuka Narrator: Samantha Quan, Carrington MacDuffie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 23, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.71 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Finalist for the 2011 National Book Award Julie Otsuka’s long awaited follow-up to When the Emperor Was Divine (“To watch Emperor catching on with teachers and students in vast numbers is to grasp what must have happened at the outset for novels like Lord of the Flies and To Kill a Mockingbird” —The New York Times) is a tour de force of economy and precision, a novel that tells the story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as ‘picture brides’ nearly a century ago. In eight incantatory sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces their extraordinary lives, from their arduous journey by boat, where they exchange photographs of their husbands, imagining uncertain futures in an unknown land; to their arrival in San Francisco and their tremulous first nights as new wives; to their backbreaking work picking fruit in the fields and scrubbing the floors of white women; to their struggles to master a new language and a new culture; to their experiences in childbirth, and then as mothers, raising children who will ultimately reject their heritage and their history; to the deracinating arrival of war. In language that has the force and the fury of poetry, Julie Otsuka has written a singularly spellbinding novel about the American dream.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/anatomy-of-a-disappearance-a-novel-by-hisham-matar--65311650https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anatomy of a Disappearance: A Novel Author: Hisham Matar Narrator: Khalid Abdalla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 23, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Nuri is a young boy when his mother dies. It seems that nothing will fill the emptiness that her strange death leaves behind in the Cairo apartment he shares with his father. Until they meet Mona, sitting in her yellow swimsuit by the pool of the Magda Marina hotel. As soon as Nuri sees her, the rest of the world vanishes. But it is Nuri’s father with whom Mona falls in love and whom she eventually marries. And their happiness consumes Nuri to the point where he wishes his father would disappear. Nuri will, however, soon regret what he wished for. His father, long a dissident in exile from his homeland, is taken under mysterious circumstances. And, as the world that Nuri and his stepmother share is shattered by events beyond their control, they begin to realize how little they knew about the man they both loved. Anatomy of a Disappearance is written with all the emotional precision and intimacy that have won Hisham Matar tremendous international recognition. In a voice that is delicately wrought and beautifully tender, he asks: When a loved one disappears, how does their absence shape the lives of those who are left?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100130Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anatomy of a Disappearance: A Novel Author: Hisham Matar Narrator: Khalid Abdalla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 8 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anatomy of a Disappearance: A Novel Author: Hisham Matar Narrator: Khalid Abdalla Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 8 minutes Release date: August 23, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Nuri is a young boy when his mother dies. It seems that nothing will fill the emptiness that her strange death leaves behind in the Cairo apartment he shares with his father. Until they meet Mona, sitting in her yellow swimsuit by the pool of the Magda Marina hotel. As soon as Nuri sees her, the rest of the world vanishes. But it is Nuri’s father with whom Mona falls in love and whom she eventually marries. And their happiness consumes Nuri to the point where he wishes his father would disappear. Nuri will, however, soon regret what he wished for. His father, long a dissident in exile from his homeland, is taken under mysterious circumstances. And, as the world that Nuri and his stepmother share is shattered by events beyond their control, they begin to realize how little they knew about the man they both loved. Anatomy of a Disappearance is written with all the emotional precision and intimacy that have won Hisham Matar tremendous international recognition. In a voice that is delicately wrought and beautifully tender, he asks: When a loved one disappears, how does their absence shape the lives of those who are left?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/next-to-love-a-novel-by-ellen-feldman--65311700https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Next to Love: A Novel Author: Ellen Feldman Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, The Postmistress, and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, a story of love, war, loss, and the scars they leave set during the years of World War II and its aftermath.   Set in a small town in Massachusetts, Next to Love follows three childhood friends, Babe, Millie, and Grace, whose lives are unmoored when their men are called to duty. And yet the changes that are thrust upon them move them in directions they never dreamed possible—while their husbands and boyfriends are enduring their own transformations. In the decades that follow, the three friends lose their innocence, struggle to raise their children, and find meaning and love in unexpected places. And as they change, so does America—from a country in which people know their place in the social hierarchy to a world in which feminism, the Civil Rights movement, and technological innovations present new possibilities—and uncertainties. And yet Babe, Millie, and Grace remain bonded by their past, even as their children grow up and away and a new society rises from the ashes of the war.   Beautifully crafted and unforgettable, Next to Love depicts the enduring power of love and friendship, and illuminates a transformational moment in American history.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98991Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Next to Love: A Novel Author: Ellen Feldman Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98991 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Next to Love: A Novel Author: Ellen Feldman Narrator: Abby Craden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 23 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, The Postmistress, and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, a story of love, war, loss, and the scars they leave set during the years of World War II and its aftermath.   Set in a small town in Massachusetts, Next to Love follows three childhood friends, Babe, Millie, and Grace, whose lives are unmoored when their men are called to duty. And yet the changes that are thrust upon them move them in directions they never dreamed possible—while their husbands and boyfriends are enduring their own transformations. In the decades that follow, the three friends lose their innocence, struggle to raise their children, and find meaning and love in unexpected places. And as they change, so does America—from a country in which people know their place in the social hierarchy to a world in which feminism, the Civil Rights movement, and technological innovations present new possibilities—and uncertainties. And yet Babe, Millie, and Grace remain bonded by their past, even as their children grow up and away and a new society rises from the ashes of the war.   Beautifully crafted and unforgettable, Next to Love depicts the enduring power of love and friendship, and illuminates a transformational moment in American history.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/northwest-corner-a-novel-by-john-burnham-schwartz--65311699https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Northwest Corner: A Novel Author: John Burnham Schwartz Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times Book Review called Reservation Road “a triumph,” and the novel was universally acclaimed. Now, in a brilliant literary performance by one of our most compelling and compassionate writers, John Burnham Schwartz reintroduces us to Reservation Road’s unforgettable characters in a superb new work of fiction that stands magnificently on its own. Northwest Corner is a riveting story about the complex, fierce, ultimately inspiring resilience of families in the face of life’s most difficult and unexpected challenges. Twelve years after a tragic accident and a cover-up that led to prison time, Dwight Arno, now fifty, is a man who has started over without exactly moving on. Living alone in California, haunted yet keeping his head down, Dwight manages a sporting goods store and dates a woman to whom he hasn’t revealed the truth about his past. Then an unexpected arrival throws his carefully neutralized life into turmoil and exposes all that he’s hidden. Sam, Dwight’s estranged college-age son, has shown up without warning, fleeing a devastating incident in his own life. In its way, Sam’s sense of guilt is as crushing as his father’s. As the two men are forced to confront their similar natures and their half-buried hopes for connection, they must also search for redemption and love. In turn, they dramatically transform the lives of the women around them: the ex-wives, mothers, and lovers they have turned to in their desperate attempts to somehow rewrite, outrun, or eradicate the past. Told in the resonant voices of everyday people gripped in the emotional riptide of lived life, Northwest Corner is at once tough and heart-lifting, an urgent, powerful story about family bonds that can never be broken and the wayward roads that lead us back to those we love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98992Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Northwest Corner: A Novel Author: John Burnham Schwartz Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: July 26,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98992 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Northwest Corner: A Novel Author: John Burnham Schwartz Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 31 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times Book Review called Reservation Road “a triumph,” and the novel was universally acclaimed. Now, in a brilliant literary performance by one of our most compelling and compassionate writers, John Burnham Schwartz reintroduces us to Reservation Road’s unforgettable characters in a superb new work of fiction that stands magnificently on its own. Northwest Corner is a riveting story about the complex, fierce, ultimately inspiring resilience of families in the face of life’s most difficult and unexpected challenges. Twelve years after a tragic accident and a cover-up that led to prison time, Dwight Arno, now fifty, is a man who has started over without exactly moving on. Living alone in California, haunted yet keeping his head down, Dwight manages a sporting goods store and dates a woman to whom he hasn’t revealed the truth about his past. Then an unexpected arrival throws his carefully neutralized life into turmoil and exposes all that he’s hidden. Sam, Dwight’s estranged college-age son, has shown up without warning, fleeing a devastating incident in his own life. In its way, Sam’s sense of guilt is as crushing as his father’s. As the two men are forced to confront their similar natures and their half-buried hopes for connection, they must also search for redemption and love. In turn, they dramatically transform the lives of the women around them: the ex-wives, mothers, and lovers they have turned to in their desperate attempts to somehow rewrite, outrun, or eradicate the past. Told in the resonant voices of everyday people gripped in the emotional riptide of lived life, Northwest Corner is at once tough and heart-lifting, an urgent, powerful story about family bonds that can never be broken and the wayward roads that lead us back to those we love.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-autobiography-of-mrs-tom-thumb-a-novel-by-melanie-benjamin--65311691https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb: A Novel Author: Melanie Benjamin Narrator: Kim Mai Guest Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her national bestseller Alice I Have Been, Melanie Benjamin imagined the life of the woman who inspired Alice in Wonderland. Now, in this jubilant new novel, Benjamin shines a dazzling spotlight on another fascinating female figure whose story has never fully been told: a woman who became a nineteenth century icon and inspiration—and whose most daunting limitation became her greatest strength.   “Never would I allow my size to define me. Instead, I would define it.”   She was only two-foot eight-inches tall, but her legend reaches out to us more than a century later. As a child, Mercy Lavinia “Vinnie” Bump was encouraged to live a life hidden away from the public. Instead, she reached out to the immortal impresario P. T. Barnum, married the tiny superstar General Tom Thumb in the wedding of the century, and transformed into the world’s most unexpected celebrity. Here, in Vinnie’s singular and spirited voice, is her amazing adventure—from a showboat “freak” revue where she endured jeering mobs to her fateful meeting with the two men who would change her life: P. T. Barnum and Charles Stratton, AKA Tom Thumb. Their wedding would captivate the nation, preempt coverage of the Civil War, and usher them into the White House and the company of presidents and queens. But Vinnie’s fame would also endanger the person she prized most: her similarly-sized sister, Minnie, a gentle soul unable to escape the glare of Vinnie’s spotlight. A barnstorming novel of the Gilded Age, and of a woman’s public triumphs and personal tragedies, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is the irresistible epic of a heroine who conquered the country with a heart as big as her dreams—and whose story will surely win over yours.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98517Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb: A Novel Author: Melanie Benjamin Narrator: Kim Mai Guest Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98517 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb: A Novel Author: Melanie Benjamin Narrator: Kim Mai Guest Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her national bestseller Alice I Have Been, Melanie Benjamin imagined the life of the woman who inspired Alice in Wonderland. Now, in this jubilant new novel, Benjamin shines a dazzling spotlight on another fascinating female figure whose story has never fully been told: a woman who became a nineteenth century icon and inspiration—and whose most daunting limitation became her greatest strength.   “Never would I allow my size to define me. Instead, I would define it.”   She was only two-foot eight-inches tall, but her legend reaches out to us more than a century later. As a child, Mercy Lavinia “Vinnie” Bump was encouraged to live a life hidden away from the public. Instead, she reached out to the immortal impresario P. T. Barnum, married the tiny superstar General Tom Thumb in the wedding of the century, and transformed into the world’s most unexpected celebrity. Here, in Vinnie’s singular and spirited voice, is her amazing adventure—from a showboat “freak” revue where she endured jeering mobs to her fateful meeting with the two men who would change her life: P. T. Barnum and Charles Stratton, AKA Tom Thumb. Their wedding would captivate the nation, preempt coverage of the Civil War, and usher them into the White House and the company of presidents and queens. But Vinnie’s fame would also endanger the person she prized most: her similarly-sized sister, Minnie, a gentle soul unable to escape the glare of Vinnie’s spotlight. A barnstorming novel of the Gilded Age, and of a woman’s public triumphs and personal tragedies, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is the irresistible epic of a heroine who conquered the country with a heart as big as her dreams—and whose story will surely win over yours.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/close-your-eyes-a-novel-by-amanda-eyre-ward--65311680https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Close Your Eyes: A Novel Author: Amanda Eyre Ward Narrator: Phoebe Zimmermann, Meera Simhan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In Close Your Eyes, the author of the bestselling How to Be Lost spins another mesmerizing tale of buried family secrets. For most of her life, Lauren Mahdian has been certain of two things: that her mother is dead, and that her father is a murderer. Before the horrific tragedy, Lauren led a sheltered life in a wealthy corner of America, in a town outside Manhattan on the banks of Long Island Sound, a haven of luxurious homes, manicured lawns, and seemingly perfect families. Here Lauren and her older brother, Alex, thought they were safe. But one morning, six-year-old Lauren and eight-year-old Alex awoke after a night spent in their tree house to discover their mother’s body and their beloved father arrested for the murder. Years later, Lauren is surrounded by uncertainty. Her one constant is Alex, always her protector, still trying to understand the unraveling of his idyllic childhood. But Lauren feels even more alone when Alex reveals that he’s been in contact over the years with their imprisoned father—and that he believes he and his sister have yet to learn the full story of their mother’s death. Then Alex disappears. As Lauren is forced to peek under the floorboards of her carefully constructed memories, she comes to question the version of her history that she has clung to so fiercely. Lauren’s search for the truth about what happened on that fateful night so many years ago is a riveting tale that will keep readers feverishly turning pages.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98513Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Close Your Eyes: A Novel Author: Amanda Eyre Ward Narrator: Phoebe Zimmermann, Meera Simhan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98513 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Close Your Eyes: A Novel Author: Amanda Eyre Ward Narrator: Phoebe Zimmermann, Meera Simhan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 26, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In Close Your Eyes, the author of the bestselling How to Be Lost spins another mesmerizing tale of buried family secrets. For most of her life, Lauren Mahdian has been certain of two things: that her mother is dead, and that her father is a murderer. Before the horrific tragedy, Lauren led a sheltered life in a wealthy corner of America, in a town outside Manhattan on the banks of Long Island Sound, a haven of luxurious homes, manicured lawns, and seemingly perfect families. Here Lauren and her older brother, Alex, thought they were safe. But one morning, six-year-old Lauren and eight-year-old Alex awoke after a night spent in their tree house to discover their mother’s body and their beloved father arrested for the murder. Years later, Lauren is surrounded by uncertainty. Her one constant is Alex, always her protector, still trying to understand the unraveling of his idyllic childhood. But Lauren feels even more alone when Alex reveals that he’s been in contact over the years with their imprisoned father—and that he believes he and his sister have yet to learn the full story of their mother’s death. Then Alex disappears. As Lauren is forced to peek under the floorboards of her carefully constructed memories, she comes to question the version of her history that she has clung to so fiercely. Lauren’s search for the truth about what happened on that fateful night so many years ago is a riveting tale that will keep readers feverishly turning pages.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-devil-all-the-time-by-donald-ray-pollock--65311724https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98219 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Devil All the Time Author: Donald Ray Pollock Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 12, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Now a Netflix film starring Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson A dark and riveting vision of 1960s America that delivers literary excitement in the highest degree.  In The Devil All the Time, Donald Ray Pollock has written a novel that marries the twisted intensity of Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers with the religious and Gothic over­tones of Flannery O’Connor at her most haunting. Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s. There’s Willard Russell, tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can’t save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer no matter how much sacrifi­cial blood he pours on his “prayer log.” There’s Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial kill­ers, who troll America’s highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate. There’s the spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick, Theodore, running from the law. And caught in the middle of all this is Arvin Eugene Russell, Willard and Charlotte’s orphaned son, who grows up to be a good but also violent man in his own right. Donald Ray Pollock braids his plotlines into a taut narrative that will leave readers astonished and deeply moved. With his first novel, he proves himself a master storyteller in the grittiest and most uncompromising American grain.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98219Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98219 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Devil All the Time Author: Donald Ray Pollock Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 12,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98219 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Devil All the Time Author: Donald Ray Pollock Narrator: Mark Bramhall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: July 12, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.3 of Total 20 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 9 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Now a Netflix film starring Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson A dark and riveting vision of 1960s America that delivers literary excitement in the highest degree.  In The Devil All the Time, Donald Ray Pollock has written a novel that marries the twisted intensity of Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers with the religious and Gothic over­tones of Flannery O’Connor at her most haunting. Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s. There’s Willard Russell, tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can’t save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer no matter how much sacrifi­cial blood he pours on his “prayer log.” There’s Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial kill­ers, who troll America’s highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate. There’s the spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick, Theodore, running from the law. And caught in the middle of all this is Arvin Eugene Russell, Willard and Charlotte’s orphaned son, who grows up to be a good but also violent man in his own right. Donald Ray Pollock braids his plotlines into a taut narrative that will leave readers astonished and deeply moved. With his first novel, he proves himself a master storyteller in the grittiest and most uncompromising American grain.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-homecoming-of-samuel-lake-a-novel-by-jenny-wingfield--65311696https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Homecoming of Samuel Lake: A Novel Author: Jenny Wingfield Narrator: Catherine Taber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 12, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Every first Sunday in June, members of the Moses clan gather for an annual reunion at “the old home place,” a sprawling hundred-acre farm in Arkansas. And every year, Samuel Lake, a vibrant and committed young preacher, brings his beloved wife, Willadee Moses, and their three children back for the festivities. The children embrace the reunion as a welcome escape from the prying eyes of their father’s congregation; for Willadee it’s a precious opportunity to spend time with her mother and father, Calla and John. But just as the reunion is getting under way, tragedy strikes, jolting the family to their core: John’s untimely death and, soon after, the loss of Samuel’s parish, which set the stage for a summer of crisis and profound change. In the midst of it all, Samuel and Willadee’s outspoken eleven-year-old daughter, Swan, is a bright light. Her high spirits and fearlessness have alternately seduced and bedeviled three generations of the family. But it is Blade Ballenger, a traumatized eight-year-old neighbor, who soon captures Swan’s undivided attention. Full of righteous anger, and innocent of the peril facing her and those she loves, Swan makes it her mission to keep the boy safe from his terrifying father. With characters who spring to life as vividly as if they were members of one’s own family, and with the clear-eyed wisdom that illuminates the most tragic—and triumphant—aspects of human nature, Jenny Wingfield emerges as one of the most vital, engaging storytellers writing today. In The Homecoming of Samuel Lake she has created a memorable and lasting work of fiction.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97755Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Homecoming of Samuel Lake: A Novel Author: Jenny Wingfield Narrator: Catherine Taber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Homecoming of Samuel Lake: A Novel Author: Jenny Wingfield Narrator: Catherine Taber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 12, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Every first Sunday in June, members of the Moses clan gather for an annual reunion at “the old home place,” a sprawling hundred-acre farm in Arkansas. And every year, Samuel Lake, a vibrant and committed young preacher, brings his beloved wife, Willadee Moses, and their three children back for the festivities. The children embrace the reunion as a welcome escape from the prying eyes of their father’s congregation; for Willadee it’s a precious opportunity to spend time with her mother and father, Calla and John. But just as the reunion is getting under way, tragedy strikes, jolting the family to their core: John’s untimely death and, soon after, the loss of Samuel’s parish, which set the stage for a summer of crisis and profound change. In the midst of it all, Samuel and Willadee’s outspoken eleven-year-old daughter, Swan, is a bright light. Her high spirits and fearlessness have alternately seduced and bedeviled three generations of the family. But it is Blade Ballenger, a traumatized eight-year-old neighbor, who soon captures Swan’s undivided attention. Full of righteous anger, and innocent of the peril facing her and those she loves, Swan makes it her mission to keep the boy safe from his terrifying father. With characters who spring to life as vividly as if they were members of one’s own family, and with the clear-eyed wisdom that illuminates the most tragic—and triumphant—aspects of human nature, Jenny Wingfield emerges as one of the most vital, engaging storytellers writing today. In The Homecoming of Samuel Lake she has created a memorable and lasting work of fiction.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/then-came-you-a-novel-by-jennifer-weiner--65311662https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Then Came You: A Novel Author: Jennifer Weiner Narrator: Annalynne Mccord, Jenni Barber, Aya Cash, Karen Ziemba Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: July 12, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.65 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner takes readers into the heart of women’s lives in an unforgettable, timely tale. Jules Strauss is a Princeton senior on a full scholarship who plans on selling her “pedigree” eggs to help save her father from addiction. Annie Barrow, a struggling Pennsylvania housewife, thinks that carrying another woman’s child will help her recover a sense of purpose and will bring in some much-needed cash. India Bishop, thirty-eight (really, forty-three) and recently married to the wealthy Marcus Croft, yearns for a baby for reasons that have more to do with money than with love. When her attempts at pregnancy fail, she turns to Jules and Annie to make her dreams come true. But each of their plans is thrown into disarray when Bettina, Marcus’s privileged daughter, becomes suspicious that her new stepmother is not what she seems... Told with Jennifer Weiner’s trademark wit and sharp observations, Then Came You is a hilarious, tender, and timely tale that explores themes of class and entitlement, surrogacy and charity, the rights of a parent and the measure of a mother.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98260Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Then Came You: A Novel Author: Jennifer Weiner Narrator: Annalynne Mccord, Jenni Barber, Aya Cash, Karen Ziemba Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/98260 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Then Came You: A Novel Author: Jennifer Weiner Narrator: Annalynne Mccord, Jenni Barber, Aya Cash, Karen Ziemba Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: July 12, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.65 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 3.6 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner takes readers into the heart of women’s lives in an unforgettable, timely tale. Jules Strauss is a Princeton senior on a full scholarship who plans on selling her “pedigree” eggs to help save her father from addiction. Annie Barrow, a struggling Pennsylvania housewife, thinks that carrying another woman’s child will help her recover a sense of purpose and will bring in some much-needed cash. India Bishop, thirty-eight (really, forty-three) and recently married to the wealthy Marcus Croft, yearns for a baby for reasons that have more to do with money than with love. When her attempts at pregnancy fail, she turns to Jules and Annie to make her dreams come true. But each of their plans is thrown into disarray when Bettina, Marcus’s privileged daughter, becomes suspicious that her new stepmother is not what she seems... Told with Jennifer Weiner’s trademark wit and sharp observations, Then Came You is a hilarious, tender, and timely tale that explores themes of class and entitlement, surrogacy and charity, the rights of a parent and the measure of a mother.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heat-wave-a-novel-by-nancy-thayer--65311706https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97700 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heat Wave: A Novel Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 21, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Unerringly perceptive, superbly written, every page packed with the warmth and compassionate wisdom that have become Nancy Thayer’s trademark, Heat Wave tells the moving story of a woman who, after her seemingly perfect life unravels, must find the strength to live and love again. Making the startling discovery that her family finances are in dire straits is only the latest shock endured by Carley Winsted after her husband’s sudden death from a heart attack. Resisting her in-laws’ well-meaning overtures to take in Carley and her two daughters, the young widow instead devises a plan to keep her family in their beloved home, a grand historic house on the island of Nantucket. The solution is right at Carley’s front door: transforming her expensive, expansive house into a bed-and-breakfast. Not everyone, however, thinks this plan prudent or quite respectable—especially not Carley’s mother-in-law. Further complicating a myriad of challenges, a friend forces Carley to keep a secret that, if revealed, will undo families and friendships.  When her late husband’s former law partner keeps showing up at the most unexpected times, Carley must cope with an array of mixed feelings. And then, during a late-summer heat wave, the lives of Carley and her friends and family will be forever changed in entirely unexpected ways.  Lyrical, emotional, dramatic, and ultimately wonderfully uplifting, Nancy Thayer’s latest novel is compelling from its first page to its last.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97700Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97700 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heat Wave: A Novel Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 21, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97700 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heat Wave: A Novel Author: Nancy Thayer Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 38 minutes Release date: June 21, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Unerringly perceptive, superbly written, every page packed with the warmth and compassionate wisdom that have become Nancy Thayer’s trademark, Heat Wave tells the moving story of a woman who, after her seemingly perfect life unravels, must find the strength to live and love again. Making the startling discovery that her family finances are in dire straits is only the latest shock endured by Carley Winsted after her husband’s sudden death from a heart attack. Resisting her in-laws’ well-meaning overtures to take in Carley and her two daughters, the young widow instead devises a plan to keep her family in their beloved home, a grand historic house on the island of Nantucket. The solution is right at Carley’s front door: transforming her expensive, expansive house into a bed-and-breakfast. Not everyone, however, thinks this plan prudent or quite respectable—especially not Carley’s mother-in-law. Further complicating a myriad of challenges, a friend forces Carley to keep a secret that, if revealed, will undo families and friendships.  When her late husband’s former law partner keeps showing up at the most unexpected times, Carley must cope with an array of mixed feelings. And then, during a late-summer heat wave, the lives of Carley and her friends and family will be forever changed in entirely unexpected ways.  Lyrical, emotional, dramatic, and ultimately wonderfully uplifting, Nancy Thayer’s latest novel is compelling from its first page to its last.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silver-girl-a-novel-by-elin-hilderbrand--65311651https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silver Girl: A Novel Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Marianne Fraulo, Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 21, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 11 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Meredith Martin Delinn just lost everything: her friends, her homes, her social standing — because her husband Freddy cheated rich investors out of billions of dollars. Desperate and facing homelessness, Meredith receives a call from her old best friend, Constance Flute. Connie's had recent worries of her own, and the two depart for a summer on Nantucket in an attempt to heal. But the island can't offer complete escape, and they're plagued by new and old troubles alike. When Connie's brother Toby — Meredith's high school boyfriend — arrives, Meredith must reconcile the differences between the life she is leading and the life she could have had. Set against the backdrop of a Nantucket summer, Elin Hilderbrand delivers a suspenseful story of the power of friendship, the pull of love, and the beauty of forgiveness. “Clearly the Madoff family inspired this plot, but Hilderbrand gives it her own sun-kissed, optimistic spin — which is not to say it’s all Rosa rugosa, just that there’s a silver lining to the ugliest of circumstances.” —Elisabeth Egan, New York Times]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97011Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silver Girl: A Novel Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Marianne Fraulo, Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97011 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silver Girl: A Novel Author: Elin Hilderbrand Narrator: Marianne Fraulo, Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 21, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.07 of Total 42 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 11 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Meredith Martin Delinn just lost everything: her friends, her homes, her social standing — because her husband Freddy cheated rich investors out of billions of dollars. Desperate and facing homelessness, Meredith receives a call from her old best friend, Constance Flute. Connie's had recent worries of her own, and the two depart for a summer on Nantucket in an attempt to heal. But the island can't offer complete escape, and they're plagued by new and old troubles alike. When Connie's brother Toby — Meredith's high school boyfriend — arrives, Meredith must reconcile the differences between the life she is leading and the life she could have had. Set against the backdrop of a Nantucket summer, Elin Hilderbrand delivers a suspenseful story of the power of friendship, the pull of love, and the beauty of forgiveness. “Clearly the Madoff family inspired this plot, but Hilderbrand gives it her own sun-kissed, optimistic spin — which is not to say it’s all Rosa rugosa, just that there’s a silver lining to the ugliest of circumstances.” —Elisabeth Egan, New York Times]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girl-in-the-garden-by-kamala-nair--65311677https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl in the Garden Author: Kamala Nair Narrator: Anitha Gandhi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 15, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The redemptive journey of a young woman unsure of her engagement, who revisits in memory the events of one scorching childhood summer when her beautiful yet troubled mother spirits her away from her home to an Indian village untouched by time, where she discovers in the jungle behind her ancestral house a spellbinding garden that harbors a terrifying secret.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97012Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl in the Garden Author: Kamala Nair Narrator: Anitha Gandhi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 15, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97012 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girl in the Garden Author: Kamala Nair Narrator: Anitha Gandhi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 15, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The redemptive journey of a young woman unsure of her engagement, who revisits in memory the events of one scorching childhood summer when her beautiful yet troubled mother spirits her away from her home to an Indian village untouched by time, where she discovers in the jungle behind her ancestral house a spellbinding garden that harbors a terrifying secret.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/maine-by-j-courtney-sullivan--65311708https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maine Author: J. Courtney Sullivan Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 14, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her best-selling debut, Commencement, J. Courtney Sullivan explored the complicated and contradictory landscape of female friendship. Now, in her highly anticipated second novel, Sullivan takes us into even richer territory, introducing four unforgettable women who have nothing in common but the fact that, like it or not, they’re family. For the Kellehers, Maine is a place where children run in packs, showers are taken outdoors, and old Irish songs are sung around a piano. Their beachfront property, won on a barroom bet after the war, sits on three acres of sand and pine nestled between stretches of rocky coast, with one tree bearing the initials “A.H.” At the cottage, built by Kelleher hands, cocktail hour follows morning mass, nosy grandchildren snoop in drawers, and decades-old grudges simmer beneath the surface. As three generations of Kelleher women descend on the property one summer, each brings her own hopes and fears. Maggie is thirty-two and pregnant, waiting for the perfect moment to tell her imperfect boyfriend the news; Ann Marie, a Kelleher by marriage, is channeling her domestic frustration into a dollhouse obsession and an ill-advised crush; Kathleen, the black sheep, never wanted to set foot in the cottage again; and Alice, the matriarch at the center of it all, would trade every floorboard for a chance to undo the events of one night, long ago. By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family, along with the abiding, often irrational love that keeps them coming back, every summer, to Maine and to each other.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97083Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maine Author: J. Courtney Sullivan Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 14, 2011 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Maine Author: J. Courtney Sullivan Narrator: Ann Marie Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 14, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.1 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her best-selling debut, Commencement, J. Courtney Sullivan explored the complicated and contradictory landscape of female friendship. Now, in her highly anticipated second novel, Sullivan takes us into even richer territory, introducing four unforgettable women who have nothing in common but the fact that, like it or not, they’re family. For the Kellehers, Maine is a place where children run in packs, showers are taken outdoors, and old Irish songs are sung around a piano. Their beachfront property, won on a barroom bet after the war, sits on three acres of sand and pine nestled between stretches of rocky coast, with one tree bearing the initials “A.H.” At the cottage, built by Kelleher hands, cocktail hour follows morning mass, nosy grandchildren snoop in drawers, and decades-old grudges simmer beneath the surface. As three generations of Kelleher women descend on the property one summer, each brings her own hopes and fears. Maggie is thirty-two and pregnant, waiting for the perfect moment to tell her imperfect boyfriend the news; Ann Marie, a Kelleher by marriage, is channeling her domestic frustration into a dollhouse obsession and an ill-advised crush; Kathleen, the black sheep, never wanted to set foot in the cottage again; and Alice, the matriarch at the center of it all, would trade every floorboard for a chance to undo the events of one night, long ago. By turns wickedly funny and achingly sad, Maine unveils the sibling rivalry, alcoholism, social climbing, and Catholic guilt at the center of one family, along with the abiding, often irrational love that keeps them coming back, every summer, to Maine and to each other.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-summer-by-david-baldacci--65311697https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Summer Author: David Baldacci Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy, Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: David Baldacci delivers a moving, family drama about learning to love again after terrible heartbreak and loss in this classic New York Times bestseller—now a Hallmark original movie.  It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again: Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no one able to care for them, the children are separated from each other and sent to live with family members around the country. Just when all seems lost, Jack begins to recover in a miraculous turn of events. He rises from what should have been his deathbed, determined to bring his fractured family back together. Struggling to rebuild their lives after Lizzie's death, he reunites everyone at Lizzie's childhood home on the oceanfront in South Carolina. And there, over one unforgettable summer, Jack will begin to learn to love again, and he and his children will learn how to become a family once more.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97013Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Summer Author: David Baldacci Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy, Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Summer Author: David Baldacci Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy, Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: David Baldacci delivers a moving, family drama about learning to love again after terrible heartbreak and loss in this classic New York Times bestseller—now a Hallmark original movie.  It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then, unthinkably, tragedy strikes again: Lizzie is killed in a car accident. With no one able to care for them, the children are separated from each other and sent to live with family members around the country. Just when all seems lost, Jack begins to recover in a miraculous turn of events. He rises from what should have been his deathbed, determined to bring his fractured family back together. Struggling to rebuild their lives after Lizzie's death, he reunites everyone at Lizzie's childhood home on the oceanfront in South Carolina. And there, over one unforgettable summer, Jack will begin to learn to love again, and he and his children will learn how to become a family once more.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sisterhood-everlasting-sisterhood-of-the-traveling-pants-a-novel-by-ann-brashares--65311686https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel Series: #5 of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Author: Ann Brashares Narrator: Angela Goethals Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Return to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . ten years later   From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Brashares comes the welcome return of the characters whose friendship became a touchstone for a generation. Now Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget have grown up, starting their lives on their own. And though the jeans they shared are long gone, the sisterhood is everlasting. Despite having jobs and men that they love, each knows that something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be married, but misses her friends. Lena finds solace in her art, teaching in Rhode Island, but still thinks of Kostos and the road she didn’t take. Bridget lives with her longtime boyfriend, Eric, in San Francisco, and though a part of her wants to settle down, a bigger part can’t seem to shed her old restlessness. Then Tibby reaches out to bridge the distance, sending the others plane tickets for a reunion that they all breathlessly await. And indeed, it will change their lives forever—but in ways that none of them could ever have expected. As moving and life-changing as an encounter with long-lost best friends, Sisterhood Everlasting is a powerful story about growing up, losing your way, and finding the courage to create a new one.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96956Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel Series: #5 of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Author: Ann Brashares Narrator:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel Series: #5 of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Author: Ann Brashares Narrator: Angela Goethals Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 14, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Return to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . ten years later   From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Brashares comes the welcome return of the characters whose friendship became a touchstone for a generation. Now Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget have grown up, starting their lives on their own. And though the jeans they shared are long gone, the sisterhood is everlasting. Despite having jobs and men that they love, each knows that something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be married, but misses her friends. Lena finds solace in her art, teaching in Rhode Island, but still thinks of Kostos and the road she didn’t take. Bridget lives with her longtime boyfriend, Eric, in San Francisco, and though a part of her wants to settle down, a bigger part can’t seem to shed her old restlessness. Then Tibby reaches out to bridge the distance, sending the others plane tickets for a reunion that they all breathlessly await. And indeed, it will change their lives forever—but in ways that none of them could ever have expected. As moving and life-changing as an encounter with long-lost best friends, Sisterhood Everlasting is a powerful story about growing up, losing your way, and finding the courage to create a new one.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-be-sung-underwater-a-novel-by-tom-mcneal--65311714https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Be Sung Underwater: A Novel Author: Tom McNeal Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 2, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Judith Whitman always believed in the kind of love that 'picks you up in Akron and sets you down in Rio.' Long ago, she once experienced that love. Willy Blunt was a carpenter with a dry wit and a steadfast sense of honor. Marrying him seemed like a natural thing to promise. But Willy Blunt was not a person you could pick up in Nebraska and transport to Stanford. When Judith left home, she didn't look back. Twenty years later, Judith's marriage is hazy with secrets. In her hand is what may be the phone number for the man who believed she meant it when she said she loved him. If she called, what would he say? To Be Sung Underwater is the epic love story of a woman trying to remember, and the man who could not even begin to forget.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97061Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Be Sung Underwater: A Novel Author: Tom McNeal Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/97061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: To Be Sung Underwater: A Novel Author: Tom McNeal Narrator: Susan Boyce Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 2, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Judith Whitman always believed in the kind of love that 'picks you up in Akron and sets you down in Rio.' Long ago, she once experienced that love. Willy Blunt was a carpenter with a dry wit and a steadfast sense of honor. Marrying him seemed like a natural thing to promise. But Willy Blunt was not a person you could pick up in Nebraska and transport to Stanford. When Judith left home, she didn't look back. Twenty years later, Judith's marriage is hazy with secrets. In her hand is what may be the phone number for the man who believed she meant it when she said she loved him. If she called, what would he say? To Be Sung Underwater is the epic love story of a woman trying to remember, and the man who could not even begin to forget.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dreams-of-joy-a-novel-by-lisa-see--65311726https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams of Joy: A Novel Series: #2 of Shanghai Girls Author: Lisa See Narrator: Janet Song Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 31, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 52 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her beloved New York Times bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and, most recently, Shanghai Girls, Lisa See has brilliantly illuminated the potent bonds of mother love, romantic love, and love of country. Now, in her most powerful novel yet, she returns to these timeless themes, continuing the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, and anger at her mother and aunt for keeping them from her, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father—the artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the communist regime. Devastated by Joy’s flight and terrified for her safety, Pearl is determined to save her daughter, no matter the personal cost. From the crowded city to remote villages, Pearl confronts old demons and almost insurmountable challenges as she follows Joy, hoping for reconciliation. Yet even as Joy’s and Pearl’s separate journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China’s history threatens their very lives. Acclaimed for her richly drawn characters and vivid storytelling, Lisa See once again renders a family challenged by tragedy and time, yet ultimately united by the resilience of love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96709Tue, 31 May 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams of Joy: A Novel Series: #2 of Shanghai Girls Author: Lisa See Narrator: Janet Song Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96709 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dreams of Joy: A Novel Series: #2 of Shanghai Girls Author: Lisa See Narrator: Janet Song Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 44 minutes Release date: May 31, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.35 of Total 52 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her beloved New York Times bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and, most recently, Shanghai Girls, Lisa See has brilliantly illuminated the potent bonds of mother love, romantic love, and love of country. Now, in her most powerful novel yet, she returns to these timeless themes, continuing the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, and anger at her mother and aunt for keeping them from her, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father—the artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the communist regime. Devastated by Joy’s flight and terrified for her safety, Pearl is determined to save her daughter, no matter the personal cost. From the crowded city to remote villages, Pearl confronts old demons and almost insurmountable challenges as she follows Joy, hoping for reconciliation. Yet even as Joy’s and Pearl’s separate journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China’s history threatens their very lives. Acclaimed for her richly drawn characters and vivid storytelling, Lisa See once again renders a family challenged by tragedy and time, yet ultimately united by the resilience of love.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-queen-of-the-damned-by-anne-rice--65311671https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of the Damned Series: #3 of Vampire Chronicles Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 31, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 107 Ratings of Narrator: 4.76 of Total 37 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to “save” mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat—in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.   Praise for The Queen of the Damned   “Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology.”—San Francisco Chronicle   “With The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida.”—Los Angeles Times   “Imaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order.”—USA Today   “A tour de force.”—The Boston Globe]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121213Tue, 31 May 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of the Damned Series: #3 of Vampire Chronicles Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 3...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of the Damned Series: #3 of Vampire Chronicles Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 3 minutes Release date: May 31, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 107 Ratings of Narrator: 4.76 of Total 37 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to “save” mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat—in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.   Praise for The Queen of the Damned   “Mesmerizing . . . a wonderful web of dark-side mythology.”—San Francisco Chronicle   “With The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida.”—Los Angeles Times   “Imaginative . . . intelligently written . . . This is popular fiction of the highest order.”—USA Today   “A tour de force.”—The Boston Globe]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vaclav-lena-a-novel-by-haley-tanner--65311710https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vaclav & Lena: A Novel Author: Haley Tanner Narrator: Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 17, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NAMED BY THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION AS A 5 UNDER 35 AUTHOR Vaclav and Lena seem destined for each other. They meet as children in an ESL class in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Vaclav is precocious and verbal. Lena, struggling with English, takes comfort in the safety of his adoration, his noisy, loving home, and the care of Rasia, his big-hearted mother. Vaclav imagines their story unfolding like a fairy tale, or the perfect illusion from his treasured Magician’s Almanac, but among the many truths to be discovered in Haley Tanner’s wondrous debut is that happily ever after is never a foregone conclusion. One day, Lena does not show up for school. She has disappeared from Vaclav and his family’s lives as if by a cruel magic trick. For the next seven years, Vaclav says goodnight to Lena without fail, wondering if she is doing the same somewhere. On the eve of Lena’s seventeenth birthday he finds out. Haley Tanner has the originality and verve of a born storyteller, and the boldness to imagine a world in which love can overcome the most difficult circumstances. In Vaclav & Lena she has created two unforgettable young protagonists who evoke the joy, the confusion, and the passion of having a profound, everlasting connection with someone else. Praise for Vaclav & Lena   “Wonderful and wrenching . . . Vibrant characters, believable romance and dark undertones make for a moving tale.”—The New York Times   “From the moment they meet, Vaclav and Lena make magic together. . . . Through all the twists and turns of the book, the most enduring theme of the novel is love.”—NPR   “Haley Tanner’s assured narrative voice finds new ways to describe emotion and character, stunning the reader again and again with small shocks of awareness. This book is sad, funny, true, and shot through with grace.”—Judy Blundell, National Book Award–winning author of What I Saw and How I Lied   “Highly recommended . . . Tanner’s captivating debut novel is a love story of unusual innocence and intensity [and] a suspenseful, literary work that is hard to put down.”—Library Journal   “A debut to savor . . . Tanner’s charming story unfolds as gracefully as a flower.”—People   “The magic Tanner makes is as dazzling as it is profound.”—Booklist]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93546Tue, 17 May 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vaclav & Lena: A Novel Author: Haley Tanner Narrator: Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vaclav & Lena: A Novel Author: Haley Tanner Narrator: Rebecca Lowman, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 17, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NAMED BY THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION AS A 5 UNDER 35 AUTHOR Vaclav and Lena seem destined for each other. They meet as children in an ESL class in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Vaclav is precocious and verbal. Lena, struggling with English, takes comfort in the safety of his adoration, his noisy, loving home, and the care of Rasia, his big-hearted mother. Vaclav imagines their story unfolding like a fairy tale, or the perfect illusion from his treasured Magician’s Almanac, but among the many truths to be discovered in Haley Tanner’s wondrous debut is that happily ever after is never a foregone conclusion. One day, Lena does not show up for school. She has disappeared from Vaclav and his family’s lives as if by a cruel magic trick. For the next seven years, Vaclav says goodnight to Lena without fail, wondering if she is doing the same somewhere. On the eve of Lena’s seventeenth birthday he finds out. Haley Tanner has the originality and verve of a born storyteller, and the boldness to imagine a world in which love can overcome the most difficult circumstances. In Vaclav & Lena she has created two unforgettable young protagonists who evoke the joy, the confusion, and the passion of having a profound, everlasting connection with someone else. Praise for Vaclav & Lena   “Wonderful and wrenching . . . Vibrant characters, believable romance and dark undertones make for a moving tale.”—The New York Times   “From the moment they meet, Vaclav and Lena make magic together. . . . Through all the twists and turns of the book, the most enduring theme of the novel is love.”—NPR   “Haley Tanner’s assured narrative voice finds new ways to describe emotion and character, stunning the reader again and again with small shocks of awareness. This book is sad, funny, true, and shot through with grace.”—Judy Blundell, National Book Award–winning author of What I Saw and How I Lied   “Highly recommended . . . Tanner’s captivating debut novel is a love story of unusual innocence and intensity [and] a suspenseful, literary work that is hard to put down.”—Library Journal   “A debut to savor . . . Tanner’s charming story unfolds as gracefully as a flower.”—People   “The magic Tanner makes is as dazzling as it is profound.”—Booklist]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/just-wanna-testify-a-novel-by-pearl-cleage--65311720https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Wanna Testify: A Novel Author: Pearl Cleage Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 10, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Familiar faces and places meet fresh twists and turns in this enthralling novel from acclaimed author Pearl Cleage.   Atlanta’s West End district has always been a haven and home to a coterie of unique characters—artists and thinkers, dreamers and doers. Folks here know one another’s names, keep their doors unlocked, and look out for their neighbors. Anyone planning to sell drugs, vandalize, or rob a little old lady should think twice before hitting this part of town. And Blue Hamilton, West End’s unofficial mayor and longtime protector, will see to it that you do. Blue wears many hats here, including adored husband to Regina, dear nephew to Abbey, and doting father to Sweetie and another little one on the way. Blue is also the man you pay your respects to if you’re looking to set up shop in this urban enclave—just ask Serena Mayflower, whom Blue sees striding down Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard wearing skin-tight black leather pants, thigh-high boots, and bright red lipstick. This tall, slender, ethereally beautiful woman and her four equally striking sisters make up the Too Fine Five, a quintet of international supermodels who have arrived in town for an Essence magazine photo shoot.          But Blue’s gut tells him that there’s more to these Mayflower mademoiselles than their affection for full moons and Bloody Marys. With the help of his beloved Regina and their close friends and relations in West End, Blue vows to uncover the women’s secret intentions—and prove once and for all that there is no greater force on earth than the power of love. A mesmerizing slice of not-so-everyday life, brimming with wicked wit and spiced with a few supernatural surprises, Just Wanna Testify showcases Pearl Cleage’s masterly storytelling at its soulful and satisfying finest.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96446Tue, 10 May 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Wanna Testify: A Novel Author: Pearl Cleage Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 10,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96446 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Just Wanna Testify: A Novel Author: Pearl Cleage Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 10, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Familiar faces and places meet fresh twists and turns in this enthralling novel from acclaimed author Pearl Cleage.   Atlanta’s West End district has always been a haven and home to a coterie of unique characters—artists and thinkers, dreamers and doers. Folks here know one another’s names, keep their doors unlocked, and look out for their neighbors. Anyone planning to sell drugs, vandalize, or rob a little old lady should think twice before hitting this part of town. And Blue Hamilton, West End’s unofficial mayor and longtime protector, will see to it that you do. Blue wears many hats here, including adored husband to Regina, dear nephew to Abbey, and doting father to Sweetie and another little one on the way. Blue is also the man you pay your respects to if you’re looking to set up shop in this urban enclave—just ask Serena Mayflower, whom Blue sees striding down Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard wearing skin-tight black leather pants, thigh-high boots, and bright red lipstick. This tall, slender, ethereally beautiful woman and her four equally striking sisters make up the Too Fine Five, a quintet of international supermodels who have arrived in town for an Essence magazine photo shoot.          But Blue’s gut tells him that there’s more to these Mayflower mademoiselles than their affection for full moons and Bloody Marys. With the help of his beloved Regina and their close friends and relations in West End, Blue vows to uncover the women’s secret intentions—and prove once and for all that there is no greater force on earth than the power of love. A mesmerizing slice of not-so-everyday life, brimming with wicked wit and spiced with a few supernatural surprises, Just Wanna Testify showcases Pearl Cleage’s masterly storytelling at its soulful and satisfying finest.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/faith-by-jennifer-haigh--65311695https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Faith Author: Jennifer Haigh Narrator: Therese Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 10, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ''[Haigh is] an expertnatural storyteller with an acute sense of her characters' humanity.'' —NewYork Times   ''We have the intriguing possibility that the nextgreat American author is already in print.'' —Fort Worth Star-Telegram   When Sheila McGann setsout to redeem her disgraced brother, a once-beloved Catholic priest in suburbanBoston, her quest will force her to confront cataclysmic truths about herfractured Irish-American family, her beliefs, and, ultimately, herself.Award-winning author Jennifer Haigh follows hercritically acclaimed novels Mrs. Kimbleand The Condition with a captivating,vividly rendered portrait of fraying family ties, and the trials of belief anddevotion, in Faith.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96466Tue, 10 May 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Faith Author: Jennifer Haigh Narrator: Therese Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 10, 2011 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Faith Author: Jennifer Haigh Narrator: Therese Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 6 minutes Release date: May 10, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ''[Haigh is] an expertnatural storyteller with an acute sense of her characters' humanity.'' —NewYork Times   ''We have the intriguing possibility that the nextgreat American author is already in print.'' —Fort Worth Star-Telegram   When Sheila McGann setsout to redeem her disgraced brother, a once-beloved Catholic priest in suburbanBoston, her quest will force her to confront cataclysmic truths about herfractured Irish-American family, her beliefs, and, ultimately, herself.Award-winning author Jennifer Haigh follows hercritically acclaimed novels Mrs. Kimbleand The Condition with a captivating,vividly rendered portrait of fraying family ties, and the trials of belief anddevotion, in Faith.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-story-of-beautiful-girl-by-rachel-simon--65311692https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Beautiful Girl Author: Rachel Simon Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 4, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.68 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, and have been left to languish, forgotten. Deeply in love, they escape, and find refuge in the farmhouse of Martha, a retired schoolteacher and widow. But the couple is not alone-Lynnie has just given birth to a baby girl. When the authorities catch up to them that same night, Homan escapes into the darkness, and Lynnie is caught. But before she is forced back into the institution, she whispers two words to Martha: 'Hide her.' And so begins the 40-year epic journey of Lynnie, Homan, Martha, and baby Julia-lives divided by seemingly insurmountable obstacles, yet drawn together by a secret pact and extraordinary love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96085Wed, 04 May 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Beautiful Girl Author: Rachel Simon Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 4,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96085 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of Beautiful Girl Author: Rachel Simon Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: May 4, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.68 of Total 38 Ratings of Narrator: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, and have been left to languish, forgotten. Deeply in love, they escape, and find refuge in the farmhouse of Martha, a retired schoolteacher and widow. But the couple is not alone-Lynnie has just given birth to a baby girl. When the authorities catch up to them that same night, Homan escapes into the darkness, and Lynnie is caught. But before she is forced back into the institution, she whispers two words to Martha: 'Hide her.' And so begins the 40-year epic journey of Lynnie, Homan, Martha, and baby Julia-lives divided by seemingly insurmountable obstacles, yet drawn together by a secret pact and extraordinary love.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-butterfly-s-daughter-by-mary-alice-monroe--65311620https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Butterfly's Daughter Author: Mary Alice Monroe Narrator: Mary Alice Monroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 3, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Summer trilogy, once again touches hearts with her lyrical, poignant, and moving novel The Butterfly’s Daughter! Every year, the monarch butterflies—las mariposas—fly more than two thousand miles on fragile wings to return to their winter home in Mexico. Now Luz Avila makes that same perilous journey south as she honors a vow to her beloved abuela—the grandmother who raised her—to return her ashes to her ancestral village. As Luz departs Milwaukee in a ramshackle old VW Bug, she finds her heart opened by a series of seemingly random encounters with remarkable women. In San Antonio, however, a startling revelation awaits: a reunion with a woman from her past. Together, the two cross into Mexico to await the returning monarchs in the little village Abuela called home, but they are also crossing a border that separates past from present . . . and truth from lies.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141360Tue, 03 May 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Butterfly's Daughter Author: Mary Alice Monroe Narrator: Mary Alice Monroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141360 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Butterfly's Daughter Author: Mary Alice Monroe Narrator: Mary Alice Monroe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 15 minutes Release date: May 3, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Summer trilogy, once again touches hearts with her lyrical, poignant, and moving novel The Butterfly’s Daughter! Every year, the monarch butterflies—las mariposas—fly more than two thousand miles on fragile wings to return to their winter home in Mexico. Now Luz Avila makes that same perilous journey south as she honors a vow to her beloved abuela—the grandmother who raised her—to return her ashes to her ancestral village. As Luz departs Milwaukee in a ramshackle old VW Bug, she finds her heart opened by a series of seemingly random encounters with remarkable women. In San Antonio, however, a startling revelation awaits: a reunion with a woman from her past. Together, the two cross into Mexico to await the returning monarchs in the little village Abuela called home, but they are also crossing a border that separates past from present . . . and truth from lies.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beware-the-kids-bbc-radio-3-drama-on-3-by-fiona-evans-karen-laws--65311681https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beware The Kids (BBC Radio 3 Drama On 3) Author: Fiona Evans, Karen Laws Narrator: Tony Neilson, Max Watson, Jane Holman, Judi Earl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 1, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A BBC Radio 3 drama that was developed with a community group in Byker, Newcastle which takes a journey into the reality of neglect as one child's life spirals out of control. Originally broadcast as part of the 'Drama on 3' collection on 25 October 2009. In a fractured society Lives a fractured family. In their fractured home Lies a fractured body. Recorded in front of an audience as part of the 'Free Thinking 2009' Festival of Ideas at The Sage in Gateshead, this hard-hitting play explores how a tragedy can unfold right before the eyes of a child's family and carers. 'Beware the Kids' stars Matthew McNulty as Mark and Rosie Stancliffe as Jaden. Also featured amongst the cast are Judi Earl, Jane Holman, Tony Neilson and Max Watson. Written by Karen Laws and Fiona Evans, and directed by Kate Rowland.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99091Sun, 01 May 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beware The Kids (BBC Radio 3 Drama On 3) Author: Fiona Evans, Karen Laws Narrator: Tony Neilson, Max Watson, Jane Holman, Judi Earl Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99091 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beware The Kids (BBC Radio 3 Drama On 3) Author: Fiona Evans, Karen Laws Narrator: Tony Neilson, Max Watson, Jane Holman, Judi Earl Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 1, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A BBC Radio 3 drama that was developed with a community group in Byker, Newcastle which takes a journey into the reality of neglect as one child's life spirals out of control. Originally broadcast as part of the 'Drama on 3' collection on 25 October 2009. In a fractured society Lives a fractured family. In their fractured home Lies a fractured body. Recorded in front of an audience as part of the 'Free Thinking 2009' Festival of Ideas at The Sage in Gateshead, this hard-hitting play explores how a tragedy can unfold right before the eyes of a child's family and carers. 'Beware the Kids' stars Matthew McNulty as Mark and Rosie Stancliffe as Jaden. Also featured amongst the cast are Judi Earl, Jane Holman, Tony Neilson and Max Watson. Written by Karen Laws and Fiona Evans, and directed by Kate Rowland.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sunlight-and-joy-an-ebook-original-short-story-by-barbara-delinsky--65311712https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sunlight and Joy: An eBook Original Short Story Author: Barbara Delinsky Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Sunlight and Joy” is Barbara Delinsky’s heartwarming story about a couple relearning how to appreciate the simple things. Also included is an exclusive conversation with Barbara about what inspires her writing and an advance peek at her newest novel, Escape.   Blessed with three wonderful children and a life full of material comforts, Rick and Ellen have always had a happy, if increasingly busy, marriage. But when Rick announces that he’s been offered a promotion that will make the family pick up and move across country for a fourth time, Ellen is dismayed; she and their children have made a life for themselves in Portsmouth, not to mention that she is about to reach a pivotal point in her own teaching career. Ellen has always supported Rick’s dreams. What will he do when she tells him that she doesn’t want to start all over again for a job that will only make their lives more frantic?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96573Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sunlight and Joy: An eBook Original Short Story Author: Barbara Delinsky Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 32 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/96573 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sunlight and Joy: An eBook Original Short Story Author: Barbara Delinsky Narrator: Kimberly Farr Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Release date: April 26, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Sunlight and Joy” is Barbara Delinsky’s heartwarming story about a couple relearning how to appreciate the simple things. Also included is an exclusive conversation with Barbara about what inspires her writing and an advance peek at her newest novel, Escape.   Blessed with three wonderful children and a life full of material comforts, Rick and Ellen have always had a happy, if increasingly busy, marriage. But when Rick announces that he’s been offered a promotion that will make the family pick up and move across country for a fourth time, Ellen is dismayed; she and their children have made a life for themselves in Portsmouth, not to mention that she is about to reach a pivotal point in her own teaching career. Ellen has always supported Rick’s dreams. What will he do when she tells him that she doesn’t want to start all over again for a job that will only make their lives more frantic?]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-optimist-s-daughter-pulitzer-prize-winner-by-eudora-welty--65311705https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Optimist's Daughter: Pulitzer Prize Winner Author: Eudora Welty Narrator: Eudora Welty Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 19, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This Pulitzer Prize–winning novel tells the story of Laurel McKelva Hand, a young woman who has left the South and returns, years later, to New Orleans, where her father is dying. After his death, she and her silly young stepmother go back still farther, to the small Mississippi town where she grew up. Along in the old house, Laurel finally comes to an understanding of the past, herself, and her parents.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93209Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Optimist's Daughter: Pulitzer Prize Winner Author: Eudora Welty Narrator: Eudora Welty Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 59 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Optimist's Daughter: Pulitzer Prize Winner Author: Eudora Welty Narrator: Eudora Welty Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 19, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.57 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This Pulitzer Prize–winning novel tells the story of Laurel McKelva Hand, a young woman who has left the South and returns, years later, to New Orleans, where her father is dying. After his death, she and her silly young stepmother go back still farther, to the small Mississippi town where she grew up. Along in the old house, Laurel finally comes to an understanding of the past, herself, and her parents.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/friendship-bread-a-novel-by-darien-gee--65311723https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friendship Bread: A Novel Author: Darien Gee Narrator: Nancy Linari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 5, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An anonymous gift sends a woman on a journey she never could have anticipated.   One afternoon, Julia Evarts and her five-year-old daughter, Gracie, arrive home to find an unexpected gift on the front porch: a homemade loaf of Amish Friendship Bread and a simple note: I hope you enjoy it. Also included are a bag of starter, instructions on how to make the bread herself, and a request to share it with others. Still reeling from a personal tragedy that left her estranged from the sister who was once her best friend, Julia remains at a loss as to how to move on with her life. She’d just as soon toss the anonymous gift, but to make Gracie happy, she agrees to bake the bread.   When Julia meets two newcomers to the small town of Avalon, Illinois, she sparks a connection by offering them her extra bread starter. Widow Madeline Davis is laboring to keep her tea salon afloat while Hannah Wang de Brisay, a famed concert cellist, is at a crossroads, her career and marriage having come to an abrupt end. In the warm kitchen of Madeline’s tea salon, the three women forge a friendship that will change their lives forever. In no time, everyone in Avalon is baking Amish Friendship Bread. But even as the town unites for a benevolent cause and Julia becomes ever closer to her new friends, she realizes the profound necessity of confronting the painful past she shares with her sister. About life and loss, friendship and community, food and family, Friendship Bread tells the uplifting story of what endures when even the unthinkable happens. Includes a bonus PDF with Amish Friendship Bread recipes and tips]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92669Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friendship Bread: A Novel Author: Darien Gee Narrator: Nancy Linari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 5,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92669 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Friendship Bread: A Novel Author: Darien Gee Narrator: Nancy Linari Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 48 minutes Release date: April 5, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An anonymous gift sends a woman on a journey she never could have anticipated.   One afternoon, Julia Evarts and her five-year-old daughter, Gracie, arrive home to find an unexpected gift on the front porch: a homemade loaf of Amish Friendship Bread and a simple note: I hope you enjoy it. Also included are a bag of starter, instructions on how to make the bread herself, and a request to share it with others. Still reeling from a personal tragedy that left her estranged from the sister who was once her best friend, Julia remains at a loss as to how to move on with her life. She’d just as soon toss the anonymous gift, but to make Gracie happy, she agrees to bake the bread.   When Julia meets two newcomers to the small town of Avalon, Illinois, she sparks a connection by offering them her extra bread starter. Widow Madeline Davis is laboring to keep her tea salon afloat while Hannah Wang de Brisay, a famed concert cellist, is at a crossroads, her career and marriage having come to an abrupt end. In the warm kitchen of Madeline’s tea salon, the three women forge a friendship that will change their lives forever. In no time, everyone in Avalon is baking Amish Friendship Bread. But even as the town unites for a benevolent cause and Julia becomes ever closer to her new friends, she realizes the profound necessity of confronting the painful past she shares with her sister. About life and loss, friendship and community, food and family, Friendship Bread tells the uplifting story of what endures when even the unthinkable happens. Includes a bonus PDF with Amish Friendship Bread recipes and tips]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/once-upon-a-time-there-was-you-a-novel-by-elizabeth-berg--65311718https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once Upon a Time, There Was You: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Berg Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 5, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Home Safe and The Last Time I Saw You comes a beautiful and moving novel about a man and woman, long divorced, who rediscover the power of love and family in the midst of an unthinkable crisis.  Even on their wedding day, John and Irene sensed that they were about to make a mistake. Years later, divorced, dating other people, and living in different parts of the country, they seem to have nothing in common—nothing except the most important person in each of their lives: Sadie, their spirited eighteen-year-old  daughter. Feeling smothered by Irene and distanced from John, Sadie is growing more and more attached to her new boyfriend, Ron. When tragedy strikes, Irene and John come together to support the daughter they love so dearly. What takes longer is to remember how they really feel about each other. Elizabeth Berg has once again created characters who embody the many shades of the human spirit. Reading Berg’s fiction allows us to reflect on our deepest emotions, and her gifts as a writer make Once Upon a Time, There Was You a wonderful novel about the power of love, the unshakeable bonds of family, and the beauty of second chances.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92667Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once Upon a Time, There Was You: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Berg Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once Upon a Time, There Was You: A Novel Author: Elizabeth Berg Narrator: Gabrielle De Cuir Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 28 minutes Release date: April 5, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Home Safe and The Last Time I Saw You comes a beautiful and moving novel about a man and woman, long divorced, who rediscover the power of love and family in the midst of an unthinkable crisis.  Even on their wedding day, John and Irene sensed that they were about to make a mistake. Years later, divorced, dating other people, and living in different parts of the country, they seem to have nothing in common—nothing except the most important person in each of their lives: Sadie, their spirited eighteen-year-old  daughter. Feeling smothered by Irene and distanced from John, Sadie is growing more and more attached to her new boyfriend, Ron. When tragedy strikes, Irene and John come together to support the daughter they love so dearly. What takes longer is to remember how they really feel about each other. Elizabeth Berg has once again created characters who embody the many shades of the human spirit. Reading Berg’s fiction allows us to reflect on our deepest emotions, and her gifts as a writer make Once Upon a Time, There Was You a wonderful novel about the power of love, the unshakeable bonds of family, and the beauty of second chances.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/swim-back-to-me-by-ann-packer--65311711https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swim Back to Me Author: Ann Packer Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 5, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Ann Packer, author of the New York Times best-selling novels The Dive from Clausen’s Pier and Songs Without Words, a collection of burnished, emotionally searing stories, framed by two unforgettable linked narratives that express the transformation of a single family over the course of a lifetime. A wife struggles to make sense of her husband’s sudden disappearance. A mother mourns her teenage son through the music collection he left behind. A woman shepherds her estranged parents through her brother’s wedding and reflects on the year her family collapsed. A young man comes to grips with the joy—and vulnerability—of fatherhood. And, in the masterly opening novella, two teenagers from very different families forge a sustaining friendship, only to discover the disruptive and unsettling power of sex. Ann Packer is one of our most talented archivists of family life, with its hidden crevasses and unforeseeable perils, and in these stories she explores the moral predicaments that define our social and emotional lives, the frailty of ordinary grace, and the ways in which we are shattered and remade by loss. With Swim Back to Me, she delivers shimmering psychological precision, unfailing intelligence, and page-turning drama: her most enticing work yet.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92681Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swim Back to Me Author: Ann Packer Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 5, 2011 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92681 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Swim Back to Me Author: Ann Packer Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 5, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Ann Packer, author of the New York Times best-selling novels The Dive from Clausen’s Pier and Songs Without Words, a collection of burnished, emotionally searing stories, framed by two unforgettable linked narratives that express the transformation of a single family over the course of a lifetime. A wife struggles to make sense of her husband’s sudden disappearance. A mother mourns her teenage son through the music collection he left behind. A woman shepherds her estranged parents through her brother’s wedding and reflects on the year her family collapsed. A young man comes to grips with the joy—and vulnerability—of fatherhood. And, in the masterly opening novella, two teenagers from very different families forge a sustaining friendship, only to discover the disruptive and unsettling power of sex. Ann Packer is one of our most talented archivists of family life, with its hidden crevasses and unforeseeable perils, and in these stories she explores the moral predicaments that define our social and emotional lives, the frailty of ordinary grace, and the ways in which we are shattered and remade by loss. With Swim Back to Me, she delivers shimmering psychological precision, unfailing intelligence, and page-turning drama: her most enticing work yet.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heartbreak-of-a-hustler-s-wife-a-novel-by-nikki-turner--65311688https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife: A Novel Series: #2 of Hustler's Wife Author: Nikki Turner Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 5, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Long live the Queen of Hip Hop Lit!    Nikki Turner is back with another explosive, page-turning sequel to her #1 bestselling novels A Hustler’s Wife and Forever a Hustler’s Wife.   Yarni Taylor is a successful corporate attorney who wants nothing more than for her husband, Des, to renounce his hustlin’ ways and commit to his life as a pastor—especially after someone tries to kill him. But Des isn’t ready to abandon his old habits just yet. He has to find out who is behind the murder attempt, and he wonders if the brazen robbery that took place during one of his church services is related in any way. But before he or Yarni can regain their footing, a young woman shows up on their doorstep—Desember Day, the eighteen-year-old daughter Des never knew he had. And, unfortunately, she takes after her father, so trouble isn’t far behind.  With their lives on the line, Yarni must sacrifice everything and take it out of the office and back to the streets to save her husband and her family from their checkered but intricately connected pasts.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92677Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife: A Novel Series: #2 of Hustler's Wife Author: Nikki Turner Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92677 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife: A Novel Series: #2 of Hustler's Wife Author: Nikki Turner Narrator: Bahni Turpin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 43 minutes Release date: April 5, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.17 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Long live the Queen of Hip Hop Lit!    Nikki Turner is back with another explosive, page-turning sequel to her #1 bestselling novels A Hustler’s Wife and Forever a Hustler’s Wife.   Yarni Taylor is a successful corporate attorney who wants nothing more than for her husband, Des, to renounce his hustlin’ ways and commit to his life as a pastor—especially after someone tries to kill him. But Des isn’t ready to abandon his old habits just yet. He has to find out who is behind the murder attempt, and he wonders if the brazen robbery that took place during one of his church services is related in any way. But before he or Yarni can regain their footing, a young woman shows up on their doorstep—Desember Day, the eighteen-year-old daughter Des never knew he had. And, unfortunately, she takes after her father, so trouble isn’t far behind.  With their lives on the line, Yarni must sacrifice everything and take it out of the office and back to the streets to save her husband and her family from their checkered but intricately connected pasts.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-peach-keeper-a-novel-by-sarah-addison-allen--65311709https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Peach Keeper: A Novel Author: Sarah Addison Allen Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 22, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Chased the Moon welcomes you to her newest locale: Walls of Water, North Carolina, where the secrets are thicker than the fog from the town’s famous waterfalls, and the stuff of superstition is just as real as you want it to be. It’s the dubious distinction of thirty-year-old Willa Jackson to hail from a fine old Southern family of means that met with financial ruin generations ago. The Blue Ridge Madam—built by Willa’s great-great-grandfather during Walls of Water’s heyday, and once the town’s grandest home—has stood for years as a lonely monument to misfortune and scandal. And Willa herself has long strived to build a life beyond the brooding Jackson family shadow. No easy task in a town shaped by years of tradition and the well-marked boundaries of the haves and have-nots. But Willa has lately learned that an old classmate—socialite do-gooder Paxton Osgood—of the very prominent Osgood family, has restored the Blue Ridge Madam to her former glory, with plans to open a top-flight inn. Maybe, at last, the troubled past can be laid to rest while something new and wonderful rises from its ashes. But what rises instead is a skeleton, found buried beneath the property’s lone peach tree, and certain to drag up dire consequences along with it. For the bones—those of charismatic traveling salesman Tucker Devlin, who worked his dark charms on Walls of Water seventy-five years ago—are not all that lay hidden out of sight and mind. Long-kept secrets surrounding the troubling remains have also come to light, seemingly heralded by a spate of sudden strange occurrences throughout the town. Now, thrust together in an unlikely friendship, united by a full-blooded mystery, Willa and Paxton must confront the dangerous passions and tragic betrayals that once bound their families—and uncover truths of the long-dead that have transcended time and defied the grave to touch the hearts and souls of the living. Resonant with insight into the deep and lasting power of friendship, love, and tradition, The Peach Keeper is a portrait of the unshakable bonds that—in good times and bad, from one generation to the next—endure forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92206Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Peach Keeper: A Novel Author: Sarah Addison Allen Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: March...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Peach Keeper: A Novel Author: Sarah Addison Allen Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 22, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Chased the Moon welcomes you to her newest locale: Walls of Water, North Carolina, where the secrets are thicker than the fog from the town’s famous waterfalls, and the stuff of superstition is just as real as you want it to be. It’s the dubious distinction of thirty-year-old Willa Jackson to hail from a fine old Southern family of means that met with financial ruin generations ago. The Blue Ridge Madam—built by Willa’s great-great-grandfather during Walls of Water’s heyday, and once the town’s grandest home—has stood for years as a lonely monument to misfortune and scandal. And Willa herself has long strived to build a life beyond the brooding Jackson family shadow. No easy task in a town shaped by years of tradition and the well-marked boundaries of the haves and have-nots. But Willa has lately learned that an old classmate—socialite do-gooder Paxton Osgood—of the very prominent Osgood family, has restored the Blue Ridge Madam to her former glory, with plans to open a top-flight inn. Maybe, at last, the troubled past can be laid to rest while something new and wonderful rises from its ashes. But what rises instead is a skeleton, found buried beneath the property’s lone peach tree, and certain to drag up dire consequences along with it. For the bones—those of charismatic traveling salesman Tucker Devlin, who worked his dark charms on Walls of Water seventy-five years ago—are not all that lay hidden out of sight and mind. Long-kept secrets surrounding the troubling remains have also come to light, seemingly heralded by a spate of sudden strange occurrences throughout the town. Now, thrust together in an unlikely friendship, united by a full-blooded mystery, Willa and Paxton must confront the dangerous passions and tragic betrayals that once bound their families—and uncover truths of the long-dead that have transcended time and defied the grave to touch the hearts and souls of the living. Resonant with insight into the deep and lasting power of friendship, love, and tradition, The Peach Keeper is a portrait of the unshakable bonds that—in good times and bad, from one generation to the next—endure forever.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moondogs-a-novel-by-alexander-yates--65311727https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moondogs: A Novel Author: Alexander Yates Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: March 15, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A singularly effervescent novel pivoting around the disappearance of an American businessman in the Philippines and the long-suffering son, jilted lover, slick police commissioner, misguided villain, and supernatural saviors who all want a piece of him. Mourning the recent loss of his mother, twentysome­thing Benicio—aka Benny—travels to Manila to reconnect with his estranged father, Howard. But when he arrives his father is nowhere to be found—leaving an irri­tated son to conclude that Howard has let him down for the umpteenth time. However, his father has actually been kid­napped by a meth-addled cabdriver, with grand plans to sell him to local terrorists as bait in the country’s never-ending power struggle between insurgents, separatists, and “demo­cratic” muscle. Benicio’s search for Howard reveals more about his father’s womanizing ways and suspicious business deals, reopening the old hurts that he’d hoped to mend. Interspersed with the son’s inquiry and the father’s calamitous life in captivity are the high-octane interconnecting narratives of Reynato Ocampo, the local celebrity-hero policeman charged with rescuing Howard; Ocampo’s ragtag team of wizardry-infused soldiers; and Monique, a novice officer at the American embassy whose family still feels feverishly unmoored in the Philippines. With blistering forward momentum, crackling dialogue, wonderfully bizarre turns, and glimpses into both Filipino and expat culture, the novel marches toward a stunning cli­max, which ultimately challenges our conventional ideas of family and identity and introduces Yates as a powerful new voice in contemporary literature.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92495Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moondogs: A Novel Author: Alexander Yates Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: March 15, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92495 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Moondogs: A Novel Author: Alexander Yates Narrator: Paul Michael Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: March 15, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A singularly effervescent novel pivoting around the disappearance of an American businessman in the Philippines and the long-suffering son, jilted lover, slick police commissioner, misguided villain, and supernatural saviors who all want a piece of him. Mourning the recent loss of his mother, twentysome­thing Benicio—aka Benny—travels to Manila to reconnect with his estranged father, Howard. But when he arrives his father is nowhere to be found—leaving an irri­tated son to conclude that Howard has let him down for the umpteenth time. However, his father has actually been kid­napped by a meth-addled cabdriver, with grand plans to sell him to local terrorists as bait in the country’s never-ending power struggle between insurgents, separatists, and “demo­cratic” muscle. Benicio’s search for Howard reveals more about his father’s womanizing ways and suspicious business deals, reopening the old hurts that he’d hoped to mend. Interspersed with the son’s inquiry and the father’s calamitous life in captivity are the high-octane interconnecting narratives of Reynato Ocampo, the local celebrity-hero policeman charged with rescuing Howard; Ocampo’s ragtag team of wizardry-infused soldiers; and Monique, a novice officer at the American embassy whose family still feels feverishly unmoored in the Philippines. With blistering forward momentum, crackling dialogue, wonderfully bizarre turns, and glimpses into both Filipino and expat culture, the novel marches toward a stunning cli­max, which ultimately challenges our conventional ideas of family and identity and introduces Yates as a powerful new voice in contemporary literature.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tiger-s-wife-a-novel-by-tea-obreht--65311725https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tiger's Wife: A Novel Author: Téa Obreht Narrator: Robin Sachs, Susan Duerden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.95 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • The instant classic debut novel from the author of Inland and The Morningside, hailed as “a thrilling beginning to what will certainly be a great literary career” (Elle)   “Spectacular . . . [Téa Obreht] spins a tale of such marvel and magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader wants her never to stop.”—Entertainment Weekly   “Not since Zadie Smith has a young writer arrived with such power and grace.”—Time ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times; Entertainment Weekly; The Christian Science Monitor; The Kansas City Star; Library Journal In a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. Searching for clues, she turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and the stories he told her of his encounters over the years with “the deathless man.” But most extraordinary of all is the story her grandfather never told her—the legend of the tiger’s wife.   Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht, hailed by Colum McCann as “the most thrilling literary discovery in years,” has spun a timeless novel that will establish her as one of the most vibrant, original authors of her generation. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Economist, Vogue, Slate, Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Times, Dayton Daily News, Publishers Weekly, Alan Cheuse, NPR’s All Things Considered]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91916Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tiger's Wife: A Novel Author: Téa Obreht Narrator: Robin Sachs, Susan Duerden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/91916 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tiger's Wife: A Novel Author: Téa Obreht Narrator: Robin Sachs, Susan Duerden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 22 minutes Release date: March 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.95 of Total 19 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • The instant classic debut novel from the author of Inland and The Morningside, hailed as “a thrilling beginning to what will certainly be a great literary career” (Elle)   “Spectacular . . . [Téa Obreht] spins a tale of such marvel and magic in a literary voice so enchanting that the mesmerized reader wants her never to stop.”—Entertainment Weekly   “Not since Zadie Smith has a young writer arrived with such power and grace.”—Time ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times; Entertainment Weekly; The Christian Science Monitor; The Kansas City Star; Library Journal In a Balkan country mending from war, Natalia, a young doctor, is compelled to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather’s recent death. Searching for clues, she turns to his worn copy of The Jungle Book and the stories he told her of his encounters over the years with “the deathless man.” But most extraordinary of all is the story her grandfather never told her—the legend of the tiger’s wife.   Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht, hailed by Colum McCann as “the most thrilling literary discovery in years,” has spun a timeless novel that will establish her as one of the most vibrant, original authors of her generation. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Economist, Vogue, Slate, Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Times, Dayton Daily News, Publishers Weekly, Alan Cheuse, NPR’s All Things Considered]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-stages-of-amazement-a-novel-by-carol-edgarian--65311721https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Stages of Amazement: A Novel Author: Carol Edgarian Narrator: Anne Twomey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller, a “furiously compelling” (New York Times) and richly compassionate novel about marriage, ambition, and reclaiming of love—by novelist and cofounder of the online fiction magazine Narrative. Set in San Francisco, Three Stages of Amazement takes readers on a spellbinding journey across a landscape of national unease, when the fragility of one marriage reflects the tenuous state of the American Dream. Lena Rusch and her husband, Charlie Pepper, still believe they can have it all—sex, love, marriage, children, career, brilliance. But when life delivers surprises and tests, they must face, for the first time in their lives, real limitation. Told with eloquence and compassion, Three Stages of Amazement is a true thriller of the heart—about confronting adversity, gaining wisdom, and finding great love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92213Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Stages of Amazement: A Novel Author: Carol Edgarian Narrator: Anne Twomey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92213 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Three Stages of Amazement: A Novel Author: Carol Edgarian Narrator: Anne Twomey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The New York Times bestseller, a “furiously compelling” (New York Times) and richly compassionate novel about marriage, ambition, and reclaiming of love—by novelist and cofounder of the online fiction magazine Narrative. Set in San Francisco, Three Stages of Amazement takes readers on a spellbinding journey across a landscape of national unease, when the fragility of one marriage reflects the tenuous state of the American Dream. Lena Rusch and her husband, Charlie Pepper, still believe they can have it all—sex, love, marriage, children, career, brilliance. But when life delivers surprises and tests, they must face, for the first time in their lives, real limitation. Told with eloquence and compassion, Three Stages of Amazement is a true thriller of the heart—about confronting adversity, gaining wisdom, and finding great love.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/minding-frankie-by-maeve-binchy--65311715https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Minding Frankie Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Sile Bermingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Maeve Binchy is back with a tale of joy, heartbreak and hope, about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close-knit Dublin community. When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once she’s born. But as a single father battling demons of his own, Noel can’t do it alone. Fortunately, he has a competent, caring network of friends, family and neighbors: Lisa, his unlucky-in-love classmate, who moves in with him to help him care for little Frankie around the clock; his American cousin, Emily, always there with a pep talk; the newly retired Dr. Hat, with more time on his hands than he knows what to do with; Dr. Declan and Fiona and their baby son, Frankie’s first friend; and many eager babysitters, including old friends Signora and Aidan and Frankie’s doting grandparents, Josie and Charles. But not everyone is pleased with the unconventional arrangement, especially a nosy social worker, Moira, who is convinced that Frankie would be better off in a foster home. Now it’s up to Noel to persuade her that everyone in town has something special to offer when it comes to minding Frankie.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90818Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Minding Frankie Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Sile Bermingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 1, 2011...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Minding Frankie Author: Maeve Binchy Narrator: Sile Bermingham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 1, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Maeve Binchy is back with a tale of joy, heartbreak and hope, about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close-knit Dublin community. When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once she’s born. But as a single father battling demons of his own, Noel can’t do it alone. Fortunately, he has a competent, caring network of friends, family and neighbors: Lisa, his unlucky-in-love classmate, who moves in with him to help him care for little Frankie around the clock; his American cousin, Emily, always there with a pep talk; the newly retired Dr. Hat, with more time on his hands than he knows what to do with; Dr. Declan and Fiona and their baby son, Frankie’s first friend; and many eager babysitters, including old friends Signora and Aidan and Frankie’s doting grandparents, Josie and Charles. But not everyone is pleased with the unconventional arrangement, especially a nosy social worker, Moira, who is convinced that Frankie would be better off in a foster home. Now it’s up to Noel to persuade her that everyone in town has something special to offer when it comes to minding Frankie.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-wishes-were-horses-a-novel-by-robert-barclay--65311701https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Wishes Were Horses: A Novel Author: Robert Barclay Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 15, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of Nicholas Sparks comes If Wishes Were Horses. Author Robert Barclay has crafted a deeply moving story of love, hope, and forgiveness, as two damaged souls torn apart by a common tragedy slowly find a way to heal. Destined to be a much-beloved classic on a par with Robert James Waller's The Bridges of Madison County, Barclay's If Wishes Were Horses is a story rich in emotion that will touch the heart of every reader who fervently believes in second chances at love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90830Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Wishes Were Horses: A Novel Author: Robert Barclay Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90830 to listen full audiobooks. Title: If Wishes Were Horses: A Novel Author: Robert Barclay Narrator: Mike Chamberlain Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 4 minutes Release date: February 15, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the spirit of Nicholas Sparks comes If Wishes Were Horses. Author Robert Barclay has crafted a deeply moving story of love, hope, and forgiveness, as two damaged souls torn apart by a common tragedy slowly find a way to heal. Destined to be a much-beloved classic on a par with Robert James Waller's The Bridges of Madison County, Barclay's If Wishes Were Horses is a story rich in emotion that will touch the heart of every reader who fervently believes in second chances at love.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/heartwood-a-novel-by-belva-plain--65311716https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heartwood: A Novel Series: #5 of Werner Family Saga Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Few authors have understood the tender intricacies of relationships better than the incomparable Belva Plain. For three decades her deeply moving epics have captivated the hearts and imaginations of readers everywhere. Now, in her final novel, she comes full circle with the themes she took up in her very first work, Evergreen, bringing us this unforgettable story of family and friendship, love and marriage, the challenges of life and the true secret of happiness. Though Iris Stern considers herself a modern woman, with a successful academic career and a happy marriage, she still holds steadfast to her old-fashioned sensibilities. But as the mother of three adult children, each with their own lives and burdens to bear, she often finds those sensibilities called into question when confronted with the choices her children have made. For one of Iris’s daughters, it’s the choice of a fresh start in New York City—and a last chance to save her troubled marriage. While Laura and Robbie cope with an impending separation and its effect on Iris’s young granddaughter, Iris herself must come to grips with the discovery of a long-held family secret. But it’s an emotional parting of another kind that looms most prominently on Iris’s horizon—as neither her beloved husband, nor the solidity of her own marriage, is immune to the ravages of time. Through separations and reunions, the changes we cannot avoid and the love that sustains, Iris will weather whatever lies ahead with a faith that cannot be shaken. Like the inmost rings of a tree that abide through the generations, she will be as strong as heartwood.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90802Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heartwood: A Novel Series: #5 of Werner Family Saga Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90802 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heartwood: A Novel Series: #5 of Werner Family Saga Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 8, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Few authors have understood the tender intricacies of relationships better than the incomparable Belva Plain. For three decades her deeply moving epics have captivated the hearts and imaginations of readers everywhere. Now, in her final novel, she comes full circle with the themes she took up in her very first work, Evergreen, bringing us this unforgettable story of family and friendship, love and marriage, the challenges of life and the true secret of happiness. Though Iris Stern considers herself a modern woman, with a successful academic career and a happy marriage, she still holds steadfast to her old-fashioned sensibilities. But as the mother of three adult children, each with their own lives and burdens to bear, she often finds those sensibilities called into question when confronted with the choices her children have made. For one of Iris’s daughters, it’s the choice of a fresh start in New York City—and a last chance to save her troubled marriage. While Laura and Robbie cope with an impending separation and its effect on Iris’s young granddaughter, Iris herself must come to grips with the discovery of a long-held family secret. But it’s an emotional parting of another kind that looms most prominently on Iris’s horizon—as neither her beloved husband, nor the solidity of her own marriage, is immune to the ravages of time. Through separations and reunions, the changes we cannot avoid and the love that sustains, Iris will weather whatever lies ahead with a faith that cannot be shaken. Like the inmost rings of a tree that abide through the generations, she will be as strong as heartwood.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-cup-of-friendship-a-novel-by-deborah-rodriguez--65311729https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Cup of Friendship: A Novel Author: Deborah Rodriguez Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 25, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of the “bighearted . . . inspiring” (Vogue) memoir Kabul Beauty School comes a fiction debut as compelling as real life: the story of a remarkable coffee shop in the heart of Afghanistan, and the men and women who meet there—thrown together by circumstance, bonded by secrets, and united in an extraordinary friendship. After hard luck and some bad choices, Sunny has finally found a place to call home—it just happens to be in the middle of a war zone. The thirty-eight-year-old American’s pride and joy is the Kabul Coffee House, where she brings hospitality to the expatriates, misfits, missionaries, and mercenaries who stroll through its doors. She’s especially grateful that the busy days allow her to forget Tommy, the love of her life, who left her in pursuit of money and adventure. Working alongside Sunny is the maternal Halajan, who vividly recalls the days before the Taliban and now must hide a modern romance from her ultratraditional son—who, unbeknownst to her, is facing his own religious doubts. Into the café come Isabel, a British journalist on the trail of a risky story; Jack, who left his family back home in Michigan to earn “danger pay” as a consultant; and Candace, a wealthy and well-connected American whose desire to help threatens to cloud her judgment. When Yazmina, a young Afghan from a remote village, is kidnapped and left on a city street pregnant and alone, Sunny welcomes her into the café and gives her a home—but Yazmina hides a secret that could put all their lives in jeopardy. As this group of men and women discover that there’s more to one another than meets the eye, they’ll form an unlikely friendship that will change not only their own lives but the lives of an entire country. Brimming with Deborah Rodriguez’s remarkable gift for depicting the nuances of life in Kabul, and filled with vibrant characters that readers will truly care about, A Cup of Friendship is the best kind of fiction—full of heart yet smart and thought-provoking.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90635Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Cup of Friendship: A Novel Author: Deborah Rodriguez Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/90635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Cup of Friendship: A Novel Author: Deborah Rodriguez Narrator: Mozhan Marnò Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 25, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of the “bighearted . . . inspiring” (Vogue) memoir Kabul Beauty School comes a fiction debut as compelling as real life: the story of a remarkable coffee shop in the heart of Afghanistan, and the men and women who meet there—thrown together by circumstance, bonded by secrets, and united in an extraordinary friendship. After hard luck and some bad choices, Sunny has finally found a place to call home—it just happens to be in the middle of a war zone. The thirty-eight-year-old American’s pride and joy is the Kabul Coffee House, where she brings hospitality to the expatriates, misfits, missionaries, and mercenaries who stroll through its doors. She’s especially grateful that the busy days allow her to forget Tommy, the love of her life, who left her in pursuit of money and adventure. Working alongside Sunny is the maternal Halajan, who vividly recalls the days before the Taliban and now must hide a modern romance from her ultratraditional son—who, unbeknownst to her, is facing his own religious doubts. Into the café come Isabel, a British journalist on the trail of a risky story; Jack, who left his family back home in Michigan to earn “danger pay” as a consultant; and Candace, a wealthy and well-connected American whose desire to help threatens to cloud her judgment. When Yazmina, a young Afghan from a remote village, is kidnapped and left on a city street pregnant and alone, Sunny welcomes her into the café and gives her a home—but Yazmina hides a secret that could put all their lives in jeopardy. As this group of men and women discover that there’s more to one another than meets the eye, they’ll form an unlikely friendship that will change not only their own lives but the lives of an entire country. Brimming with Deborah Rodriguez’s remarkable gift for depicting the nuances of life in Kabul, and filled with vibrant characters that readers will truly care about, A Cup of Friendship is the best kind of fiction—full of heart yet smart and thought-provoking.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/family-ties-by-ernest-hill--65311685https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Ties Author: Ernest Hill Narrator: Korey Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 7, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Award-winning author Ernest Hill-who Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler called 'one of our finest writers'-has drawn favorable comparisons to Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison with his powerful novels. Hill's Family Ties tells the story of D'Ray Reid, who has put prison behind him and wants to repair his broken relationship with his mother. But when D'Ray comes home, lies and legal troubles haunt his every move. 'A skilled storyteller.'-New York Times Book Review]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99197Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Ties Author: Ernest Hill Narrator: Korey Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 7, 2011 Genres:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99197 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Ties Author: Ernest Hill Narrator: Korey Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 7, 2011 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Award-winning author Ernest Hill-who Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler called 'one of our finest writers'-has drawn favorable comparisons to Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison with his powerful novels. Hill's Family Ties tells the story of D'Ray Reid, who has put prison behind him and wants to repair his broken relationship with his mother. But when D'Ray comes home, lies and legal troubles haunt his every move. 'A skilled storyteller.'-New York Times Book Review]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/looking-for-peyton-place-by-barbara-delinsky--65311713https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking for Peyton Place Author: Barbara Delinsky Narrator: Julia Gibson, Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 4, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A picture-perfect New Hampshire town hides a history of scandal and intrigue -- a legacy Annie Barnes has never shaken since growing up in tiny Middle River. Five decades ago the area was rocked by a bombshell of a book, Peyton Place, and its author, Grace Metalious, who seemed to know everyone's most intimate secrets. Now a bestselling novelist herself, Annie has come home to find answers to the strange circumstances of her mother's recent death, which leads her to uncover a shocking truth about the local paper mill. The townspeople fear Annie intends to pen a Peyton Place of her very own, and no one wants her stirring up trouble. But one intriguing man is captivated by Annie's determined spirit -- and he wants to give the people of Middle River something to talk about....]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93295Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking for Peyton Place Author: Barbara Delinsky Narrator: Julia Gibson, Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93295 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking for Peyton Place Author: Barbara Delinsky Narrator: Julia Gibson, Richard Ferrone Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 4, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.43 of Total 7 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A picture-perfect New Hampshire town hides a history of scandal and intrigue -- a legacy Annie Barnes has never shaken since growing up in tiny Middle River. Five decades ago the area was rocked by a bombshell of a book, Peyton Place, and its author, Grace Metalious, who seemed to know everyone's most intimate secrets. Now a bestselling novelist herself, Annie has come home to find answers to the strange circumstances of her mother's recent death, which leads her to uncover a shocking truth about the local paper mill. The townspeople fear Annie intends to pen a Peyton Place of her very own, and no one wants her stirring up trouble. But one intriguing man is captivated by Annie's determined spirit -- and he wants to give the people of Middle River something to talk about....]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/charleston-by-john-jakes--65311707https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charleston Author: John Jakes Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 4, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 16 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Charleston follows the lives, loves, and shifting fortunes of the Bells -- saints and evil-doers mingled in one unforgettable family -- from the American Revolution through the turbulent antebellum years to the Civil War and the savage defeat of the Confederacy. Delving into our country's history as only he can, Jakes paints a powerful portrait of the Charleston aristocracy who zealously guarded their privilege and position, harboring dark family secrets that threatened to destroy them all. Sweeping from the bitterly divided Carolina frontier of the 1770s through the tragic destruction of the city during the Civil War, Charleston represents America's premier storyteller at his very best.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92600Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charleston Author: John Jakes Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 4, 2011 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charleston Author: John Jakes Narrator: George Guidall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 4, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 16 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Charleston follows the lives, loves, and shifting fortunes of the Bells -- saints and evil-doers mingled in one unforgettable family -- from the American Revolution through the turbulent antebellum years to the Civil War and the savage defeat of the Confederacy. Delving into our country's history as only he can, Jakes paints a powerful portrait of the Charleston aristocracy who zealously guarded their privilege and position, harboring dark family secrets that threatened to destroy them all. Sweeping from the bitterly divided Carolina frontier of the 1770s through the tragic destruction of the city during the Civil War, Charleston represents America's premier storyteller at his very best.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/little-earthquakes-by-jennifer-weiner--65311702https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Earthquakes Series: Part of Washington Square Press Author: Jennifer Weiner Narrator: Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 4, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.73 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jennifer Weiner's richest, wittiest, most true-to-life novel yet tells the story of three very different women as they navigate one of life's most wonderful and perilous transitions: the journay of new motherhood. Becky is a plump, sexy chef who has a wonderfull husband and baby girl, a restaurant that received a citywide acclaim -- and the mother-in-law from hell. Kelly is an event planner who's struggling to balance her work and motherhood while dealing with unemployed husband who seems content to channel-surf for eight hours a day. Ayinde's basketball superstar husband breaks her trust at her most vulnerable moment, putting their new family even more in the public eye. Then, there's Lia, a Philadelphia native who has left her Hollywood career behind, along with her husband, and a tragic secret to start her life all over again. From prenatal yoga to postbirth sex, Little Earthquakes is a frank, funny, fiercely perceptive take on the comedies and tragedies of love and marriage.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93278Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Earthquakes Series: Part of Washington Square Press Author: Jennifer Weiner Narrator: Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Little Earthquakes Series: Part of Washington Square Press Author: Jennifer Weiner Narrator: Johanna Parker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 4, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.73 of Total 26 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Jennifer Weiner's richest, wittiest, most true-to-life novel yet tells the story of three very different women as they navigate one of life's most wonderful and perilous transitions: the journay of new motherhood. Becky is a plump, sexy chef who has a wonderfull husband and baby girl, a restaurant that received a citywide acclaim -- and the mother-in-law from hell. Kelly is an event planner who's struggling to balance her work and motherhood while dealing with unemployed husband who seems content to channel-surf for eight hours a day. Ayinde's basketball superstar husband breaks her trust at her most vulnerable moment, putting their new family even more in the public eye. Then, there's Lia, a Philadelphia native who has left her Hollywood career behind, along with her husband, and a tragic secret to start her life all over again. From prenatal yoga to postbirth sex, Little Earthquakes is a frank, funny, fiercely perceptive take on the comedies and tragedies of love and marriage.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rainbow-by-d-h-lawrence--65311674https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rainbow Author: D.H. Lawrence Narrator: Wanda McCaddon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 24, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in the rural midlands of England, The Rainbow revolves around three generations of the Brangwen family over a period of more than sixty years, setting them against the emergence of modern England. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow and adopts her daughter as his own, he is unprepared for the conflict and passion that erupt. Suffused with biblical imagery, The Rainbow addresses searching human issues in a setting of precise and vivid detail. In The Rainbow, D. H. Lawrence challenged the customary limitations of language and convention to carry into the structures of his prose the fascination with boundaries and space that characterize the entire novel. A visionary novel, considered to be one of Lawrence's finest, it explores the complex sexual and psychological relationships between men and women in an increasingly industrialized world.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101466Fri, 24 Dec 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rainbow Author: D.H. Lawrence Narrator: Wanda McCaddon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 24, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/101466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Rainbow Author: D.H. Lawrence Narrator: Wanda McCaddon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 0 minutes Release date: December 24, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in the rural midlands of England, The Rainbow revolves around three generations of the Brangwen family over a period of more than sixty years, setting them against the emergence of modern England. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow and adopts her daughter as his own, he is unprepared for the conflict and passion that erupt. Suffused with biblical imagery, The Rainbow addresses searching human issues in a setting of precise and vivid detail. In The Rainbow, D. H. Lawrence challenged the customary limitations of language and convention to carry into the structures of his prose the fascination with boundaries and space that characterize the entire novel. A visionary novel, considered to be one of Lawrence's finest, it explores the complex sexual and psychological relationships between men and women in an increasingly industrialized world.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-self-storage-the-complete-series-2-by-tom-collinson--65311698https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Self Storage: The Complete Series 2 Author: Tom Collinson Narrator: Susan Earl, Rosie Cavaliero, Mark Heap, Reece Shearsmith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Release date: December 1, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: BBC Radio 4 Sitcom by Tom Collinson starring Reece Shearsmith, Mark Heap and Rosie Cavaliero. In the wake of a marital break-up, Dave finds himself living in the storage unit in which he keeps his belongings. Dave is accompanied by his fellow inhabitant, the borderline psychotic Geoff, and cultured security guard Ron. In this second series Dave's sister moves in with him, he celebrates his birthday, is offered a job and finally has to face up to the possibility of moving out. Starring: Reece Shearsmith ('The League of Gentleman'), Mark Heap ('Spaced'), Tom Goodman-Hill ('Ideal'), Rosie Cavaliero ('Saxondale') and Susan Earl. Originally broadcast November - December 2008.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92503Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Self Storage: The Complete Series 2 Author: Tom Collinson Narrator: Susan Earl, Rosie Cavaliero, Mark Heap, Reece Shearsmith Format: Unabridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92503 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Self Storage: The Complete Series 2 Author: Tom Collinson Narrator: Susan Earl, Rosie Cavaliero, Mark Heap, Reece Shearsmith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Release date: December 1, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: BBC Radio 4 Sitcom by Tom Collinson starring Reece Shearsmith, Mark Heap and Rosie Cavaliero. In the wake of a marital break-up, Dave finds himself living in the storage unit in which he keeps his belongings. Dave is accompanied by his fellow inhabitant, the borderline psychotic Geoff, and cultured security guard Ron. In this second series Dave's sister moves in with him, he celebrates his birthday, is offered a job and finally has to face up to the possibility of moving out. Starring: Reece Shearsmith ('The League of Gentleman'), Mark Heap ('Spaced'), Tom Goodman-Hill ('Ideal'), Rosie Cavaliero ('Saxondale') and Susan Earl. Originally broadcast November - December 2008.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tenth-song-a-novel-by-naomi-ragen--65311658https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tenth Song: A Novel Author: Naomi Ragen Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When life is at its best, the unimaginable can shatter everything you think you know... Abigail Samuels has no reason to feel anything but joy on the morning her life falls apart. The epitome of the successful Jewish American woman, she is married to a well-known and respected accountant and is in the middle of planning her daughter Kayla's wedding. Kayla, too, wakes up that morning with the world in the palm of her hand. Having lived the charmed life of a well-loved child from a happy family, she is bright, pretty, a Harvard law student who has never really questioned the path she found herself on. With a shocking suddenness, all that is smashed to pieces in ways they could never have dreamed. When a heartbroken Kayla runs away to a desert commune run by a charismatic mystic, Abigail rushes to save her, only to find that there is nothing more whole than a broken heart.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116173Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tenth Song: A Novel Author: Naomi Ragen Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 2,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116173 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tenth Song: A Novel Author: Naomi Ragen Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 2, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When life is at its best, the unimaginable can shatter everything you think you know... Abigail Samuels has no reason to feel anything but joy on the morning her life falls apart. The epitome of the successful Jewish American woman, she is married to a well-known and respected accountant and is in the middle of planning her daughter Kayla's wedding. Kayla, too, wakes up that morning with the world in the palm of her hand. Having lived the charmed life of a well-loved child from a happy family, she is bright, pretty, a Harvard law student who has never really questioned the path she found herself on. With a shocking suddenness, all that is smashed to pieces in ways they could never have dreamed. When a heartbroken Kayla runs away to a desert commune run by a charismatic mystic, Abigail rushes to save her, only to find that there is nothing more whole than a broken heart.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-way-of-all-flesh-by-samuel-butler--65311615https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way of All Flesh Author: Samuel Butler Narrator: Antony Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 12, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If I cannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientific big-wigs to give me a shilling, I can, and I know I can, heave bricks into the middle of them.' With The Way of All Flesh, Samuel Butler threw a subversive brick at the smug face of Victorian domesticity. Published in 1903, a year after Butler's death, the novel is a thinly disguised account of his own childhood and youth 'in the bosom of a Christian family.' With irony, wit, and sometimes rancor, he savaged contemporary values and beliefs, turning inside-out the conventional novel of a family's life through several generations. The Way of All Flesh tells the story of Ernest Pontifex and his struggles with Victorian mores, his restrictive, highly religious family, and Victorian society itself. Butler is remembered as one of the greatest of the anti-Victorians, whose ideas reflected accurately the new, more liberal society that was to come following the death of England's great Queen, and the beginning of a new era.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119877Tue, 12 Oct 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way of All Flesh Author: Samuel Butler Narrator: Antony Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 12,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119877 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way of All Flesh Author: Samuel Butler Narrator: Antony Ferguson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 22 minutes Release date: October 12, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 'I am the enfant terrible of literature and science. If I cannot, and I know I cannot, get the literary and scientific big-wigs to give me a shilling, I can, and I know I can, heave bricks into the middle of them.' With The Way of All Flesh, Samuel Butler threw a subversive brick at the smug face of Victorian domesticity. Published in 1903, a year after Butler's death, the novel is a thinly disguised account of his own childhood and youth 'in the bosom of a Christian family.' With irony, wit, and sometimes rancor, he savaged contemporary values and beliefs, turning inside-out the conventional novel of a family's life through several generations. The Way of All Flesh tells the story of Ernest Pontifex and his struggles with Victorian mores, his restrictive, highly religious family, and Victorian society itself. Butler is remembered as one of the greatest of the anti-Victorians, whose ideas reflected accurately the new, more liberal society that was to come following the death of England's great Queen, and the beginning of a new era.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/howards-end-by-e-m-forster--65311679https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Howards End Author: E.M. Forster Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 29, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Considered by many to be E. M. Forster's greatest novel, Howards End is a beautifully subtle tale of two very different families brought together by an unusual event. The Schlegels are intellectuals, devotees of art and literature. The Wilcoxes are practical and materialistic, leading lives of 'telegrams and anger.' When the elder Mrs. Wilcox dies and her family discovers she has left their country home—Howards End—to one of the Schlegel sisters, a crisis between the two families is precipitated that takes years to resolve. Written in 1910, Howards End is a symbolic exploration of the social, economic, and intellectual forces at work in England in the years preceding World War I, a time when vast social changes were occurring. In the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes, Forster perfectly embodies the competing idealism and materialism of the upper classes, while the conflict over the ownership of Howards End represents the struggle for possession of the country's future. Forster refuses to take sides in this conflict. Instead he poses one of the book's central questions: In a changing modern society, what should be the relation between the inner and outer life, between the world of the intellect and the world of business? Can they ever, as Forster urges, 'only connect'?]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119870Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Howards End Author: E.M. Forster Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 29, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Howards End Author: E.M. Forster Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 29, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Considered by many to be E. M. Forster's greatest novel, Howards End is a beautifully subtle tale of two very different families brought together by an unusual event. The Schlegels are intellectuals, devotees of art and literature. The Wilcoxes are practical and materialistic, leading lives of 'telegrams and anger.' When the elder Mrs. Wilcox dies and her family discovers she has left their country home—Howards End—to one of the Schlegel sisters, a crisis between the two families is precipitated that takes years to resolve. Written in 1910, Howards End is a symbolic exploration of the social, economic, and intellectual forces at work in England in the years preceding World War I, a time when vast social changes were occurring. In the Schlegels and the Wilcoxes, Forster perfectly embodies the competing idealism and materialism of the upper classes, while the conflict over the ownership of Howards End represents the struggle for possession of the country's future. Forster refuses to take sides in this conflict. Instead he poses one of the book's central questions: In a changing modern society, what should be the relation between the inner and outer life, between the world of the intellect and the world of business? Can they ever, as Forster urges, 'only connect'?]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mckettricks-of-texas-garrett-by-linda-lael-miller--65311704https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: McKettricks of Texas: Garrett Series: #12 of McKettricks Author: Linda Lael Miller Narrator: Jack Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 6, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fast track up the political ladder, fast cars, fast women—that's Garrett McKettrick. Make that was. A city boy, Garrett doesn't think he has the land in his blood, but a scandal has brought him home to Blue River, Texas. Here he meets his former high school nemesis, Julie Remington. Good thing they have nothing in common…except their undeniable attraction and a future brighter than the Texas sun.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93077Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: McKettricks of Texas: Garrett Series: #12 of McKettricks Author: Linda Lael Miller Narrator: Jack Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/93077 to listen full audiobooks. Title: McKettricks of Texas: Garrett Series: #12 of McKettricks Author: Linda Lael Miller Narrator: Jack Garrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 35 minutes Release date: August 6, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fast track up the political ladder, fast cars, fast women—that's Garrett McKettrick. Make that was. A city boy, Garrett doesn't think he has the land in his blood, but a scandal has brought him home to Blue River, Texas. Here he meets his former high school nemesis, Julie Remington. Good thing they have nothing in common…except their undeniable attraction and a future brighter than the Texas sun.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/driftwood-summer-by-patti-callahan-henry--65311544https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Driftwood Summer Author: Patti Callahan Henry Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 14, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry continues to spellbind readers in this rich and engaging novel of three sisters...their loves, their rivalries, and the events of one summer that change their lives. In the small seaside town of Palmetto Beach, the Sheffield sisters—responsible Riley, vivacious Maisy-Rose, and fun-loving Adelee—reunite to save the family's beach-community bookstore. But summer also marks the return of Mack Logan, whose choice of Maisy over Riley years ago destroyed the special closeness between the sisters... Now Riley, a single mom, is hiding a shattering secret about their mother. Maisy, a California designer, still blames Riley for ruining her one true love. And Adalee resents the family's intrusion into her summer plans. All three will be forced to confront the conflicts that tore them apart and the bounds of love and loyalty that still draw them together...]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143891Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Driftwood Summer Author: Patti Callahan Henry Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 14,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143891 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Driftwood Summer Author: Patti Callahan Henry Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: July 14, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry continues to spellbind readers in this rich and engaging novel of three sisters...their loves, their rivalries, and the events of one summer that change their lives. In the small seaside town of Palmetto Beach, the Sheffield sisters—responsible Riley, vivacious Maisy-Rose, and fun-loving Adelee—reunite to save the family's beach-community bookstore. But summer also marks the return of Mack Logan, whose choice of Maisy over Riley years ago destroyed the special closeness between the sisters... Now Riley, a single mom, is hiding a shattering secret about their mother. Maisy, a California designer, still blames Riley for ruining her one true love. And Adalee resents the family's intrusion into her summer plans. All three will be forced to confront the conflicts that tore them apart and the bounds of love and loyalty that still draw them together...]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/naamah-s-curse-by-jacqueline-carey--65311670https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Naamah's Curse Series: #2 of Naamah Author: Jacqueline Carey Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 22, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Far from the land of her birth, Moirin sets out across Tatar territory to find Bao, the proud and virile Ch'in fighter who holds the missing half of her diadh-anam, the divine soul-spark of her mother's people. After a long ordeal, she not only succeeds but surrenders to a passion the likes of which she's never known. But the lovers' happiness is short-lived, for Bao is entangled in a complication that soon leads to their betrayal.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118275Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Naamah's Curse Series: #2 of Naamah Author: Jacqueline Carey Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118275 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Naamah's Curse Series: #2 of Naamah Author: Jacqueline Carey Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 22, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Far from the land of her birth, Moirin sets out across Tatar territory to find Bao, the proud and virile Ch'in fighter who holds the missing half of her diadh-anam, the divine soul-spark of her mother's people. After a long ordeal, she not only succeeds but surrenders to a passion the likes of which she's never known. But the lovers' happiness is short-lived, for Bao is entangled in a complication that soon leads to their betrayal.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/family-ties-a-novel-by-danielle-steel--65311545https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Ties: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 22, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Manhattan to Paris and all the way to Tehran, Danielle Steel weaves a powerfully compelling story that reminds us how challenging and unpredictable life can be—and how the bonds of family hold us together. Annie Ferguson was a bright young Manhattan architect with a limitless future—until a single phone call changed the course of her life forever. Overnight, she became the mother to her sister’s three orphaned children, keeping a promise she never regretted making, even if it meant putting her own life indefinitely on hold. Now, at forty-two, still happily single with a satisfying career and a family that means everything to her, Annie is suddenly facing an empty nest. With her nephew and nieces now grown and confronting challenges of their own, she must navigate a parent’s difficult passage between helping and letting go. The eldest, twenty-eight-year-old Liz, an overworked editor in a high-powered job at Vogue, has never allowed any man to come close enough to hurt her. Ted, at twenty-four a serious law student, is captivated by a much older woman with children, who is leading him much further than he wants to go. And the impulsive youngest, twenty-one-year old Katie, is an art student about to make a choice that will lead her to a world she is in no way prepared for but determined to embrace. Then, when least expected, a chance encounter changes Annie’s life again in the most surprising direction of all….]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145801Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Ties: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 22,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Family Ties: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 34 minutes Release date: June 22, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From Manhattan to Paris and all the way to Tehran, Danielle Steel weaves a powerfully compelling story that reminds us how challenging and unpredictable life can be—and how the bonds of family hold us together. Annie Ferguson was a bright young Manhattan architect with a limitless future—until a single phone call changed the course of her life forever. Overnight, she became the mother to her sister’s three orphaned children, keeping a promise she never regretted making, even if it meant putting her own life indefinitely on hold. Now, at forty-two, still happily single with a satisfying career and a family that means everything to her, Annie is suddenly facing an empty nest. With her nephew and nieces now grown and confronting challenges of their own, she must navigate a parent’s difficult passage between helping and letting go. The eldest, twenty-eight-year-old Liz, an overworked editor in a high-powered job at Vogue, has never allowed any man to come close enough to hurt her. Ted, at twenty-four a serious law student, is captivated by a much older woman with children, who is leading him much further than he wants to go. And the impulsive youngest, twenty-one-year old Katie, is an art student about to make a choice that will lead her to a world she is in no way prepared for but determined to embrace. Then, when least expected, a chance encounter changes Annie’s life again in the most surprising direction of all….]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/silas-marner-by-george-eliot--65311690https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silas Marner Author: George Eliot Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 7, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Silas Marner, which first appeared in 1861, is a tale about life, love, and the need to belong. Accused of a crime he didn't commit and unjustly forced from his home town, Silas the weaver lives a reclusive and godless life, finding love and companionship only in material objects. It takes the theft of his gold and the discovery of an abandoned infant to remind him of the importance of human relationships and faith. Author George Eliot carefully weaves the interaction of plot and character, and, in so doing, depicts Silas Marner's redemption and rebirth through his love and protection of the orphaned girl and the possibility of losing her. Throughout the book, Eliot also takes the opportunity to voice her feelings about industrialization, religion, and social class distinctions.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117797Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silas Marner Author: George Eliot Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 7, 2010 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Silas Marner Author: George Eliot Narrator: Rosalyn Landor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 7, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Silas Marner, which first appeared in 1861, is a tale about life, love, and the need to belong. Accused of a crime he didn't commit and unjustly forced from his home town, Silas the weaver lives a reclusive and godless life, finding love and companionship only in material objects. It takes the theft of his gold and the discovery of an abandoned infant to remind him of the importance of human relationships and faith. Author George Eliot carefully weaves the interaction of plot and character, and, in so doing, depicts Silas Marner's redemption and rebirth through his love and protection of the orphaned girl and the possibility of losing her. Throughout the book, Eliot also takes the opportunity to voice her feelings about industrialization, religion, and social class distinctions.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/secret-keepers-by-mindy-friddle--65311717https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Keepers Author: Mindy Friddle Narrator: Cynthia Darlow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: With her second novel, Mindy Friddle expertly takes the conventions of a typical Southern dynasty story and transforms them into something wholly original. When her husband dies on the eve of their impending European vacation, housewife Emma Hanley watches her dreams of world travel vanish even as she becomes more immersed in the lives of her two living children. 'Friddle's beguiling second novel is a poignant and reassuring tale of regret and redemption.'-Booklist]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92298Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Keepers Author: Mindy Friddle Narrator: Cynthia Darlow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 23, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Secret Keepers Author: Mindy Friddle Narrator: Cynthia Darlow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 57 minutes Release date: April 23, 2010 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: With her second novel, Mindy Friddle expertly takes the conventions of a typical Southern dynasty story and transforms them into something wholly original. When her husband dies on the eve of their impending European vacation, housewife Emma Hanley watches her dreams of world travel vanish even as she becomes more immersed in the lives of her two living children. 'Friddle's beguiling second novel is a poignant and reassuring tale of regret and redemption.'-Booklist]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-and-lovers-by-d-h-lawrence--65311659https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sons and Lovers Author: D.H. Lawrence Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 19, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence's first major novel, was also the first in the English language to explore ordinary working-class life from the inside. No writer before or since has written so well about the intimacies enforced by a tightly knit mining community and by a family where feelings are never hidden for long. When the marriage between Walter Morel and his sensitive, high-minded wife begins to break down, the bitterness of their frustration seeps into their children's lives. Their second son, Paul, knows that he must struggle for independence if he is not to repeat his parents' failure. Lawrence's powerful description of Paul's single-minded efforts to define himself sexually and emotionally through relationships with two women—the innocent, old-fashioned Miriam Leivers and the experienced, provocatively modern Clara Dawes—makes this a novel as much for the beginning of the twenty-first century as it was for the beginning of the twentieth.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117682Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sons and Lovers Author: D.H. Lawrence Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 19, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sons and Lovers Author: D.H. Lawrence Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 19, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence's first major novel, was also the first in the English language to explore ordinary working-class life from the inside. No writer before or since has written so well about the intimacies enforced by a tightly knit mining community and by a family where feelings are never hidden for long. When the marriage between Walter Morel and his sensitive, high-minded wife begins to break down, the bitterness of their frustration seeps into their children's lives. Their second son, Paul, knows that he must struggle for independence if he is not to repeat his parents' failure. Lawrence's powerful description of Paul's single-minded efforts to define himself sexually and emotionally through relationships with two women—the innocent, old-fashioned Miriam Leivers and the experienced, provocatively modern Clara Dawes—makes this a novel as much for the beginning of the twenty-first century as it was for the beginning of the twentieth.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mayor-of-casterbridge-by-thomas-hardy--65311628https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mayor of Casterbridge Author: Thomas Hardy Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 30, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set against the backdrop of peaceful southwest England, where Thomas Hardy spent much of his youth, The Mayor of Casterbridge captures the author's unique genius for depicting the absurdity underlying much of the sorrow and humor in our lives. Michael Henchard is an out-of-work hay-trusser who gets drunk at a local fair and impulsively sells his wife, Susan, and baby daughter. Eighteen years later, Susan and her daughter seek him out, only to discover that he has become the most prominent man in Casterbridge. Henchard attempts to make amends for his youthful misdeeds, but his unchanged impulsiveness clouds his relationships in love as well as his fortunes in business. Although Henchard is fated to be a modern-day tragic hero, unable to survive in the new commercial world, his story is also a journey toward love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117683Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mayor of Casterbridge Author: Thomas Hardy Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 30,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117683 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mayor of Casterbridge Author: Thomas Hardy Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 30, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set against the backdrop of peaceful southwest England, where Thomas Hardy spent much of his youth, The Mayor of Casterbridge captures the author's unique genius for depicting the absurdity underlying much of the sorrow and humor in our lives. Michael Henchard is an out-of-work hay-trusser who gets drunk at a local fair and impulsively sells his wife, Susan, and baby daughter. Eighteen years later, Susan and her daughter seek him out, only to discover that he has become the most prominent man in Casterbridge. Henchard attempts to make amends for his youthful misdeeds, but his unchanged impulsiveness clouds his relationships in love as well as his fortunes in business. Although Henchard is fated to be a modern-day tragic hero, unable to survive in the new commercial world, his story is also a journey toward love.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ghosts-and-lightning-by-trevor-byrne--65311613https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122363 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghosts and Lightning Author: Trevor Byrne Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 18, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in contemporary Dublin and the surrounding countryside, Ghosts and Lightning is a picaresque account of Denny Cullen's life after he is called back home to attend his mother's funeral. Denny—a sweet-natured but disillusioned young man who feels powerless in the face of death, dope, and the dole queue—is the steadiest in a cast of unstable characters. Denny and his lads fill their empty days with hooliganism, raucous parties, violence, and even an exorcism, but their fearlessness and humor make them as irresistible as an expertly pulled pint of Guinness.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122363Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122363 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghosts and Lightning Author: Trevor Byrne Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 18, 2010...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122363 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Ghosts and Lightning Author: Trevor Byrne Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 18, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Set in contemporary Dublin and the surrounding countryside, Ghosts and Lightning is a picaresque account of Denny Cullen's life after he is called back home to attend his mother's funeral. Denny—a sweet-natured but disillusioned young man who feels powerless in the face of death, dope, and the dole queue—is the steadiest in a cast of unstable characters. Denny and his lads fill their empty days with hooliganism, raucous parties, violence, and even an exorcism, but their fearlessness and humor make them as irresistible as an expertly pulled pint of Guinness.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sword-of-the-lady-a-novel-of-the-change-by-s-m-stirling--65311669https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sword of the Lady: A Novel of the Change Series: #6 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 15, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Rudi Mackenzie has journeyed far across the land that was once the United States of America, hoping to find the source of the world-altering event that has come to be known as the Change. His final destination is Nantucket, an island overrun with forest, inhabited by a mere two hundred people who claim to have been transported there from out of time. Only one odd stone house remains standing. Within it, Rudi finds a beautifully made sword waiting for him—and once he takes it up, nothing will ever be the same…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117379Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sword of the Lady: A Novel of the Change Series: #6 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117379 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sword of the Lady: A Novel of the Change Series: #6 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 15, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 4.57 of Total 7 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Rudi Mackenzie has journeyed far across the land that was once the United States of America, hoping to find the source of the world-altering event that has come to be known as the Change. His final destination is Nantucket, an island overrun with forest, inhabited by a mere two hundred people who claim to have been transported there from out of time. Only one odd stone house remains standing. Within it, Rudi finds a beautifully made sword waiting for him—and once he takes it up, nothing will ever be the same…]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/naamah-s-kiss-by-jacqueline-carey--65311661https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Naamah's Kiss Series: #1 of Naamah Author: Jacqueline Carey Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 9, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Once there were great magicians born to the Maghuin Dhonn, the folk of the Brown Bear, the oldest tribe in Alba. But generations ago, the greatest of them all broke a sacred oath sworn in the name of all his people. Now, only small gifts remain to them. Through her lineage, Moirin possesses such gifts—the ability to summon the twilight and conceal herself, and the skill to coax plants to grow. Moirin has a secret, too. From childhood onward, she senses the presence of unfamiliar gods in her life: the bright lady and the man with a seedling cupped in his palm. Raised in the wilderness by her reclusive mother, it isn't until she comes of age that Moirin learns how illustrious, if mixed, her heritage is. The great-granddaughter of Alais the Wise, child of the Maghuin Donn, and a cousin of the Cruarch of Alba, Moirin learns her father was a D'Angeline priest dedicated to serving Naamah, goddess of desire. After Moirin undergoes the rites of adulthood, she finds divine acceptance...on the condition that she fulfill an unknown destiny that lies somewhere beyond the ocean. Or perhaps oceans. Beyond Terre d'Ange where she finds her father, in the far reaches of distant Ch'in, Moirin's skills are a true gift when facing the vengeful plans of an ambitious mage, a noble warrior princess desperate to save her father's throne, and the spirit of a celestial dragon.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119190Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Naamah's Kiss Series: #1 of Naamah Author: Jacqueline Carey Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 30 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119190 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Naamah's Kiss Series: #1 of Naamah Author: Jacqueline Carey Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 9, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Once there were great magicians born to the Maghuin Dhonn, the folk of the Brown Bear, the oldest tribe in Alba. But generations ago, the greatest of them all broke a sacred oath sworn in the name of all his people. Now, only small gifts remain to them. Through her lineage, Moirin possesses such gifts—the ability to summon the twilight and conceal herself, and the skill to coax plants to grow. Moirin has a secret, too. From childhood onward, she senses the presence of unfamiliar gods in her life: the bright lady and the man with a seedling cupped in his palm. Raised in the wilderness by her reclusive mother, it isn't until she comes of age that Moirin learns how illustrious, if mixed, her heritage is. The great-granddaughter of Alais the Wise, child of the Maghuin Donn, and a cousin of the Cruarch of Alba, Moirin learns her father was a D'Angeline priest dedicated to serving Naamah, goddess of desire. After Moirin undergoes the rites of adulthood, she finds divine acceptance...on the condition that she fulfill an unknown destiny that lies somewhere beyond the ocean. Or perhaps oceans. Beyond Terre d'Ange where she finds her father, in the far reaches of distant Ch'in, Moirin's skills are a true gift when facing the vengeful plans of an ambitious mage, a noble warrior princess desperate to save her father's throne, and the spirit of a celestial dragon.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bleak-house-by-charles-dickens--65311656https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bleak House Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: David Case Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 39 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Widely regarded as Dickens's masterpiece, Bleak House centers on the generations-long lawsuit Jarndyce and Jarndyce, through which 'whole families have inherited legendary hatreds.' Focusing on Esther Summerson, a ward of John Jarndyce, the novel traces Esther's romantic coming-of-age and, in classic Dickensian style, the gradual revelation of long-buried secrets, all set against the foggy backdrop of the Court of Chancery. Mixing romance, mystery, comedy, and satire, Bleak House limits the suffering caused by the intricate inefficiency of the law.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118223Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bleak House Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: David Case Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 39 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 2, 2009...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/118223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bleak House Author: Charles Dickens Narrator: David Case Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 39 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 2, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.75 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Widely regarded as Dickens's masterpiece, Bleak House centers on the generations-long lawsuit Jarndyce and Jarndyce, through which 'whole families have inherited legendary hatreds.' Focusing on Esther Summerson, a ward of John Jarndyce, the novel traces Esther's romantic coming-of-age and, in classic Dickensian style, the gradual revelation of long-buried secrets, all set against the foggy backdrop of the Court of Chancery. Mixing romance, mystery, comedy, and satire, Bleak House limits the suffering caused by the intricate inefficiency of the law.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-scourge-of-god-a-novel-of-the-change-by-s-m-stirling--65311667https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scourge of God: A Novel of the Change Series: #5 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Rudi MacKenzie continues his trek across the land that was once the United States of America. His destination: Nantucket, where he hopes to learn the truth behind the Change that rendered technology across the globe inoperable. During his travels, Rudi forges ties with new allies in the continuing war against the Prophet, who teaches his followers that God has punished humanity by destroying technological civilization. And one fanatical officer in the Sword of the Prophet has been dispatched on a mission: to stop Rudi from reaching his destination by any means necessary.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117378Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scourge of God: A Novel of the Change Series: #5 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117378 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Scourge of God: A Novel of the Change Series: #5 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 13, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Rudi MacKenzie continues his trek across the land that was once the United States of America. His destination: Nantucket, where he hopes to learn the truth behind the Change that rendered technology across the globe inoperable. During his travels, Rudi forges ties with new allies in the continuing war against the Prophet, who teaches his followers that God has punished humanity by destroying technological civilization. And one fanatical officer in the Sword of the Prophet has been dispatched on a mission: to stop Rudi from reaching his destination by any means necessary.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-meeting-at-corvallis-by-s-m-stirling--65311660https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Meeting at Corvallis Series: #3 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 22, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the tenth year of the Change, the survivors in western Oregon have learned how to live in a world without technology. The city-state of Corvallis has preserved its university, and trade flourishes via riverboats and horse-drawn railways. Under the strong hand of Michael Havel, the Bearkillers hold the lands west of Salem in peace and order. And in the eastern half of the Willamette Valley, the Clan Mackenzie flourishes under the charismatic leadership of Juniper Mackenzie, bard and High Priestess. Together, they have held the Lord Protector, Norman Arminger—the warlord of Portland—at bay. With his dark fantasies of a neofeudal empire, Arminger has extended his power over much of the Pacific Northwest, spreading fear with his knights, castles, and holy inquisition. Even more dangerous, and perhaps Arminger's most powerful weapon of all, is the ruthlessly cunning mind of his consort, Lady Sandra. The tensions between these factions have been building for some time, and the only reason they haven't confronted one another on the battlefield is because Arminger's daughter has fallen into Clan Mackenzie's hands. But Lady Sandra has a plan to retrieve her—a plan that threatens to plunge the entire region into open warfare.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117374Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Meeting at Corvallis Series: #3 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Meeting at Corvallis Series: #3 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 22, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.73 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In the tenth year of the Change, the survivors in western Oregon have learned how to live in a world without technology. The city-state of Corvallis has preserved its university, and trade flourishes via riverboats and horse-drawn railways. Under the strong hand of Michael Havel, the Bearkillers hold the lands west of Salem in peace and order. And in the eastern half of the Willamette Valley, the Clan Mackenzie flourishes under the charismatic leadership of Juniper Mackenzie, bard and High Priestess. Together, they have held the Lord Protector, Norman Arminger—the warlord of Portland—at bay. With his dark fantasies of a neofeudal empire, Arminger has extended his power over much of the Pacific Northwest, spreading fear with his knights, castles, and holy inquisition. Even more dangerous, and perhaps Arminger's most powerful weapon of all, is the ruthlessly cunning mind of his consort, Lady Sandra. The tensions between these factions have been building for some time, and the only reason they haven't confronted one another on the battlefield is because Arminger's daughter has fallen into Clan Mackenzie's hands. But Lady Sandra has a plan to retrieve her—a plan that threatens to plunge the entire region into open warfare.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-protector-s-war-by-s-m-stirling--65311689https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Protector's War Series: #2 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 30, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Rising from the ashes of the computer and industrial ages is a brave new world. Survivors have banded together in tribal communities, committed to rebuilding society. In Oregon's Willamette Valley, former pilot Michael Havel's Bearkillers are warriors of renown. Their closest ally, the mystical Clan MacKenzie, is led by Wiccan folksinger Juniper MacKenzie. Their leadership has saved countless lives. But not every leader has altruistic aspirations. Norman Arminger, medieval scholar, rules the Protectorate. He has enslaved civilians, built an army, and spread his forces from Portland through most of western Washington State. Now he wants the Willamette Valley farmland, and he's willing to wage war to conquer it. Unknown to both factions is the imminent arrival of a ship from Tasmania bearing British soldiers…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117373Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Protector's War Series: #2 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 30 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117373 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Protector's War Series: #2 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 30, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.62 of Total 21 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Rising from the ashes of the computer and industrial ages is a brave new world. Survivors have banded together in tribal communities, committed to rebuilding society. In Oregon's Willamette Valley, former pilot Michael Havel's Bearkillers are warriors of renown. Their closest ally, the mystical Clan MacKenzie, is led by Wiccan folksinger Juniper MacKenzie. Their leadership has saved countless lives. But not every leader has altruistic aspirations. Norman Arminger, medieval scholar, rules the Protectorate. He has enslaved civilians, built an army, and spread his forces from Portland through most of western Washington State. Now he wants the Willamette Valley farmland, and he's willing to wage war to conquer it. Unknown to both factions is the imminent arrival of a ship from Tasmania bearing British soldiers…]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dies-the-fire-by-s-m-stirling--65311676https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dies the Fire Series: #1 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 59 minutes Release date: May 19, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.05 of Total 59 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 20 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Michael Havel was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane's engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And, as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident. Juniper Mackenzie was singing and playing guitar in a pub when her small Oregon town was thrust into darkness. Cars refused to start. Phones were silent. And when an airliner crashed, no sirens sounded and no fire trucks arrived. Now, taking refuge in her family's cabin with her daughter and a growing circle of friends, Juniper is determined to create a farming community to benefit the survivors of this crisis. But even as people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest…]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117372Mon, 19 May 2008 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dies the Fire Series: #1 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 59 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117372 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dies the Fire Series: #1 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 59 minutes Release date: May 19, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.05 of Total 59 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 20 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Michael Havel was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane's engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And, as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident. Juniper Mackenzie was singing and playing guitar in a pub when her small Oregon town was thrust into darkness. Cars refused to start. Phones were silent. And when an airliner crashed, no sirens sounded and no fire trucks arrived. Now, taking refuge in her family's cabin with her daughter and a growing circle of friends, Juniper is determined to create a farming community to benefit the survivors of this crisis. But even as people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest…]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sunrise-lands-by-s-m-stirling--65311653https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sunrise Lands Series: #4 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 28, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A generation has passed since the Change that rendered technology inoperable around the world, and western Oregon has finally achieved a degree of peace. But a new threat has risen in Paradise Valley, Wyoming. A man known as the Prophet presides over the Church Universal and Triumphant, teaching his followers to continue God's work by destroying the remnants of technological civilization they encounter—and those who dare use them. Rudi Mackenzie, son and heir of the mystic Juniper, must journey with seven friends across a continent in chaos to the Sunrise Lands to solve the riddle of what destroyed a civilization. And as the friends journey farther into the interior, enemies may be within their own band as well as outside it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117371Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sunrise Lands Series: #4 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/117371 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sunrise Lands Series: #4 of Emberverse Author: S. M. Stirling Narrator: Todd McLaren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 28, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.19 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A generation has passed since the Change that rendered technology inoperable around the world, and western Oregon has finally achieved a degree of peace. But a new threat has risen in Paradise Valley, Wyoming. A man known as the Prophet presides over the Church Universal and Triumphant, teaching his followers to continue God's work by destroying the remnants of technological civilization they encounter—and those who dare use them. Rudi Mackenzie, son and heir of the mystic Juniper, must journey with seven friends across a continent in chaos to the Sunrise Lands to solve the riddle of what destroyed a civilization. And as the friends journey farther into the interior, enemies may be within their own band as well as outside it.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/firefly-lane-a-novel-by-kristin-hannah--65311555https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Firefly Lane: A Novel Author: Kristin Hannah Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 5, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 481 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 119 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of On Mystic Lake comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . . In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the 'coolest girl in the world' moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer's end they've become TullyandKate. Inseparable. So begins Kristin Hannah's magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives. From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness. Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn't know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she'll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she'll envy her famous best friend. . . . For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they've survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test. Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you'll never forget . . . one you'll want to pass on to your best friend.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146112Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Firefly Lane: A Novel Author: Kristin Hannah Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 58 minutes Release date: February...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Firefly Lane: A Novel Author: Kristin Hannah Narrator: Susan Ericksen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 58 minutes Release date: February 5, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 481 Ratings of Narrator: 4.64 of Total 119 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times bestselling author of On Mystic Lake comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . . In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the 'coolest girl in the world' moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer's end they've become TullyandKate. Inseparable. So begins Kristin Hannah's magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives. From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness. Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn't know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she'll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she'll envy her famous best friend. . . . For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they've survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test. Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you'll never forget . . . one you'll want to pass on to your best friend.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pillars-of-the-earth-by-ken-follett--65311590https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pillars of the Earth Series: #1 of Kingsbridge Author: Ken Follett Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 40 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 9, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 782 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 82 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: If you liked the Century Trilogy, you’ll love the “extraordinary . . . monumental masterpiece.”—Booklist, that changed the course of Ken Follett’s already phenomenal career.  “Follett risks all and comes out a clear winner,” extolled Publishers Weekly on the release of The Pillars of the Earth. A departure for the bestselling thriller writer, the historical epic stunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity. Today, it stands as a testament to Follett’s unassailable command of the written word and to his universal appeal.    The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known . . . of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect—a man divided in his soul . . . of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame . . . and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother.   A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett’s historical masterpiece.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142826Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pillars of the Earth Series: #1 of Kingsbridge Author: Ken Follett Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 40 hours 56 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142826 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Pillars of the Earth Series: #1 of Kingsbridge Author: Ken Follett Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 40 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 9, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 782 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 82 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: If you liked the Century Trilogy, you’ll love the “extraordinary . . . monumental masterpiece.”—Booklist, that changed the course of Ken Follett’s already phenomenal career.  “Follett risks all and comes out a clear winner,” extolled Publishers Weekly on the release of The Pillars of the Earth. A departure for the bestselling thriller writer, the historical epic stunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity. Today, it stands as a testament to Follett’s unassailable command of the written word and to his universal appeal.    The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known . . . of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect—a man divided in his soul . . . of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame . . . and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother.   A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett’s historical masterpiece.]]>305cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/facets-by-barbara-delinsky--65311557https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Facets Author: Barbara Delinsky Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 3, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky shares a cautionary tale of romance, revenge, family relationships and power in this powerful novel. Nothing can prepare writer Hillary Cox for seeing her lover of 27 years, mining magnate John St. George, announce on television that he’s marrying another woman. Seeking revenge, Hillary begins a tell-all book exposing John and his shady past, but John’s sister, Pamela St. George, also wants revenge against her brother, who has abused Pamela throughout her life. As Hillary attempts to end her obsession, Pamela sets out to wrest control of the family’s tourmaline mining business from John, and to search for Cutter Reid, the one man she has always loved, and from whom John has always kept her. Now, a three-decade-old family drama of power, duplicity, and money comes hurtling to an explosive final confrontation with the one man who has so damaged their lives.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145635Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Facets Author: Barbara Delinsky Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 3, 2007 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/145635 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Facets Author: Barbara Delinsky Narrator: Joyce Bean Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 3, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.09 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky shares a cautionary tale of romance, revenge, family relationships and power in this powerful novel. Nothing can prepare writer Hillary Cox for seeing her lover of 27 years, mining magnate John St. George, announce on television that he’s marrying another woman. Seeking revenge, Hillary begins a tell-all book exposing John and his shady past, but John’s sister, Pamela St. George, also wants revenge against her brother, who has abused Pamela throughout her life. As Hillary attempts to end her obsession, Pamela sets out to wrest control of the family’s tourmaline mining business from John, and to search for Cutter Reid, the one man she has always loved, and from whom John has always kept her. Now, a three-decade-old family drama of power, duplicity, and money comes hurtling to an explosive final confrontation with the one man who has so damaged their lives.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sisters-a-novel-by-danielle-steel--65311612https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisters: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Sam Freed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 27, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Four sisters, a Manhattan brownstone, and a tumultuous year of loss and courage are at the heart of #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel’s novel about a remarkable family, a stunning tragedy—and what happens when four very different young women come together under one very lively roof. Twenty-one-year-old Candy is blazing her way through Paris, New York, and Tokyo as fashion’s latest international supermodel. Her sister Tammy, twenty-nine, has a job producing the most successful hit show on TV. In New York, oldest sister Sabrina, thirty-four, is an ambitious young lawyer, while Annie, at twenty-six, is an American in Florence, living for her art. One Fourth of July weekend, the four sisters come home to Connecticut for their family’s annual gathering. But before the holiday is over, tragedy strikes and their world is utterly changed.  Suddenly, four sisters who have been fervently pursuing success and their own lives come together to share one New York brownstone, to support each other, and to pick up the pieces while one of them struggles to heal her shattered body and soul. A bustling house is soon filled with eccentric dogs, laughter, tears, friends, men . . . and the kind of honesty and unconditional love only sisters can provide. But as the four women settle in, they are forced to confront the direction of their respective lives. With unerring insight and compassion, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of sisters who are irrevocably woven into the fabric of one another’s lives. Brilliantly blending humor and heartbreak, she delivers a powerful message about the fragility—and the wonder—of life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121176Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisters: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Sam Freed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 27, 2007...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121176 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sisters: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Sam Freed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: February 27, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Four sisters, a Manhattan brownstone, and a tumultuous year of loss and courage are at the heart of #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel’s novel about a remarkable family, a stunning tragedy—and what happens when four very different young women come together under one very lively roof. Twenty-one-year-old Candy is blazing her way through Paris, New York, and Tokyo as fashion’s latest international supermodel. Her sister Tammy, twenty-nine, has a job producing the most successful hit show on TV. In New York, oldest sister Sabrina, thirty-four, is an ambitious young lawyer, while Annie, at twenty-six, is an American in Florence, living for her art. One Fourth of July weekend, the four sisters come home to Connecticut for their family’s annual gathering. But before the holiday is over, tragedy strikes and their world is utterly changed.  Suddenly, four sisters who have been fervently pursuing success and their own lives come together to share one New York brownstone, to support each other, and to pick up the pieces while one of them struggles to heal her shattered body and soul. A bustling house is soon filled with eccentric dogs, laughter, tears, friends, men . . . and the kind of honesty and unconditional love only sisters can provide. But as the four women settle in, they are forced to confront the direction of their respective lives. With unerring insight and compassion, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of sisters who are irrevocably woven into the fabric of one another’s lives. Brilliantly blending humor and heartbreak, she delivers a powerful message about the fragility—and the wonder—of life.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/white-oleander-by-janet-fitch--65311539https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Oleander Author: Janet Fitch Narrator: Oprah Winfrey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 18, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 189 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 31 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men. Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world full of ritual and mystery - but their idyll is shattered when Astrid's mother falls apart over a lover. Deranged by rejection, Ingrid murders the man, and is sentenced to life in prison. White Oleander is the unforgettable story of Astrid's journey through a series of foster homes and her efforts to find a place for herself in impossible circumstances. Each home is its own universe, with a new set of laws and lessons to be learned. With determination and humor, Astrid confronts the challenges of loneliness and poverty, and strives to learn who a motherless child in an indifferent world can become. Oprah Winfrey enjoyed this gripping first novel so much that she not only made it her book club pick, she asked if she could narrate the audio release.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143096Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Oleander Author: Janet Fitch Narrator: Oprah Winfrey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 18, 2006...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: White Oleander Author: Janet Fitch Narrator: Oprah Winfrey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 18, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 189 Ratings of Narrator: 4.29 of Total 31 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men. Astrid worships her mother and cherishes their private world full of ritual and mystery - but their idyll is shattered when Astrid's mother falls apart over a lover. Deranged by rejection, Ingrid murders the man, and is sentenced to life in prison. White Oleander is the unforgettable story of Astrid's journey through a series of foster homes and her efforts to find a place for herself in impossible circumstances. Each home is its own universe, with a new set of laws and lessons to be learned. With determination and humor, Astrid confronts the challenges of loneliness and poverty, and strives to learn who a motherless child in an indifferent world can become. Oprah Winfrey enjoyed this gripping first novel so much that she not only made it her book club pick, she asked if she could narrate the audio release.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fool-me-once-by-fern-michaels--65311537https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fool Me Once Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 29, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: With a spark of romance and a bevy of chaotic canines (Romantic Times), #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels delivers a wonderfully entertaining novel about the things we do to protect the ones we love and the happiness life can bring when we least expect it… Olivia Lowell always believed her father’s claim that her mother died in childbirth, until the shocking day a lawyer informs her that her mother has just passed away, leaving her a fortune. However, the money comes with a caveat. In her will, Olivia’s mother reveals that she and two college friends committed a crime long ago, and now she wants Olivia to track down her accomplices and convince them to come clean. Feeling betrayed by her father and unsure that she even wants her mother’s tainted money, Olivia must decide if she can handle the secrets of the past. Fulfilling her mother’s request won’t be easy, nor will mending her relationship with her father. But with the help and affections of a handsome young lawyer, and the sweet companionship of her beloved Yorkies, Olivia will come to understand who her mother really was, and who she, herself, was meant to be….]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146257Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fool Me Once Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 29, 2006...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/146257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fool Me Once Author: Fern Michaels Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: August 29, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 13 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: With a spark of romance and a bevy of chaotic canines (Romantic Times), #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels delivers a wonderfully entertaining novel about the things we do to protect the ones we love and the happiness life can bring when we least expect it… Olivia Lowell always believed her father’s claim that her mother died in childbirth, until the shocking day a lawyer informs her that her mother has just passed away, leaving her a fortune. However, the money comes with a caveat. In her will, Olivia’s mother reveals that she and two college friends committed a crime long ago, and now she wants Olivia to track down her accomplices and convince them to come clean. Feeling betrayed by her father and unsure that she even wants her mother’s tainted money, Olivia must decide if she can handle the secrets of the past. Fulfilling her mother’s request won’t be easy, nor will mending her relationship with her father. But with the help and affections of a handsome young lawyer, and the sweet companionship of her beloved Yorkies, Olivia will come to understand who her mother really was, and who she, herself, was meant to be….]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lost-and-found-a-novel-by-carolyn-parkhurst--65311548https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost And Found: A Novel Author: Carolyn Parkhurst Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: June 13, 2006 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What do a suburban mom, her troubled daughter, divorced brothers, former child stars, born-again Christians, and young millionaires have in common? They have all been selected to compete on Lost and Found, the daring new reality show. In teams of two, they will race across the globe -- from Egypt to England, from Japan to Sweden -- to battle for a million-dollar prize. They must decipher encrypted clues, recover mysterious artifacts, and outwit their opponents to stay in play. Yet what started as a lark turns deadly serious as the number of players is whittled down, temptations beckon, and the bonds between partners strain and unravel. The question now is not only who will capture the final prize, but at what cost.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142990Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost And Found: A Novel Author: Carolyn Parkhurst Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: June 13,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142990 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost And Found: A Novel Author: Carolyn Parkhurst Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 54 minutes Release date: June 13, 2006 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: What do a suburban mom, her troubled daughter, divorced brothers, former child stars, born-again Christians, and young millionaires have in common? They have all been selected to compete on Lost and Found, the daring new reality show. In teams of two, they will race across the globe -- from Egypt to England, from Japan to Sweden -- to battle for a million-dollar prize. They must decipher encrypted clues, recover mysterious artifacts, and outwit their opponents to stay in play. Yet what started as a lark turns deadly serious as the number of players is whittled down, temptations beckon, and the bonds between partners strain and unravel. The question now is not only who will capture the final prize, but at what cost.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/digging-to-america-a-novel-by-anne-tyler--65311631https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Digging to America: A Novel Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 2, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anne Tyler’s richest, most deeply searching novel–a story about what it is to be an American, and about Iranian-born Maryam Yazdan, who, after 35 years in this country, must finally come to terms with her “outsiderness.” Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport – the Donaldsons, a very American couple, and the Yazdans, Maryam’s fully assimilated son and his attractive Iranian wife. Each couple is awaiting the arrival of an adopted infant daughter from Korea. After the instant babies from distant Asia are delivered, Bitsy Donaldson impulsively invites the Yazdans to celebrate: an “arrival party” that from then on is repeated every year as the two families become more and more deeply intertwined. Even Maryam is drawn in – up to a point. When she finds herself being courted by Bitsy Donaldson’s recently widowed father, all the values she cherishes – her traditions, her privacy, her otherness–are suddenly threatened. A luminous novel brimming with subtle, funny, and tender observations that immerse us in the challenges of both sides of the American story.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127315Tue, 02 May 2006 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Digging to America: A Novel Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 2, 2006...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Digging to America: A Novel Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: May 2, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anne Tyler’s richest, most deeply searching novel–a story about what it is to be an American, and about Iranian-born Maryam Yazdan, who, after 35 years in this country, must finally come to terms with her “outsiderness.” Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport – the Donaldsons, a very American couple, and the Yazdans, Maryam’s fully assimilated son and his attractive Iranian wife. Each couple is awaiting the arrival of an adopted infant daughter from Korea. After the instant babies from distant Asia are delivered, Bitsy Donaldson impulsively invites the Yazdans to celebrate: an “arrival party” that from then on is repeated every year as the two families become more and more deeply intertwined. Even Maryam is drawn in – up to a point. When she finds herself being courted by Bitsy Donaldson’s recently widowed father, all the values she cherishes – her traditions, her privacy, her otherness–are suddenly threatened. A luminous novel brimming with subtle, funny, and tender observations that immerse us in the challenges of both sides of the American story.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-girls-a-novel-by-lori-lansens--65311589https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls: A Novel Author: Lori Lansens Narrator: Stephanie Zimbalist, Lolita Davidovich Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 2, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as 'the girls.' They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. But the Darlens are special. Now nearing their 30th birthday, they are history's oldest craniopagus twins, joined at the head by as pot the size of a bread plate. When Rose, the bookish sister, sets out to write her autobiography, it inevitably becomes the story of her short but extraordinary life with Ruby, the beautiful one. From their awkward first steps -- Ruby's arm curled around Rose's neck, her foreshortened legs wrapped around Rose's hips -- to the friendships they gradually build for themselves in the small town of Leaford, this is the profoundly affecting chronicle of an incomparable life journey. As Rose and Ruby's story builds to an unforgettable conclusion, Lansens aims at the heart of human experience -- the hardship of loss and struggles for independence, and the fundamental joy of simply living a life. This is a breathtaking novel, one that no reader will soon forget, a heartrending story of love between sisters.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142988Tue, 02 May 2006 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls: A Novel Author: Lori Lansens Narrator: Stephanie Zimbalist, Lolita Davidovich Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/142988 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Girls: A Novel Author: Lori Lansens Narrator: Stephanie Zimbalist, Lolita Davidovich Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 5 minutes Release date: May 2, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as 'the girls.' They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. But the Darlens are special. Now nearing their 30th birthday, they are history's oldest craniopagus twins, joined at the head by as pot the size of a bread plate. When Rose, the bookish sister, sets out to write her autobiography, it inevitably becomes the story of her short but extraordinary life with Ruby, the beautiful one. From their awkward first steps -- Ruby's arm curled around Rose's neck, her foreshortened legs wrapped around Rose's hips -- to the friendships they gradually build for themselves in the small town of Leaford, this is the profoundly affecting chronicle of an incomparable life journey. As Rose and Ruby's story builds to an unforgettable conclusion, Lansens aims at the heart of human experience -- the hardship of loss and struggles for independence, and the fundamental joy of simply living a life. This is a breathtaking novel, one that no reader will soon forget, a heartrending story of love between sisters.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elements-of-style-a-novel-by-wendy-wasserstein--65311558https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elements of Style: A Novel Author: Wendy Wasserstein Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: April 18, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author of the essay collection Shiksa Goddess (“Utterly delicious”—Judith Thurman), a dazzling debut novel, a comedy about New York’s urban gentry living in a post-9/11 world—the arbiters of fashion and the doyennes of charity balls; about the rich and the nouveau rich(er), the glamorous and the desperate to be. We meet Francesca Weissman, the Upper East Side pediatrician rated number one by Manhattan magazine, who takes us into the upper strata of privilege and aspiration (she’s originally from Queens with a father in hosiery; life on the fringes of glittering New York is fine with her) . . . Samantha Acton, thoroughbred descendant of the Van Rensselaers and the Carnegies, who defines the social order in the great tradition of Mrs. Astor and Babe Paley . . . Judy Tremont from Modesto, California, daughter of a cop—her life’s work, her obsession, is New York society and its richest families . . . Barry Santorini, Republican, moviemaker, winner of twelve Oscars, and his wife, the Italian supermarket heiress and former media rep for Giorgio Armani . . . and many more. As Elements of Style opens out, we see a madcap mosaic of the social lives and mores of twenty-first century Manhattan—of romance, work, family, and friendship. Satiric, fierce, touching—and deliciously Wasserstein. “Pure Wendy! She effortlessly makes the leap from stage to page with a novel that is loving, compassionate, flat-out funny. Wendy loved the word ‘scintillating,’ which is the best way to describe her stunning Elements of Style.” —John Guare “Wasserstein gets the trappings and tribulations (of friendship and of romance) right, making her depiction of the rich and fab trying to connect with one another witty and entertaining.” —Publishers Weekly “Bold, nimble, and funny to its fingertips, Elements of Style is a delight, a triumph. A book that no self-respecting New Yorker should be without. Those cursed with the hell of multiple residences will self-evidently need several copies—and spares, for houseguests.” —Flora Fraser]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123035Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elements of Style: A Novel Author: Wendy Wasserstein Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: April...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123035 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Elements of Style: A Novel Author: Wendy Wasserstein Narrator: Kathe Mazur Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 58 minutes Release date: April 18, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author of the essay collection Shiksa Goddess (“Utterly delicious”—Judith Thurman), a dazzling debut novel, a comedy about New York’s urban gentry living in a post-9/11 world—the arbiters of fashion and the doyennes of charity balls; about the rich and the nouveau rich(er), the glamorous and the desperate to be. We meet Francesca Weissman, the Upper East Side pediatrician rated number one by Manhattan magazine, who takes us into the upper strata of privilege and aspiration (she’s originally from Queens with a father in hosiery; life on the fringes of glittering New York is fine with her) . . . Samantha Acton, thoroughbred descendant of the Van Rensselaers and the Carnegies, who defines the social order in the great tradition of Mrs. Astor and Babe Paley . . . Judy Tremont from Modesto, California, daughter of a cop—her life’s work, her obsession, is New York society and its richest families . . . Barry Santorini, Republican, moviemaker, winner of twelve Oscars, and his wife, the Italian supermarket heiress and former media rep for Giorgio Armani . . . and many more. As Elements of Style opens out, we see a madcap mosaic of the social lives and mores of twenty-first century Manhattan—of romance, work, family, and friendship. Satiric, fierce, touching—and deliciously Wasserstein. “Pure Wendy! She effortlessly makes the leap from stage to page with a novel that is loving, compassionate, flat-out funny. Wendy loved the word ‘scintillating,’ which is the best way to describe her stunning Elements of Style.” —John Guare “Wasserstein gets the trappings and tribulations (of friendship and of romance) right, making her depiction of the rich and fab trying to connect with one another witty and entertaining.” —Publishers Weekly “Bold, nimble, and funny to its fingertips, Elements of Style is a delight, a triumph. A book that no self-respecting New Yorker should be without. Those cursed with the hell of multiple residences will self-evidently need several copies—and spares, for houseguests.” —Flora Fraser]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-more-river-by-john-galsworthy--65311583https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One More River Series: #9 of The Forsyte Saga Author: John Galsworthy Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In John Galsworthy’s last written novel, the conclusion of the final trilogy in his epic Forsyte Chronicles, Dinny Charwell is recovering steadily from her disastrous late love affair while now it is her sister, Clare, who is in trouble. After just eighteen months of marriage, Clare has fled from her highly esteemed but sadistic husband, Gerald, in Ceylon and boarded a ship back to England. On the boat, she meets a charming but penniless expatriate named Tony Croom, who falls madly in love with her. They develop a close but platonic relationship, unaware that Clare’s husband has set detectives on her. When Clare refuses to return to her husband, he accuses her of adultery with Tony in a highly public divorce court. Though Clare wants nothing more than to divorce Gerald, she must fight the false accusation to defend her family’s honor.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136621Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One More River Series: #9 of The Forsyte Saga Author: John Galsworthy Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/136621 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One More River Series: #9 of The Forsyte Saga Author: John Galsworthy Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In John Galsworthy’s last written novel, the conclusion of the final trilogy in his epic Forsyte Chronicles, Dinny Charwell is recovering steadily from her disastrous late love affair while now it is her sister, Clare, who is in trouble. After just eighteen months of marriage, Clare has fled from her highly esteemed but sadistic husband, Gerald, in Ceylon and boarded a ship back to England. On the boat, she meets a charming but penniless expatriate named Tony Croom, who falls madly in love with her. They develop a close but platonic relationship, unaware that Clare’s husband has set detectives on her. When Clare refuses to return to her husband, he accuses her of adultery with Tony in a highly public divorce court. Though Clare wants nothing more than to divorce Gerald, she must fight the false accusation to defend her family’s honor.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-migrant-by-nicholas-sheridan-stanton--65311580https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/137875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Migrant Author: Nicholas Sheridan Stanton Narrator: Richard Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Family: the word is both sweet and bitter. We all have one; it is our common denominator. We’re all linked by birth to at least two others, and we spend our lives running to and running from these connections. From one coast to the other and to the far side of the globe, three diverse characters follow paths that will mysteriously connect: Tina Lopez, endowed with a special gift from God, who learns at a young age how sharing one’s gifts can expand the meaning of family; Ethan Kelly, a young Irish-American priest-in-training, who will journey far to discover what he has always known; and K.C. Littleton, who will prove that old adage, “Be careful what you wish for.” All will discover a new appreciation for faith, forgiveness, and family.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/137875Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/137875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Migrant Author: Nicholas Sheridan Stanton Narrator: Richard Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 17 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/137875 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Migrant Author: Nicholas Sheridan Stanton Narrator: Richard Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 17 minutes Release date: January 1, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Family: the word is both sweet and bitter. We all have one; it is our common denominator. We’re all linked by birth to at least two others, and we spend our lives running to and running from these connections. From one coast to the other and to the far side of the globe, three diverse characters follow paths that will mysteriously connect: Tina Lopez, endowed with a special gift from God, who learns at a young age how sharing one’s gifts can expand the meaning of family; Ethan Kelly, a young Irish-American priest-in-training, who will journey far to discover what he has always known; and K.C. Littleton, who will prove that old adage, “Be careful what you wish for.” All will discover a new appreciation for faith, forgiveness, and family.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dream-country-a-novel-by-luanne-rice--65311551https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dream Country: A Novel Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 25, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestseller Luanne Rice draws us into a splintered family’s search for hope It was just an argument, one of hundreds Daisy Tucker must have had with her teenage daughter, Sage, over the years. But this one had ended differently, with Sage gone from their Connecticut home the next morning, leaving behind only a brief note: “I have to go.” Daisy tried not to overreact, tried to remind herself this was different from what had happened thirteen years earlier to Sage’s twin brother, Jake. This was different from a three-year-old boy disappearing in the canyons of Wyoming, never to be found. Sage was sixteen and resourceful. She would be found. Years ago Daisy had traveled to Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains in search of inspiration for her art and had found a man with the wilderness inside him. James Tucker was a rancher, bound to the wild land he loved, and together he and Daisy created a small paradise for their family—until the day their little boy vanished without a trace. Now, as their daughter makes a dangerous cross-country pilgrimage to the father she longs for, Daisy will return to the place that took everything she had…. Filled with a wild and unpredictable beauty, Dream Country is a novel you’ll never want to end—even as you can’t wait to finish it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143881Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dream Country: A Novel Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: November...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dream Country: A Novel Author: Luanne Rice Narrator: Laural Merlington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 25, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestseller Luanne Rice draws us into a splintered family’s search for hope It was just an argument, one of hundreds Daisy Tucker must have had with her teenage daughter, Sage, over the years. But this one had ended differently, with Sage gone from their Connecticut home the next morning, leaving behind only a brief note: “I have to go.” Daisy tried not to overreact, tried to remind herself this was different from what had happened thirteen years earlier to Sage’s twin brother, Jake. This was different from a three-year-old boy disappearing in the canyons of Wyoming, never to be found. Sage was sixteen and resourceful. She would be found. Years ago Daisy had traveled to Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains in search of inspiration for her art and had found a man with the wilderness inside him. James Tucker was a rancher, bound to the wild land he loved, and together he and Daisy created a small paradise for their family—until the day their little boy vanished without a trace. Now, as their daughter makes a dangerous cross-country pilgrimage to the father she longs for, Daisy will return to the place that took everything she had…. Filled with a wild and unpredictable beauty, Dream Country is a novel you’ll never want to end—even as you can’t wait to finish it.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cane-river-by-lalita-tademy--65311573https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143452 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cane River Author: Lalita Tademy Narrator: Jomarie Payton, Edwina Moore, Shari Belafonte Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: November 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller and Oprah's Book Club Pick-the unique and deeply moving saga of four generations of African-American women whose journey from slavery to freedom begins on a Creole plantation in Louisiana. Beginning with her great-great-great-great grandmother, a slave owned by a Creole family, Lalita Tademy chronicles four generations of strong, determined black women as they battle injustice to unite their family and forge success on their own terms. They are women whose lives begin in slavery, who weather the Civil War, and who grapple with contradictions of emancipation, Jim Crow, and the pre-Civil Rights South. As she peels back layers of racial and cultural attitudes, Tademy paints a remarkable picture of rural Louisiana and the resilient spirit of one unforgettable family. There is Elisabeth, who bears both a proud legacy and the yoke of bondage... her youngest daughter, Suzette, who is the first to discover the promise-and heartbreak-of freedom... Suzette's strong-willed daughter Philomene, who uses a determination born of tragedy to reunite her family and gain unheard-of economic independence... and Emily, Philomene's spirited daughter, who fights to secure her children's just due and preserve their dignity and future. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Cane River presents a slice of American history never before seen in such piercing and personal detail.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143452Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143452 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cane River Author: Lalita Tademy Narrator: Jomarie Payton, Edwina Moore, Shari Belafonte Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143452 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cane River Author: Lalita Tademy Narrator: Jomarie Payton, Edwina Moore, Shari Belafonte Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: November 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A New York Times bestseller and Oprah's Book Club Pick-the unique and deeply moving saga of four generations of African-American women whose journey from slavery to freedom begins on a Creole plantation in Louisiana. Beginning with her great-great-great-great grandmother, a slave owned by a Creole family, Lalita Tademy chronicles four generations of strong, determined black women as they battle injustice to unite their family and forge success on their own terms. They are women whose lives begin in slavery, who weather the Civil War, and who grapple with contradictions of emancipation, Jim Crow, and the pre-Civil Rights South. As she peels back layers of racial and cultural attitudes, Tademy paints a remarkable picture of rural Louisiana and the resilient spirit of one unforgettable family. There is Elisabeth, who bears both a proud legacy and the yoke of bondage... her youngest daughter, Suzette, who is the first to discover the promise-and heartbreak-of freedom... Suzette's strong-willed daughter Philomene, who uses a determination born of tragedy to reunite her family and gain unheard-of economic independence... and Emily, Philomene's spirited daughter, who fights to secure her children's just due and preserve their dignity and future. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Cane River presents a slice of American history never before seen in such piercing and personal detail.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-bend-in-the-road-by-nicholas-sparks--65311571https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143450 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bend in the Road Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 153 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fall in love with this small-town love story about a widower sheriff and a divorced schoolteacher who are searching for second chances -- only to be threatened by long-held secrets of the past.Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown driver to justice. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews, Jonah's second-grade teacher. A young woman recovering from a difficult divorce, Sarah moved to New Bern hoping to start over. Tentatively, Miles and Sarah reach out to each other...soon they are falling in love. But what neither realizes is that they are also bound together by a shocking secret, one that will force them to reexamine everything they believe in-including their love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143450Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143450 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bend in the Road Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 1,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143450 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Bend in the Road Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: L.J. Ganser Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.83 of Total 153 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Fall in love with this small-town love story about a widower sheriff and a divorced schoolteacher who are searching for second chances -- only to be threatened by long-held secrets of the past.Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown driver to justice. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews, Jonah's second-grade teacher. A young woman recovering from a difficult divorce, Sarah moved to New Bern hoping to start over. Tentatively, Miles and Sarah reach out to each other...soon they are falling in love. But what neither realizes is that they are also bound together by a shocking secret, one that will force them to reexamine everything they believe in-including their love.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/at-first-sight-by-nicholas-sparks--65311609https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At First Sight Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: David Aaron Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 18, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.84 of Total 142 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this #1 New York Times bestselling follow-up to True Believer, a young couple's love faces the ultimate test when the past disrupts the life and family they've built together. There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he'd never do: he'd never leave New York City; never give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage; and, most of all, never become a parent. Now, Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of this young couple's marriage. Dramatic, heartbreaking and surprising, this is a story about the love between a man and a woman and between a parent and a child. More than that, it is a story that beautifully portrays how the same emotion that can break your heart is also the one that will ultimately heal it. While the novel picks up the tale of Lexie Darnell and Jeremy Marsh that started in True Believer and will delight fans of that novel, it stands on its own as one of Nicholas Sparks's most deeply moving love stories.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143315Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At First Sight Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: David Aaron Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 18,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/143315 to listen full audiobooks. Title: At First Sight Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: David Aaron Baker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: October 18, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.84 of Total 142 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this #1 New York Times bestselling follow-up to True Believer, a young couple's love faces the ultimate test when the past disrupts the life and family they've built together. There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he'd never do: he'd never leave New York City; never give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage; and, most of all, never become a parent. Now, Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of this young couple's marriage. Dramatic, heartbreaking and surprising, this is a story about the love between a man and a woman and between a parent and a child. More than that, it is a story that beautifully portrays how the same emotion that can break your heart is also the one that will ultimately heal it. While the novel picks up the tale of Lexie Darnell and Jeremy Marsh that started in True Believer and will delight fans of that novel, it stands on its own as one of Nicholas Sparks's most deeply moving love stories.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-guardian-booktrack-edition-by-nicholas-sparks--65311654https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Guardian: Booktrack Edition Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: Isabel Keating Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 88 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 17 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Guardian: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! Julie Barenson's young husband left her two unexpected gifts before he died -- a Great Dane puppy named Singer and the promise that he would always be watching over her. Now four years have passed. Still living in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, twenty-nine-year-old Julie is emotionally ready to make a commitment to someone again. But who? Should it be Richard Franklin, the handsome, sophisticated engineer who treats her like a queen? Or Mike Harris, the down-to-earth nice guy who was her husband's best friend? Choosing one of them should bring her more happiness than she's had in years. Instead, Julie is soon fighting for her life in a nightmare spawned by a chilling deception and jealousy so poisonous that it has become a murderous desire . . . Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration so that listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119912Mon, 01 Aug 2005 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Guardian: Booktrack Edition Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: Isabel Keating Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/119912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Guardian: Booktrack Edition Author: Nicholas Sparks Narrator: Isabel Keating Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: August 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.51 of Total 88 Ratings of Narrator: 4.88 of Total 17 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Guardian: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! Julie Barenson's young husband left her two unexpected gifts before he died -- a Great Dane puppy named Singer and the promise that he would always be watching over her. Now four years have passed. Still living in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, twenty-nine-year-old Julie is emotionally ready to make a commitment to someone again. But who? Should it be Richard Franklin, the handsome, sophisticated engineer who treats her like a queen? Or Mike Harris, the down-to-earth nice guy who was her husband's best friend? Choosing one of them should bring her more happiness than she's had in years. Instead, Julie is soon fighting for her life in a nightmare spawned by a chilling deception and jealousy so poisonous that it has become a murderous desire . . . Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration so that listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/72-hour-hold-by-bebe-moore-campbell--65311647https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123030 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 72 Hour Hold Author: Bebe Moore Campbell Narrator: Pamella D'Pella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 26, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this novel of family and redemption, a mother struggles to save her eighteen-year-old daughter from the devastating consequences of mental illness by forcing her to deal with her bipolar disorder. New York Times best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell draws on her own powerful emotions and African-American roots, showcasing her best writing yet. Trina suffers from bipolar disorder, making her paranoid, wild, and violent. Watching her child turn into a bizarre stranger, Keri searches for assistance through normal channels. She quickly learns that a seventy-two hour hold is the only help you can get when an adult child starts to spiral out of control. After three days, Trina can sign herself out of any program. Fed up with the bureaucracy of the mental health community and determined to save her daughter by any means necessary, Keri signs on for an illegal intervention. The Program is a group of radicals who eschew the psychiatric system and model themselves after the Underground Railroad. When Keri puts her daughter’s fate in their hands, she begins a journey that has her calling on the spirit of Harriet Tubman for courage. In the upheaval that follows, she is forced to confront a past that refuses to stay buried, even as she battles to secure a future for her child. Bebe Moore Campbell’s moving story is for anyone who has ever faced insurmountable obstacles and prayed for a happy ending, only to discover she’d have to reach deep within herself to fight for it.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123030Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123030 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 72 Hour Hold Author: Bebe Moore Campbell Narrator: Pamella D'Pella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 26, 2005...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123030 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 72 Hour Hold Author: Bebe Moore Campbell Narrator: Pamella D'Pella Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 26, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this novel of family and redemption, a mother struggles to save her eighteen-year-old daughter from the devastating consequences of mental illness by forcing her to deal with her bipolar disorder. New York Times best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell draws on her own powerful emotions and African-American roots, showcasing her best writing yet. Trina suffers from bipolar disorder, making her paranoid, wild, and violent. Watching her child turn into a bizarre stranger, Keri searches for assistance through normal channels. She quickly learns that a seventy-two hour hold is the only help you can get when an adult child starts to spiral out of control. After three days, Trina can sign herself out of any program. Fed up with the bureaucracy of the mental health community and determined to save her daughter by any means necessary, Keri signs on for an illegal intervention. The Program is a group of radicals who eschew the psychiatric system and model themselves after the Underground Railroad. When Keri puts her daughter’s fate in their hands, she begins a journey that has her calling on the spirit of Harriet Tubman for courage. In the upheaval that follows, she is forced to confront a past that refuses to stay buried, even as she battles to secure a future for her child. Bebe Moore Campbell’s moving story is for anyone who has ever faced insurmountable obstacles and prayed for a happy ending, only to discover she’d have to reach deep within herself to fight for it.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pasadena-a-novel-by-david-ebershoff--65311582https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pasadena: A Novel Author: David Ebershoff Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 24, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This sweeping, richly imagined novel charts the rapid transformation of Southern California from frontier to suburb during the first half of the twentieth century. At the story's center is Linda Stamp, a fisher girl born in 1903 on a coastal farm in San Diego's North County, and the three men who upend her life and vie for her affection: her pragmatic farming brother, Edmund; Captain Willis Poore, a Pasadena rancher with a heroic military past; and Bruder, the mysterious young man Linda's father brings home from World War I. Through the darkly handsome Bruder, Linda glimpses love and a world beyond her own. She follows him to the seemingly greener pastures of Pasadena, where he is the foreman of a flourishing orange ranch, the homestead and inheritance of the charming bachelor Willis Poore.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141801Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pasadena: A Novel Author: David Ebershoff Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 24, 2005...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/141801 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Pasadena: A Novel Author: David Ebershoff Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 18 minutes Release date: June 24, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.4 of Total 5 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This sweeping, richly imagined novel charts the rapid transformation of Southern California from frontier to suburb during the first half of the twentieth century. At the story's center is Linda Stamp, a fisher girl born in 1903 on a coastal farm in San Diego's North County, and the three men who upend her life and vie for her affection: her pragmatic farming brother, Edmund; Captain Willis Poore, a Pasadena rancher with a heroic military past; and Bruder, the mysterious young man Linda's father brings home from World War I. Through the darkly handsome Bruder, Linda glimpses love and a world beyond her own. She follows him to the seemingly greener pastures of Pasadena, where he is the foreman of a flourishing orange ranch, the homestead and inheritance of the charming bachelor Willis Poore.]]>185cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/impossible-by-danielle-steel--65311627https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Impossible Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: David Garrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.81 of Total 48 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When a high-powered gallery owner collides with a wildly offbeat artist, it’s the perfect recipe for disaster. But in her 63rd bestselling novel, Danielle Steel proves that when two hopelessly mismatched people share a love for art, a passion for each other, and a city like Paris, nothing is truly impossible…or is it? Everything Sasha does is within the boundaries of tradition. Liam is sockless in December. Sasha is widowed, a woman who knows she was lucky enough to be married to the most wonderful man in the world and thankful for every moment they had. Liam is half in and half out of a marriage that only a “wacky” artist could manage, and that his own impossibly impulsive behavior has helped tear apart. But while Sasha has been methodically building her father’s Parisian art gallery into an intercontinental success story, Liam has been growing into one of the most original and striking young painters of his time. So while the two are utterly unalike–and a nine-year age difference stares them squarely in the face–the miracle of art brings them crashing together. Now the question is, can Sasha guard her reputation while juggling a secret, somewhat scandalous relationship? And how can Liam, who lives for the moment, put up with a woman who insists on having things her own way, in her own style, and at her own time? For Sasha, it’s a matter of keeping Liam hidden from her grown children and well-heeled clientele as she commutes between New York and Paris and two thriving galleries. For Liam, it’s about creating chaos out of order, bringing out the wild streak that Sasha barely knows she has, of choosing pizza over foie gras, and making love when others are busy making money. That is, until a family tragedy suddenly alters Liam’s life–and forces a choice and a sacrifice that neither one of them could have expected. But from the snow falling on the Tuileries to the joy of eating ice cream by candlelight, the artist and the art dealer have tasted perfection. And giving up now might just be the most impossible thing of all. With unerring insight into the hearts of men and women– and into the soul of the artist –Danielle Steel takes us into a world of glamour and genius, priceless art and dazzling creativity. From the luxurious galleries of Europe to the endless beaches of the Hamptons, ImPossible weaves an extraordinary tale of love and compromise, of taking chances and counting blessings. With brilliant color and breathtaking emotion, Danielle Steel has written her most compelling novel to date.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122613Tue, 01 Mar 2005 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Impossible Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: David Garrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 1, 2005...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122613 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Impossible Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: David Garrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: March 1, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.81 of Total 48 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When a high-powered gallery owner collides with a wildly offbeat artist, it’s the perfect recipe for disaster. But in her 63rd bestselling novel, Danielle Steel proves that when two hopelessly mismatched people share a love for art, a passion for each other, and a city like Paris, nothing is truly impossible…or is it? Everything Sasha does is within the boundaries of tradition. Liam is sockless in December. Sasha is widowed, a woman who knows she was lucky enough to be married to the most wonderful man in the world and thankful for every moment they had. Liam is half in and half out of a marriage that only a “wacky” artist could manage, and that his own impossibly impulsive behavior has helped tear apart. But while Sasha has been methodically building her father’s Parisian art gallery into an intercontinental success story, Liam has been growing into one of the most original and striking young painters of his time. So while the two are utterly unalike–and a nine-year age difference stares them squarely in the face–the miracle of art brings them crashing together. Now the question is, can Sasha guard her reputation while juggling a secret, somewhat scandalous relationship? And how can Liam, who lives for the moment, put up with a woman who insists on having things her own way, in her own style, and at her own time? For Sasha, it’s a matter of keeping Liam hidden from her grown children and well-heeled clientele as she commutes between New York and Paris and two thriving galleries. For Liam, it’s about creating chaos out of order, bringing out the wild streak that Sasha barely knows she has, of choosing pizza over foie gras, and making love when others are busy making money. That is, until a family tragedy suddenly alters Liam’s life–and forces a choice and a sacrifice that neither one of them could have expected. But from the snow falling on the Tuileries to the joy of eating ice cream by candlelight, the artist and the art dealer have tasted perfection. And giving up now might just be the most impossible thing of all. With unerring insight into the hearts of men and women– and into the soul of the artist –Danielle Steel takes us into a world of glamour and genius, priceless art and dazzling creativity. From the luxurious galleries of Europe to the endless beaches of the Hamptons, ImPossible weaves an extraordinary tale of love and compromise, of taking chances and counting blessings. With brilliant color and breathtaking emotion, Danielle Steel has written her most compelling novel to date.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ranch-by-danielle-steel--65311603https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ranch Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 28, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her 39th best-selling novel, Danielle Steel brings to life the story of three women, old roommates from college, who come together after twenty years, one summer at The Ranch. They had been inseparable in college, Mary Stuart, Tanya, and Zoe. But in the more than twenty years that followed, the three had moved on with their lives, settled in different cities, and found successful careers and new roles as mothers and wives. By chance, each would find herself alone for a few weeks one summer, wrestling with the present and the past. At a sprawling ranch in the foothills of Wyoming's Grand Teton Range, the three women come together and find courage, healing, and truth, and reach out to each other once again. Despite the honesty they once shared, now pretense between them runs high. Mary Stuart Walker, married for twenty-two years to a Manhattan lawyer, kept herself busy with volunteer work, and now masks the loneliness that consumes her life. A year has past, and Mary Stuart still hasn't gotten over the guilt, or the fear that her husband will never forgive her for their son's death... Tanya Thomas, an award winning singer and rock star, enjoys all the trappings of fame and success--a mansion in Bel Air, legions of fans, and a broken heart. All the Grammy awards in the world can't make up for the children she wanted but never had, the men who have taken advantage of her, and just gone along for the ride, and still are... Dr. Zoe Phillips has her hands full as a single mother to an adopted two-year-old, and as a doctor at an AIDS clinic in San Francisco. Predictably, as they all know, she is as liberal as she ever was, and marriage was never a dream she coveted or shared with them. Tending to her patients is a full-time job that leaves Zoe little time for herself--until unexpected news forces her to reevaluate both her future, and her current life. But despite the changes in their lives, their friendship is still a bond they all treasure and share. For each of the women, a few weeks at the ranch will bring healing and release, as old hurts are buried, ancient secrets revealed, and love replaced or renewed. In The Ranch, bestselling novelist Danielle Steel brings reality to the meaning of friendship, with dramas whose truths we all share.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122514Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ranch Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 28, 2004 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122514 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ranch Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: September 28, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her 39th best-selling novel, Danielle Steel brings to life the story of three women, old roommates from college, who come together after twenty years, one summer at The Ranch. They had been inseparable in college, Mary Stuart, Tanya, and Zoe. But in the more than twenty years that followed, the three had moved on with their lives, settled in different cities, and found successful careers and new roles as mothers and wives. By chance, each would find herself alone for a few weeks one summer, wrestling with the present and the past. At a sprawling ranch in the foothills of Wyoming's Grand Teton Range, the three women come together and find courage, healing, and truth, and reach out to each other once again. Despite the honesty they once shared, now pretense between them runs high. Mary Stuart Walker, married for twenty-two years to a Manhattan lawyer, kept herself busy with volunteer work, and now masks the loneliness that consumes her life. A year has past, and Mary Stuart still hasn't gotten over the guilt, or the fear that her husband will never forgive her for their son's death... Tanya Thomas, an award winning singer and rock star, enjoys all the trappings of fame and success--a mansion in Bel Air, legions of fans, and a broken heart. All the Grammy awards in the world can't make up for the children she wanted but never had, the men who have taken advantage of her, and just gone along for the ride, and still are... Dr. Zoe Phillips has her hands full as a single mother to an adopted two-year-old, and as a doctor at an AIDS clinic in San Francisco. Predictably, as they all know, she is as liberal as she ever was, and marriage was never a dream she coveted or shared with them. Tending to her patients is a full-time job that leaves Zoe little time for herself--until unexpected news forces her to reevaluate both her future, and her current life. But despite the changes in their lives, their friendship is still a bond they all treasure and share. For each of the women, a few weeks at the ranch will bring healing and release, as old hurts are buried, ancient secrets revealed, and love replaced or renewed. In The Ranch, bestselling novelist Danielle Steel brings reality to the meaning of friendship, with dramas whose truths we all share.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/danielle-steel-value-collection-fine-things-jewels-vanished-by-danielle-steel--65311652https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Danielle Steel Value Collection: Fine Things, Jewels, Vanished Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas, Tim Curry, Boyd Gaines Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 6, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 67 Ratings of Narrator: 3.83 of Total 12 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This collection of three titles from one of America's bestselling authors is available at a special value price. Fine Things Bernie Fine had everything, even what he wanted most, a family. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes and he has to rebuild his life, care for his children and cope with his own loss until he gathers the strength to find a new beginning. Set against the backdrop of war, passion and international intrigue, Jewels is the story of a great house of gems, a rare family and an extraordinary marriage. Vanished tells the story of a man and woman faced with an almost unthinkable tragedy-the mysterious abduction of their young son.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122608Tue, 06 Jul 2004 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Danielle Steel Value Collection: Fine Things, Jewels, Vanished Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas, Tim Curry, Boyd Gaines Format: Abridged...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122608 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Danielle Steel Value Collection: Fine Things, Jewels, Vanished Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas, Tim Curry, Boyd Gaines Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 6, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.06 of Total 67 Ratings of Narrator: 3.83 of Total 12 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This collection of three titles from one of America's bestselling authors is available at a special value price. Fine Things Bernie Fine had everything, even what he wanted most, a family. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes and he has to rebuild his life, care for his children and cope with his own loss until he gathers the strength to find a new beginning. Set against the backdrop of war, passion and international intrigue, Jewels is the story of a great house of gems, a rare family and an extraordinary marriage. Vanished tells the story of a man and woman faced with an almost unthinkable tragedy-the mysterious abduction of their young son.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-amateur-marriage-a-novel-by-anne-tyler--65311632https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amateur Marriage: A Novel Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 6, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations. They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother’s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married. Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable. 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 fully into the complex entanglements of family life in this wise, embracing, and deeply perceptive novel.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127312Tue, 06 Jan 2004 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amateur Marriage: A Novel Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: January...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/127312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Amateur Marriage: A Novel Author: Anne Tyler Narrator: Blair Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: January 6, 2004 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations. They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother’s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married. Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable. 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 fully into the complex entanglements of family life in this wise, embracing, and deeply perceptive novel.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-touch-a-novel-by-colleen-mccullough--65311614https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Touch: A Novel Author: Colleen McCullough Narrator: Jenny Sterlin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 25, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Not since The Thorn Birds has Colleen McCullough written a novel of such broad appeal about a family and the Australian experience as The Touch. At its center is Alexander Kinross, remembered as a young man in his native Scotland only as a shiftless boilermaker’s apprentice and a godless rebel. But when, years later, he writes from Australia to summon his bride, his Scottish relatives quickly realize that he has made a fortune in the goldfields and is now a man to be reckoned with. Arriving in Sydney after a difficult voyage, the sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Drummond meets her husband-to-be and discovers to her dismay that he frightens and repels her. Offered no choice, she marries him and is whisked at once across a wild, uninhabited countryside to Alexander's own town, named Kinross after himself. In the crags above it lies the world’s richest gold mine. Isolated in Alexander's great house, with no company save Chinese servants, Elizabeth finds that the intimacies of marriage do not prompt her husband to enlighten her about his past life—or even his present one. She has no idea that he still has a mistress, the sensual, tough, outspoken Ruby Costevan, whom Alexander has established in his town, nor that he has also made Ruby a partner in his company, rapidly expanding its interests far beyond gold. Ruby has a son, Lee, whose father is the head of the beleaguered Chinese community; the boy becomes dear to Alexander, who fosters his education as a gentleman. Captured by the very different natures of Elizabeth and Ruby, Alexander resolves to have both of them. Why should he not? He has the fabled ”Midas Touch”—a combination of curiosity, boldness, and intelligence that he applies to every situation, and which fails him only when it comes to these two women. Although Ruby loves Alexander desperately, Elizabeth does not. Elizabeth bears him two daughters: the brilliant Nell, so much like her father; and the beautiful, haunting Anna, who is to present her father with a torment out of which for once he cannot buy his way. Thwarted in his desire for a son, Alexander turns to Ruby’s boy as a possible heir to his empire, unaware that by keeping Lee with him, he is courting disaster. The stories of the lives of Alexander, Elizabeth, and Ruby are intermingled with those of a rich cast of characters, and, after many twists and turns, come to a stunning and shocking climax. Like The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough’s new novel is at once a love story and a family saga, replete with tragedy, pathos, history, and passion. As few other novelists can, she conveys a sense of place: the desperate need of her characters, men and women, rootless in a strange land, to create new beginnings.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128312Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Touch: A Novel Author: Colleen McCullough Narrator: Jenny Sterlin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 25,...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/128312 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Touch: A Novel Author: Colleen McCullough Narrator: Jenny Sterlin Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: November 25, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Not since The Thorn Birds has Colleen McCullough written a novel of such broad appeal about a family and the Australian experience as The Touch. At its center is Alexander Kinross, remembered as a young man in his native Scotland only as a shiftless boilermaker’s apprentice and a godless rebel. But when, years later, he writes from Australia to summon his bride, his Scottish relatives quickly realize that he has made a fortune in the goldfields and is now a man to be reckoned with. Arriving in Sydney after a difficult voyage, the sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Drummond meets her husband-to-be and discovers to her dismay that he frightens and repels her. Offered no choice, she marries him and is whisked at once across a wild, uninhabited countryside to Alexander's own town, named Kinross after himself. In the crags above it lies the world’s richest gold mine. Isolated in Alexander's great house, with no company save Chinese servants, Elizabeth finds that the intimacies of marriage do not prompt her husband to enlighten her about his past life—or even his present one. She has no idea that he still has a mistress, the sensual, tough, outspoken Ruby Costevan, whom Alexander has established in his town, nor that he has also made Ruby a partner in his company, rapidly expanding its interests far beyond gold. Ruby has a son, Lee, whose father is the head of the beleaguered Chinese community; the boy becomes dear to Alexander, who fosters his education as a gentleman. Captured by the very different natures of Elizabeth and Ruby, Alexander resolves to have both of them. Why should he not? He has the fabled ”Midas Touch”—a combination of curiosity, boldness, and intelligence that he applies to every situation, and which fails him only when it comes to these two women. Although Ruby loves Alexander desperately, Elizabeth does not. Elizabeth bears him two daughters: the brilliant Nell, so much like her father; and the beautiful, haunting Anna, who is to present her father with a torment out of which for once he cannot buy his way. Thwarted in his desire for a son, Alexander turns to Ruby’s boy as a possible heir to his empire, unaware that by keeping Lee with him, he is courting disaster. The stories of the lives of Alexander, Elizabeth, and Ruby are intermingled with those of a rich cast of characters, and, after many twists and turns, come to a stunning and shocking climax. Like The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough’s new novel is at once a love story and a family saga, replete with tragedy, pathos, history, and passion. As few other novelists can, she conveys a sense of place: the desperate need of her characters, men and women, rootless in a strange land, to create new beginnings.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hornet-s-nest-a-novel-of-the-revolutionary-war-by-jimmy-carter--65311538https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War Author: Jimmy Carter Narrator: Edward Herrmann Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 11, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The first work of fiction by a President of the United States—a sweeping novel of the American South and the War of Independence. In his ambitious and deeply rewarding novel, Jimmy Carter brings to life the Revolutionary War as it was fought in the Deep South; it is a saga that will change the way we think about the conflict. He reminds us that much of the fight for independence took place in that region and that it was a struggle of both great and small battles and of terrible brutality, with neighbor turned against neighbor, the Indians’ support sought by both sides, and no quarter asked or given. The Hornet’s Nest follows a cast of characters and their loved ones on both sides of this violent conflict—including some who are based on the author’s ancestors. At the heart of the story is Ethan Pratt, who in 1766 moves with his wife, Epsey, from Philadelphia to North Carolina and then to Georgia in 1771, in the company of Quakers. On their homesteads in Georgia, Ethan and his wife form a friendship with neighbors Kindred Morris and his wife, Mavis. Through Kindred and his young Indian friend Newota, Ethan learns about the frontier and the Native American tribes who are being continually pressed farther inland by settlers. As the eight-year war develops, Ethan and Kindred find themselves in life-and-death combat with opposing forces. With its moving love story, vivid action, and the suspense of a war fought with increasing ferocity and stealth, The Hornet’s Nest is historical fiction at its best, in the tradition of such major classics as The Last of the Mohicans.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132977Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War Author: Jimmy Carter Narrator: Edward Herrmann Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/132977 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War Author: Jimmy Carter Narrator: Edward Herrmann Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: November 11, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The first work of fiction by a President of the United States—a sweeping novel of the American South and the War of Independence. In his ambitious and deeply rewarding novel, Jimmy Carter brings to life the Revolutionary War as it was fought in the Deep South; it is a saga that will change the way we think about the conflict. He reminds us that much of the fight for independence took place in that region and that it was a struggle of both great and small battles and of terrible brutality, with neighbor turned against neighbor, the Indians’ support sought by both sides, and no quarter asked or given. The Hornet’s Nest follows a cast of characters and their loved ones on both sides of this violent conflict—including some who are based on the author’s ancestors. At the heart of the story is Ethan Pratt, who in 1766 moves with his wife, Epsey, from Philadelphia to North Carolina and then to Georgia in 1771, in the company of Quakers. On their homesteads in Georgia, Ethan and his wife form a friendship with neighbors Kindred Morris and his wife, Mavis. Through Kindred and his young Indian friend Newota, Ethan learns about the frontier and the Native American tribes who are being continually pressed farther inland by settlers. As the eight-year war develops, Ethan and Kindred find themselves in life-and-death combat with opposing forces. With its moving love story, vivid action, and the suspense of a war fought with increasing ferocity and stealth, The Hornet’s Nest is historical fiction at its best, in the tradition of such major classics as The Last of the Mohicans.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-namesake-by-jhumpa-lahiri--65311657https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Namesake Author: Jhumpa Lahiri Narrator: Sarita Choudhury Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 16, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 83 Ratings of Narrator: 4.28 of Total 18 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Namesake follows the Ganguli family through its journey from Calcutta to Cambridge to the Boston suburbs. Ashima and Ashoke Ganguli arrive in America at the end of the 1960s, shortly after their arranged marriage in Calcutta, in order for Ashoke to finish his engineering degree at MIT. Ashoke is forward-thinking, ready to enter into American culture if not fully at least with an open mind. His young bride is far less malleable. Isolated, desperately missing her large family back in India, she will never be at peace with this new world. Soon after they arrive in Cambridge, their first child is born, a boy. According to Indian custom, the child will be given two names: an official name, to be bestowed by the great-grandmother, and a pet name to be used only by family. But the letter from India with the child's official name never arrives, and so the baby's parents decide on a pet name to use for the time being. Ashoke chooses a name that has particular significance for him: on a train trip back in India several years earlier, he had been reading a short story collection by one of his most beloved Russian writers, Nikolai Gogol, when the train derailed in the middle of the night, killing almost all the sleeping passengers onboard. Ashoke had stayed awake to read his Gogol, and he believes the book saved his life. His child will be known, then, as Gogol. Lahiri brings her enormous powers of description to her first novel, infusing scene after scene with profound emotional depth. Condensed and controlled, The Namesake covers three decades and crosses continents, all the while zooming in at very precise moments on telling detail, sensory richness, and fine nuances of character.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122600Tue, 16 Sep 2003 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Namesake Author: Jhumpa Lahiri Narrator: Sarita Choudhury Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 16, 2003...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122600 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Namesake Author: Jhumpa Lahiri Narrator: Sarita Choudhury Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 16, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 83 Ratings of Narrator: 4.28 of Total 18 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The Namesake follows the Ganguli family through its journey from Calcutta to Cambridge to the Boston suburbs. Ashima and Ashoke Ganguli arrive in America at the end of the 1960s, shortly after their arranged marriage in Calcutta, in order for Ashoke to finish his engineering degree at MIT. Ashoke is forward-thinking, ready to enter into American culture if not fully at least with an open mind. His young bride is far less malleable. Isolated, desperately missing her large family back in India, she will never be at peace with this new world. Soon after they arrive in Cambridge, their first child is born, a boy. According to Indian custom, the child will be given two names: an official name, to be bestowed by the great-grandmother, and a pet name to be used only by family. But the letter from India with the child's official name never arrives, and so the baby's parents decide on a pet name to use for the time being. Ashoke chooses a name that has particular significance for him: on a train trip back in India several years earlier, he had been reading a short story collection by one of his most beloved Russian writers, Nikolai Gogol, when the train derailed in the middle of the night, killing almost all the sleeping passengers onboard. Ashoke had stayed awake to read his Gogol, and he believes the book saved his life. His child will be known, then, as Gogol. Lahiri brings her enormous powers of description to her first novel, infusing scene after scene with profound emotional depth. Condensed and controlled, The Namesake covers three decades and crosses continents, all the while zooming in at very precise moments on telling detail, sensory richness, and fine nuances of character.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-sight-of-the-stars-by-belva-plain--65311633https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sight of the Stars Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 3, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain beguiles us once again with a novel that explores the bonds that sustain families—and the lies that can shatter them forever. Sweeping through the pivotal events of twentieth-century America, The Sight of the Stars chronicles four generations of one remarkable family as they journey through years of love, loss, sacrifice, and unimaginable betrayal. Dressed in a brand-new suit, with one hundred and fifty dollars in his pocket, Adam Arnring says good-bye to his family and boards a train for the fabled West. The year is 1907. Adam is nineteen years old, a young man with stars in his eyes who has always dreamed of a future in the great open spaces of America. Now, far from his New Jersey home, he takes the first step toward attaining that dream, landing a job in a small department store in a booming Texas town. Here he meets a woman who excites him beyond all measure. The exquisite, untouchable Emma Rothirsch lives in a world whose doors are firmly closed to him. But Adam is a man willing to take great risks to get what he wants. One is Emma. The other is to build a lasting business enterprise that will live on through his children and grandchildren. But just when Adam’s dreams are within reach, fate intervenes. Tragedy strikes from the trenches of World War I, setting in motion a series of events that echo down through the years. The owner of a prospering department store and the head of a growing family, Adam succumbs to a moment of weakness that culminates in an unforgivable act of betrayal. And now, as another generation prepares to take its rightful place in the family’s legendary empire, the tenuous threads of the Arnrings’ past begin to unravel, revealing a shattering secret that reaches back nearly a century. Across a teeming canvas of history, through world wars and the close of a century, The Sight of the Stars tells a deeply affecting story of family and forgiveness, guilt and redemption. Brimming with the emotional depth and moral complexity we have come to expect from this incomparable storyteller, The Sight of the Stars is about what happens when we dare to dream, and the moments that can change families forever.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122509Wed, 03 Sep 2003 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sight of the Stars Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: September...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122509 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sight of the Stars Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 3, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain beguiles us once again with a novel that explores the bonds that sustain families—and the lies that can shatter them forever. Sweeping through the pivotal events of twentieth-century America, The Sight of the Stars chronicles four generations of one remarkable family as they journey through years of love, loss, sacrifice, and unimaginable betrayal. Dressed in a brand-new suit, with one hundred and fifty dollars in his pocket, Adam Arnring says good-bye to his family and boards a train for the fabled West. The year is 1907. Adam is nineteen years old, a young man with stars in his eyes who has always dreamed of a future in the great open spaces of America. Now, far from his New Jersey home, he takes the first step toward attaining that dream, landing a job in a small department store in a booming Texas town. Here he meets a woman who excites him beyond all measure. The exquisite, untouchable Emma Rothirsch lives in a world whose doors are firmly closed to him. But Adam is a man willing to take great risks to get what he wants. One is Emma. The other is to build a lasting business enterprise that will live on through his children and grandchildren. But just when Adam’s dreams are within reach, fate intervenes. Tragedy strikes from the trenches of World War I, setting in motion a series of events that echo down through the years. The owner of a prospering department store and the head of a growing family, Adam succumbs to a moment of weakness that culminates in an unforgivable act of betrayal. And now, as another generation prepares to take its rightful place in the family’s legendary empire, the tenuous threads of the Arnrings’ past begin to unravel, revealing a shattering secret that reaches back nearly a century. Across a teeming canvas of history, through world wars and the close of a century, The Sight of the Stars tells a deeply affecting story of family and forgiveness, guilt and redemption. Brimming with the emotional depth and moral complexity we have come to expect from this incomparable storyteller, The Sight of the Stars is about what happens when we dare to dream, and the moments that can change families forever.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tietam-brown-by-mick-foley--65311694https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tietam Brown Author: Mick Foley Narrator: Mick Foley Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 8, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A remarkable debut novel—given extraordinary life by its amalgam of energy, raw authentic language, and, at the core, a surprising gentleness. It is the work of the constantly amazing wrestler-writer Mick Foley, whose two volumes of autobiography, Have a Nice Day! and Foley Is Good, were each number one on the New York Times National Best-seller List. It tells the story and speaks in the voice—at once innocent and too knowing for his age—of Antietam (Andy) Brown, named for the great-great-great- grandfather who died on that Civil War battlefield. Andy at seventeen is himself the veteran of a violent boyhood, having been locked up in the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center for killing a teenager who attempted to rape him. Now, after seven years, he is out, free, at a crossroads, trying to make a fresh start, to fit into the life of Conestoga High School in the small upstate New York town to which he has been brought by his father—absent from his life since he was a month old. The man is certainly charismatic. He is also crude, apparently addicted to bodybuilding, beer swilling, and (his own words for his serial womanizing) “bareback riding.” He has no visible job, no known past. Associated by the town with his father’s coarseness, hectored by the boorish football coach and the coach’s pack of steroid-pumping teens, feeling himself losing ground, Andy is stunned to discover that the most popular girl in town is attracted to him. Terri, the homecoming queen, the school beauty, every boy’s dream girl, a born-again Christian, a really nice girl. Andy can’t believe it. He is immediately head over heels in love—first love—and determined to protect Terri from everything bad on earth. Worried that his father, even he himself, might contaminate her, and determined for her sake to discover what his father is, Andy begins to delve into the locked rooms and dangerous currents of the elder Tietam Brown’s past and present. What happens is told in a novel that is appealingly direct, moving, and altogether pleasurable in its superb storytelling and celebration of the human spirit.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122595Tue, 08 Jul 2003 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tietam Brown Author: Mick Foley Narrator: Mick Foley Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 8, 2003 Ratings: Ratings...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122595 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tietam Brown Author: Mick Foley Narrator: Mick Foley Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 49 minutes Release date: July 8, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A remarkable debut novel—given extraordinary life by its amalgam of energy, raw authentic language, and, at the core, a surprising gentleness. It is the work of the constantly amazing wrestler-writer Mick Foley, whose two volumes of autobiography, Have a Nice Day! and Foley Is Good, were each number one on the New York Times National Best-seller List. It tells the story and speaks in the voice—at once innocent and too knowing for his age—of Antietam (Andy) Brown, named for the great-great-great- grandfather who died on that Civil War battlefield. Andy at seventeen is himself the veteran of a violent boyhood, having been locked up in the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center for killing a teenager who attempted to rape him. Now, after seven years, he is out, free, at a crossroads, trying to make a fresh start, to fit into the life of Conestoga High School in the small upstate New York town to which he has been brought by his father—absent from his life since he was a month old. The man is certainly charismatic. He is also crude, apparently addicted to bodybuilding, beer swilling, and (his own words for his serial womanizing) “bareback riding.” He has no visible job, no known past. Associated by the town with his father’s coarseness, hectored by the boorish football coach and the coach’s pack of steroid-pumping teens, feeling himself losing ground, Andy is stunned to discover that the most popular girl in town is attracted to him. Terri, the homecoming queen, the school beauty, every boy’s dream girl, a born-again Christian, a really nice girl. Andy can’t believe it. He is immediately head over heels in love—first love—and determined to protect Terri from everything bad on earth. Worried that his father, even he himself, might contaminate her, and determined for her sake to discover what his father is, Andy begins to delve into the locked rooms and dangerous currents of the elder Tietam Brown’s past and present. What happens is told in a novel that is appealingly direct, moving, and altogether pleasurable in its superb storytelling and celebration of the human spirit.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-don-t-know-how-she-does-it-the-life-of-kate-reddy-working-mother-by-allison-pearson--65311663https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother Author: Allison Pearson Narrator: Josephine Bailey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 5, 2002 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For every woman trying to strike that impossible balance between work and home-and pretending that she has-and for every woman who has wanted to hurl the acquaintance who coos admiringly, "Honestly, I just don't know how you do it," out a window, here's a novel to make you cringe with recognition and laugh out loud. With fierce, unsentimental irony, Allison Pearson's novel brilliantly dramatizes the dilemma of working motherhood at the start of the twenty-first century. Meet Kate Reddy, hedge-fund manager and mother of two. She can juggle nine different currencies in five different time zones and get herself and two children washed and dressed and out of the house in half an hour. In Kate's life, Everything Goes Perfectly as long as Everything Goes Perfectly. She lies to her own mother about how much time she spends with her kids; practices pelvic floor squeezes in the boardroom; applies tips from Toddler Taming to soothe her irascible boss; uses her cell phone in the office bathroom to procure a hamster for her daughter's birthday ("Any working mother who says she doesn't bribe her kids can add Liar to her résumé"); and cries into the laundry hamper when she misses her children's bedtime. In a novel that is at once uproariously funny and achingly sad, Allison Pearson captures the guilty secret lives of working women-the self-recrimination, the comic deceptions, the giddy exhaustion, the despair-as no other writer has. Kate Reddy's conflict --How are we meant to pass our days? How are we to reconcile the two passions, work and motherhood, that divide our lives? --gets at the private absurdities of working motherhood as only a novel could: with humor, drama, and bracing wisdom.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160387Wed, 05 Jun 2002 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother Author: Allison Pearson Narrator: Josephine Bailey Format: Unabridged Audiobook...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/160387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother Author: Allison Pearson Narrator: Josephine Bailey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 0 minutes Release date: June 5, 2002 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For every woman trying to strike that impossible balance between work and home-and pretending that she has-and for every woman who has wanted to hurl the acquaintance who coos admiringly, "Honestly, I just don't know how you do it," out a window, here's a novel to make you cringe with recognition and laugh out loud. With fierce, unsentimental irony, Allison Pearson's novel brilliantly dramatizes the dilemma of working motherhood at the start of the twenty-first century. Meet Kate Reddy, hedge-fund manager and mother of two. She can juggle nine different currencies in five different time zones and get herself and two children washed and dressed and out of the house in half an hour. In Kate's life, Everything Goes Perfectly as long as Everything Goes Perfectly. She lies to her own mother about how much time she spends with her kids; practices pelvic floor squeezes in the boardroom; applies tips from Toddler Taming to soothe her irascible boss; uses her cell phone in the office bathroom to procure a hamster for her daughter's birthday ("Any working mother who says she doesn't bribe her kids can add Liar to her résumé"); and cries into the laundry hamper when she misses her children's bedtime. In a novel that is at once uproariously funny and achingly sad, Allison Pearson captures the guilty secret lives of working women-the self-recrimination, the comic deceptions, the giddy exhaustion, the despair-as no other writer has. Kate Reddy's conflict --How are we meant to pass our days? How are we to reconcile the two passions, work and motherhood, that divide our lives? --gets at the private absurdities of working motherhood as only a novel could: with humor, drama, and bracing wisdom.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/her-father-s-house-by-belva-plain--65311638https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122554 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Father's House Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 13, 2002 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Beloved storyteller Belva Plain understands the rich tapestry of the human heart like no other. Her many dazzling New York Times bestsellers probe the shifting bonds of marriage and family with insight, compassion, and uncommon grace. And her new novel is no exception. A tale of fathers and daughters, lovers and families, acts of love and acts of betrayal, Her Father’s House is Belva Plain’s most powerful and unforgettable novel yet. It is the spring of 1968 when Donald Wolfe, a young graduate of a midwestern law school, arrives in New York. Filled with ambition and idealism, he is dazzled not only by the big city but by the vivacious, restless Lillian, whom he marries in the heat of infatuation. Surely theirs is no marriage made in heaven, but they have a child, Tina, and she is the love of Donald’s heart. For her he would give up everything--his home, his distinguished career, and his freedom. When his flawed marriage begins to fail, a choice must be made. Shall he consider a step that would force him into flight and a life of hiding? From her earliest years, Tina is exceptional, a brilliant student and a joyous, loving spirit. At the university she falls in love with Gilbert, who graduates from law school just as she is about to enter medical school. Together they go to New York, where she learns the truth about her family’s past, a truth that must change her regard for the father who has protected and cherished her. When a terrible lie has been told out of love, can it be forgiven? With courage and compassion, Belva Plain paints a moving portrait of the choices that shape the course of our lives, the secrets that haunt us, and the love that helps us heal and move on. It is a work of riveting storytelling and rare emotional power by one of the most gifted novelists of our time.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122554Mon, 13 May 2002 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122554 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Father's House Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 13, 2002...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122554 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Her Father's House Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Karen White Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 13, 2002 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Beloved storyteller Belva Plain understands the rich tapestry of the human heart like no other. Her many dazzling New York Times bestsellers probe the shifting bonds of marriage and family with insight, compassion, and uncommon grace. And her new novel is no exception. A tale of fathers and daughters, lovers and families, acts of love and acts of betrayal, Her Father’s House is Belva Plain’s most powerful and unforgettable novel yet. It is the spring of 1968 when Donald Wolfe, a young graduate of a midwestern law school, arrives in New York. Filled with ambition and idealism, he is dazzled not only by the big city but by the vivacious, restless Lillian, whom he marries in the heat of infatuation. Surely theirs is no marriage made in heaven, but they have a child, Tina, and she is the love of Donald’s heart. For her he would give up everything--his home, his distinguished career, and his freedom. When his flawed marriage begins to fail, a choice must be made. Shall he consider a step that would force him into flight and a life of hiding? From her earliest years, Tina is exceptional, a brilliant student and a joyous, loving spirit. At the university she falls in love with Gilbert, who graduates from law school just as she is about to enter medical school. Together they go to New York, where she learns the truth about her family’s past, a truth that must change her regard for the father who has protected and cherished her. When a terrible lie has been told out of love, can it be forgiven? With courage and compassion, Belva Plain paints a moving portrait of the choices that shape the course of our lives, the secrets that haunt us, and the love that helps us heal and move on. It is a work of riveting storytelling and rare emotional power by one of the most gifted novelists of our time.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/letters-for-emily-by-camron-wright--65311562https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters for Emily Author: Camron Wright Narrator: Jeffrey DeMunn Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: You are so young. You may wonder what an old man like me could teach? I wonder as well. I certainly don't claim to know all the answers. I'm barely figuring out the questions....Life has a strange way of repeating itself and I want my experience to help you. I want to make a difference. My hope is that you'll consider my words and remember my heart. Harry Whitney is dying. And in the process, he's losing his mind. Afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, he knows his 'good' time is dwindling. Wishing to be remembered as more than an ailing old man, Harry realizes the greatest gift he can pass on is the wisdom of his years, the jumbled mix of experiences and emotions that add up to a life. And so he compiles a book of his poems for his favorite granddaughter, Emily, in the hope that his words might somehow heal the tenuous relationships in a family that is falling apart. But Harry's poems contain much more than meets the eye....As Emily and her family discover, intricate messages are hidden in them, clues and riddles which lead to an extraordinary cache of letters, and even a promise of hidden gold. Are they the ramblings of a man losing touch with reality? Or has Harry given them a gift more valuable than any of them could have guessed? As Harry's secrets are uncovered one by one, his family learns about romance, compassion, and hope -- and together they set out to search for something priceless, a shining prize to treasure forever. They may grow closer in spirit or be torn apart by greed...but their lives will be undeniably altered by Harry's words in his letters for Emily.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129829Tue, 01 Jan 2002 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters for Emily Author: Camron Wright Narrator: Jeffrey DeMunn Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2002...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129829 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Letters for Emily Author: Camron Wright Narrator: Jeffrey DeMunn Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 1, 2002 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.21 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: You are so young. You may wonder what an old man like me could teach? I wonder as well. I certainly don't claim to know all the answers. I'm barely figuring out the questions....Life has a strange way of repeating itself and I want my experience to help you. I want to make a difference. My hope is that you'll consider my words and remember my heart. Harry Whitney is dying. And in the process, he's losing his mind. Afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, he knows his 'good' time is dwindling. Wishing to be remembered as more than an ailing old man, Harry realizes the greatest gift he can pass on is the wisdom of his years, the jumbled mix of experiences and emotions that add up to a life. And so he compiles a book of his poems for his favorite granddaughter, Emily, in the hope that his words might somehow heal the tenuous relationships in a family that is falling apart. But Harry's poems contain much more than meets the eye....As Emily and her family discover, intricate messages are hidden in them, clues and riddles which lead to an extraordinary cache of letters, and even a promise of hidden gold. Are they the ramblings of a man losing touch with reality? Or has Harry given them a gift more valuable than any of them could have guessed? As Harry's secrets are uncovered one by one, his family learns about romance, compassion, and hope -- and together they set out to search for something priceless, a shining prize to treasure forever. They may grow closer in spirit or be torn apart by greed...but their lives will be undeniably altered by Harry's words in his letters for Emily.]]>184cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/looking-back-by-belva-plain--65311626https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking Back Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Anne Twomey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 17, 2001 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain goes to the heart of what it means to be a woman, a wife, and a friend, in her powerful new novel—a story of love and betrayal that measures the limits of loyalty, friendship, and forgiveness. They met at school and have been inseparable ever since: Cecile, confident, elegant daughter of privilege; Norma, extraordinarily gifted and sadly troubled; and beautiful, ambitious Amanda, determined to rise above her humble southern beginnings. Two are married. One despairs of ever finding love. Three women. Leading their busy adult lives. Yet first and always: friends. Then something unexpected happens that forever alters their long, complicated friendship. A pivotal event, a shattering act of betrayal shifts the balance of power between husbands and wives, parents and children, sisters and brothers. And in the months that follow, each of them will look at their families, their lives--and one another--differently. And none of them will ever be the same.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122439Tue, 17 Apr 2001 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking Back Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Anne Twomey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 17, 2001 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Looking Back Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Anne Twomey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 17, 2001 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain goes to the heart of what it means to be a woman, a wife, and a friend, in her powerful new novel—a story of love and betrayal that measures the limits of loyalty, friendship, and forgiveness. They met at school and have been inseparable ever since: Cecile, confident, elegant daughter of privilege; Norma, extraordinarily gifted and sadly troubled; and beautiful, ambitious Amanda, determined to rise above her humble southern beginnings. Two are married. One despairs of ever finding love. Three women. Leading their busy adult lives. Yet first and always: friends. Then something unexpected happens that forever alters their long, complicated friendship. A pivotal event, a shattering act of betrayal shifts the balance of power between husbands and wives, parents and children, sisters and brothers. And in the months that follow, each of them will look at their families, their lives--and one another--differently. And none of them will ever be the same.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-triumph-of-katie-byrne-a-novel-by-barbara-taylor-bradford--65311607https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Triumph of Katie Byrne: A Novel Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Kate Burton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 27, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ten years later, Katie, a struggling actress in New York, is still haunted by the tragedy.  Her friend Carly remains in a coma, and Katie desperately wants to achieve success and stardom not only for herself but also for her two old friends.  Her big chance comes when she is discovered and wins a major role in a Broadway play.  A promising love affair adds to the excitement of working in the theater; but Katie must face the demons of the past before she can embrace the possibilities of the future. In sixteen previous bestselling novels, Barbara Taylor Bradford has enthralled millions of readers with pade-turning plots and characters that linger in the heart and mind long after the book is closed.  The Triumph of Katie Byrne will captivate her devoted fans and win her a whole new audience.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122436Tue, 27 Mar 2001 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Triumph of Katie Byrne: A Novel Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Kate Burton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122436 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Triumph of Katie Byrne: A Novel Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Kate Burton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 35 minutes Release date: March 27, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ten years later, Katie, a struggling actress in New York, is still haunted by the tragedy.  Her friend Carly remains in a coma, and Katie desperately wants to achieve success and stardom not only for herself but also for her two old friends.  Her big chance comes when she is discovered and wins a major role in a Broadway play.  A promising love affair adds to the excitement of working in the theater; but Katie must face the demons of the past before she can embrace the possibilities of the future. In sixteen previous bestselling novels, Barbara Taylor Bradford has enthralled millions of readers with pade-turning plots and characters that linger in the heart and mind long after the book is closed.  The Triumph of Katie Byrne will captivate her devoted fans and win her a whole new audience.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fortune-s-hand-by-belva-plain--65311655https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fortune's Hand Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Ken Howard Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this remarkable new novel, Belva Plain creates a brilliant portrayal of a man's descent from idealistic beginnings into a world of dishonesty and greed--and of the two women who love him. Robb MacDaniel, a schoolteacher with noble intentions, comes into a little money, enabling him to go to law school.  Upon graduation, he goes to work for a fine, honorable firm, and marries the daughter of the senior partner, leaving behind the hometown girl he had planned to wed. From then on his career brings enormous successes but then takes a shocking turn that changes his life, the life of his family, and reverberates into the next generation. With the magic of a born storyteller, New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain unfolds the devastating tale of a man whose dreams come true. Fortune's Hand is a novel of temptation, betrayal, and greed--and of the redeeming power of love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122419Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fortune's Hand Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Ken Howard Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122419 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fortune's Hand Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Ken Howard Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 48 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this remarkable new novel, Belva Plain creates a brilliant portrayal of a man's descent from idealistic beginnings into a world of dishonesty and greed--and of the two women who love him. Robb MacDaniel, a schoolteacher with noble intentions, comes into a little money, enabling him to go to law school.  Upon graduation, he goes to work for a fine, honorable firm, and marries the daughter of the senior partner, leaving behind the hometown girl he had planned to wed. From then on his career brings enormous successes but then takes a shocking turn that changes his life, the life of his family, and reverberates into the next generation. With the magic of a born storyteller, New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain unfolds the devastating tale of a man whose dreams come true. Fortune's Hand is a novel of temptation, betrayal, and greed--and of the redeeming power of love.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ghost-by-danielle-steel--65311646https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122427 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ghost Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Joe Grifasi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 64 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: With a wife he loves and an exciting London-based career, architect Charles Waterston's life seems in perfect balance. Nothing prepares him for the sudden end to his ten-year marriage-or his unwanted transfer to his firm's New York office. Christmas is approaching when Charlie leaves New York, heading to Vermont to ski. But a sudden snowstorm strands him in a small Massachusetts town. There Charlie meets an elderly widow who offers to rent him her exquisite lakeside chateau. Hidden deep in the woods, it once belonged to a woman who lived there two centuries before named Sarah Ferguson. And from the moment Charlie sets foot inside the chateau, he feels her presence. When Charlie first glimpses her, a beautiful young woman with jet-black hair, he thinks it is a neighbor playing a joke. Until he finds her diaries hidden away in an old trunk. As he begins to turn the brittle, dusty pages, the spirit of Sarah Ferguson seems to fill his life. Sarah's first entry is dated 1789 as she writes of her harrowing journey from her native England, having fled the brutality of her aristocratic husband. Settling in Massachusetts, Sarah finds an unfamiliar land seething with the turbulence of the Indian wars. As she builds her home in the wilderness and meets a man who will transform her life, Sarah finds freedom from the torment of her past. His name is Francois de Pellerin, a French nobleman adopted by Indians and drawn into the battle for the growing nation. Their fateful union is a testament to a love so powerful it reaches across the centuries. And for Charlie Waterston, their story gives him the courage to let go of his past, and the freedom to grasp a future that is right before his eyes. In The Ghost, Danielle Steel brilliantly interweaves past and present, bringing to life two stories, centuries apart, in a timeless novel of courage, healing, and love.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122427Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122427 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ghost Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Joe Grifasi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122427 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ghost Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Joe Grifasi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 59 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.86 of Total 64 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: With a wife he loves and an exciting London-based career, architect Charles Waterston's life seems in perfect balance. Nothing prepares him for the sudden end to his ten-year marriage-or his unwanted transfer to his firm's New York office. Christmas is approaching when Charlie leaves New York, heading to Vermont to ski. But a sudden snowstorm strands him in a small Massachusetts town. There Charlie meets an elderly widow who offers to rent him her exquisite lakeside chateau. Hidden deep in the woods, it once belonged to a woman who lived there two centuries before named Sarah Ferguson. And from the moment Charlie sets foot inside the chateau, he feels her presence. When Charlie first glimpses her, a beautiful young woman with jet-black hair, he thinks it is a neighbor playing a joke. Until he finds her diaries hidden away in an old trunk. As he begins to turn the brittle, dusty pages, the spirit of Sarah Ferguson seems to fill his life. Sarah's first entry is dated 1789 as she writes of her harrowing journey from her native England, having fled the brutality of her aristocratic husband. Settling in Massachusetts, Sarah finds an unfamiliar land seething with the turbulence of the Indian wars. As she builds her home in the wilderness and meets a man who will transform her life, Sarah finds freedom from the torment of her past. His name is Francois de Pellerin, a French nobleman adopted by Indians and drawn into the battle for the growing nation. Their fateful union is a testament to a love so powerful it reaches across the centuries. And for Charlie Waterston, their story gives him the courage to let go of his past, and the freedom to grasp a future that is right before his eyes. In The Ghost, Danielle Steel brilliantly interweaves past and present, bringing to life two stories, centuries apart, in a timeless novel of courage, healing, and love.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/promises-by-belva-plain--65311645https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Promises Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Joanna Kerns Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The  Carousel and Daybreak  comes a stirring, timely story of adultery and its  impact on the American  family. Margaret and Adam Crane seem to have a near perfect  life--she's a teacher, he's a computer executive, and  together they are lovingly raising their own  children and Margaret's orphaned niece. Then one day  the phone rings--and suddenly everything changes  forever as a woman from Adam's university days  reappears in his life, and an old affair re-ignites. At  the same time, there are problems in Adam's  workplace--a possible takeover and downsizing. The  reverberations from these two circumstances will touch  many lives and bring with them changes that no one  could have predicted. In  Promises, Belva Plain--as only she can  do--depicts the fraying fabric of family life in  the wake of extramarital affairs, while at the same  time celebrating the importance of strong and  nurturing family values. Dramatic, compelling, and  always exciting, Belva Plain's storytelling talents  confirm her standing as the foremost chronicler of  family life today.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122420Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Promises Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Joanna Kerns Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122420 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Promises Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Joanna Kerns Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The  Carousel and Daybreak  comes a stirring, timely story of adultery and its  impact on the American  family. Margaret and Adam Crane seem to have a near perfect  life--she's a teacher, he's a computer executive, and  together they are lovingly raising their own  children and Margaret's orphaned niece. Then one day  the phone rings--and suddenly everything changes  forever as a woman from Adam's university days  reappears in his life, and an old affair re-ignites. At  the same time, there are problems in Adam's  workplace--a possible takeover and downsizing. The  reverberations from these two circumstances will touch  many lives and bring with them changes that no one  could have predicted. In  Promises, Belva Plain--as only she can  do--depicts the fraying fabric of family life in  the wake of extramarital affairs, while at the same  time celebrating the importance of strong and  nurturing family values. Dramatic, compelling, and  always exciting, Belva Plain's storytelling talents  confirm her standing as the foremost chronicler of  family life today.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gift-by-danielle-steel--65311644https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gift Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: On a June day, a young woman in a summer dress steps off a Chicago-bound bus into a small midwestern town. She doesn't intend to stay. She is just passing through. Yet her stopping here has a reason and it is part of a story that you will never forget. The time is the 1950s, when life was simpler, people still believed in dreams, and family was, very nearly, everything. The place is a small midwestern town with a high school and a downtown, a skating pond and a movie house. And on a tree-lined street in the heartland of America, an extraordinary set of events begins to unfold. And gradually what seems serendipitous is tinged with purpose. A happy home is shattered by a child's senseless death. A loving marriage starts to unravel. And a stranger arrives—a young woman who will touch many lives before she moves on. She and a young man will meet and fall in love. Their love, so innocent and full of hope, helps to restore a family's dreams. And all of their lives will be changed forever by the precious gift she leaves them. The Gift, Danielle Steel's thirty-third best-selling work, is a magical story told with stunning simplicity and power. It reveals a relationship so moving it will take your breath away. And it tells a haunting and beautiful truth about the unpredictability—and the wonder—of life.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122428Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gift Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122428 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gift Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 30 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.16 of Total 25 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: On a June day, a young woman in a summer dress steps off a Chicago-bound bus into a small midwestern town. She doesn't intend to stay. She is just passing through. Yet her stopping here has a reason and it is part of a story that you will never forget. The time is the 1950s, when life was simpler, people still believed in dreams, and family was, very nearly, everything. The place is a small midwestern town with a high school and a downtown, a skating pond and a movie house. And on a tree-lined street in the heartland of America, an extraordinary set of events begins to unfold. And gradually what seems serendipitous is tinged with purpose. A happy home is shattered by a child's senseless death. A loving marriage starts to unravel. And a stranger arrives—a young woman who will touch many lives before she moves on. She and a young man will meet and fall in love. Their love, so innocent and full of hope, helps to restore a family's dreams. And all of their lives will be changed forever by the precious gift she leaves them. The Gift, Danielle Steel's thirty-third best-selling work, is a magical story told with stunning simplicity and power. It reveals a relationship so moving it will take your breath away. And it tells a haunting and beautiful truth about the unpredictability—and the wonder—of life.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fine-things-by-danielle-steel--65311642https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fine Things Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Smart, likable Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff's, New York’s most glamorous department store. A senior VP on the way up, he arrives in San Francisco to open a West Coast store. His career is skyrocketing, but his life lacks a center. When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes of five-year-old Jane O’Reilly, and then into the equally enchanting eyes of her mother, Liz, Bernie knows he has found what he has been looking for.   Bernie thought he had found love to last a lifetime, but when Liz is stricken with cancer, time becomes painfully short. Alone with two children, Bernie must face the loss and learn that life has other fine things to offer.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122424Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fine Things Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fine Things Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 43 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Smart, likable Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff's, New York’s most glamorous department store. A senior VP on the way up, he arrives in San Francisco to open a West Coast store. His career is skyrocketing, but his life lacks a center. When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes of five-year-old Jane O’Reilly, and then into the equally enchanting eyes of her mother, Liz, Bernie knows he has found what he has been looking for.   Bernie thought he had found love to last a lifetime, but when Liz is stricken with cancer, time becomes painfully short. Alone with two children, Bernie must face the loss and learn that life has other fine things to offer.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/five-days-in-paris-a-novel-by-danielle-steel--65311640https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122425 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Days in Paris: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Victor Garber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.59 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As president of a major pharmaceutical empire, Peter Haskell has everything. Power, position, a career and a family, which mean everything to him, and for which he has sacrificed a great deal. Compromise has been key in Peter Haskell's life, and integrity is the base on which he lives. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband's ambitions and career until her soul is bone dry. She is trapped in a web of duty and obligation, married to a man she once loved and no longer even knows. When her son died, a piece of Olivia died too. Accidentally, on the night of a bomb threat, they meet in Paris, at the Ritz. Their totally different lives converge for one magical moment in the Place Vendôme, as Olivia carefully, silently, steps out of her life and walks away. As the two strangers meet, their lives become briefly enmeshed. In a café in Montmartre, their hearts are laid bare. Peter, once so sure of his path, so certain of his marriage and success, but suddenly faced with his professional future in jeopardy. Olivia, no longer sure of anything except that she can't go on anymore. When Olivia disappears, only Peter suspects that it may not be foul play. And if he finds her again, where will they go from there? Five days in Paris is all they have. They go back to their separate lives, but nothing is the same. At home again, they both must pursue their lives, despite challenges, compromise, and betrayal. Everything they believe is put on the line, until they each realize they must stand fast against compromise and face life's challenges head-on.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122425Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122425 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Days in Paris: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Victor Garber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: July...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122425 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Five Days in Paris: A Novel Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Victor Garber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.59 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: As president of a major pharmaceutical empire, Peter Haskell has everything. Power, position, a career and a family, which mean everything to him, and for which he has sacrificed a great deal. Compromise has been key in Peter Haskell's life, and integrity is the base on which he lives. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband's ambitions and career until her soul is bone dry. She is trapped in a web of duty and obligation, married to a man she once loved and no longer even knows. When her son died, a piece of Olivia died too. Accidentally, on the night of a bomb threat, they meet in Paris, at the Ritz. Their totally different lives converge for one magical moment in the Place Vendôme, as Olivia carefully, silently, steps out of her life and walks away. As the two strangers meet, their lives become briefly enmeshed. In a café in Montmartre, their hearts are laid bare. Peter, once so sure of his path, so certain of his marriage and success, but suddenly faced with his professional future in jeopardy. Olivia, no longer sure of anything except that she can't go on anymore. When Olivia disappears, only Peter suspects that it may not be foul play. And if he finds her again, where will they go from there? Five days in Paris is all they have. They go back to their separate lives, but nothing is the same. At home again, they both must pursue their lives, despite challenges, compromise, and betrayal. Everything they believe is put on the line, until they each realize they must stand fast against compromise and face life's challenges head-on.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bittersweet-by-danielle-steel--65311639https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bittersweet Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Rob Webb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.98 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In Bittersweet, Danielle Steel has written a novel for our times, a story of choices and new beginnings. India Taylor lived in a world of manicured lawns and neatly maintained calendars: a merry-go-round of Little League, piano lessons, and Cape Cod summer vacations. With four wonderful children, India believed in commitment and sacrifice, just as she believed in Doug, the man she married 17 years before. For India, this was the promise she made, the life she had chosen—not the award-winning career as a photojournalist she once had. It was a choice she had never truly regretted. Until she begins to regret it with all her heart. India couldn't pinpoint the exact moment. Perhaps it was the last time her agent called, begging her to take an assignment Doug insisted she turn down. Or perhaps it was when Doug told her he thought of her as a companion and someone to take care of their kids, and not much more. At that moment, the price of the sacrifices she'd made began to seem high. And then, she met Paul Ward. A Wall Street tycoon married to a bestselling author, Paul lived life on his own terms, traveling the world on his own yacht. India hadn't planned to become Paul's friend. Anything more was unthinkable. Yet talking to Paul was so easy. India could share her dreams with him, and offer comfort when Paul suffers a heartbreak of his own. And while Paul urges India to reclaim her career, Doug is adamantly against it, determined to keep her tied to the home. But with Paul's encouragement, India slowly, painfully, begins to break free, and find herself again. Rediscovering her creativity and her courage, India uses Paul like a beacon on the horizon, sharing intimate phone conversations with a man half a world away, a man who never stops reminding her of all that is possible for her. India is changing, and nothing in her life will ever be the same again. Not her marriage. Not her friendship with Paul. And when India is presented with an irresistible opportunity, she makes a heart-wrenching decision, leaving a safe, familiar place-and the people she loves there-to move into the terror of the unknown. Bittersweet is her story, a story of freedom, of having dreams and making choices to find them. With unerring insight, Danielle Steel has created a moving portrait of a woman who dares to embark on a new adventure and the man who helps her get there. Her painful, exhilarating journey inspires us all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122422Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bittersweet Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Rob Webb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122422 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bittersweet Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Rob Webb Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.98 of Total 41 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In Bittersweet, Danielle Steel has written a novel for our times, a story of choices and new beginnings. India Taylor lived in a world of manicured lawns and neatly maintained calendars: a merry-go-round of Little League, piano lessons, and Cape Cod summer vacations. With four wonderful children, India believed in commitment and sacrifice, just as she believed in Doug, the man she married 17 years before. For India, this was the promise she made, the life she had chosen—not the award-winning career as a photojournalist she once had. It was a choice she had never truly regretted. Until she begins to regret it with all her heart. India couldn't pinpoint the exact moment. Perhaps it was the last time her agent called, begging her to take an assignment Doug insisted she turn down. Or perhaps it was when Doug told her he thought of her as a companion and someone to take care of their kids, and not much more. At that moment, the price of the sacrifices she'd made began to seem high. And then, she met Paul Ward. A Wall Street tycoon married to a bestselling author, Paul lived life on his own terms, traveling the world on his own yacht. India hadn't planned to become Paul's friend. Anything more was unthinkable. Yet talking to Paul was so easy. India could share her dreams with him, and offer comfort when Paul suffers a heartbreak of his own. And while Paul urges India to reclaim her career, Doug is adamantly against it, determined to keep her tied to the home. But with Paul's encouragement, India slowly, painfully, begins to break free, and find herself again. Rediscovering her creativity and her courage, India uses Paul like a beacon on the horizon, sharing intimate phone conversations with a man half a world away, a man who never stops reminding her of all that is possible for her. India is changing, and nothing in her life will ever be the same again. Not her marriage. Not her friendship with Paul. And when India is presented with an irresistible opportunity, she makes a heart-wrenching decision, leaving a safe, familiar place-and the people she loves there-to move into the terror of the unknown. Bittersweet is her story, a story of freedom, of having dreams and making choices to find them. With unerring insight, Danielle Steel has created a moving portrait of a woman who dares to embark on a new adventure and the man who helps her get there. Her painful, exhilarating journey inspires us all.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/daddy-by-danielle-steel--65311637https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daddy Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Oliver Watson's world suddenly dissolves around  him when Sarah his wife of eighteen years, returns  to Harvard to get her master's degree. Oliver is  left on his own, with three children and a freedom  he never wanted and doesn't completely understand.  His family's needs and demands suddenly consume  his life. When Oliver's mother is  diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease and dies soon  thereafter, Oliver's father's life is changed as  well. Braver than his son with less of a future  before him, George Watson, at seventy-two, quickly  embraces new relationships and, eventually, a new  life. The sudden changes come as a shock to both  father and son. Ben, Oliver's oldest  son, rejects his father and reaches outward, under  the illusion that he is grown-up and can make it  on his own. Melissa, the middle child, blames  Oliver for her mother's desertion. And Sam, the  "baby," is too shaken to deal with it at all.  Now the only parent, Daddy must  somehow cope this, his troubled family and  explore a world of new responsibilities, new women, and  new experiences. Each of the three men must start  a new life: Oliver in New York and then in Los  Angeles with his children, once he faces the  biggest change in his life; his widowed father with the  woman next door; and seventeen-year-old Ben with  his girlfriend and baby. Nothing is as it was  before... nothing is as they once thought it would  be. But in the end, different is better...  different is more... for each of them--and especially  for Daddy.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122423Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daddy Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122423 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Daddy Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Richard Thomas Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 0 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Oliver Watson's world suddenly dissolves around  him when Sarah his wife of eighteen years, returns  to Harvard to get her master's degree. Oliver is  left on his own, with three children and a freedom  he never wanted and doesn't completely understand.  His family's needs and demands suddenly consume  his life. When Oliver's mother is  diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease and dies soon  thereafter, Oliver's father's life is changed as  well. Braver than his son with less of a future  before him, George Watson, at seventy-two, quickly  embraces new relationships and, eventually, a new  life. The sudden changes come as a shock to both  father and son. Ben, Oliver's oldest  son, rejects his father and reaches outward, under  the illusion that he is grown-up and can make it  on his own. Melissa, the middle child, blames  Oliver for her mother's desertion. And Sam, the  "baby," is too shaken to deal with it at all.  Now the only parent, Daddy must  somehow cope this, his troubled family and  explore a world of new responsibilities, new women, and  new experiences. Each of the three men must start  a new life: Oliver in New York and then in Los  Angeles with his children, once he faces the  biggest change in his life; his widowed father with the  woman next door; and seventeen-year-old Ben with  his girlfriend and baby. Nothing is as it was  before... nothing is as they once thought it would  be. But in the end, different is better...  different is more... for each of them--and especially  for Daddy.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/irresistible-forces-by-danielle-steel--65311629https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Irresistible Forces Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Kyf Brewer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Danielle Steel's forty-seventh bestselling novel is very much about the tides of our times, changes and responsibilities in the workplace pull two people in different directions, sweeping them into new lives and changed worlds . Irresistible Forces For fourteen years, Steve and Meredith Whitman have sustained a marriage of passion and friendship - despite the demands of two all-consuming careers.  Meredith, an investment banker, has achieved partnership in one of Wall Street's top firms.  Steve A gifted physician, chose an urban trauma ward over the big money he could have earned elsewhere.  The only thing missing in their lives is children.  Steve longs for them.  But Meredith keeps putting off motherhood, saying she isn't ready and doesn't have time.  Not yet.  Especially now that she has been offered an extraordinary opportunity, a chance to reach for the brass ring - in San Francisco, three thousand miles away.  Meredith is thrilled and surprised when Steve urges her to accept a top position at an exciting young high-tech company.  Traditionally, men's careers forces families to move to new cities, compelling their wives to abandon friends, home, and lives to follow.  But Steve is more than willing to uproot himself. Saying he'll join her as he can find a new job himself, they can begin their family at last. Neither Steve nor Meredith had reckoned on the frustrations of a bi-coastal marriage, as Steve's job keeps him in New York for months longer than planned.  Weekends together, their lifeline, fall prey to their hectic schedules.  Alone in San Francisco, Meredith is spending long hours at the office with her boss, charismatic entrepreneur Callan Dow.  Steve working late shifts at the hospital, grabbing an occasional dinner with a new colleague, a doctor raising a daughter on her own.  Almost unnoticed, Steve and Meredith have begun living separate lives in increasingly separate worlds.  And despite the best of intentions, irresistible forces begin to tear their lives and hearts apart. With unerring insight, Danielle Steel explores what happens when lives that fit together like delicately balanced puzzles are shifted, changed, and drift apart.  Only time can tell who and what they will become as life sweeps them onward and deposits them on new, sometimes frightening, and often exciting shores.  Who survives, is at the core of Irresistible Forces.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122431Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Irresistible Forces Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Kyf Brewer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122431 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Irresistible Forces Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Kyf Brewer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 24 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Danielle Steel's forty-seventh bestselling novel is very much about the tides of our times, changes and responsibilities in the workplace pull two people in different directions, sweeping them into new lives and changed worlds . Irresistible Forces For fourteen years, Steve and Meredith Whitman have sustained a marriage of passion and friendship - despite the demands of two all-consuming careers.  Meredith, an investment banker, has achieved partnership in one of Wall Street's top firms.  Steve A gifted physician, chose an urban trauma ward over the big money he could have earned elsewhere.  The only thing missing in their lives is children.  Steve longs for them.  But Meredith keeps putting off motherhood, saying she isn't ready and doesn't have time.  Not yet.  Especially now that she has been offered an extraordinary opportunity, a chance to reach for the brass ring - in San Francisco, three thousand miles away.  Meredith is thrilled and surprised when Steve urges her to accept a top position at an exciting young high-tech company.  Traditionally, men's careers forces families to move to new cities, compelling their wives to abandon friends, home, and lives to follow.  But Steve is more than willing to uproot himself. Saying he'll join her as he can find a new job himself, they can begin their family at last. Neither Steve nor Meredith had reckoned on the frustrations of a bi-coastal marriage, as Steve's job keeps him in New York for months longer than planned.  Weekends together, their lifeline, fall prey to their hectic schedules.  Alone in San Francisco, Meredith is spending long hours at the office with her boss, charismatic entrepreneur Callan Dow.  Steve working late shifts at the hospital, grabbing an occasional dinner with a new colleague, a doctor raising a daughter on her own.  Almost unnoticed, Steve and Meredith have begun living separate lives in increasingly separate worlds.  And despite the best of intentions, irresistible forces begin to tear their lives and hearts apart. With unerring insight, Danielle Steel explores what happens when lives that fit together like delicately balanced puzzles are shifted, changed, and drift apart.  Only time can tell who and what they will become as life sweeps them onward and deposits them on new, sometimes frightening, and often exciting shores.  Who survives, is at the core of Irresistible Forces.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-sudden-change-of-heart-a-novel-by-barbara-taylor-bradford--65311624https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sudden Change of Heart: A Novel Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Margaret Whitton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From master storyteller Barbara Taylor Bradford comes a magnificent new novel, a powerful, moving story of two women, two families, and an extraordinary friendship challenged by tragedy and a devastating secret from the past.... Some secrets are too terrible to share--even with your best friend.... Nothing hurts like the truth.  A truth that has haunted Claire Benson all her life. A truth that Claire has revealed to no one, not even to her best friend, International art dealer Laura Valiant. But the friendship that has sheltered both women throughout childhood, marriage and divorce is about to meet its greatest test.  Suddenly old nightmares surface as Claire turns to her dearest friend for help.  And as Laura's career leads her into the past, in an investigation of artwork stolen by the Nazis, she uncovers disturbing links to the present, to Claire, and a profoundly personal reason to follow a twisted trail to its surprising end....]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122415Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sudden Change of Heart: A Novel Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Margaret Whitton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122415 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sudden Change of Heart: A Novel Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford Narrator: Margaret Whitton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 51 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From master storyteller Barbara Taylor Bradford comes a magnificent new novel, a powerful, moving story of two women, two families, and an extraordinary friendship challenged by tragedy and a devastating secret from the past.... Some secrets are too terrible to share--even with your best friend.... Nothing hurts like the truth.  A truth that has haunted Claire Benson all her life. A truth that Claire has revealed to no one, not even to her best friend, International art dealer Laura Valiant. But the friendship that has sheltered both women throughout childhood, marriage and divorce is about to meet its greatest test.  Suddenly old nightmares surface as Claire turns to her dearest friend for help.  And as Laura's career leads her into the past, in an investigation of artwork stolen by the Nazis, she uncovers disturbing links to the present, to Claire, and a profoundly personal reason to follow a twisted trail to its surprising end....]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/jewels-by-danielle-steel--65311587https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jewels Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Tim Curry Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: On Sarah Whitfield's seventy-fifth birthday, memories take her back to New York  in the 1930s. To a marriage that ends after a year, leaving Sarah  shattered. A trip to Europe with her parents does little to  raise her spirits, until she meets William, Duke of Whitfield.  In time, despite her qualms, William insists on giving up his distant right to the British  throne to make Sarah his dutchess and his wife. On their honeymoon, the newlyweds buy an old French chateau, but not long after,  the war begins. William joins the allied forces, leaving Sarah,  their first child, an infant, and their second child on the way,  in France. After the Nazi forces take over the chateau, Sarah  continues to survive the terror and deprivation of the Occupation,  unwavering in her belief that her missing-in-action husband is still  alive. After the war, as a gesture of goodwill, the Whitfields start buying  jewels offered for sale by impoverished war survivors. With Sarah's style and  keen eye, the collection becomes the prestigious Whitfield's  jewelry store in Paris. Eventually, their jewelry business expands  to London and Rome, as their family grows. Phillip, their firstborn,  is stubborn and proud; Julian, their second son, is charming and  generous and warm; Isabelle is rebellious and willful; and Xavier,  unusual and untamed, is the final unexpected gift of their love. They  each find their own way, but will be drawn to the great house of gems their  parents built. In Jewels, Danielle Steel takes the reader through  five eventful decades that include war, passion, international intrigue,  and the strength of family through it all.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122432Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jewels Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Tim Curry Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jewels Author: Danielle Steel Narrator: Tim Curry Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 57 minutes Release date: July 5, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.91 of Total 11 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: On Sarah Whitfield's seventy-fifth birthday, memories take her back to New York  in the 1930s. To a marriage that ends after a year, leaving Sarah  shattered. A trip to Europe with her parents does little to  raise her spirits, until she meets William, Duke of Whitfield.  In time, despite her qualms, William insists on giving up his distant right to the British  throne to make Sarah his dutchess and his wife. On their honeymoon, the newlyweds buy an old French chateau, but not long after,  the war begins. William joins the allied forces, leaving Sarah,  their first child, an infant, and their second child on the way,  in France. After the Nazi forces take over the chateau, Sarah  continues to survive the terror and deprivation of the Occupation,  unwavering in her belief that her missing-in-action husband is still  alive. After the war, as a gesture of goodwill, the Whitfields start buying  jewels offered for sale by impoverished war survivors. With Sarah's style and  keen eye, the collection becomes the prestigious Whitfield's  jewelry store in Paris. Eventually, their jewelry business expands  to London and Rome, as their family grows. Phillip, their firstborn,  is stubborn and proud; Julian, their second son, is charming and  generous and warm; Isabelle is rebellious and willful; and Xavier,  unusual and untamed, is the final unexpected gift of their love. They  each find their own way, but will be drawn to the great house of gems their  parents built. In Jewels, Danielle Steel takes the reader through  five eventful decades that include war, passion, international intrigue,  and the strength of family through it all.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-the-fire-by-belva-plain--65311619https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Fire Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Anne Twomey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 18, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her stunning new novel, New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain has written a compelling story of family and fortune, beauty and betrayal. With unerring insight and emotional power, she penetrates a shattered marriage to explore one of the most provocative issues of our time. What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves? In her unsparing evocation of a family in crisis, Belva Plain goes to the heart of a marriage between a naïve young artist and her handsome physician husband. At first everything is idyllic. Then one terrible night she commits an act she will regret for the rest of her life. An act that gives her husband the ultimate weapon: blackmail. The price of his silence is uncontested custody of their two children. When her own beautiful, angry mother wants to know why she won't fight for custody, she can give no answers. For she alone knows, or believes she knows, what really happened on that fateful night. In a novel that is both provocative and heartbreaking, Belva Plain proves herself the writer who sets the standard for family stories, a novelist of incomparable depth and grace.]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123032Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Fire Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Anne Twomey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 18, 2000 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/123032 to listen full audiobooks. Title: After the Fire Author: Belva Plain Narrator: Anne Twomey Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 18, 2000 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In her stunning new novel, New York Times bestselling author Belva Plain has written a compelling story of family and fortune, beauty and betrayal. With unerring insight and emotional power, she penetrates a shattered marriage to explore one of the most provocative issues of our time. What happens when the picture-perfect marriage dissolves? In her unsparing evocation of a family in crisis, Belva Plain goes to the heart of a marriage between a naïve young artist and her handsome physician husband. At first everything is idyllic. Then one terrible night she commits an act she will regret for the rest of her life. An act that gives her husband the ultimate weapon: blackmail. The price of his silence is uncontested custody of their two children. When her own beautiful, angry mother wants to know why she won't fight for custody, she can give no answers. For she alone knows, or believes she knows, what really happened on that fateful night. In a novel that is both provocative and heartbreaking, Belva Plain proves herself the writer who sets the standard for family stories, a novelist of incomparable depth and grace.]]>605cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/violin-by-anne-rice--65311578https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Violin Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 7, 1997 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anne Rice's Violin tells the story of two charismatic figures bound to each other by a passionate commitment to music as a means of rapture, seduction, and liberation. At the novel's center: a uniquely fascinating woman, Triana, and the demonic fiddler Stefan, a tormented ghost who begins to prey upon her, using his magic violin to draw her into a state of madness. But Triana sets out to resist Stefan, and the struggle thrusts them both into a terrifying supernatural realm. Violin flows abundant with the history, the drama, and the romantic intensity that have become synonymous with Anne Rice at her incomparable best. Anne Rice is the author of eighteen books. She lives in New Orleans. Also available as a Random House AudioBook]]>https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249757Tue, 07 Jan 1997 07:11:37 +0000Madelyn RoobPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Violin Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 7, 1997 Ratings:...https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249757 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Violin Author: Anne Rice Narrator: Bernadette Dunne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 7, 1997 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Anne Rice's Violin tells the story of two charismatic figures bound to each other by a passionate commitment to music as a means of rapture, seduction, and liberation. At the novel's center: a uniquely fascinating woman, Triana, and the demonic fiddler Stefan, a tormented ghost who begins to prey upon her, using his magic violin to draw her into a state of madness. But Triana sets out to resist Stefan, and the struggle thrusts them both into a terrifying supernatural realm. Violin flows abundant with the history, the drama, and the romantic intensity that have become synonymous with Anne Rice at her incomparable best. Anne Rice is the author of eighteen books. She lives in New Orleans. Also available as a Random House AudioBook]]>605cleanfull