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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/711745 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alvesdon Author: James Holland Narrator: Rachel Holland Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 25, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The village of Alvesdon has been home to the Castells for generations. But the year is 1939 and the peace and tranquillity there is about to be shattered once more by the stormclouds of war in Europe. As three generations of the family gather, they must all face the prospect of their lives being transformed beyond recognition the moment Britain declares war on Germany. When the inevitable happens and Britain finds itself at war, the younger members of the family and farm workers are called up to fight and those who remain must battle to keep the home fires burning and the farm afloat. The gentle certainties of rural life are replaced by the urgent clamour of war, in the air, at sea and on land, where events unfold with dizzying rapidity and unexpected consequences. Stretching from the glorious summer of 1939 to the Battle of Britain the following year, acclaimed historian James Holland paints a compelling and immersive fictional portrait of how the war changed everything. For one family and for a community, their way of life can never really be the same again… ©2024 James Holland (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712223 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Parents' Marriage: A Novel Author: Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond Narrator: Ekua Ekumah Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 9, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Acclaimed children’s author Nana Brew-Hammond makes her highly anticipated adult debut with this soaring and profound story about love and understanding told through three generations of one Ghanian family. Determined to avoid the pain and instability of her parents’ turbulent, confusing marriage, Kokui marries a man far different from her loving, philandering, self-made father—and tries to be a different kind of wife from her mother. But when Kokui and her husband leave Ghana to make a new life for themselves in America, she finds history repeating itself. Her marriage failing, she is called home to Ghana when her father dies. Back in her childhood home, which feels both familiar and discomforting, she comes to realize that to exorcize the ghost of her parents’ marriage she must confront them, not only to enable her own healing, but for the sake of her daughter who is considering a marriage proposal of her own. Tender and illuminating, warm and bittersweet My Parents’ Marriage is a compelling story of family, community, class, and self-identity from an author with deep empathy and a generous heart.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The God of the Woods Author: Liz Moore Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 35 minutes Release date: July 4, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF JIMMY FALLON'S SUMMER READS BOOK CLUB SELECTED FOR BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER 2024 READING LIST 'I was totally gripped' DOUGLAS STUART 'Immersive and enthralling' PAULA HAWKINS 'If you venture into those woods you’re still sure of a big surprise’ The Times Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars. Some said the family deserved it. That they never even thanked the searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying to help find their missing son. Some said there was a reason it took the family so long to call for help. That they knew what happened to the boy. Now, fifteen years later, the Van Laars' teenage daughter has gone missing in the same wilderness as her brother. Some say the two disappearances aren’t connected. Some say they are. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- ‘Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced … I can't remember the last time I felt so entangled in a novelist's coils’ Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures 'A beguiling novel with a relentless grip. You won't be able to put it down' Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground 'At once an immersive family saga and utterly propulsive mystery. Beautifully written' Emilia Hart, author of Weyward ‘A masterful literary thriller’ Lucy Clarke, author of The Hike ‘Riveting from page one to the last breathless word … This book flew by at lightning speed, but will stick with me for a very long time’ Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions For You ‘Dickensian in scope … Very entertaining’ Vogue, Best Picks for Summer 2024 The God of the Woods debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list on 21 July 2024.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/706020 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wartime in the Dales: A gritty, heart-warming Yorkshire saga set in World War Two Author: Diane Allen Narrator: Mira Dovreni Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 4, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Diane Allen's The Yorkshire Farm Girl is a heartfelt novel of a family dreaming of a better life when WW2 looms on the horizon. September 1939. Friends Maggie Shaunessy and Lizzie Taylor are heartbroken to be evacuated from their Liverpool homes to rural Yorkshire. Lizzie is sent to live with a vicar in the village of Gargrave, while Maggie finds herself delivered by chauffeur to Hawith Hall and Lady and Lord Bradley. Both girls at the hall and the vicarage are far different to what they are used to – and both are very homesick. Though Maggie finds friendship too in the form of Alice, a young servant at the hall who takes Maggie under her wing. But change is coming to the Dales too, leaving the girls feeling harboring desperate plans of run away, back to Liverpool . . .

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel Author: Satoshi Yagisawa Narrator: Catherine Ho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 21 minutes Release date: July 2, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them. Set again in the beloved Japanese bookshop and nearby coffee shop in the Jimbochi neighborhood of Toyko, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop deepens the relationship between Takako, her uncle Satoru , and the people in their lives. A new cast of heartwarming regulars have appeared in the shop, including an old man who wears the same ragged mouse-colored sweater and another who collects books solely for the official stamps with the author’s personal seal. Satoshi Yagisawa illuminates the everyday relationships between people that are forged and grown through a shared love of books. Characters leave and return, fall in and out of love, and some eventually die. As time passes, Satoru, with Takako’s help, must choose whether to keep the bookshop open or shutter its doors forever. Making the decision will take uncle and niece on an emotional journey back to their family’s roots and remind them again what a bookstore can mean to an individual, a neighborhood, and a whole culture.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715278 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Into a Star Author: Puk Qvortrup Narrator: Alix Dunmore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 27, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Intimate and devastating, a luminous debut novel about untimely grief and the resilience of the human heart, inspired by the author's own experiences 'Three in the bed. One not yet born, another dead, and I'm alive.' Puk is 26 years old, preparing for the birth of her second child, when her husband has a heart attack while out running. She leaves their toddler with a friend and dashes to the hospital, where Lasse lies unresponsive in a coma. He dies a few hours later. Into a Star follows Puk and her young family in the first year after this tragedy, which has shattered the ordinary life she imagined for them. As the days turn to weeks and months, Puk's second son is born, her sister moves in, her relationship with her in-laws fractures and evolves. She reckons daily with her memories of Lasse: how they met and fell in love, their adventures, their dreams for the future. And she navigates the miraculous, brutal, overwhelming days of early parenthood alone. Into a Star is a luminous meditation on loss and renewal. With remarkable dignity, candour and attention to human detail, Puk Qvortrup invites us into the hardest moments of her life. And she reveals, amid the devastation, a powerful, life-affirming thread of hope. ©2024 Puk Qvortrup (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hombrecito: A Novel Author: Santiago Jose Sanchez Narrator: André Santana Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 45 minutes Release date: June 25, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A novel by a brilliant new voice, Hombrecito is a queer coming-of-age story about a young immigrant’s complex relationships with his mother and his motherland In this groundbreaking novel, Santiago Jose Sanchez plunges us into the heart of one boy’s life. His mother takes him and his brother from Colombia to America, leaving their absent father behind but essentially disappearing herself once they get to Miami. In America, his mother works as a waitress when she was once a doctor. The boy embraces his queer identity as wholeheartedly as he embraces his new home, but not without a sense of loss. As he grows, his relationship with his mother becomes fraught, tangled, a love so intense that it borders on vivid pain but is also the axis around which his every decision revolves. She may have once forgotten him, disappeared, but she is always on his mind. He moves to New York, ducking in and out of bed with different men as he seeks out something, someone, to make him whole again. When his mother invites him to visit family in Colombia with her, he returns to the country as a young man, trying to find peace with his father, with his homeland, with who he’s become since he left, and with who his mother is: finally we come to know her and her secrets, her complex ambivalence and fierce love. Hombrecito—“little man”—is a moving portrait of a young person between cultures, between different ideas of himself. From an extraordinary new talent, this is a story told with startling beauty and intensity, a story for anyone searching for home, searching for a way to love.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704734 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Guernsey Girls Go to War Series: #2 of The Guernsey Girls Author: Mary Wood Narrator: Emma Vane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: June 20, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the bestselling author of The Jam Factory Girls, comes the second heartfelt installment in Mary Wood's The Guernsey Girls trilogy. War separates them, but it cannot dampen their spirits . . . Spring, 1940. Annie’s new husband Ricky leaves to fight, but she soon discovers battles brewing closer to home. As her sister Janey begins to unravel, only Annie can pick up the pieces – and, with London’s police officers on the front line, she must also step up at work and do her bit for the country. In Guernsey, Olivia finds herself without her husband and son just as Hitler's forces invade the island. Trapped and heartbroken, she faces untold horrors as the Germans tighten their hold on the islanders. How will Annie manage her responsibilities to her family and her country in the thick of the Blitz, while suffering the heartache of not knowing what is happening to her beloved Ricky? And can Olivia survive in Guernsey at the hands of the enemy?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712898 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Strawberry Field Girls at War Author: Karen Dickson Narrator: Jess Nesling Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: June 20, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A brand new wartime saga, perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Val Wood Summer, 1916 Despite the misery of war in the air, some things in the small hamlet of Strawbridge remain unchanged. The strawberry harvest is nearly ready and friends Leah, Alice and Dora still have each other. Before the war, the three women had found a tentative happiness but now war has torn their lives apart. Each woman must learn to live with their new life at war, dealing with the absence of their loved ones and finding courage in the hardest of times…

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712500 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Devil Is Fine: A Novel Author: John Vercher Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 18, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: This program is read by award-winning narrator Dion Graham. 'Devil Is Fine is self-deprecatingly tender, often bracingly hilarious, and at its heart is a runaway train through the haunted house of us. And I loved it. Don't miss it.' —Dion Graham 'Graham’s rich, inviting, sigh-inducing voice magically weaves another irresistible aural web...Graham is wondrous throughout, seamlessly assuming and discarding characterizations with accuracy and aplomb, from dubious allies to empathic strangers and pretentious experts. His impressive range effortlessly melds dark humor, chaotic surrealism, and historic horror into another rewardingly mesmerizing performance.' —Booklist (Starred Review) From acclaimed novelist John Vercher, a profoundly moving novel of what it means to be a father, a son, a writer, and a biracial American fighting to reconcile the past Reeling from the sudden death of his teenage son, our narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he has just inherited a plot of land from his estranged grandfather. He travels to a beach town several hours south of his home with the intention of immediately selling the land. But upon inspection, what lies beneath the dirt is much more than he can process in the throes of grief. As a biracial Black man struggling with the many facets of his identity, he’s now the owner of a former plantation passed down by the men on his white mother’s side of the family. Vercher deftly blurs the lines between real and imagined, past and present, tragedy and humor, and fathers and sons in this story of discovery—and a fight for reclamation—of a painful past. With the wit of Paul Beatty’s The Sellout and the nuance of Zadie Smith’s On Beauty, Devil Is Fine is a darkly funny and brilliantly crafted dissection of the legacies we leave behind and those we inherit. A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer: A Novel Author: Joseph Earl Thomas Narrator: Jd Jackson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 47 minutes Release date: June 18, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A stirring, unsparing novel about Black life in Philadelphia and the struggle to build intimate connections through the eyes of a struggling ex-Army grad student, from the "extraordinary [and] insightful" author of Sink (New York Times Book Review). After a deployment in the Iraq War dually defined by threat and interminable mundanity, Joseph Thomas is fighting to find his footing. Now a doctoral student at The University, and an EMS worker at the hospital in North Philly, he encounters round the clock friends and family from his past life and would-be future at his job, including contemporaries of his estranged father, a man he knows little about, serving time at Holmesburg prison for the statutory rape of his then-teenage mother. Meanwhile, he and his best friend Ray, a fellow vet, are alternatingly bonding over and struggling with their shared experience and return to civilian life, locked in their own rhythms of lust, heartbreak, and responsibility. Balancing the joys and frustrations of single fatherhood, his studies, and ceaseless shifts at the hospital as he becomes closer than he ever imagined to his father, Joseph tries to articulate vernacular understandings of the sociopolitical struggles he recounts as participant-observer at home, against the assumptions of his friends and colleagues. GOD BLESS YOU, OTIS SPUNKMEYER is a powerful examination of every day black life—of health and sex, race and punishment, and the gaps between our desires and our politics.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715791 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Beautiful Days: Stories Author: Zach Williams Narrator: Dan Bittner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 6 minutes Release date: June 11, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2024 • From New Yorker and Paris Review contributor Zach Williams comes a striking and savage debut story collection that confronts parenthood, mortality, and life’s broken promises. A couple awakens in a home in the woods to find themselves rapidly aging as their toddler remains unchanged. A work-worn employee navigates conspiracy theories and the threat of violence in an abandoned office. A tour guide leads a troublesome group to an ancient structure, apparently nonhuman in origin, discovering along the way that the most mysterious creatures of all are right beside him. These ten stories show the fallibility of time and how reality reveals itself behind the gauze of a dream—or a nightmare. Throughout, Williams illustrates how quickly we come to the edges of our patience and endurance, the hidden damages lurking in the shadows of the everyday, the distances we must travel to protect our families, and the tenuousness of even our deepest relationships. Williams sees the perversity in the mundane and dares readers to confront the power—and beauty—of time’s relentless movement. With exquisite prose and a lacerating wit, Beautiful Days holds a mirror to the many absurdities of being human and refuses to let us look away.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dad Camp: A Novel Author: Evan S. Porter Narrator: Sean Patrick Hopkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 11, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A heartwarming novel about a loving dad who drags his eleven-year-old daughter to “father-daughter week” at a remote summer camp—their last chance to bond before he loses her to teenage girlhood entirely. After his daughter, Avery, was born, John gave it all up—hobbies, friends, a dream job—to be something more: a super dad. Since then, he’s spent nearly every waking second with Avery, who’s his absolute best bud. Or, at least, she was. When now eleven-year-old Avery begins transforming into an eye-rolling zombie of a preteen who dreads spending time with him, a desperate John whisks her away for a weeklong father-daughter retreat to get their relationship back on track before she starts middle school. But John’s attempts to bond only seem to drive his daughter further away, and his instincts tell him Avery’s hiding something more than just preteen angst. Even worse, the camp is far from the idyllic getaway he had in mind. John finds himself navigating a group of toxic dads that can’t seem to get along, cringe-worthy forced bonding activities, and a camp director that has it out for him. With camp and summer break slipping away fast, John’s determined to conquer it all for a chance to become Avery’s hero again. This brilliant and deeply funny father-daughter story is perfect for fans of poignant and hilarious books like The Guncle by Steven Rowley, Steve Martin’s family classic Cheaper by the Dozen, and Judd Apatow’s bighearted comedies.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/709894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Coast Road: A Novel Author: Alan Murrin Narrator: Jessica Regan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 52 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “The last great book I read . . . an early proof of debut novelist Alan Murrin’s The Coast Road, about women in ’90s Ireland negotiating the complexities of marriage in a country where divorce is illegal. It will no doubt be a bestseller.”—actor Gillian Anderson A poignant debut novel about the lives of women in a claustrophobic coast town and the search for independence in a society that seeks to limit it. Set in 1994, The Coast Road tells the story of two women—Izzy Keaveney, a housewife, and Colette Crowley, a poet. Colette has left her husband and sons for a married man in Dublin. When she returns to her home in County Donegal to try to pick up the pieces of her old life, her husband, Shaun, a successful businessman, denies her access to her children. The only way she can see them is with the help of neighbour Izzy, acting as a go-between. Izzy also feels caught in a troubled marriage. The friendship that develops between them will ultimately lead to tragedy for one, and freedom for the other. Addictive as Big Little Lies with a depth and compassion that rivals the works of Claire Keegan, Elizabeth Strout, and Colm Tóibín, The Coast Road is a story about the limits placed on women’s lives in Ireland only a generation ago, and the consequences women have suffered trying to gain independence. Award-winning Irish author Alan Murrin reminds us of the price we are forced to pay to find freedom.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715844 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Malas: A Novel Author: Marcela Fuentes Narrator: Victoria Villarreal, Christine Avila Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK   “A vivacious, page-turning novel of rebellion and rebirth.” —Xochitl Gonzalez, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming and Anita de Monte Laughs Last A story full of passion and revenge, following one family living on the Texas Mexico border and a curse that reverberates across generations—'Fuentes has achieved something rare and indelible with this story of complex women.” (Erika L. Sánchez)   In 1951, a mysterious old woman confronts Pilar Aguirre in the small border town of La Cienega, Texas. The old woman is sure Pilar stole her husband and, in a heated outburst, lays a curse on Pilar and her family. More than forty years later, Lulu Muñoz is dodging chaos at every turn: her troubled father’s moods, his rules, her secret life as singer in a punk band, but most of all her upcoming quinceañera. When her beloved grandmother passes away, Lulu finds herself drawn to the glamorous stranger who crashed the funeral and who lives alone and shunned on the edge of town. Their unexpected kinship picks at the secrets of Lulu’s family’s past. As the quinceañera looms—and we move between these two strong, irascible female voices—one woman must make peace with the past, and one girl pushes to embrace her future. Rich with cinematic details—from dusty rodeos to the excitement of a Selena concert and the comfort of conjunto ballads played at family gatherings—this memorable debut is a love letter to the Tejano culture and community that sustain both of these women as they discover what family means.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715806 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Godwin: A Novel Author: Joseph O'neill Narrator: Karen Chilton, Kirby Heyborne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • From the acclaimed author of Netherland (a New York Times Book Review Best Book of the year): the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might change their fortunes. Mark Wolfe, a brilliant if self-thwarting technical writer, lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Sushila, and their toddler daughter. His half-brother Geoff, born and raised in the United Kingdom, is a desperate young soccer agent. He pulls Mark across the ocean into a scheme to track down an elusive prospect known only as “Godwin”—an African teenager Geoff believes could be the next Lionel Messi. Narrated in turn by Mark and his work colleague Lakesha Williams, Godwin is a tale of family and migration as well as an international adventure story that implicates the brothers in the beauty and ugliness of soccer, the perils and promises of international business, and the dark history of transatlantic money-making. As only he can do, Joseph O’Neill investigates the legacy of colonialism in the context of family love, global capitalism, and the dreaming individual.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715850 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wild Ground: A Novel Author: Emily Usher Narrator: Natalie Gavin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 4, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A story of first love that will break your heart, this bittersweet debut novel follows two teenagers whose all-consuming relationship is tested by the forces of class, prejudice, and addiction. “Reading this book is like holding a heartbeat in your hands.”—Amy Jo Burns, author of Mercury There were parts that were bliss, there were parts that were full and faultless and laden with joy. The way everything Danny and I did, everything we felt, we did, we felt together. The way we loved and loved and loved each other. From the beginning, it has always been Neef and her mother, Chrissy—troubled, beautiful, at the mercy of addiction and a revolving door of bad relationships. When Neef turns twelve, they move from inner-city Leeds to a small Yorkshire town to follow Chrissy’s much-older boyfriend, who runs the local pub. But for Neef, perhaps it’s also a chance to start over. On her first day in her new home, it becomes Neef and Danny, the boy who captures her attention planting flowers in the pub garden—and then, it is somehow always Danny. Danny is seen as an outsider by those around him; half Jamaican, he and his father are the only people of color in their community. Immediately drawn to each other, Neef and Danny form a friendship that gives way to the slow burn of romance as they grow up. Desperate to escape the confines of their world, Neef and Danny cling to each other throughout their adolescence, even as their relationship strains against the same forces that hold their families hostage: substance abuse, poverty, racism. For a while, though, it seems like it could be Neef and Danny forever. But then, finally, it is just Neef: sober, living in London, trying to tell herself she never knew a boy called Danny, never loved him, never had him wrenched away. That is, until someone from those days comes seeking redemption, and she cannot pretend any longer. Braiding together past and present, Wild Ground introduces us to a young woman both coming of age and coming to terms with herself. This tender and moving debut, at once heartbreaking and hopeful, is an aching love story that you will find impossible to forget.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707299 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Summer on Highland Beach: A Novel Series: #3 of Summer Beach Author: Sunny Hostin Narrator: January LaVoy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 28, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin transports readers to Highland Beach in the captivating third novel of her New York Times bestselling Summer Beach series. In this awakening, spirited novel, Sunny Hostin celebrates family, friendship, and community and reminds us of the importance of the legacies of our collective past and finding one’s way in the world. Founded in the late 1800s by the son of Frederick Douglass, Highland Beach along the Chesapeake Bay is the oldest Black resort community in America. Inside this proud and secluded beach community of about 100 private homes is Olivia Jones’s legacy. But Oliva’s legacy comes with thorns—intertwined are secrets of her aunt’s death; a controlling grandmother who is determined to crush anyone or anything that will interfere with her son’s political career; and a father who wants to rebuild the family he rejected decades ago. In the midst of tense family drama, Olivia must decide if she wants to return to the beautiful life she’s created in Sag Harbor—with the neighbors and wonderful man who’ve become central to her happiness—or finally achieve her dream of having a family and home to call her own in Highland Beach.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707733 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Knife River: A Novel Author: Justine Champine Narrator: Jennifer Pickens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 28, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “A twisting, engrossing, and beautiful mystery. Thrilling, yet also deeply moving, layered, and powerful.”—Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark, a Read with Jenna Book Club pick as seen on Today “A delicious smoke curl of a novel.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult “An intelligent literary mystery.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Paula Hawkins A compelling story of family, home, and the bond between sisters that asks: Who do you believe when you can't even trust yourself? When Jess was thirteen, her mother went for a walk and never returned. Jess and her older sister, Liz, never found out what happened. Instead, they did what they hoped their mother had done: survive. As soon as she was old enough, Jess fled their small town of Knife River, wandering from girlfriend to girlfriend like a ghost in her own life, aimless in her attempts to outrun grief and confusion. But one morning, fifteen years after their mother’s disappearance, she gets the call she’s been bracing for: Her mother’s remains have been found. Jess returns to find Knife River—and her sister—frozen in time. The town is as claustrophobic and rundown as ever. Liz still lives in their childhood home and has become obsessed with unsolved missing persons cases. Jess plans to stay only until they get some answers, but their mother’s bones, exposed to the elements for so long, just leave them with more questions. As Jess gets caught up in the case and falls back into an entanglement with her high school girlfriend, her understanding of the past, of Liz, of their mother, and of herself become more complicated—and the list of theories more ominous. Knife River is a tense, intimate, and heartrending portrayal of how deeply and imperfectly women love one another: in romantic relationships, in friendships, and especially as sisters.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715889 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Second Coming: A novel Author: Garth Risk Hallberg Narrator: Gail Shalan, Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 36 minutes Release date: May 28, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the New York Times best-selling author of City on Fire comes an intimate epic that plunges us deep into the lives of a troubled teenage girl and her estranged father when he returns home in an attempt to save her. Navigating love, grief, betrayal, and redemption, Jolie and Ethan must find a way to survive as a family. “Beautiful and daring.” —Nathan Hill, author of Oprah’s Book Club pick Wellness • “Breathtaking.” —Christina Baker Kline, author of #1 New York Times best seller Orphan Train Spring, 2011. When thirteen-year-old Jolie Aspern goes down onto the subway tracks to retrieve her dropped phone—and nearly gets hit by a train—the last thing she wants is sympathy from her estranged dad, Ethan. A recovering addict and felon, now living in California, Ethan has long struggled to see beyond himself. But when news of Jolie’s accident reaches him, Ethan comes to fear she’s in more serious trouble than anyone realizes. And believing he’s the only one who can save her, he decides to return home. So begins the journey of Jolie and Ethan, father and daughter, apart and together, different yet the same. It will stretch from Manhattan in the midst of the Great Recession to a remote beach on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where their lives really began. In time, it will push Jolie out past her depth with a mysterious stranger, and Ethan in over his head with his first love—Jolie’s mom. Soaring, aching, full of revelation, The Second Coming is at once an incandescent feat of storytelling and an exploration of an enduring mystery: Can the people we love ever really change?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Trust and Safety: A Novel Author: Eve Gleichman, Laura Blackett Narrator: Mia Hutchinson-Shaw Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 21, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Distressingly smart, wickedly sly, and side-clutchingly hilarious.” —Vanessa Chan, author of The Storm We Made “If you want a book that perfectly evokes millennial sexual politics under late-stage capitalism, and in which all of us—gay, straight, cis, and trans alike—are read for absolute filth, then look no further than Trust and Safety.” —Rafael Frumkin, author of Confidence and Bugsy A wry yet tenderhearted novel about a couple who attempt to buy their way into a “wild and precious” existence in the Hudson Valley, where they quickly become entangled with a queer couple living the dream analog life Newlywed Rosie has grown disenchanted with NYC. Inspired by Instagram ads, she starts thirsting for a rural life upstate—one full of beauty and authenticity. She just needs to convince her tech-bro husband, Jordan, of her vision for the future. Willing to do anything for Rosie’s happiness, Jordan signs on, and they offer—well above asking price—on a beautiful, historic fixer-upper in the Hudson Valley.   But when Jordan suddenly loses his job, the couple is forced to rent out the property’s dilapidated outbuilding. There’s no heat, it’s overrun with mold, and nothing works.  Enter Dylan and Lark: an incredibly attractive and handy queer couple who offer to rent the outbuilding and help Rosie and Jordan with repairs. They also happen to be living the life Rosie had envisioned for herself: hand-built furniture, herbal tinctures, guinea hens, and hand-dyed linens. Rosie grows increasingly infatuated with their new tenants, especially with model-esque, charismatic Dylan—to Jordan’s increasing distress.   Whip-smart and wickedly funny, Trust and Safety examines questions of authenticity, betrayal, belonging, and entitlement, while poking fun at contemporary fear of the “gay agenda.”

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707100 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Guncle Abroad Series: #2 of THE GUNCLE Author: Steven Rowley Narrator: Steven Rowley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 48 minutes Release date: May 21, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER An Indie Next Pick Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Italy. Patrick O’Hara is back. It’s been five years since his summer as his niece Maisie and nephew Grant’s caretaker after their mother’s passing. The kids are back in Connecticut with their dad, and Patrick has relocated to New York to remain close by and relaunch his dormant acting career. After the run of his second successful sit-com comes to a close, Patrick feels on top of the world . . . professionally. But some things have had to take a back seat. Looking down both barrels at fifty, Patrick is single again after breaking things off with Emory. But at least he has a family to lean on. Until that family needs to again lean on him. When Patrick's brother, Greg, announces he’s getting remarried in Italy, Maisie and Grant are not thrilled. Patrick feels drawn to take the two back under his wing. As they travel through Europe on their way to the wedding, Patrick tries his best to help them understand love, much as he once helped them comprehend grief. But when they arrive in Italy, Patrick is overextended managing a groom with cold feet; his sister, Clara, flirting with guests left and right; a growing rivalry with the kids’ charming soon-to-be-launt (lesbian aunt), and two moody young teens trying to adjust to a new normal, all culminating in a disastrous rehearsal dinner. Can Patrick save the day? Will teaching the kids about love help him repair his own love life? Can the change of scenery help Patrick come to terms with finally growing up? Gracing the page with his signature blend of humor and heart, Steven Rowley charms with a beloved story about the complicated bonds of family, love, and what it takes to rediscover yourself, even at the ripe age of fifty.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715790 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Wait: A Novel Author: Gabriella Burnham Narrator: Gisela Chípe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: May 21, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A young woman reunites with her teenage sister in their childhood home on Nantucket Island after their mother is deported in this alluring coming-of-age novel that “movingly tackles serious issues in one of America’s premier vacation spots” (NPR). “Gabriella Burnham knows . . . the Nantucket of undocumented immigrants and broken families. . . . This tender novel allows us to rejoice when tiny windows of opportunities begin to open.”—Imbolo Mbue, The New York Times Book Review Elise is out dancing the night before her college graduation when her younger sister, Sophie, calls to tell her that their mom is nowhere to be found. Elise leaves on the next flight back to her childhood home, Nantucket Island, for the first time in nearly four years. The sisters soon learn that their mother was stopped by police on her way home from work and deported to São Paulo, Brazil. Intent on bringing her mother back, Elise stays and secures the same job she had in high school: monitoring endangered birds. Meanwhile, her best friend from college, Sheba—a gregarious socialite and heir to a famed children’s toy company—reveals that she has inherited her grandfather’s summer mansion on Nantucket. Elise’s worlds collide as she confronts the emotional and material conditions that have fractured her family, as well as the life in Brazil that her mother has had to leave behind. Told with penetrating insight, humor, and unexpected tenderness, Wait is a story about a family swimming against the social currents that erode bonds: housing precarity, immigration systems, and inherited wealth. But it is also a story about love, wit, and sisterhood, and how two sisters cling to each other in the midst of cataclysmic change, all the while dreaming about a better future.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/709461 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shae: A Novel Author: Mesha Maren Narrator: Kira Fixx Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 21, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From “a highest-order storyteller of Southern noir” (Electric Literature), a queer coming-of-age novel about addiction, belonging, and loving a place that doesn't always love you back. When sixteen-year-old Shae meets Cam, who is new to their small town in West Virginia, she thinks she has found someone who is everything she has ever wanted in a companion. The two become fast friends, and then more. And when Shae ends up pregnant, Cam begins a different transition—trying on clothes that Shae can no longer fit into and using female pronouns. Shae tries to be fully supportive as Cam becomes the person she wants and needs to be. After a traumatic C-section and the birth of their daughter, Eva, Shae is given opioids to manage the intense pain. During the first year of Eva’s life, Shae’s dependence shifts from pain management to addiction, and her days begin to revolve around getting more pills. In the heart of West Virginia, opioids are dispensed as freely as candy, and Shae is just one of many to fall victim to addiction. Meanwhile, as Cam continues to transition, she embraces new relationships and faces the reality of being a trans woman in rural America. Shae is as much about these two young women as it is about the home they both love despite its limitations. Following the acclaimed Sugar Run and Perpetual West, this is Mesha Maren’s most intense and intimate novel yet.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704629 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Last House: A Novel Author: Jessica Shattuck Narrator: Mark Bramhall, Maggie-Meg Reed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 14, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: ''An ambitious historical epic that doubles as an intimate family saga. Jessica Shattuck captures and connects it all—the imperial ambitions of the postwar generation, the rebellion of their offspring in the Sixties, and the fallout we’re still sifting through today. . . . This is a wide-ranging novel to savor.” — TOM PERROTTA From the New York Times bestselling author of The Women in the Castle comes a sweeping story of a nation on the rise, and one family’s deeply complicated relationship to the resource that built their fortune and fueled their greatest tragedy, perfect for fans of The Dutch House and Great Circle. It’s 1953, and for Nick Taylor, WWII veteran turned company lawyer, oil is the key to the future. He takes the train into the city for work and returns to the peaceful streets of the suburbs and to his wife, Bet, former codebreaker now housewife, and their two children, Katherine and Harry. Nick comes from humble origins but thanks to his work for American Oil, he can provide every comfort for his family, including Last House, a secluded country escape. Deep in the Vermont mountains, the Taylors are free from the stresses of modern life. Bet doesn’t have to worry about the Russian H-bombs that haunt her dreams, and the children roam free in the woods. Last House is a place that could survive the end of the world. It’s 1968, and America is on the brink of change. Protestors fill the streets to challenge everything from the Vietnam War to racism in the wake of MLK’s shooting—to the country's reliance on Big Oil. As Katherine makes her first forays into adult life, she’s caught up in the current of the time and struggles to reconcile her ideals with the stable and privileged childhood her Greatest Generation parents worked so hard to provide. But when the Movement shifts in a more radical direction, each member of the Taylor family will be forced to reckon with the consequences of the choices they’ve made for the causes they believed in. Spanning multiple generations and nearly eighty years, Last House tells the story of one American family during an age of grand ideals and even greater downfalls. Set against the backdrop of our nation’s history, this is an emotional tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance and what we owe each other—and captures to stunning effect the gravity of time, the double edge of progress, and the hubris of empire.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All Fours: A Novel Author: Miranda July Narrator: Miranda July Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: May 14, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 19 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: FINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life “A frank novel about a midlife awakening, which is funnier and more boldly human than you ever quite expect . . . nothing short of riveting.” —Vogue “All Fours has spurred a whisper network of women fantasizing about desire and freedom. . . . It’s the talk of every group text.'—The New York Times “All Fours possessed me. I picked it up and neglected my life until the last page, and then I started begging every woman I know to read it as soon as possible.” —The Cut “A novel that presses into that tender bruise about the anxiety of aging, of what it means to have a female body that is aging, and wanting the freedom to live a fuller life . . . Deeply funny and achingly true.” —LA Times “July’s novel is hot and weird and captivating and one of the most entertaining, deranged, and moving depictions of lust and romantic mania I’ve ever read.” —New York Magazine A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, checks into a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in an entirely different journey. Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716664 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Oye: A Novel Author: Melissa Mogollon Narrator: Elena Rey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 14, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you won’t want to hang up on. “A portrait of love, heartache, and hilarity that transcends its medium.”—Elle (The Best Literary Fiction Books of 2024, So Far) “Brilliant . . . Melissa Mogollon did not come to play.”—Kiley Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE “Yes, hi, Mari. It’s me. I’m over my tantrum now and calling you back . . . But first—you have to promise that you won’t tell Mom or Abue any of this. Okay? They’ll set the house on fire if they find out . . .” Structured as a series of one-sided phone calls from our spunky, sarcastic narrator, Luciana, to her older sister, Mari, this wildly inventive debut “jump-starts your heart in the same way it piques your ear” (Xochitl Gonzalez). As the baby of her large Colombian American family, Luciana is usually relegated to the sidelines. But now she finds herself as the only voice of reason in the face of an unexpected crisis: A hurricane is heading straight for Miami, and her eccentric grandmother, Abue, is refusing to evacuate. Abue is so one-of-a-kind she’s basically in her own universe, and while she often drives Luciana nuts, they’re the only ones who truly understand each other. So when Abue, normally glamorous and full of life, receives a shocking medical diagnosis during the storm, Luciana’s world is upended. When Abue moves into Luciana’s bedroom, their complicated bond intensifies. Luciana would rather be skating or sneaking out to meet girls, but Abue’s wild demands and unpredictable antics are a welcome distraction for Luciana from her misguided mother, absent sister, and uncertain future. Forced to step into the role of caretaker, translator, and keeper of the devastating family secrets that Abue begins to share, Luciana suddenly finds herself center stage, facing down adulthood—and rising to the occasion. As Luciana chronicles the events of her disrupted senior year of high school over the phone to Mari, Oye unfolds like the most fascinating and entertaining conversation you’ve ever eavesdropped on: a rollicking, heartfelt, and utterly unique novel that celebrates the beauty revealed and resilience required when rewriting your own story.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703259 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Reunion: A Novel Author: Elise Juska Narrator: Megan Tusing Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 1 minute Release date: May 7, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Editors' Choice • A People Best Book “Masterful storytelling and memorable characters. . . . Elise Juska's best book yet.”—Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Long Bright River and The God of the Woods “I loved this story about the importance of long friendships. . . . A perfectly crafted page-turner.” -Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes and The Half Moon From the beloved author of the “uniquely poignant” (Entertainment Weekly) novel The Blessings comes a gripping story about three friends in their forties forced to reckon with their lives during a college reunion in coastal Maine. It’s June 2021, and three old college friends are heading to New England and the twenty-fifth reunion that was delayed the year before. Hope, a stay-at-home mom, is desperate for a return to her beloved campus, a reprieve from her tense marriage, and the stresses of pandemic parenting. Adam is hesitant to leave his bucolic but secluded life with his wife and their young sons. Single mother Polly hasn’t been back to campus in more than twenty years and has no interest in returning—but changes her mind when her struggling teenage son suggests a road trip. But the reunion isn’t what any of them had envisioned. Hope, always upbeat, is no longer able to downplay the pressures of life at home or the cracks in her longstanding friendships. Adam finds himself energized by the memory of his carefree, reckless younger self—which only reminds him how much has changed since those halcyon days. Polly cannot ignore the ghosts of her college years, including a closely guarded secret. When the weekend takes a startling turn, all three find themselves reckoning with the past—and how it will bear on the future. Beautifully observed and insightful, Reunion is a page-turning novel about the highs and lows of friendship from a writer at the height of her powers.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707956 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Real Americans Author: Rachel Khong Narrator: Louisa Zhu, Eric Yang, Eunice Wong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. HOW FAR WILL WE GO TO BELONG? On the precipice of Y2K, unpaid intern Lily Chen is attempting to live the American dream in New York City. But her scientist parents imagined so much more for her when they fled Mao's cultural revolution, hoping for a better life. Despite the glamour of her media job, Lily can barely make rent - until she falls into the arms of Matthew. This young financier can give her a fairy tale life of luxury, and for the first time her dreams appear within reach. High school student Nick Chen and his best friend Timothy are plotting to break free. College promises escape from an isolated and close-knit island in Washington State, space from his strict and secretive mum Lily, and the chance to finally fit in. But when Nick sets out to find his long-lost father, a world of questions opens, and it is one unexpected member of the Chen family who holds the key to it all. Real Americans is a family epic about identity, sacrifice, choices and fate. It is a wildly imaginative and profound story of betrayal and forgiveness that asks us how far we should go for those we love. 'Khong masterfully explores a family splintered by science, struggling to redefine their own lives after uncovering harrowing secrets. Real Americans is a mesmerizing multigenerational novel about privilege, identity and the illusions of the American dream' Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half ©2024 Rachel Khong (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Springtime with the Railway Girls Author: Maisie Thomas Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 14, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Manchester, 1944 Alison is thriving in her rewarding role at the railways. But when family tragedy strikes, her world is turned upside down. Persephone is struggling with matters of the heart. Can she muster up the courage to tell Matt how she truly feels? Colette is slowly learning to embrace life again after she left Tony. But will he ever let her move on? Join the railway girls as they journey through life, love and war. Readers LOVE the Railway Girls: 'Make yourself a cuppa and find a comfy spot on the sofa because you are not going to be able to put this down' 'I simply cannot wait for the next one - I am hooked!' 'Gives a vivid picture of women's lives in wartime Manchester' ©2024 Maisie Thomas (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/704218 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Love Like That Series: #3 of Alondra Valley Author: Jenna Hartley Narrator: Wyeth Watts, Kelli Tager Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 22 minutes Release date: January 30, 2024 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: After my wife died, I never expected to fall in love again, let alone with her much younger sister. Elle's too young for me, though. Too vibrant and cheerful to be saddled with a grumpy widower and two little kids. Besides, she's only here for a few months before she moves on to follow her dreams. And there's no way we could be together even if she were staying. It doesn't seem to matter how often I remind myself of all the reasons why we can't, or shouldn't be together, my body won't listen. Ever since Elle moved in, all I can think about is her. All I want is her. She restored order to my home. She got my kids to smile and laugh again. Even I'm smiling more. For the first time since my wife's death, I feel alive, hopeful. I already said goodbye to my childhood sweetheart, my wife, and the mother of my children. And I know I have to let Elle go; I'm just not sure if I can.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715893 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kalangadog Junction: A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama Author: Moya O'shea Narrator: Julie Gibbs, Niall Ashdown, Joanna Munro, John Duttine, Moya O'shea, Caroline Quentin, Brian Bowles, June Whitfield, Toby Longworth, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 58 minutes Release date: January 25, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hilarious comedy about a 1950s couple from Manchester trying to make it Down Under Dr Thomas Barrett and his wife Jane have a perfectly nice existence in 1950s Manchester, but dreams of a new life won’t let them rest. Leaving the security of their home and successful doctor’s practice, they set out for adventure, heading to Kalangadog Junction, a small Australian town of population fifty-nine that is so remote it’s not even on the map… Setting up Down Under isn’t quite as simple as the duo thought it would be. A hilarious cast of colourful characters make for some interesting new neighbours, including Gaelene, an Olympic wannabe with dreams of a gold medal. When Thomas’s new practice doesn’t take off, he tries to drum up business by judging the local beautiful baby competition, but can he do it without causing offence? Whatever they try, things don’t quite go to plan, especially with the unexpected arrival of the mother-in-law and an ex-fiancé. Will the happy couple be able to keep their marriage on track when their shared dream isn’t turning out quite how they thought it would? There’s a twist in this comedic tale of adventure, marriage and kangaroos that will have you crying ‘Crikey!’ louder than discovering a dingo playing the didgeridoo. From the mind of prize-winning writer Moya O’Shea, Caroline Quentin leads the cast in this fantastic comedy drama. Rising to fame with appearances in Men Behaving Badly and Jonathan Creek, Caroline Quentin is a regular star of TV, film and radio. Kalangadog Junction also features the voices of John Duttine, Niall Ashdown, Toby Longworth, Brian Bowles, Joanna Monro, Julie Gibbs and the wonderful June Whitfield. Cast and credits Written by Moya O’Shea Produced by Liz Anstee Jane - Caroline Quentin Thomas - John Duttine Jimmy - Niall Ashdown Pete - Toby Longworth Len - Brian Bowles Madge - Joanna Monro Milly - Julie Gibbs Phoebe - June Whitfield Gaelene - Moya O'Shea First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 27 Feb-2 Apr 1996 ©2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Harbor Lights Author: James Lee Burke Narrator: Matt Pittenger, Alan Carlson, Zac Aleman, Ali Andre Ali, Leon Nixon, Michael David Axtell, Gary Furlong, Kaleo Griffith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 45 minutes Release date: January 23, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post), the New York Times bestselling James Lee Burke. Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the South, weaving together love, friendship, violence, survival, and revenge A boy and his father watch a German submarine sink an oil tanker as evil forces in the disguise of federal agents try to ruin their family. A girl is beaten up outside a bar as her university-professor father navigates new love and threats from a group of neo-Nazis. A pair of undercover union organizers are hired to break colts for a Hollywood actor, whose “Western hero” façade hides darkness. An oil rig worker witnesses a horrific attack on a local village while on a job in South America and seeks justice through one final act of bravery. With his nuanced characters, lyrical prose, and ability to write shocking violence in the most evocative settings, James Lee Burke’s singular skills are on display in this superb anthology. Harbor Lights unfolds in stories that crackle and reverberate as unexpected heroes emerge.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707955 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Widow's Choice Author: Nancy Revell Narrator: Janine Birkett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes Release date: January 4, 2024 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. The brand-new novel from the author of the bestselling Shipyard Girls series. 1949, County Durham. From the Shipyards of Sunderland to Lady of the Manor . . . When Angie marries her sweetheart Quentin and moves into Cuthford Manor to begin their new life together, she feels like the luckiest woman in the world. But Quentin falls victim to a tragic accident and Angie's life is left devastated. Now, along with the prospect of rebuilding her life, she is faced with an impossible choice that will have far-reaching consequences for herself and those she loves most. Only with the help of her family, the community of Cuthford Manor and her old friends from the Shipyards, will Angie draw on the inner strength to find happiness again. Praise for Nancy Revell: 'Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and soothe the heart!' Northern Echo 'Stirring and heartfelt storytelling' Peterborough Evening Telegraph ©2024 Nancy Revell (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/714816 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My eX-Mas Emergency Author: Jennifer Peel Narrator: Kim Churchill, Wayne Mitchell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Very few in Aspen Lake expected that I, Calista Monroe, their most notorious wild child, would ever amount to anything besides being a model prisoner. So, imagine their surprise when I returned as the hospital’s newest ER doctor. Believe me, no one is more surprised than I am. I had vowed to never return, even if it was the last safe haven during the zombie apocalypse. But when my niece Quinn begged me to come home, I couldn’t say no. My plan is to stay out of trouble this time, and, above all, avoid Quinn’s uncle Tristan—the man I love to hate and the reason I left Aspen Lake. But trouble starts to brew when my niece gets it into her pretty head that her uncle and I need to reconcile. The devious little thing insists we deck the halls together all season long. And since I’ll do anything to make Quinn happy, I agree, believing I’m completely immune to Tristan’s charm. Except the joke’s on me. Who knew that Tristan’s biggest regret was letting me go? And the infuriating man seems willing to do everything possible to win me back. Well, it’s going to take a Christmas miracle before I ever give him a second chance. Unfortunately for my plan, our chemistry could set a blizzard on fire. Now I have a major eEx emergency on my hands. Do I give my niece her Christmas wish, or do I let the love between Tristan and me flatline for once and for all?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/711490 to listen full audiobooks. Title: All the Little Bird-Hearts: A Novel Author: Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow Narrator: Rose Akroyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: December 5, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize, this poetic and often funny debut by an author with autism is written from the point of view of an autistic mother as she and her headstrong adolescent daughter are befriended by a glamorous, charismatic couple with dark ulterior motives. I lived for and loved a bird-heart that summer; I only knew it afterwards.   Sunday Forrester lives with her sixteen-year-old daughter, Dolly, in the house she grew up in. She does things more carefully than most people. On quiet days, she must eat only white foods. Her etiquette handbook guides her through confusing social situations, and to escape, she turns to her treasury of Sicilian folklore. The one thing very much out of her control is clever headstrong Dolly, now on the cusp of leaving home. Into this carefully ordered world step Vita and Rollo, a couple who move in next door, disarm Sunday with their glamor and charm, and proceed to deliciously break just about every rule in Sunday’s book. Soon they are in and out of each others’ homes, and Sunday feels loved and accepted like never before. But beneath Vita and Rollo’s polish lies something else, something darker. For Sunday has precisely what Vita has always wanted for herself: a daughter of her own. An astute and poignant psychological portrait of a woman coming to terms with what love means, and why discovering our own unique gifts can save us.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707150 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Emergency Exit Only Author: Michelle Upton Narrator: Elizabeth Brennan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 29, 2023 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: No evacuation plan, no safety net ... Sometimes you just have to save yourself. A hilarious, big-hearted story about second chances from the author of Terms of Inheritance 'Whimsical and heartfelt ... A great beach read with an unforgettable heroine' Sophie Green 'This fantastic up and coming writer makes you feel like anything is possible in this hilarious tale about second chances' Review, Weekend Australian 'Hilarious, ingenious and inspiring' Better Reading Amelia Harris has played it safe all her life - but when a minor accident lands her in hospital, she dramatically quits the tedious office job she's been working at for a decade. When her mother, Toni, asks her what she wants to do, Amelia is at a loss. Out of sheer desperation, she tries her hand at the dream jobs she's always fantasised about. Soon Amelia's shadowing a thrilling cast of characters and professions - as a journalist, a florist, a wedding planner, a zookeeper, and more. Life couldn't be more exciting, especially when she meets the man of her dreams. But when Toni drops a truth bomb about their family, Amelia's whole world tilts on its axis. Meanwhile, each new job starts taking on a life of its own. Has she created a monster? As she's about to find out, where there's smoke, there's fire, and sometimes you just have to save yourself. PRAISE FOR EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY 'Hilarious, ingenious and inspiring ... the perfect balance of feel-good and thought-provoking' Better Reading 'Emily Henry in the Queensland sunshine ... The perfect summer read' Hannah May Reads 'Amelia Harris is the heroine you didn't know you needed but you'll be very glad you met. Whimsical and heartfelt, Emergency Exit Only leads you directly to a great beach read with an unforgettable heroine' Sophie Green, author of Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society 'I adored Amelia's journey of self-discovery ... A fun read with a truckload of heart about following your dreams - and discovering exactly what those dreams are' Kelli Hawkins, author of Apartment 303 'A heartfelt tribute to family ties, the relationships that bind us and appreciating what we already have ... Inspiring' Books + Publishing 'A sweet summer read with charming, nostalgic rom com vibes and a touching heart' Vanessa McCausland, author of Dreaming in French 'A relatable romp that proves that it's never too late to find your way' Clare Fletcher, author Love Match 'Upbeat and full of heart, Emergency Exit Only is guaranteed to make you smile. A tender, funny tale about the pursuit of a happier life. Michelle's storytelling is delightful' Jessica Seaborn, author of Perfect-ish 'Divine ... Upbeat, funny and with characters who will make you laugh and cry' Meredith Jaffe, author of The Tricky Art of Forgiveness 'Funny, poignant and thought-provoking, Emergency Exit Only is a delightful read from start to finish.' Penelope Janu, author of Shelter from the Storm 'Funny, relatable and warm-hearted, this story is a joy' Cass Moriarty, author of Parting Words 'A sparkling, feel-good story about second chances and opening yourself up to possibilities. I absolutely loved it' Claudine Tinellis, Talking Aussie Books 'Fun, fast and completely full of heart. For absolutely everyone who has wanted to stop playing it safe' Anna Loder, ReadABook

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Road to Dalton: A Novel Author: Shannon Bowring Narrator: Patricia Shade Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 41 minutes Release date: November 28, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From debut author Shannon Bowring comes a novel of small town America that Pulitzer-winner Richard Russo calls, 'measured, wise, and beautiful.' It's 1990. In Dalton, Maine, life goes on. Rose goes to work at the diner every day, her bruises hidden from both the customers and her two young boys. At a table she waits, Dr. Richard Haskell looks back on the one choice that's charted his entire life, before his thoughts wander back to his wife, Trudy, and her best friend. Trudy and Bev have been friends for longer than they can count, and something more than lovers to each other for some time now—a fact both accepted and ignored by their husbands. Across town, new mother Bridget lives with her high school sweetheart Nate, and is struggling with postpartum after a traumatic birth. And nearer still is teenager Greg, trying to define the complicated feelings he has about himself and his two close friends. The Road to Dalton offers valuable understandings of what it means to be alive in the world—of pain and joy, conflict and love, and the endurance that comes from living.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710553 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love Like No Other Series: #2 of Alondra Valley Author: Jenna Hartley Narrator: Ryan Stone, Cindy Harden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 21, 2023 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Penny: I should be reciting my wedding vows, not hiding in the tasting room of the venue, playing truth or drink with a stranger. But when my fiancé left me at the altar, I needed to hide. And not just from the 500 guests we invited to this gorgeous small-town vineyard, but from the internet. As a romance author, I've shared my love story with my readers. They're invested in my happiness. And I truly felt as if I had it all: the billionaire boyfriend, the fairy tale ending. Then, moments before I was set to walk down the aisle, my life blew up in a spectacular way. My solution? Get drunk. Have a one-night stand. Though that one night that turned into spending my honeymoon hooking up with the hometown hottie, Liam. A man who seems almost too good to be true. Liam: I'm secretly falling for Penny, but she has no idea who I really am. She came to my small town to get married and to be closer to her idol—her fellow romance author, Meghan Hart. But when Penny's fiancé left her at the altar, she needed an escape. One I was more than willing to provide. It was supposed to be for one night, but it turned into something more. The problem? I'm Meghan Hart. Now I have to decide whether to trust Penny with my secret or let her go for good.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/713546 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - A Place to Shine - Cherry Hill, Band 4 (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Lilly Lucas Narrator: Leonie Landa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 14 minutes Release date: November 3, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Poppy McCarthy liebt viele Dinge. Country-Star Trace Bradley gehört nicht dazu. In A Place to Shine, dem 4. Band der New-Adult-Reihe Cherry Hill von Bestseller-Autorin Lilly Lucas, bekommt es Poppy aber ausgerechnet mit ihm zu tun ... Poppy, die jüngste der McCarthy-Schwestern, ist bekannt dafür, sich immer wieder in kuriose Situationen zu bringen. Eines Nachts leistet sie Country-Star Trace Bradley bei einem Autounfall Erste Hilfe und wird anschließend irrtümlich für seine Freundin gehalten - dabei kann sie Trace nicht ausstehen, seit der vor drei Jahren einen Hit über einen Kuss zwischen ihnen geschrieben hat. Dann bekommt auch noch die Presse Wind von dem Unfall und macht die geheimnisvolle 'neue Freundin' auf der Obstfarm Cherry Hill ausfindig. Poppy ist schwer genervt - bis sie die Buchungszahlen für ihr geliebtes Baumhaus-Hotel sieht, das zuletzt nur mäßig gelaufen ist. Das plötzliche Interesse bringt Poppy auf eine scheinbar geniale Idee ... Bestseller-Autorin Lilly Lucas steht für Liebesromane zum Wohlfühlen mit traumhaft schönem Setting: Auf der zauberhaften Obstfarm Cherry Hill kann man sich wie in den Büchern ihrer New-Adult-Liebesroman-Reihe Green Valley ganz zu Hause fühlen. Die New-Adult-Reihe Cherry Hill besteht aus den folgenden Liebesromanen: A Place to Love (June & Henry) - gelesen von Sandra Voss A Place to Grow (Lilac & Bo) - gelesen von Corinna Dorenkamp A Place to Belong (Maggy & Flynn) - gelesen von Nina Reithmeier A Place to Shine (Poppy & Trace) - gelesen von Leonie Landa

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/711720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Eine Ewigkeit für uns - Lost in Love. Die Green-Mountain-Serie, Band 15 (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Marie Force Narrator: Christiane Marx Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 25, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Eine zweite Chance für die Liebe: Die Krönung der SPIEGEL-Bestsellerreihe Max Abbott weiß, wie sehr ein gebrochenes Herz schmerzt. Erst hat ihn seine große Liebe Lexi verlassen, dann auch noch die Mutter seines kleinen Sohns. Deshalb konzentriert sich der alleinerziehende junge Vater ganz auf seine kleine Familie und hat den Frauen abgeschworen. Bis er bei seinem zehnjährigen Klassentreffen Lexi unerwartet wieder gegenübersteht. Sofort sind da wieder die alten Gefühle. Doch sein Leben ist jetzt ein anderes und Lexi hat dunkle Jahre hinter sich. Sie weiß nur zu gut, wie zerbrechlich das Glück sein kann. Können sie ihrer Liebe trotzdem eine zweite Chance geben? Ein sehnsüchtiges Abenteuer für dein Herz: In der Kleinstadt Butler in Vermont findet jeder seine große Liebe.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712756 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Das kleine Bücherdorf: Herbstleuchten - Das schottische Bücherdorf, Band 3 (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Katharina Herzog Narrator: Elena Wilms Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: October 25, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Betty Andrews ist nicht nur Hollywoodschauspielerin, sie schreibt auch erfolgreich Kinderbücher. In den Unterlagen ihrer Großmutter stößt sie auf farbenfrohe Zeichnungen, die wunderbare Illustrationen für ihre Bücher wären. Doch ihre Oma ist nicht bereit, darüber zu sprechen, woher sie stammen, und über den Künstler E. Smith ist nur bekannt, dass er oder sie in einem Dorf an der Südwestküste von Schottland lebt. Kann dieses Dorf Swinton-on-Sea sein? Gerade hat Betty eine Einladung für das dortige Book Festival erhalten, und obwohl sie normalerweise öffentliche Auftritte meidet, reist sie nach Schottland, um Nachforschungen anzustellen. Bereits kurz nach ihrer Ankunft wird sie enttarnt und von Fans verfolgt. Der Buchhändler Eliyah hilft ihr und bringt sie ins B&B seiner Oma Nanette. Bei den Recherchen über den geheimnisvollen Künstler kommen die Schauspielerin und der zurückhaltende Bücherwurm sich näher. Dann macht Betty in der Bibliothek eine Entdeckung, die ihr zeigt, dass Eliyahs tragische Familiengeschichte eng mit ihrer eigenen verknüpft ist. Der dritte Band der Reihe um das schottische Bücherdorf - Liebe, Freundschaft und die schönsten Geschichten der Welt an einem Ort! Gelesen von Elena Wilms.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/716460 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Marrying Kind Series: #2 of The Hart Brothers Author: Kendall Ryan Narrator: Vanessa Edwin, Teddy Hamilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 8 minutes Release date: October 24, 2023 Genres: Modern Publisher's Summary: Welcome to Kodiak Canyon, where the men outnumber the women, the beards are impressive, and the beer is home-brewed. Ella Westover and Austen Hart are about as different as they can be. After losing her parents in a tragic accident, Ella is determined to live her life to the fullest, and so she sets off on an adventure, complete with a hand-written bucket list tucked safely in the worn pages of her journal. Her first stop? Kodiak Canyon, elevation nine thousand feet, population just over six hundred. The views are breathtaking, the mountain air is sweet, and the pace is slow . . . it’s everything she’s dreamed of. Austen is a real-life mountain man. A local with a knack for surviving in the toughest of climates, he’s got everything a man could need . . . almost. The only thing he doesn’t have is a wife, a pretty maiden to warm his bed at night, someone to share his homestead with. Kodiak Canyon has a lot to offer, but female companionship isn’t one of them. He isn’t about to let the beautiful and strong-willed Ella get away so easily. Ella might take him up on his room to rent, but she’ll never be someone’s wife. She’s got a plan. A life to live. But as she starts ticking off items on her bucket list . . . one that she never imagined starts to take center stage. Fall in love.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705374 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Murder in Paradise Series: #4 of Paradise Florida Keys Mystery Author: Deborah Brown Narrator: Hope Shangle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: October 24, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Madison Westin has found herself and her bombshell best friend, Fabiana Merceau, caught up in deep trouble—yet again. This time, Fab is implicated as the only suspect in a high-profile double homicide on a beautiful private island. The girls have to act quickly and quietly, searching for a way to set the record straight and secure Fab’s freedom. Along the way, Madison must choose between two men, evade an ever-watchful mother, and dodge shady criminals as they try to solve a Murder in Paradise.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712759 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Yoga Town (Autorisierte Lesefassung) Author: Daniel Speck Narrator: Mina Tander, Daniel Speck Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 40 minutes Release date: October 18, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Damals hatten wir sie - eine bessere Zukunft. Der große neue Familien- und Generationenroman von Bestseller-Autor Daniel Speck 2019. Eine Berliner Yogalehrerin, die noch nie in Indien war. Ihr liebevoller Vater, der in der Vergangenheit hängt. Und ihre Mutter, die spurlos verschwindet. Lucy und ihr Vater Lou gehen auf die Suche, zurück an den Ort, wo alles begann: 1968. Zwei Brüder und zwei Frauen fahren auf dem Hippie-Trail nach Indien. In Rishikesh am Fuß des Himalayas treffen sie ihre Idole, die Beatles. Und den Pop-Guru Maharishi. Sie haben die beste Zeit ihres Lebens. Aber nur zwei von ihnen kehren zurück. Lou hat etwas Unverzeihliches getan. Und Corinna ist schwanger. Als ihre Tochter geboren wird, schwören sie, ihr Geheimnis niemandem zu verraten. Eine große Liebes- und Familiengeschichte, die zugleich eine spirituelle Reise ist und bis nach Indien führt. Ein Generationenroman über Musik, große Träume und die Suche nach dem verlorenen Zauber.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/709942 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Töchter des Nordmeeres - Livs Weg (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Ines Thorn Narrator: Verena Wolfien Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: October 13, 2023 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Norwegen 1893: Auf Veiholmen, im Norden der Inselgruppe Smola, wachsen zwei sehr unterschiedliche junge Frauen heran, die aber untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind. Vor 15 Jahren wurden sie in der gleichen Winternacht als Säuglinge auf verschiedenen Türschwellen im Dorf abgelegt. Keiner weiß, ob Liv und Lucia Schwestern sind oder woher sie kommen. Liv ist die Fortschrittliche, Wissbegierige und Tatenhungrige, die sogar die Aufmerksamkeit des Polarreisenden Fridtjof Nansen erregt, während Lucia nach Häuslichkeit strebt, traditionell leben und heiraten möchte. Als ein junger Fremder in den Ort kommt, werden die Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Frauen spürbar, und ihre zwiespältige Freundschaft wird hart auf die Probe gestellt.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Rocky Mountain Home Series: #32 of Rocky Mountain Serie Author: Virginia Fox Narrator: Karoline Mask Von Oppen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 9 minutes Release date: October 13, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Selena O'Shea hat ihren Traumjob gefunden. Als Maklerin vermittelt sie anderen das Zuhause, das am besten zu ihnen passt. Ihr erster Kunde stellt sie allerdings ganz schön vor eine Herausforderung. Wieso scheint er mehr daran interessiert zu sein, mit ihr zu flirten, als sich für ein Haus zu entscheiden? Und weshalb fällt es ihr so schwer, ihm von ihrem eigenen Traumobjekt, der Mühle zu erzählen? Obschon erst Mitte vierzig, will sich Teddy Anderson im malerischen Independence zur Ruhe setzen und das Leben genießen. Von seinem zukünftigen Zuhause hat er ganz genaue Vorstellungen. Ein Kinderspiel also, sein Traumobjekt zu finden. Dachte er zumindest. Bis er der bezaubernden Selena begegnet und das Wort Zuhause plötzlich eine ganz andere Bedeutung erhält. Doch sie sind nicht die einzigen, die sich für die alte Mühe interessieren. Zwei angebliche Erben, skrupellose Immobilienhaie und sogar der Bürgermeister scheint in die Sache verwickelt. Bleibt da überhaupt Zeit für eine Romanze? Reise nach Independence und finde es heraus.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/710824 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Forgotten Farmhouse by the Sea: An emotional and uplifting tale of secrets and second chances Series: #1 of Welcome to Anglesey Author: Caroline Young Narrator: Bronwen Price Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 49 minutes Release date: October 12, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Following the gentle curve of the cliff through soft tussock grass, the old farmhouse lies ahead of her like a beacon. Drawing near, she sees cracks in the sash windows and buddleia seedlings sprouting from chips in the rendering. Years have passed since she visited the house as a child – and yet here it is, still standing, waiting for her… ‘You need rescuing,’ she says, unlatching the wooden gate, ‘and so do I.’ Nan Green has been visiting the island of Anglesey for as long as she can remember, drawn back to its windswept beaches and hidden coves every summer. The island is her refuge, a place where as a child she could escape her controlling father, if only for a few weeks. When a ramshackle old cliffside farmhouse she remembers from her childhood comes on the market – complete with a wind-blasted hawthorn tree and endless sea views out towards the Irish coastline – Nan convinces her husband, Robin, they should buy it. But Nan’s dream of a perfect family home by the sea soon starts to crumble. Robin is increasingly distant and dismissive, echoing the past behaviour of her father. Meanwhile, Nan’s mother refuses to visit her new home. What history does she have with the old house? Could it be the same secret that makes islanders say the farmhouse is cursed? And what has it got to do with local craftsman and single father Harri? Locals say he has a troubled history, but when they meet walking along a pebbled beach Nan feels a strange connection to him. She can tell he’s a little broken, just like her. As Nan finds her place in the island community, old wounds begin to heal. But can she let go of her past after so many years? And by rescuing the farmhouse and setting its secrets free, can Nan save herself too? A heart-warming and unputdownable tale about old dreams, new beginnings and finding your own happy ending. Perfect for fans of Susanne O’Leary, Amanda Prowse, Liz Eeles and Sheila O’Flanagan.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/712186 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Study for Obedience Author: Sarah Bernstein Narrator: Sarah Bernstein Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 59 minutes Release date: October 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 NAMED AS ONE OF GRANTA MAGAZINE'S BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS 2023 A powerful, compressed masterwork for fans of Shirley Jackson and Claire-Louise Bennett A woman moves from the place of her birth to a remote northern country to be housekeeper to her brother, whose wife has just left him. The youngest child of many siblings - more than she cares to remember - from earliest childhood she has attended to their every desire, smoothed away the slightest discomfort with perfect obedience, with the highest degree of devotion. The country, it transpires, is the country of their family's ancestors, an obscure though reviled people. Soon after she arrives, a series of unfortunate events occurs - collective bovine hysteria; the demise of a ewe and her nearly-born lamb; a local dog's phantom pregnancy; the containment of domestic fowl; a potato blight. She notices that the local suspicion about incomers in general seems to be directed particularly in her case. What is clear is that she is being accused of wrongdoing, but in a language she cannot understand and so cannot address. And however diligently and silently she toils in service of the community, still she feels their hostility growing, pressing at the edges of her brother's property...

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/715194 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El pacto del agua Author: Abraham Verghese Narrator: Daniel Nicolás Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 27 hours 7 minutes Release date: October 5, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Una magistral saga familiar ambientada en la India del siglo XX que ha cautivado al público y la crítica por el autor de Hijos del ancho mundo. «Grandiosa, espectacular y arrolladora». The New York Times «Uno de los tres mejores libros que leído en toda mi vida. [...] Épico, emocionante, absorbente». Oprah Winfrey El pacto del agua sigue a una familia que sufre una aflicción peculiar: en cada generación, al menos una persona muere ahogada, y en Kerala el agua está en todas partes. A principios del siglo XX, una niña de doce años es enviada en barco para contraer matrimonio con un hombre de cuarenta al que no conoce. A partir de entonces, la joven y futura matriarca, conocida como Big Ammachi, será testigo de cambios impensables: una historia llena de alegrías, pruebas de amor y lucha ante las adversidades. Evocación de una India desaparecida, imbuida de humor y emoción, El pacto del agua es un himno al entendimiento humano y al progreso de la medicina, y un testimonio de las dificultades sufridas por las generaciones pasadas por el bienestar de quienes viven ahora. La crítica ha dicho... «Una de las tres mejores novelas que he leído en toda mi vida. Nunca me había sentido así respecto a un libro». Oprah Winfrey «Gran literatura para conocer el mundo». Babelia «Una novela para detener el tiempo y dejarse llevar por su corriente imparable». Vogue «Una novela grandiosa, espectacular, arrolladora y absolutamente absorbente». The New York Times «Un logro literario exquisito y excepcional en el que todas las piezas encajan a la perfección». Kirkus Reviews «Las fortalezas técnicas de Verghese son consistentes y versátiles. [...] En todo momento, entreteje su amor insaciable y su fe en el arte y la literatura. [...] Una novela colosal, ambiciosa y apasionada: una hazaña magnífica». The Washington Post «Una obra inconmensurable, cautivadora». Los Angeles Times «Espléndida, desgarradora». Oprah Daily «¡Qué glorioso relato de tierra y familia! ¡Qué camino tan brillante trazado a lo largo de generaciones!». Honorée Fanonne Jeffers «Verghese, una leyenda literaria en la cima de su talento, nos lleva de viaje durante un siglo y por más de un continente, mientras nos deslumbra con su prosa rica y elegante». Dani Shapiro «Una novela brillante. Un mundo mágico vigoroso y asombroso. Unos personajes absolutamente creíbles. Me encantaría estar leyéndola días y noches sin parar». Megha Majudmar