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Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life....
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A mixed bag ..
- By J. James on 12-10-21
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Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt
- The Seven Sisters, Book 8
- By: Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Tuppence Middleton
- Length: 24 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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From the Sunday Times number-one best-selling author Lucinda Riley, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt draws the multimillion-copy epic series The Seven Sisters to an unforgettable conclusion....
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A few hours in
- By Mrs T Woodford on 11-05-23
By: Lucinda Riley, and others
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Demon Copperhead
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the tale of Demon Copperhead: our hero. A boy with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-coloured hair, bucket-loads of charm and a talent or two the world is yet to discover....
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A full-on powerful re-working of Dickens
- By Rachel Redford on 01-12-22
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The Storm Sister
- The Seven Sisters, Book 2
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The second audiobook in the Seven Sisters series by number one internationally best-selling author Lucinda Riley....
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Brilliant story line
- By carolyn leafe on 06-04-22
By: Lucinda Riley
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The Summer Skies
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Born into a family of successful pilots, Morag is used to flying high....
By: Jenny Colgan
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It Starts with Us
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Colin Donnell, Olivia Song
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favourite Atlas’ side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the number one Sunday Times best seller It Ends with Us....
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Beautiful … sigh
- By Anonymous User on 06-11-22
By: Colleen Hoover
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Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan, Robin Miles
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life....
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A mixed bag ..
- By J. James on 12-10-21
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Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt
- The Seven Sisters, Book 8
- By: Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Tuppence Middleton
- Length: 24 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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From the Sunday Times number-one best-selling author Lucinda Riley, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt draws the multimillion-copy epic series The Seven Sisters to an unforgettable conclusion....
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A few hours in
- By Mrs T Woodford on 11-05-23
By: Lucinda Riley, and others
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Demon Copperhead
- By: Barbara Kingsolver
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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This is the tale of Demon Copperhead: our hero. A boy with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-coloured hair, bucket-loads of charm and a talent or two the world is yet to discover....
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A full-on powerful re-working of Dickens
- By Rachel Redford on 01-12-22
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The Storm Sister
- The Seven Sisters, Book 2
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The second audiobook in the Seven Sisters series by number one internationally best-selling author Lucinda Riley....
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Brilliant story line
- By carolyn leafe on 06-04-22
By: Lucinda Riley
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The Summer Skies
- By: Jenny Colgan
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Born into a family of successful pilots, Morag is used to flying high....
By: Jenny Colgan
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It Starts with Us
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Colin Donnell, Olivia Song
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favourite Atlas’ side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the number one Sunday Times best seller It Ends with Us....
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Beautiful … sigh
- By Anonymous User on 06-11-22
By: Colleen Hoover
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Malibu Rising
- By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them...and what they will leave behind....
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Not for me
- By Handryer on 01-06-22
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Shuggie Bain
- By: Douglas Stuart
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life....
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Utter respect
- By KMV on 02-09-20
By: Douglas Stuart
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The Pearl Sister
- The Seven Sisters, Book 4
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine, Rehanna MacDonald
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Following the death of her father, CeCe D'Aplièse finds herself at breaking point. In desperation, she decides to flee England and discover her past....
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The best sister so far
- By Sharon Leverick on 25-11-17
By: Lucinda Riley
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The Paper Palace
- The No.1 New York Times Bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Bookclub Pick
- By: Miranda Cowley Heller
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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On a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the pond below 'The Paper Palace'—her family's holiday home in Cape Cod. As she dives beneath the water she relives the passionate encounter she had the night before....
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Don’t waste your life
- By S. Maguire on 10-08-21
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The Moon Sister
- The Seven Sisters, Book 5
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Imogen Wilde
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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After the death of her father - Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe - Tiggy D’Aplièse , trusting her instincts, moves to the remote wilds of Scotland....
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I've been looking forward to this
- By Kittykins on 31-01-19
By: Lucinda Riley
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The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley
- By: Sean Lusk
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Bert Seymour
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1754, renowned maker of clocks and automata Abel Cloudesley must raise his new-born son Zachary when his wife dies in childbirth....
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Outstanding, brilliantly read!
- By Kate on 08-03-23
By: Sean Lusk
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Dark Days for the Tobacco Girls
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The Tobacco Girls cling together as they realise that the clouds of war are turning dark, the world is becoming more dangerous and their lives more unpredictable....
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Another great book
- By Jackie Jackson on 18-06-21
By: Lizzie Lane
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Forever Home
- By: Graham Norton
- Narrated by: Graham Norton
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In his tense and darkly comic new novel, Graham Norton casts a light on the relationship between mothers and daughters, and truth and self-preservation with unnerving effect....
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Pales in comparison…
- By Poppy on 15-10-22
By: Graham Norton
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One Good Thing
- By: Alexandra Potter
- Narrated by: Margaret Cabourn-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something can happen to change the course of everything....
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Another fabulous book!
- By Daisy71 on 13-05-22
By: Alexandra Potter
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- By: Gail Honeyman
- Narrated by: Cathleen McCarron
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend....
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Viva Eleanor!
- By Kaggy on 30-06-17
By: Gail Honeyman
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
- By: Rachel Joyce
- Narrated by: Jim Broadbent
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other....
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A memorable, moving and marvellous story
- By Kirstine on 11-02-15
By: Rachel Joyce
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Crow Lake
- By: Mary Lawson
- Narrated by: Amelia Sargisson
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Orphaned young, Kate Morrison was her older brother Matt's protégé, her curious fascination for pond-life fed by his passionate interest in the natural world. Now a zoologist, she can identify organisms under a microscope but seems blind to the tragedy of her own emotional life....
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Wonderful Book
- By Fi B on 24-06-22
By: Mary Lawson
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Love Untold
- By: Ruth Jones
- Narrated by: Ruth Jones
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Grace is about to turn ninety. She doesn't want parties or presents or fuss. She just wants to heal the family rift that's been breaking her heart for decades....
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Brilliant
- By dianef on 04-10-22
By: Ruth Jones
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The Bee Sting
- By: Paul Murray
- Narrated by: Heather O’Sullivan, Barry Fitzgerald, Beau Holland, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A tour de force new novel about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is (maybe) ending....
By: Paul Murray
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The Passenger
- By: Cormac McCarthy
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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One of America’s greatest living writers, now eighty-eight, returns with a book—a pair of books, together a masterpiece—a decade in the making....
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Honestly
- By Gavin Jones on 01-11-22
By: Cormac McCarthy
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Again, Rachel
- By: Marian Keyes
- Narrated by: Marian Keyes, Graham Norton
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Back in the long ago '90s, Rachel Walsh was a mess. But a spell in rehab transformed everything. Life became very good, very quickly. But with the sudden reappearance of a man she'd once loved, her life wobbles....
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Like coming home !
- By melanie kingdom on 19-02-22
By: Marian Keyes
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The Covenant of Water
- By: Abraham Verghese
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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She is twelve years old, and she will be married in the morning. Mother and daughter lie on the mat, their wet cheeks glued together. “The saddest day of a girl’s life is the day of her wedding,” her mother says. “After that, God willing, it gets better.”....
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Brilliant
- By ladypea on 22-05-23
By: Abraham Verghese
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East of Eden
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: John Steinbeck, David Wyatt - introduction
- Narrated by: Simon Manyonda
- Length: 26 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel....
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Amazing writing, the narration disappointed me
- By Roger on 09-03-22
By: John Steinbeck, and others
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Ugly Love
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Grace Grant, Deacon Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction....
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great book
- By Susan Carridge on 17-01-23
By: Colleen Hoover
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The Sun Sister
- The Seven Sisters, Book 6
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts, Weruche Opia
- Length: 26 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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To the outside world, Electra D’Aplièse seems to be the woman with everything: as one of the world’s top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous....
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QUITE DISAPPOINTED
- By Clare on 15-04-20
By: Lucinda Riley
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The Reading List
- By: Sara Nisha Adams
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya, Tara Divina, Paul Panting
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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When Aleisha discovers a crumpled reading list tucked into a tattered library book, it sparks an extraordinary journey....
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Beautiful and Heartwarming
- By Maz54 on 24-08-21
By: Sara Nisha Adams
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The Giver of Stars
- By: Jojo Moyes
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Alice is stifled, bored, and misunderstood. So when she meets wealthy and handsome American, Bennett Van Cleve, she is quickly swept off her feet....
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Terrible performance
- By Christopher Pryce on 03-10-19
By: Jojo Moyes
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The Missing Sister
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 23 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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The six D’Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister?
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Masterful as always - farewell Lucinda Riley
- By Anonymous User on 11-06-21
By: Lucinda Riley
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Murder on the Orient Express
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Agatha Christie
- Narrated by: Tom Conti, Jane Asher, Ruta Gedmintas, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Original Recording
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What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery....
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All-star Poirot!
- By Mikey on 05-11-17
By: Agatha Christie
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The Indigo Sky
- By: Alison Booth
- Narrated by: Lisa Armytage
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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It is the spring of 1961, and the sleepy little town of Jingera is at its most perfect with its clear blue skies, pounding surf and breathtaking lagoon. Yet all is not so perfect behind closed doors. George Cadwallader - butcher by day and stargazer by night - is loved by everyone, except his wife. He only wants the best for his family, yet it's all falling apart. Philip Chapman is a sensitive young boy, a musical prodigy - and a target for bullies. But with his wealthy parents indifferent to his cries for help, his entire future is at risk.
By: Alison Booth
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The Runaway Daughter
- The Lancashire Girls, Book 3
- By: Libby Ashworth
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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When the parish guardians send Lydia, daughter of convict James Knowles, to apprentice in the cotton mill at Caton, she is distraught at being parted from her younger siblings and mother, Betty, but she has no choice. At the mill, Lydia is bullied by some of the other girls and things do not go well when she stands up to the ringleader. Fearing she has killed someone and with the word murderess ringing in her ears, Lydia runs for her life.
By: Libby Ashworth
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To the Lighthouse
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assorted guests are on holiday on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Woolf constructs a remarkable, moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life and the conflict between men and women.
By: Virginia Woolf
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The Difference
- By: Ellen Glasgow
- Narrated by: Kelly Burke
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow was born on 22nd April 1873, in Richmond, Virginia. She published her first novel ‘The Descendant’ anonymously in 1897, at age 24. In 1923 came her short story collection ‘The Shadowy Third & Other Stories’, which included ‘The Difference’, a classic tale of a marriage hitting a problem and the moral and realistic reaction to that. Further works followed and, in 1941, she published ‘In This Our Life’.
By: Ellen Glasgow
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The Brothers
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Louisa May Alcott was born on 29th November 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Well-loved for her classic ‘Little Women’, she was a superb writer in difficult times for any woman, a strong advocate of women’s issues, the anti-slavery movement, temperance and social reform. Her work often reflects on the rich experiences in her life and these poignant short stories are a fine testament to this. One of Alcott’s most startling stories is the ‘The Brothers’, a tale of two brothers during the Civil War and the after-effects.
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Poppy's Story
- Good Intentions Collection
- By: Kristina McMorris
- Narrated by: Megan Tusing
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Poppy Turner has spent more than a decade teaching children grammar and arithmetic. Suddenly her days are steeped in fears that reach well beyond a classroom filled with air-raid drills and anxious young faces. As a mother-to-be, she worries about bringing a child into a time of such turmoil. To find stability, she will have to decide if she’s willing to look more closely at her own past.
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The Indigo Sky
- By: Alison Booth
- Narrated by: Lisa Armytage
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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It is the spring of 1961, and the sleepy little town of Jingera is at its most perfect with its clear blue skies, pounding surf and breathtaking lagoon. Yet all is not so perfect behind closed doors. George Cadwallader - butcher by day and stargazer by night - is loved by everyone, except his wife. He only wants the best for his family, yet it's all falling apart. Philip Chapman is a sensitive young boy, a musical prodigy - and a target for bullies. But with his wealthy parents indifferent to his cries for help, his entire future is at risk.
By: Alison Booth
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The Runaway Daughter
- The Lancashire Girls, Book 3
- By: Libby Ashworth
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
When the parish guardians send Lydia, daughter of convict James Knowles, to apprentice in the cotton mill at Caton, she is distraught at being parted from her younger siblings and mother, Betty, but she has no choice. At the mill, Lydia is bullied by some of the other girls and things do not go well when she stands up to the ringleader. Fearing she has killed someone and with the word murderess ringing in her ears, Lydia runs for her life.
By: Libby Ashworth
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To the Lighthouse
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assorted guests are on holiday on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Woolf constructs a remarkable, moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life and the conflict between men and women.
By: Virginia Woolf
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The Difference
- By: Ellen Glasgow
- Narrated by: Kelly Burke
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow was born on 22nd April 1873, in Richmond, Virginia. She published her first novel ‘The Descendant’ anonymously in 1897, at age 24. In 1923 came her short story collection ‘The Shadowy Third & Other Stories’, which included ‘The Difference’, a classic tale of a marriage hitting a problem and the moral and realistic reaction to that. Further works followed and, in 1941, she published ‘In This Our Life’.
By: Ellen Glasgow
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The Brothers
- By: Louisa May Alcott
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Louisa May Alcott was born on 29th November 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Well-loved for her classic ‘Little Women’, she was a superb writer in difficult times for any woman, a strong advocate of women’s issues, the anti-slavery movement, temperance and social reform. Her work often reflects on the rich experiences in her life and these poignant short stories are a fine testament to this. One of Alcott’s most startling stories is the ‘The Brothers’, a tale of two brothers during the Civil War and the after-effects.
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Poppy's Story
- Good Intentions Collection
- By: Kristina McMorris
- Narrated by: Megan Tusing
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Poppy Turner has spent more than a decade teaching children grammar and arithmetic. Suddenly her days are steeped in fears that reach well beyond a classroom filled with air-raid drills and anxious young faces. As a mother-to-be, she worries about bringing a child into a time of such turmoil. To find stability, she will have to decide if she’s willing to look more closely at her own past.
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Mother Country
- Good Intentions Collection
- By: Etaf Rum
- Narrated by: Ariana Delawari
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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A daughter and mother: two women miles, years, and dreams apart. One defies traditions and expectations. The other conforms to them, even in a new land. Their emotional distance grows while the daughter, now a wife and mother herself, comes to better understand the woman she’s become and why, as she ruminates on inherited trauma, the need to forgive, and the lengths she’ll go to free herself from the past.
By: Etaf Rum
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The Days Before Us
- Good Intentions Collection
- By: Sejal Badani
- Narrated by: Reba Buhr
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Autumn, a mother-to-be, has an unsteady grip on the meaning of family. Her father abandoned her. She hasn’t seen her estranged mother in more than twelve years. And her marriage is crumbling. As Autumn struggles with painful memories of her childhood and fosters hopes for her own baby’s future, she must come to terms with the past to be the mother she and her child need her to be.
By: Sejal Badani
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Good Intentions
- Unforgettable Stories of Motherly Love
- By: Rebecca Serle, Kristina McMorris, Charmaine Wilkerson, and others
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan, Megan Tusing, Kristyl Dawn Tift, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Motherhood isn’t always what’s expected. One woman may delight in navigating the unknowable, while another may look to the past to chart the course ahead. Still another may have the urge to redefine the relationship between mother and child. For each, the journey can be heartwarming and heartbreaking, ever changing and challenging. In these provocative stories, acclaimed authors probe the growing pains that can change the lives of both mother and child in ways they never imagined.
By: Rebecca Serle, and others
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A Planned Occasion
- Good Intentions Collection
- By: Angie Kim
- Narrated by: Ren Hanami
- Length: 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Korean immigrant Mina Pak Johnson is clearing out the last of her husband’s things when she finds a picnic basket in his closet—a long-forgotten wedding present from her mother. With it comes decades of memories—of her mother’s wishes for her to be happy and her own shattered hopes for her first child—and regret at never having used it. Pushing her husband’s ashes and a bottle of wine in a rusty old stroller, Mina is determined to re-create the picnic they never had. But with it comes something Mina never expected, illuminating a loving gesture her husband made years ago.
By: Angie Kim
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Deceitful Vows
- By: Trinity DeKane
- Narrated by: Ebony Ford
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Paula Smith Harris has learned that the man she thought was her true love isn't exactly who he vowed to be. After enduring countless affairs, among other things, Paula decides that it is time to move on. However, getting away from her crazy, obsessed husband isn't going to be as easy as she hoped it would be. Meanwhile, Michael is fighting for his right to stay married. With the secrets that have been revealed and the pain that was caused, is there any chance for a reconciliation?
By: Trinity DeKane
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Belonging
- By: James H Lewis
- Narrated by: James H Lewis
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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Sarah Mathews has it all—a loving family and a budding career—until an unwelcome message resurfaces doubts about her identity she has harbored since childhood. Sarah’s comfortable world is thrown into turmoil when a DNA test confirms her suspicions.
By: James H Lewis
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Under a Kabul Sky
- Short Fiction by Afghan Women
- By: Elaine Kennedy
- Narrated by: Athena Karkanis
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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These twelve short stories dive deep into imaginary worlds where everyday life is marked and marred by war. They speak of wounded love, captured women, confinement, talismans, borders, wolves. They give expression to the voices of Afghan women who would like to change the fate of people like Nâzboo, Khorshid, Hamid and so many others. Originally published by Éditions Le Soupirail in 2019, this collection was the first volume of short stories by Afghan women to appear in France.
By: Elaine Kennedy
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Stella in Heaven
- Almost a Novel
- By: Art Buchwald
- Narrated by: Elliott Gould
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
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Roger Folger, age 61, recently lost his wife, Stella, but her spirit hasn't wandered far. In an all-too-earthly way, Roger converses with her disembodied voice in the privacy of the home they shared for many years, and you can bet Stella talks back. Roger fills her in on the latest about their kids and neighbors, while she tells Roger what heaven's like—picture the Ritz-Carlton in Florida, managed by Saint Peter. Worried that Roger is lonely, Stella decides that he needs a new woman in his life. But once he begins to date, Stella grows jealous.
By: Art Buchwald
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A Southern Family
- By: Gail Godwin
- Narrated by: Nina Foch
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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This profound portrait of family life takes listeners inside the hearts and minds of members of the Quick family, whose raw-edged emotions are stirred up by a visit home. An inexplicably violent death and painful confrontations leave every family member forever changed. Rich in insight and psychological entanglements, A Southern Family is a masterful tale of anger and pain, of love and hatred, and ultimately of healing, understanding, and wisdom.
By: Gail Godwin
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Thruu Mey
- By: Beran Oyzer
- Narrated by: Frayz Anjila
- Length: 9 mins
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Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Thruu Mey and learn about small poems for small futurist lovers.
By: Beran Oyzer
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Two Boys and a Funeral
- By: Mark Roeder
- Narrated by: Jerry Bradshaw
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Bastien was lucky to spend a lifetime with Dayton, but now, after decades, Dayton is gone. Bastien isn’t sure how he can go on without the love of his life, but then two young boys knock on his door and announce they are his grandsons.
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really good novel
- By D. J. Macey on 26-04-23
By: Mark Roeder
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Back of the Yard
- A Great Depression Family Saga
- By: Meg Lelvis
- Narrated by: Sara Moser Bartlett
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Set during the Depression in the South Chicago neighborhood of Sinclair's The Jungle, Betty O'Leary's family struggles to scrape by in this harsh, foul-smelling, yet compassionate area. The youngest in her Irish Catholic family, Betty is overshadowed by her pretty sister, Maureen, and when tragedy threatens to shatter her world, Betty is sent away to stay with relatives.
By: Meg Lelvis