29 Best Family Life Books
Family Life is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Family Life audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Family Life audiobooks below.
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Framley Parsonage
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrator: Simon Vance
- Length: 18 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
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5(1 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0031.95 USDMark Robarts, a young vicar, is newly arrived in the village of Framley. With ambitions to further his career, he seeks connections in the county’s high society. He is soon preyed upon by a local member of parliament to guarantee a substantialMark Robarts, a young vicar, is newly arrived in the village of Framley. With ambitions to further his career, he seeks connections in the county’s high society. He is soon preyed upon by a local member of parliament to guarantee a substantial loan, which Mark in a moment of weakness agrees to–despite knowing the man is a notorious debtor–and which brings him to the brink of ruin. He must face the awful reality this loss will bring his family.
Meanwhile, Mark’s sister, Lucy, is deeply in love with Lord Lufton, the son of the lofty Lady Lufton. Lord Lufton has proposed, but Lady Lufton is against the marriage, preferring that her son choose the coldly beautiful Griselda Grantly.
The novel will conclude with four happy marriages, including one involving Doctor Thorne, the hero of the preceding book in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series.
One of Trollope’s most popular novels, Framley Parsonage depicts nineteenth-century country life beautifully, crafted with acute insight into human nature.
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The Born Leader
- By: Sarah Noffke
- Narrator: Dara Rosenberg
- Length: 5 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 10, 2020
- Language: English
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4.59(690 ratings)
4.59(690 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDThe most important magical creature has gone missing, and it’s up to Warrior Liv Beaufont to find him. But she has no idea where to look. Thankfully she’s made friends in lots of places–big and small. Liv pulls all her resourcesThe most important magical creature has gone missing, and it’s up to Warrior Liv Beaufont to find him. But she has no idea where to look.
Thankfully she’s made friends in lots of places–big and small. Liv pulls all her resources together to complete the most important mission she’s ever attempted.
The House bonds together unlike ever before, and the timing couldn’t be any better as Talon Sinclair steps out of the Black Void to take control, once and for all.
Liv will die before she allows the God Magician to ruin the world she loves so much. She just hopes it actually doesn’t kill her…or anyone she loves.
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The Flying Cutterbucks
- By: Kathleen M. Rodgers
- Narrator: F Michelle Williams
- Length: 10 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.57(38 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDDecades ago, Trudy, Georgia, and Aunt Star formed a code of silence to protect each other from an abusive man who terrorized their family. One act of solidarity long ago lives with them still. With the election of a president who brags about gropingDecades ago, Trudy, Georgia, and Aunt Star formed a code of silence to protect each other from an abusive man who terrorized their family. One act of solidarity long ago lives with them still. With the election of a president who brags about groping women without their consent, old wounds and deep secrets come alive again, forcing hard truths to be told and even harder truths to be left to the dead.
On the outskirts of Pardon, New Mexico, Trudy returns to her mother, Jewel, to navigate an old house filled with haunting mementos of her father who went missing in action over North Vietnam. As she helps her mother sift through the memories and finally lay her father to rest, Trudy will do her own soul searching to say goodbye to the dead and find her way along with the other women in her family, and through the next election.
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Under a Sunburnt Sky
- By: Lilly Mirren
- Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen
- Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: October 25, 2022
- Language: English
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4.56(379 ratings)
4.56(379 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDNacha is living a normal life in Old Town, Warsaw, when the Nazis invade Poland. After months of heavy shelling, her family believes things can’t possibly get any worse. Then the city falls, and she and her family find themselves faced with aNacha is living a normal life in Old Town, Warsaw, when the Nazis invade Poland. After months of heavy shelling, her family believes things can’t possibly get any worse. Then the city falls, and she and her family find themselves faced with a level of antisemitism they’ve never experienced before. They’re locked into a ghetto, and she fears they’ll never see freedom again. When the Nazis begin rounding up Jews, Janek, a Polish Catholic teenager, doesn’t let the warnings of executions for those caught helping Jewish people stop him. With his neighbors now living in the ghetto, he resolves to take them food and supplies. It isn’t long before he finds love in the dark shadows of the ghetto walls, and his own commitment to save his neighbors grows.
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Standing at the Scratch Line
- By: Guy Johnson
- Narrator: Guy Johnson
- Length: 25 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 10, 2008
- Language: English
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4.5(616 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0034.99 USDRaised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi “King” Tremain, caught up in his family’s ongoing feud with the rival DuMont family, learns to fight. But when the teenage King mistakenly kills two whiteRaised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi “King” Tremain, caught up in his family’s ongoing feud with the rival DuMont family, learns to fight. But when the teenage King mistakenly kills two white deputies during a botched raid on the DuMonts, the Tremains’ fear of reprisal forces King to flee Louisiana.
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Echoes of A Distant Summer
- By: Guy Johnson
- Narrator: Guy Johnson
- Length: 31 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: December 12, 2008
- Language: English
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4.5(278 ratings)
4.5(278 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0034.99 USDThe son of Maya Angelou, Guy Johnson is a critically acclaimed author and poet in his own right. Echoes of a Distant Summer is the story of Jackson St. Clair Tremain, a San Francisco civil servant who thought he had left his old life far behind. InThe son of Maya Angelou, Guy Johnson is a critically acclaimed author and poet in his own right. Echoes of a Distant Summer is the story of Jackson St. Clair Tremain, a San Francisco civil servant who thought he had left his old life far behind. In 1982, Jackson is summoned to Mexico to confer with his dying grandfather, the brutal hustler King Tremain. When King dies, Jackson inherits 50 million dollars-and the unwanted attentions of a malevolent bayou crime lord named Pug DuMont.
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A Family Reunion
- By: Brenda Jackson
- Narrator: Ron Butler
- Length: 14 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Harlequin Audio
- Publish date: September 24, 2019
- Language: English
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4.5(636 ratings)
4.5(636 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDEVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS. SOME ARE JUST TOO HARD TO TELL–BUT TOO HOT TO KEEP. . . It’s been fifteen years since the Bennetts were all in one place, at one time, and now at a total blowout of a reunion four special cousins’EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS. SOME ARE JUST TOO HARD TO TELL–BUT TOO HOT TO KEEP. . .
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It’s been fifteen years since the Bennetts were all in one place, at one time, and now at a total blowout of a reunion four special cousins’ hidden desires and long-kept secrets will challenge their bond, test their courage, and change their hearts forever…
Taye is a hair stylist with big ambitions. She’s trusted the wrong men in the past and now she determined to land the right one, no matter who stands in her way.
Michael is a widowed airline pilot struggling to manage his teenage daughter, but turbulence comes when a new passion enters his life.
Alexia was the chubby little girl who has turned into a sexy superstar who seems to have it all…except the one thing she’s always wanted to make her life complete: a child. Now she has the perfect man in mind to be the father of her child…without his knowledge.
Rae’jean is the pretty young doctor engaged to be married, but happiness still eludes her because her past is shrouded in mystery. And before she can say “I do” she must come home to finally learn the truth. -
The Secrets Between Us
- By: Thrity Umrigar
- Narrator: Sneha Mathan
- Length: 11 hours 55 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 26, 2018
- Language: English
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4.49(5933 ratings)
4.49(5933 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.005.99 USDMore than a decade since her bestselling novel, The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar continues Bhima’s unforgettable story in this stunning sequel. “The women at the heart of this novel inhabit the harsh world of the urban Indian poor,More than a decade since her bestselling novel, The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar continues Bhima’s unforgettable story in this stunning sequel.
“The women at the heart of this novel inhabit the harsh world of the urban Indian poor, and struggle separately and together for dignity and survival. Thrity Umrigar has written a moving human tale that vividly brings to life both the women and the city of Mumbai.”–Salman Rushdie
Bhima, the unforgettable main character of Thrity Umrigar’s beloved national bestseller The Space Between Us, returns in this triumphant sequel–a poignant and compelling novel in which the former servant struggles against the circumstances of class and misfortune to forge a new path for herself and her granddaughter in modern India.
Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than twenty years. Yet after courageously speaking the truth about a heinous crime perpetrated against her own family, the devoted servant was cruelly fired. The sting of that dismissal was made more painful coming from Sera Dubash, the temperamental employer who had long been Bhima’s only confidante. A woman who has endured despair and loss with stoicism, Bhima must now find some other way to support herself and her granddaughter, Maya.
Bhima’s fortunes take an unexpected turn when her path intersects with Parvati, a bitter, taciturn older woman. The two acquaintances soon form a tentative business partnership, selling fruits and vegetables at the local market. As they work together, these two women seemingly bound by fate grow closer, each confessing the truth about their lives and the wounds that haunt them. Discovering her first true friend, Bhima pieces together a new life, and together, the two women learn to stand on their own.
A dazzling story of strength, friendship, and second chances, The Secrets Between Us is a powerful and perceptive novel that brilliantly evokes the complexities of life in modern India and the harsh realities faced by women born without privilege as they struggle to survive.
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The Paris Secret
- By: Natasha Lester
- Narrator: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 15 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 15, 2020
- Language: English
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4.47(5317 ratings)
4.47(5317 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.98 USDFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Orphan comes an unforgettable historical novel about a secret collection of Dior gowns that ties back to the first female pilots of WWII and a heartbreaking story of love and sacrifice.England,... Read moreFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Orphan comes an unforgettable historical novel about a secret collection of Dior gowns that ties back to the first female pilots of WWII and a heartbreaking story of love and sacrifice.England, 1939: The Penrose sisters couldn’t be more different. Skye is a daring and brash pilot, and Liberty the one to defy her at every turn. Even if women aren’t allowed in the Royal Air Force, Skye is determined to help the war effort. She’s thrilled when it reunites her with her childhood soulmate, Nicholas. She’s less thrilled to learn Nicholas is now engaged to an enigmatic Frenchwoman named Margaux Jourdan.Paris, 1947: Designer Christian Dior unveils his glamorous first collection to a world weary of war and grief. He names his debut fragrance Miss Dior in tribute to his beloved sister Catherine, who forged a friendship with Skye and Margaux through her work with the French Resistance.Present Day: Fashion conservator Kat Jourdan discovers a priceless collection of Dior gowns in her grandmother’s vacant cottage. As she delves into the mystery of their origin, Kat begins to doubt everything she thought she knew about her beloved grandmother. -
Remarkably Bright Creatures
- By: Shelby Van Pelt
- Narrator: Marin Ireland
- Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 03, 2022
- Language: English
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4.47(80516 ratings)
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4.47(80516 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDA New York Times Bestseller! A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! “Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.”A New York Times Bestseller!
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“Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.” — Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow’s unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.
Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors–until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
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The Migrant
- By: Nicholas Sheridan Stanton
- Narrator: Richard Powers
- Length: 28 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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4.45(9 ratings)
4.45(9 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0038.95 USDFamily: the word is both sweet and bitter. We all have one; it is our common denominator. We’re all linked by birth to at least two others, and we spend our lives running to and running from these connections. From one coast to the other andFamily: the word is both sweet and bitter. We all have one; it is our common denominator. We’re all linked by birth to at least two others, and we spend our lives running to and running from these connections.
From one coast to the other and to the far side of the globe, three diverse characters follow paths that will mysteriously connect: Tina Lopez, endowed with a special gift from God, who learns at a young age how sharing one’s gifts can expand the meaning of family; Ethan Kelly, a young Irish-American priest-in-training, who will journey far to discover what he has always known; and K.C. Littleton, who will prove that old adage, “Be careful what you wish for.” All will discover a new appreciation for faith, forgiveness, and family.
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We’ll Meet Again
- By: Anton Du Beke
- Narrator: Thomas Judd
- Length: 13 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 29, 2022
- Language: English
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4.43(620 ratings)
4.43(620 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDLondon, 1939. As war is declared once more, a shadow falls over Britain. The staff at the luxurious Buckingham hotel must do all that they can to keep their important guests happy, but behind the scenes, they are scared. Away from the glitz and theLondon, 1939. As war is declared once more, a shadow falls over Britain. The staff at the luxurious Buckingham hotel must do all that they can to keep their important guests happy, but behind the scenes, they are scared. Away from the glitz and the glamour of the ballroom, they must face this new reality. Newlywed Nancy knows that her brave husband–debonair dancer Raymond de Guise–will want to fight for his country and enlist. She loves and supports him but is heartbroken at the thought of their being apart and scared of the dangers he’ll face. With a new hotel manager at the helm, no one knows what the future holds. But as fashionable society retreats from London and staff depart to sign up for service, one thing is certain: life at the Buckingham will never be the same again.
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Finding a Christmas Home
- By: Lee Tobin McClain
- Narrator: Tanya Eby
- Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: June 08, 2022
- Language: English
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4.43(174 ratings)
4.43(174 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDAs the new guardian to her twin nieces, Hannah Antonicelli is determined to keep her promise to her late sister–that she’ll never reveal the identity of their father. But when the girls’ uncle, Luke Hutchenson, moves in next doorAs the new guardian to her twin nieces, Hannah Antonicelli is determined to keep her promise to her late sister–that she’ll never reveal the identity of their father. But when the girls’ uncle, Luke Hutchenson, moves in next door and takes a job where Hannah works, the truth threatens their growing connection. How can she keep the secret when she can’t even guard her own heart?
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Coulson’s Reckoning
- By: Anna J. McIntyre
- Narrator: Reagan West
- Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: June 30, 2020
- Language: English
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4.43(70 ratings)
4.43(70 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDWhen Sophie Marino comes to Coulson looking for clues to the 1960 murder of her infamous grandfather–hitman Anthony Marino–her inquiries ignite a series of events, exposing three generations of Coulson family secrets. It’s a timeWhen Sophie Marino comes to Coulson looking for clues to the 1960 murder of her infamous grandfather–hitman Anthony Marino–her inquiries ignite a series of events, exposing three generations of Coulson family secrets. It’s a time of reckoning for the Coulson family.
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Who Do I Lean On?
- By: Neta Jackson
- Length: 10 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: July 05, 2010
- Language: English
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4.42(1531 ratings)
4.42(1531 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDYou can only walk forward when you learn how to lean. Just months after her husband threw her out of their penthouse and sent their two sons away, Gabrielle Fairbanks is finally getting back on her feet. She has a job she loves at the homelessYou can only walk forward when you learn how to lean.
Just months after her husband threw her out of their penthouse and sent their two sons away, Gabrielle Fairbanks is finally getting back on her feet. She has a job she loves at the homeless shelter, an apartment for her and the boys, caring friends, and even a new love interest. Best of all, an unexpected windfall has given her a brand-new dream–a House of Hope for homeless mothers and their children.
Piece by piece, Gabby’s new life is coming together–but the old one keeps dragging her back. First her husband Philip hints at a reconciliation…then hits her up for a loan to pay his gambling debts. And when Gabby tells him no, he makes a desperate move that puts them all in harm’s way. How can she even think of embarking on a new venture when so much is up in the air?
Gabby is realizing that she needs something far greater than her own strength or even that of her friends. That to move forward, she must first lean on the only One who knows what the future holds.
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The Story of a New Name
- By: Elena Ferrante
- Narrator: Hillary Huber
- Length: 19 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.42(98554 ratings)
4.42(98554 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDThe follow-up to My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name continues the epic New York Times bestselling literary quartet that has inspired an HBO series, and returns us to the world of Lila and Elena, who grew up together in post-WWII Naples,The follow-up to My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name continues the epic New York Times bestselling literary quartet that has inspired an HBO series, and returns us to the world of Lila and Elena, who grew up together in post-WWII Naples, Italy.
In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entree into the family business; Elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighborhood that she so often finds stifling. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena. Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and a source of strength in the face of life’s challenges.
In these Neapolitan Novels, Elena Ferrante, “one of the great novelists of our time” (New York Times), gives us a poignant and universal story about friendship and belonging, a meditation on love and jealousy, freedom and commitment–at once a masterfully plotted page-turner and an intense, generous-hearted family saga.
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Miss Pearly’s Girls
- By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley
- Length: 10 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 22, 2022
- Language: English
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4.42(792 ratings)
4.42(792 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDFrom award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley comes an intriguing, heartfelt tale about long held family secrets, truths that won’t stay hidden, and how facing the ultimate loss can force us to find our own ways to make amends and healFrom award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley comes an intriguing, heartfelt tale about long held family secrets, truths that won’t stay hidden, and how facing the ultimate loss can force us to find our own ways to make amends and heal …
Raising four very different daughters on her own in rural Arkansas wasn’t easy for Miss Pearly Bell. And she’s always regretted that the sisters went their separate ways–and never wanted to see each other again. But when Pearly is stricken with
a terminal illness, she summons them all home, determined to somehow help them get right with each other and forgive. … But that means dealing with past secrets and lies first.As the oldest sister, pastor’s wife Maxine took her responsibility way too seriously–and never fails to judge everyone else. But a secret she can no longer keep will explode everything she stands for. Youngest sister Leslie is all about making a very different life with her new love–but she didn’t expect
a shattering past truth to be suddenly revealed and uproot everything she ever thought she knew. Elegant PR professional Stella and her earthy twin, Star, don’t see eye-toeye on anything–and now a long-ago deception could wipe out their last chance at a relationship.Soon each sister must confront the illusions they’ve taken refuge in for so long and deal with each other woman-to-woman. But can building an all-too-fragile trust repair the damage done–and help them come together when they are needed most?
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Clancy of the Overflow (The Matilda Saga, #9)
- By: Jackie French
- Narrator: Edwina Wren
- Length: 14 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 29, 2020
- Language: English
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4.42(222 ratings)
4.42(222 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDFrom Australia’s best-loved storyteller comes the final book in the bestselling Matilda Saga This is a love song to our nation, told in a single sweeping story Jed Kelly has finally persuaded her great aunt Nancy to tell the story of herFrom Australia’s best-loved storyteller comes the final book in the bestselling Matilda Saga
This is a love song to our nation, told in a single sweeping story
Jed Kelly has finally persuaded her great aunt Nancy to tell the story of her grandparents. The tale that unfolds is one of Australia’s greatest romances – that of Clancy of the Overflow, who gave up everything for Rose, the woman he adored, and yet still gained all he’d lost and more.
But Nancy’s story is not the history that Jed expects. More tales lurk behind the folklore that surrounds Clancy – the stories of the women hidden in Australia’s long history, who forged a nation and whose voices need to be heard.
It is also a story of many kinds of love. Clancy’s growing passion for the bush, immortalised in Paterson’s poem, which speaks to him in the ripple of the river and the song of the stars, and Nancy’s need to pass on her deep understanding of her country.
But perhaps the most moving love story of all is the one that never happened, between Matilda O’Halloran and Clancy of the Overflow. And as Jed brings all of these stories to life in her book, Matilda and Clancy will once again waltz beside the river and the forgotten will be given a new voice.
PRAISE FOR THE MATILDA SAGA
‘An engrossing mystery story, an ode to strong women, and a moving exploration of the private wounds we carry … The Last Dingo Summer is a must for your summer reading list’ — Better Reading
‘The perfect read for anyone who loves immersing themselves in Australian fiction. Gripping, emotional and moving, Facing the Flame is a great book to curl up with’ — New Idea
‘Highly recommended … this was a complete binge, read in one night because it was just too good and too gripping to put down … a cracking story filled with rich characters both old and new and imbued with all that we hold dear about Australian love of country and mateship’ — ReadPlus
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Young Mungo
- By: Douglas Stuart
- Length: 13 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: April 05, 2022
- Language: English
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4.39(17915 ratings)
4.39(17915 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDA story of queer love and working-class families, Young Mungo is the brilliant second novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart’s first novel Shuggie Bain, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize, is one of the mostA story of queer love and working-class families, Young Mungo is the brilliant second novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart’s first novel Shuggie Bain, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize, is one of the most successful literary debuts of the century so far. Published or forthcoming in forty territories, it has sold more than one million copies worldwide. Now Stuart returns with
Young Mungo, his extraordinary second novel. Both a page-turner and literary tour de force, it is a vivid portrayal of working-class life and a deeply moving and highly suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men.Growing up in a housing estate in Glasgow, Mungo and James are born under different stars–Mungo a Protestant and James a Catholic–and they should be sworn enemies if they’re to be seen as men at all. Yet against all odds, they become best friends as they find
a sanctuary in the pigeon dovecote that James has built for his prize racing birds. As they fall in love, they dream of finding somewhere they belong, while Mungo works hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his big brother Hamish, a local gang
leader with a brutal reputation to uphold. And when, several months later, Mungo’s mother sends him on a fishing trip to a loch in Western Scotland with two strange men whose drunken banter belies murky pasts, he will need to summon all his inner strength
and courage to try to get back to a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future.Imbuing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism and giving full voice to people rarely acknowledged in the literary world, Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the bounds of masculinity, the divisions of sectarianism, the violence faced by
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The Wish
- By: Nicholas Sparks
- Narrator: Mela Lee
- Length: 11 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 28, 2021
- Language: English
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4.39(62702 ratings)
4.39(62702 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDFrom the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever. 1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an auntFrom the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever.
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1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, she could think only of the friends and family she left behind . . . until she met Bryce Trickett, one of the few teenagers on the island. Handsome, genuine, and newly admitted to West Point, Bryce showed her how much there was to love about the wind-swept beach town–and introduced her to photography, a passion that would define the rest of her life.
By 2019, Maggie is a renowned travel photographer. She splits her time between running a successful gallery in New York and photographing remote locations around the world. But this year she is unexpectedly grounded over Christmas, struggling to come to terms with a sobering medical diagnosis. Increasingly dependent on a young assistant, she finds herself becoming close to him.
As they count down the last days of the season together, she begins to tell him the story of another Christmas, decades earlier–and the love that set her on a course she never could have imagined. -
The Great Alone
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrator: Julia Whelan
- Length: 15 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: February 06, 2018
- Language: English
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4.39(498343 ratings)
4.39(498343 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0032.99 USD*The #1 New York Times bestseller* The newest audiobook sensation from Kristin Hannah, bestselling author of The Nightingale.This program is read by acclaimed narrator Julia Whelan, whose enchanting voice brought Gone Girl and Fates and Furies to*The #1 New York Times bestseller*
The newest audiobook sensation from Kristin Hannah, bestselling author of The Nightingale.
This program is read by acclaimed narrator Julia Whelan, whose enchanting voice brought Gone Girl and Fates and Furies to life. Kristin Hannah reads the acknowledgements.Alaska, 1974.
Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.
For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.
Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown.
At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights’ lack of preparation and dwindling resources.
But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt’s fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.
In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska–a place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night audiobook about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.
Praise for The Great Alone:“Listeners, beware: You won’t want to stop listening to narrator Julia Whelan’s performance of this complex story of survival and family…With pitch-perfect timing and a touch of drama, Whelan exquisitely builds the tension, creating an enveloping atmosphere of foreboding that’s difficult to turn away from…a don’t miss audiobook experience.” — AudioFile Magazine
“Reliably alluring…The Great Alone is packed with rapturous descriptions of Alaskan scenery… Hannah remembers and summons an undeveloped wilderness, describing a gloriously pristine region in the days before cruise ships discovered it.” — The New York Times Daily Review
“Kristin Hannah’s new novel makes Alaska sound equally gorgeous and treacherous — a glistening realm that lures folks into the wild and then kills them there.” — The Washington Post
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The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)
- By: Jackie French
- Narrator: Edwina Wren
- Length: 14 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 15, 2020
- Language: English
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4.39(455 ratings)
4.39(455 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0023.99 USDThe fifth title in the sweeping Matilda Saga Hippies wear beads, demonstrators march against the Vietnam War, and the world waits to see the first human steps on the moon’s surface. But at Gibbers Creek, Jed Kelly sees ghosts, from the pastThe fifth title in the sweeping Matilda Saga
Hippies wear beads, demonstrators march against the Vietnam War, and the world waits to see the first human steps on the moon’s surface.
But at Gibbers Creek, Jed Kelly sees ghosts, from the past and future, at the Drinkwater billabong where long ago the swaggie leaped to his defiant death.
But is seventeen-year-old Jed a con artist or a survivor? When she turns up at Drinkwater Station claiming to be the great-granddaughter of Matilda Thompson’s dying husband, Jed clearly has secrets. As does a veteran called Nicholas, who was badly wounded in the Vietnam War and now must try to create a life he truly wants to live, despite the ghosts that haunt him too.
Set during the turbulence of the late 1960s, this was a time when brilliant and little-known endeavours saw Australia play a vital role in Neil Armstrong’s ‘one giant leap for mankind’ on that first unforgettable moon walk.
The fifth title in the highly acclaimed Matilda Saga, The Ghost by the Billabong is a story of deep conflicts and enduring passions – for other people, for the land, and for the future of humanity.
PRAISE FOR THE MATILDA SAGA
‘An engrossing mystery story, an ode to strong women, and a moving exploration of the private wounds we carry … The Last Dingo Summer is a must for your summer reading list’ – Better Reading
‘The perfect read for anyone who loves immersing themselves in Australian fiction. Gripping, emotional and moving, Facing the Flame is a great book to curl up with on a warm spring night’ – New Idea
‘Highly recommended … this was a complete binge, read in one night because it was just too good and too gripping to put down … a cracking story filled with rich characters both old and new and imbued with all that we hold dear about Australian love of country and mateship’ – ReadPlus
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Risky Pleasures
- By: Brenda Jackson
- Narrator: Ron Butler
- Length: 5 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Harlequin Audio
- Publish date: January 26, 2021
- Language: English
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4.39(990 ratings)
4.39(990 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0011.99 USDAlthough frustrated in his attempt to acquire SteeleCorporation, arrogant millionaire Cameron Cody will notbe denied the firm”s most attractive asset, Vanessa Steele.So when Cameron learns that Vanessa is house-sitting forher sister inAlthough frustrated in his attempt to acquire SteeleCorporation, arrogant millionaire Cameron Cody will notbe denied the firm”s most attractive asset, Vanessa Steele.So when Cameron learns that Vanessa is house-sitting forher sister in Jamaica, he buys the adjoining property andmakes her an offer she can”t refuse.
Cameron is determined to prove to Vanessa that he isthe one temptation she cannot resist, but she is equallydetermined to prove him wrong. What Vanessa doesn”tsuspect is that Cameron intends to brand her so deeplywith his island passion, that once they”re back in theStates, she”ll be the one in hot pursuit.
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This Man Confessed
- By: Jodi Ellen Malpas
- Narrator: Edita Brychta
- Length: 19 hours 49 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 21, 2014
- Language: English
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4.38(76688 ratings)
4.38(76688 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDThe Manor, the very place where their passionate love affair began, fills with guests on what should be the happiest day of Ava and Jesse’s lives. She has accepted that she’ll never tame the fierceness in Jesse-and she doesn’t wantThe Manor, the very place where their passionate love affair began, fills with guests on what should be the happiest day of Ava and Jesse’s lives. She has accepted that she’ll never tame the fierceness in Jesse-and she doesn’t want to. Their love is profound, their connection powerful, but just when she thinks that she’s finally gotten beneath his guarded exterior, more questions arise, leading Ava to believe that Jesse Ward may not be the man she thinks he is. He knows too well how to take her to a place beyond ecstasy . . . but will he also drive her to the brink of despair? It’s time for this man to confess.
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No Wedding Like Nantucket
- By: Grace Palmer
- Narrator: Susan Boyce
- Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.38(816 ratings)
4.38(816 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDThe wedding of the year versus the storm of the century. Who will win? Things are finally looking up for the Benson family. After a year of tough choices and big leaps of faith, it seems like love, success, and happiness are right in their grasp.The wedding of the year versus the storm of the century. Who will win?
Things are finally looking up for the Benson family. After a year of tough choices and big leaps of faith, it seems like love, success, and happiness are right in their grasp. But with a wedding on the horizon and a successful new restaurant growing faster than anyone ever expected, everyone certainly has their hands full. In fact, it’s starting to cause problems.
Little cracks are appearing in the surface. And the historic storm brewing offshore might turn those cracks into craters. Can the Bensons and their loved ones band together in time to make this summer their best yet? Or will jealousy and uncertainty spoil the big day?
Welcome back to another summer at Nantucket’s Sweet Island Inn! It’s the happiest time of the year, so sit down, stay awhile, and fall in love in this heartwarming, inspirational women’s fiction beach read from author Grace Palmer.
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I Hid My Voice
- By: Parinoush Saniee
- Narrator: Reza Nasooti
- Length: 6 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.38(360 ratings)
4.38(360 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDFrom the international bestselling author of The Book of Fate comes the story, based on real events, of a four-year-old boy who cannot speak and the shame it brings upon his family in modern-day Iran. Four-year-old Shahaab has not started talking.From the international bestselling author of The Book of Fate comes the story, based on real events, of a four-year-old boy who cannot speak and the shame it brings upon his family in modern-day Iran.
Four-year-old Shahaab has not started talking. The family doctor believes there is no cause for concern; nevertheless, Shahaab is ridiculed by others who call him “dumb.” In his innocent and deeply hurt child’s mind, he begins to believe that the “good” and “intelligent” children like his older brother are their fathers’ sons. On the other hand, children like him who are “clumsy” and “problematic” are their mothers’ sons.
No one in the family can understand Shahaab except his maternal grandmother, who seems to possess the understanding and the kindness he so desperately craves. Their growing bond leads to a deep friendship in which Shahaab is able to experience some happiness and finally find his voice.
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The Dilemma
- By: Sarah Hawthorn
- Narrator: Emma Fenney
- Length: 9 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: December 13, 2022
- Language: English
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4.37(244 ratings)
4.37(244 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USD1958. Esme, a novelist, finds a potential new literary project. A housemaid named Clara was convicted of murder, perhaps unjustly, amid the ending of World War II and the liberation of Guernsey from Nazi occupation. Esme’s trip to Guernsey is1958. Esme, a novelist, finds a potential new literary project. A housemaid named Clara was convicted of murder, perhaps unjustly, amid the ending of World War II and the liberation of Guernsey from Nazi occupation. Esme’s trip to Guernsey is an opportunity not only to research the case but also to learn more about her mother’s family–as well as to heal from the heartbreak inflicted on her by the man she loved… 1915. A teenager marries her childhood sweetheart before he heads off to fight in the Great War. But he doesn’t come back, and Jane, presumed a widow, flees Guernsey–devastated by her loss. In London, Jane finds a new life and a new husband–but her past isn’t done with her yet. This absorbing novel follows the parallel paths of two generations of women, and as each is faced with painful decisions and shocking discoveries, a question emerges: Can a lie be forgiven when the truth seems too much to bear?
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No Beach Like Nantucket
- By: Grace Palmer
- Narrator: Susan Boyce
- Length: 9 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.37(1080 ratings)
4.37(1080 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe Benson family needs a fresh start. Can they find peace and happiness on the beaches of Nantucket? Last summer, a storm blew the Benson family’s lives to bits. It’s been almost a year since that fateful day, since they learned thatThe Benson family needs a fresh start. Can they find peace and happiness on the beaches of Nantucket?
Last summer, a storm blew the Benson family’s lives to bits. It’s been almost a year since that fateful day, since they learned that life at the beach isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. They are doing their best to pick up the pieces.
Widow Mae Benson is running the Sweet Island Inn. Her daughter Eliza is learning what it means to be a mother. Sara is rediscovering her passion in the wake of heartbreak. Holly is searching for stability in her marriage. And her son Brent is–well, Brent isn’t doing so great. Despite these challenges, they just might make it–if they can stick together.
But right when it seems like they’re going to be okay, terrible news strikes. A call from Aunt Toni changes everything. And suddenly, Nantucket doesn’t feel quite like home any more.
Come book your stay at Nantucket’s Sweet Island Inn–where the water is warm, the sun is shining, and everyone welcomes you like family–in this heartwarming, inspirational women’s fiction beach read from author Grace Palmer.
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Christmas at the Riverview Inn
- By: Molly O’Keefe
- Narrator: Tanya Eby
- Length: 5 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: October 19, 2021
- Language: English
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4.37(184 ratings)
4.37(184 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDAll the Mitchells have returned to The Riverview Inn for the season of light and love–including Josie, who hasn’t been back for five years. She has thrown herself into her job, trying to forget the mistakes of her past, trying toAll the Mitchells have returned to The Riverview Inn for the season of light and love–including Josie, who hasn’t been back for five years. She has thrown herself into her job, trying to forget the mistakes of her past, trying to convince herself and her family that she’s happy. And she’s doing okay–until Cameron shows up. Cameron left the Inn and the only family he has ever known under mysterious and heart-wrenching circumstances seven years ago. Since then, he’s lived a nomadic life, forming attachments to no one and no place. But the memory of the night Cameron left–and the love they felt for each other–has haunted them both. Can the holiday spirit heal the wounds of the past? Will this Christmas give them a second chance at love?
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