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The Stranger's Child
- By: Alan Hollinghurst
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
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In the late summer of 1913, George Sawle brings his Cambridge friend Cecil Valance, a charismatic young poet, to visit his family home. The weekend will be one of excitements and confusions for everyone, but it is on George’s sixteen-year-old sister Daphne that it will have the most lasting impact. As the decades pass, Daphne and those around her endure startling changes in fortune and circumstance, and as reputations rise and fall, the events of that long-ago summer become part of a legendary story.
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The Stranger's Child
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 19-10-23
- Language: English
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The Amendments
- By: Niamh Mulvey
- Narrated by: Jessica Regan
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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Nell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, it’s the start of a new life. For Nell, it’s the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist’s office. Because she can’t go into this without dealing with the truth: that she has been a mother before, and now she can hardly bring herself to speak to her own mother, let alone return home to Ireland. Nell is running out of places to hide from her past. But to Ireland and the past is where she must go, and that is where The Amendments takes us.
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beautifully written written and will resonate with any living in Ireland for the 80s on
- By Joe on 06-05-24
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The Amendments
- Narrated by: Jessica Regan
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 18-04-24
- Language: English
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
- By: Ocean Vuong
- Narrated by: Ocean Vuong
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late 20s, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born - a history whose epicentre is rooted in Vietnam - and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class and masculinity.
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Couldn't bear the Author's narration
- By S. Collis on 21-01-20
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
- Narrated by: Ocean Vuong
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 20-06-19
- Language: English
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The Ophelia Girls
- By: Jane Healey
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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In the summer of 1973, teenage Ruth and her four friends are obsessed with pre-Raphaelite paintings and a little bit obsessed with each other. They spend the scorching summer days in the river by Ruth's grand family home, pretending to be the drowning Ophelia and recreating tableaus of other tragic mythical heroines. But by the end of the summer, real tragedy has found them. Twenty-four years later, Ruth is a wife and mother of three children and moves her family into her still-grand, but now somewhat dilapidated, childhood home following the death of her father.
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Engaging and devestating
- By Miss Stone on 09-08-24
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The Ophelia Girls
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 22-07-21
- Language: English
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The Secret Photographs
- By: Jacquie Bloese
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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In the genteel squares and stuccoed villas of late-Victorian Brighton, Ellen and Reynold Harper - twins, companions, colleagues, - ply their trade as portrait photographers. But at the golden hour, the girls arrive to pose for the lucrative - and dangerous - illicit photographs that really keep the Harpers' business afloat. This is the other, shadowy world of the city: a world of erotic tableaux, boundary-crossing music hall artistes, and the sinister figure of the local gangster, the Croc.
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A lovely, well written story
- By Dunston Patterson on 14-04-24
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The Secret Photographs
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 22-02-24
- Language: English
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Pizza Girl
- By: Jean Kyoung Frazier
- Narrated by: Jenna Yi
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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Eighteen years old, pregnant and working as a pizza delivery girl, our dysfunctional heroine is deeply lost and in complete denial about it all. She’s grieving the death of her father, avoiding her loving boyfriend and flagrantly ignoring her future. Her world is further upended when she becomes obsessed with Jenny, a stay-at-home mother new to the neighbourhood, who comes to depend on weekly deliveries of pickle-covered pizzas for her son’s happiness.
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Felt like it finished at the point when it became interesting
- By DomiMac on 25-08-24
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Pizza Girl
- Narrated by: Jenna Yi
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 17-09-20
- Language: English
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Olive Oil and White Bread
- By: Georgia Beers
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Angie Righetti is the daughter of a sprawling but close-knit Italian American family. She's out and they're proud. Jillian Clark's family is the white bread to Angie's olive oil. Stoic and emotionally buttoned up, they don't want to think about Jillian's sexuality. It's 1988 when they move in together, on the brink of starting their careers. Like every couple at the start of their life together, they expect to live happily ever after. And for 23 years life happens.
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Georgia Beers excels again!
- By Claire on 19-05-20
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Olive Oil and White Bread
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 17-12-14
- Language: English
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Skye Falling
- A Novel
- By: Mia McKenzie
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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When she was twenty-six and broke, Skye didn’t think twice before selling her eggs and happily pocketing the cash. Now approaching forty, Skye still moves through life entirely—and unrepentantly—on her own terms, living out of a suitcase and avoiding all manner of serious relationships. Maybe her junior high classmates weren’t wrong when they voted her “Most Likely to Be Single” instead of “Most Ride-or-Die Homie,” but at least she’s always been free to do as she pleases.
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Provacative and relatable
- By Samantha abbott on 16-07-21
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Skye Falling
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 22-06-21
- Language: English
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This Child of Ours
- By: Sadie Pearse
- Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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You know what's best for your child. Don't you? Riley Pieterson is an adventurous girl with lots of questions. There's plenty she doesn't know yet: What a human brain looks like. All the constellations in the night sky. Why others can't see her the way she sees herself. When Riley confides in her parents - Sally and Theo - that she feels uncomfortable in her own skin, a chain of events begins that changes their lives forever. Sally wants to support her daughter by helping her be who she dreams of being. Theo resists; he thinks Riley is a seven-year-old child pushing boundaries.
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Such a thought provoking read.
- By Julie on 01-09-18
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This Child of Ours
- Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 23-08-18
- Language: English
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Is There Still Room in Your Life for Me?
- A Novel
- By: Will Manwill
- Narrated by: Andre Bellido
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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Chef and Restaurateur Jake Ruiz left Newport, Washington, and never looked back. After his parents had practically disowned him for being gay, the town was nothing but bad memories for Jake. But, years later, a family emergency brings him back to his hometown. Grappling with the death of his husband and suddenly finding himself a single father to his five-year-old, Jake also has to now deal with his disapproving mother, his ailing father, a crumbling family restaurant, and the sudden reintroduction of Jake's childhood crush into his life, Colton Humphrey.
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Is There Still Room in Your Life for Me?
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Andre Bellido
- Series: Jake Ruiz, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 20-07-22
- Language: English
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The Sons of El Rey
- By: Alex Espinoza
- Narrated by: Gisela Chípe, Tony Chiroldes, Lee Osorio, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Ernesto Vega has lived many lives, from pig farmer to construction worker to famed luchador El Rey Coyote, yet he has always worn a mask. He was discovered by a local lucha libre trainer at a time when luchadores—Mexican wrestlers donning flamboyant masks and capes—were treated as daredevils or rock stars. Ernesto found fame, rapidly gaining name recognition across Mexico, but at great expense, nearly costing him his marriage to his wife Elena.
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The Sons of El Rey
- Narrated by: Gisela Chípe, Tony Chiroldes, Lee Osorio, André Santana
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 11-06-24
- Language: English
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96 Hours
- By: Georgia Beers
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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Erica Ryan is flying home from London after a disastrous business trip. Free spirit Abby Hayes is flying into New York City to visit her mother before jetting off again. Both end up in Gander, Canada, when their flight is diverted because of 9/11. For ninety-six hours they share a rollercoaster of emotions and find themselves drawn to one another. Will their nascent connection survive everyday life when they return home?
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An interesting take on 9/11
- By Crackdown on 08-05-14
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96 Hours
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 08-10-13
- Language: English
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Like Water Like Sea
- By: Olumide Popoola
- Narrated by: Liyah Summers
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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LIKE WATER LIKE SEA is an immersive novel of self-discovery, resilience, and the unifying power of love. It follows the life of Nia, a queer, bi/pansexual naturopath in London, as her life unfolds across three pivotal moments, spanning from her 28th year to a life-altering realization at the age of 50.
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Like Water Like Sea
- Narrated by: Liyah Summers
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 18-06-24
- Language: English
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A Most Desirable Marriage
- By: Hilary Boyd
- Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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Lawrence and Jo have enjoyed a strong marriage, the envy of their friends. Even after 30 years they have lots to say to each other, many interests in common, and, until recently, a good sex life. But Lawrence seems wary and restless. Something's wrong. Just how wrong, Jo is about to discover... Can they use their years of history - all the things they've shared - to overcome a devastating betrayal?
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Another gem from Hilary Boyd
- By MILACKU on 10-11-14
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A Most Desirable Marriage
- Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 09-10-14
- Language: English
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Pizza Girl
- By: Jean Kyoung Frazier
- Narrated by: Jenna Yi
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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Eighteen years old, pregnant and working as a pizza delivery girl, our dysfunctional heroine is deeply lost and in complete denial about it all. She’s grieving the death of her father, avoiding her loving boyfriend and flagrantly ignoring her future. Her world is further upended when she becomes obsessed with Jenny, a stay-at-home mother new to the neighbourhood, who comes to depend on weekly deliveries of pickle-covered pizzas for her son’s happiness.
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Pizza Girl
- Narrated by: Jenna Yi
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 09-06-20
- Language: English
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Cigar Club
- Open Tab, Book 2
- By: J.A. Armstrong
- Narrated by: Jill Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Fallon Foster is Whiskey Springs’ self-proclaimed token lesbian. She isn’t a token any longer. After her year-long affair with best friend Andi Maguire ends, Fallon hopes to earn the trust and win the heart of the town’s newest resident, Riley Main. Ghosts from the past still haunt Fallon and Riley. Informed by loss and betrayal, the pair endeavors to find their way to each other. Along the way, their growing affection and burgeoning relationship will change the lives and the paths of more people than Riley and Fallon could imagine.
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loved it.
- By Mandy on 07-11-18
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Cigar Club
- Open Tab, Book 2
- Narrated by: Jill Smith
- Series: Open Tab, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 20-07-18
- Language: English
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Red at the Bone
- Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020
- By: Jacqueline Woodson
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jacqueline Woodson, Peter Francis James, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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It is the evening of 16-year-old Melody's coming of age ceremony in her grandparents' brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of Prince, she wears a special custom-made dress - the very same dress that was sewn for a different wearer, Melody's mother, for a celebration that ultimately never took place. Unfurling the history of Melody's parents and grandparents - from the 1921 Tulsa massacre to post-9/11 New York....
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Don’t believe the hype
- By B N Moore on 21-01-20
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Red at the Bone
- Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin, Jacqueline Woodson, Peter Francis James, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Shayna Small
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 17-09-19
- Language: English
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The Sealed Letter
- By: Emma Donoghue
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
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From the bestselling author of Room comes a delicious tale of secrets, betrayal and forbidden love The Sealed Letter is a page-turner with a jaw-dropping ending’ Stylist. Helen Codrington is unhappily married. Emily ‘Fido’ Faithfull hasn’t seen her once-dear friend for years. Suddenly, after bumping into Helen on the streets of Victorian London, Fido finds herself reluctantly helping Helen to have an affair with a young army officer.
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Wasted 12 hours of my life listening to this
- By C on 29-12-14
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The Sealed Letter
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 15-05-12
- Language: English
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Graceful Burdens
- Out of Line collection
- By: Roxane Gay
- Narrated by: Samira Wiley
- Length: 45 mins
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A trip to the library prompts one woman to question her fate in this galvanizing short story. For a woman like Hadley, deemed not acceptable to procreate, there’s only one recourse. Unlicensed for motherhood, she can alleviate her grief and frustration at a “baby library,” where a curiously endless supply of infants is available for a two-week loan. But the borrowed life that serves as a temporary balm leads to a journey of self-discovery that will forever change the direction of Hadley’s future.
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- By Anonymous User on 15-06-21
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Graceful Burdens
- Out of Line collection
- Narrated by: Samira Wiley
- Series: Out of Line collection
- Length: 45 mins
- Release date: 01-09-20
- Language: English
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Living Right
- By: Laila Ibrahim
- Narrated by: Susan Hanfield
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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Jenn Henderson is proud of the church-centered life she's created for her family. She prays each morning, attends worship every Sunday, and confidently takes up the struggle to defend traditional marriage when she learns marriage licenses are being issued to gays and lesbians in nearby San Francisco. But the certainty that she is living right falters after her teenage son, Josh, swallows a bottle of sleeping pills. Her fear deepens when she discovers that Josh struggles with same-sex attraction. If she's living right, how can Josh be gay?
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A bit preachy
- By NutwoodWanderer on 18-05-24
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Living Right
- Narrated by: Susan Hanfield
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 23-10-18
- Language: English
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