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Antelope Woman: A Novel by Louise Erdrich

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414747 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/414747] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Antelope Woman: A Novel Author: Louise Erdrich Narrator: Louise Erdrich Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: This updated edition of National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich’s 1998 novel now features fascinating new content, a new title, and a new foreword by the author—a riveting story that explores tensions between Native American and white cultures. “Audacious and surprising. . . . One of America’s most distinctive fictional voices.”—Boston Globe When Klaus Shawano abducts Sweetheart Calico, the seductive Indian woman who has stolen his heart, and takes her far from her native Montana plains to his own Minneapolis home, he cannot begin to imagine the eventual ramifications his brazen act will entail. Shawano’s mysterious Antelope Woman has utterly mesmerized him—and soon proves to be a bewitching agent of chaos whose effect on others is disturbing and irresistible, as she alters the shape of things around her and the shape of things to come. The Roy and Shawano families have been inextricably intertwined for generations and, unbeknownst to them, the mysterious Antelope Woman is a part of their fierce and haunting history. Antelope Woman ingeniously illuminates how that history affects the contemporary descendants of these families who are the products of two cultures, Ojibwe and white, which sit in uneasy relationship to one another. In this remarkable novel, Erdrich weaves an unforgettable tapestry of ancestry, fate, harrowing tragedy, and redemption that is at once modern and eternal. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

The Cape Doctor by E. J. Levy

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419226 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419226] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cape Doctor Author: E. J. Levy Narrator: Mary Jane Wells Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 51 minutes Release date: June 15, 2021 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: A "gorgeous, thoughtful, heartbreaking" historical novel, The Cape Doctor is the story of one man’s journey from penniless Irish girl to one of most celebrated and accomplished figures of his time (Lauren Fox, New York Times bestselling author of Send for Me).   Beginning in Cork, Ireland, the novel recounts Perry’s journey from daughter to son in order to enter medical school and provide for family, but Perry soon embraced the new-found freedom of living life as a man. From brilliant medical student in Edinburgh and London to eligible bachelor and quick-tempered physician in Cape Town, Dr. Perry thrived. When he befriended the aristocratic Cape Governor, the doctor rose to the pinnacle of society, before the two were publicly accused of a homosexual affair that scandalized the colonies and nearly cost them their lives.   E. J. Levy’s enthralling novel, inspired by the life of Dr. James Miranda Barry, brings this captivating character vividly alive.

The Paris Library: A Novel by Janet Skeslien Charles

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415716 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415716] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Paris Library: A Novel Author: Janet Skeslien Charles Narrator: Janet Skeslien Charles, Nicky Diss, Esther Wane, Sarah Feathers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 53 minutes Release date: February 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 68 Ratings of Narrator: 3.58 of Total 12 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: An instant New York Times, Washington Post, and USA TODAY bestseller—based on the true story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris during World War II—The Paris Library is a moving and unforgettable “ode to the importance of libraries, books, and the human connections we find within both” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author). Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet seems to have the perfect life with her handsome police officer beau and a dream job at the American Library in Paris. When the Nazis march into the city, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear, including her beloved library. Together with her fellow librarians, Odile joins the Resistance with the best weapons she has: books. But when the war finally ends, instead of freedom, Odile tastes the bitter sting of unspeakable betrayal. Montana, 1983: Lily is a lonely teenager looking for adventure in small-town Montana. Her interest is piqued by her solitary, elderly neighbor. As Lily uncovers more about her neighbor’s mysterious past, she finds that they share a love of language, the same longings, and the same intense jealousy, never suspecting that a dark secret from the past connects them. “A love letter to Paris, the power of books, and the beauty of intergenerational friendship” (Booklist), The Paris Library shows that extraordinary heroism can sometimes be found in the quietest places.

Triumph of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424127 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424127] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Triumph of the Mountain Man Series: #18 of Mountain Man Author: William W. Johnstone Narrator: J. Rodney Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Robber baron Clifton Satterlee is in greedy pursuit of a coveted piece of land in the New Mexico Territory. He plans to wrest the timber-rich hills from the Tua Pueblo and then populate the town with his own subservient labor force. Many will suffer as his thirst for blood equals his lust for wealth and power. But Saterlee has overlooked one mighty obstacle—the iron justice and deadly aim of the legendary mountain man Smoke Jensen. In triumph blood will be spilled . . . Contains mature themes.

The Swallowed Man: A Novel by Edward Carey

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419426 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419426] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Swallowed Man: A Novel Author: Edward Carey Narrator: Edward Carey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: “Profound and delightful. . . . A strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions; parenting and art-making.” —Max Porter, author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny The ingenious storyteller Edward Carey returns to reimagine a time-honored fable: the story of an impatient father, a rebellious son, and a watery path to forgiveness for the young man known as Pinocchio In the small Tuscan town of Collodi, a lonely woodcarver longs for the companionship of a son. One day, “as if the wood commanded me,” Giuseppe—better known as Geppetto—carves for himself a pinewood boy, a marionette he hopes to take on tour worldwide. But when his handsome new creation comes magically to life, Geppetto screams . . . and the boy, Pinocchio, leaps from his arms and escapes into the night. Though he returns the next day, the wily boy torments his father, challenging his authority and making up stories—whereupon his nose, the very nose his father carved, grows before his eyes like an antler. When the boy disappears after one last fight, the father follows a rumor to the coast and out into the sea, where he is swallowed by a great fish—and consumed by guilt. He hunkers in the creature’s belly awaiting the day when he will reconcile with the son he drove away. With all the charm, atmosphere, and emotional depth for which Edward Carey is known, The Swallowed Man is a parable of parenthood, loss, and letting go, from a creative mind on a par with Gregory Maguire, Neil Gaiman, and Tim Burton.