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The Awakening (Unabridged Version) by Kate Chopin

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434323 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/434323] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Awakening (Unabridged Version) Author: Kate Chopin Narrator: Robin Laree Berry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 10 minutes Release date: July 6, 2023 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Immerse yourself in the captivating world of 'The Awakening (Unabridged Version)' by Kate Chopin, expertly narrated for your listening pleasure. This groundbreaking novel takes you on a transformative journey alongside Edna Pontellier as she defies societal norms and embarks on a quest for self-discovery and liberation. With a crisp and clear narration that breathes life into every sentence, this audiobook allows you to fully immerse yourself in the poignant prose of Kate Chopin. The talented narrator's voice transports you to the sultry atmosphere of 19th-century New Orleans, where Edna's longing for independence clashes with the constraints of her era. This faithful adaptation remains loyal to the original text, ensuring that you experience the full impact of Chopin's powerful storytelling. Delve into the complexities of human desires, societal expectations, and the struggle for personal freedom in this masterful work that continues to resonate with readers across generations. Perfect for fans of literary classics and those seeking thought-provoking narratives, 'The Awakening (Unabridged Version)' yearns to captivate your imagination and leave you pondering the boundaries of self-discovery and societal norms.

Hour of the Witch: A Novel by Chris Bohjalian

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439521 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439521] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hour of the Witch: A Novel Author: Chris Bohjalian Narrator: Kaleo Griffith, Saskia Maarleveld, Julia Whelan, Danny Campbell, Rebecca Lowman, Mark Deakins, Cassandra Campbell, Kirby Heyborne, Mark Bramhall, Arthur Morey, Grace Experience Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 8 minutes Release date: May 4, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.18 of Total 45 Ratings of Narrator: 3.91 of Total 11 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the acclaimed author of The Flight Attendant: “Historical fiction at its best…. The book is a thriller in structure, and a real page-turner, the ending both unexpected and satisfying” (Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of the Outlander series, The Washington Post). A young Puritan woman—faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul—plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive novel of historical suspense. Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary's hand, she resolves that she must divorce him to save her life. But in a world where every neighbor is watching for signs of the devil, a woman like Mary—a woman who harbors secret desires and finds it difficult to tolerate the brazen hypocrisy of so many men in the colony—soon becomes herself the object of suspicion and rumor. When tainted objects are discovered buried in Mary's garden, when a boy she has treated with herbs and simples dies, and when their servant girl runs screaming in fright from her home, Mary must fight to not only escape her marriage, but also the gallows. A twisting, tightly plotted novel of historical suspense from one of our greatest storytellers, Hour of the Witch is a timely and terrifying story of socially sanctioned brutality and the original American witch hunt. Look for Chris Bohjalian's new novel, The Lioness!

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433514 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/433514] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dictionary of Lost Words Author: Pip Williams Narrator: Pippa Bennett-Warner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 11 minutes Release date: April 8, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.86 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 4.89 of Total 9 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of lexicographers are gathering words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Esme's place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day, she sees a slip containing the word bondmaid flutter to the floor unclaimed. Esme seizes the word and hides it in an old wooden trunk that belongs to her friend, Lizzie, a young servant in the big house. Esme begins to collect other words from the Scriptorium that are misplaced, discarded or have been neglected by the dictionary men. They help her make sense of the world. Over time, Esme realises that some words are considered more important than others, and that words and meanings relating to women's experiences often go unrecorded. She begins to collect words for another dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words. Set when the women's suffrage movement was at its height and the Great War loomed, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. It's a delightful, lyrical and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words, and the power of language to shape our experience of the world. © Pip Williams 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

The Widow Queen by Elzbieta Cherezinska

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430894 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430894] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Widow Queen Series: #3 of The Bold Author: Elzbieta Cherezinska Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 50 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 4 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: Elzbieta Cherezinska's The Widow Queen is the epic story of a Polish queen whose life and name were all but forgotten until now. The bold one, they call her—too bold for most. To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an alliance. Three marriages on which to build his empire. But Swietoslawa refuses to be simply a pawn in her father's schemes; she seeks a throne of her own, with no husband by her side. The gods may grant her wish, but crowns sit heavy, and power is a sword that cuts both ways. A Macmillan Audio production from Forge Books

The Last Exiles: A Novel by Ann Shin

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439563 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/439563] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Exiles: A Novel Author: Ann Shin Narrator: June Angela Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 0 minutes Release date: April 6, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.78 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 3.75 of Total 4 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: WINNER OF THE TRILLIUM AWARD An unforgettable saga inspired by true events, The Last Exiles is a searing portrait of a young couple in North Korea and their fight for love and freedom Jin and Suja meet and fall in love while studying at university in Pyongyang. She is a young journalist from a prominent family, while he is from a small village of little means. Outside the school, North Korea has fallen under great political upheaval, plunged into chaos and famine. When Jin returns home to find his family starving, their food rations all but gone, he makes a rash decision that will haunt him for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, miles away, Suja has begun to feel the tenuousness of her privilege when she learns that Jin has disappeared. Risking everything, and defying her family, Suja sets out to find him, embarking on a dangerous journey that leads her into a dark criminal underbelly and tests their love and will to survive. In this vivid and moving story, award-winning filmmaker Ann Shin offers a rare glimpse at life inside the guarded walls of North Korea and the harrowing experiences of those who are daring enough to attempt escape. Inspired by real stories of incredible bravery, The Last Exiles is a stunning debut about love, sacrifice and the price of liberty.