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26 Fairmount Avenue: Books 5-8: Things Will Never Be the Same; I'm Still Scared; Why? The War Years; For the Duration by Tomie dePaola

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778284 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/778284] to listen full audiobooks. Title: 26 Fairmount Avenue: Books 5-8: Things Will Never Be the Same; I'm Still Scared; Why? The War Years; For the Duration Series: Part of 26 Fairmount Avenue Author: Tomie dePaola Narrator: Jim Frangione Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 1 minute Release date: January 21, 2025 Genres: Non-fiction Publisher's Summary: Beloved author-illustrator Tomie dePaola lets listeners experience what life was like growing up in his household in this award-winning series of chapter books highlighting his sense of humor and strong family bonds. #5: Things Will Never Be the Same Tomie has his own diary with a lock and a key—now he can write down all his secrets and no one will be able to read them. All through the year, exciting things happen and Tomie writes about them in his diary. Sledding down the steep hill on his new Junior Flexible Flyer, being a pirate in the dance recital, and starting second grade with real art lessons at last! Then one Sunday morning Tomie's family hears news on the radio that changes everything. Master storyteller Tomie dePaola takes us back to 1941 and lets us experience what life was like growing up in the dePaola household. #6: I'm Still Scared (The War Years) First-grader Tomie dePaola experiences uncertainty in the weeks following the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. What are the grown-ups talking quietly about at home and even at school? Why does his class have to go to the spooky furnace room for an air raid drill? Why does the family hang thick black curtains over the windows? Tomie's mother is there to comfort and explain the confusion, and Tomie feels better. But he's still scared. #7: Why? (The War Years) World War II is raging in Europe, and young Tomie finds that everyday life has changed in many ways. Sure, there's still New Year's Eve to celebrate, and he still has to face penmanship and arithmetic in second grade—definitely not his strongest subjects. But now he has to wear an extra sweater to school because they're trying to conserve coal for heating. And a shopping trip to Hartford for Easter outfits seems more urgent in the face of looming shortages. #8: For the Duration (The War Years) Tomie keeps hearing the phrase, 'For the duration.' Gas is being rationed 'for the duration.' The Fourth of July fireworks will be the last show 'for the duration.' So many things will be different as long as the war goes on, but much of Tomie's life goes on as usual. He's excited about starring in a dance recital, taking the bus around town all by himself, and having his first Communion. But Tomie is also still getting over his cousin's death in the war, and he has to say good-bye to his uncle as he ships off to basic training. And then he has a run-in with some bullies and his brother doesn't even help him out. Luckily, Tomie knows there are a lot of people he can count on for the duration.

The French Winemaker’s Daughter: A Novel by Loretta Ellsworth

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/764835 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/764835] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The French Winemaker’s Daughter: A Novel Author: Loretta Ellsworth Narrator: Caroline Hewitt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 15 minutes Release date: December 10, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Religious Fiction Publisher's Summary: Set during World War II, an unforgettable historical novel about love, war, family, and loyalty told in in the voices of two women, generations apart, who find themselves connected by a mysterious and valuable bottle of wine stolen by the Nazis. 1942. Seven-year-old Martine hides in an armoire when the Nazis come to take her father away. Pinned to her dress is a note with her aunt’s address in Paris, and in her arms, a bottle of wine she has been instructed to look after if something happened to her papa. When they are finally gone, the terrified young girl drops the bottle and runs to a neighbor, who puts her on a train to Paris. But when Martine arrives in the city, her aunt is nowhere to be found. Without a place to go, the girl wanders the streets and eventually falls asleep on the doorstep of Hotel Drouot, where Sister Ada finds her and takes her to the abbey, and watches over her. 1990. Charlotte, a commercial airline pilot, attends an auction with her boyfriend Henri at Hotel Drouot, now the oldest auction house in Paris. Successfully bidding on a box of wine saved from the German occupation during the Second World War, Henri gives Charlotte a seemingly inferior bottle he finds inside the box. Cleaning the label, Charlotte makes a shocking discovery that sends her on a quest to find the origins of this unusual—and very valuable—bottle of wine, a quest that will take her back fifty years into the past. . . . A powerful tale of love, war, and family, The French Winemaker’s Daughter is an emotionally resonant tale of two women whose fates are intertwined across time. Loretta Ellsworth’s evocative and poignant page-turner will linger in the heart, and make you think about luck, connection, and the meaning of loyalty.

Grace and Glory: 365 Devotions for a Life Transformed by Jesus by Louie Giglio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/767103 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/767103] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Grace and Glory: 365 Devotions for a Life Transformed by Jesus Author: Louie Giglio Narrator: Mark Smeby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: November 26, 2024 Genres: World Religions Publisher's Summary: Come with an expectant heart and step into a deeper relationship with the God of the universe. In this 365-day devotional from Louie Giglio of Passion City Church, you're invited into a yearlong journey to deepen your relationship with the God who created the whole cosmos. He is the God of all grace, and He has called you to walk with Him into eternal glory, as a son or daughter of God. Will you take the journey? In Grace & Glory, Louie guides you day by day through Scripture, prayers, and biblical insights that point to the beauty of Jesus' transformative work on the cross. Recognizing the radical, personal grace you receive from a glorious God offers you strength and confidence to face every trial and anxious thought. As you dive deeper into the fullness of His love and the power of His Spirit, your soul will rejoice. Grace & Glory is a perfect book to give to: - Anyone looking for a spiritually rich yearlong devotional - Friends or loved ones struggling with anxiety or difficult times - Those who want to step into a daily practice of deep prayer and overwhelming gratitude - Followers of Giglio's books and music and the Passion Movement   Come to Grace & Glory with an expectant heart and experience moments of extravagant worship as you grow in awe for God your Creator and in intimacy with God your Father. Grace & Glory is an ideal gift to give for: - Christmas - Easter - Birthdays - Mother's Day - Father's Day - Graduation - Significant life events

Foster's Mill by Val Wood

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821143 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/821143] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Foster's Mill Author: Val Wood Narrator: Anne Dover Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 45 minutes Release date: November 21, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Holderness, 1988. Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about the local community… Everything except why another family, the Reedbarrows, now live in her ancestral home, Foster's Mill. When Christopher, a man from 'down south', arrives and begins asking questions about the Mill that no one has dared to ask for generations, secrets begin to surface, and Liz may finally find the answers she's been looking for. And perhaps, at last, Liz and her father will be able to return to their family home. But Liz soon realises that if the sea continues to ravage the cliffside, the land which the mill is built on will fall away. If she doesn't take action soon, there may not be a home for her to return to. With the help of Chris and the local community, can Liz save the village and claim what's rightfully hers? © Val Wood 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Open Minded: A Novel by Chloe Seager

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/681588 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/681588] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Open Minded: A Novel Author: Chloe Seager Narrator: Cicely Whitehead, Victoria Morrison Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 12 minutes Release date: November 12, 2024 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Chloe Seager creates a fun yet thought-provoking novel about two very different women, Holly and Fliss, who are grappling with drastic changes in their relationships after Holly’s boyfriend wants to “open” their relationship and Fliss’s boyfriend wants to “close” theirs. After nine years of dating, Holly is sure her boyfriend Will is going to propose. But instead of popping the question, he shocks her by suggesting they open their relationship to date other people. For the last three years, Fliss and her boyfriend Ash have been in a happily open relationship. But now that they’re turning thirty, he wants to close it, throwing Fliss’s whole ethos of living life on her terms rather than society’s expectations into question. When Fliss overhears Holly crying in the toilets during her first date in nine years, they decide to ditch their dates and have dinner together. They strike up an instant friendship with Fliss agreeing to teach Holly everything she knows about being in an open relationship, while Holly, who’s been with one person for almost a decade, can help Fliss try monogamy. Fliss is willing to give up dating other people if it means staying with Ash, and Holly is willing to try anything if it means she gets her happy ending with Will. But perhaps both Fliss and Holly will learn that there’s no one size fits all when it comes to relationships . . .