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Still Water by Rebecca Pert

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391645 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/391645] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Still Water Author: Rebecca Pert Narrator: Kristin Atherton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 36 minutes Release date: June 23, 2022 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: ‘Beautiful and brutal… a breathtaking debut’ JOANNA CANNON ‘Dark, lyrical… impressive’ DAILY MAIL ‘An atmospheric slow burn… with a sense of forboding that grows with each page’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ‘Atmospheric and compelling’ KATE SAWYER A beautifully written atmospheric story of trauma, grief and redemption, Still Water is a debut from a bright new voice in literary fiction. When Jane Douglas returns to the Shetland Islands, she thinks she has escaped the dark shadows of her childhood. She carves out a simple life on the bleak, windswept island, working at the salmon fishery and spending quiet evenings at home. And for the first time in her life, she’s happy. Then the body of Jane’s long-missing mother is found in a flooded quarry. Her mother disappeared when Jane was a teenager, following the death of Jane’s baby brother. Jane has spent her life running from her past, living in fear that she has inherited her mother’s demons. Now, Jane must face what actually happened on that fateful, tragic day twenty years ago… ‘A haunting story… told with compassion and even tenderness’ KATIE MUNNIK ‘Intense, unflinching, honest… beautifully told’ LUCIE MCKNIGHT HARDY

[Spanish] - Britt-Marie Was Here Britt-Marie estuvo aquí (Spanish edition) by Fredrik Backman

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393420 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393420] to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Britt-Marie Was Here Britt-Marie estuvo aquí (Spanish edition) Author: Fredrik Backman Narrator: Natalia Guadarrama Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 22, 2022 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Fredrik Backman, el autor bestseller del New York Times de Gente ansiosa, nos trae una novela emocionante, tierna y graciosa que celebra la importancia de la comunidad y de las conexiones entre las personas en un mundo que a veces intenta alejarnos los unos de los otros. Tras dejar a su esposo infiel, Britt-Marie encuentra trabajo como encargada en el casi clausurado centro cívico de Borg, un abandonado y ruinoso pueblo del que lo único bueno que puede decirse es que tiene una carretera. Esta quisquillosa mujer se verá envuelta en la vida de sus nuevos vecinos, un grupo de malhechores, borrachos y holgazanes que le demostrarán que la vida va más allá de tener un cajón de los cubiertos ordenado. Pero su reto más grande aún está por venir: se enfrentará a la imposible tarea de entrenar al equipo de fútbol juvenil del pueblo para alzarse con la copa que se jugará en pocos días. ¿Podrá Britt-Marie encontrar por fin su lugar en el mundo en este pueblo de inadaptados? FREDRIK BACKMAN es autor de nueve libros, entre ellos el bestseller internacional Un hombre llamado Ove, cuya versión cinematográfica fue candidata a dos Óscar. Sus obras se han traducido a cuarenta y seis idiomas. Backman vive en Estocolmo con su esposa y sus dos hijos.

How Beautiful We Were: A Novel by Imbolo Mbue

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396853 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/396853] to listen full audiobooks. Title: How Beautiful We Were: A Novel Author: Imbolo Mbue Narrator: JD Jackson, Janina Edwards, Prentice Onayemi, Allyson Johnson, Dion Graham, Lisa Renee Pitts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 7 minutes Release date: March 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.75 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: A fearless young woman from a small African village starts a revolution against an American oil company in this sweeping, inspiring novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, People • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, The Christian Science Monitor, Marie Claire, Ms. magazine, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews “Mbue reaches for the moon and, by the novel’s end, has it firmly held in her hand.”—NPR We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbue’s powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of cleanup and financial reparations to the villagers are made—and ignored. The country’s government, led by a brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interests. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. Their struggle will last for decades and come at a steep price.   Told from the perspective of a generation of children and the family of a girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary, How Beautiful We Were is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghost of colonialism, comes up against one community’s determination to hold on to its ancestral land and a young woman’s willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people’s freedom.

Tomorrow Will Be Better by Betty Smith

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392077 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/392077] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tomorrow Will Be Better Author: Betty Smith Narrator: Nicola Barber Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: November 24, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: ''A rediscovered treasure.'' — Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post From Betty Smith, author of the beloved classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, comes a poignant story of love, marriage, poverty, and hope set in 1920s Brooklyn. Tomorrow Will Be Better tells the story of Margy Shannon, a shy but joyfully optimistic young woman just out of school who lives with her parents and witnesses how a lifetime of hard work, poverty, and pain has worn them down. Her mother's resentment toward being a housewife and her father's inability to express his emotions result in a tense home life where Margy has no voice. Unable to speak up against her overbearing mother, Margy takes refuge in her dreams of a better life.  Her goals are simple—to find a husband, have children, and live in a nice home—one where her children will never know the terror of want or the need to hide from quarreling parents. When she meets Frankie Malone, she thinks her dreams might be fulfilled, but a devastating loss rattles her to her core and challenges her life-long optimism. As she struggles to come to terms with the unexpected path her life has taken, Margy must decide whether to accept things as they are or move firmly in the direction of what she truly wants.  Rich with the flavor of its Brooklyn background, and filled with the joys and heartbreak of family life, Tomorrow Will Be Better is told with a simplicity, tenderness, and warmhearted humor that only Betty Smith could write.

When the Music Stops by Joe Heap

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393059 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/393059] to listen full audiobooks. Title: When the Music Stops Author: Joe Heap Narrator: Caroline Guthrie Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 18 minutes Release date: October 29, 2020 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: ‘The sheer definition of a page-turner’ Reader review ‘A truly original, bittersweet tale of life, loss and enduring love that had me completely hooked. A treasure of a book!’ Sunday Times bestseller, Ruth Hogan ‘Stunning, stunning, stunning’ Anstey Harris This is the story of Ella. And Robert. And of all the things they should have said, but never did. ‘What have you been up to?’ I shrug, ‘Just existing, I guess.’ ‘Looks like more than just existing.’ Robert gestures at the baby, the lifeboat, the ocean. ‘All right, not existing. Surviving.’ He laughs, not unkindly. ‘Sounds grim.’ ‘It wasn’t so bad, really. But I wish you’d been there.’ Ella has known Robert all her life. Through seven key moments and seven key people their journey intertwines. From the streets of Glasgow during WW2 to the sex, drugs and rock n’ roll of London in the 60s and beyond, this is a story of love and near misses. Of those who come in to our lives and leave it too soon. And of those who stay with you forever… Readers LOVE When the Music Stops! ‘Endearing and beautifully told’ Janet ‘Stunning …with touches of a modern day Jane Eyre in that invisible space between the pages. Unusual. Rare. Magical. Highly recommended.’ Jenny ‘What a storyteller this author is…The closing chapters are sublime, and brought me to tears. A beautiful ending. This book will remain with me long after I write this review’ Janette ‘It mixes the ordinary with the extraordinary…in one way a version of David Nicholls’ One Day’ Jane ‘I fell in love with this lovely book…it’s about the things that connect us. A terrific read’ Pamela ‘This is going to leave a few people with tears in their eyes…read it in one sitting’ Louisa ‘There was one scene that overwhelmed me, had me crying so much I had to put the book down and take a breather. I went back after 15 mins to re-read, and cried again…Joe Heap does not disappoint’ Reader review ‘ I just loved Ella and lived every step of her journey…a compulsive read’ Bren ‘I’m swiftly becoming a big fan of Joe Heap!’ Emily