Meredith, Alone: The hopeful and uplifting debut you’ll never forget by Claire Alexander

A House for Alice: From the Women’s Prize shortlisted author of Ordinary People by Diana Evans

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546565 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546565] to listen full audiobooks. Title: A House for Alice: From the Women’s Prize shortlisted author of Ordinary People Author: Diana Evans Narrator: Natalie Simpson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 54 minutes Release date: April 6, 2023 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. THE INTIMATE AND COMPELLING NOVEL FROM THE PRIZEWINNING AUTHOR OF ORDINARY PEOPLE After fifty years in the wilderness of London, Alice wants to live out her days in the land of her birth. Her children are divided on whether she stays or goes, and in the wake of their father's death, the imagined stability of the family begins to fray. Meanwhile youngest daughter Melissa has never let go of a love she lost, and Michael in return, even within the sturdy walls of his marriage to the sparkling Nicole, is haunted by the failed perfection of the past. As Alice's final decision draws closer, all that is hidden between Melissa and her sisters, Michael and Nicole, rises to the surface . . . Set against the shadows of a city and a country in turmoil, Diana Evans's ordinary people confront fundamental questions. How should we raise our children? How to do right by our parents? And how, in the midst of everything, can we satisfy ourselves? 'A gorgeous novel from one of our most outstanding writers' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'A wise, tender novel' MONICA ALI 'A lyrical and glorious writer' NAOMI ALDERMAN 'Evans is always, always on the finest of forms' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS 'A writer at the top of her game' LEONE ROSS 'I adored A House for Alice. Her writing is exquisite: every sentence a jewel' ELIZABETH DAY ©2023 Diana Evans (P)2023 Penguin Audio

[Spanish] - Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South PoleLos perros buenos no llegan al Polo UN: (Spanish edition) by Hans-Olav Thyvold

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/544623 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/544623] to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Good Dogs Don't Make It to the South PoleLos perros buenos no llegan al Polo UN: (Spanish edition) Author: Hans-Olav Thyvold Narrator: Hector Velasco Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 23, 2022 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Narrada a través de la mirada de un perro, esta novela aborda con ternura e inteligencia la soledad y otros desafíos de la vida de las personas mayores, así como de la importancia del humor y la amistad. A veces, la historia de un perro puede ser la más humana de todas. Tassen siempre ha sido perro de un solo hombre. Y desde que murió el Mayor Thorkildsen, se ha visto obligado a entenderse con la anciana viuda de éste. Ambos echan de menos al Mayor y por las noches, frente al resplandor de un buen fuego, se consuelan leyendo sobre la expedición de Roald Amundsen al Polo Sur, que culminó con éxito gracias a las decenas de intrépidos perros de Groenlandia que el aventurero noruego decidió llevar consigo. Cuando el hijo y la nuera del Mayor planean quedarse con la casa, Tassen y la señora Thorkildsen, inspirándose en los audaces perros de Amundsen, demuestran que aún les queda mucho camino que recorrer juntos…  «La novela de Thyvold nos inspira y conmueve. Un verdadero placer.» —Library Journal (reseña destacada) Hans-Olav Thyvold nació en 1959 y es autor de varios libros no ficción sobre, entre otros, Roald Amundsen o Bruce Springsteen. Ha ejercido de periodista y presentador de radio y televisión. Los perros buenos no llegan al Polo Sur es su primera novela. En la actualidad vive en Oslo, Noruega. Told through the eyes of a very grumpy yet lovable mutt, a funny and touching tale of aging, death, friendship, and life that proves sometimes a dog's story is the most human of all. Tassen has always been a one-man dog. When his human companion, Major Thorkildsen, dies, Tassen and Mrs. Thorkildsen are left alone. Tassen mourns Major by eating too many treats, and Mrs. T by drinking too much. But the two unexpectedly find common ground in researching Roald Amundsen’s expedition to the South Pole led by a pack of intrepid dogs. But the quiet days Tassen and Mrs. T spend together at the library researching the explorer’s arctic adventure are disrupted by the arrival of her son and daughter in-law. Eager to move in to the Major’s spacious house, they plan to send Mrs. T to a nursing home. As he contemplates his own fate, Tassen shudders to think what might happen to him! Yet Tassen and Mrs. T aren’t about to give up. Inspired by Roald Amundsen and his dogs, this unlikely pair are ready to take on anything life throws at them. Good Dogs Don’t Make It to the South Pole is a darkly comedic and whimsical portrayal of aging and death told through a dog’s friendship with an elderly woman.  Translated from the Norwegian by Marie Otsby

The Measure: A Novel by Nikki Erlick

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/544469 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/544469] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Measure: A Novel Author: Nikki Erlick Narrator: Julia Whelan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.08 of Total 119 Ratings of Narrator: 4.44 of Total 45 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! ''A story of love and hope as interweaving characters display: how all moments, big and small, can measure a life. If you want joy, love, romance, and hope—read with us.'' —Jenna Bush Hager A luminous, spirit-lifting blockbuster that asks: would you choose to find out the length of your life? Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up, drink a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. The contents of this mysterious box tells you the exact number of years you will live. From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? Is there truth to what they promise? As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they’ll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge? The Measure charts the dawn of this new world through an unforgettable cast of characters whose decisions and fates interweave with one another: best friends whose dreams are forever entwined, pen pals finding refuge in the unknown, a couple who thought they didn’t have to rush, a doctor who cannot save himself, and a politician whose box becomes the powder keg that ultimately changes everything. Enchanting and deeply uplifting, The Measure is an ambitious, invigorating story about family, friendship, hope, and destiny that encourages us to live life to the fullest.

Meredith, Alone: The hopeful and uplifting debut you’ll never forget by Claire Alexander

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546747 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546747] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Meredith, Alone: The hopeful and uplifting debut you’ll never forget Author: Claire Alexander Narrator: Freya Mavor Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 9, 2022 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Meredith Maggs hasn't left her house in 1,214 days. But she insists she isn't alone . . . She has her cat Fred. Her friend Sadie visits when she can. There's her online support group, StrengthInNumbers. She has her jigsaws, favourite recipes, her beloved Emily Dickinson, the internet, the Tesco delivery man and her treacherous memories for company. But something's about to change. Whether Meredith likes it or not, the world is coming to her door . . . Does she have the courage to overcome what's been keeping her inside all this time? © Claire Alexander 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546558 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546558] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Whalebone Theatre Author: Joanna Quinn Narrator: Olivia Vinall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 23 minutes Release date: June 9, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Literary Fiction Publisher's Summary: Brought to you Penguin. 'Maudie, why are all the best characters men?' Maudie closes the book with a clllump. 'We haven't read all the books yet, Miss Cristabel. I can't believe that every story is the same' Cristabel Seagrave has always wanted her life to be a story, but there are no girls in the books in her dusty family library. For an unwanted orphan who grows into an unmarriageable young woman, there is no place at all for her in a traditional English manor. But from the day that a whale washes up on the beach at the Chilcombe estate in Dorset, and twelve-year-old Cristabel plants her flag and claims it as her own, she is determined to do things differently. With her step-parents blithely distracted by their endless party guests, Cristabel and her siblings, Flossie and Digby, scratch together an education from the plays they read in their freezing attic, drunken conversations eavesdropped through oak-panelled doors, and the esoteric lessons of Maudie their maid. But as the children grow to adulthood and war approaches, jolting their lives on to very different tracks, it becomes clear that the roles they are expected to play are no longer those they want. As they find themselves drawn into the conflict, they must each find a way to write their own story... © Joanna Quinn 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022