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Title: The Glassmaker

Author: Tracy Chevalier

Narrator: Juliet Aubrey

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 22 minutes

Release date: September 12, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Month 'Sparkling'OBSERVER 'A triumph… beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN 'Spellbinding…. Chevalier at her fabulous best' ELIF SHAFAK 'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead… one of the reigning queens of historical fiction' INDEPENDENT ‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives learning to handle. Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss. The beads she creates will adorn the necks of empresses and courtesans from Paris to Vienna – but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her? Tracy Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.

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Title: The Stone of Vitality

Series: #5 of The Stone Cycle

Author: Allan N. Packer

Narrator: Greg John

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Release date: April 2, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

When the abduction of an imperial princess sparks a tense standoff between Rogand and the distant Empire of Ahr, the dispute threatens to engulf Arvenon and its allies. Hurrying to the Rogandan capital with an Arvenian delegation, Will joins the kings of Rogand, Castel, and Varas to plan a response. The upheavals that overtake them quickly thrust all else aside. While the Grand Vizier of Ahr ruthlessly pursues his secretive agenda, mystery and suspicion swirl around the long-lived High Priest of the Rogandan Dark Gods. No one is prepared for the emergence of the Stone of Vitality. Note: The Stone of Vitality is Book 5 of The Stone Cycle, a multi-part saga. The story will continue and conclude in Book 6, The Hope of Vitality.

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Title: The Struggle for Authority

Series: #4 of The Stone Cycle

Author: Allan N. Packer

Narrator: Greg John

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Release date: April 2, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Arvenon is controlled by a traitor. The kingdom of Castel teeters on the brink. With the unseen hand of King Agon of Rogand pulling the strings, a mantle of oppression is slowly settling over the four kingdoms. Now recovered from the assassination attempt, King Steffan of Arvenon sets out to wrest back control of his kingdom, vigorously supported by Will, Rufe, Thomas, and their allies. Unlikely influences might ultimately tip the balance. In a desperate attempt to block Agon, Will and Thomas set out for Rogand. What each of them encounters there will shake them to the core. The fate of four kingdoms will hinge upon the Stone of Authority. Note: The Struggle for Authority (The Stone Cycle Book 4) is a complete story within a multi-part saga.

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Title: The Stone of Authority Complete Set

Series: #2 of The Stone Cycle Complete Sets

Author: Allan N. Packer

Narrator: Greg John

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 25 hours 48 minutes

Release date: April 2, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

The epic fantasy saga of The Stone Cycle continues with over 24 hours of listening… The Stone of Authority The invasion is over, and the survivors of the shattered Rogandan army have straggled home. The people of Arvenon and the surrounding kingdoms are at peace. Or so they believe. Little do they know that a new stone of power has emerged, controlled by a cruel tyrant bent on destruction. But King Agon of Rogand lusts after much more than conquest. He will settle for nothing less than unending power. No armies are massing at the border. The kingdoms face a threat from within. As chaos spreads, Will, Steffan, Essanda, and Arvenon’s other key defenders are each confronted with crisis. If any one of them stumbles, the kingdom will fall. The Struggle for Authority Arvenon is controlled by a traitor. The kingdom of Castel teeters on the brink. With the unseen hand of King Agon of Rogand pulling the strings, a mantle of oppression is slowly settling over the four kingdoms. Now recovered from the assassination attempt, King Steffan of Arvenon sets out to wrest back control of his kingdom, vigorously supported by Will, Rufe, Thomas, and their allies. Unlikely influences might ultimately tip the balance. In a desperate attempt to block Agon, Will and Thomas set out for Rogand. What each of them encounters there will shake them to the core. The fate of four kingdoms will hinge upon the Stone of Authority. The Stone of Authority Complete Set is a complete story that continues the ongoing saga of The Stone Cycle. It includes the novels The Stone of Authority and The Struggle for Authority. If you enjoy epic fantasy with gripping action, relatable characters, and clean romance in a sweeping coming of age saga, then try The Stone of Authority Complete Set now!

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Title: Hidden Fires

Author: Sairish Hussain, Raj Ghatak

Narrator: Krupa Pattani, Amerjit Deu

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Release date: January 18, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

How can you live in the present when you’re trying to bury the past? ‘A sweeping tale of resilience’ i News 'An ineffably touching novel by a talented young author' Saga Magazine 'Harrowing yet uplifting…A visceral exploration of family, identity and loss' Sunday Post

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Title: The Sweetest Revenge

Author: Lizzy Dent

Narrator: Brittany Pressley

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 18 minutes

Release date: July 25, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

“I love, love, love Lizzy Dent.”—Emily Henry, author of People We Meet on Vacation and Happy Place Bridesmaids meets Emily in Paris—in London—in this hilarious and heartfelt story of one handsome neighbor, one no-good ex, and the summer Amy Duffy makes the comeback of her life. Her past is a mess. But her present is about to get delicious. Amy is more than one disastrous night of drunken revenge on her boss/ex-boyfriend’s Audi—the night that tanked her rising TV producer career and led to a hasty move to London for a fresh start. She is thirty years of awesomeness. At least, that’s what Amy tells herself every morning before trekking to her mediocre job making trailers at a failing British TV channel. Two years later, she’s finally starting to believe it. Sparks are flying between her and Jake, her handsome new downstairs neighbor, and there’s a competition at work that just might get her career back on track while bringing her and Jake even closer. But then, in a twisted turn of fate, the ex-boyfriend who wrecked her life is hired as her new boss and past and present are about to epically, hilariously collide.

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Title: Homebodies

Author: Tembe Denton-Hurst

Narrator: Marcella Cox

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Release date: July 6, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

’THIS BOOK IS SO FUN AND HOT AND EXCEPTIONALLY WRITTEN!!’ Reader review,⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I melted into this book and loved every minute of it – if you're looking for a contemporary story of a queer black girl finding herself, you'll love this’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Homebodies is so many different things. Political and social commentary, romance, drama, journey to self-discovery— it’s the story of a young queer Black woman caught up in the whirlwind of everything life can throw at you’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Quiet, complex, vulnerable … it's really powerful to show a raw, relatable character trying to decide if the career she's worked toward for her entire life is worth the pain it causes her’ Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ * * * * She’s stayed quiet for too long. Now it’s time to speak her truth. Until twenty-four hours ago, Mickey Hayward was living the life she’d always dreamed of. She was working for a popular media company, and she was in a committed loving relationship. Now she’s fired, tossed aside for a younger, more ‘agreeable’ Black writer. Sick of being overlooked, she responds with an online letter detailing the racism she’s faced within the industry. And when a media scandal turns Mickey’s post into a viral sensation, suddenly everyone wants to hear what she has to say. That’s what Mickey has always wanted – isn’t it? Don’t miss this incredibly witty, intimate, and moving debut. Perfect if you love: ❤️Coming of age ❤️Old flame ❤️Love triangle ❤️City girl/small hometown * * * * Praise for Tembe Denton-Hurst ‘I saw so much of myself in her utterly delicious and sometimes aching story’ Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of the New York Times bestselling The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois 'Denton-Hurst has written a warm, brilliant novel that’s stunning and poignant; Homebodies is wonderfully witty and full of empathy and entirely original’ Bryan Washington, award-winning author of Memorial and Lot 'A gorgeous and compulsively readable coming-of-age story about a young, Black, queer writer trying to figure out her purpose and her identity’ Vogue

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Title: Bellies

Author: Nicola Dinan

Narrator: Octavia Nyombi, Nathaniel Curtis

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Release date: June 29, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out with friends at a university drag night, Tom buys Ming a drink. Confident and witty, a charming young playwright, Ming is the perfect antidote to Tom's awkward energy, and their connection is instant. Tom finds himself deeply and desperately drawn into Ming's orbit, and on the cusp of graduation, he's already mapped out their future together. But, shortly after they move to London to start their next chapter, Ming announces her intention to transition. From London to Kuala Lumpur, New York to Cologne, we follow Tom and Ming as they face shifts in their relationship in the wake of Ming's transition. Through a spiral of unforeseen crises - some personal, some professional, some life-altering - Tom and Ming are forced to confront the vastly different shapes their lives have taken since graduating, and each must answer the essential question: is it worth losing a part of yourself to become who you are? 'Smart, hilarious and deeply moving' Elliot Page, author of Pageboy 'Bellies announces Nicola Dinan as a genuine literary talent, a gimlet-eyed cartographer of the human heart' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti 'Thoughtful, seductive, and entirely engrossing - Bellies is already a classic' Bryan Washington, author of Memorial and Lot ©2023 Nicola Dinan (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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Title: The Late Americans

Author: Brandon Taylor

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Release date: June 22, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. Selected as a Best Book of 2023 by the Guardian, Irish Times, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire and i-D The highly-anticipated new novel by the Booker-shortlisted author Brandon Taylor. An exploration of sex, love, identity and politics In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a social circle of lovers and friends navigate tangled webs of connection as they try to figure out what they want, and who they are. At the centre of the group are three dancers: Ivan, tall and stoic, who is leaving ballet for a career in finance; Fatima, whose work ethic earns her both admiration and enmity; and Noah, who 'didn't seek sex out so much as it came up to him like an anxious dog in need of affection.' As they test their own desires in a series of relationships - and in other, clandestine ways - they are buffeted by other volatile figures in town, from an unruly, vulnerable young poet to a local landlord nursing a lifetime of resentment. Finally, after a series of violent encounters, the group heads to a cabin to bid goodbye to their former lives, and waves of long-buried heartache resolve into moments of unexpected tenderness. Filled with scenes of aching intimacy, The Late Americans is Brandon Taylor's richest and most involving work of fiction to date, confirming his position as one of our most perceptive chroniclers of loneliness and desire in contemporary life. ©2023 Brandon Taylor (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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Title: Locks

Author: Ashleigh Nugent

Narrator: Ashleigh Nugent

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Release date: June 22, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

‘1993 was the year that Stephen Lawrence got murdered by racists, and I became an angry Black lad with a “chip on his shoulder”’ Aeon, a mixed-up and mixed-race teenager from a leafy Liverpool suburb, is desperate to understand the Black identity thrust upon him. He grows dreadlocks and immerses himself in ‘gangsta’ rap. But Aeon’s journey of self-discovery is hampered by the fact that the only Black people in his life are his dad and his cousin, Increase. Aeon’s ambition to find his place in the world takes him to Jamaica. Here, Aeon soon finds that smoking loads of weed, growing messy locks and wearing massive red boots don’t necessarily help him to fit in. Within days of his arrival he is mugged, arrested and banged up in a Jamaican detention centre. Seen as the ‘White boy’, he finds that his journey of self-discovery has only just begun – and he’s going to have to fight for the respect and recognition he deserves . . . A coming-of-age comedy of errors, Locks is an electric debut novel about growing up, wising up, and finding your place in a world of opposites. 'Blends humour and introspection, poetry and the poignant' - Derek Owusu, author of the Desmond Elliott Prize-winning That Reminds Me 'Irreverent, authentic and utterly enthralling. A wonderful book' - Jimmy McGovern, creator of the drama series Cracker 'Twisty, energetic, voice-led . . . Nugent is pure talent' - Raymond Antrobus, author of the Rathbones Folio Prize-winning The Perseverance 'Thought provoking and funny' - David Beckler, author of A Long Shadow