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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/421002 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tale of Genji, Volume 1 Author: Murasaki Shikibu Narrator: Brian Nishii Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 35 hours 39 minutes Release date: November 12, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian period (794–1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji―widely considered the world’s first novel―during the early years of the eleventh century. Expansive, compelling, and sophisticated in its representation of ethical concerns and aesthetic ideals, Murasaki’s tale came to occupy a central place in Japan’s remarkable history of artistic achievement and is now recognized as a masterpiece of world literature. The Tale of Genji is presented here in a flowing new translation for contemporary listeners, who will discover in its depiction of the culture of the imperial court the rich complexity of human experience that simultaneously resonates with and challenges their own. Washburn embeds annotations for accessibility and clarity and renders the poetry into triplets to create prosodic analogues of the original.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/417358 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Dress the Color of the Sky Author: Jennifer Irwin Narrator: Marnye Young Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 21 minutes Release date: October 22, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: For too many years, Prudence Aldrich has been numbing the pain in her life with random sexual encounters. Her marriage to cold, self-centered Nick is, not surprisingly, on the rocks. But after several dangerous experiences with strangers, Prudence finally realizes she needs therapy to stop her self-destructive behavior, and so she checks into the Serenity Hills rehab center. Prudence blames herself for her irresponsible behavior and is filled with self-loathing. She’s convinced she is completely at fault for Nick’s manipulative attitude and believes with therapy, she can return their relationship to its idyllic beginnings. However, her therapist and the other members of her rehab group see the person behind the pain. As Prudence learns more about herself and the reasons for her behavior, including startling revelations about her childhood, she begins to understand the basis for her lack of sexual self-respect. She also learns she is not entirely to blame for the failure of her marriage. With the positive reinforcement of everyone at Serenity Hills, Prudence learns not to define herself by her past. But moving forward would mean letting go of Nick for good, and Prudence isn’t sure she can.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/415024 to listen full audiobooks. Title: And the Bride Closed the Door Author: Ronit Matalon Narrator: Deepti Gupta Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 52 minutes Release date: October 1, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A young bride shuts herself up in a bedroom on her wedding day, refusing to get married. In this moving and humorous look at contemporary Israel and the chaotic ups and downs of love everywhere, her family gathers outside the locked door, not knowing what to do. The bride’s mother has lost a younger daughter in unclear circumstances. Her grandmother is hard of hearing, yet seems to understand her better than anyone. A male cousin who likes to wear women’s clothes and jewelry clings to his grandmother like a little boy. The family tries an array of unusual tactics to ensure the wedding goes ahead, including a psychologist specializing in brides who change their mind and a ladder truck from the Palestinian Authority electrical company. The only communication they receive from behind the door are scribbled notes, one of them a cryptic poem about a prodigal daughter returning home. The harder they try to reach the defiant woman, the more the despairing groom is convinced her refusal should be respected. But what, exactly, ought to be respected? Is this merely a case of cold feet? A feminist statement? A mourning ritual for a lost sister? This provocative and highly entertaining novel lingers long after its final page.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413208 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Will and Testament: A Novel Author: Vigdis Hjorth Narrator: Nano Nagle Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 34 minutes Release date: September 10, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A controversial bestseller from one of Norway’s most intelligent and highly regarded novelists When a dispute over her parents’ will grows bitter, Bergljot is drawn back into the orbit of the family she fled twenty years before. Her mother and father have decided to leave two island summer houses to her sisters, disinheriting the two eldest siblings from the most meaningful part of the estate. To outsiders, it is a quarrel about property and favoritism. But Bergljot, who has borne a horrible secret since childhood, understands the gesture as something very different—a final attempt to suppress the truth and a cruel insult to the grievously injured. Will and Testament is a lyrical meditation on trauma and memory, as well as a furious account of a woman’s struggle to survive and be believed.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Wild Eden Author: Scott Sharpe Narrator: Christian Baskous Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 30 minutes Release date: August 27, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Jack Parker’s father dies, Jack knows one thing: Tom Parker was a good man. Beyond that, decades of distance and silence had kept the two men from truly knowing each other. Jack attends the funeral with the hope he can shovel some dirt onto Tom’s casket, collect a few commiserations, and put miles between himself and the questions he’d let simmer since he’d left home years before. But when a group of strangers appears at the funeral, Jack realizes he has more questions than answers about how his father actually lived his life. Jack picks up the pieces, moving back home to help his ailing mother and continue work on his father’s many projects. He soon finds himself at the center of a family maelstrom, worsened by his troubled siblings’ lives and continued unearthings of Tom’s secrecy. Haunted by hazy nightmares from his youth and driven by guilt, Jack tries to uncover why his father kept such a considerable part of his life from them all. The secrets Jack uncovers might shake the foundation of the refuge he hopes to create. Suddenly thrust into a dangerous world of drug deals and violence, Jack is forced to examine his own brutal limits and those of his father. When finally faced with the truth of his and Tom’s past, he realizes that sometimes secrets are best left buried on the river bottom.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/410302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Nine: A Novel Author: Jeanne Mcwilliams Blasberg Narrator: Marnye Young, Ari Fliakos Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 29 minutes Release date: August 20, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Hannah Webber fears she will never be a mother, but her prayers are finally answered when she gives birth to a son. In an era of high-stakes parenting, nurturing Sam’s intellect becomes Hannah’s life purpose. She invests body and soul into his development, much to the detriment of her marriage. She convinces herself, however, that Sam’s acceptance at age fourteen to the most prestigious of New England boarding schools overseen by an illustrious headmaster, justifies her choices. When he arrives at Dunning, Sam is glad to be out from under his mother’s close watch. And he enjoys his newfound freedom―until, late one night, he stumbles upon evidence of sexual misconduct at the school and is unable to shake the discovery. Both a coming-of-age novel and a portrait of an evolving mother-son relationship, The Nine is the story of a young man who chooses to expose a corrupt world operating under its own set of rules―even if it means jeopardizing his mother’s hopes and dreams.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/411631 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Liebe und Verderben (Gekürzt) Author: Kristin Hannah Narrator: Eva Mattes Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 24 minutes Release date: October 5, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ich bin hier und werde niemals aufhören, auf Dich zu warten. 1974: Als Lenora Allbright mit ihren Eltern nach Alaska zieht, ist die Familie voller Hoffnung, das Trauma des Krieges, das der Vater in Vietnam davongetragen hat, hinter sich zu lassen. In Matthew, dem Sohn der Nachbarn, findet Leni einen engen Freund, und aus ihrer Vertrautheit entwickelt sich bald eine junge Liebe. Doch auf die Schönheit des Sommers in Alaska folgt unweigerlich die Finsternis des Winters, und je länger diese andauert, desto weniger vermag Lenis Vater die in ihm wohnenden Dämonen zu bändigen. Schon bald müssen die beiden jungen Liebenden um ihr Miteinander kämpfen - bis sie eines Tages auszubrechen versuchen ... Mit emotionaler Wucht erzählt Kristin Hannah eine große Geschichte über unsere Verletzlichkeit, wenn wir zum ersten Mal lieben, über die dunklen Seiten der Liebe und über die niemals endende Verbundenheit zwischen einer Mutter und ihrem Kind.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412578 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Sechs Koffer (Ungekürzte Lesung) Author: Maxim Biller Narrator: Christian Brückner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 14 minutes Release date: August 8, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Ein Gerücht, dessen böse Kraft bis in die Gegenwart reicht Eine russisch-jüdische Familie flieht von Ost nach West, von Moskau über Prag nach Hamburg und Zürich. Der Großvater des inzwischen in Berlin lebenden Erzählers wurde Opfer eines großen Verrats, einer Denunziation, und 1960 in der Sowjetunion hingerichtet. Unter Verdacht: die eigene Verwandtschaft. Eine Erzählung über sowjetische Geheimdienstakten, über das tschechische Kino der Nachkriegszeit, vergiftete Liebesbeziehungen und die Machenschaften sexsüchtiger Kultur-Apparatschiks - und zugleich über das Leben hier und heute, über unsere moderne, globalisierte Welt, in der fast niemand mehr dort zuhause ist, wo er geboren wurde und aufwuchs.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412679 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Mein schlimmster schönster Sommer (Ungekürzt) Author: Stefanie Gregg Narrator: Nina Koenig Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 53 minutes Release date: June 2, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Erst wenn man alles loslässt, kann das Leben neu beginnen. Als Isabel aus dem Krankenhaus entlassen wird, weiß sie, dass nichts mehr ist, wie es war. Zum ersten Mal ist sie spontan: Sie kauft einen VW-Bus und fährt einfach los. Eigentlich will sie in die Provence, aber dann kommt alles anders. Eine Reise beginnt, bei der sie Menschen trifft, denen sie sonst nie begegnet wäre, bei der sie ihr altes Leben loslässt und ein neues anfängt - und vor allem eines findet: die Liebe.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/412847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [German] - Die Australierin - Von Hamburg nach Sydney (Ungekürzt) Author: Ulrike Renk Narrator: Nina Koenig Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 2 minutes Release date: May 25, 2018 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Von Hamburg nach Sydney. Als Tochter eines Werftbesitzers wächst Emilia in Hamburg auf. Sie soll eine gute Partie heiraten, aber nicht den Mann, in den sie sich verliebt hat. Carl Gotthold Lessing ist der Großneffe des berühmten Dichters. Er hat ein Kapitänspatent erworben und sich Geld geliehen, um ein Schiff zu bauen. Er will Emilia heiraten, doch ihre Familie ist strikt gegen diese Verbindung. Die beiden beginnen, nachdem Lessing von seiner ersten großen Fahrt zurückgekehrt ist, eine Affäre. Als ein Hausmädchen sie verrät, kommt es zum Bruch. Emilia beschließt, mit ihm zu reisen. In Südamerika kommt ihr erstes Kind zur Welt, in Hamburg das zweite. Doch sie haben ein anderes Ziel: Australien. Die spannende Geschichte einer Auswanderung, die auf wahren Begebenheiten beruht.