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Title: David Copperfield

Author: Charles Dickens

Narrator: Will Watt

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 34 hours 28 minutes

Release date: May 21, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

'''Alone among his contemporaries, Charles Dickens seems to possess that instinctive sympthaty with whatever is human and humane which is the fundamental condition of genial and varied characterization. … in individualities which make us in love with our kind, he is unapproached.'' —The Atlantic Monthly, May 1867 The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger, of Blunderstone Rookery—or, as it's now more commonly known, David Copperfield—is considered one of literature's quintessential bildungsroman novels. Originally published in serial installments stretching from May 1849 through November 1850, the tale follows the titular David Copperfield throughout the course of his life in Victorian England. In parts a coming-of-age story, satire, and autobiographical novel, Dickens called David Copperfield ''a very complicated weaving of truth and invention''—as well as named it his favorite of his own works. '

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Title: Kittentits: A Novel

Author: Holly Wilson

Narrator: Stephanie Willing

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Release date: May 21, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

“Molly is one of the greatest young female characters I’ve had the luck of reading since I picked up Joy Williams’s The Quick and the Dead back in 2000 . . . I TRULY LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!” —Gillian Flynn, Gillian Flynn Books “Holly Wilson’s Kittentits is sacred and profane, filled with big emotions, all amplified by grief. Molly is a wholly unique and charismatic narrator, navigating (and creating) chaos as she seeks out a way to hold onto both the living and dead. This is a wildly funny and utterly convincing coming-of-age novel like nothing I’ve read before.” —Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here A feral, heart-busting, absurdist debut about Molly, a rambunctious and bawdy ten-year-old searching for friendship and ghosts. It’s 1992, and ten-year-old Molly is tired of living in the fire-rotted, nun-haunted House of Friends: a Semi-Cooperative Living Community of Peace Faith(s) in Action with her formerly blind dad and their grieving housemate Evelyn. But when twenty-three-year-old Jeanie, a dirt bike–riding ex-con with a shady past, moves in, she quickly becomes the object of Molly’s adoration. She might treat Molly terribly, but they both have dead moms and potty mouths, so naturally Molly is the moth to Jeanie’s scuzzy flame. When Jeanie fakes her own death in a hot-air balloon accident, Molly runs away to Chicago with just a stolen credit card and a sweet pair of LA Gear Heatwaves to meet her pen pal Demarcus and hunt down Jeanie. What follows is a race to New Year’s Eve, as Molly and Demarcus plan a séance to reunite with their lost moms in front of a live audience at the World’s Fair. A surrealist and bold take on the American coming-of-age novel, Holly Wilson’s debut is about the interstices of loss, grief, and friendship.

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Title: Wait: A Novel

Author: Gabriella Burnham

Narrator: Gisela Chípe

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Release date: May 21, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

A young woman reunites with her teenage sister in their childhood home on Nantucket Island after their mother is deported in this alluring coming-of-age novel that “movingly tackles serious issues in one of America’s premier vacation spots” (NPR). “Gabriella Burnham knows . . . the Nantucket of undocumented immigrants and broken families. . . . This tender novel allows us to rejoice when tiny windows of opportunities begin to open.”—Imbolo Mbue, The New York Times Book Review Elise is out dancing the night before her college graduation when her younger sister, Sophie, calls to tell her that their mom is nowhere to be found. Elise leaves on the next flight back to her childhood home, Nantucket Island, for the first time in nearly four years. The sisters soon learn that their mother was stopped by police on her way home from work and deported to São Paulo, Brazil. Intent on bringing her mother back, Elise stays and secures the same job she had in high school: monitoring endangered birds. Meanwhile, her best friend from college, Sheba—a gregarious socialite and heir to a famed children’s toy company—reveals that she has inherited her grandfather’s summer mansion on Nantucket. Elise’s worlds collide as she confronts the emotional and material conditions that have fractured her family, as well as the life in Brazil that her mother has had to leave behind. Told with penetrating insight, humor, and unexpected tenderness, Wait is a story about a family swimming against the social currents that erode bonds: housing precarity, immigration systems, and inherited wealth. But it is also a story about love, wit, and sisterhood, and how two sisters cling to each other in the midst of cataclysmic change, all the while dreaming about a better future.

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Title: [German] - Windstärke 17: Der neue Roman nach ›22 Bahnen‹ | Nominiert für das Lieblingsbuch der Unabhängigen 2024 (Shortlist)

Author: Caroline Wahl

Narrator: Maximiliane Häcke

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Release date: May 15, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Ida hat nichts bei sich außer dem alten, verschrammten Hartschalenkoffer ihrer Mutter, ein paar Lieblingsklamotten und ihrem MacBook, als sie ihr Zuhause verlässt. Es ist wahrscheinlich ein Abschied für immer von der Kleinstadt, in der sie ihr ganzes bisheriges Leben verbracht hat. Im Abschiednehmen ist Ida richtig schlecht; sie hat es vor zwei Monaten nicht einmal auf die Beerdigung ihrer Mutter geschafft. Am Bahnhof sucht sie sich den Zug aus, der am weitesten wegfährt – auf keinen Fall will sie zu ihrer Schwester Tilda nach Hamburg –, und landet auf Rügen. Ohne Plan, nur mit einem großen Klumpen aus Wut, Trauer und Schuld im Bauch, streift sie über die Ostseeinsel. Und trifft schließlich auf Knut, den örtlichen Kneipenbesitzer, und seine Frau Marianne, die Ida kurzerhand bei sich aufnehmen. Zu dritt frühstücken sie jeden Morgen Aufbackbrötchen, den Tag verbringt Ida dann mit Marianne, sie walken gemeinsam durch den Wald oder spielen Skip-Bo, abends arbeitet Ida mit Knut in der »Robbe«. Und sie lernt Leif kennen, der ähnlich versehrt ist wie sie. Auf einmal ist alles ein bisschen leichter, erträglicher in Idas Leben. Bis ihre Welt kurz darauf wieder aus den Angeln gehoben wird.

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Title: Fighting the Tide: A small town, second chance romance

Author: C.A. Rene

Narrator: James Cavenaugh

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 16 hours 9 minutes

Release date: May 14, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

When I think of our past, I don't imagine it as a love story. Brooke Eastham was beautiful, rich, and completely out of my league, but I was okay with that. I knew where I belonged and where my family ranked on the ladder of success. I wasn't looking to disrupt the order, but Cape Cod in the summer held an aura of magic, and every clear image and boundary was blurred by teenage inhibitions. When the fog cleared, we would step back into our rightful places until the magnetic vibrations in our hearts could no longer be ignored, and we would snap back together. The seed of our relationship was planted in the sand along the beach, and the roots grew out to the ocean, only to be swallowed up by the currents before it had a chance to bloom. Our fates were so intricately intertwined, the threads of our futures closely weaving together to make a tapestry of beautiful colors, telling a story of young love, loss, and forgiveness. This isn't an epic love story. It's a tragic burn of lust-fueled summers and cold, lonely winters. A cautionary tale of the heart's current as it drags you under the crashing waves of infatuation, only to let you sink to the bottom of despair. Contains mature themes.

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Title: The Glass Bead Game: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation

Author: Herman Hesse

Narrator: Tom Ferguson, Full Cast, Derek Jacobi

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Release date: May 9, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

A full-cast adaptation of the classic novel by Nobel Prize-winner Hermann Hesse, starring Derek Jacobi – plus a bonus short story Originally published in 1943, The Glass Bead Game was Herman Hesse’s last novel. It was hailed as his magnum opus, and was instrumental in securing him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Set in a utopian future society, it explores themes of knowledge, individualism, creativity and spirituality, and has inspired contemporary thinkers from authors to game designers. Narrated by Derek Jacobi, this two-part radio drama tells the story of Joseph Knecht (Tom Ferguson), plucked from obscurity as a young orphan, admitted to the finest elite school and groomed for greatness in the Castalian Order. This select group of intellectuals live a closeted life of study and devotion to the Glass Bead Game, an elaborate game that is the most complete possible expression of every discipline – from science and mathematics to the arts, music and philosophy. As the years go by, Joseph strives to grasp the innermost meaning of the Game and understand its complexities and possibilities. He becomes a leading light in the Order, and is sent on a diplomatic mission to bridge the gulf between the Catholic Church and Castalia. But he never stops questioning the system that has swept him so quickly and smoothly to high office. And when he achieves the exalted position of Magister Ludi – Master of the Game – he suffers a crisis of conscience, as his deepening doubts about this idealistic and sanitised society threaten to topple its very foundations… Also included is The City, a 15-minute fable about the birth and death of a city taken from Herman Hesse's collection of fairy tales and read by Andrew Hilton. Cast Biographer – Derek Jacobi Joseph Knecht – Tom Ferguson Fritz – Toby Hadoke Music Master – Malcolm Raeburn Van der Trave – Terence Mann Plinio – David Seddon Bertram – Jonathan Keeble Father Jacobus – David Fleeshman Young Joseph – Aidan Parsons Helena – Olwen May President – Terence Mann Tito – Oliver Gomm Dramatised by Lavinia Greenlaw Produced by Charlotte Riches Directed by Susan Roberts First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 18-25 July 2010 The City Read by Andrew Hilton Produced by Sara Davies First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9 December 2002 © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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Title: [German] - Kreideherz (ungekürzt)

Author: Stephan Falk, Regine Brühl

Narrator: Anne Fink, Dominic Kolb

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Release date: May 7, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Do you remember? Chalk hearts melting on a playground wall ...', lautet eine Textzeile aus dem Titel Kayleigh von der Band Marillion. Juliana und Markus erleben die wohl sorgloseste Zeit ihres Lebens. Im August 1986 dauern die großen Ferien noch an und gähnend lange Tage gehören für sie ebenso zum Sommer auf dem Land, wie unbändiger Leichtsinn und das Gefühl von Schmetterlingen im Bauch. Als Musik noch von Kassettenbändern kam oder Telefone noch Wählscheiben und Kabel hatten. Zusammen mit ihren Cliquen machen sie so einiges mit: Die große Freiheit bei Fahrten mit Mofas und Mopeds, aufregende Ausflüge nach Köln, stundenlanges Eckenknutschen, die Dr. Sommer-Aufklärungsseiten in der BRAVO, Karnevalsfeiern und Alkoholvergiftungen, vermeintliche Schwangerschaften und Petersilie, geheime Fahrübungen in der Lavagrube, baumelnde Duftbäumchen am Rückspiegel, der achtzehnte Geburtstag oder die Tanz-in-den-Mai-Party, nebenher Abitur- und Führerscheinprüfungen ... Das Buch nimmt uns mit auf eine Zeitreise in die 1980er Jahre und erzählt dabei von großen Träumen, dem ersten Liebeskummer, ausgelassenen Teenie-Treffen und dem schüchternen Drang des Erwachsenwerdens. Es ist ein herrlicher Lesestoff für alle, die sich an die 1980er Jahre erinnern, ihre Jugend auf dem Land erlebt haben oder alle, die verstehen wollen, warum diese Zeit so unbeschwert und wunderbar war. Der Roman KREIDEHERZ ist nicht nur eine rasante Love-Story mit großen Träumen, dem ersten Liebeskummer und vielen Hoffnungen - er lässt auch Erinnerungen an eine Zeit mit unendlich vielen guten Musiktiteln aufleben. Im Rückblick klingt vieles davon nostalgisch, jedoch waren es auch 'the best days of my life'. Kaum ein anderes Jahrzehnt war so unbeschwert und musikalisch so vielseitig wie die 1980er Jahre. Fast hundert Titel sind Bestandteil der Story und drücken die Empfindungen und Gefühle der jugendlichen Protagonisten aus. Die Playlist gibt es am Ende des Buches.

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Title: The Cursed Friend

Author: Beatrice Salvioni

Narrator: Carlotta Brentan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Release date: May 7, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

An unbreakable, life-changing friendship will lead two young girls from different worlds to rebel against the sexism, prejudice and injustice they face living in 1930s Italy in this moving novel that echoes the spirit Elena Ferrante's beloved works. 'Richly imagined' OBSERVER 'A widescreen, sensory, visual story' THE TIMES It is 1936 in the small Italian city of Monza. On the pebbled bank of the Lambro, two frantic girls scramble to hide a body. A year earlier, Maddalena attracts stares everywhere she goes. ‘The Cursed One’, they whisper, as tales of the harm she’s inflicted upon those that have crossed her ignite fear and scorn amongst the townspeople. Francesca is not scared like the others. Respectable, well-behaved and yearning for a life beyond provincial conformity, she is drawn to Maddalena’s rebellious spirit. When, one day, she finds herself telling a lie to save her, this split-second decision irrevocably binds the girls together. From this moment on they will go to any length to protect one another, even if that leads to a terrible violence… Translated from the Italian by Elena Pala 'Salvioni's prose is transfixing and visceral' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Heart-rendingly tender and fiercely defiant’ HESTER MUSSON

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Title: [German] - Die Rote Gefahr: Eindimensional in die Zukunft

Author: Haiko Herden

Narrator: Haiko Herden

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Release date: May 2, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Was tut man, wenn man im Jahr 1979 als 16-jähriger Westberliner nach Hamburg ziehen muss? Richtig, man gründet inmitten des Auflebens von Punk und New Wave eine Band. Tim und 'Die Rote Gefahr' sind bereit, das Land zu erobern... oder zumindest Hamburg. Doch es sind gleich mehrere elementare Probleme zu überwinden, und alle haben mit Mädchen zu tun.

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Title: Henry Henry

Author: Allen Bratton

Narrator: Sebastian Humphreys

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Release date: May 2, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. They knew each other because their families knew each other: had known each other, for a long time. An elegant, audacious and blisteringly funny portrait of inheritance, defiance and love - from a major new talent London, 2014. Hal Lancaster – twenty-two, gay, Catholic, chops lines of cocaine with his myWaitrose card – is the reluctant heir of his father Henry, the sixteenth Duke of Lancaster. Henry is half tyrant, half martyr, with an investment in his eldest son that has grown into an obsession. While Hal floats between internships and drinking sessions, Henry keeps him in check with passive-aggression, religious guilt, and a cruelty that Hal sometimes confuses for tenderness. When a grouse-shooting accident – funny in retrospect – makes a romance out of Hal’s rivalry with fumblingly leftist family friend Harry Percy, Hal finds that he wants, for the first time, a life of his own. But his father is an Englishman; he will not let his son escape tradition. To save himself, Hal must reckon not only with grief and shame but with the wounds of his family's past. 'Wonderful' BRANDON TAYLOR, author of The Late Americans 'A brilliantly glinting and twisted debut' SEÁN HEWITT, author of All Down Darkness Wide 'Carnal and precise' RAVEN LEILANI, author of Luster ©2024 Allen Bratton (P)2024 Penguin Audio