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Title: [Spanish] - Por qué te vas

Author: Iván Hochman

Narrator: Iván Hochman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Release date: December 14, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Milo vive con sus padres y su hermana, pero se quiere independizar. Condensando las ansias de toda una generación, Iván Hochman construye un relato tierno, honesto y con un agudo sentido del humor en torno a la decisión de mudarse solo. «El tiempo es un pelotazo en la nariz. Las galletas se me empastan al paladar. Trago té con miel, misericordioso dios de mi cena insignificante. Migas y sorbitos, la soledad». Milo vive con sus padres y su hermana, pero se quiere independizar. Mientras recorre la ciudad en bicicleta, visita departamentos en alquiler y se cruza con personajes desopilantes, alguien le va dejando, como pistas que no llevan a ningún lado, notas en las que se repite una pregunta: '¿Por qué te vas?'. Condensando las ansias de toda una generación, Iván Hochman construye un relato con reminiscencias salingerianas, tierno, honesto y con un agudo sentido del humor en torno a la decisión de irse a vivir solo. Por qué te vas es una obra polifónica donde los testimonios de amigos que dieron el salto, las listas de pendientes y ciertos objetos queridos cuentan una historia e iluminan un futuro. La crítica dijo: «Una novela como una bici: movediza, portátil y capaz de hacerte viajar a la más personal y preciosa tracción a sangre. Con pluma descarada y disfrutable, Iván Hochman consigue en Por qué te vas un libro tan vital y tan fresco como el aire ese cuando te da en la cara». Mauricio Kartun «Por qué te vas no es la forma más fácil de salir de la casa de los padres, pero es la más divertida, emocionante, e Iván Hochman la escribe de forma brillante». Cynthia Rimsky «Como en un vodevil moderno, Por qué te vas abre puertas para mostrar una historia que insiste con pretendida inocencia en la pregunta y descubre nuevos sentidos, nuevas maneras de mirar el mundo después de la infancia». Julián López «Esta es una novela dulce y fragmentaria, escrita no solo con las historias de la primera juventud sino también con su ritmo. Esa sintonía, en una primera novela, es para prestar atención». Tamara Tenenbaum

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Title: [German] - Cunning Hill

Series: #1 of Jahre des Sturms

Author: Irvin L. Kendall

Narrator: Irvin L. Kendall

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Release date: December 1, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Frühsommer 1986, Charleston County in South Carolina. Der 17-jährige Gale Lafayette bereitet sich auf den High School-Abschluss vor, hat jedoch noch nicht entschieden, auf welches College er gehen will und was er überhaupt studieren soll. Das ist aber nicht sein einziges Problem. Seine Familienverhältnisse sind kompliziert. Seine enge Freundschaft mit Nelson ist nicht gern gesehen, da die Rassentrennung in der rückständigen Gegend noch nachhallt. Im Augenblick gilt seine Aufmerksamkeit jedoch seiner neuesten Eroberung, Ashton, und der Frage, wie er ihn mit auf die Reisplantage Cunning Hill bringen kann. Wegen des Sodomie-Paragrafen sind homosexuelle Handlungen nicht nur verpönt, sondern strikt verboten. Niemand darf Verdacht schöpfen. Obendrein geht ein Serienkiller um. Ein Fall, der die Polizei nicht sonderlich zu interessieren scheint, handelt es sich bei den Opfern doch um schwarze Frauen. Als ein Angriff auf eine der Frauen im Dorf der Plantage erfolgt, wird Gale mit in die Ereignisse hineingezogen.

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Title: Becoming Delilah

Author: Sara Marchant

Narrator: Elena Sanz

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Release date: November 16, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Escaping her troubled past and moving into a seaside cottage on a windswept island off Cape Cod with her Abuela, all Delilah wants now is a place of her own - and she’s paid a high price for it... But her wild, colourful garden and scandalous affair with married man Alan have her neighbours talking. And when she crosses paths with the reclusive Anton - who has a secret of his own - sparks fly. Will the past catch up with them? A delicate yet haunting novel about love, trauma, and identity, 'Becoming Delilah' is perfect for fans of Priscilla Oliveras and Brit Bennett. A skilled author with an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Sara Marchant has had her work published in several literary arts journals such as The Coachella Review and Desert Magazine. She is a founding editor of the literary magazine Writers Resist

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Title: Wildflower

Author: Monique Mulligan

Narrator: Katherine Littrell

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

Release date: November 14, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Tormented at school, ten-year-old Jane wants a best friend more than anything. Her wish is answered when Acacia moves in next door and a carefree summer break beckons. Yet as their friendship blossoms and secrets are shared, Acacia remains stubbornly guarded about her home life, especially when it comes to her mother’s new boyfriend, Daryl, a Harley-riding ladies’ man. At a neighborhood party, Jane stumbles onto a disturbing scene involving Daryl and is coerced into silence. Frightened and confused, she stays quiet, but when sounds of violence start emerging from Acacia’s house, she hopes an adult will intervene. Instead, everyone turns a blind eye. Jane’s own family seems to be deteriorating into chaos too, as if the darkness in Acacia’s house is spreading like ripples in a pond. It will end in disaster if no one acts, and it may end in tragedy if someone does...

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Title: The Escorts Inc Series

Author: Kendall Ryan

Narrator: Jason Clarke, Erin Mallon

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Release date: November 9, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Bundled together for the first time, enjoy The Escorts, Inc. series containing Boyfriend for Hire & The Hookup Handbook. BOYFRIEND FOR HIRE I’m the guy you call when you need to impress your overbearing family, your boss, or your ex. Yeah, I’m a male escort, but not just any escort, I’m the escort. The one with a mile-long waiting list and a pristine reputation that’s very well-deserved. I’m the guy who’ll make you feel beautiful, desired, and worshipped...all for a steep price. I’m hired to make you shine, and I always deliver. I’ll be whatever you want me to be for one night - except my true self. This is just a job, a role I play to earn a paycheck. But I’m not the guy who falls for a client. Not once in six years. And then I meet Elle. Her friend has hired me to escort her to a wedding, but Elle doesn’t know we’re just pretending. THE HOOKUP HANDBOOK My love wand is on a strike. As bad as that blows, pun unintended, it’s 10 times worse for me. I’m a male escort, but not just any escort, I’m the escort. The one with a mile-long waiting list and a pristine reputation that’s very well-deserved. Only now, I’m on hiatus. Because after years of pleasing women all over the city, my man missile decides to get finicky. And the only woman he wants? Someone I can never have - my best friend’s younger sister, the nerdy and awkwardly adorable Sienna.

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Title: Fake Famous: A Novel

Author: Dana L. Davis

Narrator: Dana L. Davis

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 14 minutes

Release date: November 7, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

In this breezy novel from the author of Somebody That I Used to Know, one Iowa farm girl—a dead ringer for a global pop star—gets an unlikely shot at stardom. Will she choose fame…or the family farm? Red Morgan is fresh out of high school. With signature red curls and a remarkable singing voice, the bubbly teenager is a devoted daughter and big sister. The world should be her oyster. But Red already knows exactly where her future lies: the family farm in Orange City, Iowa. Zay-Zay Waters is at the top of her game. The Brooklyn-born singer has it all—talent, fame, even a smokin’ hot boyfriend. But life in the limelight isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. And when a video of Red singing in the mud—looking and sounding exactly like Zay-Zay herself—goes viral, the pop star begins to hatch a plan. Red is the key to Zay-Zay’s scheme. With much-needed money on the line, Red agrees to step into Zay-Zay’s famous shoes for one week. But when planned appearances start to go off script, Red may be in over her head. Can she really pull it off?

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Title: [German] - Die Möglichkeit von Glück: Roman

Author: Anne Rabe

Narrator: Kaja Sesterhenn

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Release date: November 2, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

»Dieses Buch ist so mitreißend, feinsinnig und schonungslos, dass es mich einfach nicht loslässt.« Alena Schröder  In der DDR geboren, im wiedervereinigten Deutschland aufgewachsen. Als die Mauer fällt, ist Stine gerade einmal drei Jahre alt. Doch die Familie ist tief verstrickt. In ein System, von dem sie nicht lassen kann, und in den Glauben, das richtige Leben gelebt zu haben. Bestechend klar und kühn erzählt Anne Rabe von einer Generation, deren Herkunft eine Leerstelle ist. Stine kommt Mitte der 80er Jahre in einer Kleinstadt an der ostdeutschen Ostsee zur Welt. Sie ist ein Kind der Wende. Um den Systemwechsel in der DDR zu begreifen, ist sie zu jung, doch die vielschichtigen ideologischen Prägungen ihrer Familie schreiben sich in die heranwachsende Generation fort. Während ihre Verwandten die untergegangene Welt hinter einem undurchdringlichen Schweigen verstecken, brechen bei Stine Fragen auf, die sich nicht länger verdrängen lassen. Anne Rabe hat ein ebenso hellsichtiges wie aufwühlendes Buch von literarischer Wucht geschrieben. Sie geht den Verwundungen einer Generation nach, die zwischen Diktatur und Demokratie aufgewachsen ist, und fragt nach den Ursprüngen von Rassismus und Gewalt. »Eine junge Frau will die Gewalt verstehen, die ihre Familiengeschichte durchdringt – und entlarvt dabei die brutale Selbstlüge einer ganzen Elterngeneration. Wie Anne Rabe eine eigene Sprache für diese Sprachlosigkeit findet – das ist ganz große Kunst.« Alena Schröder

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Title: How to Date a Younger Man

Author: Kendall Ryan

Narrator: Emma Wilder, Christian Fox

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Release date: October 26, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

'Tips for Surviving a Fling with a Sexy Younger Man First, you’d think as a thirty-something-year-old woman, I’d be immune to Griffin’s flirty comments and six-pack abs. You’d think that his carefree playboy attitude, or the fact that he’s still finishing grad school would deter me. You’d be wrong. If you accidentally bang your best friend’s younger brother, here are a few important tips... One: Do not brag to your friend about how well-endowed her brother is. Two: Do not go back for seconds (or thirds). Three: Do not let him see your muffin top or jiggly behind. And definitely don’t let him feed you cookies in bed. Cookies are bad. Remember that. Four: Act like a damn grown-up and apologize for riding him like a bull at the rodeo. And do not flirt with him when he laughs at said apology. Five: This one is crucial, so pay attention. Do not, under any circumstances, fall in love with him. '

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Title: This is the Dream

Author: Owen Thomas

Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 14 minutes

Release date: October 14, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Cali Watts is struggling to come of age in a life saturated with indifference. Stealing almost worthless things isn’t helping. Neither is dreaming of the dead. Her parents named her Calico Watts, a name she hates as much as life itself. Growing up a child of divorce in Weldon Spring, Missouri has left Cali numb, without identity or purpose, sapped of any ambition for the future and even for the one thing all teenagers crave: freedom. Cali’s mother is not lacking ambition, but it’s all toxic, devoting herself to the level-climbing requirements of a beauty products pyramid scheme called Dream Life. Cali’s father has, post-divorce, found a way to devalue freedom by devolving into a pothead with a girlfriend and secret grow operation. Cali’s best friend, Stacey, has discovered that her own physical attributes are good for some attention from others more worthy than Cali, including, significantly, the Howell High School science teacher. For Cali, the act of caring about anything has become a challenge. Stealing nearly worthless things from the Ninety-Nine Cent Store has not helped. Fear of failing out of school no longer holds the same current. Alienation and estrangement have become weather. Two people have punched through the numbness. Taylor Boss, easily the most attractive, well-liked student of Howell High, never had any relevance or interest to Cali. At least, not until Taylor was found naked and shot to death in an old duck shack along the banks of the Mississippi. Damien Alvarez, the Howell High safety officer has a habit of catching Cali’s eye every time they pass each other in the crowded hall. It may or may not be flirting, Damien’s looks are too subtle to tell, but it is certainly attention. Damien sees her. That matters. It also matters that Damien was the last person to see Taylor Boss alive. 'This is the Dream' is a novella included in a larger work of short fiction of the same name – 'This is the Dream' – by Owen Thomas.

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Title: [German] - Sehr blaue Augen (Ungekürzte Lesung)

Author: Toni Morrison

Narrator: Abak Safaei-Rad, Alice Hasters

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Release date: October 11, 2023

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Toni Morrisons richtungsweisendes Debüt erzählt von Pecola Breedlove, einem kleinen Mädchen, das sich nach nichts so sehr sehnt wie nach blondem Haar und blauen Augen. Sie will schön sein wie Kinderstar Shirley Temple. Dieser Traum ist ihr einziger Ausweg aus der gewaltvollen Welt, in der sie aufwächst. Doch in diesem Herbst 1941 in der Kleinstadt Lorain in Ohio wird Pecolas Wunsch nicht in Erfüllung gehen, ihr Leben wird sich auf andere, auf schmerzhafte Weise verändern. Abak Safaei-Rad leiht Toni Morrisons Roman über die verheerenden Auswirkungen von Rassismus, Klassismus und Sexismus auf das Leben eines kleinen Mädchens ihre klare, ausdrucksstarke Stimme. Die Neuübersetzung beinhaltet ein Nachwort von Alice Hasters, das die Autorin selber liest.