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ID: 736823

Title: Guernsey Girls Find Peace

Author: Mary Wood

Narrator: Emma Vane

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:01:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-05-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Sagas

Summary:

The final heartbreaking instalment of The Guernsey Girls wartime trilogy by Mary Wood, bestselling author of The Orphanage Girls series.

Their dreams are worth fighting for . . .

Winter, 1941. Olivia’s life in Guernsey is uprooted by the Nazi occupation. Forced to flee in the dead of night, she escapes to London’s East End. As she steps foot in Bethnal Green, Olivia’s former life is there to greet her, and she’s ordered to spy for the British. To find her son’s father, she agrees to undertake this dangerous mission. Will she make it home to hold her little boy again?

Meanwhile, Annie’s husband is missing in action, and with each passing day, hope of him returning fades. It’s left for Annie to carry on – there are mouths to feed, and more with each nightly bombing campaign. Will she have to give up on true love?

The Guernsey Girls may be separated, but their friendship remains strong. Through tragedy and strife, can they hold on to dreams of peace?

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ID: 767147

Title: Banned Books Club

Author: Brenda Novak

Narrator: Amy McFadden

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:00:08

Language: English

Release date: 12-04-24

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Women

Summary:

She left her hometown following a scandal but family loyalty is dragging her back...

Despite their strained relationship, when Gia Rossis sister Margot begs her to come home to Wakefield, Iowa, to help with their ailing mother, Gia knows she has no choice. After her rebellious and at-times tumultuous teen years, Gia left town with little reason to look back. But she knows Margots borne the brunt of their mothers care and now its Gias turn to help, even if it means opening old wounds.

As expected, Gias homecoming is far from welcome. Theres the Banned Books Club she started after the PTA overzealously slashed the high school reading list, which is right where she left it. But there is also Mr Hart, her former favorite teacher. The one who was fired after Gia publicly and painfully accused him of sexual misconduct. The one who prompted Gia to leave behind a very conflicted town the minute she turned eighteen. The one person she hoped never to see again.

When Margot leaves town without explanation, Gia sees the cracks in her sisters ‘perfect’ life for the first time and plans to offer support. But as the town, including members of the book club, takes sides between Gia and Mr Hart, everything gets harder. Fortunately, she learns that there are people she can depend on. And by standing up for the truth, she finds love and a future in the town she thought had rejected her.

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ID: 790603

Title: Red Bones

Author: Ann Cleeves

Narrator: Kenny Blyth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:22:00

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police Stories

Summary:

When a woman's death finds Inspector Jimmy Perez out of his depth, he must dig up long-buried secrets to uncover the truth in Red Bones, the third Shetland mystery from Ann Cleeves.

Now a major BBC One drama, Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall.

After a young archaeologist uncovers a set of human remains, the island settlers are intrigued. Is it an ancient find – or a more contemporary mystery?

Then, in the middle of the night, an elderly woman is shot dead. It appears to be a tragic accident, but Jimmy Perez is called to investigate.

The sparse landscape and the emptiness of the sea have bred a fierce and secretive people. As Jimmy looks to the islanders for answers, he finds instead two feuding families whose envy, greed and bitterness have lasted generations. To solve the crime – and prevent further bloodshed – Perez must ask questions that some on the island do not want to be asked . . .

Continue the atmospheric crime series with Blue Lightning.

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ID: 806315

Title: Season

Author: Helen Garner

Narrator: Helen Garner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:02:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-26-24

Publisher: Wavesound Audiobooks

Genres: Biography & Memoir

Summary:

I pull up at the kerb. I love this park they train in. I must have walked the figure-of-eight around its ovals hundreds of times, at dawn, winter and summer, to throw the ball for Dozer, our red heeler, but he's buried now, in the backyard, under the crepe myrtle near the chook pen.

The boy jumps out with his footy and trots away, bouncing it. Boy? Look at him. He's five foot eleven. The last of my three grandkids. This year he's in the Under 16s.

It's footy season in Melbourne, and Helen Garner is following her grandson's suburban team. She turns up not only at every game (give or take), but at every training session, shivering on the sidelines in the dark, fascinated by the spectacle.

She's a passionate Western Bulldogs supporter (with a rather shaky grasp of the rules) and a great admirer of the players and the epic theatre of the game. But this is something more than that. It is a chance to connect with her youngest grandchild, to be close to him in his last moments as a child and in his headlong rush into manhood. To witness his triumphs and defeats, to fear for his safety in battle, to gasp and to cheer for the team as it fights its way towards the finals.

Garner's sharp eye, wit and warm humour bring the team and the season to life, as she documents this pivotal moment, both as part of the story and as silent witness. It's a reflection on masculinity, on the nobility, grace and grit of team spirit and the game's power to enthral.

There are very few writers that I admire more than Helen Garner.' DAVID NICHOLLS

A voice of great honesty and energy.' ANNE ENRIGHT

One of Australia's foremost authors, admired by writers as different as Raymond Carver and Elizabeth Jolley.' INDEPENDENT

Not long ago I read Helen Garner for the first time and was so stunned that I wanted to run around the block; how strange, how wonderful, that a book can still make me feel that way.' RUMAAN ALAM

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ID: 713531

Title: Our Deadly Designs

Author: Kalyn Josephson

Narrator: Alex Wingfield, Laurel Lefkow, Rebecca Norfolk

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction, Teen, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Romance

Summary:

A cut-throat race to the throne, deadly magic and swoonworthy romances. Return to the corrupt world of Veradell in Our Deadly Designs by Kayln Josephson, the spellbinding fantasy follow up to This Dark Descent.

The Illinir may be over, but the race for Enderlain’s future has just begun. The hunt for the old king’s lost heir is on, and the first to find them will win the throne.

Mikira has allied herself with the rebels in pursuit of the lost heir, but the deeper her search takes her, the closer she gets to the royal family's wicked past.

Ari is struggling to control her own growing power as she grapples with a dark secret that may be her undoing.

Damien joins the race to find the heir and secure the crown, but as his influence at court grows, so does his paranoia and hunger for power.

Reid is trying his best to stay true to the friend who's always had his loyalty — and the flame who has his heart — while trapped in a web of chaos and lies.

But a darker force is festering in Enderlain’s underbelly, and Mikira, Ari, Damien, and Reid will need to find a way back to each other — and themselves — before the kingdom is torn apart. Hearts will be broken and new bonds will be forged in this explosive finale to This Dark Descent, where spellbinding fantasy meets Jewish mythology in a cut-throat race for the throne — and Enderlain’s survival.

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ID: 733588

Title: Ice Retreat

Author: Ruth Kelly

Narrator: Alex Wingfield, Daphne Kouma, Polly Edsell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-21-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense, Holidays

Summary:

'Queen of the chiller thriller' - Veronica Henry, author of The Secret Beach

From bestselling author Ruth Kelly, The Ice Retreat is a spine-tingling thriller set in the world of controversial wellness treatments. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Sarah Pearse.

HEALER?

Meet Hollie Jenson, presenter of the smash-hit docu-series Bad Medicine, which exposes the perils of extreme therapies. Her next target: a new retreat run by wellness guru Ariel Rose, who claims to have discovered the secret to healing pain through her three-day ice rebirth treatment.

LIAR?

Acting on a mother's plea to find her son, who vanished soon after his stay, Hollie ventures into the Swiss mountains where the retreat occupies a former observatory. There she will search for the boy, and hopes to expose Ariel as the charlatan she believes her to be.

KILLER?

As the isolation of the valley sets in, Hollie finds herself in an increasingly dangerous situation. There is much more to the retreat than meets the eye, and she must confront explosive secrets from her own past if she is to ever make it out alive . . .

'A breathtaking thriller with an evocative setting and some excellent twists - Ruth Kelly at her best.' - Catherine Cooper, author of The Chalet

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ID: 798466

Title: Bonfire of the Vanities

Author: Tom Wolfe

Narrator: Todd Boyce

Format: Unabridged

Length: 28:28:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-14-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Satire

Summary:

An exhilarating satire of Eighties excess that captures the effervescent spirit of New York, from one of the greatest writers of modern American prose

Sherman McCoy is a WASP, bond trader and self-appointed 'Master of the Universe'. He has a fashionable wife, a Park Avenue apartment and a Southern mistress. His spectacular fall begins the moment he is involved in a hit-and-run accident in the Bronx. Prosecutors, newspaper hacks, politicians and clergy close in on him, determined to bring him down.

Exuberant, scandalous and exceptionally discerning, The Bonfire of the Vanities was Tom Wolfe's first venture into fiction and cemented his reputation as the foremost chronicler of his age.

The air of New York crackles with an energy that causes the adrenalin to pump The feeling is perfectly reproduced in Wolfe's novel Electric' Sunday Times

The quintessential novel of The Eighties' The Guardian

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ID: 720059

Title: Let's Make Things Better: A Holocaust Survivor's message of hope and celebration of life

Author: Gidon Lev, Julie Gray

Narrator: Yuval Dor

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-14-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Biography & Memoir, World, History & Culture

Summary:

“To me, hard times are like hide-and-seek: where is the solution, where is the hope? We can never give up looking for these things because they are just waiting to be found.”

Gidon Lev, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, has lived an extraordinary life. At the age of six, he was imprisoned in the concentration camp of Theresienstadt. Liberated when he was ten, he lost at least 26 members of his family, including his father and grandfather.

But Gidon’s life is extraordinary not only because he is one of the few living survivors remaining but because of his lessons learned over nearly a century. His enduring message is of hope and opportunity – to make things better. By sharing his timeless simple belief and truths, Gidon reminds us that we have the power to incrementally improve what is in front of us and leave something better behind us.

His life is a lesson of how to do it, even in the face of astonishing adversity, and Let’s Make Things Better is the calling card of an indomitable spirit.

'By sharing his inspiring life story, Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev reminds us that the human spirit is larger than even the most severe and unjust trauma. Through one of history’s darkest nights, he preserved his brightness and warmth' – David Von Drehl, author of the New York Times bestseller The Book of Charlie

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ID: 800362

Title: Axeman's Carnival

Author: Catherine Chidgey

Narrator: Nic Sampson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:38:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-24

Publisher: W.F. Howes

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction

Summary:

WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION AT THE 2023 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS

A dazzling portrayal of humanity and the natural world that perfectly balances violence and humor

Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by Marnie, and this is where his story might have ended. If it keeps me awake, says Marnie's husband Rob, a farmer, I'll have to wring its neck. But with Tama come new possibilities for the couple's future. Tama can speak, and his fame is growing. Outside, in the pines, his father warns him of the wickedness wrought by humans. Indoors, Marnie confides in him about her violent marriage. The more Tama sees, the more the animal and the human worldsand all the precarity, darkness and hope within thembleed into one another. Like a stock truck filled with live cargo, the story moves inexorably towards its dramatic conclusion: the annual Axeman's Carnival.

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ID: 736820

Title: Father of the Rain

Author: Lily King

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-24

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, Family Life

Summary:

Winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction

From Lily King, beloved author of Writers and Lovers, Father of the Rain is a mesmerising novel about the complexity and power of familial love.

Gardiner Amory’s life is reeling – Nixon is being impeached, his wife is leaving him and his worldview is rapidly becoming outdated. His daughter, Daley, has spent her life negotiating her parents’ conflicting worlds: the liberal realm of her mother and the conservative, liquor-soaked life of her father. But when the pair divorces, Gardiner’s basest impulses are unleashed in a deluge, and the chasm between all of them widens.

As she reaches adulthood, Daley rejects her father’s prejudices and embarks on her own life – until Gardiner hits rock bottom. Returning home to help her father get sober, Daley risks everything, including a chance at love, in an attempt to repair a trust that was broken long ago . . .

'A gripping epic about a father and daughter that plumbs the dark side of a family riven by addiction and mental illness' - Entertainment Weekly

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