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ID: 646646

Title: Light of Eternal Spring

Author: Angel Di Zhang

Narrator: Angel Di Zhang

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:37:07

Language: English

Release date: 04-25-23

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Contemporary Women, Asian American Literature

Summary:

Angel Di Zhang's intensely cinematic debut novel travels from the streets of New York City to northeast China, on the trail of a young photographer who needs to reconcile with her dead mother before she is able to see the world again.

Amy Hilton, born Wu Aimee in the tiny Chinese village of Eternal Spring, has been living and working as a photographer in New York City for so long she’s started to dream in English. When in the fall of 1999 she receives a letter from her sister, written in her birth tongue of Manchu, she needs to take it to a Chinatown produce vendor to get it translated. And so it is this stranger who tells Amy that her mother has died of a broken heart.

Amy blames herself. How could she not? Her mother has never recovered from her oldest daughter leaving her, first for school, then to pursue her art, and finally to marry a white man. Vowing to be there for her mother in death as she hasn't been in life, she books a flight to China. Haunted by the folk stories her mother told her about a shaman's journey to the underworld to retrieve her child, Amy undertakes a quest that strips away all the elements of her new identity, leaving her ready to make amends. But when she finally reunites with her family, things are far different than she remembers, and her loved ones are less than thrilled to welcome their prodigal daughter home. 

Interwoven with indelible scenes from Amy's childhood, The Light of Eternal Spring is a tenderly told story about leaving home and returning again, and about forgetting where you come from until you can't forget any longer. Blending playful magical realism with the family balancing acts all immigrants and artists know so well, Angel Di Zhang creates a nuanced portrait of family lost and family found, of the transformative power of art, and of the need to transform yourself in order to make art that's true.

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ID: 590248

Title: Honourable Exit

Author: Eric Vuillard

Narrator: Leighton Pugh

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3:44:48

Language: English

Release date: 04-20-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, War & Military

Summary:

From the International Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Order of the Day and The War of the Poor comes a searing account of a conflict that dealt a fatal blow to French colonialism.

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023

'Excoriating and profound . . . A remarkable work' - Scotsman

'Absolutely spectacular' - France Info

19 October 1950. The war is not going to plan. In Paris, politicians gather to discuss what to do about Indochina. The conflict is unpopular back home in France: too expensive, and too far away for the public to care. Withdrawal is not an option – a global power cannot surrender to an army of peasants – but victory is impossible without more soldiers and more money. The soldiers can be sourced from the colonies, but the money is out of the question. A solution needs to be found.

In this gripping and shocking novel, Éric Vuillard exposes the tangled web of politicians, bankers and titans of industry who all had a vested interest in France’s prolonged presence in lands far from Paris. Skilfully skewering the guilty, Vuillard shows us how key players in conflicts throughout history often have a motivation even deeper and darker than nationalism and political ideology – greed. As well as bringing scenes from the battlefields to life, Vuillard looks beyond this visceral reality on the ground to the cold calculations of the boardroom elite with the power to turn a military win or loss into their financial gain.

Short, sharp and brutal, An Honourable Exit is a journey behind closed doors to witness how history is really made.

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ID: 638827

Title: Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets

Author: Kyo Maclear

Narrator: Kyo Maclear

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9:43:32

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-23

Publisher: Knopf Canada

Genres: Health & Wellness, Mindfulness & Meditation, Death & Bereavement

Summary:

WINNER OF THE 2023 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NONFICTION

For readers of Crying in H Mart and Wintering, an unforgettable memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in its aftermath, and the indelible power of love.

Three months after Kyo Maclear’s father dies in December 2018, she gets the results of a DNA test showing that she and the father who raised her are not biologically related. Suddenly Maclear becomes a detective in her own life, unravelling a family mystery piece by piece, and assembling the story of her biological father. Along the way, larger questions arise: what exactly is kinship? And what does it mean to be a family?

Thoughtful in its reflections on race and lineage, unflinching in its insights on grief and loyalty, Unearthing is a captivating and propulsive story of inheritance that goes beyond heredity. 

What gets planted, and what gets buried? What role does storytelling play in unearthing the past and making sense of a life? Can the humble act of tending a garden provide common ground for an inquisitive daughter and her complicated mother? As it seeks to answer these questions, Unearthing bursts with the very love it seeks to understand.

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ID: 613089

Title: Desperada

Author: Sofia Mostaghimi

Narrator: Ghazal Azarbad

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:53:29

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-23

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:

In Sofia Mostaghimi’s sensational debut novel, a young Iranian-Canadian woman quits her job after her younger sister dies, and then flees her family, seeking escape and possibly transformation in travel, sex and drugs.

desperada (feminine desperado) in dire need of something; being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious

Kora can't make it through the funeral for her little sister, Kimia, the bright star of her Iranian-Canadian family. She also can't go on with her life as if nothing has happened. Shocking her family and friends, she quits her job and books a one-way flight away from home, seeking experiences that will obliterate her sadness. Or maybe help her become more like Kimia, who was always able to act on her own desires and keep other people's expectations at bay. 

Kora lands first in Iceland, chasing an old flame, trying to lose herself in 'love.' When that doesn't work out, she takes off again, for Paris, then Barcelona, Berlin, Istanbul and finally the party beaches of Thailand, drowning her grief and fear in alcohol, drugs, and sex. Her sexual encounters are always reckless, and sometimes dangerous. But almost despite herself, Kora begins to build an understanding of how to go on living after someone you love has died. By blowing up all the conventions that kept her ignorant of herself and her desires, she finds a path to healing.

Desperada is a provocative high-wire act of self-obliteration and self-discovery, thrilling, urgent and compulsively readable.

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ID: 683233

Title: Amber Ambrosia

Author: Rae St. Clair Bridgman

Narrator: Larissa Thompson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5:41:27

Language: English

Release date: 04-17-23

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Mystery & Fantasy

Summary:

Here's the Buzz ... After saving the sacred snakes of Narcisse, Wil Wychwood and his cousin Sophie Isidor are hailed as the new heroes of MiddleGate.Yet their journey is far from over. Wil knows the black medallion he inherited once belonged to an ancient secret society, the Serpents Chain. But no one seems to know the story behind the medallion. The meaning of the black medallion with its silver arrow and five-pointed star isnt the only mystery to be solved. The Serpents Chain is hardly finished with Wil, and theyve returned with another nefarious scheme. Now, theyre after a magical honey from MiddleGates precious bees. Can Sophie and Wil stop their conspiracy and save the bees? Will they uncover the medallions true meaning, or will its secrets be lost to history?

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ID: 614939

Title: Hothouse Flower

Author: Lucinda Riley

Narrator: Stephanie Racine

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19:43:00

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Romance, General, Family Life

Summary:

From the author of the bestselling Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley's Hothouse Flower is a moving story of love, heartbreak and, above all, hope.

Read by Stephanie Racine (Daisy Darker)

Georgian mansion Wharton Park was a place of childhood solace for Julia Forrester, spending summers in the Norfolk countryside with her beloved grandfather. So after tragedy strikes, she finds herself seeking comfort at Wharton and the allure of its hothouse, once home to exotic flowers from all corners of the globe but now lying abandoned. There she meets the new owner, the charming and magnetic Kit Crawford, whose own past is shrouded in sadness and mystery.

When Kit finds an old diary, light is finally shed on Wharton Park's past – revealing a century of secrets and heartache, through war-torn Europe and taking them to the vibrant streets of Thailand. Drawn together on this quest, Julia and Kit can but hope to unearth the truth behind the fortunes and failures of the Crawford family . . .

'Thoroughly addictive storytelling with a moving, emotional heart' – Dinah Jefferies, author of The Tea Planter's Wife

This title has been published outside the UK under the title The Orchid House.

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ID: 622340

Title: Time Come: Selected Prose

Author: Linton Kwesi Johnson

Narrator: Ben Onwukwe, Linton Kwesi Johnson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7:15:56

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Literary, Arts & Entertainment

Summary:

A Financial Times Music Book of the Year 2023

'Key to understanding black British history' - Sunday Times

'Sharp and still relevant' - Zadie Smith

Recognized as one of the great poets of modern times, and as a deeply respected and influential political and cultural activist and social critic, Linton Kwesi Johnson is also a prolific writer of non-fiction. In Time Come, he selects some of his most powerful prose – book and record reviews published in newspapers and magazines, lectures, obituaries and speeches – for the first time. Written over many decades, it is a body of work that draws creatively and critically on Johnson’s own Jamaican roots and on Caribbean history to explore the politics of race that continue to inform the Black British experience.

Ranging from reflections on the place of music in Caribbean and Black British culture as a creative, defiant response to oppression, to his penetrating appraisals of music and literature, and including warm tributes paid to the activists and artists who inspired him to find his own voice as a poet and compelled him to contribute to the struggle for racial equality and social justice, Time Come is a panorama of an exceptional life. A collection that ventures into memoir, it underscores Johnson’s enduring importance in Britain’s cultural history and reminds us of his brilliant, unparalleled legacy.

With an introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack

'A mosaic of wise, urgent and moving pieces' - Kit de Waal

'As necessary as ever' - The Observer

'A book to be savoured and re-read' - Derek Owusu

'An outstanding collection' - Caryl Phillips

'A necessary book from a writer who continues to inspire' - Yomi Sode

'Incisive, engaging, fearless' - Gary Younge

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ID: 650153

Title: Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

Author: Melody Beattie

Narrator: Melody Beattie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8:42:52

Language: English

Release date: 04-13-23

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Genres: Health & Wellness, Disorders & Diseases, Marriage & Family

Summary:

Have you lost sight of yourself while addressing the needs of others? Fully revised and updated, with a new chapter on trauma and anxiety, this modern classic – that has already sold over 7 million copies across the globe – will help you heal and grow.

Is someone else's problem your problem? If, like so many others, you've lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to a loved one's self-destructive behaviour, you may be codependent – and you may find yourself in this book.

A cultural phenomenon that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to understanding codependency and unlocking its hold on your life. Melody Beattie's compassionate and insightful look into codependency – the concept of losing oneself in the name of helping another – has helped to guide millions of readers towards the understanding that they are powerless to change anyone but themselves and that caring for the self is where healing begins.

With personal reflections, exercises, and instructive stories drawn from Beattie's own life and the lives of those she's counselled, Codependent No More will help you break old patterns and maintain healthy boundaries, and offers a clear and achievable path to healing, hope, freedom and happiness. This revised edition includes an all-new chapter on trauma and anxiety – subjects Beattie has long felt need to be addressed within the context of codependency – making it even more relevant today than it was when it first entered the international conversation over thirty-five years ago.

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ID: 774034

Title: Older

Author: M.H. Vickers

Narrator: Laura Lambert

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:02:39

Language: English

Release date: 04-12-23

Publisher: Findaway Voices

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense

Summary:

A sociopath managing an aged care facility: What could go wrong?

Precocious and pretty Maxine Gilbert is a clever and talented nine-year-old, adored by a doting father. She is also cruel, sadistic and without remorse, delighting in manipulating others and torturing small animals. When her mother is diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Maxine is disgusted, not just by her mothers disability, but by the inconvenience it brings. Watching a nurse care for her mother, Maxine learns that nurses can hurt or heal. Maxine decides to be a nurse when she grows up.

Forty years on, after countless complaints against her nursing in various clinical care settings, Maxine scams a job as Managing Director of an aged care facility, Treetops, and the residents are in for a rough time.

Under Maxines management, physical and medical restraint of residents is encouraged, and neglect, poor hygiene, and restrictions of residents liberty, nourishment and medical support are exhorted. Frightened, depressed, and malnourished residents are left isolated, locked away, and laying in their own waste. They develop excruciating infections, suffer illness, and even die. Maxine faces rising antagonism from Treetops residents, and their friends and family.

A new carer at Treetops, Seleena, who recently escaped an abusive marriage, cannot stay silent. Along with warning residents, and others, Seleena writes a letter of complaint. After finding a suspicious lump in her breast, could Maxine, who always hated illness and vulnerability in others, finally learn compassion? Or will she continue her ruthless ways?

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ID: 638825

Title: Snow Road Station: A Novel

Author: Elizabeth Hay

Narrator: Elizabeth Hay

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6:02:01

Language: English

Release date: 04-11-23

Publisher: Knopf Canada

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Family Life

Summary:

From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unrealized dreams, the enduring bonds of female friendship, and love’s capacity to surprise us at any age.

In the winter of 2008, as snow falls without interruption, an actor in a Beckett play blanks on her lines. Fleeing the theatre, she beats a retreat into her past and arrives at Snow Road Station, a barely discernible dot on the map of Ontario.

The actor is Lulu Blake, in her sixties now, a sexy, seemingly unfooled woman well-versed in taking risks. Out of work, humiliated, she enters the last act of her life wondering what she can make of her diminished self. In Snow Road Station she decides she is through with drama, but drama, it turns out, isn’t through with her. She thinks she wants peace. It turns out she wants more.

Looming in the background is that autumn’s global financial meltdown, while in the foreground family and friends animate a round of weddings, sap harvests, love affairs, and personal turmoil. At the centre of it all is the lifelong friendship between Lulu and Nan. As the two women contemplate growing old, they surrender certain hard-held dreams and confront the limits of the choices they’ve made and the messy feelings that kept them apart for decades.

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