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Title: Rabbit, Run

Author: John Updike

Narrator: William Hope

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-20-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

It's 1959, and Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, one-time high school sports superstar, is going nowhere. At twenty-six he is trapped in a second-rate existence - stuck with a fragile, alcoholic wife, a house full of overflowing ashtrays and discarded glasses, a young son and a futile job.

With no way to fix things, he resolves to flee from his family and his home in Pennsylvania, beginning a thousand-mile journey that he hopes will free him from his mediocre life. Because, as he knows only too well, 'after you've been first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate'.

John Updike (1932-2009) was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year at Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of staff at The New Yorker.

Updike was the author of 21 novels as well as numerous collections of short stories, poems and criticism and is one of only three authors to win more than one Pulitzer Prize. His most famous works are the Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom series: Rabbit, Run (1960), Rabbit Redux (1971), Rabbit Is Rich (1981) and Rabbit at Rest (1990).

Critic Reviews:

"It is sexy, in bad taste, violent and basically cynical. And good luck to it." (Angus Wilson, Observer)

"That special polish, that brilliance; Updike is among the best." (Malcolm Bradbury)

"Brilliant and poignant.... By his compassion, clarity of insight, and crystal-bright rose, [Updike] makes Rabbit's sorrow his and our own." (Washington Post)

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Title: The Secrets Sisters Keep

Author: Sinéad Moriarty

Narrator: Alison McKenna, Emma Lowe, Karen Cogan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-30-15

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Secret Sisters Keep, read by Karen Cogan, Emma Lowe and Alison McKenna.

The Devlin sisters rely on each other - but some things are just too painful to share, even when your sisters are your best friends....

Mum-of-four Julie thought that if her family had more money, life would be easier. But now that they've inherited a fortune, her problems are only starting.

Lawyer Louise is used to having life go exactly as she wants it to. So accepting that she cannot control the most important thing in her life is beyond her. And former model Sophie can just about cope with getting older - that's until her ex-husband finds a younger model.

All three women think that some battles are best fought alone. Maybe they need to think again....

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Title: The Missing Husband

Author: Amanda Brooke

Narrator: Julia Barrie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-15

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

The next stunning title from Richard and Judy pick Amanda Brooke.

When Jo pretends to be asleep as her husband leaves for work the morning after an argument, she doesn't realise how deeply she will come to regret the opportunity to say good-bye. By nightfall her life has changed irrevocably. David has disappeared, and there doesn't seem to be any trace of him.

But Jo is five months pregnant, and her marriage is full of secrets - not least, David's unwillingness to start a family.

As the mystery around David's disappearance shows no sign of being solved, Jo must choose: Will she give up her baby to make the man she loves come home?

Critic Reviews:

"[A] touching sensitive story...an extraordinary, moving tale." (The Bookseller)

"Enchanting, moving and hard to put down." (Closer)

"A haunting and heartbreaking story that stayed with me long after I'd finished." (Fern Britton)

"Life affirming." (Sunday Mirror)

"Magical and 'unputdownable'." (Katie Fforde)

"An extraordinary debut novel." (Daily Express)

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Title: Your Perfect Life

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Liz Fenton, Lisa Steinke

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-13-15

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 55 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Best friends Casey and Rachel couldn't lead more different lives. While workaholic Casey rubs elbows with celebrities daily as the host of Gossip TV and comes home nightly to an empty apartment, stay-at-home mom Rachel juggles a baby, two teenagers, and a husband who barely seems like the man she fell in love with two decades before.

After an argument at their 20th high school reunion, Casey and Rachel throw back shots to get the night back on track. Instead they get a life-changing hangover.

Waking up in each other's bodies the next morning, they must figure out how to navigate their altered realities. Rachel is forced to face the broadcasting dreams she gave up when she got pregnant in college, and Casey finally steps out of the spotlight to face the real reason why she's alone.

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Title: Confessions of a Spent Youth

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Vance Bourjaily

Narrator: Brian Troxell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-07-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In this masterwork of confessional literature, a man approaching middle age recalls his impetuous youth with fondness, remorse, and astonishment.

Spanning the years 1939 to 1946, this is the story of a defining era in one man's life and an exhilarating tribute to the entire generation that came of age during World War II. Quince's youthful adventures begin with his first sexual encounter, a night with a girl named Moomie in a one-room cabin in Virginia, and end with the 24-year-old veteran settling down to his postwar future. In between he falls in and out of love with dozens of women, drinks and drugs his way through two years of college and four years of military service, travels the world, and meets a dazzling array of colorful characters. In a voice both beguiling and sincere, an older, wiser Quince narrates his escapades in search of the truth about who he was and who he has become. One of the finest novels of mid-20th-century America, Confessions of a Spent Youth is poignant, witty, and profound.

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Title: Wish You Were Here

Author: Victoria Connelly

Narrator: Melody Grove

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-18-15

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sun, sea and secrets...

A week on the sunny Greek island of Kethos is just what Alice Archer needs, even if she has to put up with her difficult sister. Stella's tantrums and divalike demands are a fair price to pay for crystal-clear waters, blue skies and white clifftop villas.

When Alice meets Milo, a handsome gardener at the Villa Argenti, for the first time she suddenly feels beautiful, alluring and confident. But is it just holiday magic, or will the irresistible pull between Alice and Milo survive against all odds?

For fans of Katie Fforde and Alexandra Potter, this heartwarming, romantic novel is the perfect escapist read.

Critic Reviews:

"Sunshine on a rainy day." (Lisa Jewell)

"Victoria writes with a deliciously light touch and joyous enthusiasm." (Fiona Walker)

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Title: The Festival of Insignificance

Author: Milan Kundera, Linda Asher - translator

Narrator: Richmond Hoxie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-18-15

Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Casting light on the most serious of problems and at the same time saying not one serious sentence; being fascinated by the reality of the contemporary world and at the same time completely avoiding realism - that's The Festival of Insignificance. Readers who know Kundera's earlier books know that the wish to incorporate an element of the "unserious" in a novel is not at all unexpected of him.

In Immortality, Goethe and Hemingway stroll through several chapters together, talking and laughing. And in Slowness, Vera, the author's wife, says to her husband, "you've often told me you meant to write a book one day that would have not a single serious word in it.... I warn you, watch out. Your enemies are lying in wait."

Now, far from watching out, Kundera is finally and fully realizing his old aesthetic dream in this novel that we could easily view as a summation of his whole work. A strange sort of summation. Strange sort of epilogue. Strange sort of laughter, inspired by our time, which is comical because it has lost all sense of humor. What more can we say? Nothing. Just read.

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Title: A Summer to Remember

Author: Victoria Connelly

Narrator: Anna Parker-Naples

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-18-15

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Escape deep into the English countryside in this perfect summer's day listen. Fans of Alexandra Potter and Katie Fforde won't be able to resist.

Nina Elliot is tired of her life. She's not sure how it happened, but somewhere along the way she lost track of where it was all going.

So one fateful day, she makes a brave decision: she's going to leave it all behind. Taking a job deep in the English countryside, Nina does just that. Ensconced at the Old Mill, she settles into daily life with the Milton family, where she works as a researcher for author Dudley.

With endless summer days stretching out ahead of her, Nina couldn't be happier. But her quiet life is soon interrupted when the handsome Milton boys return home, for they plan to make sure this really is a summer to remember....

Relax and enjoy a breath of warm summer air in the delightful new novel from Victoria Connelly, best-selling author of Wish You Were Here. Perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Alexandra Potter.

Critic Reviews:

"A perfect holiday read." (Hello!)

"Sunshine on a rainy day." (Lisa Jewell)

"Witty and original." (The Romantic Novelists' Association)

"Victoria writes with a deliciously light touch and joyous enthusiasm." (Fiona Walker)

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Title: The Illuminations

Author: Andrew O'Hagan

Narrator: Gildart Jackson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-15

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Anne Quirk's life is built on stories - both the lies she was told by the man she loved and the fictions she told herself to survive. Nobody remembers Anne now, but this elderly woman was an artistic pioneer in her youth, a creator of groundbreaking documentary photographs. Her beloved grandson, Luke, now a captain with the Royal Western Fusiliers in the British army, has inherited her habit of transforming reality. When Luke's mission in Afghanistan goes horribly wrong, his vision of life is distorted, and he is forced to see the world anew.

Once Luke returns to Scotland, the secrets and lies that have shaped generations of his family begin to emerge as he and Anne set out to confront a mystery from her past among the Blackpool Illuminations - the dazzling artificial lights that brighten the seaside resort town as the season turns to winter.

Critic Reviews:

"It's remarkable how much human territory O'Hagan explores and illuminates with a restrained style that also helps drive the novel along at a good clip." (

Kirkus)

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Title: American Dreams

Author: Janet Dailey

Narrator: Cassandra Livingston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Temple Gordon is beautiful and proud, a Southern belle raised on her father's luxurious plantation. She is also a Cherokee. "The Blade" Stuart, an impulsive nearby landowner, is Cherokee as well. He and Temple share a passion for each other and a concern for their people. But while Temple wishes to protect the Cherokee way of life, The Blade seeks to save his people from death.

It's the early 1830s, and a battle rages between the federal government and President Jackson over the fate of Cherokee land. Temple, in the face of growing danger, wishes to stay. The Blade knows they must go. Before them is a long, tumultuous trail west. They have only their families and each other to cling to, but can their love alone see them through the pain?

Previously published as The Proud and the Free, Janet Dailey's American Dreams brims full of historical tragedies and unwavering courage. Listeners will be moved by its intense story of passion and hope.

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