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Title: The Jump-Off Creek

Author: Molly Gloss

Narrator: Sara Morsey

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Release date: August 27, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award • Winner of the Oregon Book Award • A PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist ''An instant classic. . . a truly beautiful piece of American storytelling.'' —William Kittredge, author of Owning It All A widowed homesteader is determined to make a life in the unforgiving mountains of late 19th century Oregon in this “powerful novel of struggle and loss.” (Dallas Morning News) Acclaimed author Molly Gloss drew on pioneer diaries and old family stories to write this modern Western classic of a solitary woman’s frontier life. In the 1890s, Lydia Bennett Sanderson, a hardship-honed widow, leaves her old life behind and journey’s to Jump-Off Creek to make her way as a homesteader in the backcountry of Oregon. Her neighbors are few and far between: Tim Whiteaker and Blue Odell are trying to make a go of it on their small hardscrabble ranch, while Evelyn Walker – a young, lonely wife – is rearing her children in daunting isolation. And a trio of rootless cowboys are squatting in the mountains, their only income the bounty from poisoned wolves. While Lydia toils into the summer, building fences, digging ditches, and repairing her homestead cabin, Tim and Blue engage in a deadly spoilers game with the wolvers. As the months pass, there is good and ill fortune, the exchange of fair-and-square favors, and Lydia finds both courage and community in her determination to survive. An unforgettable tale in which “every gritty line of the story rings true” (Seattle Times), Gloss delivers an authentic and moving portrait of the American West.

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Title: The Artist's War: A gripping and heartbreaking historical novel of love and sacrifice

Series: #3 of Hearts of Glass

Author: Clare Flynn

Narrator: Annette Chown

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 31 minutes

Release date: August 20, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

Hampshire, 1916: Alice traces her hand over the cold glass of the window as the pale morning light slips into the empty room. The pain of loss is worse than a physical one. Reminders of Edmund are all around her. The coldness of the sheet on the other half of the bed. The unrelenting silence in the cottage when her stepdaughter Lottie is at school or tucked up asleep at the end of another day. How did Alice ever imagine she could run their workshop in Edmund’s absence? Keeping up with their stained-glass commissions takes every ounce of her strength and ingenuity, and as Lottie becomes more withdrawn, Alice worries desperately about how best to care for the troubled girl.  Alice takes comfort from renewed closeness with her brother Victor, whose injuries prevent him from re-joining the fight, and who is enmeshed in undercover work for the Ministry of Munitions. She must go on, for Lottie, for Edmund, and for the life as artists they’ve built together. But with the news from the Front more desperate every day, she knows that the chance that she’ll ever see Edmund again is slipping away from her.  And then the telegram arrives… From the trenches of France to the fraught Home Front in rural England and London, The Artist’s War is an unforgettable story of a society in the midst of devastating upheaval, and of courage in extraordinary times. Fans of Fiona Davis, Rhys Bowen and Kristin Hannah will adore this gripping historical love story. Readers love Clare Flynn’s historical novels: “Such a beautiful series, it wrings every emotion out of you.” Reader review, ????? “OMG what a story! The pages practically turned themselves. I couldn't put it down. I cannot wait for the next in the series!” Reader review, ????? “Wow – what a book! A joy to read.” Reader review, ????? “Captivating… Had me hooked throughout. Brilliant.” Reader review, ????? “What a beautiful story… keeps you awake at night desperate to know what happens next. I can’t wait to read the next one.” Reader review, ????? “Oh yes, yes, yes!!! Amazingly written… I cannot wait till the second book in this series.” Reader review, ?????   “I loved it from start to finish.” Reader review, ????? “Held me enthralled from the first to the last page.” Reader review, ????? “Absolutely loved this.” Reader review, ????? “Absorbing, fascinating and beautifully written.” Reader review, ????? “Loved it! Her best yet.” Reader review, ????? “Fantastic. What a great book. Incredible.” Reader review, ????? “A captivating tale… Five stars all around. A great historical fiction romance.” Reader review, ????? “I am shocked at how quickly I was completely captivated by this book… I loved this book… I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.” Reader review, ????? “Wonderful, touching, compelling…” Reader review, ????? I dare you not to fall in love. JJ Marsh, Author of the Beatrice Stubbs series “Totally captivating, this book had me hooked from the start. I loved how this story brought history to life with such amazing characters.” Reader review, ?????

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Title: We, the Drowned

Author: Carsten Jensen

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 25 hours 22 minutes

Release date: August 20, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. We, The Drowned is an epic novel about generations of men who go to sea and the women and children they leave behind. Filled with adventure, cannibals, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, forbidden passions, cowards, heroes, tragedies, love, and survival, this book takes its place among the greatest seafaring literature. We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marstal, Denmark, whose inhabitants sailed the world from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War. The novel tells of ships wrecked and blown up in wars, of places of terror and violence that continue to lure each generation. The result is a brilliant seafaring novel, a gripping saga encompassing industrial growth, the years of expansion and exploration, the crucible of the first half of the twentieth century, and most of all, the sea. “We, the Drowned sets sail beyond the narrow channels of the seafaring genre and approaches Tolstoy in its evocation of war’s confusion, its power to stun victors and vanquished alike . . . A gorgeous, unsparing novel.” — Washington Post “A generational saga, a swashbuckling sailor’s tale, and the account of a small town coming into modernity—both Melville and Steinbeck might have been pleased to read it.” — New Republic

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Title: Estella's Revenge

Author: Barbara Havelocke

Narrator: Rosie Akerman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 15 hours 46 minutes

Release date: August 13, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

You know Miss Havisham. The world's most famous jilted bride. This is her daughter’s story. Raised in the darkness of Satis House where the clocks never tick, the beautiful Estella is bred to hate men and to keep her heart cold as the grave. She knows she doesn’t feel things quite like other people do but is this just the result of her strange upbringing? As she watches the brutal treatment of women around her, hatred hardens into a core of vengeance, and when she finds herself married to the abusive Drummle, she is forced to make a deadly choice: Should she embrace the darkness within her and exact her revenge? A stunningly original, gripping Gothic read, perfect for fans of Stacey Halls, Madeline Miller and Jessie Burton.

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Title: Bitterroot

Author: Suzy Vitello

Narrator: Cindy Kay

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Release date: August 13, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

A forensic artist confronts a crime against her own family, while MAGA politics, racism, and violence rage in a small town in the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho. Set in the fictional town of Steeplejack, nestled in the Bitterroot Mountains, Hazel Mackenzie provides law enforcement with sketch art and victim reconstruction following suspected crimes. Hazel is catapulted from observer to participant when her husband dies in an accident and then soon after, her gay twin brother Kento is shot by a member of Steeplejack's growing anti-LGBTQ community during a gender reveal party for his child. Hazel soon discovers her husband wasn't who she thought he was. She uncovers hidden family secrets about her grandparents' forced internment during World War II, mirroring the same racism and prejudice that threaten to strip Kento and his husband of their basic rights to their baby. As physical violence charges up her driveway and engulfs her life, Hazel battles for herself, her brother, and a town torn apart by hate. And somehow during all this, she stumbles on a different kind of love and a more courageous way to live her life.

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Title: The Spinning Heart

Author: Donal Ryan

Narrator: Gerry Howard, Eva Bartley, Killian Coyle, Toni O'rourke, Ciaran O'brien, Anne Marie Ryan, Roy Mcmillan, Donal Ryan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Release date: August 8, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2013 Shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award 2014 Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013 Winner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2012 In the aftermath of Ireland's financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As violence flares, the characters face a battle between public persona and inner desires. Through a chorus of unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds. The Spinning Heart speaks for contemporary Ireland like no other novel. Wry, vulnerable, all-too human, it captures the language and spirit of rural Ireland and with uncanny perception articulates the words and thoughts of a generation. Technically daring and evocative of Patrick McCabe and J.M. Synge, this novel of small-town life is witty, dark and sweetly poignant. 'Funny, moving and beautifully written' EDNA O'BRIEN 'Filled with light and shade, love and tragedy ... if it was a song you could sing it' ANNE ENRIGHT 'Donal Ryan is the real deal ... a brilliantly realised, utterly resonant state-of-the-nation landscape' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'I can't imagine a more original, more perceptive or more passionate work than this. Outstanding' JOHN BOYNE 'It's furious, it's moving, it's darkly funny, it punches you right in the gut' NEW YORK TIMES © Donal Ryan 2012 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

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Title: Midnight at the Tuscany Hotel

Author: J. H. Markert, James Markert

Narrator: Carlotta Brentan, Keith Brown

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 44 minutes

Release date: August 6, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

A story of the power of memory, Midnight at the Tuscany Hotel explores the mysteries of the mind, the truth behind lore, and the miracle of inspiration. After thirteen months at war, Vittorio Gandy is haunted by memories, and his former life is unrecognizable. Once a gifted painter, now he can’t bear the vivid, bleeding colors on a canvas. His young son doesn’t remember him, and his wife, Valerie, is scared of him. But the most disconcerting change is in Vitto’s father, Robert Gandy, who has fallen from being a larger-than-life sculptor to a man whose heart has been broken by the death of his muse—Vitto’s mother—and whose mind has been taken by Alzheimer’s. When Robert steals away in the night, Valerie, Vitto, and his new acquaintance and fellow veteran John go to the only place Robert might remember—the now-abandoned Tuscany Hotel, where it was once rumored that creatives of all kinds could find inspiration. When they find him there, Robert’s mind is sound and his memories are intact. Before long, word gets out that drinking from the fountain at the hotel can restore the memories of those suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia. The rooms once again fill up with guests—not artists this time, but people seeking control over their memories and lives. Vitto desperately wants to clear his own mind, but as he learns more about his late mother’s life and her tragic death, he begins to wonder whether drinking the water comes at a price.

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Title: Life After Kafka

Author: Magdaléna Platzová

Narrator: Christa Lewis

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Release date: August 6, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

A novel of Felice Bauer, Franz Kafka's first fiancée, and the story behind Letters to Felice Franz Kafka scholars know Felice Bauer, his onetime fiancée, through his Letters to Felice, as little more than a woman with a raucous laugh and a taste for bourgeois comforts. Life After Kafka is her story. The novel begins in 1935 as Felice flees with her children from Hitler's Berlin, following her family and members of Kafka's entourage—including Grete Bloch, Max Brod, and Salman Schocken—as they try to escape the horrors of the Holocaust. Years later, a man claiming to be Kafka's son approaches Felice's son in Manhattan and the drama surrounding Kafka's letters to Felice begins. While taking the measure of literary fame's long shadow, Life After Kafka depicts the magic and poison of memories, and what we cling to when all else is lost. Most of all, it illuminates the bravery required to move forward through the shattered remains of one world to rebuild life in a new one.

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Title: The Miniature Wife: and Other Stories

Author: Manuel Gonzales

Narrator: Lee Osorio, Manuel Gonzales, Kirsten Potter

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 8 minutes

Release date: August 6, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

In the tradition of George Saunders and Aimee Bender, an exuberantly imagined debut that chronicles an ordinary world marked by unusual phenomena. The eighteen stories of Manuel Gonzales’s exhilarating first book render the fantastic commonplace and the ordinary extraordinary, in prose that thrums with energy and shimmers with beauty. In “The Artist’s Voice” we meet one of the world’s foremost composers, a man who speaks through his ears. A hijacked plane circles a city for twenty years in “Pilot, Copilot, Writer.” Sound can kill in “The Sounds of Early Morning.” And, in the title story, a man is at war with the wife he accidentally shrank. For these characters, the phenomenal isn’t necessarily special—but it’s often dangerous. In slightly fantastical settings, Gonzales illustrates very real guilt over small and large marital missteps, the intense desire for the reinvention of self, and the powerful urges we feel to defend and provide for the people we love. With wit and insight, these stories subvert our expectations and challenge us to look at our surroundings with fresh eyes. Brilliantly conceived, strikingly original, and told with the narrative instinct of a born storyteller, The Miniature Wife is an unforgettable debut.

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Title: The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley

Author: Shelley Wood

Narrator: Rachel Botchan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 37 minutes

Release date: August 6, 2024

Genres: Literary Fiction

Publisher's Summary:

WHAT IF YOU GREW ONLY ONE YEAR OLDER EVERY FOUR YEARS?FEBRUARY 29, 1916: After an unusually long pregnancy, war widow Lillian McKinley gives birth to a baby girl on leap day. Kit proves to be a healthy, happy, and intelligent child, but unnaturally slow to age—growing just one year older every four years. For decades, she and her family must stay on the move to protect her secret—from insatiable newshounds, from Nazi scientists, and from doctors and pharmaceutical companies. When Kit at last can pass for an adult, she must decide whether she wants to stay perpetually on the run or form lasting ties. Ultimately, once the human genome is mapped and research on altering it begins, she will need to make some difficult choices about the strange quirk in her DNA that has made her who she is.This sweeping historical epic—a race through the past century’s burgeoning understanding of genetics and eugenics—asks: What is normal time? A normal human? A normal life?