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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/620564 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Courage of the Railway Girls: The new feel-good and uplifting WW2 historical fiction (The Railway Girls Series, 7) Author: Maisie Thomas Narrator: Julia Franklin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Manchester, 1943 Emily is enjoying her new job as a station porter until she learns that a trusted friend at work may be involved in something underhand... Persephone's romance with Matt is blossoming - but can two people from such different walks of life really make a go of it? All is going well with wedding planning for Mabel until someone divulges a secret about Harry, which could threaten their future. As war rages around them, the railway girls must face their own battles. With the support of one another, will they make the right decisions when it comes to matters of the heart? Readers LOVE the Railway Girls: 'Make yourself a cuppa and find a comfy spot on the sofa because you are not going to be able to put this down' 'I simply cannot wait for the next one - I am hooked!' 'Gives a vivid picture of women's lives in wartime Manchester' 'Dramatic, intriguing and sprinkled with plenty of wit and heart' 'It's just like catching up with old friends' ©2023 Maisie Thomas (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626923 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Close to Home Author: Michael Magee Narrator: Conor Macneill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 37 minutes Release date: April 6, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023 WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023 Sean is back. Back in Belfast and back into old habits. Back on the mad all-nighters, the borrowed tenners and missing rent, the casual jobs that always fall through. Back in these scarred streets, where the promised prosperity of peacetime has never arrived. Back among his brothers, his ma, and all the things they never talk about. Until one night Sean finds himself at a party – dog-tired, surrounded by jeering strangers, his back against the wall – and he makes a big mistake. 'Staggeringly humane, unfaltering, taut and tender... [It] feels like that rarest of things: a genuinely necessary book' Guardian 'Every detail rings true, every character is fleshy and real and heartbreaking... Michael Magee has a remarkable talent' Sunday Times ©2023 Michael Magee (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626924 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Enter Ghost Author: Isabella Hammad Narrator: Nadia Albina Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 42 minutes Release date: April 6, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024. After years away from her family's homeland, and healing from an affair with an established director, stage actress Sonia Nasir returns to Palestine to visit her older sister Haneen. Though the siblings grew up spending summers at their family home in Haifa, Sonia hasn't been back since the second intifada and the deaths of her grandparents. While Haneen stayed and made a life commuting to Tel Aviv to teach at the university, Sonia remained in London to focus on her burgeoning acting career and now dissolute marriage. On her return, she finds her relationship to Palestine is fragile, both bone-deep and new. Once at Haneen's, Sonia meets the charismatic and candid Mariam, a local director, and finds herself roped into a production of Hamlet in the West Bank. Soon, Sonia is rehearsing Gertude's lines in classical Arabic and spending more time in Ramallah than in Haifa with a dedicated group of men who, in spite of competing egos and priorities, each want to bring Shakespeare to that side of the wall. As opening night draws closer it becomes clear just how many invasive and violent obstacles stand before a troupe of Palestinian actors. Amidst it all, the life Sonia once knew starts to give way to the daunting, exhilarating possibility of finding a new self in her ancestral home. A stunning rendering of present-day Palestine, Enter Ghost is a story of diaspora, displacement, and the connection to be found in family and shared resistance. Timely, thoughtful, and passionate, Isabella Hammad's highly anticipated second novel is an exquisite feat, an unforgettable story of artistry under occupation. ©2023 Isabella Hammad (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630069 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Fancies Author: Kim Lock Narrator: Nicole Gulasekharam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 39 minutes Release date: April 5, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Abigail Fancy returns to the tiny town that the Fancys have ruled for decades, fresh from her second stint in prison and utterly out of time... A bold, punchy and wry novel from the author of The Other Side of Beautiful. A story about stories: those we tell, those we believe and those we make into a reality, whether true, murky or not true at all. Port Kingerton: the insular cray-fishing town at the butt-end of South Australia, where everyone knows everyone. And everyone knows too that when Abigail Fancy left town at seventeen, she hung out the window of her boyfriend's Corolla, middle fingers held high, swearing she'd never come back. And she hasn't, until now. At her parents' house Abigail finds a party (read town meeting) in full swing over something iffy found on the beach - a thighbone. And although iffy things aren't uncommon in Port Kingerton, Abigail's surprise arrival forces a family - and an entire town - to unpack a twenty-four-year-old secret that rocked this tiny place to its core: that time they found something much iffier ... Through Abigail, her grandfather Old Dick Fancy's unreliable memories and the collective voices of the town itself, Port Kingerton unravels as old wounds are picked open, skeletons fall from closets and unlikely bonds are forged. But will Abigail finally change the past ...? Fresh, punchy, expertly crafted and deliciously wry - the author of The Other Side of Beautiful returns with a tour de force of a small-town mystery where a homecoming lifts the veil on a time when a town failed to stand up for its girls. PRAISE FOR KIM LOCK: 'With this book [The Fancies], she establishes herself as an author to watch. With a voice that is unabashedly Australian, this is an extraordinary read, filled with irony and dry humour and total lack of pretension.' - Weekend Australian, Noteable Books 'The Fancies is a wonder. A brilliantly observed, laugh-out-loud funny, page-turner with a tender heart and a spine of the finest feminist steel.' - Emily Maguire, acclaimed author of An Isolated Incident 'The Fancies is a-page turner; its voice is truly unabashedly Australian. It's delightful in its rhythm, pace, sense of irony and dry humour and total lack of pretension ... establishes Kim Lock as an author to watch.' - Better Reading 'Tender, funny and quietly profound, The Other Side of Beautiful is a breath of fresh air.' - The Sunday Times 'A colourful, engaging story of escape and road-trip adventure ... also compellingly cinematic and features an endearing narrator-heroine with plenty of meaty real-world troubles.' - Sydney Morning Herald 'An engaging story about second chances and a life changing road trip ... a heart-warming story.' - Canberra Weekly magazine

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/625466 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Battling the Bluestocking Series: #3 of The Donovans Series Author: Martha Keyes Narrator: Ella Lynch, Rupert Degas Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 51 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Phineas Donovan is possessed of a sharp intellect. Fresh from Cambridge, he obtains a generous live-in position as tutor for the son of the wealthy Lord Bettencourt. If he can prove his value, he has hopes of being given the patronage of his employer, allowing him to take up a position as vicar. There, he can pursue his intellectual endeavors in peace and relative financial comfort. In her humble but informed opinion, Lady Sarah Danneville is possessed of an even sharper intellect. If anyone should be tutoring her younger brother, it is she, not the reserved, bespectacled gentleman her father has employed to do the job. He is not fit to instruct a Danneville of Bettencourt. But as Sarah works to undermine him, Mr. Donovan shows more pluck than she expects, not to mention that he harbors a secret hobby that would be laughable if it weren’t so dreadfully unsophisticated. If she can use this secret against him, she can finally persuade her father she is more than bait to lure a prosperous match. Now, if only she can avoid being drawn into the dearth of sophistication—and Mr. Donovan’s eyes—herself. Battling the Bluestocking is the third in Martha Keyes's The Donovans regency-set romance series. Each book can be treated as a standalone.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/629847 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Don't Let Her Stay Author: Nicola Sanders Narrator: Penelope Rawlins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 24 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.04 of Total 167 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 60 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Joanne knows how lucky she is—Richard is a wonderful husband, Evie is the most gorgeous baby girl, they live in a beautiful house—life couldn't be better. But then Richard's twenty-year-old daughter Chloe turns up. Chloe hasn’t spoken to her father since the day he married Joanne two years ago. But with the arrival of her baby sister Evie, Chloe wants to make peace. Richard is delighted, and since Joanne is struggling with the new baby, he suggests Chloe could move in and help. It sounds like the perfect solution, even if Chloe doesn’t seem to like Joanne very much. But Joanne understands it’s not easy for her, and she's prepared to give her time. But then things happen that make Joanne feel like she’s losing her mind. She misplaces things, misses important appointments, gets dates wrong… Could Joanne be going mad, just like her own mother? Or is something more sinister happening? Is Chloe really here to help? Or has Joanne made a terrible mistake by letting her move in? And is it too late to ask her to leave?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/632510 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 44 Scotland Street: The Complete Series 1-5: Full-cast BBC Radio adaptations of the much-loved novels Author: Alexander McCall Smith Narrator: Samuel Keefe, Belle Jones, Anita Vettesse, James Mackenzie, Carol Ann Crawford, Crawford Logan, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 40 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: The complete BBC radio adaptations of Alexander McCall's bestselling series Inspired by Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, 44 Scotland Street started life as a serial in The Scotsman. It was a huge hit, and was soon novelised, adapted on stage and dramatised for BBC Radio 4. Collected here are all five radio series, in which we follow the interconnected lives of the residents of adjoining flats in a tenement in Edinburgh's Georgian New Town. There's Pat, a young tenant who arrives at 44 Scotland Street to flat-share with handsome surveyor Bruce (a man with more of an eye for the ladies than for a sound property); Matthew, setting up the Something Special Gallery with little knowledge of art; and child prodigy Bertie Pollock, who wants the life of an ordinary little boy, but instead has psychotherapy, yoga and Italian conversation lessons. And at the local café, owner Big Lou is looking for love - but seems doomed to romantic disappointment... Their chance day-to-day criss-crossings, quirky foibles and comic adventures are all observed by Number 44's longest-term resident, anthropologist Domenica MacDonald, her painter friend Angus Lordie - and Angus' dog, Cyril, the only canine in Scotland with a gold tooth. Full of charm, humour and empathy, these delightful dramas star Carol Ann Crawford and Crawford Logan, with a superb cast including James Mackenzie, Samuel Keefe, Belle Jones and Anita Vettesse. Also included is an edition of Radio 4's Bookclub, in which Alexander McCall Smith talks about his novel 44 Scotland Street with James Naughtie and readers. Written and dramatised by Alexander McCall Smith Produced and directed by David Ian Neville Music by Tom Cunningham Cast Domenica/Mrs MacGillvray - Carol Ann Crawford Raeburn Todd/Dr Fairbairn/Angus Lordie/Glasgow Man/Dr Fairbairn - Crawford Logan Bruce - James Mackenzie/James Rottger Ian Rankin - James Mackenzie Irene - Rosalind Syndney/Emma Currie Bertie - Euan Lee/Simon Kerr Matthew - Samuel Keefe Pat - Belle Jones Stuart - Tom Freeman/David Jackson Young Big Lou/Antonia/Miss Harmony/Glasgow Woman/Stewardess/Fiona/Claire/Barmaid - Anita Vettesse Markus/Lawyer - Matthew Zajac Social Worker - Molly Innes Olive - Sophie Lawrence Alec/Gerry - Simon Donaldson Lard O'Connor - Iain Agnew The New Pretender - David Jackson Young Secretary/Mr Lawrence - Richard Conlon Torquil MacLean/Hotel Clerk - James Bryce Edinburgh Man - David Jackson Young Andy - Daniel Aitken Katie - Helen Mackay Miss Campbell - Nicola Roy Neill - Gavin Jon Wright First broadcast BBC Radio 4: 30 April-4 May 2012 (Series 1), 9-13 February 2015 (The Blue Spode Tea Cup), 30 May-3 June 2016 (Edinburgh for Pretenders), 20-24 February 2017 (Series 4), 20-24 August 2018 (Series 5) © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/623834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Vineyard White Christmas Series: #5 of The Vineyard Sunset Series Author: Katie Winters Narrator: Erin Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 5 minutes Release date: February 28, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: An injured army veteran. A near-fatal car accident. And a snow-capped Martha’s Vineyard Christmas—the kind that can mend any broken family. Andrew Montgomery is the black sheep of the Montgomery family. Seventeen years ago, Andy and his best friend, Kurt, took off for the army and planned to never look back. Once overseas, they realized the depths of their mistake. But once Kurt died in combat, Andy decided to turn his back on his past for good. Years later, Andrew is bound to the US again with an injury. A phone call a few weeks before Christmas changes everything and beckons him home. His father, Trevor Montgomery, has been involved in a horrible car accident. He might not make it. When Andrew returns to the island, he finds himself in the center of so many ghosts. His siblings are all in their late-thirties and forties. Their children have grown up, some of them with children of their own. Andrew has missed so much, and he also realizes just how alone he’s been over the years. They still call him “Andy,” but they no longer see their baby brother—they see an injured vet. And worse than that, Kurt’s sister and Andrew’s high school love, has lived so much of her life alone while raising a child with autism. Just one look in her eyes reminds Andrew of all the passion he once had for her. It isn’t gone. As days pass, Andrew finds himself falling deeper into a world he once abandoned. He realizes just how much his siblings have needed him over the year—especially when it comes to Kelli’s verbally abusive husband and Charlotte’s husband’s death. As they count down the days before Christmas, Andrew falls for the life he once hated. He learns to fight for his family members. And he searches for the right words to say to a father that he very nearly lost.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/626365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Sun to Be Sewn Author: Jean D'amérique Narrator: Marie-Françoise Theodore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 18 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A brutal fable full of poetry, desire, and blood, where the naïveté of a young Haitian girl struggling against impossible odds collides with the unrelenting cruelty of the world. “You will be alone in the great night.” That’s what Papa has always prophesied to her. Papa, who isn’t her real father—he disappeared when she was born. Since then, her mother has been forced to walk the streets to provide for herself and her daughter, while Papa robs and murders for the local gang leader, to ensure his access to ganja and alcohol, but also for the sheer pleasure of it. Often finding herself alone within the four walls of a hovel in a Haitian slum with corrugated iron for a roof, the young girl tirelessly tries to compose a letter that will capture what is in her heart and soul. She is consumed with love for a classmate, the daughter of her teacher, and struggles to find words to faithfully express her feelings and her dreams. In a poetic language that encompasses poverty and idealism, she quietly observes the violence, the shortcomings, and the addictions of the adults around her. Her love and passion make her resilient, nurturing her character and helping her to invent a destiny that enables her to escape the fate to which she seemed doomed.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/630267 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Belly of the Congo Author: Blaise Ndala Narrator: Christel Mutombo Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 23 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: April 1958. Organizing the Brussels World’s Fair, the biggest international event since the end of the Second World War, subcommissioner Robert Dumont cedes to pressure from the royal palace: there will be a “Congolese village” in one of the seven pavilions devoted to the settlements. Among the eleven members of this “human zoo” assembled to put on a show at the foot of the Atomium is the young Tshala, daughter of the intractable king of the Bakuba. From her native Kasai to Brussels via Léopoldville, the princess’s journey unfolds—until her forced exhibition at Expo 58, where we lose track of her. Summer 2004. Newly arrived in Belgium, a niece of the missing princess crosses paths with a man haunted by the ghost of his father—Francis Dumont, professor of law at the Free University of Brussels. A breathtaking series of events will reveal to them a secret the former subcommissioner of Expo 58 carried to his grave.From one century to the next, In the Belly of the Congo confronts History with a capital “H” to pose the central question of the colonial equation: Can the past pass?