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Title: Negative Space: A Novel

Author: Gillian Linden

Narrator: Erin Felgar

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 9 minutes

Release date: May 28, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

A gem of a debut novel about a young mother navigating the instabilities of teaching, parenting, and marriage in the wake of the pandemic. With deadpan humor and a keen eye for the strangeness of our days, Negative Space follows a week in the life of an English teacher at a New York private school. At home, her two children, increasingly restless, ask constant questions about mortality and find hidden wisdom in the cartoons they watch on television. Her husband tends to his plants and offers occasional counsel between Zoom calls to Hong Kong and Australia. And at school, as she navigates the currents between wealthy, increasingly disconnected students and bewildered faculty, she accidentally witnesses an ambiguous, possibly inappropriate interaction between a teacher and a student . . . She feels compelled to say something, but how can she be sure of what she saw? Precisely rendered and filled with sly observations about our off-kilter days, Negative Space is a witty and resonant portrait of a woman caught between the pressures of home and work, parenting and teaching, what's normal and what isn't. Writing with an acute sense of dread and delight, Gillian Linden has crafted a stunning debut that examines what we owe the people who depend on us in a fractured and indifferent world.

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Title: The Colour of Love

Author: Preethi Nair

Narrator: Rameet Rauli

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Release date: May 21, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

‘A joyful story’ Good Housekeeping For all outward appearances, Nina is the perfect Indian daughter. But underneath, she feels like a fraud. In one day, she caught her secret (white) boyfriend having an affair, she walked out of her lucrative career as a lawyer to become an artist, and to cap it all off, a disturbing encounter with a spiritual guru has her questioning her faith. Unable to face shattering her parents’ ambitions of the perfect arranged marriage, she finally agrees to be matched. But as she dons a suit and pretends to go to work every day, the lies are beginning to stack up. Surely something’s got to give? Praise for Preethi Nair: ‘Packs a powerful punch’ Guardian ‘A genuinely moving novel’ Daily Express ‘A carefully woven tale that’s exceedingly good’ Company ‘A little gem of fiction’ New Woman

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Title: Gypsy Masala

Author: Preethi Nair, Rameet Rauli

Narrator: Sagar Arya, Nicole Arumugam

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 51 minutes

Release date: May 21, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

‘Dynamite’ Bookseller ‘A witty, evocative read that’ll keep you gripped’ Company Evita Vishavan is stuck in a 9 to 5 job and going nowhere fast. Raised in London to fulfil her parents’ dreams of respectability, Evita yearns for something more. Risking it all, and abandoning her career and life in London, her journey takes her back to her roots in Kerala where she discovers that perhaps what she’s wanted all along, is a little closer to home. What might happen if she dares live her dream? ‘A witty, evocative read that’ll keep you gripped’ Company Praise for Preethi Nair: ‘Packs a powerful punch’ Guardian ‘A genuinely moving novel’ Daily Express ‘Joyful’ Good Housekeeping

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Title: One Hundred Shades of White

Author: Preethi Nair

Narrator: Rameet Rauli, Nicole Arumugam

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Release date: May 21, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

‘Packs a powerful punch in this book about family, forgiveness and the power of truth.’ Guardian ‘I cannot easily put into words why I told my children their father had died. What was I supposed to tell them? The truth? ‘’Monu, Mol, your father has had enough of responsibility, he has another family, he’s gone, left us.’’ Maybe there are one hundred shades for explaining truth, a spectrum from light to dark, depending on the vulnerability of those who have to hear it. Things are not always clear cut, they are not either black or white, life just isn’t like that.’ Nalini and her two young children are transplanted from luxury in India to the bewildering confusion of London, only to be abandoned by her negligent husband. At first survival is a struggle, but Nalini turns to what she does best: cooking. Her mouthwatering pickles bring financial stability and domestic happiness, as well as affecting everyone who tastes them. Everyone, that is, except for her daughter, Maya. Maya loves fish fingers, burgers and chips. She’s not interested in her history; that died with her father. Resisting the pull of her family, she follows her own chaotic journey which will take her back to India before she can face the truth about her parents, forgive them and herself – and admit that lime pickle is delicious, after all.

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Title: The Secret Daughter of Venice: An absolutely emotional and gripping World War 2 historical novel

Author: Juliet Greenwood

Narrator: Hannah Curtis

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Release date: May 21, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

The paper is stiff and brittle with age as Kate unfolds it with trembling hands. She gasps at the pencil sketch of a rippling waterway, lined by tall buildings, curving towards the dome of a cathedral. She feels a connection deep in her heart. Venice. England, 1941. When Kate Arden discovers a secret stash of drawings hidden in the pages of an old volume of poetry given to her as a baby, her breath catches. All her life, she has felt like an outsider in her aristocratic adoptive family, who refuse to answer any questions about her past. But the drawings spark a forgotten memory: a long journey by boat… warm arms that held her tight, and then let go. Could these pictures unlock the secret of who she is? Why her mother left her? With war raging around the continent, she will brave everything to find out… A gripping, emotional historical novel of love and art that will captivate fans of The Venice Sketchbook, The Woman on the Bridge and The Nightingale.

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Title: Summer Days at Clifftop Cottage

Series: #2 of Welcome to Micklewick Bay

Author: Eliza J. Scott

Narrator: Melanie Crawley

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 16 minutes

Release date: May 21, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

Welcome to your happy place… As summer comes to the tranquil shores of Micklewick Bay, Maggie Marsay is on cloud nine. She can barely keep up with orders for her handmade teddy bears, turning her crafting hobby into a thriving business. And after trying for a baby for some time, she has joyful news to share with her devoted husband Bear who she lives with in an idyllic clifftop cottage alongside their cheeky labrador. But an unexpected visitor casts a shadow over Maggie’s sun-drenched bliss. Robyn, a ghost from the past Maggie hasn't seen in twelve long years, arrives on their doorstep. What could have brought Robyn back into Maggie’s life after so long? Is she truly sorry for her past mistakes, or is she up to her old tricks? Maggie welcomes Robyn into their home, trying her best to forgive and forget. But when Robyn starts to drive a wedge between her and Bear, Maggie’s close-knit group of friends and neighbours rally around. Can they help Maggie weather this storm and find her way back to happily ever after? Or is trouble here to stay? Escape to Micklewick Bay in an uplifting, feel-good page-turner for fans of Heidi Swain, Jenny Colgan and Phillipa Ashley.

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Title: The Wives of Halcyon

Author: Eirinie Lapidaki

Narrator: Tracie Frank, Flora Montgomery, Helen Phillips, Colleen Prendergast

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Release date: May 16, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

Three women controlled by one man – their charismatic husband Elijah, leader of their cult who dictates every aspect of life in the remote Scottish settlement of Halcyon. But cracks have begun to form in the community's idyllic facade, and Elijah's increasingly erratic behaviour begins to test the loyalty of the women who love him, especially when he reveals his intention to take a fourth wife, sixteen-year-old Mim. Deceived and isolated by the husband they share, Aoife, Ruth, and Deborah must set years of animosity aside and come together as danger mounts within their isolated community.

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Title: [German] - Das Licht in den Birken (Autorisierte Lesefassung)

Author: Romy Fölck

Narrator: Tessa Mittelstaedt

Format: Abridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Release date: May 14, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

Dieses Hörbuch ist wie ein heißer, unvergesslicher Sommer - man hofft, es würde niemals enden. Ein alter Hof zwischen Heide und Moor, umringt von Birken und Bienenzäunen, wird zum Neuanfang für drei Fremde, die zu Freunden werden. Thea kehrt nach über zwanzig Jahren aus Portugal zurück in ihre norddeutsche Heimat. Sie kommt auf einem Hof am Rande des Naturschutzgebietes unter, wo auch ihre beiden Ziegen Platz haben. Ein Neuanfang mit Mitte fünfzig? Obwohl es einen Grund für die Rückkehr gibt, zweifelt sie an ihrer Entscheidung. Erinnerungen kommen hoch, vor allem eine Sehnsucht, jemand aus ihrer Vergangenheit wiederzutreffen. Benno bleibt nichts anderes übrig als die Wohnung im alten Kesselhaus zu vermieten, er braucht dringend Geld um seinen Hof zu erhalten. Seit einem Schicksalsschlag lebt er zurückgezogen, braucht nur seine Tiere, feste Routinen und Zeit für seine Leidenschaft: das Kochen mit allem, was sein Garten hergibt. Er ahnt bei der ersten Begegnung mit Thea, dass das Zusammenleben herausfordernd wird. Die tatkräftige Mieterin bringt alles durcheinander. Als dann noch Juli, eine junge Frau, die nach Amsterdam wandert, auftaucht, scheint das Chaos komplett. Doch Thea und Juli packen mit an, um Bennos Lebenswerk zu retten. Zu seiner Überraschung beginnt eine wunderbare Freundschaft zwischen ihnen und am Ende wird dies vielleicht der beste Sommer ihres Lebens. Tessa Mittelstaedt ist Theater- und Filmschauspielerin und wurde durch ihre Rolle im Kölner Tatort einem breiten Publikum bekannt. Als Hörbuchsprecherin weiß sie Temperamente und Stimmungen von nordisch-kühl bis herzlich gekonnt auszudrücken.

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Title: My Sister's Betrayal

Series: #2 of The Blood Sisters

Author: Roberta Kagan

Narrator: Imogen Church

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Release date: May 10, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

The Nazi oppression whips up a storm of terror, ripping apart the blood sisters Anna, Bernie, Elica, and Dagna. Desperate to be reunited with her husband, Daniel, Elica walks into the dreaded den of the ruthless Gestapo. She's ready to sacrifice anything for their love. Anna and her family find themselves at the mercy of Anna's heart-throb, Ulf. Ulf's obsession with Anna puts him in a quandary—between his loyalty to the Fuhrer and his burning desire for the forbidden fruit. Bernie's courage will be pushed to its limits as she embarks on a daring journey to save Elica's baby, Theo. Can she survive this near-impossible mission? Dagna craves power and will do anything to fit into the Nazi ranks, whatever the cost. My Sister's Betrayal is the second installment of Roberta Kagan's emotionally-charged WW2 historical fiction series—The Blood Sisters.

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Title: [Spanish] - Te llamaré Celia

Author: María Montesinos

Narrator: Charo Soria

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 24 minutes

Release date: May 9, 2024

Genres: Contemporary Women

Publisher's Summary:

La desconocida vida de Elena Fortún, la escritora que hizo soñar a varias generaciones de niñas con las historias de Celia. Una narración imprescindible para todas aquellas que aprendieron a amar los libros a través de las historias de Celia escrita por María Montesinos, la autora bestseller de Un destino propio. Un homenaje a una escritora pionera que hizo soñar a las niñas y los niños de varias generaciones y cuyo legado, hoy, sigue más vivo que nunca. Madrid, 1928. Entre las páginas de una revista nace la primera historia de una niña que cautivará a España. Su nombre es Celia. Lo sabemos todo sobre Celia —lo que dice, sus aventuras, sus fantasías—, pero apenas conocemos a la escritora que la creó: Elena Fortún. La aclamada autora de Un destino propio, María Montesinos, novela los trece años en los que Fortún se convierte en la escritora más leída del país. Desde su llegada al Madrid en ebullición de la Segunda República hasta su exilio, este audiolibro retrata, con una sensibilidad y elegancia exquisitas, a una mujer llena de incógnitas que fue capaz de alentar a todas las niñas a ser libres. En este audiolibro descubrimos una vida llena de luces y sombras: la temprana muerte de un hijo, la compleja relación con su marido militar, la amistad con las grandes intelectuales del momento y la aparición de un amor prohibido por una mujer a quien entregará su corazón para siempre.