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| Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam; narrated by Marin IrelandWhat happens: A white family staying in a rented Hamptons home finds their idyllic vacation cut short by the arrival of the owners, an older Black couple hoping to take refuge from a blackout in New York City.
Narration: In this AudioFile Earphones Award-winning recording, narrator Marin Ireland's nuanced reading captures the tensions between the two families as they try to understand the cause of the blackout. |
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The Awakening
by Nora Roberts
What it's about: An anxious young woman mired in student debt and working a hated job uses hidden funds to visit Ireland, where she uncovers truths about vivid dreams compelling her to embrace her destiny in a fantastical alternate world.
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Dark tides : a novel
by Philippa Gregory
What it is: A sequel to Tidelands finds 17th-century London warehouse owner Alinor reuniting with a man from her past while reaching out to her brother in war-torn New England for proof of her son's survival
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The children's blizzard : a novel
by Melanie Benjamin
"They came on boats, on trains, great unceasing waves of them-the poor, the disenfranchised, the seekers, the dreamers. Second and third generations of farmers eking out an existence on scraps of farms divided up among too many sons. Political agitators no longer welcome in their homelands. Young men fleeing conscription in a king's army. Married couples starting out. Bachelors from towns with few women. The poor in tenements with air so stifling and foul there was no room to breathe, let alone dream. Come to Nebraska! Dakota Territory! Minnesota! Come to the Great Plains of America!"
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The Last Days of John Lennon
by James Patterson
Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Lennon’s assassination and based on insider interviews, a chronicle of the iconic music artist’s final days includes coverage of his last album and the life of Mark David Chapman.
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| The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab; narrated by Julia WhelanWhat it's about: Three centuries after she makes a Faustian bargain to live forever but to be unremembered, adventurous young French woman Addie Larue discovers that one person, New York bookstore owner Henry, may be the exception.
Narration: Award-winning narrator Julia Whelan wields an impressive array of character accents (including French and New York) in her leisurely-paced reading of this sweeping fantasy. |
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One life
by Megan Rapinoe
What it's about: The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women’s World Cup champion describes her childhood in a conservative California town, her athletic achievements and her public advocacy of civil rights and urgently needed social change.
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