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The Tenth Muse

A Novel

by Catherine Chung ...

A RECOMMENDED BOOK FROM:Los Angeles Times * USA Today * O, the Oprah Magazine * Buzzfeed * The Rumpus * Entertainment Weekly * Elle * BBC * Christian Science Monitor * Electric Literature * The Millions * LitHub * Publishers Weekly * Kirkus * Refinery29 * Thrillist * BookBub * Nylon * Bustle * GoodreadsAn exhilarating, moving novel about a trailblazing mathematician whose research unearths her own ... Read more

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A RECOMMENDED BOOK FROM:Los Angeles Times * USA Today * O, the Oprah Magazine * Buzzfeed * The Rumpus * Entertainment Weekly * Elle * BBC * Christian Science Monitor * Electric Literature * The Millions * LitHub * Publishers Weekly * Kirkus * Refinery29 * Thrillist * BookBub * Nylon * Bustle * GoodreadsAn exhilarating, moving novel about a trailblazing mathematician whose research unearths her own
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Forgotten Country

by Catherine Chung ...

**A Booklist Top 10 First Novels of 2012 pickA Bookpage Best Books of 2012 pick“A richly emotional portrait of a family that had me spellbound from page one.”—Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild**The night before Janie’s sister, Hannah, is born, her grandmother tells her a story: Since the Japanese occupation of Korea, their family has lost a daughter in every generation, and Janie is told ... Read more

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**A Booklist Top 10 First Novels of 2012 pickA Bookpage Best Books of 2012 pick“A richly emotional portrait of a family that had me spellbound from page one.”—Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild**The night before Janie’s sister, Hannah, is born, her grandmother tells her a story: Since the Japanese occupation of Korea, their family has lost a daughter in every generation, and Janie is told
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The Tenth Muse

A Novel

by Catherine Chung ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

9 hours 13 min

A RECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2019 FROM:Buzzfeed * The Rumpus * Entertainment WeeklyThe first thing I remember being said of me with any consistency was that I was intelligent—and I recognized even then that it was a comment leveled at me with as much disapproval as admiration. Still, I never tried to hide or suppress my mind as some girls do, and thank God, because that would have been the beginning of ... Read more

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A RECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2019 FROM:Buzzfeed * The Rumpus * Entertainment WeeklyThe first thing I remember being said of me with any consistency was that I was intelligent—and I recognized even then that it was a comment leveled at me with as much disapproval as admiration. Still, I never tried to hide or suppress my mind as some girls do, and thank God, because that would have been the beginning of
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Forgotten Country

by Catherine Chung ...

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller ...

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8 hours 59 min

On the night Janie waits for her sister Hannah to be born, her grandmother tells her a story: Since the Japanese occupation of Korea, their family has lost a daughter in every generation, so Janie is charged with keeping Hannah safe. As time passes, Janie hears more stories, while facts remain unspoken. Her father tells tales about numbers, and in his stories everything works out. In her mother's, ... Read more

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On the night Janie waits for her sister Hannah to be born, her grandmother tells her a story: Since the Japanese occupation of Korea, their family has lost a daughter in every generation, so Janie is charged with keeping Hannah safe. As time passes, Janie hears more stories, while facts remain unspoken. Her father tells tales about numbers, and in his stories everything works out. In her mother's,
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Damage Control

Stories

by Amber Dermont ...

Narrated by Eliza Foss, Danielle Ferland, David Aaron Baker ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

A luminous collection of short stories focusing on privilege and entitlement, from the bestselling author of The Starboard Sea Damage Control displays Amber Dermont's remarkable gift for portraying characters at crossroads. In " Lyndon," a daughter visits presidential landmarks following the death of her father. In " Damage Control," a young man works at an etiquette school while his girlfriend is ... Read more

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A luminous collection of short stories focusing on privilege and entitlement, from the bestselling author of The Starboard Sea Damage Control displays Amber Dermont's remarkable gift for portraying characters at crossroads. In " Lyndon," a daughter visits presidential landmarks following the death of her father. In " Damage Control," a young man works at an etiquette school while his girlfriend is
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Death Is Not an Option

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by Suzanne Rivecca ...

Narrated by Rachel Botchan, Jennifer Ikeda ...

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6 hours 52 min

Pushcart Prize winner Suzanne Rivecca quickly made a name for herself as a talented new voice in the literary world. Praised as "gripping, distinctive, and altogether impressive" (Booklist), Rivecca's debut short story collection Death Is Not an Option will captivate listeners with its raw and insightful tales featuring young women grappling with life's many uncertainties. ... Read more

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Pushcart Prize winner Suzanne Rivecca quickly made a name for herself as a talented new voice in the literary world. Praised as "gripping, distinctive, and altogether impressive" (Booklist), Rivecca's debut short story collection Death Is Not an Option will captivate listeners with its raw and insightful tales featuring young women grappling with life's many uncertainties.
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Searching for Zion

The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora

by Emily Raboteau ...

Narrated by Quincy Tyler Bernstine ...

Unabridged

10 hours 37 min

Emily Raboteau’s Searching for Zion takes listeners around the world on an unexpected adventure of faith. Both one woman’s quest for a place to call "home" and an investigation into a people’s search for the promised land, this landmark work is a trenchant inquiry into contemporary and historical ethnic displacement.At 23, Raboteau traveled to Israel to visit her childhood best friend. While her ... Read more

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Emily Raboteau’s Searching for Zion takes listeners around the world on an unexpected adventure of faith. Both one woman’s quest for a place to call "home" and an investigation into a people’s search for the promised land, this landmark work is a trenchant inquiry into contemporary and historical ethnic displacement.At 23, Raboteau traveled to Israel to visit her childhood best friend. While her
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The Unbreakables

A Novel

by Lisa Barr ...

Narrated by Erin Bennett ...

Unabridged

10 hours 14 min

A delicious, sharp novel about a woman who jets off to France after her perfect marriage collapses, putting the broken pieces of herself back together while rediscovering her own joie de vivre**—**a lust for life, art, and steamy sex.“Artful, feminist, and emotionally gripping. The Unbreakables is a remarkable tribute to a woman’s strength in the face of heartbreak and adversity.” — Helen Hoang, ... Read more

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A delicious, sharp novel about a woman who jets off to France after her perfect marriage collapses, putting the broken pieces of herself back together while rediscovering her own joie de vivre**—**a lust for life, art, and steamy sex.“Artful, feminist, and emotionally gripping. The Unbreakables is a remarkable tribute to a woman’s strength in the face of heartbreak and adversity.” — Helen Hoang,
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Westside

A Novel

by W.M. Akers ...

Narrated by Bailey Carr ...

Series series A Gilda Carr Tiny Mystery
Unabridged

10 hours 50 min

“Superb . . . his research is excellent . . . his prose sharply crystalline.” -- New York Times***Book Review***“The Alienist meets The City & The City in this brilliant debut that mixes fantasy and mystery. Gilda Carr’s ‘tiny mysteries’ pack a giant punch."" --David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Murder As a Fine Art**A yo... ... Read more

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“Superb . . . his research is excellent . . . his prose sharply crystalline.” -- New York Times***Book Review***“The Alienist meets The City & The City in this brilliant debut that mixes fantasy and mystery. Gilda Carr’s ‘tiny mysteries’ pack a giant punch."" --David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Murder As a Fine Art**A yo...
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The Nesting Dolls

A Novel

by Alina Adams ...

Narrated by Nancy Peterson ...

Unabridged

12 hours 29 min

Spanning nearly a century, from 1930s Siberia to contemporary Brighton Beach, a page turning, epic family saga centering on three generations of women in one Russian Jewish family—each striving to break free of fate and history, each yearning for love and personal fulfillment—and how the consequences of their choices ripple through time.Odessa, 1931. Marrying the handsome, wealthy Edward Gordon, ... Read more

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Spanning nearly a century, from 1930s Siberia to contemporary Brighton Beach, a page turning, epic family saga centering on three generations of women in one Russian Jewish family—each striving to break free of fate and history, each yearning for love and personal fulfillment—and how the consequences of their choices ripple through time.Odessa, 1931. Marrying the handsome, wealthy Edward Gordon,
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Learning to See

A Novel of Dorothea Lange, the Woman Who Revealed the Real America

by Elise Hooper ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

10 hours 28 min

“Written with grace, empathy, and bright imagination, Learning to See gives us the vivid interior life of a remarkably resilient woman. Dorothea Lange’s story is about passion and art, love and family, but also about the sacrifices women make—and have always made—to illuminate the truth of the world.” **—**Danya Kukafka, national bestselling author of Girl in SnowLearning to See is a gripping acco ... Read more

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“Written with grace, empathy, and bright imagination, Learning to See gives us the vivid interior life of a remarkably resilient woman. Dorothea Lange’s story is about passion and art, love and family, but also about the sacrifices women make—and have always made—to illuminate the truth of the world.” **—**Danya Kukafka, national bestselling author of Girl in SnowLearning to See is a gripping acco
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The Last Book Party

A Novel

by Karen Dukess ...

Narrated by Jesse Vilinsky ...

Unabridged

6 hours 27 min

**“The Last Book Party is a delight. Reading this story of a young woman trying to find herself while surrounded by the bohemian literary scene during a summer on the Cape in the late '80s, I found myself nodding along in so many moments and dreading the last page. Karen Dukess has rendered a wonderful world to spend time in.”**— Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy ... Read more

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**“The Last Book Party is a delight. Reading this story of a young woman trying to find herself while surrounded by the bohemian literary scene during a summer on the Cape in the late '80s, I found myself nodding along in so many moments and dreading the last page. Karen Dukess has rendered a wonderful world to spend time in.”**— Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy
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