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These Ghosts Are Family

A Novel

by Maisy Card ...

PEN/Hemingway Award For Debut Novel FinalistShortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeA “rich, ambitious debut novel” (*The New York Times Book Review*) that reveals the ways in which a Jamaican family forms and fractures over generations, in the tradition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.**Stanford Solomon’s shocking, thirty-year-old secret is about to change the lives of everyone ... Read more

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PEN/Hemingway Award For Debut Novel FinalistShortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeA “rich, ambitious debut novel” (*The New York Times Book Review*) that reveals the ways in which a Jamaican family forms and fractures over generations, in the tradition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.**Stanford Solomon’s shocking, thirty-year-old secret is about to change the lives of everyone
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Can You Hear Me Now?

Stories Commissioned by Toronto International Festival of Authors 2021

by Maisy Card, Genki Ferguson, Laird Hunt ...

This book is a collection of ten stories and one illustration by authors and artists from Canada and across the world, in response to the phrase ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’. The pieces were commissioned and presented at the 42nd edition of the Toronto International Festival of Authors (October 21-31, 2021). ... Read more

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This book is a collection of ten stories and one illustration by authors and artists from Canada and across the world, in response to the phrase ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’. The pieces were commissioned and presented at the 42nd edition of the Toronto International Festival of Authors (October 21-31, 2021).
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These Ghosts are Family

A Novel

by Maisy Card ...

Narrated by Karl O’Brian Williams ...

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9 hours 55 min

PEN/Hemingway Award For Debut Novel FinalistShortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeA “rich, ambitious debut novel” (*The New York Times Book Review*) that reveals the ways in which a Jamaican family forms and fractures over generations, in the tradition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.**Stanford Solomon’s shocking, thirty-year-old secret is about to change the lives of everyone ... Read more

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PEN/Hemingway Award For Debut Novel FinalistShortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeA “rich, ambitious debut novel” (*The New York Times Book Review*) that reveals the ways in which a Jamaican family forms and fractures over generations, in the tradition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.**Stanford Solomon’s shocking, thirty-year-old secret is about to change the lives of everyone
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Can You Hear Me Now?

Stories Commissioned by Toronto International Festival of Authors 2021

by Maisy Card, Genki Ferguson, Laird Hunt ...

Narrated by Maisy Card, Genki Ferguson, Laird Hunt, Lina Meruane, Shani Mootoo0, Louisa Onomé3, Max Porter5, Clayton Thomas-Müller7, Roland Gulliver8, Jennifer Ball9 ...

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1 hour 37 min

This book is a collection of ten stories and one illustration by authors and artists from Canada and across the world, in response to the phrase ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’. The pieces were commissioned and presented at the 42nd edition of the Toronto International Festival of Authors (October 21-31, 2021). ... Read more

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This book is a collection of ten stories and one illustration by authors and artists from Canada and across the world, in response to the phrase ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’. The pieces were commissioned and presented at the 42nd edition of the Toronto International Festival of Authors (October 21-31, 2021).
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The Family Tree

by Sairish Hussain ...

Narrated by Shaheen Khan ...

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15 hours 34 min

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS’ CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARDWINNER OF CALIBRE AUDIO’S ‘HIDDEN GEM’ AWARD________**‘Poignantly paints the extraordinary in ordinary lives’**THE SUNDAY POST‘An engrossing and moving story’ CLAR... ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDSLONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS’ CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARDWINNER OF CALIBRE AUDIO’S ‘HIDDEN GEM’ AWARD________**‘Poignantly paints the extraordinary in ordinary lives’**THE SUNDAY POST‘An engrossing and moving story’ CLAR...
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American Woman

A Novel

by Susan Choi ...

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller ...

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15 hours 22 min

A novel of impressive scope and complexity, “American Woman is a thoughtful, meditative interrogation of…history and politics, of power and racism, and finally, of radicalism” (San Francisco Chronicle), perfect for readers who love Emma Cline’s novel, The Girls.On the lam for an act of violence against the American government, twenty-five-year-old Jenny Shimada agrees to care for three younger ... Read more

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A novel of impressive scope and complexity, “American Woman is a thoughtful, meditative interrogation of…history and politics, of power and racism, and finally, of radicalism” (San Francisco Chronicle), perfect for readers who love Emma Cline’s novel, The Girls.On the lam for an act of violence against the American government, twenty-five-year-old Jenny Shimada agrees to care for three younger
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Middle Passage

by Charles Johnson ...

Narrated by Dion Graham ...

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7 hours 13 min

After the Confederacy falls, newly freed slave Rutherford Calhoun is eager to avoid marrying a prim schoolteacher and boards the first ship he finds moored at a New Orleans port. Unbeknownst to Calhoun, the vessel is a slave ship enroute to Africa. On the return trip, Calhoun is put to work as a cabin boy and quickly assists the newly captured slaves in revolting against the drunken crew. This ... Read more

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After the Confederacy falls, newly freed slave Rutherford Calhoun is eager to avoid marrying a prim schoolteacher and boards the first ship he finds moored at a New Orleans port. Unbeknownst to Calhoun, the vessel is a slave ship enroute to Africa. On the return trip, Calhoun is put to work as a cabin boy and quickly assists the newly captured slaves in revolting against the drunken crew. This
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All This Could Be Yours

by Jami Attenberg ...

Narrated by Therese Plummer ...

Unabridged

7 hours 45 min

“All hail Jami Attenberg, the queen of dysfunctional families.” —Refinery29“Big Little Lies meets Succession in the scorching heat of the Big Easy . . . Money, power and family are touched upon through Attenberg’s emotional, humorous and sharply written accounts.” —Parade“This is how you write a very good novel about a very bad man.” —New York TimesFrom critically... ... Read more

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“All hail Jami Attenberg, the queen of dysfunctional families.” —Refinery29“Big Little Lies meets Succession in the scorching heat of the Big Easy . . . Money, power and family are touched upon through Attenberg’s emotional, humorous and sharply written accounts.” —Parade“This is how you write a very good novel about a very bad man.” —New York TimesFrom critically...
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Days of Distraction

A Novel

by Alexandra Chang ...

Narrated by Greta Jung ...

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10 hours 36 min

“Startlingly original and deeply moving.... Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers.” — George SaundersA Most Anticipated Book of the Year from Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, and The MillionsA wry, tender portrait of a young woman—finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if she knows herself well enough to choose wisely—from a ... Read more

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“Startlingly original and deeply moving.... Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers.” — George SaundersA Most Anticipated Book of the Year from Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, and The MillionsA wry, tender portrait of a young woman—finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if she knows herself well enough to choose wisely—from a
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The Astonishing Life of August March

A Novel

by Aaron Jackson ...

Narrated by Joel Froomkin ...

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7 hours 39 min

In this enchanting first novel, an irrepressibly optimistic oddball orphan is thrust into the wilds of postwar New York City after an extraordinary childhood in a theater—Candide by way of John Irving, with a hint of Charles DickensAbandoned as an infant by his actress mother in her theater dressing room, August March was raised by an ancient laundress. Highly intelligent, a tad feral, August is a ... Read more

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In this enchanting first novel, an irrepressibly optimistic oddball orphan is thrust into the wilds of postwar New York City after an extraordinary childhood in a theater—Candide by way of John Irving, with a hint of Charles DickensAbandoned as an infant by his actress mother in her theater dressing room, August March was raised by an ancient laundress. Highly intelligent, a tad feral, August is a
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Black Sunday

A Novel

by Tola Rotimi Abraham ...

Narrated by Ron Butler, Liz Femi, Dele Ogundiran, Miebaka Opuiyo-Yohannes ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother loses her job due to political strife, and the family, facing poverty, is drawn into the New Church, an institution led by a charismatic pastor who is not shy about worshipping earthly wealth. Soon Bibike and Ariyike’s father wagers the family home on a “sure bet” that evaporates like ... Read more

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Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother loses her job due to political strife, and the family, facing poverty, is drawn into the New Church, an institution led by a charismatic pastor who is not shy about worshipping earthly wealth. Soon Bibike and Ariyike’s father wagers the family home on a “sure bet” that evaporates like
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Black Bottom Saints

A Novel

by Alice Randall ...

Narrated by Prentice Onayemi, Imani Parks ...

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12 hours 19 min

An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit's legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and politics, Black Bottom Saints is a powerful blend of fact and imagination reminiscent of E.L. Doctorow's classic novel Ragtime and Marlon James' Man Booker Award-winning masterpiece, A Brief History of Seven Killings.From the Great Depression through the post-World War II ... Read more

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An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit's legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and politics, Black Bottom Saints is a powerful blend of fact and imagination reminiscent of E.L. Doctorow's classic novel Ragtime and Marlon James' Man Booker Award-winning masterpiece, A Brief History of Seven Killings.From the Great Depression through the post-World War II
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