Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/709899 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Slow Dance: A Novel Author: Rainbow Rowell Narrator: Rebecca Lowman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 31 minutes Release date: July 30, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 6 Ratings of Narrator: 4.4 of Total 5 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes Slow Dance – her smartest, funniest, most romantic novel yet. “If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot, Slow Dance is the book for you. The people in it feel like people you know or maybe even people you’ve been. Slow Dance is sexy, sweet, wise, and nostalgic—Jane Austen’s Persuasion for our times.”    — Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together . . . everybody but Shiloh and Cary. They were just friends. Best friends. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh’s porch steps, dreaming about the future. They promised each other that, no matter what, their friendship would never change. Well, Shiloh did go to college, and Cary did join the Navy. And yet, somehow, everything changed. Now Shiloh’s thirty-three, and it’s been fourteen years since she talked to Cary. She’s been married and divorced. She has two kids. And she’s back living in the same house she grew up in. Her life is nothing like she planned. When she’s invited to an old friend’s wedding, all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there—and whether she hopes he will be. Would Cary even want to talk to her? After everything? The answer is yes. And yes. And yes. Slow Dance is the story of two kids who fell in love before they knew enough about love to recognize it. . .  Two friends who lost everything. . . Two adults who just feel lost. It’s the story of Shiloh and Cary, who everyone thought would end up together, trying to find their way back to the start.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/680832 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Love You, I Love You, I Love You Author: Laura Dockrill Narrator: Laura Dockrill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: June 20, 2024 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Take a trip back to Y2K with this nostalgic, messy and utterly beautiful love story… It's the year 2000. I'm fourteen. I'm trying really hard to be a grunger right now. There are rumours the world is going to end. It hasn't as of yet but I still have reasons to believe it's true. Readers LOVE I Love You, I Love You, I Love You 'The nostalgic book of my dreams' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I was crying along to their heartache and cheering along to their triumph' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Hilarious, heart-breaking and swoon-worthy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ❤ ❤ ❤ Ella and Lowe are teenagers when they first meet in summer 2000. For her, it’s love at first sight. But it’s safest to love from afar, where the friendship zone is her safety net and she can’t get hurt. Certain that the most beautiful boy she's ever seen couldn't possibly feel the same, Ella counts herself lucky to have him as her best friend. Over the next fifteen years they share everything: bottles of cider and cigarettes in the rain, gossip and laughter, grief and fear. But every time Lowe kisses another girl, Ella feels her heart break just that little bit more. She'll have to choose whether it's enough to be just friends with the love of her life, or if she's prepared to let the terrifying, beautiful, all-consuming truth come to light. From a unique new voice in adult fiction, I Love You, I Love You, I Love You is a glorious nostalgia trip for anyone who has ever known the exquisite pain and pleasure of first love. ❤ ❤ ❤ Perfect for fans of: ❤️ Friends to lovers ❤️ Slow burn ❤️ Found family ❤️ Second chances ❤️ Celebrity romance Praise for I Love You, I Love You, I Love You ‘So visceral, nostalgic, mucky, heartbreaking and bittersweet. Just DELICIOUS.' Kirsty Capes 'A transporting, technicolour plunge into first, and enduring, love.' Sophie Dahl 'Glorious and tender, evocative and heart nourishing.' Salena Godden ‘A spectacular, funny portrayal of being young and in love.’ Woman & Home 'An ode to the bittersweet feeling of first love.' Woman's Own

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/654316 to listen full audiobooks. Title: My Alien Life: A Novelette Series: #1 of Sometimes Stories Author: J. Martain Narrator: April Doty Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 0 minutes Release date: May 24, 2024 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A sassy and sweet coming-of-age story full of laughs, tears, and everyday strangeness. 'My mother was a no-nonsense woman. If it wasn’t in the Bible or on Jerry Springer, then it couldn’t happen. Of course, there’s a lot of freaky stuff in the Good Book, with ladders to heaven and angels with animal faces and such. And crazy, muckraking talk shows probably aren’t the best yardstick for anything short of how depraved humans can be. But the point is that when she was abducted by aliens and impregnated with me, she had some trouble processing.” — Lynette, aged 9 So begins this heartwarming, speculative tale of an unusual child who finds a home—and love—with her feisty Great-great-aunt Magnolia Rose McClellan. Set in rural North Carolina, this Southern fiction 'novelette' is short enough for a lunch break—though you may want to have some tissues handy!

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/703083 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Earth Author: John Boyne Narrator: Dane Whyte O’hara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 23 minutes Release date: April 18, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose direction in life takes a vastly different turn than what he expected. It’s the tabloid sensation of the year: two well-known footballers standing in the dock, charged with sexual assault, a series of vile text messages pointing towards their guilt. As the trial unfolds, Evan Keogh reflects on the events that have led him to this moment. Since leaving his island home, his life has been a lie on many levels. He’s a talented footballer who wanted to be an artist. A gay man in a sport that rejects diversity. A defendant whose knowledge of what took place on that fateful night threatens more than just his freedom or career. The jury will deliver a verdict but, before they do, Evan must judge for himself whether the man he has become is the man he wanted to be. Praise for John Boyne 'A master storyteller' Daily Express 'One of the best novelists of Ireland' Sunday Express 'Boyne offers writing of insight and beauty' Observer 'One of the greatest craftsmen in contemporary literature' Colum McCann ©2024 John Boyne (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700326 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Promise Kept Series: #2 of The Promises Series Author: K’wan Narrator: Honey Jones Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 20 minutes Release date: March 19, 2024 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: In this stunning sequel to Promise Broken, K’wan spins a pulse-pounding story about surviving, thriving, and the consequences of love. Promise and her best friend Mouse have fled Newark and are hiding out in New York City, wanted by the police—and the streets—for the death of B-Stone, leader of the Bloods. In the city, Promise has found work as a waitress at a hole-in-the-wall strip club. But one fateful night, she is forced to face her past when an up-and-coming rapper draws several shady characters into her orbit. Meanwhile, Asher has maneuvered himself into a position of great importance after B-Stone’s death, albeit with some help. But his ambition may cost him when he must make the ultimate choice: his best friend’s life, or his own. Promise and Asher have each come into their own, but will they ever be able to come together? Bestselling author K’wan weaves a tangled web of complex relationships and power struggles in Promise Kept, a tale peopled with gangstas, drug dealers, dreamers, and schemers from both sides of the Hudson.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/692322 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under the Storm: A Novel Author: Christoffer Carlsson Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 31 minutes Release date: February 27, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) • A farmhouse mysteriously goes up in flames with someone trapped inside and a community is never the same in the aftermath—both a thrilling whodunit and a deeply touching coming-of-age story by one of Sweden’s top criminologists A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year • A BookPage Best Mystery & Thriller of 2024 (So Far) “When the body of a young woman is discovered in an incinerated farmhouse, resolution was swift: It was murder, her boyfriend did it, case closed. But for the boyfriend’s nephew, Isak; the arresting officer, Vidar Jörgensson; and the entire community of Marbäck, closure is a myth about to be shattered—spectacularly.”—The New York Times On a cold November night, a farmhouse burns to the ground. Inside a young woman is found dead—not from the fire but murdered. To the people in the rural community of Marbäck, this becomes a reference point: a before and after. For ten-year-old Isak Nyqvist, it sets in motion something he cannot control, igniting his future into an unpredictable inferno. The police focus their attention on Edvard Christensson, the boyfriend of the murdered woman and Isak’s beloved uncle. After a quick investigation, Edvard is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison and Marbäck believes it can return to its innocence. Vidar Jörgensson, the rookie officer who first responded to the fire, prides himself on helping solved the murder. Little does he know this will become the defining case of his career and that it will drive him to the brink of professional and personal disaster—and link his fate to young Isak's. A celebrated author and professor of criminology, Christoffer Carlsson digs deep into the psyches of ordinary people and shows how one crime can haunt a community for decades. A modern classic of Scandinavian crime fiction, Under the Storm demonstrates why many regard Carlsson as one of the great crime writers of his generation.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/693870 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chasing Endless Summer Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Caitlin Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 3 minutes Release date: February 13, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A young girl trapped in a labyrinthine mansion may finally get the family she longs for when her estranged father reappears in her life in this new novel from the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic and Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies. After the tragic death of her mother and a long period of isolation under the thumb of a cruel grandfather, young Caroline Bryer has little to hope for in her life in the foreboding Southerland mansion. Her only companion, her enigmatic cousin, Simon, may be a wolf in sheep’s clothing and is not to be trusted. But when Caroline’s estranged father suddenly resurfaces with news of a new wife and stepchildren in Hawaii that she’ll finally be allowed to visit, Caroline dares to hope for a new, normal life. Desperate for her father’s love, Caroline will do anything to stay in this new home. But her troublesome stepsister has other plans, and Caroline cannot tell who to trust and who to run from. Will her new stepbrother and stepsister be a light in her dark life, or will they blot out the last slivers of sun forever?

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702599 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sunset Song & Cloud Howe: Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations from A Scots Quair Author: Lewis Grassic Gibbon Narrator: Gordon Brandie, Bridget Mccann, Amy Manson, Lesley Hart, Liam Brennan, Finn Den Hertog, Robin Laing, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 8, 2024 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Full-cast BBC adaptations of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic Scottish novel and its sequel - plus a bonus programme about the story's evocative setting Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon is best-known for A Scots Quair, a trilogy of novels comprising Sunset Song, Cloud Howe and Grey Granite that are considered to be among the most important works of the 20th century Scottish Renaissance. Featured here are the BBC Radio dramatisations of the first two novels, as well as a special documentary feature exploring the landscape and legacy of Sunset Song. Sunset Song - Set in north-east Scotland before and during the First World War, this moving adaptation tells the story of Chris Guthrie, a farmer's daughter growing up in the crofting village of Kinraddie. With a domineering father and a mother worn out by childbirth, Chris's upbringing is painful, and she is torn between her love of the land and her dream of becoming a teacher. When she falls in love with Ewan Tavendale, she decides to remain on the farm - but the outbreak of war brings devastating change to her family and community... Starring Lesley Hart as Chris Guthrie. Cloud Howe - The Great War is over, and Chris is starting a new life with her husband. When she and her family move to the mill town of Segget in Aberdeenshire, they find themselves embroiled in the small town's epic class struggle during the run-up to the General Strike. Amy Manson stars as Chris, with Robin Laing as Robert. Sunset Song: Return to the Mearns - On the 75th anniversary of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's death, Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith explore the Mearns, asking how the people who live there regard the landscape today and whether Gibbon's masterpiece Sunset Song lives on. First published 1932 (Sunset Song) and 1933 (Cloud Howe) Sunset Song Chris Guthrie - Lesley Hart John Guthrie - Liam Brennan Jean Guthrie - Bridget McCann Will Guthrie - Gordon Brandie Mistress Munro - Estrid Barton Long Rob - Matthew Zajac Chae Strachan - Douglas Russell Kirsty Strachan - Shonagh Price Margot Strachan - Sally Reid Ewan Tavendale - Finn den Hertog Rev Colquohoun - Fraser Sivewright Rev Gibbon - Keith Hutcheon Dramatised by Gerda Stevenson Directed by David Ian Neville First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15-22 March 2009 Cloud Howe Chris - Amy Manson Robert - Robin Laing Else - Pearl Appleby Dalziel - Liam Brennan Alec - Philip Cairns Jock - Stephen Duffy Ewan - Roderick Gilkison Leslie - Ralph Riach Ake - Iain Robertson Miss M'Askill - Wendy Seager Mowat - Nick Underwood Dramatised by Donna Franceschild Directed by Kirsty Williams First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 January-1 February 2015 Sunset Song: Return to the Mearns Presented by Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith First broadcast BBC Radio Orkney, 6 February 2010 © 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/702598 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crimewaves: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Thriller Author: Dave Simpson, Diane Whiteley Narrator: Vincent Davies, Jonathan Perkins, Colin Parry, Jane Dawson, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 48 minutes Release date: December 7, 2023 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A six-part crime drama about a group of Manchester teens fighting for justice When their friend Keith Brandon is charged with murdering a policeman, Gemma, Liam and Andy decide to bunk off school and go to the trial. Keith had a knife, a motive and has confessed to the crime, but they're sure he didn't do it - so when he's found guilty, they can't believe it. Determined to prove Keith's innocence, they take their story to the local media, but no-one will take them seriously. Then Gemma comes up with an unorthodox way of appealing for new evidence: setting up their own pirate radio station... But someone's trying to warn them off. First they receive a letter telling them to 'stop looking', then Andy's mum - a police officer - is suspended from the force. Unafraid, they keep broadcasting - only to uncover sinister surprises and dangerous secrets. Can they find out the truth about PC Johnson's death, before they're shut down for good? First broadcast in 1993, this engaging crime drama was written by Dave Simpson and Diane Whitley. Among the star cast are Jane Dawson (Coronation Street), Sue Jenkins (Brookside), Maureen Beattie (Deadwater Fell) and Michelle Holmes (Rita, Sue and Bob Too). Cast Gemma - Jane Dawson Liam - Colin Parry Andy - Jonathan Perkins Dad/Malcolm - Jimmy Hibbert Keith Brandon - Vincent Davies Mrs Brandon - Sue Jenkins PC Gibson/Simon - Jason Done PC Johnson - Chris Brailsford Detective Inspector Mädchen - Seamus O'Neill Jennifer Walsh - Maureen Beattie Judge - Geoffrey Banks Ted - Russell Dixon Jeff Carter/Sphinx - Peter Rylands Susan - Michelle Holmes Himself - Julian Warwicker Written by Dave Simpson & Diane Whitley Produced by Martin Jameson First broadcast BBC Radio 5, 12-27 April 1993 © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/707660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dovetails in Tall Grass: A Novel Author: Samantha Specks Narrator: Katie Anvil Rich, Hannah Cabell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: November 14, 2023 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: As war overtakes the frontier, Emma's family farmstead is attacked by Dakota-Sioux warriors; on that same prairie, Oenikika desperately tries to hold on to her calling as a healer and follow the orders of her father, Chief Little Crow. When the war is over and revenge-fueled war trials begin, each young woman is faced with an impossible choice. In a swiftly changing world, both Emma and Oenikika must look deep within and fight for the truth of their convictions—even as horror and injustice unfolds all around them. Inspired by the true story of the thirty-eight Dakota-Sioux men hanged in Minnesota in 1862—the largest mass execution in US history—Dovetails in Tall Grass is a powerful tale of two young women connected by the fate of one man.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Way to London: A Novel of World War II Author: Alix Rickloff Narrator: Therese Plummer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 46 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: From the author of Secrets of Nanreath Hall comes this gripping, beautifully written historical fiction novel set during World War II—the unforgettable story of a young woman who must leave Singapore and forge a new life in England. On the eve of Pearl Harbor, impetuous and overindulged, Lucy Stanhope, the granddaughter of an earl, is living a life of pampered luxury in Singapore until one reckless act will change her life forever.  Exiled to England to stay with an aunt she barely remembers, Lucy never dreamed that she would be one of the last people to escape Singapore before war engulfs the entire island, and that her parents would disappear in the devastating aftermath. Now grief stricken and all alone, she must cope with the realities of a grim, battle-weary England. Then she meets Bill, a young evacuee sent to the country to escape the Blitz, and in a moment of weakness, Lucy agrees to help him find his mother in London. The unlikely runaways take off on a seemingly simple journey across the country, but her world becomes even more complicated when she is reunited with an invalided soldier she knew in Singapore. Now Lucy will be forced to finally confront the choices she has made if she ever hopes to have the future she yearns for.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: One Hundred Days: A Novel Author: Alice Pung Narrator: Siho Ellsmore Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 17 minutes Release date: October 17, 2023 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “A powerhouse story, a powerhouse voice, that wrestles with intragenerational fractures and complicated entanglements. At the center of the book is an obsessive kind of love, a love that gives but also takes, but a love that only forms from bonds forged in fire.”—Weike Wang, award-winning author of Joan Is Okay and Chemistry From one of Australia’s most celebrated authors comes a powerful mother-daughter drama that explores the fault lines between love and control—My Year of Rest and Relaxation meets Freshwater. Sixteen and pregnant, Karuna finds herself trapped in her mother’s Melbourne public housing apartment for one hundred days, awaiting the birth of her child—and her mother’s next move in a shocking power struggle over who will raise the baby. She writes to her unborn child, so there’s a record of what really happened. Karuna’s pregnancy is the result of a heady whirlwind of independence, lust, and defiance—but it wasn’t entirely by accident, either. Karuna’s mother, already overprotective, confines her to keep her safe from the outside world—and make sure she can’t get into any more trouble. Stuck inside for endless hours, Karuna battles her mother and herself for a sense of power in her own life, as a new life forms and grows within her. As the due date nears, the question of who will get to raise the baby festers between them. At times tense and unnerving, One Hundred Days nevertheless brims with humor and warmth. Alice Pung’s authorial voice is crisp and relatable, channeling the angst of youth with grace. This realistic coming-of-age fiction book set in Melbourne's public housing will captivate readers with its psychological drama and exploration of motherhood, poverty, and power struggles.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/663075 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Losing Spring Author: V.C. Andrews Narrator: Caitlin Davies Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: October 17, 2023 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: This atmospheric and moving novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic and Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies—combines a forbidden romance with a family fortune and a young girl in peril. Caroline Bryer is the daughter of a very conservative TSA agent and former military brat, Morgan Bryer. Her mother, Linsey Bryer, is a descendent of the Sutherland real estate family. Their organized, suburban life in Colonie, New York is rigorously regulated and leaves little room for deviation from the norm. When Linsey, Morgan, and Caroline attend the wake of their neighbor Mr. Gleeson, they meet his charming daughter Natalie “Nattie” Gleeson, who works for the American ambassador to France. Linsey and Nattie strike up a fast friendship as women of a similar age in very different places in their lives—Linsey a devoted mother and housewife, and Nattie an international diplomat living an independent and freewheeling life. Their friendship soon evolves into a romance, leading to the collapse of Linsey’s marriage and her disinheritance from the Sutherland family fortune. In true V.C. Andrews fashion, a whirlwind of unexpected death, family estrangement, and a forbidden inheritance become Caroline’s new reality as she struggles to navigate the loss of her mother, the mind-boggling wealth of the Sutherland family (who quickly lock her away from the world), and the loss of contact with her father following the divorce.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/673732 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Night House Author: Jo Nesbo Narrator: Edward Bourne Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 28, 2023 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, everyone suspects the new, angry boy is responsible for his disappearance. No one believes him when he says the telephone booth out by the edge of the woods sucked Tom into the receiver like something out of a horror movie. No one, that is, except Karen, a beguiling fellow outsider who encourages Richard to pursue clues the police refuse to investigate. He traces the number that Tom prank called from the phone booth to an abandoned house in the Black Mirror Wood. There he catches a glimpse of a terrifying face in the window. And then the voices begin to whisper in his ear . . . You know who I am. She's going to burn. The one you love is going to burn. There's not a thing you can do about it. When another classmate disappears, Richard must find a way to prove his innocence-and preserve his sanity-as he grapples with the dark magic that is possessing Ballantyne and pursuing his destruction. Then again, Richard may not be the most reliable narrator of his own story. ©2023 Jo Nesbo (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/700823 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Once Upon an Effing Time Author: Buffy Cram Narrator: Megan Trout Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: September 26, 2023 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: It's 1969. An eight-year-old girl, Elizabeth Squire, has a choice to make: to be disabled by the circumstances of her own botched birth or to become extraordinary. In Buffy Cram's captivating new novel, Elizabeth narrates the story of her childhood in the late sixties, describing how she came to be at a Vancouver halfway house at the age of nineteen. Once Upon an Effing Time chronicles the sometimes-exploitative relationship between Elizabeth and Margaret, her mother, and the bizarre and criminal misadventures they have after running away from Ontario's cheese belt and their 'Big Sad Story.' Attempting to bond with her neglectful mother, Elizabeth learns to adopt personas and live multiple lives, transforms into a fortune teller named MeMe who speaks primarily in Bob Dylan lyrics, and joins an American hippie doomsday cult. Elizabeth's life is fragmented between ordinary childhood pleasures and indulging her mother's conspiracy theories about the upcoming moon landing by hiding pamphlets in New York City Public Library books. Throughout, Buffy Cram weaves humor and heartbreak together to form an engaging narrative about cults—the cult of family, the cult of counterculture, the cult of rock 'n' roll—and the role of story within those cults.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/673169 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Godkiller Author: Hannah Kaner Narrator: Kit Griffiths Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 54 minutes Release date: September 12, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER! “An epic fantasy odyssey begins.” — Entertainment Weekly ''A richly rendered world . . . Kaner writes action that's both fun and intelligible . . . If ''The Last of Us'' didn't slake your thirst for stories of a grizzled fighter taking a tough kid on the road, then Godkiller should be your jam.” — Charlie Jane Anders, The Washington Post Enter a land of gods and monsters, soldiers and mercenaries, secrets and wishes—the explosive #1 internationally bestselling fantasy debut in a new trilogy for fans of The Witcher and Gideon the Ninth Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship, there are countless gods in the world—but after a great war, the new king outlawed them and now pays “godkillers” to destroy any who try to rise from the shadows. As a child, Kissen saw her family murdered by a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing them and enjoys it. But all this changes when Kissen is tasked with helping a young noble girl with a god problem. The child’s soul is bonded to a tiny god of white lies, and Kissen can’t kill it without ending the girl’s life too. Joined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest, the unlikely group must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden, where the last of the wild gods reside, to each beg a favor. Pursued by assassins and demons, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war, they will all face a reckoning. Something is rotting at the heart of their world, and they are the only ones who can stop it. “Godkiller will have you in its grasp from the first pages. . . An extraordinary journey.” — Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree ''Beautifully imagined and intensely felt . . . Godkiller is a bone-rattling fantasy thriller that flies by in a breathtaking rush.'' — Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Locke & Key ''Epic and intimate, tender and sharp, Godkiller is a triumph of storytelling.'' — Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/690368 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Idlewild: A Novel Author: James Frankie Thomas Narrator: Kristen Dimercurio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 26 minutes Release date: September 12, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: A darkly funny story of two adults looking back on their intense teenage friendship, in a queer, trans, and early-Internet twist on the Manhattan prep school novel Idlewild is a tiny, artsy Quaker high school in lower Manhattan. Students call their teachers by their first names, there are no grades, and every day begins with 20 minutes of contemplative silence in the Meetinghouse. It is during one of those meetings that an airplane hits the Twin Towers.   For two Idlewild outcasts, 9/11 serves as the first day of an intense, 18-month friendship. Fay is prickly, aloof, and obsessed with gay men; Nell is shy, sensitive, and obsessed with Fay. The two of them bond fiercely and spend all their waking hours giddily parsing their environment for homoerotic subtext. Then, during rehearsals for the fall play, they notice two sexually ambiguous boys who are potential candidates for their exclusive Invert Society. The pairs become mirrors of one another and drive each other to make choices that they'll regret for the rest of their lives.   Looking back on these events as adults, the estranged Fay and Nell trace that fateful school year, recalling backstage theater department intrigue, antiwar demonstrations, smutty fanfic written over AIM and a shared dial-up connection—and the spectacular cascade of mistakes, miscommunications, and betrayals that would ultimately tear the two of them apart.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/669386 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Nineteen Steps Author: Millie Bobby Brown Narrator: Millie Bobby Brown Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: September 12, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Love blooms in the darkest days… Discover this heart-wrenching, life-affirming tale of first romance in the face of the tragic events of an often forgotten piece of WW2 history. 'Will make you swoon, laugh, and even cry' Daily Mirror 'A dazzling debut' Woman's Own 'A spellbinding read' Fiona Davis ★★★ London, 1942. Despite the raging war, spirited 18-year-old Nellie Morris lives a quiet life in the tight-knit East End community of Bethnal Green. Her family and friends all tease that she will marry air raid warden Billy, the boy next door who’s always been sweet on her. The arrival of Ray, a handsome American airman stationed nearby, causes Nellie to question everything she thought she knew about her future. Nellie’s new-found happiness is short-lived when a tragic accident occurs during an air raid. Even the closest family can’t escape the devastation of war, and as the secrets and truth about that fateful night become clear, they threaten to tear Nellie – and those dearest to her – apart. ’There is no healing without remembering, and there is no remembering without stories. So thank goodness Brown’s Nanny Ruth, who was a survivor of the crush, told her granddaughter what she remembered…You might open Nineteen Steps for the celebrity name, but stick with it for the history of an under-recognized event of World War II.’ New York Times Readers love Nineteen Steps: 'I couldn't put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Truly inspiring, powerful' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Prepare for waterworks' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I devoured it' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A wonderful story' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/685009 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Jay Crownover Book Set 2: Featuring Nash, Rowdy, Asa Author: Jay Crownover Narrator: Kendall Harper, Cody Hammersmith, Tad Branson, Paula Costello, Christian Fox, Alexandra Marcuse Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 29 hours 48 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: The following three books in the beloved Marked Men series, from NYT and USA Today bestselling author Jay Crownover! This book set includes the following novels: NASH: Saint Ford’s life is exactly how she likes it—calm, serene, and all about work. Not on her agenda: doing a back and forth dance with the guy who nearly destroyed her in high school. Dark, brooding Nash Donovan might not remember it—or her for that matter—but he changed her life forever . . . and now he’s trying to change it again. ROWDY: After the only girl he ever loved told him that he would never be enough, Rowdy St. James set out to live up to his nickname. But that’s before his new co-worker arrives, a ghost from the past who’s suddenly making him question every lesson he ever learned. ASA: A longtime criminal and a cop together just seems so wrong . . . but for Asa and Royal, being wrong together is the only right choice to make.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649846 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Others Were Emeralds: A Novel Author: Lang Leav Narrator: Shiromi Arserio Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 33 minutes Release date: September 5, 2023 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: “Others Were Emeralds kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. With lyrical and moving prose, Lang tells a stunning tale of love, loss, and the true power of friendship. A deep, beautiful novel.'' — Etaf Rum, New York Times bestselling author of A Woman is No Man Internationally acclaimed poet Lang Leav’s debut adult novel combines her poetical lyricism and emotional acumen to create an enthralling coming of age narrative set against the backdrop of anti-Asian sentiment sweeping Australia in the late 90’s. A stirring portrayal of guilt, loss, and memory, Others Were Emeralds explores the inherent danger of allowing our misconceptions to shape our reality. What comes first, the photograph or the memory? The daughter of Cambodian refugees, Ai grew up in the small Australian town of Whitlam populated by Asian immigrants who once fled war-torn countries to rebuild their shattered lives. It is now the late '90s and despite their parents' harrowing past, Ai and her tightknit group of school friends: charismatic Brigitte, sweet, endearing Bowie, shy, inscrutable Tin, and politically minded Sying, lead seemingly ordinary lives, far removed from the unimaginable horrors suffered by their parents. But that carefree innocence is shattered in their last year of school when Ai and her friends encounter a pair of racist men whose cruel acts of intimidation spiral into senseless violence. Grappling with the magnitude of her grief at such a young age, Ai leaves Whitlam for college before her trauma has a chance to fully resolve.  In her second year of college Ai suffers a mental health crisis, driving her back home to Whitlam, a place she swore never to return. There, she reconnects with those she left behind and together they are compelled to look back on the tragedy that shaped their adolescence and examine the role they may have unwittingly played.