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by Chris Cander ...

When Roscoe Jones, a one-time trumpet prodigy, loses his finger, he loses more than his ability to play. Instead of becoming a musician, he becomes the superintendent of the Chicago apartment building where he has lived since birth. Very soon, his life is no longer his own; he fades into the background, plumbing and fixing and toiling for the tenants populating the eleven stories above him. ... Read more

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When Roscoe Jones, a one-time trumpet prodigy, loses his finger, he loses more than his ability to play. Instead of becoming a musician, he becomes the superintendent of the Chicago apartment building where he has lived since birth. Very soon, his life is no longer his own; he fades into the background, plumbing and fixing and toiling for the tenants populating the eleven stories above him.
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The Weight of a Piano

A novel

by Chris Cander ...

USA TODAY BESTSELLERIn 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, on which she discovers an enrichening passion for music. Yet after she marries, her husband insists the family emigrate to America—and loses her piano in the process.In 2012, in Bakersfield, California, twenty-six-year-old Clara Lundy is burdened by the last ... Read more

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USA TODAY BESTSELLERIn 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, on which she discovers an enrichening passion for music. Yet after she marries, her husband insists the family emigrate to America—and loses her piano in the process.In 2012, in Bakersfield, California, twenty-six-year-old Clara Lundy is burdened by the last
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Whisper Hollow

A Novel

by Chris Cander ...

**“Cander is a smart, deft storyteller.” —New York Times Book ReviewFrom the nationally bestselling author of The Weight of the Piano comes a novel that “like D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers, is about love that finds its object, and love that misses its mark.” —Charles Baxter**Set in a small coal-mining town, a debut novel full of secrets, love, betrayal, and suspicious accidents, where ... Read more

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**“Cander is a smart, deft storyteller.” —New York Times Book ReviewFrom the nationally bestselling author of The Weight of the Piano comes a novel that “like D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers, is about love that finds its object, and love that misses its mark.” —Charles Baxter**Set in a small coal-mining town, a debut novel full of secrets, love, betrayal, and suspicious accidents, where
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Young of Other Animals, The

A Novel

by Chris Cander ...

Narrated by Amy Hutchins ...

Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

Shocking family secrets have the power to destroy—or unite—an estranged mother and daughter in an emotional and gripping novel by the author of A Gracious Neighbor.Mayree and Paula are a mother and daughter drifting apart, separated by grief and more, after the death of Mayree’s husband.Mayree faces a future with no income, career, or social life. Even ties with her best friend have been severed. ... Read more

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Shocking family secrets have the power to destroy—or unite—an estranged mother and daughter in an emotional and gripping novel by the author of A Gracious Neighbor.Mayree and Paula are a mother and daughter drifting apart, separated by grief and more, after the death of Mayree’s husband.Mayree faces a future with no income, career, or social life. Even ties with her best friend have been severed.
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Gracious Neighbor, A

A Novel

by Chris Cander ...

Narrated by Karissa Vacker ...

Unabridged

9 hours

A gripping novel about friendship, secrets, misjudgments, and redemption among women by the USA Today bestselling author of The Weight of a Piano.Martha Hale is an affable wife and mother who lives in an affluent neighborhood of well-tended lawns and high expectations. If only her clumsiness at penetrating the social circles of her neighbors weren’t making Martha so lonely.That’s why she’s ... Read more

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A gripping novel about friendship, secrets, misjudgments, and redemption among women by the USA Today bestselling author of The Weight of a Piano.Martha Hale is an affable wife and mother who lives in an affluent neighborhood of well-tended lawns and high expectations. If only her clumsiness at penetrating the social circles of her neighbors weren’t making Martha so lonely.That’s why she’s
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The Weight of a Piano

A novel

by Chris Cander ...

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

USA TODAY BESTSELLERIn 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, on which she discovers an enrichening passion for music. Yet after she marries, her husband insists the family emigrate to America—and loses her piano in the process.In 2012, in Bakersfield, California, twenty-six-year-old Clara Lundy is burdened by the last ... Read more

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USA TODAY BESTSELLERIn 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, on which she discovers an enrichening passion for music. Yet after she marries, her husband insists the family emigrate to America—and loses her piano in the process.In 2012, in Bakersfield, California, twenty-six-year-old Clara Lundy is burdened by the last
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Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey

A Novel

by Kathleen Rooney ...

Narrated by Juliana Canfield, Noah Michael Levine ...

Unabridged

11 hours 13 min

**"Both heartbreaking and sharply funny...Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey is brilliant and surprising at every turn."—Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer finalist for The Great BelieversA heart-tugging and gorgeously written novel based on the incredible true story of a WWI messenger pigeon and the soldiers whose lives she forever altered, from the author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk.**From the green ... Read more

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**"Both heartbreaking and sharply funny...Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey is brilliant and surprising at every turn."—Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer finalist for The Great BelieversA heart-tugging and gorgeously written novel based on the incredible true story of a WWI messenger pigeon and the soldiers whose lives she forever altered, from the author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk.**From the green
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Strangers and Cousins

A Novel

by Leah Hager Cohen ...

Narrated by Leah Hager Cohen ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

**ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAROne of Christian Science Monitor's BEST FICTION OF 2019"Funny and tender but also provocative and wise. . . One of the most hopeful and insightful novels I've read in years." - Ron Charles, The Washington Post"Serious yet joyous comedy, reminiscent of the Pultizer-winning Less" - Out MagazineA novel about wh... ... Read more

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**ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAROne of Christian Science Monitor's BEST FICTION OF 2019"Funny and tender but also provocative and wise. . . One of the most hopeful and insightful novels I've read in years." - Ron Charles, The Washington Post"Serious yet joyous comedy, reminiscent of the Pultizer-winning Less" - Out MagazineA novel about wh...
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The Cloister

A Novel

by James Carroll ...

Narrated by James Carroll ...

Unabridged

16 hours 41 min

From National Book Award-winning writer James Carroll comes a novel of the timeless love story of Peter Abelard and Héloïse, and its impact on a modern priest and a Holocaust survivor seeking sanctuary in Manhattan.Father Michael Kavanagh is shocked when he sees a friend from his seminary days at the altar of his humble parish in upper Manhattan—a friend who was forced to leave under scandalous ... Read more

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From National Book Award-winning writer James Carroll comes a novel of the timeless love story of Peter Abelard and Héloïse, and its impact on a modern priest and a Holocaust survivor seeking sanctuary in Manhattan.Father Michael Kavanagh is shocked when he sees a friend from his seminary days at the altar of his humble parish in upper Manhattan—a friend who was forced to leave under scandalous
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We Germans

A Novel

by Alexander Starritt ...

Narrated by Michael Fenner, Angus King ...

Unabridged

5 hours 55 min

**WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZEA letter from a German soldier to his grandson recounts the terrors of war on the Eastern Front, and a postwar ordinary life in search of atonement, in this “raw, visceral, and propulsive” novel (New York Times Book Review).**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceIn the throes of the Second World War, young Meissner, a college student with dreams of ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZEA letter from a German soldier to his grandson recounts the terrors of war on the Eastern Front, and a postwar ordinary life in search of atonement, in this “raw, visceral, and propulsive” novel (New York Times Book Review).**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceIn the throes of the Second World War, young Meissner, a college student with dreams of
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Martin Marten

A Novel

by Brian Doyle ...

Narrated by Travis Baldree ...

Unabridged

10 hours 11 min

Dave is fourteen years old, living with his family in a cabin on Oregon's Mount Hood (or as he prefers to call it, like the Multnomah tribal peoples once did, Wy'east). Dave will soon enter high school, with adulthood and a future not far off—a future away from his mother, father, his precocious younger sister, and the wilderness where he's lived all his life.And Dave is not the only one ... Read more

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Dave is fourteen years old, living with his family in a cabin on Oregon's Mount Hood (or as he prefers to call it, like the Multnomah tribal peoples once did, Wy'east). Dave will soon enter high school, with adulthood and a future not far off—a future away from his mother, father, his precocious younger sister, and the wilderness where he's lived all his life.And Dave is not the only one
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Night Boat to Tangier

A Novel

by Kevin Barry ...

Narrated by Kevin Barry ...

Unabridged

5 hours 39 min

**One of *The New York Times Book Review'*s 10 Best Books of 2019Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, Lit Hub, The Millions, The Paris Review, and NPRNo. 1 Irish Times BestsellerLonglisted for The Booker PrizeFrom the acclaimed author of the international sensations City of Bohane and Beatlebone, a striking and gorgeous new novel of two aging criminals at the tail ends ... Read more

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**One of *The New York Times Book Review'*s 10 Best Books of 2019Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, Lit Hub, The Millions, The Paris Review, and NPRNo. 1 Irish Times BestsellerLonglisted for The Booker PrizeFrom the acclaimed author of the international sensations City of Bohane and Beatlebone, a striking and gorgeous new novel of two aging criminals at the tail ends
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