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The Barrens

A Novel of Love and Death in the Canadian Arctic

by Kurt Johnson, Ellie Johnson ...

Winner of the Minnesota Book Award and a 2022 Great Group Reads Selection"The Barrens grabbed me from the opening pages and never let go."—Michael Punke, author of The RevenantTwo young women attending college decide to have a summer adventure canoeing the rapids-strewn Thelon River that runs 450 miles through the uninhabited Barren Lands of subarctic Canada. Holly made the trip once before with a ... Read more

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Winner of the Minnesota Book Award and a 2022 Great Group Reads Selection"The Barrens grabbed me from the opening pages and never let go."—Michael Punke, author of The RevenantTwo young women attending college decide to have a summer adventure canoeing the rapids-strewn Thelon River that runs 450 miles through the uninhabited Barren Lands of subarctic Canada. Holly made the trip once before with a
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The Barrens

A Novel of Love and Death in the Canadian Arctic

by Kurt Johnson, Ellie Johnson ...

Narrated by Erica Sullivan ...

Unabridged

7 hours 12 min

This riveting debut is at once a white-water adventure, coming-of-age novel, and tale of tragic love—and an extraordinary father-daughter collaboration.Two young women attending college decide to have a summer adventure canoeing the rapids-strewn Thelon River that runs 450 miles through the uninhabited Barren Lands of subarctic Canada. Holly made the trip once before with a group of skilled ... Read more

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This riveting debut is at once a white-water adventure, coming-of-age novel, and tale of tragic love—and an extraordinary father-daughter collaboration.Two young women attending college decide to have a summer adventure canoeing the rapids-strewn Thelon River that runs 450 miles through the uninhabited Barren Lands of subarctic Canada. Holly made the trip once before with a group of skilled
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Ernie's Ark

The Abbott Falls Stories

by Monica Wood ...

Narrated by Charlie Thurston ...

Unabridged

6 hours 29 min

In nine interlinking stories, the town of Abbot Falls reacts as Ernie Whitten, a pipefitter, builds a giant ark in his backyard. Ernie was weeks away from a pension-secured retirement when the union went on strike. Now his wife Marie is ill. Struck with sudden inspiration, Ernie builds the ark as a work of art for his wife to see from the window; a vessel to carry them both away; or a plea for God ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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In nine interlinking stories, the town of Abbot Falls reacts as Ernie Whitten, a pipefitter, builds a giant ark in his backyard. Ernie was weeks away from a pension-secured retirement when the union went on strike. Now his wife Marie is ill. Struck with sudden inspiration, Ernie builds the ark as a work of art for his wife to see from the window; a vessel to carry them both away; or a plea for God
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The Precious Jules

by Shawn Nocher ...

Narrated by Eva Kaminsky ...

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11 hours 44 min

A deeply felt family narrative that examines the fine line between selfishness and what passes for love.After nearly two hundred years of housing retardants, as they were once known, the Beechwood Institute is closing the doors on its dark history, and the complicated task of reassigning residents has begun. Ella Jules, having arrived at Beechwood at the tender age of eight, must now rely on the ... Read more

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A deeply felt family narrative that examines the fine line between selfishness and what passes for love.After nearly two hundred years of housing retardants, as they were once known, the Beechwood Institute is closing the doors on its dark history, and the complicated task of reassigning residents has begun. Ella Jules, having arrived at Beechwood at the tender age of eight, must now rely on the
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Walled Garden, The

A Novel

by Robin Farrar Maass ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Klett ...

Unabridged

10 hours 22 min

American grad student Lucy Silver arrives in England hoping to solve a longstanding literary mystery, write her dissertation, and finish her graduate studies in a blaze of academic glory. But as Lucy starts to piece together the correspondence between her late grandmother and Elizabeth Blackspear, the famous poet and garden writer who’s the subject of Lucy’s dissertation, she discovers puzzling ... Read more

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American grad student Lucy Silver arrives in England hoping to solve a longstanding literary mystery, write her dissertation, and finish her graduate studies in a blaze of academic glory. But as Lucy starts to piece together the correspondence between her late grandmother and Elizabeth Blackspear, the famous poet and garden writer who’s the subject of Lucy’s dissertation, she discovers puzzling
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The Mothers

A Novel

by Genevieve Gannon ...

Narrated by Caz Prescott ...

Unabridged

9 hours 57 min

""Like all my favorite books, The Mothers is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, and it leaves you with a lot to think about after you turn the final page. I sobbed my way through this wonderful book.""-Sally Hepworth, New York Times bestselling author of The Good SisterWhat if you gave birth to someone else’s child? An emotional family drama about two couples, one baby, and an unimaginable ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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""Like all my favorite books, The Mothers is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, and it leaves you with a lot to think about after you turn the final page. I sobbed my way through this wonderful book.""-Sally Hepworth, New York Times bestselling author of The Good SisterWhat if you gave birth to someone else’s child? An emotional family drama about two couples, one baby, and an unimaginable
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Ultraviolet

A Novel

by Suzanne Matson ...

Narrated by Karen Peakes ...

Unabridged

8 hours 10 min

"Capacious, unsentimental, and yet forgiving, Ultraviolet brings us both the intimacy of women's lives and their trajectories across continents and generations. This is Suzanne Matson at her wisest and deepest―wonderful." ―Gish Jen, author of The Girl at the Baggage ClaimSuzanne Matson’s engrossing and intimate new novel, Ultraviolet, centers on Kathryn―the daughter of Elsie and mother of Samantha ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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"Capacious, unsentimental, and yet forgiving, Ultraviolet brings us both the intimacy of women's lives and their trajectories across continents and generations. This is Suzanne Matson at her wisest and deepest―wonderful." ―Gish Jen, author of The Girl at the Baggage ClaimSuzanne Matson’s engrossing and intimate new novel, Ultraviolet, centers on Kathryn―the daughter of Elsie and mother of Samantha
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The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree

by India Hayford ...

Narrated by Zura Johnson, Matt Godfrey, Laura Jennings ...

Unabridged

12 hours 3 min

Disguised by a name she found on a tombstone and accompanying a Vietnam vet she met in a graveyard, an unconventional young snake-handler who talks to the dead returns to the ghosts of her childhood home in 1967 Arkansas ...Readers of Delia Owens, Barbara Kingsolver, Kelly Mustian, and Quinn Connor will be captivated by this haunting Southern debut about found family, folk magic, the long shadow ... Read more

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Disguised by a name she found on a tombstone and accompanying a Vietnam vet she met in a graveyard, an unconventional young snake-handler who talks to the dead returns to the ghosts of her childhood home in 1967 Arkansas ...Readers of Delia Owens, Barbara Kingsolver, Kelly Mustian, and Quinn Connor will be captivated by this haunting Southern debut about found family, folk magic, the long shadow
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Cloudmaker

by Malcolm Brooks ...

Narrated by Julia Whelan ...

Unabridged

14 hours 26 min

From the nationally bestselling author of Painted Horses comes a soaring, spirited novel set during the summer of Amelia Earhart’s final flight, a tale of American ingenuity and optimism set against the backdrop of a deepening Great Depression.The summer of 1937 will be a turning point for fourteen-year-old Houston “Huck” Finn. When he and a friend find a dead body in a local creek, a rare ... Read more

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From the nationally bestselling author of Painted Horses comes a soaring, spirited novel set during the summer of Amelia Earhart’s final flight, a tale of American ingenuity and optimism set against the backdrop of a deepening Great Depression.The summer of 1937 will be a turning point for fourteen-year-old Houston “Huck” Finn. When he and a friend find a dead body in a local creek, a rare
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Westering Women

A Novel

by Sandra Dallas ...

Narrated by Angela Dawe ...

Unabridged

9 hours 25 min

"Narrator Angela Dawe’s warm voice varies seamlessly to capture the many characters, their fear, fortitude, and, in some cases, vileness. There is nothing subtle about this adventure, but it is exhilarating and hard to resist." -- Washington PostFrom the bestselling author of Prayers for Sale, Sandra Dallas' Westering Women is an inspiring celebration of sisterhood on the perilous Overland Trail. ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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"Narrator Angela Dawe’s warm voice varies seamlessly to capture the many characters, their fear, fortitude, and, in some cases, vileness. There is nothing subtle about this adventure, but it is exhilarating and hard to resist." -- Washington PostFrom the bestselling author of Prayers for Sale, Sandra Dallas' Westering Women is an inspiring celebration of sisterhood on the perilous Overland Trail.
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The Center of Everything

A Novel

by Jamie Harrison ...

Narrated by Jane Oppenheimer ...

Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

In this compelling family drama set against the dangerous beauty of the Yellowstone, Polly is still trying to get her life back on track after a recent accident, not always trusting reality.For Polly, the town of Livingston, Montana, is a land charmed by natural beauty and a close network of family extending back generations. But a recent head injury has scattered her perception of the present, ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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In this compelling family drama set against the dangerous beauty of the Yellowstone, Polly is still trying to get her life back on track after a recent accident, not always trusting reality.For Polly, the town of Livingston, Montana, is a land charmed by natural beauty and a close network of family extending back generations. But a recent head injury has scattered her perception of the present,
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Small Blessings

A Novel

by Martha Woodroof ...

Narrated by Lorelei King ...

Unabridged

11 hours 43 min

From debut novelist Martha Woodroof comes an inspiring tale of a small-town college professor, a remarkable new woman at the bookshop, and the ten-year-old son he never knew he had.Tom Putnam has resigned himself to a quiet and half-fulfilled life. An English professor in a sleepy college town, he spends his days browsing the Shakespeare shelves at the campus bookstore, managing the oddball ... Read more

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From debut novelist Martha Woodroof comes an inspiring tale of a small-town college professor, a remarkable new woman at the bookshop, and the ten-year-old son he never knew he had.Tom Putnam has resigned himself to a quiet and half-fulfilled life. An English professor in a sleepy college town, he spends his days browsing the Shakespeare shelves at the campus bookstore, managing the oddball
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