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I Have Iraq in My Shoe

Misadventures of a Soldier of Fashion

by Gretchen Berg ...

"I am not moving to Iraq to teach."But the recession came hard for Gretchen Berg. Tens of thousands of dollars in debt, her only option was to uproot her life and move to the Middle East for work. She was prepared to make some good money, pay off some bad debt, take some photos of camels, and suffer through expected misogyny typical of the Middle East. She was unprepared for the drama and chaos ... Read more

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"I am not moving to Iraq to teach."But the recession came hard for Gretchen Berg. Tens of thousands of dollars in debt, her only option was to uproot her life and move to the Middle East for work. She was prepared to make some good money, pay off some bad debt, take some photos of camels, and suffer through expected misogyny typical of the Middle East. She was unprepared for the drama and chaos
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The Operator

A Novel

by Gretchen Berg ...

A nosy switchboard operator overhears gossip about her family, curious and fearful about it being true, in this humorous novel about 1950s Midwest America.Nobody knows the people of Wooster, Ohio, better than switchboard operator Vivian Dalton, and she'd be the first to tell you that. Vivian and the other women who work at Bell on East Liberty Street connect lines and lives. They aren't supposed ... Read more

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A nosy switchboard operator overhears gossip about her family, curious and fearful about it being true, in this humorous novel about 1950s Midwest America.Nobody knows the people of Wooster, Ohio, better than switchboard operator Vivian Dalton, and she'd be the first to tell you that. Vivian and the other women who work at Bell on East Liberty Street connect lines and lives. They aren't supposed
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Antigua

by Gretchen Berg ...

Series Book 1 - The A.L.I.
Making new friends in the traveler’s paradise of Antigua happens quickly, but how well can you know people you’ve just met? When one of Kira McKnight’s new expat friends ends up in a coma, after drinking a cocktail meant for Kira, she realizes she is in danger and needs to be very careful who she trusts. Was she just being paranoid, or was there a darker reason she’d been accepted for the language ... Read more

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Making new friends in the traveler’s paradise of Antigua happens quickly, but how well can you know people you’ve just met? When one of Kira McKnight’s new expat friends ends up in a coma, after drinking a cocktail meant for Kira, she realizes she is in danger and needs to be very careful who she trusts. Was she just being paranoid, or was there a darker reason she’d been accepted for the language
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The Operator

A Novel

by Gretchen Berg ...

Narrated by Allyson Ryan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 6 min

""What if you could listen in on any phone conversation in town? With great humor and insight, The Operator by Gretchen Berg delivers a vivid look inside the heads and hearts of a group of housewives and pokes at the absurdities of 1950s America, a simpler time that was far from simple. Think 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' in the suburbswith delicious turns of jealousy, infidelity, bigotry, and ... Read more

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""What if you could listen in on any phone conversation in town? With great humor and insight, The Operator by Gretchen Berg delivers a vivid look inside the heads and hearts of a group of housewives and pokes at the absurdities of 1950s America, a simpler time that was far from simple. Think 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' in the suburbswith delicious turns of jealousy, infidelity, bigotry, and
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Antigua

by Gretchen Berg ...

Narrated by Gretchen Berg ...

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8 hours 19 min

Making new friends in the traveler’s paradise of Antigua happens quickly, but how well can you know people you’ve just met? When one of Kira McKnight’s new expat friends ends up in a coma, after drinking a cocktail meant for Kira, she realizes she is in danger and needs to be very careful who she trusts. Was she just being paranoid, or was there a darker reason she’d been accepted for the language ... Read more

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Making new friends in the traveler’s paradise of Antigua happens quickly, but how well can you know people you’ve just met? When one of Kira McKnight’s new expat friends ends up in a coma, after drinking a cocktail meant for Kira, she realizes she is in danger and needs to be very careful who she trusts. Was she just being paranoid, or was there a darker reason she’d been accepted for the language
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I Have Iraq in My Shoe

Misadventures of a Soldier of Fashion

by Gretchen Berg ...

Narrated by Gretchen Berg ...

Unabridged

8 hours 20 min

"I am not moving to Iraq to teach."But the recession came hard for Gretchen Berg. Tens of thousands of dollars in debt, her only option was to uproot her life and move to the Middle East for work. She was prepared to make some good money, pay off some bad debt, take some photos of camels, and suffer through expected misogyny typical of the Middle East. She was unprepared for the drama and chaos ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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"I am not moving to Iraq to teach."But the recession came hard for Gretchen Berg. Tens of thousands of dollars in debt, her only option was to uproot her life and move to the Middle East for work. She was prepared to make some good money, pay off some bad debt, take some photos of camels, and suffer through expected misogyny typical of the Middle East. She was unprepared for the drama and chaos
... Read more

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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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The Lost Jewels

A Novel

by Kirsty Manning ...

Narrated by Natasha Beaumont ...

Unabridged

8 hours 9 min

From the author of The Song of the Jade Lily comes a thrilling story of a family secret that leads to a legendary treasure.Why would someone bury a bucket of precious jewels and gemstones and never return?Present Day. When respected American jewelry historian, Kate Kirby, receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she’s on the brink of the experience of a lifetime.But the trip to... ... Read more

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From the author of The Song of the Jade Lily comes a thrilling story of a family secret that leads to a legendary treasure.Why would someone bury a bucket of precious jewels and gemstones and never return?Present Day. When respected American jewelry historian, Kate Kirby, receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she’s on the brink of the experience of a lifetime.But the trip to...
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The Love Child

by Rachel Hore ...

Narrated by Ana Clements ...

Unabridged

12 hours 15 min

The unmissable new novel from Rachel Hore, Sunday Times bestselling author of Last Letter Home, a 2018 Richard and Judy Book club pick.‘A gorgeous and deeply absorbing story’ TRACY REESLondon, 1917When nineteen-year-old Alice Copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think ... Read more

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The unmissable new novel from Rachel Hore, Sunday Times bestselling author of Last Letter Home, a 2018 Richard and Judy Book club pick.‘A gorgeous and deeply absorbing story’ TRACY REESLondon, 1917When nineteen-year-old Alice Copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think
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Toward That Which is Beautiful

A Novel

by Marian O’Shea Wernicke ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Klett ...

Unabridged

8 hours 55 min

On an ordinary day in June of 1964 in a small town in the Altiplano of Peru, Sister Mary Katherine (formerly known as Kate), a young American nun recently arrived in this very foreign place, walks away from her convent with no money and no destination.Desperate and afraid of her feelings for an Irish priest with whom she has been working, she spends eight days on the run, encountering a variety of ... Read more

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On an ordinary day in June of 1964 in a small town in the Altiplano of Peru, Sister Mary Katherine (formerly known as Kate), a young American nun recently arrived in this very foreign place, walks away from her convent with no money and no destination.Desperate and afraid of her feelings for an Irish priest with whom she has been working, she spends eight days on the run, encountering a variety of
... Read more

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Home Truths

A Novel

by Susan Lewis ...

Narrated by Antonia Beamish ...

Unabridged

13 hours 19 min

International bestselling author Susan Lewis’s riveting, unforgettable novel of a woman determined to protect her children—at all costs.A mother's worst nightmare becomes a reality…Angie Watts once had what seemed like an idyllic life: a house in a small town in the English countryside with her beloved husband Steve and their three adored children. She never could have predicted how her life would ... Read more

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International bestselling author Susan Lewis’s riveting, unforgettable novel of a woman determined to protect her children—at all costs.A mother's worst nightmare becomes a reality…Angie Watts once had what seemed like an idyllic life: a house in a small town in the English countryside with her beloved husband Steve and their three adored children. She never could have predicted how her life would
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Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook

A Novel

by Celia Rees ...

Narrated by Stephanie Racine ...

Unabridged

18 hours 50 min

""A perfect summer read; gripping, original, well-drawn andcompassionate""--Joanne Harris""Celia Rees is a superb writer, and this novel has one of the mostirresistible and unique story hooks I've ever come across. This bookdeserves to be huge!""--SophieHannahA striking historical novel about an ordinary young Britishwoman sent to uncover a network of spies and war criminals in post-war Germany<br ... Read more

$39.99 USD

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""A perfect summer read; gripping, original, well-drawn andcompassionate""--Joanne Harris""Celia Rees is a superb writer, and this novel has one of the mostirresistible and unique story hooks I've ever come across. This bookdeserves to be huge!""--SophieHannahA striking historical novel about an ordinary young Britishwoman sent to uncover a network of spies and war criminals in post-war Germany<br
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