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Italy, 1950. The dawn of a new decade brings with it the promise of lasting peace and prosperity as the hardships of war are consigned to the past.
In Pieve Santa Clara, a tiny village in rural Lombardy, Graziella Ponti, now a teenager, lives a simple life with her widowed mother and aunt. But Italy is transforming around Graziella at great speed and, as her childhood gives way to the start of her womanhood, she must learn to navigate this ever-changing new world.
Return to Paradiso is a story of love, hope and tragedy set in Italy at a time when the economic miracle is in full swing, the grip of the Catholic Church is loosening and the role of women in society is making significant progress.
The second of the Paradiso novels, this is a compelling and emotionally charged historical audiobook perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries, Lucinda Riley, Angela Petch and Victoria Hislop.
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A Change of Climate
- A Novel
- De: Hilary Mantel
- Narrado por: Sandra Duncan
- Duración: 12 h y 11 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Ralph and Anna Eldred are an exemplary couple, devoting themselves to doing good. 30 years ago as missionaries in Africa, the worst that could happen did. Shattered by their encounter with inexplicable evil, they returned to England, never to speak of it again. But when Ralph falls into an affair, Anna finds no forgiveness in her heart, and 30 years of repressed rage and grief explode, destroying not only a marriage but also their love, their faith, and everything they thought they were.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written
- De Patricia S. en 10-11-15
De: Hilary Mantel
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Honor
- De: Elif Shafak
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marno, Piter Marik
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 100
An honor killing shatters and transforms the lives of Turkish immigrants in 1970s London. Internationally best-selling Turkish author Elif Shafak’s new novel is a dramatic tale of families, love, and misunderstandings that follows the destinies of twin sisters born in a Kurdish village. While Jamila stays to become a midwife, Pembe follows her Turkish husband, Adem, to London, where they hope to make new lives for themselves and their children. In London, they face a choice: stay loyal to the old traditions or try their best to fit in.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Complex but Compelling
- De Cariola en 04-14-13
De: Elif Shafak
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Mosaic
- De: Diane Armstrong
- Narrado por: Deidre Rubenstein
- Duración: 19 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 171
>i>Mosaic is compelling storytelling at its best - from the fascinating details of Polish-Jewish culture and the rivalries and dramas of family life, to its moving account of lives torn apart by war and persecution, this an extraordinary true story of a family, and of one woman's journey to reclaim her heritage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely excellent!
- De Roberta en 09-22-11
De: Diane Armstrong
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Mr. Fox
- A Novel
- De: Helen Oyeyemi
- Narrado por: Carol Boyd
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 96
Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently....
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Great Novel, just Poor for Audio
- De James A. Dittes en 08-13-16
De: Helen Oyeyemi
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Before We Visit the Goddess
- De: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Narrado por: Sneha Mathan, Priya Ayyar, Vikas Adam
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 793
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 726
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 729
The daughter of a poor baker in rural Bengal, India, Sabitri yearns to get an education, but her family's situation means college is an impossible dream. Then an influential woman from Kolkata takes Sabitri under her wing, but her generosity soon proves dangerous after the girl makes a single unforgivable misstep. Years later, Sabitri's own daughter, Bela, haunted by her mother's choices, flees abroad with her political refugee lover - but the America she finds is vastly different from the country she'd imagined.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely Worth a Credit
- De Texastanya en 08-27-16
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Half a Lifelong Romance
- A Novel
- De: Eileen Chang
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 15 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Manzhen is a young worker in a Shanghai factory where she meets Shijun, the son of wealthy merchants. Despite family complications, they fall in love and begin to dream of a shared life together - until circumstances force them apart. When they are reunited after many years, can they start their relationship again? Or is it destined to be the romance of only half a lifetime?
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5 out of 5 stars
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super
- De Marcus Aurelius en 10-05-17
De: Eileen Chang
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Secrets of a Charmed Life
- De: Susan Meissner
- Narrado por: Alana Kerr Collins
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,212
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,684
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,665
Current day, Oxford, England. Young American scholar Kendra Van Zant, eager to pursue her vision of a perfect life, interviews Isabel McFarland just when the elderly woman is ready to give up secrets about the war that she has kept for decades...beginning with who she really is. What Kendra receives from Isabel is both a gift and a burden--one that will test her convictions and her heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rare 5-Star Across the Board!
- De Imamomof4 en 06-14-15
De: Susan Meissner
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The Muse
- A Novel
- De: Jessie Burton
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin, Maria Elena Infantino
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 371
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 366
England, 1967. Odelle Bastien is a Caribbean émigré trying to make her way in London. When she starts working at the prestigious Skelton Institute of Art, she discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. The excitement over the painting is matched by the intrigue around the conflicting stories of its discovery.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed narration
- De Amy Fleury en 08-05-16
De: Jessie Burton
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (Unabridged Selections)
- De: Edited by David Sedaris
- Narrado por: David Sedaris, Mary-Louise Parker, Cherry Jones
- Duración: 2 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 364
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 221
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 222
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a collection of short stories, some classic, others impending, selected and introduced by David Sedaris.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great stories but only 5 of 17 are included
- De Terri Kirk en 07-13-12
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One Amazing Thing
- De: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Narrado por: Purva Bedi, Soneela Nankani, Neil Shah
- Duración: 7 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 129
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 101
Winner of a Pushcart Prize for poetry and an American Book Award for her short stories, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores themes of women, immigration, and her vibrant Indian culture to great effect. Divakaruni expands on these ideas in One Amazing Thing, a project long in the making and full of electric prose.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An ok way to kill some time
- De R.Reader en 11-07-12
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The Secret Keeper
- De: Kate Morton
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
- Duración: 19 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 15,991
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14,287
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14,261
England, 1959: Laurel Nicolson is 16 years old, dreaming alone in her childhood tree house during a family celebration at their home, Green Acres Farm. She spies a stranger coming up the long road to the farm and then observes her mother, Dorothy, speaking to him. And then she witnesses a crime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Kate Morton (and Caroline Lee) does it again!
- De Maria en 10-20-12
De: Kate Morton
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Three Souls
- A Novel
- De: Janie Chang
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
We have three souls, or so I'd been told. But only in death could I confirm this.... So begins the haunting and captivating tale, set in 1935 China, of the ghost of a young woman named Leiyin, who watches her own funeral from above and wonders why she is being denied entry to the afterlife. Beside her are three souls - stern and scholarly yang; impulsive, romantic yin; and wise, shining hun - who will guide her toward understanding. She must, they tell her, make amends.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very different but compelling point of view.
- De Kevin Wickline en 06-08-23
De: Janie Chang
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Duet
- De: Kimberley Freeman
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
- Duración: 19 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,100
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 898
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 893
From the London pop scene, to the opera stages of Europe; from a tiny Greek island, to a stifling manor house full of secrets and deceptions; from the sun-drenched Queensland coast, to the silent outback; Angela and Ellie are two women both looking for something. One in search of her identity and her memory; the other in search of the love that she had and lost; theirs is a duet whose last note will not be sung until the heart-stopping climax, when a shadow from the past returns to claim them both.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gosh that was a great story!
- De Anonymous User en 06-10-09
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Golden Earrings
- De: Belinda Alexandra
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
- Duración: 20 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 533
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 487
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 483
Catalina, grand-daughter of Spanish refugees, is a disciplined student with the School of the Paris Opera Ballet. Little gets inthe way of her career until the visit of an otherworldly being, who leaves her a mysterious pair of golden earrings. Given a quest, Catalina realises she must explore her own Spanish heritage and makes the connection between the visitor and ‘La Rusa’, a young Andalusian flamenco star. La Rusa died in exile in Paris in 1952, her death ruled as suicide. But as Catalina begins to discover, there were those in the community, who had good reason for wanting La Rusa dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous story
- De Paddington en 10-19-12
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The Forgotten Secret
- De: Kathleen McGurl
- Narrado por: Melanie MacHugh
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
It’s the summer of 1919, and Ellen O’Brien has her whole life ahead of her. Young, in love and leaving home for her first job, the future seems full of shining possibility. But war is brewing, and before long, Ellen and everyone around her are swept up by it. As Ireland is torn apart by the turmoil, Ellen finds herself facing the ultimate test of love and loyalty. A hundred years later and Clare Farrell has inherited a dilapidated old farmhouse in County Meath.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Forgotten Secret
- De Amazon Customer en 08-31-20
De: Kathleen McGurl
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East of the Sun
- De: Julia Gregson
- Narrado por: Tania Rodrigues
- Duración: 19 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 161
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 113
Autumn 1928. Three young women are on their way to India, each with a new life in mind. Rose, a beautiful but naive bride-to-be, is anxious about leaving her family and marrying a man she hardly knows. Victoria, her bridesmaid couldn't be happier to get away from her overbearing mother, and is determined to find herself a husband. And Viva, their inexperienced chaperone, is in search of the India of her childhood, ghosts from the past and freedom.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Indian history takes a back seat to 3 young women
- De Richard en 05-24-16
De: Julia Gregson
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Silver Wattle
- De: Belinda Alexandra
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
- Duración: 16 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 440
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 394
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 384
In fear for their lives after the sudden death of their mother, Adéla and Klára must flee Prague to find refuge with their uncle in Australia. Later, Adéla becomes a film director at a time when the local industry is starting to feel the competition from Hollywood. But even while success is imminent, the issues of family and an impossible love are never far away.
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5 out of 5 stars
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a really terrific read
- De Paddington en 06-21-11