Only Here, Only Now
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Narrated by:
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Amelia Leith
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By:
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Tom Newlands
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“Only Here, Only Now heralds the arrival of an urgent and unique new voice, as engaging and as startling as Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Morvern Callar or The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.”—David Peace
A brilliant new talent writing from lived experience makes his debut with this irresistible and original story in the vein of Young Mungo and Hang the Moon, that pierces the beautiful, brilliant, and lightning-quick mind of a teenage girl growing up with undiagnosed ADHD in working-class Scotland.
In the blazing hot summer of 1994, there’s nothing for Cora Mowat to do but hang around in empty parking lots. Stuck in her Mom’s small house and tired of her own restless mind, she’s desperate to break free of the limits of Fife but unsure of what the future holds—if it holds anything at all for a girl like her trying to find her way in the world.
After her mother invites a new man to live with them, tensions quickly rise in the cramped house. Gunner is kind but strange, too—a one-eyed shoplifter with more than a few hidden secrets. But when tragedy strikes shortly after, Cora rebels against her small-town existence in search of love, acceptance, and a path to something good. If only she can learn to navigate her grief and everything she thinks she knows about who she is and what she might be capable of, she may finally find the way forward.
In this extraordinary debut, drawn from experience but written with riotous imagination, Tom Newlands explores a teenage girl’s coming-of-age in post-industrial Scotland and what it means to yearn for a life that feels out of reach. Vibrant, lyrical and fiercely funny, Only Here, Only Now is a story of identity and family that shines with hope and resilience.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love Caroline Leavitt’s work!
- By Writer Gal on 05-17-24
By: Caroline Leavitt
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Any Other Family
- By: Eleanor Brown
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Lindsey Dorcus, Sean Patrick Hopkins, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Story4 out of 5 stars 103
Though they look like any other family, they aren’t one—not quite. They are three sets of parents who find themselves intertwined after adopting four biological siblings, having committed to keeping the children as connected as possible. At the heart of the family, the adoptive mothers grapple to define themselves and their new roles. Tabitha, who adopted the twins, crowns herself planner of the group, responsible for endless playdates and holidays, determined to create a perfect happy family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What is a family?
- By Barbara S on 07-27-22
By: Eleanor Brown
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Life and Other Love Songs
- By: Anissa Gray
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman, Karen Murray, Nicole Lewis
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
It’s a warm, bright October afternoon, and Ozro Armstead walks out into the brilliant sunshine on his thirty-seventh birthday. At home, his wife Deborah and daughter Trinity prepare a surprise celebration; down the street, his brother waves as Oz heads back to his office after having lunch together. But he won’t make it to the party or even to his briefcase back at his desk. He's about to disappear.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not worth the credit
- By Lisa N. Haynes on 11-27-23
By: Anissa Gray
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The Divorce
- A Novel
- By: Moa Herngren
- Narrated by: Sofia Engstrand, Cameron Krogh Stone
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12
Bea couldn't be more excited to trade the stifling Stockholm summer heat for vacation on Gotland Island. She’s looking forward to spending quality time with her beloved husband of thirty-two years, Niklas, and their two moody teenage daughters, and recuperating from the stress of daily life in the company of her beloved in-laws. One night shortly before their departure, Bea and Niklas have a seemingly mundane argument over a trivial issue, and Niklas goes out with a friend to blow off steam.
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2 out of 5 stars
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So boring
- By Darlene F Kuhn on 02-27-25
By: Moa Herngren
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Lucky Girl
- A Novel
- By: Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu
- Narrated by: Musu-Kulla Massaquoi
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Soila is a lucky girl by anyone’s estimation. Raised by her stern, conservative mother and a chorus of aunts, she has lived a protected life in Nairobi. Soila is headstrong and outspoken, and she chafes against her mother’s strict rules. After a harrowing assault by a trusted family friend, she flees to New York for college, vowing never to return home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lucky Girl
- By ELLA WILLIAMS on 02-17-24
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The Farewell Tour
- A Novel
- By: Stephanie Clifford
- Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7
Jaded from her years in the music business, perpetually hungover, and diagnosed with career-ending vocal problems, Lillian cobbles together a nationwide farewell tour featuring some old hands from her early days playing honky-tonk bars in Washington State and Nashville, plus a few new ones. She yearns to feel the rush of making live music one more time and bask in the glow of a packed house before she makes the last, and most important, stop on the tour: the farm she left behind at age ten and the sister she is finally ready to confront about an agonizing betrayal in their childhood.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Country music
- By RueRue on 03-09-24
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The Dog of the North
- A Novel
- By: Elizabeth McKenzie
- Narrated by: Katherine Littrell
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 22
Penny Rush has problems. Her marriage is over; she’s quit her job. Her mother and stepfather went missing in the Australian outback five years ago; her mentally unbalanced father provokes her; her grandmother Dr. Pincer keeps experiments in the refrigerator and something worse in the woodshed. But Penny is a virtuoso at what’s possible when all else fails. Elizabeth McKenzie, the National Book Award–nominated author of The Portable Veblen, follows Penny on her quest for a fresh start.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful story and narration
- By Rimi Bewtra on 04-13-23
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Commitment
- A Novel
- By: Mona Simpson
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23
When Diane Aziz drives her oldest son, Walter, from Los Angeles to college at UC Berkeley, it will be her last parental act before falling into a deep depression. A single mother who maintains a wishful belief that her children can attain all the things she hasn’t, she’s worked hard to secure their future in caste-driven 1980s Los Angeles, gaining them illegal entry to an affluent public school. When she enters a state hospital, her closest friend tries to keep the children safe and their mother’s dreams for them alive.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Boring
- By Nts on 06-12-24
By: Mona Simpson
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The Queen of Fourteenth Street
- By: Barrie Kreinik
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik, Orlagh Cassidy, Imani Jade Powers, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story5 out of 5 stars 8
New York City, 1932: Eva Le Gallienne is trying to save her theatre company from the jaws of the Depression by mounting an innovative new production of Alice in Wonderland. She agrees to give a radio interview for the sake of publicity, but while revisiting the moments that shaped her career, she struggles with the need to keep a significant secret: she and her leading lady are in love. As Eva’s work careens toward catastrophe, she fights to preserve her dream of a people’s theatre—but will she destroy the people she loves in the process?
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5 out of 5 stars
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An immersive and compelling audiobook drama
- By Audiobook Fanatic on 09-16-24
By: Barrie Kreinik
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The Great Reclamation
- A Novel
- By: Rachel Heng
- Narrated by: Windson Liong
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Ah Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule. He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei. But when he discovers he has the unique ability to locate bountiful, movable islands that no one else can find, he feels a new sense of obligation and possibility—something to offer the community and impress the spirited girl he has come to love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic historic fiction, and a change of pace
- By Geonn Cannon on 04-12-23
By: Rachel Heng
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Housemates
- A Novel
- By: Emma Copley Eisenberg
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4 out of 5 stars 28
When Leah volunteers to accompany Bernie on a road trip to her former professor’s home in rural Pennsylvania to settle a complicated inheritance, what ensues is an unexpected road trip into the heart of America as the duo try to make sense of the times they are living in–falling in love with each other and rediscovering the power of making art along the way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A gutting love story for today.
- By Kitty on 09-23-24
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Play the Fool
- A Mystery
- By: Lina Chern
- Narrated by: Kristen Sieh
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 26
For Katie True, a keen gut and quick wit are just tools of the trade. After a failed attempt at adulting in Chicago, she’s back in the suburbs living a bit too close to her overbearing parents, jumping from one dead-end job to the next, and flipping through her tarot deck for guidance. Then along comes Marley. Katie thinks that with their friendship, she just might make it through this rough patch after all. Until the day when Katie, encouraged by Marley to practice soothsaying, reads the cards for someone who stumbles into her shop—and finds more than intel for her clairvoyance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 stars
- By Beatrice on 03-31-23
By: Lina Chern
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Picture Perfect Autumn
- A Novel
- By: Shelley Noble
- Narrated by: Em Grosland
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
Dani Campbell is the latest darling of the Manhattan art scene. As a self-taught photographer, Dani is loving every minute of her sudden popularity, but has no idea how she got there, or a clue as to how to stay. On a shoot at an antiques barn, she discovers an envelope of old photos and sees in them what her photos are missing. Her search for their source leads Dani to a small Rhode Island town, a dilapidated American Gothic beach house—and Lawrence Sinclair.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I liked the story very much
- By Izzy on 03-17-24
By: Shelley Noble