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Silence Is a Sense

by Layla AlAmmar ...

**"This is not just good storytelling, but a blueprint for survival." —The New York Times Book ReviewA transfixing and beautifully rendered novel about a refugee’s escape from civil war—and the healing power of community.**A young woman sits in her apartment, watching the small daily dramas of her neighbors across the way. She is an outsider, a mute voyeur, safe behind her windows, and she sees it ... Read more

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**"This is not just good storytelling, but a blueprint for survival." —The New York Times Book ReviewA transfixing and beautifully rendered novel about a refugee’s escape from civil war—and the healing power of community.**A young woman sits in her apartment, watching the small daily dramas of her neighbors across the way. She is an outsider, a mute voyeur, safe behind her windows, and she sees it
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Silence Is a Sense

by Layla AlAmmar ...

Narrated by Laura Sawahla ...

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8 hours 18 min

**"This is not just good storytelling, but a blueprint for survival." —The New York Times Book ReviewA transfixing and beautifully rendered novel about a refugee’s escape from civil war—and the healing power of community.**A young woman sits in her apartment, watching the small daily dramas of her neighbors across the way. She is an outsider, a mute voyeur, safe behind her windows, and she sees it ... Read more

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**"This is not just good storytelling, but a blueprint for survival." —The New York Times Book ReviewA transfixing and beautifully rendered novel about a refugee’s escape from civil war—and the healing power of community.**A young woman sits in her apartment, watching the small daily dramas of her neighbors across the way. She is an outsider, a mute voyeur, safe behind her windows, and she sees it
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Impersonation

by Heidi Pitlor ...

Narrated by Dylan Moore ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

“By turns revealing, hilarious, dishy, and razor-sharp, Impersonation lives in that rarest of sweet spots: the propulsive page-turner for people with high literary standards.” —Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great BelieversAllie Lang is a professional ghostwriter and a perpetually broke single mother to a young boy. Years of navigating her own and America’s cultural definitions of motherhood have ... Read more

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“By turns revealing, hilarious, dishy, and razor-sharp, Impersonation lives in that rarest of sweet spots: the propulsive page-turner for people with high literary standards.” —Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great BelieversAllie Lang is a professional ghostwriter and a perpetually broke single mother to a young boy. Years of navigating her own and America’s cultural definitions of motherhood have
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Heads of the Colored People

Stories

by Nafissa Thompson-Spires ...

Narrated by Adenrele Ojo ...

Series series Award-Winning Short Story Collection
Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

Winner of the PEN Open Book Award * Winner of the Whiting Award * Longlisted for the National Book Award and Aspen Words Literary Prize * Nominated for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize * Finalist for the Kirkus Prize and Los Angeles Times Book PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year by Refinery29, NPR, The Root, HuffPost, V... ... Read more

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Winner of the PEN Open Book Award * Winner of the Whiting Award * Longlisted for the National Book Award and Aspen Words Literary Prize * Nominated for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize * Finalist for the Kirkus Prize and Los Angeles Times Book PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year by Refinery29, NPR, The Root, HuffPost, V...
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We, Jane

by Aimee Wall ...

Narrated by Rhiannon Morgan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 32 min

Shortlisted for the 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel AwardLonglisted for the 2021 Giller PrizeShortlisted for the 2021 BMO Winterset AwardShortlisted for the 2021 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for FictionShortlisted for the 2021 Concordia University First Book PrizeShortlisted for the 2022 ReLit Award for FictionA remarkable debut about intergenerational female relationships and resistance found ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel AwardLonglisted for the 2021 Giller PrizeShortlisted for the 2021 BMO Winterset AwardShortlisted for the 2021 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for FictionShortlisted for the 2021 Concordia University First Book PrizeShortlisted for the 2022 ReLit Award for FictionA remarkable debut about intergenerational female relationships and resistance found
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Moth

A Novel

by Melody Razak ...

Narrated by Soneela Nankani ...

Unabridged

12 hours 19 min

“Both a heartbreaking and heart-warming story, Melody Razak’s debut transports the reader into the home of a Brahmin family in 1940s Delhi. . . . The character portrayal is so intricate that as the plot twists and turns, you'll truly care what happens to them.”—The Independent (UK)A Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2022 • An Oprah Daily Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Novel of 2022 • A ... Read more

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“Both a heartbreaking and heart-warming story, Melody Razak’s debut transports the reader into the home of a Brahmin family in 1940s Delhi. . . . The character portrayal is so intricate that as the plot twists and turns, you'll truly care what happens to them.”—The Independent (UK)A Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2022 • An Oprah Daily Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Novel of 2022 • A
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Carmen and Grace

A Novel

by Melissa Coss Aquino ...

Narrated by Almarie Guerra, Melanie Mendez ...

Unabridged

15 hours 16 min

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE“I was crying like I lost my best friend as I finished. . . . This book is an act of love . . . It will break you apart and remind you that we can all be put back together again, stronger, and wiser than before.” — XOCHITL GONZALEZ, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies DreamingAn emotionally riveting coming-of-age drama about two ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE“I was crying like I lost my best friend as I finished. . . . This book is an act of love . . . It will break you apart and remind you that we can all be put back together again, stronger, and wiser than before.” — XOCHITL GONZALEZ, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies DreamingAn emotionally riveting coming-of-age drama about two
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The Hungry Season

A Journey of War, Love, and Survival

by Lisa M. Hamilton ...

Narrated by Lisa M. Hamilton ...

Unabridged

12 hours 17 min

In the tradition of Katherine Boo and Tracy Kidder, this nonfiction drama traces one woman’s journey from the mist-covered mountains of Laos to the sunbaked flatlands of Fresno, California as she struggled to overcome the wounds inflicted by war and family alike.As combat rages across the highlands of Vietnam and Laos, a child is born. Ia Moua enters the world at the bottom of the social order, ... Read more

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In the tradition of Katherine Boo and Tracy Kidder, this nonfiction drama traces one woman’s journey from the mist-covered mountains of Laos to the sunbaked flatlands of Fresno, California as she struggled to overcome the wounds inflicted by war and family alike.As combat rages across the highlands of Vietnam and Laos, a child is born. Ia Moua enters the world at the bottom of the social order,
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Post-traumatic

by Chantal V. Johnson ...

Narrated by Tiffany Smith ...

Unabridged

8 hours 18 min

In this story on survival, a young lawyer’s family reunion brings long-buried pain and anger to the surface, threatening her career, her values, and all of her relationships—a story of trauma, healing, and the power of ride-or-die female friendship.To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story—a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a New York City psychiatric hospital. ... Read more

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In this story on survival, a young lawyer’s family reunion brings long-buried pain and anger to the surface, threatening her career, her values, and all of her relationships—a story of trauma, healing, and the power of ride-or-die female friendship.To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story—a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a New York City psychiatric hospital.
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Assembly

by Natasha Brown ...

This visionary and unflinching novel is about a black woman who has spent her life carefully navigating cutthroat worlds of privilege in her career and relationships—until one day she is pulled up short by a life and death decision.Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Go to college, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy an apartment. Buy art ... Read more

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This visionary and unflinching novel is about a black woman who has spent her life carefully navigating cutthroat worlds of privilege in her career and relationships—until one day she is pulled up short by a life and death decision.Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Go to college, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy an apartment. Buy art
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My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird

New Fiction by Afghan Women

by Afghan Women ...

A landmark collection: the first anthology of short fiction by Afghan women that are "powerful, profound, and deeply moving" (Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees, a Reese's Book Club pick)"My pen is the wing of a bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not allowed to dream."Eighteen Afghan women living in, speaking about, and writing ... Read more

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A landmark collection: the first anthology of short fiction by Afghan women that are "powerful, profound, and deeply moving" (Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees, a Reese's Book Club pick)"My pen is the wing of a bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not allowed to dream."Eighteen Afghan women living in, speaking about, and writing
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Post-traumatic

by Chantal V. Johnson ...

In this story on survival, a young lawyer’s family reunion brings long-buried pain and anger to the surface, threatening her career, her values, and all of her relationships—a story of trauma, healing, and the power of ride-or-die female friendship.To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story—a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a New York City psychiatric hospital. ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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In this story on survival, a young lawyer’s family reunion brings long-buried pain and anger to the surface, threatening her career, her values, and all of her relationships—a story of trauma, healing, and the power of ride-or-die female friendship.To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story—a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a New York City psychiatric hospital.
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