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    Nine Inches: Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 415min
    The new collection from the New York Times best-selling author of The Leftovers and Little Children, featuring stories focusing on Perrotta's familiar suburban nuclear families. Tom Perrotta’s first book, Bad Haircut, consisted of linked stories featuring a shared protagonist. Now, 19 years later, he has written and compiled his first true short story collection. This 12-story book features a group set in Perrotta’s trademark suburban setting, focusing on the fissures in families and unexpected connections among members of typical American communities, including “Senior Season” and "Nine Inches". Others offerings here showcase Perrotta's assured, smooth writing, but may surprise fans with new protagonists and concerns. One of these twistier stories is “The Smile on Happy Chang’s Face”, which was the Boston Book Festival’s first all-city One City, One Story selection in 2010. Following up on his dramatic and best-selling novel The Leftovers, which is being developed by HBO as a series, Nine Inches is a varied and interesting audiobook from one of our most thoughtful and elegant writers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Dufris, Andi Arndt, Tom Perrotta, Rupert Degas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001668/bk_aren_001668_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Swing of Things , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 674min
    “Somewhere between Tom Perrotta and Erica Jong lies The Swing of Things, a charming, sexy, and surprisingly tender romp through the dark side of wish fulfillment. I’ll never look at the other playground parents the same way again.” —Marcus SakeyTold from the dual perspective of a husband and a wife, The Swing of Things is a sexy, provocative, pause-resisting novel about a suburban couple who wants out of their routine - but will they take things too far?Attorney Jayne Larsen loves her stay-at-home husband. Eric is attentive and a great father to their daughter. He’s also unfailingly committed to their Wednesday date nights - but things have gotten too predictable.Enter Theo and Mia Winters, the effortlessly cool, attractive couple who are the center of everyone’s attention. They are blissfully happy and ready to share their secret for keeping things spicy. But there are rules. And breaking them has consequences. As Jayne and Eric explore a more modern definition of marriage, they are forced to confront whether they’ve given up too much in the pursuit of trying to have it all. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lynn Barrington, Tristan James. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/010873/bk_brll_010873_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Heights , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 476min
    Tim Welch is a popular history teacher at the Montague Academy, an exclusive private school in Brooklyn Heights. As he says, "I was an odd-looking, gawky kid but I like to think my rocky start forced me to develop empathy, kindness, and a tendency to be enthusiastic. All of this, I'm now convinced, helped in my quest to be worthy of Kate Oliver."Now, Kate is not inherently ordinary. But she aspires to be. She stays home with their two young sons in a modest apartment, trying desperately to become the parent she never had. They are seemingly the last middle-class family in the Heights, whose world is turned upside down by Anna Brody, the new neighbor who moves into the most expensive brownstone in Brooklyn, sending the local society into a tailspin.Anna is not only beautiful and wealthy; she's also mysterious. And for reasons Kate doesn't quite understand, even as all the Range Rover-driving moms jockey for invitations into Anna's circle, Anna sets her sights on Kate and Tim and brings them into her world.Like Tom Perrotta, Peter Hedges has a keen eye for the surprising truths of daily life. The Heights is at once light of touch and packed with emotion and depth of character. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Hedges. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/001421/bk_peng_001421_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ma Speaks Up: And a First-Generation Daughter Talks Back , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 306min
    The acclaimed actress and author of Jesse: A Mother's Story tells the "entertaining and moving" (Tom Perrotta) story of her outspoken, frequently outrageous Italian immigrant mother. Marianne Leone's Ma is in many senses a larger-than-life character, one who might be capable, even from the afterlife, of shattering expectations. Born on a farm in Italy, Linda finds her way to the United States under dark circumstances, having escaped a forced marriage to a much older man, and marries a good Italian boy. She never has full command of English - especially when questioned by authorities - and when she is suddenly widowed with three young children, she has few options. To her daughter's horror and misery, she becomes the school lunch lady. Ma Speaks Up is a record of growing up on the wrong side of the tracks, with the wrong family, in the wrong religion. Though Marianne's girlhood is flooded with shame, it's equally packed with adventure, love, great cooking, and, above all, humor. The extremely premature birth of Marianne's beloved son, Jesse, bonds mother and daughter in ways she couldn't have imagined. The stories she tells will speak to anyone who has struggled with outsider status in any form and, of course, to mothers and their blemished, cherished girls.  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marianne Leone. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005081/bk_rand_005081_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dare Me: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 550min
    Addy Hanlon has always been Beth Cassidy's best friend and trusted lieutenant. Beth calls the shots and Addy carries them out, a long-established order of things that has brought them to the pinnacle of their high-school careers. Now they're seniors who rule the intensely competitive cheer squad, feared and followed by the other girls - until the young new coach arrives. Cool and commanding, an emissary from the adult world just beyond their reach, Coach Colette French draws Addy and the other cheerleaders into her life. Only Beth, unsettled by the new regime, remains outside Coach's golden circle, waging a subtle but vicious campaign to regain her position as "top girl" - both with the team and with Addy herself. Then a suicide focuses a police investigation on Coach and her squad. After the first wave of shock and grief, Addy tries to uncover the truth behind the death - and learns that the boundary between loyalty and love can be dangerous terrain. The raw passions of girlhood are brought to life in this taut, unflinching exploration of friendship, ambition, and power. Award-winning novelist Megan Abbott, writing with what Tom Perrotta has hailed as "total authority and an almost desperate intensity," provides a harrowing glimpse into the dark heart of the all-American girl. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Khristine Hvam. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/000992/bk_hach_000992_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    What Was Mine: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 524min
    Simply told but deeply affecting, in the best-selling tradition of Alice McDermott and Tom Perrotta, this urgent novel unravels the heartrending yet unsentimental tale of a woman who kidnaps a baby in a superstore - and gets away with it for 21 years. Lucy Wakefield is a seemingly ordinary woman who does something extraordinary in a desperate moment: She takes a baby girl from a shopping cart and raises her as her own. It's a secret she manages to keep for over two decades - from her daughter, the babysitter who helped raise her, family, coworkers, and friends. When Lucy's now-grown daughter, Mia, discovers the devastating truth of her origins, she is overwhelmed by confusion and anger and determines not to speak again to the mother who raised her. She reaches out to her birth mother for a tearful reunion, and Lucy is forced to flee to China to avoid prosecution. What follows is a ripple effect that alters the lives of many and challenges our understanding of the very meaning of motherhood. Author Helen Klein Ross, whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, weaves a powerful story of upheaval and resilience told from the alternating perspectives of Lucy, Mia, Mia's birth mother, and others intimately involved in the kidnapping. What Was Mine is a compelling tale of motherhood and loss, of grief and hope, and of the life-shattering effects of a single irrevocable moment. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julia Whelan, Cassandra Campbell, Amanda Carlin, Rebekkah Ross, Jonathan Todd Ross. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007316/bk_sans_007316_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Conversation Casanova: How to Effortlessly Start Conversations and Flirt Like a Pro , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 153min
    Do you freeze up when you see an attractive girl? Do you run out of things to say? Do you struggle to attract women through conversation? It doesn't have to be this way. What if you could effortlessly strike up a conversation with any woman, at any time, in any environment? What if you knew exactly how to keep the conversation going (so you never ran out of things to say)? What if you could command women's attention and instantly connect with them? What if you could turn any conversation from boring to sexual? That would all make your life a lot more fun, right? Well, it's not out of your reach. All of this is very possible. And you'll discover exactly how to do it in Conversation Casanova. It's a proven system for effortlessly starting conversations, flirting and connecting with women, and leading conversations to sex. Here's what you'll learn in Conversation Casanova: How to confidently approach women at any time and in any environment Fool-proof ways to start a conversation with any girl How to get past small talk and connect with her How to flirt with (and without) your words The four Casanova Mindsets that make you a sexy conversationalist Questions to ask a girl on the first date How to tell a kick-ass story that hooks her Plus, there are action tips in every section, so you can immediately implement all of the conversation tactics. In doing so, you'll unlock the power of conversation. You'll be the guy who the other guys look at with jealousy, as you effortlessly attract women with your words. Your dating life will be abundant, your relationships will flourish, and you'll have more opportunities than you can imagine. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dave Perrotta. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/073728/bk_acx0_073728_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Leftovers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 616min
    A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book for 2011A USA Today 10 Books We Loved Reading in 2011 TitleOne of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011  What if - whoosh, right now, with no explanation - a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of us go on, one foot in front of the other, as we did before the world turned upside down?That’s what the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, who lost many of their neighbors, friends and lovers in the event known as the Sudden Departure, have to figure out. Because nothing has been the same since it happened - not marriages, not friendships, not even the relationships between parents and children. Kevin Garvey, Mapleton’s new mayor, wants to speed up the healing process, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized community. Kevin’s own family has fallen apart in the wake of the disaster: His wife, Laurie, has left to join the Guilty Remnant, a homegrown cult whose members take a vow of silence; his son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a sketchy prophet named Holy Wayne. Only Kevin’s teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she’s definitely not the sweet “A” student she used to be. Kevin wants to help her, but he’s distracted by his growing relationship with Nora Durst, a woman who lost her entire family on October 14 and is still reeling from the tragedy, even as she struggles to move beyond it and make a new start. With heart, intelligence, and a rare ability to illuminate the struggles inherent in ordinary lives, Tom Perrotta has written a startling, thought-provoking novel about love, connection, and loss. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/001276/bk_aren_001276_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Sunken Cathedral: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 346min
    From the National Book Award nominee and author of the acclaimed New York Times best-selling A Short History of Women comes a deeply moving, "lyrical, ominous, and unexpectedly funny" (Tom Perrotta, author of The Leftovers) novel that follows a cast of characters as they negotiate one of Manhattan's swiftly changing neighborhoods, extreme weather, and the unease of 21st-century life. Marie and Simone, friends for decades, were once immigrants to the city after they survived World War II in Europe. Now widows living alone in Chelsea, they remain robust, engaged, and adventurous, even as the vistas from their past interrupt their present. Helen is an art historian who takes a painting class with Marie and Simone. Sid Morris, their instructor, presides over a dusty studio in a tenement slated for condo conversion; he awakes the interest of both Simone and Marie. Elizabeth is Marie's upstairs tenant, a woman convinced that others have a secret way of being, a confidence and certainty she lacks. She is increasingly unmoored - baffled by her teenage son, her husband, and the roles she is meant to play. In a chorus of voices, Kate Walbert, a "wickedly smart, gorgeous writer" (The New York Times Book Review), explores the growing disconnect between the world of action her characters inhabit and the longings, desires, and doubts they experience. Interweaving long narrative footnotes, Walbert paints portraits of marriage, of friendship, and of love in its many facets, always limning the inner life, the place of deepest yearning and anxiety. The Sunken Cathedral is a stunningly beautiful, profoundly wise novel about the way we live now. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kate Walbert. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007126/bk_sans_007126_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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