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Half a Creature from the Sea: A Life in Stories , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 283min
Master storyteller David Almond presents a beautiful collection of short fiction interwoven with pieces that illuminate the inspiration behind the stories. May Malone is said to have a monster in her house, but what Norman finds there may just be the angel he needs. Joe Quinn's house is noisy with poltergeists, or could it be Davie's raging causing the disturbance? Fragile Annie learns the truth about herself in a photograph taken by a traveling man near the sea. Set in the northern English Tyneside country of the author's childhood, these eight short stories by the incomparable David Almond evoke gritty realities and ineffable longings, experiences both ordinary and magical. In autobiographical preludes to each story, the writer shows how all things can be turned into tales, reflecting on a time of wonder, tenderness, and joy. The full copyright information can be found below: First U.S. edition published by Candlewick Press. P 2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Introduction and story introductions © 2014 by David Almond. “Slog’s Dad” © 2006 by David Almond. (First published in So, What Kept You?). “May Malone” © 2008 by David Almond.(First published in The Children’s Hours). “When God Came to Cathleen’s Garden” © 2009, 2010 by David Almond. (First published in Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists, and Other Matters Odd and Magical). “The Missing Link” © 2008, 2014 by David Almond. (First published in The Times). “Harry Miller’s Run” © 2008 by David Almond. (First published in conjunction with Great North Run Culture). “Half a Creature from the Sea” © 2007 by David Almond. (First published in Click). “Joe Quinn’s Poltergeist” © 2014 by David Almond. “Klaus Vogel and the Bad Lads” © 2009 by David Almond. (First published in Free? Stories About Human Rights). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Halverson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/007394/bk_brll_007394_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lost in the Forest , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 518min
For nearly two decades, since the publication of her iconic first novel, The Good Mother, Sue Miller has distinguished herself as one of our most elegant and widely celebrated chroniclers of family life, with a singular gift for laying bare the interior lives of her characters. In each of her novels, Miller has written with exquisite precision about the experience of grace in daily life - the sudden, epiphanic recognition of the extraordinary amid the ordinary - as well as the sharp and unexpected motions of the human heart away from it, toward an unruly netherworld of upheaval and desire. But never before have Miller’s powers been keener or more transfixing than they are in Lost in the Forest, a novel set in the vineyards of Northern California that tells the story of a young girl who, in the wake of a tragic accident, seeks solace in a damaging love affair with a much older man. Eva, a divorced and happily remarried mother of three, runs a small bookstore in a town north of San Francisco. When her second husband, John, is killed in a car accident, her family's fragile peace is once again overtaken by loss. Emily, the eldest, must grapple with newfound independence and responsibility. Theo, the youngest, can only begin to fathom his father's death. But for Daisy, the middle child, John's absence opens up a world of bewilderment, exposing her at the onset of adolescence to the chaos and instability that hover just beyond the safety of parental love. In her sorrow, Daisy embarks on a harrowing sexual odyssey, a journey that will cast her even farther out onto the harsh promontory of adulthood and lost hope.With astonishing sensuality and immediacy, Lost in the Forest moves through the most intimate realms of domestic life, from grief and sex to adolescence and marriage. It is a stunning, kaleidoscopic evocation of a family in crisis, written with delicacy and masterful care. For her lifelong fans and those just discovering Sue Mi ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Blair Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000574/bk_rand_000574_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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