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A Tuscan Childhood

A Memoir

by Kinta Beevor ...

Series series Vintage Departures
The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between World War I and World War II.When Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village of Aulla. There her parents were part of a vibrant artistic community that included Aldous Huxley, Bernard Berenson, and D. H. ... Read more

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The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between World War I and World War II.When Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village of Aulla. There her parents were part of a vibrant artistic community that included Aldous Huxley, Bernard Berenson, and D. H.
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A Tuscan Childhood

by Kinta Beevor ...

Narrated by Pearl Hewitt ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

The enchantments of the Tuscan countryside are captured in this memoir of the idyllic Bohemian life the author shared with her family in their Italian castle in the years between the two world wars.When Kinta Beevor was five years old, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, and her mother, a writer, settled their family into a castle near the Tuscan village of Aulla. It became the center of an ... Read more

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The enchantments of the Tuscan countryside are captured in this memoir of the idyllic Bohemian life the author shared with her family in their Italian castle in the years between the two world wars.When Kinta Beevor was five years old, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, and her mother, a writer, settled their family into a castle near the Tuscan village of Aulla. It became the center of an
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The Separation

Discover the perfect escapist read from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Tea Planter’s Wife

by Dinah Jefferies ...

Narrated by Clare Corbett, Eleanor Bennett ...

Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A country at war with itself,a family divided and betrayed. . .Malaya, 1955. Lydia Cartwright returns from visiting a sick friend to an empty house. The servants are gone. The phone is dead. Where is her husband Alec? Her young daughters, Emma and Fleur?Fearful and desperate, she contacts the British District Officer and learns that Alec has been posted up country. But ... Read more

$17.74 USD

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Brought to you by Penguin.A country at war with itself,a family divided and betrayed. . .Malaya, 1955. Lydia Cartwright returns from visiting a sick friend to an empty house. The servants are gone. The phone is dead. Where is her husband Alec? Her young daughters, Emma and Fleur?Fearful and desperate, she contacts the British District Officer and learns that Alec has been posted up country. But
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The Secret

Heartbreaking historical fiction, inspired by real events, of a mother's love for her child from the global bestselling author

by Kathryn Hughes ...

Narrated by Rachel Atkins ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

From the author of the Kindle Number One bestseller The Letter comes a heartbreaking novel of tragedy, hope and second chances, set in England in 1976 and the present day, and in Australia. Readers who treasure the novels of Lesley Pearse and Susan Lewis will adore this author. It's the long hot summer of 1976 and the regulars of The Taverners pub in Manchester are preparing for a day trip to ... Read more

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From the author of the Kindle Number One bestseller The Letter comes a heartbreaking novel of tragedy, hope and second chances, set in England in 1976 and the present day, and in Australia. Readers who treasure the novels of Lesley Pearse and Susan Lewis will adore this author. It's the long hot summer of 1976 and the regulars of The Taverners pub in Manchester are preparing for a day trip to
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The Missing Wife: The uplifting and compelling smash-hit bestseller!

by Sheila O'Flanagan ...

Narrated by Aoife McMahon ...

Unabridged

12 hours 30 min

Readers of Marian Keyes, Lisa Jewell and Santa Montefiore will love Sunday Times bestselling author Sheila O'Flanagan's THE MISSING WIFE.Have you ever wanted to disappear?When Imogen Naughton vanishes, everyone who knows her is shocked. She has a perfect marriage. Her handsome husband treats her like a princess. She's always said how lucky she is. So why has she left? And how will she survive ... Read more

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Readers of Marian Keyes, Lisa Jewell and Santa Montefiore will love Sunday Times bestselling author Sheila O'Flanagan's THE MISSING WIFE.Have you ever wanted to disappear?When Imogen Naughton vanishes, everyone who knows her is shocked. She has a perfect marriage. Her handsome husband treats her like a princess. She's always said how lucky she is. So why has she left? And how will she survive
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The Hideaway

There's no escape from a shocking secret - from the No. 1 bestselling author

by Sheila O'Flanagan ...

Narrated by Aoife McMahon ...

Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

The unputdownable new novel from Sunday Times bestselling Sheila O'Flanagan, author of THE MISSING WIFE and WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. Perfect for readers of Catherine Alliott and Marian Keyes.What would you do if you discovered you were living a lie?When a shocking news report shatters Juno Ryan's world, she suddenly finds herself without the man she loves - and with no way of getting the answers ... Read more

$18.99 USD

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The unputdownable new novel from Sunday Times bestselling Sheila O'Flanagan, author of THE MISSING WIFE and WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. Perfect for readers of Catherine Alliott and Marian Keyes.What would you do if you discovered you were living a lie?When a shocking news report shatters Juno Ryan's world, she suddenly finds herself without the man she loves - and with no way of getting the answers
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Commonwealth

by Ann Patchett ...

Narrated by Hope Davis ...

Unabridged

10 hours 34 min

The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives.One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny’s mother, Beverly—thus setting in motion the ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives.One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating’s christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny’s mother, Beverly—thus setting in motion the
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Dreaming of Venice

by T.A. Williams ...

Narrated by Penny Scott Andrews ...

Series series Dreaming of...
Unabridged

7 hours 25 min

Penny has a dead end job in a London café, a boyfriend in Australia (what could go wrong?) and an art career that’s going nowhere… until one good deed leads to an extraordinary proposition. This is her chance to turn her life around and at long last, fulfil her dream to visit Venice. Maybe, just maybe, she could even find true happiness with the handsome man of her dreams. ... Read more

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Penny has a dead end job in a London café, a boyfriend in Australia (what could go wrong?) and an art career that’s going nowhere… until one good deed leads to an extraordinary proposition. This is her chance to turn her life around and at long last, fulfil her dream to visit Venice. Maybe, just maybe, she could even find true happiness with the handsome man of her dreams.
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The Letter

The gripping, moving and heart-wrenching Million Copy Bestseller of war, courage and love

by Kathryn Hughes ...

Narrated by Rachel Atkins ...

Unabridged

9 hours 11 min

Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover the Number One bestseller that has captured thousands of hearts worldwide...Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. ... Read more

$18.99 USD

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Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover the Number One bestseller that has captured thousands of hearts worldwide...Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt ...

Narrated by John Berendt, Jeff Woodman, Will Damron ...

Unabridged

15 hours 11 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: “Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime." —The New York Times Book ReviewShots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it ... Read more

$24.00 USD

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: “Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime." —The New York Times Book ReviewShots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it
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Under Italian Skies

The perfect feel-good escapist summer read

by Nicky Pellegrino ...

Narrated by Jane McDowell ...

Unabridged

9 hours 20 min

Stella has life under control - and that's the way she likes it. For twenty-five years, she's been trusted assistant to a legendary fashion designer, but after her boss dies suddenly, she's left with nothing to do apart from clear the studio.It seems as though the life she wanted has vanished. She is lost - until one day she finds a house swap website and sees a beautiful old villa in a southern ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Stella has life under control - and that's the way she likes it. For twenty-five years, she's been trusted assistant to a legendary fashion designer, but after her boss dies suddenly, she's left with nothing to do apart from clear the studio.It seems as though the life she wanted has vanished. She is lost - until one day she finds a house swap website and sees a beautiful old villa in a southern
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Elizabeth Is Missing

by Emma Healey ...

Narrated by Davina Porter ...

Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

HOW DO YOU SOLVE A MYSTERY WHEN YOU CAN'T REMEMBER THE CLUES?In this darkly riveting debut novel—a sophisticated psychological mystery that is also an heartbreakingly honest meditation on memory, identity, and aging—an elderly woman descending into dementia embarks on a desperate quest to find the best friend she believes has disappeared, and her search for the truth will go back decades and have ... Read more

$28.99 USD

HOW DO YOU SOLVE A MYSTERY WHEN YOU CAN'T REMEMBER THE CLUES?In this darkly riveting debut novel—a sophisticated psychological mystery that is also an heartbreakingly honest meditation on memory, identity, and aging—an elderly woman descending into dementia embarks on a desperate quest to find the best friend she believes has disappeared, and her search for the truth will go back decades and have
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