![]() ![]() It tells the story of a young woman named Marietta Greer who grows up poor in rural Kentucky. I found it on the shelves of the yacht in which we were sailing around the Greek islands this summer (I know! Lucky me!) ![]() The Poisonwood Bible is one of my favourite books, but I have never read this debut novel by Barbara Kingsolver. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in apparently empty places. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and must somehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity for putting down roots. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. ![]()
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Although she wrote many small “books” as a child, she didn’t seriously turn to writing fiction until her early thirties when she was waiting for a delayed doctor’s appointment with nothing more than a pad, a pen, and an idea. The daughter of a school principal who supplied her with a new book almost daily, Diane quickly learned the emotional power of story. ![]() Diane Chamberlain is the New York Times, USA Today and (London) Sunday Times best-selling author of 28 novels. 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Helen knows that if she is going to survive the year, she needs to uncover the secrets of Harrow. ![]() For as long as she can remember, Harrow has haunted Helen’s dreams - and now those dreams have become a waking nightmare. The inheritance comes with one condition: she must stay on the grounds of Harrow for one full year, or she’ll be left with nothing. So when her grandfather dies, she’s shocked to learn that he has left everything - the house, the grounds, and the money - to her. Helen Vaughan doesn’t know why she and her mother left their ancestral home at Harrowstone Hall, called Harrow, or why they haven’t spoken to their extended family since. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From reflective memoirs packed with the funniest of anecdotes (enter Billy Connolly), through to classics like Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, this list covers the spectrum.Īnd with some great offers currently available from Audible, there’s never been a better time to swap a hardback for a Stephen Fry narrated tale. These titles are ShortList Certified and categorically laugh-out-loud funny. It’s an eclectic old mix, hand-picked and approved by our team. It’s also why we’ve decided to round-up the funniest audiobooks around for your listening pleasure. Did you know laughter can help make you happy? It sounds like the stuff a clueless relative would tell you, but laughter can help the release or serotonin - the happy chemical. ![]() ![]() ![]() But Never Land isn't quite the place she imagined it would be. So when an opportunity to travel to Never Land via pirate ship presents itself, Wendy makes a deal with the devil. After nearly meeting her hero, Peter Pan, four years earlier, she still holds on to the childhood hope that his magical home truly exists. Wendy's only real escape is in writing down tales of Never Land. The doldrums of an empty house after her brothers have gone to school, the dull parties where everyone thinks she talks too much, and the fact that her parents have decided to send her away to Ireland as a governess-it all makes her wish things could be different. ![]() Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling's life is not what she imagined it would be. ![]() What if Wendy first traveled to Neverland… with Captain Hook? ![]() |
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