検索キーワード： 制作 "Audible Studios" 女性文学

Quella narrata in questo volume è la storia personale dell'autrice, che qui si racconta in quanto mamma di tre figli, Andrea, Tilahun e Zenebech: i genitori biologici di Tila e Zene, entrambi etiopi ma fratelli non di sangue, sono stati costretti ad abbandonarli o hanno perso la vita durante la guerra civile nel Paese africano. Emilia all'epoca ha fatto una scelta importante e profondamente delicata, e non se ne è mai pentita.

A woman and her husband rent a summer house, but what should be a restful getaway turns into a suffocating psychological battle. This chilling account of postpartum depression and a husband's controlling behaviour in the guise of treatment will leave you breathless.

Sophie ist eine absolute Stadtpflanze, doch ihr Leben in Hamburg läuft eher schlecht als recht. Als sie dann auch noch vom Tod ihrer lieben Tante Dotti erfährt, zieht es ihr den Boden unter den Füßen weg. Aber Dotti hatte einen Plan für sie - und so findet sich Sophie kurze Zeit später in Wümmerscheid-Sollensbach wieder, einem idyllischen, wenn auch verschlafenen kleinen Ort zwischen Rhein und Mosel. Dort steht sie überrascht vor ihrem Erbe: ein renovierungsbedürftiges, altes Mühlengebäude mit einem Café im Erdgeschoss.

The people of Turnbridge, Michigan, see Carly Winters as the respectable-yet painfully single- good girl. None of them knows what she does miles away, where she becomes Desiree, a seductress who lures men into nights of heated passion. Until the day she's introduced to the new cop in town - Jake, one of the men who fulfilled her darkest fantasy. His arrival turns her safe world upside down. Carly's good and bad girl personas clash, and she must decide who she needs to be...

Just like Abe Lincoln, I got shot. You’ve got to be kidding me. If we’re going to stay safe, we need to grow the MC. And I’ve found a good guy to join up. Except his sister hates me. Too bad, because she’s a beauty. Those curves and long legs. I’ll convince her to be mine and let her brother join the MC. I’m honest, after all.

Oliver Steele is supposed to be my knight in shining armor. He's tall, handsome, and as cocky as he is rich. With his good looks and charm, no one's going to suspect a thing. No one's going to believe our engagement is fake. But he's taking this thing way too far. The way he wraps his arm around me like I'm his. The way he kisses me and presses his hard body up against mine. I almost believe that it's real. Almost.

Claire Gracen's life is picture perfect. Her career as a marketing director is on the brink of being legendary, and her marriage to her high school sweetheart has never been stronger. No, wait. It has. It used to be amazing and fulfilling, but one day Claire realizes that she's been living a lie and her best friend and husband have committed the ultimate betrayal. Broken and depressed, Claire is in need of something new - new city, new job, new friends.

Taeko, elegante e avvenente donna di trentanove anni, conduce una vita agiata e godereccia, destreggiandosi tra l'atelier d'alta moda di cui è proprietaria, le amiche con cui condividere racconti piccanti ed eventi mondani cui partecipare. Stereotipo della donna divorziata e indipendente, immersa nell'alta società nipponica del dopoguerra, ove il desiderio di occidentalizzazione si contrappone a vecchie tradizioni e pregiudizi, Taeko non vuole rinunciare al proprio stile di vita né alla libertà.

"Per essere felici non ci vuole quasi niente. Niente, comunque, che non sia già dentro di noi". Ferite d'oro. Quando un oggetto di valore si rompe, in Giappone, lo si ripara con oro liquido. È un'antica tecnica che mostra e non nasconde le fratture. Le esibisce come un pregio: cicatrici dorate, segno orgoglioso di rinascita. Anche per le persone è così. Chi ha sofferto è prezioso, la fragilità può trasformarsi in forza. La tecnica che salda i pezzi, negli esseri umani, si chiama amore. Questa è la storia di Irina, che ha combattuto una battaglia e l'ha vinta.

Aos quarenta e cinco anos, Delia retorna a sua cidade natal, Nápoles, na Itália, para enterrar a mãe, Amalia, encontrada morta numa praia em circunstâncias suspeitas: a humilde costureira, que se acostumou a esconder a beleza com peças simples e sem graça, usava nada além de um sutiã caro no momento da morte.

Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.

Award-winning novelist Minae Mizumura demystifies the notion of the selfless Japanese mother and the adult daughter honor-bound to care for her. Mitsuki Katsura, a Japanese woman in her mid-50s, is a French-language instructor at a private university in Tokyo. Her husband, whom she met in Paris, is a professor at another private university. He is having an affair with a much younger woman. In addition to her husband's infidelity, Mitsuki must deal with her ailing 80-something mother.

When Betsey disembarks from the London train in the seaside resort of Idensea, all she owns is a small valise and a canary in a cage. After attempting to forge a letter of reference she knew would be denied her, Betsey has been fired from the typing pool of her previous employer. Her vigorous protest left one man wounded, another jilted, and her character permanently besmirched. Now, without money or a reference for her promised job, the future looks even bleaker than the debacle behind her.

Excêntrico, insensível, grosseiro, mal-educado. Esses eram uns dos muitos adjetivos que usavam para me descrever, contudo poucos me conheciam de verdade. Nascido em uma família abastada, dona de uma enorme companhia aérea, sempre estive à sombra do meu irmão mais velho, porém eu não me importava, pois, ao contrário do Maxwell, que gostava dos holofotes, eu preferia me manter afastado do restante do mundo.

UN NOËL FÉERIQUE À SAINT-BARTH. Rosalie Ernst est formelle, les tortues ne fêtent pas Noël sous la neige. Adieu marrons chauds, bredele et paysages enneigés, ici c'est cocotiers, sable fin et riches propriétaires blasés. Saint-Barthélemy c'est 24 km² perdus au milieu des Caraïbes, l'île de tous les possibles et des rencontres les plus inattendues.

María es profesora universitaria en Castellón y una mujer independiente, libre, que se embarca en un viaje a Colombia tras recibir la llamada de su amiga de la infancia, Carmen, una monja oblata que trabaja en un centro en las afueras de Bogotá donde acogen a niños huérfanos o abandonados que han llegado allí tras vivir infancias muy duras. En su visita al centro María conecta de una manera muy intensa con Ava, una niñita que decide adoptar y con la que regresará a España.

C'è un giorno, un giorno soltanto, in cui in condizioni particolari è possibile rivedere i propri cari defunti. Dicono che qualcuno è pure in grado di sentirli e parlar loro. Che sia possibile per Satsuki, che non riesce in alcun modo a scordare il ragazzo perduto, e Hiiragi, che per ricordare Yumiko ne indossa tutti i giorni la divisa alla marinara?

If any American fictional character of the 20th century seems likely to be immortal, it is Lorelei Lee of Little Rock, Arkansas, the not-so-dumb blonde who knew that diamonds are a girl's best friend. Outrageous, charming, and unforgettable, she's been portrayed on stage and screen by Carol Channing and Marilyn Monroe, and has become the archetype of the footloose, good-hearted gold digger, with an insatiable appetite for orchids, champagne, and precious stones.

I'm heartless and cutthroat. It's just the way I was raised. I had no regrets. Until she showed up. It started with her old man. That stubborn bastard set me up. He knew what he was doing. I fell for her before I even heard her voice. What was he thinking, trying to set her up with a prick like me? She's too good for me. I should've walked away. But every time she told me no, it only made me want to chase her more.

En la década de 1920, Dorothy Parker - una de las mujeres más ingeniosas que jamás haya empuñado una pluma - y sus tres amigas navegan por la vida, el amor y sus carreras profesionales en la ciudad de Nueva York. Nueva York, 1921: La guerra ha terminado, la moda es atrevida y el licor de contrabando se sirve en todas partes a pesar de la prohibición. Es aquí donde cuatro mujeres extraordinarias se encuentran y estrechan lazos de amistad.