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Daughters of the New Year
A Novel
2022
EN
A MARIE CLAIRE BOOK CLUB PICK**A Recommended Read from: Salon * Good Morning America * People Magazine * Electric Lit * Goodreads * Buzzfeed * The Seattle Times * Deep South Magazine * Book Culture * Debutiful"A daring debut." —New York Times Book Review**A lively, spellbinding tale about the extraordinary women within a Vietnamese immigrant family**—**and the ancient zodiac legend that bi...
Daughters of the New Year
A Novel
Unabridged
10 hours 21 min
2022
EN
“Daughters of the New Year is engrossing and exhilarating... unifying and contorting a family tied by love, debts, humor, and ghosts. Tran has turned the question of what a family can be into a complex, heartfelt mural of possibility.” –Bryan Washington, author of Memorial and LotA captivating debut novel that moves backwards in time to trace five generations of Vietnamese mothers and daughters, drawing on Vietnamese zodiac astrol...
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Carmen and Grace
A Novel
- Narrated by
- Almarie GuerraMelanie Mendez
Unabridged
15 hours 16 min
2023
EN
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE“I was crying like I lost my best friend as I finished. . . . This book is an act of love . . . It will break you apart and remind you that we can all be put back together again, stronger, and wiser than before.” — XOCHITL GONZALEZ, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies DreamingAn emotionally riveting coming-of-age drama about two cous...
Fractured Soul
A Novel
- Narrated by
- Kurt Kanazawa
Unabridged
5 hours 21 min
2023
EN
Awarded the Prix des libraires by France’s booksellers, a universal story about music and restoring one’s faith in others amid the aftermath of tremendous loss.Tokyo, 1938. An amateur quartet, led by the compassionate Yu, gathers to practice. Suddenly, their rehearsal is brutally interrupted by military police. In the ensuing skirmish, Yu’s violin is smashed while his son, Rei, witnesses his father’s arrest. He will never see him again. Salvaging his father’s instr...
- Narrated by
- Quyen Ngo
Unabridged
11 hours 22 min
2022
EN
A stunning novel of ancient Vietnam based on the true story of two warrior sisters who raised an army of women to overthrow the Han Chinese and rule as kings over a united people, for readers of Circe and The Night Tiger.Gather around, children of Chu Dien, and be brave.For even to listen to the story of the Trung Sisters is,***in these troubled times, a dangerous act.***In 40 CE, i...
My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird
New Fiction by Afghan Women
- Narrated by
- Sitara Attaie
Unabridged
6 hours 1 min
2022
EN
A landmark collection: the first anthology of short fiction by Afghan women that are "powerful, profound, and deeply moving" (Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees, a Reese's Book Club pick)"My pen is the wing of a bird; it will tell you those thoughts we are not allowed to think, those dreams we are not allowed to dream."Eighteen Afghan women living in, speaking about, and writing from the country itself tell stories that are powerful...
Peach Blossom Spring
A Novel
2022
EN
A "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories, Peach Blossom Spring follows three generations of a Chinese family on their search for a place to call home (Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author).A country at war. A family searching for home.China, 1938. Meilin and her four-year-old son, Renshu, flee their burning city as Japanese forces advan...
These Impossible Things
A Novel
2022
EN
A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!**Three best friends navigate love, sex, faith—and the one night that changes it all—in this novel that reveals “**searing and poignant truths about the female experience” (Ashley Audrain, NYT bestselling author of The Push)Whatever happened to the way we were?It’s always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. Since childhood, under the watchful eyes of t...
Heart of the Sun Warrior
A Novel
- Book 2 -
- Celestial Kingdom
2022
EN
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The stunning sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess delves deeper into beloved Chinese mythology, concluding the epic story of Xingyin—the daughter of Chang’e and the mortal archer, Houyi—as she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love, sacrifice, and hope.After winning her mother’s freedom from the Celestial Emperor, Xingyin thrives in the enchanting tranquility of her home. But her fragile peace is threatened by the discover...
Birnam Wood
A Novel
2023
EN
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**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, the Kirkus Prize, Orwell Prize, and the Ockham Book Award for FictionLonglisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary AwardCBC Books' #1 Canadian Novel of 2023Named a Best Book of 2023 by the New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Time, Kirkus Reviews, The Guardian, the Globe and Mail, and many moreO...
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The Fortunes of Jaded Women
A Novel
2022
EN
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A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKA WASHINGTON POST BEST FEEL-GOOD BOOK OF THE YEARFor fans of Amy Tan, KJ Dell’Antonia, and Kevin Kwan, this “sharp, smart, and gloriously extra” (Nancy Jooyoun Kim, author of The Last Story of Mina Lee) debut celebrates a family of estranged Vietnamese women who experiences mishaps and unexpected joy after a psychic makes a startling prediction about the...
Maame
A Today Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick
2023
EN
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! • A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick • A February 2023 Indie Next Pick**"****Sparkling." —**The New York Times"An utterly charming and deeply moving portrait of the joys**—and the guilt—**of trying to find your own way in life." **—**Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bests...











