Audiobooks by Adrienne Brodeur

[German] - Das Sommerfest (Ungekürzte Lesung)

"'Ein berührender Familienroman vor der malerischen Landschaft Cape Cods Ken und Abby Gardener haben ihre Mutter früh verloren und sind mit dem Vater in einem entlegenen Haus auf Cape Cod aufgewachsen. Als Erwachsene führen sie eine angespannte Beziehung, dennoch sind ihre Leben eng miteinander verwoben. Abby ist eine aufstrebende Künstlerin und gleichzeitig abhängig von ihrem Bruder. Denn das Atelier in den Dünen, in dem sie lebt und arbeitet, gehört ihm. Ken ist ein erfolgreicher Geschäftsmann mit Vorzeigefamilie und politischen Ambitionen. Seine Ehekrise versucht er mit aller Macht zu verbergen. Adam, der Vater der zwei, sieht unterdessen seinem 70. Geburtstag entgegen. Um ein letztes Mal als Forscher zu glänzen, setzt der brillante Ozeanograf heimlich seine Medikamente ab. Während Adams Festtag unaufhaltsam näher rückt, verschärfen sich die Konflikte zwischen den Geschwistern. Bis eine Unbekannte auf der Bildfläche erscheint und alles, woran Abby und Ken geglaubt haben, zum Einsturz bringt. Dieses Hörbuch ist ursprünglich unter dem Titel Treibgut erschienen.'"

Adrienne Brodeur (Author), Vera Teltz (Narrator)

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Little Monsters: PERFECT FOR FANS OF FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE AND THE PAPER PALACE

"Brought to you by Penguin. A riveting novel about Cape Cod, complicated families and long-buried secrets Ken and Abby Gardner were raised in a remote home on Cape Cod. As adults, their relationship is strained, but their lives are still deeply intertwined. Ken is a successful businessman with political ambitions and a picture-perfect family, but when his wife walks in on him in an internet chatroom, she demands they go to therapy. Abby is a talented artist who depends on her brother's goodwill, in part because he owns the studio where she lives and works. Their father, Adam, a brilliant oceanographer, raised them as a single parent. As his seventieth birthday approaches and he begins to stare down his mortality, he comes off his bipolar disorder medication in order to make one last scienti?c breakthrough; he has secretly stopped taking his pills, which he knows will infuriate his children. Meanwhile, Abby and Ken are both harbouring secrets of their own, and there is a new person on the periphery of the family - Steph, who doesn't make her connection known. Set over one fraught summer, Little Monsters is an absorbing, sharply observed family story by a writer who knows Cape Cod inside and out - its Edenic lushness and its snakes. 'Gorgeous, gripping, I couldn't put it down' RUTH OZEKI 'Beautiful, lyrical and unvarnished, Adrienne Brodeur's Little Monsters delivers its powerful emotional punches so subtly that they sneak up on you and leave you floored' MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER, author of THE PAPER PALACE ©2023 Adrienne Brodeur (P)2023 Penguin Audio"

Adrienne Brodeur (Author), Allyson Ryan, Cassandra Campbell, Joy Osmanski, Matt Pittenger, Stephen Graybill, Sura Siu (Narrator)

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Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover and Me

"Brought to you by Penguin. A daughter's tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity Every time I fail to become more like my mother, I become more like me. On a hot August night on Cape Cod, when Adrienne was 14, her mother Malabar woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both of their lives for years to come: Ben Souther just kissed me. Adrienne instantly became her mother’s confidante and helpmate, blossoming in the sudden light of her attention; from then on, Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help orchestrate what would become an epic affair with her husband’s closest friend. The affair would have calamitous consequences for everyone involved, impacting Adrienne’s life in profound ways, driving her into a doomed marriage of her own, and then into a deep depression. Only years later will she find the strength to embrace her life -- and her mother -- on her own terms. This is a book about how the people close to us can break our hearts simply because they have access to them. It's about the lies we tell in order to justify the choices we make. It’s about mothers and daughters and the nature of family. And ultimately, it's a story of resilience, a reminder that we need not be the parents our parents were to us; that moving forward is possible. 'Not since The Glass Castle has a memoir conveyed such a complex family bond, in which love, devotion, and corrosive secrets are inextricably linked' J. Courtney Sullivan © Adrienne Brodeur 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020"

Adrienne Brodeur (Author), Adrienne Brodeur, Julia Whelan (Narrator)

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