Audiobooks by Ann Napolitano

[German] - Hallo, du Schöne: Roman | Barack-Obama-Leseliste 2023

"Gemeinschaft und Zugehörigkeit kennt William Waters nur vom Basketballplatz. Das ändert sich, als er am College die temperamentvolle Julia Padavano kennenlernt und sich in sie verliebt. Er, der eine unglückliche Kindheit erlebt hat, erfährt, was es heißt, eine Familie zu haben. Denn Julia und ihre drei Schwestern sind unzertrennlich und ihre Eltern immer präsent. William wird Teil des so herrlichen wie anstrengenden Chaos aus Liebe und Fürsorge. Zusammen überstehen die Schwestern den Tod des Vaters und den Weggang der Mutter. In allen Krisen geben sie einander Halt und erfreuen sich gemeinsam an Julias Glück mit William. Doch seine tiefe Einsamkeit wirft nicht nur Julias genau durchdachte Pläne für ihre gemeinsame Zukunft über den Haufen, sondern treibt auch die vier Schwestern auseinander – bis ein Schicksalsschlag ihren alten Zusammenhalt erfordert. Selten ist so mitreißend, so intelligent und zärtlich über Familie und Liebe, Schmerz und Heilung geschrieben worden, wie es Ann Napolitano in ›Hallo, du Schöne‹ gelungen ist."

Ann Napolitano (Author), Florian Schmidtke (Narrator)

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Hello Beautiful

"Brought to you by Penguin. From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a beautifully tender, heartbreaking, and moving story of four sisters over three decades Meet the Padvano girls. Best friends and sisters, they are thought of as inseparable by everyone in their close-knit Chicago neighbourhood. Julia, the eldest, is the 'rocket' of the family - she always has a destination in mind and clear plans for how to get there. Sylvie, the dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book and imagines a life for herself other than the expected path of wife and mother. Cecelia and Emmeline, the twins, are the artist and the caregiver. From childhood, the four sisters complete each other, expecting that their family will always be intact. When Julia falls in love with William Walters, a history student and college sports star, she's delighted by the way her plans for adulthood are coming together. A husband, a house, a family. But when darkness from William's past begins to block the light of his future, it is Sylvie, not Julia, who steps in to help. Suddenly, things shift. Dynamics and relationships, priorities and secrets - everything that was once a given no longer is. Rich and vivid, heartbreaking and heart-mending, Hello Beautiful captures the joy, tragedy, trust, and betrayal to ask: what does it mean to be a family? And once shattered, can it be pieced back together? ***Praise for Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano*** 'Wonderful . . . a beautifully written coming-of-age story' Nina Stibbe 'Powerful' New York Times 'Ann Napolitano's writing is astonishing. I'm in awe' Marian Keyes 'Moving and emotional' Anne Tyler 'That rare book that breaks your heart and stitches it back together' Jodi Picoult 'Stunning, life-affirming' Vogue 'Made me think, nod in recognition, care about its characters, and cry, and you can't ask more of a novel than that' Emma Donoghue ©2023 Ann Napolitano (P)2023 Penguin Audio"

Ann Napolitano (Author), Maura Tierney (Narrator)

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Dear Edward: Now a Major new TV series with Apple TV

"Brought to you by Penguin. 'Astonishing' Marian Keyes A luminous, life-affirming novel about a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles. There are 192 passengers aboard: among them a young woman taking a pregnancy test in the airplane toilet; a Wall Street millionaire flirting with the air hostess; an injured soldier returning from Afghanistan; and two beleaguered parents moving across the country with their adolescent sons, bickering over who gets the window seat. When the plane suddenly crashes in a field in Colorado, the younger of these boys, 12-year-old Edward Adler, is the sole survivor. Dear Edward depicts Edward's life in the crash's aftermath as he struggles to make sense of the meaning of his survival, the strangeness of his sudden fame, and find his place in the world without his family. In his new home with his aunt and uncle, the only solace comes from his friendship with the girl next door, Shay. Together Edward and Shay make a startling discovery: hidden in his uncle's garage are sacks of letters from the relatives of the other passengers, addressed to Edward. As Edward comes of age against the backdrop of sudden tragedy, he must confront some of life's most profound questions: how do we make the most of the time we are given? And what does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live? 'A very moving and emotional read' Anne Tyler 'Gripping and elegiac, this is a captivating novel about loss, love and growing up' Rosamund Lupton 'That rare book that breaks your heart and stitches it back together . . . Don't miss this one' Jodi Picoult © Ann Napolitano 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020"

Ann Napolitano (Author), Cassandra Campbell (Narrator)

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