"Alyce Donovan has a lot of nerve. After losing her low-paying job and the wealthy man she hoped to marry, she spends her severance on a total-immersion language program in the South of France. Never mind that she’s never left American soil or that her courage came from a bottle of Bordeaux she gulped down in her dismal Hoboken apartment. Once in France, Alyce unintentionally offends her local hosts. From farmers to nuns, each one sends her packing. She has only one option left: the guest cottage of her program director’s brother. Enigmatic author Jean-Luc is no fan of Americans, but he could use the money. He’s also searching for new book material and thinks Alyce is just the one to provide it. Can he put up with the brash American? And can she stick it out long enough to learn French … and some other well needed lessons?
Extras, where available, include an essay from the author on the true adventure behind the story, recipes, and discussion questions."
"'Our industry is complicated, fun, and sometimes downright corrupt! Naked DJ dares to expose what happens off the air.' DELILAH, nationally syndicated radio host, Radio Hall of Fame inductee, and author
Patty “Jazmyn” Brown should be ecstatic she’s finally reached the number one radio market in America and her gypsy radio days are over. But what she’s asked to do in New York City to boost ratings and her own career has her reeling — and questioning everyone around her. Just how much of herself, literally, should she expose for her job? What's she going to do about the two men she loves who claim they love her in return? And would those demons from her uncool, outcast past vanish already? Teeming with stalkers, smooth-talkers, rappers and rockers, Naked DJ is shocking, hilarious, biting satire at its all-too-real best. It also takes you deep into the secret sorority of female DJs from one who knows: Jo Maeder, a former Miami and New York City DJ once known on the airwaves as 'The Rock and Roll Madame.'
SOVAS nominee Audiobook Narration – Fiction, Best Narrator: Rachel Butera. Bonus Material (where available): Reading group guide guaranteed to bring out the inner DJs lurking in your book club. It can also be found on the author's website.
'Grabs you on the first page and keeps the intrigue high. A rockin' radio riot that reveals everything.' Paul Shaffer, performer, Grammy winner, and former Musical Director, Late Show with David Letterman
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"'This book is important to every mother and daughter, and to every woman who wants to be one.' MAYA ANGELOU
A city-loving, single New York DJ braces for disaster when she reluctantly moves to the Bible Belt to care for her estranged, doll-obsessed, hoarder mother. What unfolds in this bestselling memoir is a hilarious, heartbreaking love story that sees eldercare and making peace with the past in a most unexpected way.
SOVAS nominee Audiobook Narration – Author Performance, Best Narrator"
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