Audiobooks by Laura Barnett

Births, Deaths and Marriages: The stunning novel about life, love and friendship from the Sunday Times bestselling author

"Brought to you by Penguin. Zoe, Al, Rachel, Rob, Yas and Indie. Six friends who were inseparable at university, who have all had their secret or not so secret passions for each other, their own hopes and fears. Over the years, they have gone their separate ways. Rob is a history teacher, with a string of broken relationships behind him. Yas is a surgeon and very much her own woman. Indie is married and a successful coffee entrepreneur. Rachel is a stay at home mum with two children. Al, widowed young, is about to take over his father's funeral business. When Rob's engagement party throws the gang together once more, some passions are reignited, old connections and resentments resurface. Over the next twelve months, there will, among the friends, be a birth, a marriage, and a death – but whose? Set over one year and told from multiple perspectives, BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES is an era-spanning, globe-trotting novel about love, friendship, and how to stay at least relatively sane in an ever crazier world. It’s about a group of friends growing older, a pair of sometime lovers finding their way back to each other, about kindness and joy. It’s about births, deaths, marriages, and everything in between. © Laura Barnett 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025"

Laura Barnett (Author), Isabel Adomakoh-Young (Narrator)

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The Heart of Therapy: Developing Compassion, Understanding and Boundaries

"This thoughtful and heartfelt book develops two main themes: the healing power of a compassionate understanding towards ourselves and others, and the ways boundaries are set within and around various areas of our lives. It examines how we live these boundaries, how they impact us, and what it takes to live these with deeper satisfaction. This book also addresses shame and rage; the impact of trauma; the power of parental messages, spoken and unspoken; and transgenerational burdens. A theoretical chapter summarizes the author's integrative, phenomenological approach: it brings the insights of a body-focused trauma therapy and a systemic lens to an overarching existential perspective. Numerous vignettes, case studies, and client-therapist dialogues illustrate reflections on life, philosophy, and therapeutic modalities and practice. This book will be a thought-provoking listen for trainee and practicing counselors and psychotherapists, or anyone looking for self-reflection on their own practices, life, and ultimately, what it means to be human."

Laura Barnett (Author), Kim Niemi (Narrator)

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[German] - Drei mal wir (Ungekürzte Lesung)

"Studentin Eva kniet eines Morgens auf einer Straße und flucht über einen Nagel in ihrem Fahrradreifen. Plötzlich taucht ein junger Mann vor ihr auf mit ungewöhnlich blauen Augen: Jim. Was dann passiert, wird beider Leben für immer verändern. Eva wird ihren Freund David verlassen und mit Jim eine Familie gründen. Doch alles könnte auch ganz anders kommen: Eva könnte nicht über den Nagel fahren, dem Mann mit den blauen Augen nur einen kurzen Blick zuwerfen und gemeinsam mit David nach New York gehen. Oder sie könnte Jim folgen, sich in ihn verlieben - und ihn schweren Herzens wieder verlassen, da sie von David schwanger ist. Wir lernen zwei Liebende in drei Varianten kennen, deren Wege sich, egal wohin das Leben sie verschlägt, immer wieder kreuzen."

Laura Barnett (Author), Elena Wilms, Philipp Schepmann, Richard Barenberg, Uve Teschner (Narrator)

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