Audiobooks by Siân Hughes

No Such Thing as Monday

"‘A stunningly frank and darkly funny novel of loneliness and resilience. I loved it.’ — Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry ‘In Steffie, Sian Hughes has created one of the most powerful, highly original and hilarious voices in fiction. What she suffers is almost unbearable and yet her resilience knocks the stuffing out of it. It’s deftly woven, the writing is delicious, and it hit my heart like a hammer blow.' — Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Steffie spends her days working in a dry-cleaner’s, trying to scrub the world clean one garment at a time. But no matter how spotless the clothes, she can’t rid herself of the guilt and grime she feels inside. Haunted by what happened to her sister when they were children, large fragments of which she can’t fully remember, Steffie is stuck in a loop of self-destruction, defiance, and shame. When her violent, bullying father dies suddenly, it sparks a reckoning that cracks open her past. What follows is an unexpectedly redemptive journey of a woman trying to piece herself together in a world that failed to make space for her. Raw, exhilarating, and full of heart, No Such Thing As Monday confirms Sian Hughes as a masterful chronicler of life lived on the edge, and people at their most vulnerable. ‘A stunningly frank and darkly funny novel of loneliness and resilience. I loved it.’ — Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry ‘In Steffie, Sian Hughes has created one of the most powerful, highly original and hilarious voices in fiction. What she suffers is almost unbearable and yet her resilience knocks the stuffing out of it. It’s deftly woven, the writing is delicious, and it hit my heart like a hammer blow.' — Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry"

Siân Hughes (Author), Tessa Gallagher (Narrator)

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[German] - Perlen: Roman | »Ein zartes Buch über großen Kummer, darüber, wie er uns verändert und wie er doch heilen kann« Elke Heidenreich

"Marianne ist acht Jahre alt, als ihre Mutter verschwindet. Sie bleibt mit ihrem Bruder und ihrem Vater in einem Haus am Rande eines kleinen Dorfes zurück, neben dem ein Fluss entspringt. Die bruchstückhaften Erinnerungen an die Liebe ihrer Mutter geben ihr Kraft: der Duft frischer Kräuter, die Spiele, die sie spielten, die Lieder und Märchen aus ihrer Kindheit. Doch da ist vieles, was verborgen liegt im Dunkel ihrer eigenen Geschichte. Die abwesende Mutter begleitet sie durch ihre gesamte Kindheit und Jugend, bleibt auch bei ihr, als sie längst erwachsen ist. Erst Jahre nachdem sie selbst eine Tochter bekommen hat, beginnt Marianne, sich auf die Spur ihrer Erinnerungen zu begeben, und stößt auf ein Geheimnis. ›Perlen‹ erzählt davon, wie es gelingen kann, trotz widriger Umstände den eigenen Weg zu finden. Ein zarter Roman, poetisch und unprätentiös zugleich, über das Wesen der Trauer und den Trost, den wir finden können, wenn es uns gelingt, uns mit der eigenen Vergangenheit auszusöhnen."

Siân Hughes (Author), Wiebke Bierwag (Narrator)

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Pearl

"Marianne is eight years old when her mother goes missing. Left behind with her baby brother and grieving father in a ramshackle house on the edge of a small village, she clings to the fragmented memories of her mother’s love; the smell of fresh herbs, the games they played, and the songs and stories of her childhood. As time passes, Marianne struggles to adjust, fixated on her mother’s disappearance and the secrets she’s sure her father is keeping from her. Discovering a medieval poem called Pearl and trusting in its promise of consolation, Marianne sets out to make a visual illustration of it, a task that she returns to over and over but somehow never manages to complete. Tormented by an unmarked gravestone in an abandoned chapel and the tidal pull of the river, her childhood home begins to crumble as the past leads her down a path of self-destruction. But can art heal Marianne? And will her own future as a mother help her find peace?"

Siân Hughes (Author), Laura Brydon (Narrator)

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