Audiobooks narrated by Ailsa Piper

"For fans of Julia Baird's Phosphorescence, Heather Rose's Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here or Indira Naidoo's The Space Between the Stars comes an unforgettable and moving insight into loss, hope and starting again, aided by the incredible healing power of nature and a community of unexpected angels. I landed in this place six years ago in a welter of panic, pain and instinct. I'd been in fight-or-flight mode for twelve months, wanting only to keep on flying – or fleeing. I brought almost nothing of my previous life. Grief had made me ruthless; I threw and threw. (And yes, I knew how appalled you'd have been, Pete.) My father implored me to stay with the familiar. Constants, he said, would give me scaffolding. Decades ago, when his second wife, my stepmother, died suddenly, habits were his protection and rituals his comfort - along with a packet or two of cigarettes a day. Friends, too, urged me to wait, to slow, to keep, to stay, but instead, I discarded and flew – or fled? - to this harbour… A place of shelter or refuge."

Ailsa Piper (Author), Ailsa Piper (Narrator)

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We Only Want What's Best

"A long-haul flight. Two ambitious dance mums. A child in danger. Bridget and Simone aren’t friends. But their daughters are in the same dance troupe, so they’re flying to Los Angeles for the girls to perform at Disneyland. Simone’s daughter Zahra is indisputably a leader in the group, but Bridget’s daughter Becky is a talent on the rise. Simone and her husband are accustomed to business class, but Bridget is less comfortable there. Both lonely women are surprised to find something in common, until Bridget discovers images of Zahra and other dancers that shock her. Are they exploitative or art? A fierce examination of their dance world ensues, tension rises, and there’s no way for anyone to escape it. For two very different families and four teenagers, what unfolds over the flight will shock and threaten to destroy them."

Carolyn Swindell (Author), Ailsa Piper, Maddy Withington, Sarah Gaul (Narrator)

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Sinning Across Spain

"Pilgrim seeks sinners for mutually beneficial arrangement. Tireless. Result-oriented. Reliable. Seven Deadlies a specialty. On her 1300 kilometre pilgrimage from Granada to Galicia, Ailsa Piper carried an unusual cargo. Walking in the tradition of medieval believers who paid others to carry their sins, Ailsa lugged a swag of confessions from friends, colleagues and strangers. Although some days her load weighed heavy, Ailsa’s story celebrates impossible kindnesses, the wonders of Spain, and the simple but profound act of putting one foot in front of another, for as long as it takes. Praying with her feet... Audio Exclusive: Ailsa Piper in conversation with Tony Doherty, co-author of The Attachment: Letters from a Most Unlikely Friendship."

Ailsa Piper (Author), Ailsa Piper (Narrator)

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The Attachment

"It all began when Tony Doherty, an 80-year-old priest, emailed writer Ailsa Piper to say how much he enjoyed her latest book. Soon emails were flying back and forth as these two inquisitive minds shared stories, experiences, questions and ideas over the course of many seasons. And through this exchange grew an unexpected but deep friendship."

Ailsa Piper, Tony Doherty (Author), Ailsa Piper, Tony Doherty (Narrator)

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The Writer's Room

"Charlotte Wood’s The Writer's Room is essential reading for writers at all stages of their careers, and also pure reading pleasure for booklovers everywhere. Charlotte's interviews with a wide variety of well-known writers, range in topic from the subject matter of the writers' work to intricate - and intimate - revelations about the ways in which they work. Frank about the failures and successes, the struggles and triumphs of the writing life, this is a must-read for writers and readers."

Charlotte Wood (Author), Ailsa Piper, Kellie Jones, Troy Planet (Narrator)

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The Natural Way of Things

"Two women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in an abandoned property in the middle of a desert. The Natural Way of Things is a gripping, starkly imaginative exploration of contemporary misogyny and corporate control, and of what it means to hunt and be hunted. But most of all, it is the story of two friends, their sisterly love and courage."

Charlotte Wood (Author), Ailsa Piper (Narrator)

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Hope Farm

"It is the winter of 1985. Hope Farm sticks out of the ragged landscape like a decaying tooth, its weatherboard walls sagging into the undergrowth. Silver's mother, Ishtar, has fallen for the charismatic Miller, and the three of them have moved to the rural hippie commune to make a new start. But here, at just thirteen, she is thrust into an unrelenting adult world, and the walls begin to come tumbling down, with deadly consequences."

Peggy Frew (Author), Ailsa Piper, Multiple Narrators, Taylor Owynns (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Ailsa Piper

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