Audiobooks narrated by Angela Lin

"American lawyer Julie Chen files a class-action lawsuit involving a multinational technology corporation and the Chinese government’s internet firewall, known as Golden Shield. When she hires her strong-minded sister Eva as her translator, what compromises will they make in order to win? And can they put aside their past differences to speak the same language? This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in July 2024. Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full cast production, starring: Seamus Dever as Larry Murdoch Fang Du as The Translator Greg Germann as Richard Warren Belinda Gosbee as Amanda Carlson Angela Lin as Julie Chen Mardy Ma as Deputy Minister Gao Shengwei Eon Song as Huang Mei Josh Stamberg as Marshall McLaren Zhan Wang as Li Dao Joanne Whalley as Jane Bollman Jenapher Zheng as Eva Chen Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Production Supervision: Mark Holden Recorded by Neil Wogenson and Charles Carroll at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Edited by Neil Wogensen Designer: Charles Carroll Foley Artist: Mark Holden Studio Intern and Assistant Designer: Chloe Foster Mixed by Charles Carroll Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin"

Anchuli Felicia King (Author), Angela Lin, Belinda Gosbee, Eon Song, Fang Du, Greg Germann, Jenapher Zheng, Joanne Whalley, Josh Stamberg, Mardy Ma, Seamus Dever, Zhan Wang (Narrator)

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Golden Shield Enhanced Edition

"This enhanced edition is designed for headphones only to give you a truly immersive listening experience. American lawyer Julie Chen files a class-action lawsuit involving a multinational technology corporation and the Chinese government’s internet firewall, known as Golden Shield. When she hires her strong-minded sister Eva as her translator, what compromises will they make in order to win? And can they put aside their past differences to speak the same language? This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in July 2024. Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg An L.A. Theatre Works full cast production, starring: Seamus Dever as Larry Murdoch Fang Du as The Translator Greg Germann as Richard Warren Belinda Gosbee as Amanda Carlson Angela Lin as Julie Chen Mardy Ma as Deputy Minister Gao Shengwei Eon Song as Huang Mei Josh Stamberg as Marshall McLaren Zhan Wang as Li Dao Joanne Whalley as Jane Bollman Jenapher Zheng as Eva Chen Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson Production Supervision: Mark Holden Recorded by Neil Wogenson and Charles Carroll at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Edited by Neil Wogensen Designer: Charles Carroll Foley Artist: Mark Holden Studio Intern and Assistant Designer: Chloe Foster Mixed by Charles Carroll Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin"

Anchuli Felicia King (Author), Angela Lin, Belinda Gosbee, Eon Song, Fang Du, Greg Germann, Jenapher Zheng, Joanne Whalley, Josh Stamberg, Mardy Ma, Seamus Dever, Zhan Wang (Narrator)

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Aftershock: A Novel

"A catastrophic disaster in China triggers a mother’s heartbreaking choice and a daughter’s reconciliation with the past in a powerful novel by the author of A Single Swallow and Where Waters Meet. In the summer of 1976, an earthquake swallows up the city of Tangshan, China. Among the hundreds of thousands of people scrambling for survival is a mother who makes an agonizing decision that irrevocably changes her life and the lives of her children. In that devastating split second, her seven-year-old daughter, Xiaodeng, is separated from her brother and the mother she loves and trusts. All Xiaodeng remembers of the fateful morning is betrayal. Thirty years later, Xiaodeng is an acclaimed writer living in Canada with a caring husband and daughter. However, her newfound fame and success do little to cover the deep wounds that disrupt her life, time and again, and edge her toward a breaking point. Xiaodeng realizes the only path toward healing is to return to Tangshan, find her mother, and get closure. Spanning three decades of the emotional and cultural aftershocks of disaster, Zhang Ling’s intimate epic explores the damage of guilt, the healing pull of family, and the hope of one woman who, after so many years, still longs to be saved."

Zhang Ling (Author), Angela Lin (Narrator)

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Now You See Us

"We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your children, we know your secrets. Corazon, Angel and Donita have all come to Singapore to work for a living. The thing that unites them? Their labour must remain unseen. But when a friend is accused of murdering her employer, everything changes. The accused could be any of them; they all know the stories of women who were scapegoated or even executed for crimes they didn’t commit. Each woman has secrets to keep, yet they must gather every ounce of bravery, fearlessness and complete audacity to clear the name of one of their own. After all, no-one knows the secrets of Singapore’s elite quite like the women who work in their homes… Readers LOVE Now You See Us: ‘Respectfully and masterfully written. A must read!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I am emotionally exhausted – what a wonderful book! A must read!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A wonderful read, that kept me captivated until the end’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A joyous book’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘What a fabulous book! Balli Kaur Jaswal’s writing transported me to Singapore … I thoroughly enjoyed this’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"

Balli Kaur Jaswal (Author), Angela Lin (Narrator)

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Someone Else's Life: A Thriller

"A new life in paradise should have healed her wounds. But for a woman struggling to hold on to her family and her sanity, one stormy night could change everything. Blow by blow, Annie Lin’s life crumbles. Her dance studio goes bankrupt. Her mother and beloved dog are gone the same year. Then a terrible accident leaves her young son traumatized. It’s time for a change. Palm trees, mai tais, peace and quiet—Annie should be at ease, safe in her new Kauai home with her husband and son. She hopes proximity to her family can provide them all with a sense of belonging and calm. But soon items from her past start turning up—her dog’s collar, a bracelet that disappeared years ago—and she has the unnerving sensation she’s being watched. Reality begins to fracture, and Annie’s panic attacks return. When, during a brewing storm, a woman appears on her doorstep looking for shelter, Annie is relieved to have the company and feels an unexplainable bond with her visitor. As the night progresses, Annie realizes the woman is no stranger. Their lives are inextricably intertwined—and Annie might just lose everything."

Lyn Liao Butler (Author), Angela Lin (Narrator)

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Night Angels: A Novel

"From the author of The Last Rose of Shanghai comes a profoundly moving novel about a diplomatic couple who risked their lives to help Viennese Jews escape the Nazis, inspired by the true story of Dr. Ho Fengshan, Righteous Among the Nations. 1938. Dr. Ho Fengshan, consul general of China, is posted in Vienna with his American wife, Grace. Shy and ill at ease with the societal obligations of diplomats’ wives, Grace is an outsider in a city beginning to feel the sweep of the Nazi dragnet. When Grace forms a friendship with her Jewish tutor, Lola Schnitzler, Dr. Ho requests that Grace keep her distance. His instructions are to maintain amicable relations with the Third Reich, and he and Grace are already under their vigilant eye. But when Lola’s family is subjugated to a brutal pogrom, Dr. Ho decides to issue them visas to Shanghai. As violence against the Jews escalates after Kristallnacht and threats mount, Dr. Ho must issue thousands more to help Jews escape Vienna before World War II explodes. Inspired by a remarkable true story, Night Angels explores the risks brave souls took and the love and friendship they built and lost while fighting against incalculable evil."

Weina Dai Randel (Author), Angela Lin, Feodor Chin, Jesse Vilinsky (Narrator)

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Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga

"A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by the Baba Yaga, featuring Gwendolyn Kiste, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Mercedes M. Yardley, Monique Snyman, Donna Lynch, Lisa Quigley, and R. J. Joseph, with a foreword by Christina Henry. Deep in the dark forest, in a cottage that spins on birds’ legs behind a fence topped with human skulls, lives the baba yaga. A guardian of the water of life, she lives with her sisters and takes to the skies in a giant mortar and pestle, creating tempests as she goes. Those who come across the baba yaga may find help, or hinderance, or horror. She is wild, she is woman, she is witch—and these are her tales. Edited by Lindy Ryan, this collection brings together some of today’s leading voices of women-in-horror as they pay tribute to the baba yaga, and go Into the Forest."

Various Authors (Author), Angela Lin, Betsy Foldes-Meiman, Chanté Mccormick, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Mikhaila Aaseng, Rachel Jacobs, Zura Johnson (Narrator)

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Wherever the Wind Takes Us: A Novel

"When life stops making sense, it’s time to raise the anchor and follow the tide. Twenty-two years of marriage, and all Becca Larkin’s divorce settlement includes is a live-aboard sailboat and a huge helping of heartache. So when normally cautious Becca proposes a girls’ trip with her daughter, Liv, boating from Maine to a ready buyer for the boat in Miami, it seems like a recipe for a fun summer and a fresh start. After all, how hard can this sailing thing be? Enter Grant Murphy, a stunning Irish sailing coach that Liv can barely stand—and Becca can’t seem to resist. Grant’s too young for Becca, but he’s insightful and kind, and his passion for sailing is contagious. Through his eyes, Becca sees for the first time in years a future she might want to navigate toward. There are seventeen hundred miles between Maine and Miami, but the journey Becca’s on can’t be charted on any map. And the only way to get there is to hoist the sails and throw caution to the wind. From the bestselling author of The Overdue Life of Amy Byler comes a sparkling novel about mothers and daughters, change and escape, and learning to love again."

Kelly Harms (Author), Angela Lin (Narrator)

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The Secret Talker: A Novel

"''The Secret Talker is a profound meditation on love, the difficulties of communication and the agonizing joy and brutality of commitment.'' -- THE NEW YORK TIMES A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2021 AND ''GLOBETROTTING'' PICK! A woman reclaims her own story in this taut and wholly original literary tale from one of China’s literary superstars. Hongmei is the perfect Chinese wife: beautiful, diligent, passive. Glen is the perfect American husband: intelligent, caring, well-off. From the outside, Hongmei and Glen's life in the San Francisco Bay Area seems perfect. But at home, their marriage is falling apart. Post-its left on the fridge are their primary form of communication. When Hongmei receives a beguiling email from a secret admirer, naturally she’s intrigued. But what starts out as harmless flirting with an internet stranger quickly turns into an all-consuming emotional affair. As Hongmei spills more and more about her dark past as a military intelligence officer-in-training in China, she falls deeper and deeper into a tense cat-and-mouse game. Desperate and self-destructive, she embarks on an investigation into her emailer’s secret history…one that may tear her life and marriage apart forever. A psychological story at its core, The Secret Talker elegantly examines how repressed desire and simmering silence can upend even the most idyllic marriage. As Hongmei pursues her stalker, her identity and agency come into question, and the chase curveballs into a captivating journey of self-actualization. Yan Geling pierces the human psyche to reveal devastating and emotional truths – and an ending that will leave readers speechless. Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang"

Geling Yan (Author), Angela Lin (Narrator)

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After All I've Done

"Five months ago, an accident left Diana Sparrow badly injured and missing a few months of her memory. As if that's not enough, she's started having recurring nightmares about the night of the accident. Dreams that feel so real, she's left questioning: maybe she didn't just slide off the road into a ditch. Maybe, just maybe, she hit something. Or someone. She can't turn to her former best friend Val, who's been sleeping with Diana's husband Jonathan for months, but she might find some comfort in newcomer Cole Pelham. Yet the closer they become, the more Diana begins to wonder what really happened that night--and how Cole might be connected. Worse, it seems everyone else could be involved, too. Who was with her that night? What really happened? As her life unravels thread by thread and the dreams become too real to ignore, Diana will have to face the unthinkable—and do the unforgivable."

Mina Hardy (Author), Angela Lin, Jay Aaseng, Zura Johnson (Narrator)

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The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History

"Through the sweeping cultural and historical transformations of China, entrepreneur Lan Yan traces her family’s history through early 20th Century to present day. The history of the Yan family is inseparable from the history of China over the last century. One of the most influential businesswomen of China today, Lan Yan grew up in the company of the country's powerful elite, including Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and other top leaders. Her grandfather, Yan Baohang, originally a nationalist and close to Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, Soong May-ling, later joined the communists and worked as a secret agent for Zhou Enlai during World War II. Lan's parents were diplomats, and her father, Yan Mingfu, was Mao's personal Russian translator. Inspite of their elevated status, the Yan's family life was turned upside down by the Cultural Revolution. One night in 1967, in front of a terrified ten-year-old Lan, Red Guards burst into the family home and arrested her grandfather. Days later, her father was arrested, accused of spying for the Soviet Union. Her mother, Wu Keliang, was branded a counter-revolutionary and forced to go with her daughter to a re-education camp for more than seven years, where Lan came of age as a high school student. In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country. In telling her and her family's story, she serves up an intimate account of the history of contemporary China. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook."

Lan Yan (Author), Angela Lin (Narrator)

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How we Disappeared

"Weaving together two timelines and two very big secrets, this stunning debut opens a window on a little-known period of history, revealing the strength and bravery shown by numerous women in the face of terrible cruelty. Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked, leaving only two survivors and one tiny child. In a neighbouring village, seventeen-year-old Wang Di is bundled into the back of a troop carrier and shipped off to a Japanese military brothel where she is forced into sexual slavery. After sixty years of silence, what she saw and experienced there still haunts her present. in the year 2000, twelve-year-old Kevin is determined to find out the truth – wherever it might lead – after his grandmother makes a surprising confession on her deathbed, one she never meant Kevin to hear, setting in motion a chain of events he could never have foreseen. A profoundly moving novel, based partly on the author's great-grandfather’s experiences."

Jing-Jing Lee (Author), Angela Lin, Ryun Yu (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Angela Lin

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