Family & Relationships audiobooks

A Strong West Wind

By: Gail Caldwell

Narrated by: Nicole Poole

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Gail Caldwell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic for The Boston Globe. Her book A Strong West Wind is a "metaphor-rich, beautifully structured reminiscence" of a child growing up in the turbulent 1960s (Booklist, starred review). Caldwell was born in Texas in 1951; in a land of plains so vast they frightened her. Caldwell's mother was a... Read more

I'm Looking Through You

By: Jennifer Finney Boylan

Narrated by: Jennifer Finney Boylan

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

For Jennifer Finney Boylan, creaking stairs, fleeting images in the mirror, and the remote whisper of human voices were everyday events in the Pennsylvania house in which she grew up in the 1970s. But these weren't the only specters beneath the roof of the mansion known as the "Coffin House." Jenny herself—born James—lived in a haunted body, and... Read more

What Shamu Taught Me about Life, Love, and Marriage

By: Amy Sutherland

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

While observing exotic animal trainers for her acclaimed book Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched, journalist Amy Sutherland had an epiphany: What if she used these training techniques with the human animals in her own life?The next time her husband stomped through the house in search of his mislaid car keys, she asked herself, “What would a dolphin... Read more

Hillbilly Gothic

By: Adrienne Martini

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Adrienne Martini is an award-winning freelance writer. In her candid memoir Hillbilly Gothic, she offers a glimpse at mental illness from a personal perspective, and reveals how the women of her Appalachian family invariably suffer postpartum depression. After the birth of her first child, Adrienne found herself spiraling toward a breakdown that... Read more

When Your Heart's Work Has Broken Your Heart

By: Parker Palmer, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Doing work coming from the heart can be thwarted by the institutions for which we work. They often are driven by factors far removed from true service. We set out to do meaningful work and become broken hearted as we are forced to compromise our ideals again and again. Here is help for transforming our lives, our work, even the institutions... Read more

Hope's Boy

By: Andrew Bridge

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

When Andrew Bridge was seven years old, he and his mother—a mentally unstable woman who loved her child more than she could care for him—slid deeper and deeper into poverty, until they were reduced to scavenging for food in trash bins. Welfare officials did little more than threaten to take Andrew away, until a social worker arrived with a... Read more

The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

By: David Shields

Narrated by: Don Leslie

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Mesmerized–at times unnerved–by his ninety-seven-year-old father’s nearly superhuman vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an investigation of the human physical condition. The result is this exhilarating audiobook: both a personal meditation on mortality and an exploration of flesh-and-blood existence from crib to oblivion–an... Read more

Making Love

By: Gary Chapman

Narrated by: Maurice England

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Lets make love. Lets have sex. Is there a difference? You bet there is! While sex is the joining of two bodies, love is the joining of two souls. Sex without love will never be ultimately satisfying, but sex that grows out of love will take a marriage to a whole new level of satisfaction. In his trademark simple, straightforward style, Dr. Gary... Read more

An Hour to Live, an Hour to Love

By: Kristine Carlson & Richard Carlson, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Susie Breck & Dick Hill

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Carlson's Don't Sweat the Small Stuff series has been an incredible hit, with over 9 million copies of the original book and over 16 million copies of the entire series in print. Sadly, Richard died unexpectedly in December 2006 at the age of 45.



Now Kristine Carlson has created an incredibly moving book in memory of her beloved husband,... Read more

Sex Detox

By: Ian Kerner

Narrated by: Ian Kerner

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

The premise is simple: When it comes to sex, dating, and relationships, sometimes we get in so deep the only way out is to start over again. For many of us—whether we're in a relationship, or actively dating in the hopes of finding that someone special—our love lives have become a source of toxicity. Sex Detox offers a revolutionary way to start... Read more

Why Mars and Venus Collide

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Once upon a time, Martians and Venusians functioned in separate worlds. But in today's hectic and career-oriented environment, relationships have become a lot more complicated, and men and women are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress. To add to the increasing tension, most men and women are also completely unaware that they are actually... Read more

Duma Key

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: John Slattery

Length: 21 hours

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2009 Audie Award for Fiction

Master storyteller Stephen King’s classic, terrifying #1 New York Times bestseller of what happens when the barrier between our world and that of the supernatural is breached.

After a terrible construction site accident severs Edgar Freemantle’s right arm, scrambles his mind, and implodes his marriage,... Read more

Why Mars and Venus Collide - Abridged

By: John Gray

Narrated by: John Gray

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Once upon a time, Martians and Venusians functioned in separate worlds. But in today's hectic and career-oriented environment, relationships have become a lot more complicated, and men and women are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress. To add to the increasing tension, most men and women are also completely unaware that they are actually... Read more

The Middle Place

By: Kelly Corrigan

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything. At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, two funny, active kids, and a weekly newspaper column. But even as a thriving adult, Kelly still saw herself as the daughter of garrulous Irish-American charmer George Corrigan. She was living deep within what she calls the Middle Place—“that sliver of time... Read more

I Love You. Now What? - Abridged

By: Mabel Iam

Narrated by: Traci Svendsgaard

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Romantic relationships are complex and often filled with drama. How do we keep love alive through all the ups and downs? Mabel Iam, self-help and relationship expert with twenty years of experience, explores this pressing question and provides insightful answers in I Love You. Now What?Lasting love requires daily effort. The work of building and... Read more

Faites battre son cœur et séduisez-le pour la vie

By: Juan Perez

Narrated by: Bertrand Dubail

Length: 3 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

"Alors qu'elle allait d'échecs sentimentaux en échecs sentimentaux, une jeune mère divorcée raconte comment elle a enfin trouvé l'homme de sa vie." Les coachs en relation affectives le disent : "Tant que vous ne comprendrez pas comment fonctionne un homme, vous irez d'échec en échec. C'est normal. La plupart des idées reçues sur les hommes sont... Read more

Men Are Like Waffles Women Are Like Spaghetti

By: Bill Farrel & Pam Farrel

Narrated by: Bill Farrel & Pam Farrel

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Breakfast food or dinner dish? You and your spouse are delightfully different. Men process like waffles. They think and act by moving from box to box. They enter a box, size up the single problem, and formulate a solution.Women process life like a plate of spaghetti. Each issue is like an individual noodle that touches every other noodle on the... Read more

Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples: Second Edition

By: Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Jack Garrett

Length: 12 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In Getting the Love You Want, Dr. Harville Hendrix presents the relationship skills that have already helped hundreds of thousands of couples to replace confrontation and criticism with a healing process of mutual growth and support. This extraordinarily practical guide describes the revolutionary technique of Imago Relationship Therapy, which... Read more

After the Affair - Abridged

By: Janis A. Spring

Narrated by: Janis A. Spring

Length: 2 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Dr. Spring possesses a remarkable combination of clarity, wisdom, spirit, and heart. This is an extremely helpful and healing book—a gift to us all.”
—Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of Anger“It is ‘must’ reading for any couple who has experienced the violation of trust as a result of an affair.”
—Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.  A staggering... Read more

Best Friends

By: Martha Moody

Narrated by: Renée Raudman

Length: 16 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Before arriving at Oberlin in 1973, Clare Mann had never met anyone like Sally Rose. Rich and beautiful, Sally is utterly foreign to a middle-class, Midwestern Protestant like Clare—and utterly fascinating. The fascination only grows when Sally brings her home to L.A. Mr. Rose—charismatic, charming, and the owner of a profitable business... Read more

Do I love thee… …let me count…

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Robert Bethune, Susie Berneis, Amy Caldwell & K...

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you in love? Have you ever been in love? Do you wish you were in love? Or perhaps you wish you weren't in love? For everyone who loves, who ever loved, who searches for love, who suffers from love, who rejoices in love, this set of 70 poems is for you. It ranges in time from classical Greece to the early 20th century. It includes voices from... Read more

Last Child in the Woods

By: Richard Louv

Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

New York Times and Washington Post contributor Richard Louv is the widely respected author of seven previous books. In Last Child in the Woods, Louv illustrates how the alienation of today's children from nature can lead to a host of childhood disorders-and he offers effective methods for healing this rift. "This book is an absolute must-read... Read more

The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce - Abridged

By: Sandra Blakeslee, Julia M. Lewis & Judith Walle...

Narrated by: Kate McIntire

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A landmark cultural event that changes the way all of us view divorce. Read more

The Native African American Cultural Development Guide

By: Georgette Georgette

Narrated by: TJ Pryor-Wells

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

In Washington D.C., during his 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech, Dr. Martin L. King Jr. introduced the world to his dream.  The passion of his dream was so intense that it still echoes throughout the World.  With a dream big enough to influence listeners for over four decades, do you ever wonder what became of the children of the dream?  The... Read more