Crying in H Mart
By: Michelle Zauner
Narrated by: Michelle Zauner
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far... Read more »
Somebody's Daughter
By: Ashley C. Ford
Narrated by: Ashley C. Ford
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
"Ashley C. Ford brings listeners into her life in this outstanding coming-of-age story...Listeners will cheer as Ford attends college and weep as she visits her father in prison, and when he is finally released." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
This program is read by the author, and includes a bonus conversation between the author...
Polysecure
By: Jessica Fern
Narrated by: Jessica Fern, Eve Rickert & Nora Samaran
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate secure monogamous relationships. What if, like many people, you’re striving for secure, happy attachments with more than one partner? Polyamorous psychotherapist Jessica Fern breaks new ground by extending attachment theory into the realm of... Read more »
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The Best of Me
By: David Sedaris
Narrated by: David Sedaris
Length: 13 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
“Genius… It is miraculous to read these pieces… You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book Review
David Sedaris’s best stories and essays, spanning his remarkable career—as selected and read by the author himself. Featuring fresh and classic recordings, including a new essay and an interview exclusive to the... Read more »
Calypso
By: David Sedaris
Narrated by: David Sedaris
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.
If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong.
When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent... Read more »
The Whole-Brain Child
By: Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
Narrated by: Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The authors of No-Drama Discipline and The Yes Brain explain the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures in this pioneering, practical book.
“Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child’s struggles.”—Harvey Karp, M.D.
In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist...
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In the Dream House
By: Carmen Maria Machado
Narrated by: Carmen Maria Machado
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened... Read more »
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Group
By: Christie Tate
Narrated by: Christie Tate
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The refreshingly original and “startlingly hopeful” (Lisa Taddeo) debut memoir of an over-achieving young lawyer who reluctantly agrees to group therapy and gets psychologically and emotionally naked in a room of six complete strangers—and finds human connection, and herself.
Christie Tate had... Read more »
Big Friendship
By: Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman
Narrated by: Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman
Length: 5 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain. Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship, most people don’t talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul.
Now two friends, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, tell the story of their... Read more »
Regretting Motherhood
By: Orna Donath
Narrated by: Mandy Kaplan
Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
A provocative and deeply important study of women’s lives, women’s choices—and an ‘unspoken taboo’—that questions the societal pressures forcing women into motherhood
Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be... Read more »
Dear Girls
By: Ali Wong
Narrated by: Ali Wong & Justin Hakuta
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Ali Wong’s heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they were still in utero) cover everything they need to know in life, like the unpleasant details of dating, how to be a working mom in a male-dominated profession, and how she trapped their dad.
“Knife-sharp . . . a genuine... Read more »
All You Can Ever Know
By: Nicole Chung
Narrated by: Janet Song
Length: 6 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, prepackaged myth. She believed that her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hope of giving her a better life, that... Read more »
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Inferno
By: Catherine Cho
Narrated by: Catherine Cho
Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Inferno is the riveting memoir of a young mother who is separated from her newborn son and husband when she's involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward in New Jersey after a harrowing bout of postpartum psychosis.
This program is read by the author.
When Catherine Cho and her husband set off from London to introduce their newborn son to family...
ADHD
By: Thom Hartmann
Narrated by: Robin Douglas
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A newly revised and updated edition of the classic guide to reframing our view of ADHD and embracing its benefits
• Explains that people with ADHD are not disordered or dysfunctional, but simply “hunters in a farmer’s world”--possessing a unique mental skill set that would have allowed them to thrive in a hunter-gatherer society
• Offers... Read more »
The Leader In Me
By: Stephen R. Covey
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 8 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen R. Covey illustrates how his principles of leadership can be applied to children of all ages.
In today’s world, we are inundated with information about who to be, what to do, and how to live. But what if there was a way to learn not just what to... Read more »
Attached
By: Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
Length: 7 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
"A groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be in a relationship."
--John Gray, PhD., bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
We already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist... Read more »
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
By: Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD
Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
Length: 6 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect, and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood. By freeing yourself from your parents' emotional... Read more »
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Hunt, Gather, Parent
By: Michaeleen Doucleff
Narrated by: Michaeleen Doucleff
Length: 11 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The oldest cultures in the world have mastered the art of raising happy, well-adjusted children. What can we learn from them?
“Hunt, Gather, Parent is full of smart ideas that I immediately wanted to force on my own kids.” —Pamela Druckerman, The New York Times Book Review
When Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff becomes a mother,... Read more »
Permission to Feel
By: Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Marc Brackett, Ph.D.
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
The mental wellbeing of our children is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why. And he knows what we can do.
"We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children."
Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale University’s Child Study Center and founding director of the Yale...
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Notes on Grief
By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Narrated by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Length: 1 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
From the globally acclaimed, best-selling novelist and author of We Should All Be Feminists, a timely and deeply personal account of the loss of her father.
"Essential." —Booklist
Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father’s death in the summer of 2020.... Read more »
Queen Bees and Wannabes
By: Rosalind Wiseman
Narrated by: Lee Adams
Length: 11 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
“My daughter used to be so wonderful. Now I can barely stand her and she won’t tell me anything. How can I find out what’s going on?”
“There’s a clique in my daughter’s grade that’s making her life miserable. She doesn’t want to go to school anymore. Her own supposed friends are turning on her, and she’s too afraid to do anything. What can I... Read more »
Blush
By: Jamie Brenner
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
From acclaimed author Jamie Brenner comes a stunning new novel about three generations of women who discover that the scandalous books of their past may just be the key to saving their family's future.
For decades, the Hollander Estates winery has been the premier destination for lavish parties and romantic day trips on the North Fork of Long... Read more »
Expecting Better
By: Emily Oster
Narrated by: Emily Oster & Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
What to Expect When You're Expecting meets Freakonomics: an award-winning economist disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting. From the author of Cribsheet, a data-driven decision making guide to the early years of parenting
Pregnancy—unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful... Read more »
Digital for Good
By: Richard Culatta
Narrated by: Adam Verner
Length: 5 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Technology can be a powerful tool for learning, for solving humanity's toughest problems, and for bringing us closer together. How can we raise healthy kids who know how to take advantage of the good technology can bring to their lives, while avoiding the bad?
It's time to start a new conversation. Digital for Good offers a refreshingly... Read more »