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The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 479min
A failed prodigy and child of divorce, Francesca Dunn is also an adolescent like any other, trying to find her identity and figure out her place in the world. One night, Chester, a visionary homeless man (or an insane one, depending on your point of view) "sees" Francesca hovering over the river, bathed in celestial light. Days later, as Francesca serves meals to the needy in a local cafi, Chester falls to his knees before her in adoration. Word spreads, hordes of followers converge, and the result is a catastrophic storm of fervent belief and doubt, the relentless and perpetual desire for salvation, possible miracles, and an adolescent trapped by events far beyond her control. The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn is a beautifully crafted tale about people who pin their hopes for spiritual salvation on a young girl; and how, slowly, surely, and tragically, she comes to believe that she is the divine being they want her to be. At stake for each is nothing less than the fundamental belief in the structure of the world, and the balance between the miraculous and the mundane.Narrating by turns are four disparate characters who tell the story as they see it: Chester, who smells fear, disease, and holiness and appoints himself Francesca's protector and follower; Anne Dunn, Francesca's paleobotanist mother, who places her faith in Darwin and natural selection; Sid, the schoolmate, who wants to use Francesca's new circumstances for her own profit; and Francesca herself, who becomes increasingly deluded by the adoration bestowed upon her.At once powerful, tender, and humorous, The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn is an astonishing and resonant work from an exciting new talent. With each of its gentle revelations, the novel brings an unforgettable cast of characters to vibrant life as it brilliantly explores the seductive and destructive power of belief. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tyler Bunch, Kristin Kilian, Beth MacDonald, Mia Pitasi. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000158/bk_high_000158_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bleak Landing , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 502min
In the dead-end Canadian town of Bleak Landing, twelve-year-old Irish immigrant Bridget O'Sullivan lives in a ramshackle house and dreams of another life, even as the Great Depression rages. Routinely beaten by her father and bullied by schoolmate Victor Harrison, the waifish yet fiery redhead vows to run away and never return. Just a few short years later, run she does - fleeing the unspeakable repercussions of her father's gambling. In Winnipeg, Bridget lands a job at a garment factory, the first step on her journey to shed her past and begin anew. When her father dies, Bridget - now a striking and accomplished woman - returns home to claim her inheritance. But she has no identification to prove her stake, and no one in town recognizes her - except Victor, who has become a pastor and a candidate for town mayor. Though war has wounded him, his secret affection for Bridget remains, and now he's the only one who can help her prove her integrity. But can he also prove he's a changed man worthy of her forgiveness? As Victor preaches of freedom in faith, will his words spark Bridget's once-hopeless heart and lead her to the life she's been seeking? Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The "NIV" and "New International Version" are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™ All other scripture quotations are from The Authorized (King James) Version. Rights in the Authorized Version in the United Kingdom are vested in the Crown. Reproduced by permission of the Crown's patentee, Cambridge University Press. The following hymns are referenced and in the public domain: "A Child of the King," Harriet E. Buell (1877); "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear," Edmund Hamilton Sears (1849); "I Heard the Bells on Christmas ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/009261/bk_brll_009261_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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We'll Meet Again , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 607min
At the heart of Mary Higgins Clark's stunning new novel of suspense is a brutal murder: that of Gary Lasch, a respected and successful young Greenwich, Connecticut, doctor and hospital and HMO head. He was found dead at his desk at home, his skull crushed by a blow with a Remington bronze sculpture, a prized piece from his art collection. The news strikes Greenwich society like a thunderbolt - as does the news that Molly Carpenter Lasch, the beautiful young wife of the slain doctor, has been arrested for her husband's murder. According to the trial testimony of her housekeeper, Molly had left home in a rage against her husband to go up to their house on Cape Cod. The morning after Molly's return, the housekeeper found Gary dead in his study and Molly upstairs in bed covered with blood. Nobody believes Molly's claim to have no memory of the events of the night of the crime - not her parents, not her friends, not even her own lawyer - and evidence against her is overwhelming. To escape an inevitable conviction she accepts a plea bargain, and subsequently her lawyer wins her early parole. A few years later, on Molly's release from prison, she reasserts her innocence in front of TV cameras and reporters gathered at the prison gate. Among them is an old acquaintance and schoolmate, Fran Simmons, currently working as an investigative reporter for the True Crime television series. Determined to prove her innocence, Molly convinces Fran to research and present a program on Gary's death. Despite her skepticism, Fran agrees to go ahead. In doing so, she has a second agenda - to learn the truth about her own father's suicide some 14 years earlier, on the very night she graduated from Greenwich's Cranden Academy, which both she and Molly attended. Struggling to keep up a lifestyle he couldn't afford, apparently Fran's father killed himself because he was about to be exposed as an embezzler, although no trace was ever found of how he spent the missing m ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jan Maxwell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/001732/bk_sans_001732_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Tomboy (1940)
A sensitive teenager is beaten and humiliated by his brutal uncle with whom he lives. A pretty young schoolmate and her father make efforts to rescue the boy from a life of misery.- Shop: odax
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Black Rat
From director Kenta Fukasaku (Battle Royale 2, X-Cross) comes a twisted tale about six high school students faced with a life or death challenge. After receiving a mysterious message from a dead suicidal schoolmate, a group of students are instructed to meet up at their classroom at midnight! Upon their arrival, the group is confronted and stalked through the dark, maze-like school by a revenge-crazed, rodent-masked psychotic killer! Will they discover the killerx27s true identity and motive? More importantly, who will survive the night? In original Japanese language with English subtitles.- Shop: odax
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Black Rat
From director Kenta Fukasaku (Battle Royale 2, X-Cross) comes a twisted tale about six high school students faced with a life or death challenge. After receiving a mysterious message from a dead suicidal schoolmate, a group of students are instructed to meet up at their classroom at midnight! Upon their arrival, the group is confronted and stalked through the dark, maze-like school by a revenge-crazed, rodent-masked psychotic killer! Will they discover the killerx27s true identity and motive? More importantly, who will survive the night? In original Japanese language with English subtitles.- Shop: odax
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