Audiobooks by Meg Wolitzer

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Ten-Year Nap, a funny, provocative, revealing novel about female desire. When the elliptical new drama teacher at Stellar Plains High School chooses for the school play Lysistrata-the comedy by Aristophanes in which women stop having sex with men in order to end a war-a strange spell seems to be cast over the school. Or, at least, over the women. One by one throughout the high school community, perfectly healthy, normal women and teenage girls turn away from their husbands and boyfriends in the bedroom, for reasons they don't really understand. As the women worry over their loss of passion, and the men become by turns unhappy, offended, and above all, confused, both sides are forced to look at their shared history, and at their sexual selves in a new light. As she did to such acclaim with the New York Times bestseller The Ten-Year Nap, Wolitzer tackles an issue that has deep ramifications for women's lives, in a way that makes it funny, riveting, and totally fresh-allowing us to see our own lives through her insightful lens. "A novel that tingles with playfulness and wicked observation." INDEPENDENT "Lots of sharp insights...perfect comic timing." GUARDIAN

Meg Wolitzer (Author), Angela Brazil (Narrator)

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The Position

Everything changes for the four Mellow children the day they find a book called Pleasuring on the shelf. It is written by their liberal parents, features tasteful pastel illustrations of their lovemaking, and has become a runaway bestseller. Thirty years later the book is set to be reissued but the lives of the Mellow family are no longer the same: their children grapple with complicated 21st century problems and the iconic couple's perfect marriage has not run as smoothly as everyone has assumed... " A fine, funny and wise writer." INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY "An entertaining and persuasive novel." DAILY TELEGRAPH "A cast-iron masterpiece." DAVID BADDIEL, The Times

Meg Wolitzer (Author), Xe Sands (Narrator)

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The Ten Year Nap

For a group of four New York friends, the past ten years have been defined by marriage and motherhood. Educated to believe that they and their generation would conquer the world, they nonetheless left high-powered jobs to stay at home with their babies. What was intended as a temporary time-out has turned into a decade. Now at forty, with their kids growing up, Amy, Jill, Roberta and Karen wake up to a life and a future that is not what they intended. Illicit affairs, money problems, issues with children and husbands all rear their heads, and the friends wonder if it's time for a change... What comes after chick-lit? Mum-lit, perhaps - but tales of hyper-active kids, moribund marriages and the career opportunities that got away will seldom match Wolitzer's wit, bite and schmaltz-free sympathy, Independent This one shouldn't be only for chicks. It's for everyone. It asks far-reaching questions about the place of women in society and within the family unit, but it asks also whether life has been fair to men, Daily Telegraph The latest novel from the excellent Meg Wolitzer presents four New York mothers emerging from a decade in babyland... a wonderful study of muddy equivocation, a hilarious yet compassionate examination of the primordial slime and the modern woman, Guardian Terrific... Wolitzer's novels have always been exemplars of the motto that the personal is political... [Offers] many pleasing, surprising contrasts, The Times It made me think about a woman's eternal problem of balancing the love she has for her children with what to do when they finally leave home. A serious, meaty read, Essentials

Meg Wolitzer (Author), Alyssa Bresnahan (Narrator)

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An Nachteule von Sternhai

Avery Bloom, ein ernsthafter Bücherwurm, voll exzessiver Ängste, insbesondere vor Gewässern und Hunden, lebt in New York. Bett Devlin, eine furchtlose, extrovertierte Surferin, liebt Tiere aller Art und wohnt in Kalifornien. Gemeinsam haben die beiden Mädchen nur ihr Alter von 12 Jahren und ihre alleinerziehenden schwulen Väter. Als die Töchter erfahren, dass sie gegen ihren Willen in ein Sommerlager gesteckt werden sollen um Freundinnen zu werden und damit ihre Väter sich auf einer Motorrad-Reise in China besser kennenlernen können, beginnen Bett und Avery sich per E-Mail darüber auszutauschen wie sie das verhindern und ihre Väter wieder auseinanderbringen können. Denn keiner der beiden hat Lust, dass sich etwas an ihren kleinen, aber glücklichen Familienleben, ändert. Obwohl sich die beiden Mädchen auf gar keinen Fall kennenlernen wollen, sind sie doch voller Neugier und beginnen in ihren Mails Fragen zu stellen, mehr von ihren Leben zu erzählen und Erfahrungen auszutauschen. Während sich die Mädchen im Laufe des Sommers einander allmählich doch annähern, geht bei den Vätern in China alles gründlich schief! Doch Nachteule und Sternhai - wie sie sich mittlerweile nennen â können sich ein Leben ohne einander nicht mehr vorstellen und vertrauen sich nach und nach ihre persönlichsten Gedanken und Geheimnisse an. Ausschließlich durch Briefe und E-Mails nimmt der Hörer an den lustigen Ereignissen teil, und dabei kommen nicht nur Nachteule und Sternhai zu Wort.

Holly Goldberg Sloan, Meg Wolitzer (Author), Birte Schnöink, Julia Nachtmann (Narrator)

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The Wife

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Wife by Meg Wolitzer, read by Dawn Harvey. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE coming in September 2018 starring GLENN CLOSE A husband. A wife. A secret. Behind any great man, there's always a greater woman. Joe and Joan Castleman are on an aeroplane, 35,000 feet above the ocean. Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he is about to receive and Joan is plotting how to leave him. For too long Joan has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, subjugating her own talents and quietly being the keystone of his success. The Wife is an acerbic and astonishing take on a marriage from its public face to the private world behind closed doors. Wolitzer has masterfully created an expose of lives lived in partnership and the truth that behind the compromises, dedication and promise inherent in marriage there so often lies a secret...

Meg Wolitzer (Author), Dawn Harvey (Narrator)

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The Female Persuasion

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, read by Rebecca Lowman. 'Greer didn't really know why Faith took an interest. But what she knew for sure, eventually, was that meeting Faith Frank was the thrilling beginning of everything. It would be a very long time before the unspeakable end.' Greer Kadetsky is a shy college student when she meets the woman who will shape her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant, has been a pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others. Hearing Faith speak for the first time, in a crowded campus chapel, Greer - misunderstood yet full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place - feels herself changed. And then, astonishingly, Faith invites her to make something out of this new sense of purpose, with a career opportunity that leads her down the most exciting and rewarding path as it winds towards and away from her meant-to-be love story with high school sweetheart Cory and the future she had always imagined. Expansive and wise, compassionate and witty, The Female Persuasion is about the spark we all believe is flickering inside us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time, and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light. ** The New York Times Bestseller ** ** BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime ** 'The wit, intelligence and deep feeling of Wolitzer's writing are extraordinary' Jeffrey Eugenides

Meg Wolitzer (Author), Rebecca Lowman (Narrator)

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The Female Persuasion: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Ultra-readable.' –Vogue 'Equal parts cotton candy and red meat, in the best way.' –People 'Wolitzer’s social commentary can be as funny as it is queasily on target.” –Wall Street Journal 'Wolitzer is one of those rare writers who creates droll and entertaining novels of ideas.' –Fresh Air, NPR From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Interestings, an electric novel not just about who we want to be with, but who we want to be. To be admired by someone we admire - we all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being singled out by someone of esteem. But sometimes it can also mean entry to a new kind of life, a bigger world. Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty-three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer- madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can't quite place- feels her inner world light up. And then, astonishingly, Faith invites Greer to make something out of that sense of purpose, leading Greer down the most exciting path of her life as it winds toward and away from her meant-to-be love story with Cory and the future she'd always imagined.Charming and wise, knowing and witty, Meg Wolitzer delivers a novel about power and influence, ego and loyalty, womanhood and ambition. At its heart, The Female Persuasion is about the flame we all believe is flickering inside of us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time. It's a story about the people who guide and the people who follow (and how those roles evolve over time), and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light.

Meg Wolitzer (Author), Rebecca Lowman (Narrator)

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The Interestings

Whatever became of the most talented people you once knew? On a warm summer night in 1974, six teenagers play at being cool. They smoke pot, drink vodka, share their dreams and vow always to be interesting. Decades later, aspiring actress Jules has resigned herself to a more practical occupation; Cathy has stopped dancing; Jonah has laid down his guitar and Goodman has disappeared. Only Ethan and Ash, now married, have remained true to their adolescent dreams and have become shockingly successful too. As the group's fortunes tilt precipitously, their friendships are put under the ultimate strain of envy and crushing disappointment. 'The wit, intelligence and deep feeling of Wolitzer's writing are extraordinary and The Interestings brings her achievement, already so steadfast and remarkable, to an even higher level' Jeffrey Eugenides

Meg Wolitzer (Author), Jen Tullock (Narrator)

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The Position: A Novel

Crackling with intelligence and humor, The Position is the masterful story of one extraordinary family at the hilarious height of the sexual revolution—and through the thirty-year hangover that followed. In 1975 Paul and Roz Mellow wrote a bestselling Joy of Sex–type book that mortified their four school-aged children and ultimately changed the shape of the family forever. Thirty years later, as the now dispersed family members argue over whether to reissue the book, we follow the complicated lives of each of the grown children and their conflicts in love, work, marriage, parenting, and, of course, sex—all shadowed by the indelible specter of their highly sexualized parents. Insightful, panoramic, and compulsively readable, The Position is an American original. “Wolitzer’s comic timing never wavers, and she has an astute grasp of the way one generation’s liberation inspires the next generation’s pity.”—New Yorker

Meg Wolitzer (Author), Xe Sands (Narrator)

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The Wife: A Novel

Meg Wolitzer brings her characteristic wit and intelligence to a provocative story about the evolution of a marriage, the nature of partnership, the question of a male or female sensibility, and the place for an ambitious woman in a man's world. The moment Joan Castleman decides to leave her husband, they are thirty-five thousand feet above the ocean on a flight to Helsinki. Joan's husband Joseph is one of America's preeminent novelists, about to receive a prestigious international award, and Joan, who has spent forty years subjugating her own literary talents to fan the flames of his career, has finally decided to stop. From this gripping opening, Meg Wolitzer flashes back to Smith College and Greenwich Village in the 1950s and follows the course of the marriage that has brought the couple to this breaking point-one that results in a shocking revelation. With her skillful storytelling and pitch-perfect observations, Wolitzer has crafted a wise and candid look at the choices all men and women make-in marriage, work, and life.

Meg Wolitzer (Author), Dawn Harvey (Narrator)

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Belzhar

If life were fair, Jam Gallahue would still beat home in New Jersey with her sweet Britishboyfriend, Reeve Maxfield. She"d be watchingold comedy sketches with him. She"d be kissinghim in the library stacks. She certainly wouldn"t be at The WoodenBarn, a therapeutic boarding school in ruralVermont, living with a weird roommate, andsigned up for an exclusive, mysterious classcalled Special Topics in English. But life isn"t fair, and Reeve Maxfield is dead. Until a journal-writing assignment leads Jamto Belzhar, where the untainted past is restored,and Jam can feel Reeve"s arms aroundher once again. But there are hidden truths onJam"s path to reclaim her loss. From New York Times bestselling author MegWolitzer comes a breathtaking and surprisingstory about first love, deep sorrow, and thepower of acceptance.

Meg Wolitzer (Author), Jorjeana Marie (Narrator)

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The Interestings

Remarkable . . . With this book [Wolitzer] has surpassed herself.The New York Times Book Review'A victory . . . The Interestings secures Wolitzer's place among the best novelists of her generation. . . . She's every bit as literary as Franzen or Eugenides. But the very human moments in her work hit you harder than the big ideas. This isn't women's fiction. It's everyone's.'Entertainment Weekly (A)The New York Times bestselling novel by Meg Wolitzer that has been called 'genius' (The Chicago Tribune), wonderful (Vanity Fair), 'ambitious' (San Francisco Chronicle), and a page-turner (Cosmopolitan), which The New York Times Book Review says is 'among the ranks of books like Jonathan Franzen's Freedom and Jeffrey Eugenides The Marriage Plot.'The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings, Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge.The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence. Jules Jacobson, an aspiring comic actress, eventually resigns herself to a more practical occupation and lifestyle. Her friend Jonah, a gifted musician, stops playing the guitar and becomes an engineer. But Ethan and Ash, Jules's now-married best friends, become shockingly successfultrue to their initial artistic dreams, with the wealth and access that allow those dreams to keep expanding. The friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore the differences in their fates, in what their talents have become and the shapes their lives have taken.Wide in scope, ambitious, and populated by complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City, The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a life. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Meg Wolitzer (Author), Jen Tullock (Narrator)

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