Beth O'Leary has 7 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 13 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 1,747 ratings. The most-rated is Snow Crash.
Snow Crash
Summary
Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison - a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility to bring us the gigathriller of the information age. In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he's a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that's striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about Infocalypse. Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous...you'll recognize it immediately.
©1992 Neal Stephenson (P)2001 Audible, Inc.
The Flatshare
Summary
"Carrie Hope Fletcher and Kwaku Fortune bring genuine emotion to this London rom-com with their impeccable narration about an unlikely friendship." (AudioFile magazine) "Boasting Carrie Hope Fletcher's no-nonsense British accent and Kwaku Fortune's mild Irish brogue...the audio version brings this butterfly-inducing romantic read to life." (Paste) This program includes a bonus interview with the author. What if your roommate is your soul mate? A joyful, quirky romantic comedy, Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare is a feel-good audiobook about finding love in the most unexpected of ways. Tiffy and Leon share an apartment. Tiffy and Leon have never met. After a bad breakup, Tiffy Moore needs a place to live. Fast. And cheap. But the apartments in her budget have her wondering if astonishingly colored mold on the walls counts as art. Desperation makes her open minded, so she answers an ad for a flatshare. Leon, a night shift worker, will take the apartment during the day, and Tiffy can have it nights and weekends. He'll only ever be there when she's at the office. In fact, they'll never even have to meet. Tiffy and Leon start writing each other notes - first about what day is garbage day, and politely establishing what leftovers are up for grabs, and the evergreen question of whether the toilet seat should stay up or down. Even though they are opposites, they soon become friends. And then maybe more. But falling in love with your roommate is probably a terrible idea...especially if you've never met. Praise for The Flatshare: "With likable main characters, spot-on dialogue, a fun premise, and plenty of drama, there's a lot to like in this sweet story. A warm, enchanting love story, perfect for fans of classic rom-coms." (Kirkus Reviews) "The Flatshare is a huge, heartwarming triumph." (Josie Silver, number one New York Times best-selling author of One Day in December)
©2019 Beth O'Leary Ltd. (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
The Forgotten Soldier
Summary
When Guy Sajer joins the infantry full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying unparalleled success in Russia. However, he quickly finds that for the foot soldier the glory of military success hides a much harsher reality of hunger, fatigue, and constant deprivation. Posted to the elite Grosse Deutschland division, with its sadistic instructors who shoot down those who fail to make the grade, he enters a violent and remorseless world where all youthful hope is gradually ground down, and all that matters is the brute will to survive. As the biting cold of the Russian winter sets in and the tide begins to turn against the Germans, life becomes an endless round of pounding artillery attacks and vicious combat against a relentless and merciless Red Army. Sajer's perspective as a German foot soldier makes The Forgotten Soldier a unique war memoir, the book that the Christian Science Monitor said "may well be the book about World War II which has been so long awaited". A work of stunning force, this is an unforgettable reminder of the horrors of war.
©1967 Editions Robert Laffont; translation copyright 1971 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. (P)2017 Tantor
The Switch
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"Daisy Edgar-Jones and Alison Steadman team up as a fun, quirky grandmother and granddaughter pair in this lively narration...The two narrators, each portraying her respective character's point of view, are a perfect match." (AudioFile Magazine) This program is read by British actors Alison Steadman and Daisy Edgar-Jones, star of Hulu's Normal People. A grandmother and granddaughter swap lives in The Switch, a charming, romantic novel by Beth O’Leary, who has been hailed as "the new Jojo Moyes" (Cosmopolitan UK).... When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some long-overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn 80. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen. So they decide to try a two-month swap. Eileen will live in London and look for love. She’ll take Leena’s flat, and learn all about casual dating, swiping right, and city neighbors. Meanwhile, Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire: Eileen’s sweet cottage and garden, her idyllic, quiet village, and her little neighborhood projects. But stepping into one another's shoes proves more difficult than either of them expected. Will swapping lives help Eileen and Leena find themselves...and maybe even find true love? In Beth O'Leary's The Switch, it's never too late to change everything...or to find yourself. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books "A delightful, romantic respite that is full of heart, with stellar narration and thoughtful production to distinguish it as an audio." (Booklist, starred review) "A cozy, hopeful escape that will make readers laugh, cry, and feel inspired." (Kirkus, starred review)
©2020 Beth O'Leary (P)2020 Macmillan Audio
Passing
Summary
First published in 1929, Passing is a remarkable exploration of the shifting racial and sexual boundaries in America. Larsen, a premier writer of the Harlem Renaissance, captures the rewards and dangers faced by two Negro women who pass for White in a deeply segregated world.
©2008 Hadjii (P)2008 Recorded Books, LLC
Time to Love (German edition)
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Die Oma tindert. Die Enkelin strickt. Was passiert, wenn zwei Generationen ihr Leben tauschen? Zwei Monate Sabbatical: Nach einer katastrophalen Präsentation im Job wird Leena eine Auszeit verordnet. Ausgerechnet Leena, die Tag und Nacht arbeitet, um ihre verstorbene Schwester nicht zu vermissen. Zuflucht findet sie bei ihrer Großmutter Eileen auf dem Land. Eileen wurde mit 79 gerade von ihrem Mann verlassen und wünscht sich eine neue Liebe, nur leider ist die Auswahl an interessanten Kandidaten in ihrem kleinen Dorf begrenzt. Die Lösung liegt nah: Eileen stürzt sich in die Londoner Dating-Szene, und Leena kommt auf dem Land zur Ruhe. Doch ist es wirklich so einfach, die Leben zu tauschen? >> Diese ungekürzte Hörbuch-Fassung genießt du exklusiv nur bei Audible.
©2020 Beth O'Leary / Random House Audio / Diana Verlag. Übersetzung von Pauline Kurbasik, Babette Schröder (P)2020 Random House Audio
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Piso para dos [The Flatshare]
Summary
Tiffy y Leon comparten piso. Tiffy y Leon comparten cama. Tiffy y Leon no se conocen. Tiffy Moore necesita un piso barato, y con urgencia. Leon Twomey trabaja de noche y anda escaso de dinero. Sus amigos piensan que están locos pero es la solución ideal: Leon usa la cama mientras Tiffy está en la oficina durante el día y ella dispone del apartamento el resto del tiempo. Y su modo de comunicarse mediante notas es divertido y parece funcionar de maravilla para resolver las vitales cuestiones de quién se ha acabado la mantequilla y si la tapa del váter debería estar subida o bajada. Claro que si a eso se añaden exnovios obsesivos, clientes exigentes, hermanos encarcelados por error y, lo más importante, el hecho de que aún no se conocen, Tiffy y Leon están a punto de descubrir que lograr la convivencia perfecta no es fácil. Y que convertirse en amigos puede ser solo el principio... Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2019 Beth O'Leary Ltd. (P)2019 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.U.