Cynthia Swanson has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 6 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.8★ across 14 ratings. The most-rated is The Glass Forest.
The Glass Forest
Summary
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Bookseller comes a gripping literary suspense novel set in the 1960s about a deeply troubled family and three women who will reveal its dark truths. In the autumn of 1960, Angie Glass is living an idyllic life in her Wisconsin hometown. At 21, she's married to charming, handsome Paul, and has just given birth to a baby boy. But one phone call changes her life forever. When Paul's niece, Ruby, reports that her father, Henry, has committed suicide, and that her mother, Silja, is missing, Angie and Paul drop everything and fly to the small upstate town of Stonekill, New York to be by Ruby's side. Angie thinks they're coming to the rescue of Paul's grief-stricken young niece, but Ruby is a composed and enigmatic 17-year-old who resists Angie's attempts to nurture her. As Angie learns more about the complicated Glass family, staying in Henry and Silja's eerie and ultra-modern house on the edge of the woods, she begins to question the very fabric of her own marriage. Through Silja's flashbacks, Angie's discovery of astonishing truths, and Ruby's strategic dissection of her parents' state of affairs, a story of love, secrets, and ultimate betrayal is revealed.
©2018 Cynthia Swanson (P)2018 Simon & Schuster
The Bookseller
Summary
A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of Sliding Doors, The Bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams. Nothing is as permanent as it appears.... Denver, 1962: Kitty Miller has come to terms with her unconventional single life. She loves the bookshop she runs with her best friend, Frieda, and enjoys complete control over her day-to-day existence. She can come and go as she pleases, answering to no one. There was a man once, a doctor named Kevin, but it didn’t quite work out the way Kitty had hoped. Then the dreams begin. Denver, 1963: Katharyn Andersson is married to Lars, the love of her life. They have beautiful children, an elegant home, and good friends. It’s everything Kitty Miller once believed she wanted - but it only exists when she sleeps. Convinced that these dreams are simply due to her overactive imagination, Kitty enjoys her nighttime forays into this alternate world. But with each visit, the more irresistibly real Katharyn’s life becomes. Can she choose which life she wants? If so, what is the cost of staying Kitty, or becoming Katharyn? As the lines between her worlds begin to blur, Kitty must figure out what is real and what is imagined. And how do we know where that boundary lies in our own lives?
©2015 Cynthia Swanson (P)2020 HarperAudio
Learn French - Level 9: Advanced French, Volume 1: Lessons 1-25
Summary
This course consists of lessons centered on an audio blog that is completely in French. The audio blog postings take you around France and introduce you to many different aspects of the country, including culture, history, folklore, arts, and more. You will learn all about many different cities and what they are famous for. Along the way, you'll pick up sophisticated expressions and advanced grammar in this audio blog series presented entirely in French. The lesson starts with the French blog, which is all in French and at native speed. Finally, practice what you have learned with the review track. In the review track, a native speaker will say a word or phrase from the dialogue, wait three seconds, and then give you the English definition. Say the word aloud during the pause. Halfway through the review track, the order will be reversed. The English definition will be provided first, followed by a three-second pause, and then the word or phrase from the dialogue. Repeat the words and phrases you hear in the review track aloud to practice pronunciation and reinforce what you have learned. Go to InnovativeLanguage.com/audiobooks to and sign up for your FREE lifetime account.
©2010 Innovative Language Learning, LLC (P)2011 Innovative Language Learning, LLC
La villa de verre
Summary
Wisconsin, 1960. Angie, mariée depuis peu à Paul, un peintre plus âgé qu'elle au passé mystérieux, consacre ses journées à son bébé et à son foyer. Un jour, elle reçoit un coup de téléphone de Ruth, la fille d'Henry, le frère de Paul. Celle-ci lui annonce que son père s'est suicidé et que sa mère, Silja, a disparu. Angie décide d'accompagner Paul aux obsèques. L'occasion de soutenir son mari et sa nièce et d'en apprendre un peu plus sur cette belle-famille qu'elle connaît à peine. Mais une fois arrivée dans la maison ultramoderne qu'Henry, Silja et leur fille habitaient en lisière de forêt, la jeune femme se heurte aux silences de Paul et à l'attitude glaciale de Ruth. Où est passée Silja, cette femme affranchie qui a refusé une existence de femme au foyer ? À quoi ressemblait la vie dans cette villa de verre qui semble renfermer tant de non-dits ? Et surtout, Angie connaît-elle vraiment son mari ? Construit minutieusement pièce après pièce, un drame familial aussi obsédant qu'un puzzle, qui plonge le lecteur dans l'Amérique du maccarthysme et de la dictature du bonheur conjugal à travers le portrait de trois femmes prêtes à tout pour ne pas en être les victimes.
©2019 Place des Editeurs (P)2020 Audible Studios