Marita Conlon-McKenna has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators. The most-rated is Three Women.
The Hungry Road
Summary
Now, the number one Irish best seller and award-winning novelist is turning her hand to the definitive adult novel of those hard times, with The Hungry Road. Ireland’s hopes for freedom are dashed with the arrival of a deadly potato blight that strikes terror in the heart of its people. 1845. Seamstress Mary Sullivan’s dreams of a better future are shattered as she looks out over their ruined crop. Refusing to give in to despair, she must use every ounce of courage and strength to protect her family as they fight to survive. Dr Dan Donovan is medical officer to the Skibbereen Union. The arrival of ‘The Hunger’ soon brings starving men, women and children crowding into the town and the workhouse, desperate for assistance. Fr. John Fitzpatrick’s faith is tested by the suffering that surrounds him as his pleas for help fall on deaf ears. Inspired by true Irish heroes, The Hungry Road is the heartbreaking story of the Great Irish Famine told by one of Ireland’s best-loved writers.
©2020 Marita Conlon-McKenna (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
A Taste for Love
Summary
A delicious novel from number one best-selling author Marita Conlon McKenna.
Alice loves to cook. She believes the secret of good food is to cook with passion. Her love affair with cookery has taken her from her parents' seaside hotel to Paris and then one of Dublin's finest restaurants.
Then she marries Liam and is happy to hang up her chef's hat and cook for her family and friends instead. But now she's cooking for one! Her marriage to Liam over, it's high time she learns to stand on her own two feet and begin again....
Alice opens The Martello School of Cookery, and a group of total strangers learn from her to create food that is tasty and delicious. And in the comfort of her kitchen they discover not only how to cook but recipes for life....
©2011 Marita Conlon-McKenna (P)2013 Magna Story Sound
Mother of the Bride
Summary
A summer wedding - what could be more perfect?
A warm and uplifting novel from the number one best-selling Irish author.
Everyone knows that Amy and Dan are made for each other. So when they announce their engagement their families are over the moon, especially Amy's mother, Helen. What could be more exciting than planning a daughter's wedding?
But as the countdown to the Big Day begins, and mother and daughter throw themselves into creating the wedding of their dreams, not everyone's prepared for the commotion this involves.
Bride-to-be Amy sees her best laid wedding plans start to unravel, and things go from bad to worse as Helen struggles to pick up the pieces and get her family back on track. Amy and Helen each discover what love and marriage are all about...but is it too late?
It's not easy being a mother, let alone the Mother of the Bride!
©2010 Marita Conlon-McKenna (P)2011 Magna Story Sound
Three Women
Summary
A deeply moving story set in Dublin and packed full of humour, love and insight. Love and its consequences last a lifetime.... Kate Cassidy is about to celebrate 25 years of marriage to Paddy. But the secret she has kept all this time is about to be discovered. Erin Harris has always known that she is different from the rest of her family. Over the years she has begun to put the pieces together, and now she has to discover who she really is and where she comes from. Nina Harris has always put her marriage and family before everything. But now she must face up to the truth as her daughter is prepared to run off and search for a woman she doesn't know. There is no escaping the past. Kate, Erin and Nina all have to come to terms with what happened so many years before and to find their own way of dealing with it.
©2012 Marita Conlon-McKenna (P)2018 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd