Jill Tanner has narrated 45 audiobooks on Listento.it by 26 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 7,812 ratings. The most-rated is Untamed.
Untamed
Summary
Number one New York Times best seller • Over one million copies sold! "Packed with incredible insight about what it means to be a woman today." (Reese Witherspoon, Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Pick) In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist, speaker, best-selling author, and "patron saint of female empowerment" (People) explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet others’ expectations and start trusting the voice deep within us. Named one of the Best Books of the Year by O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • Cosmopolitan • Marie Claire • Bloomberg • Parade • "Untamed will liberate women - emotionally, spiritually, and physically. It is phenomenal." (Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of Girls and Eat Pray Love) This is how you find yourself. There is a voice of longing inside each woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good partners, daughters, mothers, employees, and friends. We hope all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives and wonder: Wasn’t it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to be grateful, hiding our discontent - even from ourselves. For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her own discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind: There She Is. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. But she soon realized they had come to her from within. This was her own voice - the one she had buried beneath decades of numbing addictions, cultural conditioning, and institutional allegiances. This was the voice of the girl she had been before the world told her who to be. Glennon decided to quit abandoning herself and to instead abandon the world’s expectations of her. She quit being good so she could be free. She quit pleasing and started living. Soulful and uproarious, forceful and tender, Untamed is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live. It is the story of navigating divorce, forming a new blended family, and discovering that the brokenness or wholeness of a family depends not on its structure but on each member’s ability to bring her full self to the table. And it is the story of how each of us can begin to trust ourselves enough to set boundaries, make peace with our bodies, honor our anger and heartbreak, and unleash our truest, wildest instincts so that we become women who can finally look at ourselves and say: There She Is. Untamed shows us how to be brave. As Glennon insists: The braver we are, the luckier we get.
©2020 Glennon Doyle (P)2020 Random House Audio
The Tea Rose
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East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams. But Fiona's life is shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man take from her nearly everything - and everyone - she holds dear. Fearing her own death, she is forced to flee London for New York. There, her indomitable spirit propels her rise from a modest West Side shop-front to the top of Manhattan's tea trade. But Fiona's old ghosts do not rest quietly, and to silence them, she must venture back to the London of her childhood, where a deadly confrontation with her past becomes the key to her future.
©2002 Jennifer Donnelly (P)2014 Recorded Books
The Winter Rose
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It has been 12 years since a dark, murderous figure stalked the alleys and courts of Whitechapel. And yet, in the summer of 1900, East London is still poor, still brutal, still a shadow city to its western twin. Among the reformers is an idealistic young woman named India Selwyn-Jones, recently graduated from medical school. With the help of her influential fiance - Freddie Lytton, an up-and-coming Liberal MP - she works to shut down the area's opium dens that destroy both body and soul. Her selfless activities better her patients' lives and bring her immense gratification, but unfortunately, they also bring her into direct conflict with East London's ruling crime lord - Sid Malone. India is not good for business and at first, Malone wants her out. But against all odds, India and Sid fall in love. Different in nearly every way, they share one thing in common - they're both wounded souls. Their love is impossible and they know it, yet they cling to it desperately. Lytton, India's fiance, will stop at nothing to marry India and gain her family's fortune. Fractious criminal underlings and rivals conspire against Sid. When Sid is finally betrayed by one of his own, he must flee London to save his life. Mistakenly thinking him dead, India, pregnant and desperate, marries Freddie to provide a father for hers and Sid's child. India and Sid must each make a terrible sacrifice - a sacrifice that will change them both forever. One that will lead them to other lives, and other places... and perhaps - one distant, bittersweet day - back to each other.
©2008 Jennifer Donnelly (P)2013 Recorded Books
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
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More than 50 years after its first publication, Doubleday's definitive edition of Anne Frank's famous diary generated an extraordinary amount of excitement when it was published in early 1995. Enthusiastically received by critics and readers alike, it reigned for nine weeks on The New York Times best-seller list and will remain for all time the version that millions of readers will cherish.
©2010 Random House
The Wild Rose
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The Wild Rose is a part of the sweeping, multigenerational saga that began with The Tea Rose and continued with The Winter Rose. It is London, 1914. World War I looms on the horizon, women are fighting for the right to vote, and explorers are pushing the limits of endurance in the most forbidding corners of the earth. Into this volatile time, Jennifer Donnelly places her vivid and memorable characters: Willa Alden, a passionate mountain climber who lost her leg while summiting Kilimanjaro with Seamus Finnegan and will never forgive him for saving her life; Finnegan, a polar explorer who tries to forget Willa as he marries a beautiful young schoolteacher back home in England; Max von Brandt, a handsome German sophisticate who courts high society women, but has a secret agenda in wartime London. Many other beloved characters from The Winter Rose continue their adventures in The Wild Rose as well. With myriad twists and turns, thrilling cliffhangers, and fabulous period detail and atmosphere, The Wild Rose provides a highly satisfying conclusion to an unforgettable trilogy.
©2011 Jennifer Donnelly (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC
The Crimson Petal and the White
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NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA starring Romola Garai, Chris O'Dowd, Gillian Anderson, Richard E. Grant, Shirley Henderson, and Mark Gatiss. 'Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them....' So begins this irresistible voyage into the dark side of Victorian London. Amongst an unforgettable cast of low-lifes, physicians, businessmen, and prostitutes, meet our heroine Sugar, a young woman trying to drag herself up from the gutter any way she can. Be prepared for a mesmerising tale of passion, intrigue, ambition, and revenge.
©2011 Michel Faber (P)2011 W.F. Howes Ltd
The Thirteenth Tale
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All children mythologize their birth... So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's beloved collection of stories, long famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale. The enigmatic Winter has always kept her violent and tragic past a secret. Now old and ailing, she summons a biographer to tell the truth about her extraordinary life: Margaret Lea, a young woman for whom the secret of her own birth remains an ever-present pain. Disinterring the life she meant to bury for good, Vida mesmerizes Margaret with the power of her storytelling. Hers is a tale of gothic strangeness, featuring the Angelfield family, including the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess, and a devastating fire. Struck by a curious parallel between their stories, Margaret demands the truth from Vida, and together they confront the ghosts that have haunted them. The Thirteenth Tale is a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and we loved as children. Diane Setterfield will keep you guessing, make you wonder, move you to tears and laughter, and in the end, deposit you breathless yet satisfied back upon the shore of your everyday life.
©2006 Diane Setterfield (P)2007 Simon & Schuster Audio
J'accuse
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Paris, janvier 1895. Georges Picquart, un officier de l'armée, assiste devant vingt mille personnes hurlant "À mort le juif !" à l'humiliation publique d'un capitaine accusé d'espionnage : Alfred Dreyfus. Picquart est promu : il devient le plus jeune colonel de l'armée française et prend la tête de la section de statistique - le service de renseignements qui a traqué Dreyfus. Dreyfus, lui, est condamné au bagne à perpétuité sur l'île du Diable, il n'a le droit de parler à personne, pas même à ses gardiens, et son affaire semble classée pour toujours. Mais, peu à peu, Picquart commence à relever des éléments troublants dans l'enquête, tout en lisant les lettres de Dreyfus à sa femme dans lesquelles celui-ci ne cesse de clamer son innocence. Et quand le colonel découvre un espion allemand opérant sur le sol français, ses supérieurs refusent de l'écouter. En dépit des avertissements officiels, Picquart persiste et va se retrouver lui aussi dans une situation délicate. Gaumont, Légende et R.P. Productions présentent : Jean Dujardin, Louis Garrel, Emmanuelle Seigner, Grégory Gadebois dans J’ACCUSE, un film de Roman Polanski. Scénario : Robert Harris et Roman Polanski d’après le livre de Robert Harris ; Musique : Alexandre Desplat ; Directeur de la photographie : Pawel Edelman, PSC ; Montage : Hervé de Luze ; Décors : Jean Rabasse, ADC ; Costumes : Pascaline Chavanne ; 1er Assistant Réalisateur : Hubert Engamarre ; Casting : Michaël Laguens ; Son : Lucien Balibar, Aymeric Devoldère, Cyril Holtz et Niels Barletta ; Effets visuels : Jérémie Leroux et Alain Carsoux ; Coiffure et Maquillage : Agathe Dupuis, Vesna Peborde et Cédric Kerguillec ; Directeur de production : Cyrille Bragnier ; Coproducteurs : Luca Barbareschi et Paolo Del Brocco ; Producteurs associés : Axelle Boucaï et Axel Décis ; Producteurs exécutifs : Roman Abramovich – Kinoprime Foundation, Kenosis, Zbigniew Raczynski & Lukasz Raczynski – Horus Movies, Kasia Nabialczyk, Costantino Margiotta ; Une production Légende et R.P. Productions ; Une coproduction franco-italienne avec Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, Eliseo Cinéma et Rai Cinéma ; Avec la participation de France Télévisions, OCS et Canal+ ; Avec le soutien de la région Île-de-France ; En partenariat avec le CNC et le Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée ; Avec la participation de Entourage Pictures ; En association avec Palatine Étoile 16, Optimum Développement et L’Arbre Holding ; Produit par Alain Goldman.
©2014 / 2019 Éditions Plon, un département d’Édi8 / Lizzie, un département d'Univers Poche, Paris. Traduit par Natalie Zimmermann (P)2019 Lizzie, un département d'Univers Poche, Paris
Nine Lives
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Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2010. Winner of the 2010 Asia House Award for Asian Literature. A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day.
©2009 William Dalrymple (P)2011 Audible Ltd
How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days
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The first book in a bold new fantasy romance series by New York Times best-selling author Kerrelyn Sparks. Luciana grew up on the Isle of Moon, hidden away because of her magical powers. But when her father arrives, he offers her a choice: remain on the island or return with him and marry the Beast of Benwick in order to save their legacy - and her father's life. Lord Leofric, the Beast of Benwick, has not been touched since he was a child. Born with the power to harness lightning, he is a danger to everyone he touches. When he meets his betrothed, he expects a loveless, lonely marriage...until he discovers she's vastly more powerful than he realized. But is she strong enough to withstand his touch? If they can survive, their love will alter the future of the kingdom. But will their extraordinary powers cost them everything?
©2017 Kerrelyn Sparks (P)2017 Recorded Books
So I Married a Sorcerer
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Destined for doom - or desire? Growing up on the Isle of Moon, Brigitta knew that she was born with the magical powers of the Embraced - even if she did not know how to wield them. But she has finally learned the truth: Brigitta is the lost princess of the kingdom of Tourin. She was sent into hiding as an infant to escape the wrath of her half brother, the king. And now he knows just where to find her. Rupert is a notorious pirate and sorcerer who can harness the wind with his hands. He's spent most of his life plotting revenge on the evil king - and Rupert believes that Brigitta could be the key to finally destroying his enemy. But what begins as a kidnapping of the innocent beauty escalates into something deeper and more passionate than either captor or captive could have imagined. Rupert soon vows to protect Brigitta against the king - but will they survive long enough to find their happily ever after...or does fate have something else in store?
©2017 Kerrelyn Sparks (P)2017 Recorded Books
An Arranged Marriage
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An Arranged Marriage won the National Readers Choice Award and the Romantic Times Award for Best Regency novel. When her vile brother's wicked scheming ruins her reputation, Eleanor Chivenham is forced into a marriage of convenience. Yet there is much more to her new husband than meets the eye, and soon her heart is filled with unexpected desires.
©1991 Jo Beverley (P)2003 Recorded Books
The Border Vixen
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Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award winner and New York Times best-selling author Bertrice Small won a loyal fan following with breathtaking historical romances like her Border Chronicles series. Here, Scottish lass Maggie Kerr refuses to marry a man of lesser merit. So her grandfather offers a challenge: any man who can outshoot and outride Maggie may claim her hand.
©2010 Bertrice Small (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC
Burning Bright
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A poor family moves to 18th-century London, where the father has been offered a job as a carpenter for a circus. His children befriend a young girl who introduces them to the great city. Their neighbor is none other than the real-life poet, William Blake. Best-selling author Tracy Chevalier also wrote Girl with a Pearl Earring.
©2007 Tracy Chevalier (P)2007 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. All rights reserved.
Nurse, Come You Here!
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Mary J. Macleod and her husband left the London area for an idyllic place to raise their young children in the late '60s, and they found the island of Papavray in the Scottish Hebrides. There they bought a croft house on a "small acre" of land, and Mary J. (also known as Julia) became the district nurse. At the age of 80, she first recounted her family's adventures in her debut, Call the Nurse, where she introduced listeners to the austere beauties of the island and the hardy charm and warmth of the islanders. The anecdotes in this new volume take us to the end of her stay on Papavray, after which the MacLeod family left for California. Once again we meet the crofters Archie, Mary, and Fergie, and other friends. There are stories of troubles, joy, and tragedy, of children lost and found, the cow that wandered into the kitchen, a distraught young mother who strides into the icy surf with her infant child, and the ghostly apparition that returns after death to reveal the will in a sewing box. There are accidents and broken bones, twisters that come in from the sea, and acts of simple courage and uncommon generosity. Here again a nurse's compassion meets Gaelic fortitude in these true tales of a bygone era.
©2014 Mary J. MacLeod; First North American Edition 2015 (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
Eight Simple Rules for Dating a Dragon
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Return to the most exciting, magical and romantic series to come along in years in the stunning world of the Embraced! From the brilliant imagination of Kerrelyn Sparks comes a bold new fantasy romance series in which passion and magic collide. Gwennore is an Elf able to track down the cause of an illness and heal it - a valuable asset to her people. But when she is thrust into the realm of the dragons, she discovers a haunted place of power and magic, plagued by an ancient curse. And then she meets the smoldering General Silas Dravenko. She's been raised never to trust a dragon, but never did making a deal with the devil feel so good. Silas has no way of saving the royal family he's served for years. But when a beautiful elf comes bursting into his world, Silas is awakened to desire in a way he's never felt before. But can he trust a sworn enemy?
©2018 Kerrelyn Sparks (P)2018 Recorded Books
Adam Bede
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With an introduction and notes by Doreen Roberts, University of Kent at Canterbury "Examine your words well, and you will find that even when you have no motive to be false, it is a very hard thing to say the exact truth, even about your immediate feelings...." Adam Bede (1859), George Eliot's first full-length novel, marked the emergence of an artist to rank with Scott and Dickens. Set in the English Midlands of farmers and village craftsmen at the turn of the 18th century, the book relates a story of seduction issuing in "the inward suffering which is the worst form of Nemesis". But it is also a rich and pioneering record - drawing on intimate knowledge and affectionate memory - of a rural world that we have lost. The movement of the narration between social realism and reflection on its own processes, the exploration of motives, and the constant authorial presence all bespeak an art that strives to connect the fictional with the actual.
Public Domain (P)2016 Recorded Books
How to Love Your Elf
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Raised in isolation on the magic-shrouded Isle of the Moon, five girls became five sisters. Now women, they are ready to claim their places in the world - and perhaps change it forever.... Flame and Fortune Sorcha knew the mission was dangerous. Leaving the safe grounds of her brother's kingdom and parlaying with the elves across their border...well, treachery seemed at least as likely as true peace. But to support her sister, Sorcha would brave far more than the underhanded ways of the elves. Or so she thought, before she was taken hostage. Of course, her captors didn't count on her particular abilities - or on the help of the Woodsman, the mysterious thief who made his home in the forest. He saw the battle from the trees, saw the soldier attacking against incredible odds to save a comrade - and then saw the valiant fighter revealed as Princess Sorcha of Norveshka. He can't tell if he wants to kidnap her or kiss her. But despite Sorcha's stubbornness, his inconvenient honor, and a rebellion on the cusp of full war, something burns between them that neither can let go....
©2020 Karrelyn Sparks (P)2020 Recorded Books
Sins of a Highland Devil
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Inspired by the history of the Scottish Highlands, USA Today best-selling author Sue-Ellen Welfonder pens this enthralling tale. Three rival clans are battling over territory in the Glen of Many Legends. Laird of the Camerons, James, swears to lead his people to victory over the MacDonald and Mackintosh clans. But his heart sings a different tune after meeting the beautiful Lady Catriona MacDonald. Now James must choose between allegiance to his men and devotion to the woman he knows he cannot live without.
©2011 Sue-Ellen Welfonder (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC
My Lady Wayward
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Return to a glorious world of courtly love in this enchanting medieval romance from the best-selling author of My Lady Beloved - Linda Lael Miller, writing as Lael St. James. From the shelter of St. Swithin's Abbey, Meg Redclift misses her sister, Gabriella, and fears the bride-to-be has met with danger. But the world's uncertainties visit the abbey when a handsome, wounded knight appears - and Meg finds herself overwhelmingly attracted as she restores the stranger to health. If only he could remember who he is.... Left with no idea of his attacker's identity - or his own - Gresham Sedgewick fears his shadowed past may be dishonorable and fights his powerful desire for lovely Meg. But when they are forced to flee the abbey, Gresham is plunged into an urgent quest with the woman who is his greatest temptation - and perhaps his salvation. Dodging deadly assaults, Gresham must trust his warrior instincts and the passion in his heart to find the truth about himself - and the freedom to give himself completely to his lady wayward.
©2001 Linda Lael Miller (P)2018 Recorded Books