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Book Award Spotlight 2021 Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration
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Bear Necessity
by James Gould-bourn
Taking an impulse job as a dancing bear mascot, Danny is not recognized while wearing the costume by his young son, who begins opening up about his mother's death a year earlier. A first novel.
Audiobook available to download on Overdrive
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A burning
by Megha Majumdar
An opportunistic gym teacher and a starry-eyed misfit find the realization of their ambitions tied to the downfall of an innocent Muslim girl who has been wrongly implicated in a terrorist attack. A first novel.
Audiobook available to download on Overdrive
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The girl with the louding voice : a novel
by Abi Daré
Adunni, a 14-year-old Nigerian girl who longs for an education, must find a way for her voice to be heard loud and clear in a world where she and other girls like her are taught to believe, through words and deeds, that they are nothing.
Audiobook available to download on Overdrive
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Me & Patsy kickin' up dust : my friendship with Patsy Cline
by Loretta Lynn
Country artist Loretta Lynn and her daughter share the previously undisclosed story of Lynn’s deep bond with fellow music legend, Patsy Cline, to discuss such topics as their creative collaborations and Cline’s untimely death.
Audiobook available to download on eReadIllinois
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The Only Good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones
A novel that blends classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives.
Audiobook available to download on Overdrive
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Tiny imperfections
by Alli Frank
Determined to protect her daughter from making the mistakes of her own past, a model-turned-admissions director is stymied by her strong-willed daughter’s preferences and a friend’s recommendation to start dating again.
Audiobook available to download on Overdrive
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The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
Separated by their embrace of different racial identities, two mixed-race identical twins reevaluate their choices as one raises a black daughter in their southern hometown while the other passes for white with a husband who is unaware of her heritage.
Audiobook available to download on Overdrive
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Wow, no thank you : essays
by Samantha Irby
A new collection of humorous and edgy essays from the author of Meaty and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life that highlight the ups and downs of aging, marriage and living with step-children in small-town Michigan.
Audiobook available to download on Overdrive
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Visit https://rusaupdate.org/2021/02/2021-listen-list-revealed/ for some "listen-alike" suggestions.
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