June is Audiobook Month: Fiction & History

June is Audiobook Month! To celebrate, borrow a Fiction audiobook from Carnegie-Stout Public Library's collection. Here are a few novels that explore how our ties to the past change our lives that you might enjoy:

Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce
This is a heartwarming story of a young woman finding her way into adulthood during the tumult of the Blitz in WWII London. Emmy dreams of becoming a journalist, but ends up as a typist with a woman’s magazine that has a distinctly unhelpful advice column. Young British actress Anna Popplewell’s (The Chronicles of Narnia) narration is a good match for the plucky Emmy.


Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
Memoirist Rooney’s first novel, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, is a moving story of one woman’s life. On December 31, 1984, Lillian Boxfish sets out on a walk across Manhattan and recalls her 85 years of life, her career, loves, and losses.  Xe Sands’s expressive and compelling narration is a perfect match for this moving story.


Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
Multiple award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver’s writing is character-driven and often political in both her novels and nonfiction. In Unsheltered, she explores the connections and parallels between a contemporary woman facing unemployment and the science teacher who lived in her New Jersey home nearly 150 years earlier. Kingsolver skillfully narrates her audiobooks herself.



Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
Multiple award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson is best known for books for children and young adults. This lyrical novel for adults, Another Brooklyn, is the story of August, who returns to Brooklyn after her father’s death and finds herself remembering her childhood. Robin Miles skillfully captures the voices and moods of this haunting novel.