Family & Relationships audiobooks

Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire

By: Rafe Esquith

Narrated by: James Yaegashi

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling author Rafe Esquith, the only teacher to receive the National Medal of Arts, has garnered the American Teacher Award and numerous other honors. Still teaching fifth graders in a small, leaky classroom in downtown Los Angeles, Esquith fosters a wholesome climate where character, humility, and diligence matter and support is... Read more

The Conversation

By: Hill Harper

Narrated by: Kevin R. Free

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

In his first book for adults, the New York Times bestselling author sparks honest dialogues between men and women, in the tradition of Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man.

Only 34 percent of African-American children today are raised in two- parent households, a sharp contrast to 1966, when 85 percent of black children were raised by... Read more

The Reason I Jump

By: Naoki Higashida

Narrated by: Tom Picasso

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

You' ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought... Read more

Bettyville

By: George Hodgman

Narrated by: Jeff Woodman

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A witty, tender memoir of a son's journey home to care for his irascible mother-a tale of secrets, silences, and enduring love When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself-an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook-in a head-on collision with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will. Will... Read more

The Nursing Mother's Companion-7th Edition

By: Kathleen Huggins

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Breastfeeding is natural, but it is not entirely instinctive for either mothers or babies. The Nursing Mother's Companion has been among the best-selling books on breastfeeding for over 30 years, with over 1 million copies sold. It is respected and recommended by professionals, including The International Lactation Consultant Association, T.... Read more

A Treasury of Adoption Miracles

By: Karen Kingsbury

Narrated by: Melissa Hurst

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

With more than 20 million copies of her award-winning books in print, "Queen of Christian Fiction" (Time) Karen Kingsbury is America's number-one inspirational novelist. In A Treasury of Adoption Miracles, Kingsbury draws on her experience as an adoptive mother to give listeners an inspiring glimpse of adoption-from her own perspective and from... Read more

A Treasury of Miracles for Women

By: Karen Kingsbury

Narrated by: Melissa Hurst

Length: 4 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is beloved across the nation for her moving tales of faith and redemption. In A Treasury of Miracles for Women, Kingsbury recounts uplifting true stories in which mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters are touched by God's presence in extraordinary ways. Read more

In His Brother's Place

By: Elizabeth Lane

Narrated by: Anna Salinas

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

"I want the boy." For three years Angie Montoya hid her son from her late fiance's family until his brother tracked them down. Now Jordan Cooper demands she move to his Santa Fe ranch-- the boy's birthright. But how can Angie live with the man who called her a gold digger the man whose one kiss she's never forgotten? Racked by guilt since his... Read more

How to Love

By: Gordon Livingston

Narrated by: James Jenner

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The internationally best-selling author of Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart, Dr. Gordon Livingston here helps readers discover fulfilling happiness. By recognizing and understanding particular character traits in ourselves and others, we can all learn who best to love-and who best to avoid. "As gracefully written as Erich Fromm's classic The Art of... Read more

Smart Love

By: Martha Heineman Pieper & John Pieper

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

No wonder Smart Love has gotten media attention galore and was even recommended by Ann Landers. The smart love approach offers a new and better way to steer through the extremes of "tough love" and unbridled permissiveness. Parents and children alike will benefit from these innovative principles for raising happy and responsible adults. The good... Read more

Real Boys

By: William Pollack

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 21 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

After more than two decades of research at Harvard Medical School, clinical psychologist William Pollack concludes that our sons are in trouble. In this provocative study, as he examines the causes of this crisis, Dr. Pollack offers ways we can help boys grow up into healthy adults. Just as Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia offers hope for troubled... Read more

The Still Point of the Turning World

By: Emily Rapp

Narrated by: Ali Ahn

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Like all mothers, Emily Rapp had ambitious plans for her first and only child, Ronan. He would be smart, loyal, physically fearless, and level-headed, but fun. He would be good at crossword puzzles like his father. He would be an avid skier like his mother. Rapp would speak to him in foreign languages and give him the best education. But all of... Read more

Bienvenida al club del divorcio

By: Rosaura Rodriguez

Narrated by: Adriana Sananes

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Todo cambia cuando un divorcio irrumpe en nuestras vidas: las emociones, las relaciones de familia y sociales, la estabilidad economica, la seguridad personal e incluso las cuestiones de tipo laboral son puestas a prueba. oQue hacer ante esto? oComo asumir esta nueva etapa de la vida? A partir de su experiencia personal y de su aguda capacidad... Read more

Identical Strangers

By: Elyse Schein & Paula Bernstein

Narrated by: Alma Cuervo & Effie Johnson

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Elyse Schein had always known she was adopted, but it wasn't until her mid-thirties while living in Paris that she searched for her biological mother. What she found instead was shocking: She had an identical twin sister. What's more, after being separated as infants, she and her sister had been, for a time, part of a secret study on separated... Read more

How To Behave So Your Preschooler Will, Too!

By: Sal Severe

Narrated by: Brian Keeler

Length: 10 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed as the essential guide for parents of children between the ages of three and six, this work is based on Dr. Severe's philosophy that children's behavior is often a reflection of their parents'. Each chapter teaches parents to adjust their own behavior to better handle a host of critical issues such as fussing at bedtime, tantrums,... Read more

Free Range Kids

By: Lenore Skenazy

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Lenore Skenazy called down a firestorm of controversy when she wrote a newspaper column about letting her nine-year-old ride alone on the New York City subway. In this plainspoken take on modern parenting, Skenazy offers a commonsense approach to letting kids be kids. Read more

My Spirit Took You In

By: Louise Troh & Christine Wicker

Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Louise Troh-fiancEe of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man ever to die of Ebola in America-breaks her silence about her experience in this deeply moving memoir, chronicling the decade-long love story that starts in Liberia and ends in an isolation ward in Dallas, Texas. Read more

The Feminist and the Cowboy

By: Alisa Valdes

Narrated by: Celeste Ciulla

Length: 11 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Named among the 25 most influential Hispanics in the U.S. by Time, best-selling author Alisa Valdes has also been hailed as one of the top feminist writers by Ms. Magazine. In her engrossing memoir The Feminist and the Cowboy, Valdes reveals how falling in love with a conservative cowboy forced her to rethink the feminist beliefs she's always... Read more

Bad Mother

By: Ayelet Waldman

Narrated by: Mia Barron

Length: 6 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Best-selling author Ayelet Waldman delivers a humorous, encouraging look at the nearly impossible-and often thankless!-job of mothering. "This is not only a wonderfully written book, but I think it may also be a book of great salvation for many women." -Elizabeth Gilbert, best-selling author Read more

Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?

By: Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D.

Narrated by: George Guidall

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Beleaguered parents will breathe sighs of relief and gratitude over this bestselling guide to raising teenagers. In this revised edition, Dr. Anthony E. Wolf tackles the changes in recent years with the same wit and compassion as the original edition.

Delve into a practical and compassionate tour of adolescence, laden with insight and... Read more

Catastrophic Happiness

By: Catherine Newman

Narrated by: Catherine Newman

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A comic and heartwarming memoir about childhood's second act from Real Simple journalist Catherine Newman.

Much is written about a child's infancy and toddler years, which is good since children will never remember it themselves. It is ages 4-14 that make up the second act, as Catherine Newman puts it in this delightfully candid, outlandishly... Read more

Pen & Palate

By: Lucy Madison & Tram Nguyen

Narrated by: Lucy Madison & Tram Nguyen

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From the writers of acclaimed blog Pen & Palate, a humorous coming-of-age (and mastering-the-art-of-home-cooking) memoir of friendship, told through stories, recipes, and beautiful illustrations.

Getting through life in your twenties isn't easy--especially if you're broke, awkward, and prone to starting small grease fires in your studio... Read more

First Dads

By: Joshua Kendall

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 13 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Every president has had some experience as a parent. Of the 43 men who have served in the nation's highest office, 38 have fathered biological children and the other five adopted children. Each president's parenting style reveals much about his beliefs as well as his psychological make-up. James Garfield enjoyed jumping on the bed with his kids.... Read more

101 Things You Should Do Before Your Kids Leave Home

By: David Bordon & Tom Winters

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

101 Things You Should Do Before Your Kids Leave Home is packed with ideas and advice designed to help parents prepare their children for life out in the world, while making sure that both parents and kids enjoy every precious moment. From staging a food fight to serving in a soup kitchen, from planning a "tour de neighborhood" bike race to... Read more