Showing results for "Alison Larkin" in Relationships, Parenting & Personal Development

What if your soulmate died…and then came back to help you find love again? Alison and Bhima found true, once-in-a-lifetime love for the first time in their 50’s. It was the kind of love that changes everything. Then he died. Six weeks later, Bhima appeared at Alison’s kitchen table, as charming as ever, with one clear purpose: to help her find love again. It's imaginary of course. Or is it?

Soulmate Dog tells the brave, moving story of Michelle Slater’s extraordinary relationship with her German Shepherd, Brady. Narrated by Alison Larkin in an easy-to-listen-to, conversational style, it “charts the nature of love and the inevitability of loss that accompanies it,” while showcasing the telepathic language that can exist between dogs and humans.

On tour with her brand new show Alison Larkin: Grief … A Comedy, the English-American writer/comedian meets other funny, inspiring people on both sides of the Atlantic who are finding ways to live joyfully and make the most of whatever time they have left. No matter what. “Alison Larkin is hugely entertaining…marvelously light footed” The Times (London)

A collection of short stories covering a 70-year span, from childhood events to adulthood lessons, this easy-to-listen-to collection includes a bonus story exclusively for Audible and a special interview in which the author sits down with producer Alison Larkin and, in a world gone mad, talks about the simple things that really matter.

After becoming trapped in present-day Bath due to a mishap with her time-traveling charm, Jane Austen is safe and sound back in the 1800s thanks to Rose Wallace’s help. Now, Rose is ready to focus on her fledgling romance with dreamy Dr. Aiden Trevellyan. But when Jane reappears in the present, it looks like Rose and Aiden have no choice but to follow her back to 1813.... 

Weeping Under This Same Moon is based on a true story of two teenage girls from different cultures, whose paths intertwine, dramatically altering the course of their lives. In this testament to the power of love and the spirit of volunteerism, Mei and Hannah come together in celebration of culture and language, food and friendship, and the ultimate rescue of both young women from their own despair.

The stories in Paul Alan Ruben's Terms of Engagement explore father and son as intimate enemies, each yearning to be understood, acknowledged, and validated by the other. Raw and gripping as delivered by a cast of incredible narrators, these nine stories take place in collision territory - where father and son engage in trying to repair their alienation.

Part memoir, part fiction, A Grief Sublime begins at the moment the author learns of the sudden death in a car accident of her husband of 30 years, Steve "Sproutman" Meyerowitz. Ricocheting between the splintered past and the present, in her grief, Robbins enters into conversation with Keats and Whitman, Melville and Dickinson. Beautifully read by award-winning narrator Karen Allen with James Warwick as the voice of the poets, Beth Robbins' lyrical, powerful story takes us with her as her despair transcends into a hopeful new experience of life.

From the picturesque valleys of Wales to the stunning Italian island of Sardinia, Welsh-Italian cook Michela Chiappa visits 100-year-olds, longevity experts, and her own long-lived family in order to unravel the secrets of their success. It's a warm and enchanting journey that mixes food, lifestyle, and science in order to come up with a surprising recipe for a long and healthy life that any one of us could achieve.