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Celebrating Mothers: Downloadable Audiobooks

Dive into one of these great downloadable audiobooks all about mothers.

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  • Hilarious and twisted, propulsive and furious, All the Other Mothers Hate Me is the must-read book of 2025. "The missing boy is 10-year-old Alfie Risby, and to be perfectly honest with you, he's a little shit." Florence Grimes is a…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2025New York : Books on Tape, 2025. — e-audio
  • A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2024New York : Books on Tape, 2024. — e-audio
  • When a young nanny is found dead in mysterious circumstances, new mom, Tash, is intrigued. She has been searching for a story to launch her career as a freelance journalist. But she has also been searching for something else-new friends to help her…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023. — e-audio
  • Honey, Baby, Mine

    a Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)

    Dern, Laura,
    A collection of deeply personal conversations from award-winning actress and activist Laura Dern and the woman she admires most, her mother--legendary actress Diane Ladd. What happens when we are brave enough to speak our truths to the ones we love…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023[New York] : Grand Central Publishing, 2023. — e-audio
  • Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door. A lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths. Think: Gilmore Girls, but with murder.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023New York : HarperAudio, 2023. — e-audio
  • Maid

    Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive

    Land, Stephanie, 1978-
    A journalist describes the years she worked in low-paying domestic work under wealthy employers, contrasting the privileges of the upper-middle class to the realities of the overworked laborers supporting them.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2019[Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Publishing, [2019]. — e-audio
  • A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes--with a giant Pattersonian twist at the end! Every daughter has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets. Laurie is an artist, a collector of…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023[New York] : Hachette Audio, 2023. — e-audio
  • Hockey Moms

    The Heart of the Game

    Bailey, Theresa
    A celebration of the unsung heroes behind the game, including first-hand stories from moms of the NHL's biggest stars.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2022New York : Collins, 2022. — e-audio
  • We can't choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become? In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2022[New York] : Random House Audio, 2022. — e-audio
  • When Katy's mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn't just Katy's mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. To make matters worse, their planned mother-daughter…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2022[S.I.] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2022. — e-audio
  • A daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal. 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023. — e-audio
  • My Mother's Daughter

    A Memoir of Struggle and Triumph

    Felicien, Perdita, 1980-
    An instant national bestseller, this raw and affecting memoir is the story of a mother and daughter who beat the odds together. Decades before Perdita Felicien became a World Champion hurdler running the biggest race of her life at the 2004…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2021New York : Doubleday Canada, 2021. — e-audio
  • Frontier Follies

    Adventures in Marriage and Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere

    Drummond, Ree,
    A down-to-earth, hilarious collection of stories and musings on marriage, motherhood, and country life from the #1 New York Times bestselling author and star of the Food Network show The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond. In this relatable, charming book,…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2020[New York] : HarperAudio, 2020. — e-audio
  • The story of Maya Angelou's extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. For the first…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2013New York : Books on Tape, 2013. — e-audio
  • The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2016New York : Penguin Audio, 2016. — e-audio
  • Cat & Nat's Mom Truths

    Embarrassing Stories and Brutally Honest Advice on the Extremely Real Struggle of Motherhood

    Belknap, Catherine,
    Hilarious best friends Cat and Nat created a massive online community of moms by sharing their ultra-real and just a bit R-rated dispatches from the mom trenches. From what not to eat a few days postpartum (chicken wings) to the most effective ways…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2019[New York, NY] : Random House Audio, 2019. — e-audio
  • Follows the efforts of a Korean family to find the mother who went missing from Seoul Station and their sobering realizations when they recall memories that suggest she may not have been happy.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2011[Westminster, Md.] : Books on Tape, 2011. — e-audio
  • A Mother's Reckoning

    Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

    Klebold, Sue
    In A Mother's Reckoning, Sue Klebold, for the first time, recounts, based on her recollections, her daily journals, and the difficult and harrowing writings and video recordings her son left behind, the days and months leading up to the tragic…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2016New York : Random House Audio, 2016. — e-audio
  • A Singular Woman

    [the Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother]

    Scott, Janny
    Barack Obama has written extensively about his father but credited his mother for "what is best in me." Still, little is known about this fiercely independent, spirited woman who raised the man who became the first biracial president of the United…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2011[New York] : Penguin Audio, 2011. — e-audio
  • The Heavy

    a Mother, a Daughter, a Diet : a Memoir

    Weiss, Dara-Lynn
    When a doctor pronounced the author's daughter Bea obese at age seven, she knew she had to take action. But how could a woman with her own food and body issues successfully navigate a little girl around the issue of obesity. In this memoir,…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2013[Westminister, MD] : Books on Tape, [2013] — e-audio