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In this singular and imaginative story collection, Cecelia Ahern explores the endless ways in which women blaze through adversity with wit, resourcefulness, and compassion. Ahern takes the familiar aspects of women's lives—the routines, the embarrassments, the desires—and elevates these moments to the outlandish and hilarious with her astute blend of magical realism and social insight.

What happens when hitchhikers conspire to find a missing black box? Surfers wipe out in a parallel Jim Crow universe? An L.A. courier travels to white suburbia for an alternative fuel source? A coffee shop Noah loads up her ark with humans? An infant apparition speaks its truth from a busted skateboard? A court martialed soldier confronts his demons? And two drifters misremember their shared past?

Original, honest and thought-provoking, Roar is Cecelia Ahern's unforgettable story collection. With her trademark honesty, Cecelia Ahern gives us 30 linked stories, all titled 'The Woman Who...', that capture the different facets of women's lives. Humorous, moving, surreal and poignant, the stories capture the moments the characters are overwhelmed by guilt, confusion, frustration, intimidation, exhaustion - the private moments when they feel the need to roar.

The daughter of the Sentinels pack and MC alpha, Cameo Cruz moved across country to escape her pack - and the wolf she can never have. Making a new life, she embraced her freedom and went to school. One night partying with her best friend shatters her bubble of safety, and she’s forced to do the one thing she swore she never would: ask for help.

Cecelia Ahern erzählt in fünfzehn Geschichten von Frauen und ihrem phantastischen Alltag. Da ist die Frau, die im Boden versinkt und dort auf andere Frauen trifft. Die Frau, die in die Schuhe ihres Mannes schlüpft und die Welt mit anderen Augen sieht. Oder die Frau, der es endlich gelingt, aus ihrer Schublade herauszuklettern. Lauter Frauen, denen gerade dann Flügel wachsen, wenn sie es nicht erwarten. Ein Hörbuch, das inspiriert und Mut macht.