Brooke Berman

Humorous, poignant, and honest, No Place Like Home is the story of one woman's journey to feel settled without settling, and her realization that home is much more than an address. Brooke Berman moved to New York as a wide-eyed eighteen-year-old eager to call the big city home. Candid, funny, and thoughtful, in No Place Like Home, we follow Brooke's adventures as she crisscrosses town trying to make ends meet and make her dreams of a life in the theater come true. With each apartment, from the heavenly to the horrible, she learns more about how to heal the past, let go of excess, and keep a sense of humor while trying to stay flexible in the search for stability. No Place Like Home reminds everyone of the age-old struggle not just to find a house, but to build a true home. The author has included a new introduction written especially for this audiobook.

The Chicago Landmark Project chronicles all twelve short plays produced by Theatre Seven of Chicago as part of a World Premiere theatrical event paying tribute to the people and places of the Windy City. Using distinct locations in zip codes from Rogers Park to the South Side, The Chicago Landmark Project offers twelve diverse snapshots of Chicago life from present day to the distant past. From famous landmarks like Navy Pier to only-in-Chicago places like the Logan Square Farmers Market and Riverview Amusement Park, The Chicago Landmark Project uses location to create an emotional geography of life by the lake. "...as good a portrait of the diversity of this city as you can currently find." - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune "...this Landmark Project should unquestionably become an annual event." - Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times

Twenty-one-year-old It-Girl Abby and her plucky best friend, Clea, embark on a spur-of-the-moment revenge trip to London - Abby, in pursuit of the young novelist who has cannibalized her in his literary debut and Clea desperately seeking Madonna. "... Brooke Berman's delicious literary comedy ... Twisted obsession is just one of the themes that Berman navigates with skill and humor in this sharp satire. In addition, her eloquent, self-aware characters mull over issues of hero-worship and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, as it relates to fact and fiction: Seeing oneself refracted in a novel can lead to an identity crisis for the subject ... Berman's tale, which wriggles between past, present and the sub-Nabokovian world of the book ... this hip skewering of sexual and literary politics is more than just a pose." -David Cote, Time Out New York

Amy and Isaac are the perfect couple. Amy and Emma are the perfect friends. If everyone is so perfect, why are they so unhappy? A dark comedy about love, growing up and letting go. "... Armed with her customary flair for brainy-yet-heartfelt banter and an anthropologist's eye for social mechanics ... Berman raises several rich themes - loneliness, sexless infidelity, Gen Xers versus Gen Yers, gender roles and the awful mutability of love ..." -David Cote, Time Out New York "Amusing and poignant ... unerringly captures the confusions that bedevil even the most seemingly secure relationships." -New York Post "Ms Berman has a vigorous interest in turning over the rocks in contemporary relationships to find what is growing underneath." -New York Times