“Lessons in Chemistry” and “Horse” were among the hits.
” follows the travails of a boy growing up poor in Appalachia. According to Andrea Brownstein of St. Louis, the audiobook was ideal both because of Kingsolver’s ear for dialect and Thurston’s ability to voice it. Kingsolver “nails the tropes, rhythms, metaphors of Appalachian speech,” Brownstein wrote, and “the narrator has the accent of Kentucky exactly.” Brownstein should know; she used to live there.
In Cruz’s novel, Cara, an immigrant living in New York, loses her job but finds her voice when she tells her eventful life story to a career counselor. The interview structure of the book “perfectly and deliciously translates to audio format,” wrote Corrine McNabb of Scott Township, Pa. “Almonte’s narration of Cara’s story is a joy to listen to. She exquisitely captures the cadence and nuances of this Dominican immigrant, and truly made this story come to life.
Garmus’s best-selling crowd-pleaser has an unforgettable protagonist: Elizabeth Zott, a single mother in the 1960s whose stymied scientific career leads her to take a job hosting a cooking show. Against all odds, “Supper at Six” becomes a hit, and no-nonsense Elizabeth becomes a feminist icon. “It made me laugh out loud, when I really needed a laugh,” wrote Susan Brayford of North Beach, Md.
Olga Acevedo, the Puerto Rican protagonist of Gonzalez’s debut novel, is a self-made woman who plans weddings for New York’s high-maintenance elites. But behind her capable facade, she’s hiding plenty of secrets, and she’s not the only one; her politician brother is at risk of losing his career if his private life is revealed. Jill Young of Denver found the story wonderfully original with “interesting, fully developed characters and fabulous narration.
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