When deciding which book to read next most people know what
they are looking for in print form what this column will highlight is a
different form of reading, and that is listening to the audiobook. I love
audiobooks whether it be traveling in the car, cleaning the house or working I
listen to audiobooks all the time.
Most of you know our new Library2Go service makes it easy to
download ebooks but what some might not know is there is also a great selection
of audiobooks available for download too. I will spotlight some of my favorite
audiobooks and narrators.
Library2Go Audiobook Spotlight # 8~The DryGrass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew narrated by, Karen White (Also available as
an ebook)
My Review:
Since this book is set in the south in the 50’s and the
Watts family has a “colored girl” you know something bad is going to happen to
change everyone’s life, But this book was so much more than the story you are
expecting.
Jubie Watts is 13 years old the summer everything in her
life changed, even though her family employs “a girl” she is more like family
to her and she doesn’t really understand the racial tensions that are rising
around her. She really has no idea what kind of people her parents are,
especially her father but that is all about to change as Jubie’s coming of age
story unfolds you can’t help but want to reach out and give her a hug.
This book has shades of The Help which you can’t help
compare it to but it is much more than just about the help it is about how you
see your family, how you deal with seeing wrongs done to people and what you
decide to do about them.
This is good 50’s southern fiction I say if you liked The
Help or The Secret Life of Bees give this one a go!
Audio Production: Karen White narrates this one and I must
say how impressed I was, I’ve listened to other books narrated by Karen but
this was the first southern fiction and I will admit to being pleasantly
surprised at how well she shifted between the different ethnicities. I highly
recommend this book in audio because Karen’s narration is spot on!
4 Stars
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