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Editor's Choice, Booklist - Best Fiction Audio
2003
Listen Up Award 2003, Publishers Weekly -
Best Fiction Audio 2003
YALSA - 2003/2004 Best Audiobook for Older
Teens
Ages: Older Teen - Adult
Cassette:
Length: 14.75 hrs / 8 cassettes
ISBN: 1-883332-90-7
Price:
$64.95
 CD:
Length:
14.75 hrs / 12 CDs
ISBN: 1-883332-96-6
Price: $84.95
Paperback price: $14.00
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Audio Reviews:Released January, 2003 "Hats off
to this 1987 classic...Native American writer Michael Dorris imbues the breath
of verisimilitude into each gesture, word and memory of three unforgettable women
characters...The whole package is perfectly limned by Barbara Rosenblatt, who
missed not one nuance of emotion or one shading of half-remembered touches and
images as she presents each character's unique perspective. Through her impeccable
narration, audiences weigh and ponder the book's "sliding panels of reality."
Starred Review, Booklist
"Veteran narrator
Barbara Rosenblatt displays remarkable vocal versatility in narrating Dorris's
cross-generational story of three Native American women in Montana who must come
to grips with the past. Rosenblatt ably gives voice to the secondary characters...an
index to the overall quality of this laudable production."
- Publishers Weekly
"Dorris' first
novel is an involving and insightful look at three generations of a family...Rosenblat's
narration is extraordinary as she creates and maintains separate and distinct
voices for the three women. An excellent choice for all collections."
Starred Review, Kliatt
"Critics have described
Michael Dorris's acclaimed debut as a braid: Each life is one strand interwoven
to create a whole. To uphold that imagery, Barbara Rosenblat becomes three women
in one for this production. She begins as Rayona, a teenager experiencing growing
pains while dealing with her mother's illness. As Christine nears death, mother
and daughter return to the reservation. With ease, Rosenblat switches from the
higher, innocent voice of young Rayona to the gruffer, brassy voice of Christine,
a woman who has always acted impulsively on her heart's desires. The final third
of the book is Ida's story, the past that brings truth to the present. Three strong
women, one strong voice tells their story."
- AudioFile April/May 2003
"Michael Dorris's
first novel comes to life in this fully voiced reading by Barbara Rosenblat...she
gives each of these women - ranging in age from youth through old age -a strength
of voice that matches their strengths of character. Dorris' work lends itself
particularly well to oral delivery and this production is stellar."
- School Library Journal, May 2003.
"...narrator
Barbara Rosenblatt...does a fine job of differentiating the narrative voices and
projecting the emotional range of the characters. This recording is sure
to be in demand in libraries. Recommended."
- Library Journal, 3/04 Book Awards:· Booklist
Editors' Choice - Adult and YA Book
· "A full realized, exquisitely
written piece of fiction." - Booklist
· "Three portraits
of remarkable psychological density." -The NY Times
· "Remarkable...vivid."
- Chicago Tribune SYNOPSIS: Three voices. One
story. The past, present and futures of 15 year old Rayona, her brash and
bold mother Christine and secretive, mysterious grandmother Ida are braided together
in one of the most unforgettable stories you will ever hear. A haunting
and powerful performance by award-winning narrator Barbara Rosenblat, selected
by AudioFile Magazine as one of the Golden Voices of the 20th Century. |
