Unabridged Audiobook
The story was good on so many levels. Terry McMillan's story celebrates the dynamics present in multi-generational families. The situations are real ones faced by families. The two sisters that braided hair reminded me of my experiences with some of the young women who braided my hair. The narrator rated three stars. Listening to her made me think she was being forced to read this book against her will. Unfortunately, she never made the story leaf off the pages. I almost didn't finish it, but Terry McMillan wrote it so, I knew that there was value in listening. The performance lacked genuine heartfelt emotions, with one or two exceptions. If the character was angry or had an attitude problem, then the narrator was believable. Why did the narrator choose voices for Marilyn's and Leon's mother's that sounded like they belonged to fragile and tired 80 and year old women, not 60+ year old women?
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