CHARMING GRACE

Readers William Dufris and Moira Driscoll share performing duties in this story of a widow's attempt to halt the production of a movie about her hero husband. Dufris and Driscoll alternate narrative passages. Driscoll offers convincing portrayals of the 35-year-old widow and her grandmother, both Georgia belles; a 20-something niece from Detroit; and a silicone-enriched, abrasive stunt-woman from New Jersey. Dufris's cast includes the Louisiana protagonist, his convict brother, a New Jersey film hunk, and the hunk's son. All of them sound real enough to convince the listener that the narrating cast contains many actors. This audio production raises an average story to a level far higher than that of the printed book. R.P.L. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/ SEP 04]