IN AN INSTANT

Listeners everywhere will be moved by Lee and Bob Woodruff's intimate account of how the TV reporter's January 2006 brain injury in Iraq changed their lives. Hardly alone when it comes to living through the devastation of a roadside bomb, Lee brings to her storytelling--and her emotional survival--the sensibilities of an intelligent writer and a love for her damaged husband that is credited for much of his miraculous recovery. Her sturdy speaking style creates an uplifting but never melodramatic listening experience. Lee's compelling performance and that of her husband (whose microphone time is minimal) offer a lesson in using restraint in the first-person narration of searing personal tragedy. A memorable and potentially transforming listening experience. T.W. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2008]