A CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Although set in the early 1970s, this story about the safety of children is timely today. Alyssa Bresnahan falls easily into the role of the young girl through whose eyes this story is told. Her anxieties and sense of abandonment when her father leaves home create the underlying dynamic for the story. Bresnahan reads clearly and maintains the narrator's voice evenly, believably creating the persona of a young, observant girl who pulls those around her into a drama of her own making. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/JUL 01]