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THE TIGHTROPE WALKERS

Earphones Award Winner

by | Read by Richard Halverson

Young Adult Young Adult • 8.5 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2015

Sense of place is everything in Almond’s coming-of-age novel, set in the 1950s shipyards of Tynsdale, England, and Richard Halverson’s heavily accented narration is spot-on. While he makes use of minor dialect changes to distinguish between a variety of characters of different ages and socioeconomic backgrounds, Halverson spends most of the novel giving voice to aspiring writer and son of a ship-builder Dominic Hall. Halverson switches effortlessly between a voice of maturity looking back on childhood and the voice of a child experiencing awe, pain, love, and trauma. In narrating conversations, Halverson illuminates subtle changes in relationships by making use of pauses that are heavy with the weight of what is left unsaid. A rich and rewarding listen. E.M.C. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2015]

Trade Ed. • Brilliance Audio • 2015

CD ISBN 978-1-5012-1591-9 $24.99 • Seven CDs

MP3-CD ISBN 9781501216190 $17.99 • One MP3-CDs

DD ISBN multiple sources

 

Library Ed. • Brilliance Audio • 2015

CD ISBN 978-1-5012-1605-3 $49.97 • Seven CDs

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