THE MYSTERY OF HOLLOW PLACES

Narrator Emma Galvin holds listeners' attention with the story of a missing person woven with magical realism. As a child, Immy's bedtime story always centered around her parents--how they met, married, and had Immy--until her mother disappeared. When her father, now a writer of mysteries, also disappears, 17-year-old Immy decides she has to find him and her long-lost mother. Galvin performs in the voice of Immy, who eventually uncovers a different reality. Sadly, though, her delivery has an unrelenting tempo, and inattention to the roles of commas and periods detracts from the story. N.E.M. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2016]