THE LEARNING CURVE

Karissa Vacker elegantly gives voice to the story of three different women who are experiencing transformative--and sometimes traumatic--changes in their lives. For Liv and Fionna, it is the changes that take place after their last years at Buchanan College as they develop into adulthood during the recession of the early 2000s. For Simone, it is adjusting to infertility and her husband's absence as he leaves her in Berlin to teach briefly at Buchanan. Vacker excels with accents, fluidly moving back and forth between French, American, and even an ambiguous combination for an American who has spent decades in Europe. The audiobook is filled with highly emotional moments, and Vacker rises to the challenge of expressing heartache and one character's embracing of her fledgling sexuality. V.B. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2019]