MY LIFE AS A VILLAINESS Essays

In this collection of personal essays, author/narrator Laura Lippman covers a range of relatable topics, such as motherhood, social media, body image, and aging, as well as circumstances particular to her own life, such as her path from journalist to award-winning genre novelist. Her soft, expressive delivery finds a comfortable place between performance and storytelling, especially when she’s focused on her family: her father’s favorite bar, mean girls at her daughter’s school, and her mother’s knitting, for example. Lippman is comfortable behind the mic, clearly conveying both her sense of humor and her decided opinions—listeners will know exactly where she stands on using a microwave. Her conversational tone and varied cadence create a friendly atmosphere, holding listeners’ interest from first to last word. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2020]