A MILLION AUNTIES

Narrators Robin Miles and Karl O'Brian Williams alternate the chapters of McKenzie's novel. A New York-based artist named Chris travels to his mother's Jamaican hometown after a personal tragedy and gets to know the people there. Miles affects a light Caribbean accent for the narrative and employs a heavier one for the Jamaican characters' dialogue. She convincingly conveys the Caribbean patois to create vivid depictions. Jamaican-born Karl O'Brian Williams, for his part, adds dimensionality to the voices of the community where Chris finds himself. S.E.G. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2021]