THE MEMO

Anna Caputo brings both joy and melancholy into her narration of Jenny Green's failure at life as she has watched her friends succeed. At her college reunion, she is given a chance to make amends by a secret consortium of women who give out memos for success. Now Jenny travels back to key moments in her life, guided by her memo, which dictates what choices to make to succeed this time. Caputo wrings the right amount of empathy out of this story; she is the voice of every woman who has longed for a second chance. Never whining but ever hopeful, Caputo is captivating. As she brings forth Jenny's self-actualization, listeners will question the definition of success and the repercussions of choices. L.M.G. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2024]