A KID FROM MARLBORO ROAD

Actor, filmmaker, and author Edward Burns's narration features gentle humor and an unmistakable Long Island accent. His novel takes listeners on a bright-eyed and bittersweet tour of a sensitive child's recollections of growing up in the outer reaches of New York City in the 1970s. The novel seamlessly weaves tales of his 1940s immigrant grandparents; his stern father, a cop; baseball games; day trips to Rockaway Beach; a rebellious 17-year-old brother; and a mother who always dreamed of bigger things. Burns delights in mimicking the tough Irish American grandfather's brogue and the neighborhood kids' Bowery-boy patter. He sounds best sounding like a typical kid who desperately wants to come of age but will never forget the bighearted world he grew up in. B.P. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2024]