TOUGH LUCK

Mia Hutchinson-Shaw gives a vibrant performance in this variation on TRUE GRIT, which captures the historic quality of the Old West in the mid-1800s and a woman who poses as a man to survive a journey. Haidie Richards's father left home years ago to seek his fortune mining gold in Colorado and disappeared. Convinced he's still alive, she begins a dangerous trek with her sister, Boots, across the country to find him. To survive, she takes on the persona of a young man. Hutchinson-Shaw is effective in taking listeners on the journey as Haidie faces down swindlers, horse thieves, and drunkards. Her tone embraces both moments of tension and violence, as well the buoyant humor and emotional impact of the journey's end. S.P.C. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2025]