GUY NOT TAKEN

Stuck at home with her baby, a young mother wonders if her life would be better if she had stayed with her ex-boyfriend. To attract a young broker, she lists her apartment for sale. Characterized by the young voices of Mary Catherine Garrison and Jordan Bridges, the young women and men in these short stories are connected by the humanity of their situations. However, Garrison's voice is nasally; furthermore, she stabs at opening sentences with a brassy bark. While having a second narrator may make a difference in the tone and rhythm of the work, Bridges's delivery gives no shape to the stories or their characters. J.P. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 07]