BEFORE I FORGET

Barrie Kreinik narrates the story of Cricket Campbell, a woman in her mid-20s who abandons her job to care for her elderly father in their family's rustic Adirondack home. Initially, Kreinik portrays Cricket's vague dissatisfaction with her life choices and reluctance to re-experience family discord. But as Cricket immerses herself in caring for her father, who has dementia, Kreinik reveals Cricket's growing confidence. Kreinik's performance of Cricket's father is distinctive and heartwarming; he sounds resonant and wise, fatherly but sometimes childlike. When her father begins to offer predictions that foretell the future, Cricket starts to see life with more humor and optimism. A sensitive narration of a compelling and sometimes amusing story about hope in the midst of loss, and the courage to grow. [Published: JANUARY 2026]