HEALTH AND HEALING

Narrator Jesse Boggs’s gentle, sincere delivery serves to help listeners connect with this laudable holistic health title. In warm tones she delivers an intricate mix of history, science, and the long view of medical practices. Her steady delivery and judicious use of emphasis help listeners sort through the author’s long and windy sentences. The title may put the squeamish to the test with its descriptions of bleeding, the use of leeches, and other curative practices from medical history. M.R. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2011]