A Million Aunties: A Novel

by Alecia McKenzie Narrated by Robin Miles, Karl O'Brian Williams

Overview

After a personal tragedy upends his world, American-born artist Chris travels to his mother's homeland in the Caribbean hoping to find some peace and tranquility. He plans to spend his time painting in solitude and coming to terms with his recent loss and his fractured relationship with his father. Instead, he discovers a new extended and complicated “family,” with their own startling stories, including a love triangle. The people he meets help him to heal, even as he supports them in unexpected ways, through his art.

Told from different points of view, this is a compelling novel about unlikely love, friendship, and community, with several surprises along the way. The story takes place against the backdrop of rural Jamaica, New York City, and Paris, France.

Editorial Reviews

JANUARY 2021 - AudioFile

Narrators Robin Miles and Karl O'Brian Williams alternate the chapters of McKenzie's novel. A New York-based artist named Chris travels to his mother's Jamaican hometown after a personal tragedy and gets to know the people there. Miles affects a light Caribbean accent for the narrative and employs a heavier one for the Jamaican characters’ dialogue. She convincingly conveys the Caribbean patois to create vivid depictions. Jamaican-born Karl O'Brian Williams, for his part, adds dimensionality to the voices of the community where Chris finds himself. S.E.G. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173169068
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	02/16/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged

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