FEAST DAYS

Narrator Christine Lakin is every bit the voice of an expat who is encountering the economic and cultural stratifications of São Paulo, Brazil. As MacKenzie's audiobook places listeners in the upper-class world of wealthy professionals, Lakin gives voice to the Emma, a woman whose husband works a high-powered job, the specifics of which are never fully clear to her or the listener. After a dinner out, the couple is robbed, a traumatic experience that leads to a clearer view of the disenfranchised, a view she seeks to understand through a circle of new friends. As she does so, cracks appear in her relationship with her husband. Lakin's performance perfectly captures Emma's tangle of thoughts and interpretations of her experience abroad. S.P.C. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2018]