ANATOMY OF A MIRACLE

Outside a Biloxi convenience store, a paraplegic veteran stands and walks. The world marvels; headlines are made. In this fictional investigative report, Edoardo Ballerini skillfully moves between narration styles as he sifts through the layers of the story. When portraying the journalist, he is matter-of-fact, cutting deftly through a dense thicket of information in order to maintain momentum. Ballerini voices the miraculous Cameron and his sister, Tanya, with a charisma peculiar to well-drawn Southern characters, never letting the facts or their circumstances get in the way of a good tale. He has the knack of perfectly delivering the many deadpan observations generated by this larger-than-life story and embodies its wide cast of believers and skeptics with a vibrancy that pulls the listener irresistibly along. N.M. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2018]