MATCHMAKING FOR BEGINNERS

Narrators Amy McFadden and Joyce Bean team up to deliver a story of magical matchmaking told in delicious Southern drawls. Blix knows with certainty that she has met her spiritual daughter when she meets Marnie, a younger woman sharing her talent for pairing up people and who is engaged to Blix's great-nephew. Marnie's expectations of an ordinary life are shattered when her marriage is short lived and she inherits Blix's house and unfinished romantic projects. The narrators' performances are perfect for voicing the hyperbole and descriptive imagery associated with the South--complete with passive-aggressive "bless her hearts" sure to generate laughs. McFadden and Bean spin a story so expertly told that listeners be reminded of the iconic Southern novel FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE. A.L.C. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2018]