THE SECOND HOME

Narrator Tavia Gilbert gives Ann and Poppy Gordon and their adopted brother, Michael, believable voices as they grow and change over 15 years. Ann is an overconfident 17-year-old until a life-changing summer at the family's Cape Cod vacation home ends with lies and secrets tearing the family apart. Fifteen years later, her parents have died, and her voice is full of anger and impatience as she tries to rush the sale of the house. Sister Poppy, still a free spirit chanting yoga mantras, comes home to try to recover what's left of her family. Michael grows from an insecure teen trying to please to a confident adult who stands up for his rights as he forces the siblings to face the past. N.E.M. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2020]