EARTHEATER

Narrator Frankie Corzo brings her velvety voice to this Argentinian story featuring a character who has visions of violence that has taken place against women. As a child, Eartheater discovers that her desire to consume earth is matched by an ability to magically see into the lives of others. After alarming her school by revealing her teacher's grisly death, she's expelled, and she passes the time by numbing herself with video games. Corzo's laconic inflection adds to the sense of Eartheater's detachment. But people who need her help leave earth in bottles on her doorstep, along with impassioned pleas to find their missing loved ones. When a police officer begs for her assistance, he breaks through Eartheater's emotional defenses, kindling a hint of passion in her and in Corzo's tone. S.T.C. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2021]