MOTHER MAY I

When Bree glimpses someone she can only describe as a witch peeping through her window, her status as a wealthy, secure stay-at-home mom goes to war with her childhood self. She grew up poor and was continually warned about the world's dangers. Joshilyn Jackson's passionate narration highlights her superb story of child abduction. She catapults listeners into Bree's perspective when she is given the impossible task of following the instructions of her child's kidnapper while ensuring the rest of her family's safety. Jackson fully delivers Bree's frantic state of mind, especially as she repeats directions she's given by phone in garbled tones. Switching between the voices of the shrill-voiced Bree and the creepy, shushing abductor, Jackson captures the all the terror of a mother trying to save her child. A.L.C. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2021]