MUSTIQUE ISLAND

Mustique Island draws celebrities and royals on an international level. Narrator Cassandra Campbell's range of accents is perfect in this story about a mother and her two daughters' exploration of what personal autonomy means to them in the 1970s. Willy Mae, a former Texas beauty queen, falls in love with a British brewery tycoon. After she divorces her unfaithful husband and British high society, she builds a home on Mustique. When Willy Mae's adult daughters visit, the trio discover the tropical utopia has a dark underbelly. The mother-daughter story shifts as the three women contemplate their past and what the future holds for them during this season of change. Sighs of ennui from royalty and stilted, formal dialogue from Caribbean staff enhance the performance. A.L.C. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2022]