PASSERSTHROUGH

Narrator Eric Martin's deliberate narration makes listening to this unusual novel about life's challenges both intriguing and troubling. The story of Benjamin, an elderly father, and his estranged daughter, Helen, explores what happened when she disappeared in Mount Rainier National Park at the age of 11. Martin plumbs the crevices of the father-daughter relationship and also portrays the two vagabonds who helped search for Helen. Martin gives each character a different attitude, each of which listeners will find unsettling. As he uses his voice like a scalpel, he gently reveals layers of the truth about what happened. The twisted and worrisome plot shows the need for understanding and reconciliation, when called for, as expressed in Martin's smooth and thoughtful delivery. R.O. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2022]