MAPS OF OUR SPECTACULAR BODIES

Lydia Wilson and Tamsin Greig deliver complementary performances to tell the story of Lia, a British woman whose cancer has just come out of remission. Wilson narrates the sections of the novel from Lia's perspective, jumping back and forth from Lia's adolescence when she was growing up the daughter of a minister to the present when she is battling her cancer once again. Between Lia's sections, Greig performs interludes from the perspective of Lia's cancer, perfectly capturing the disease's wry narrative voice as it remarks on the changes in Lia's body. Wilson and Geig's two performances work in harmony, giving listeners an emotionally intimate listening experience. K.D.W. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2022]