HAVEN

Rachel L. Jacobs, Jane Oppenheimer, and Rene Ruiz lend their considerable talents to this story of a house bequeathed to a family by an unknown aunt. The Baker family is vacationing at the house. While they had hoped the vacation would bring them closer, instead they start turning on each other--with devastating consequences. Oppenheimer tells the aunt's backstory, tracing her path from family outcast to vengeful woman. Ruiz portrays the father, an optimist who is the brunt of family jokes, and son JJ, an awkward, overweight, pimply teenager who is tired of being ostracized. Jacobs portrays the perfectionist mom, Jenna, who is embarrassed by her family and obsessed with appearance, along with daughter Jessie, who is obsessed with her weight and social standing. Dysfunction is this family's legacy. L.M.G. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2024]