CARRY THE ONE

A wedding, a moonlit midnight drive home, and young friends—reckless and high, naïve and invincible. The night ends with a tragedy that will affect them all for the rest of their lives, defining their romantic and family relationships, friendships, and self-esteem. Renée Raudman provides an intuitive narration that escorts the listener into the future that follows that fateful night, recounting sexual encounters, broken marriages, friends supporting friends, internalized guilt, joys, and sorrows. Raudman manages to make relatable the ordinariness of daily life and enlivens the characters’ deepest thoughts and obsessive love chatter. Raudman reveals how a traumatic event can trigger twists and turns, causing those who experience it to confuse love and hate, passion and longing, and obsession and personal satisfaction. B.J.P. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2012]