Natural born charmer / Susan Elizabeth Phillips; performed by Anna Fields.— [
10 sound discs (12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 978-0-06-122719-6
Unabridged ed.
Executive produced by Rick Harris; produced at Cedar House Audio by Kate Fleming.
Compact disc.
1. Artists – Fiction. 2. Children of celebrities – Fiction. 3. Football players – Fiction 4. Love stories. 5. Parental deprivation – Fiction 6. Parent and adult child – Fiction.
813.54
Phillips kicks off this romantic comedy with a wonderful hook for a first line, “It wasn't every day a guy saw a headless beaver marching down the side of a road, not even in Dean Robillard's larger-than-life world.” Handsome Dean is a pro football quarterback and Blue, the angry girl in the beaver costume with the head off is the daughter of a famous political activist and a commercial portrait painter who secretly yearns to paint landscapes filled with fanciful fairies. In a way Natural born charmer is a bit of a fairy tale itself, populated with eccentrics and celebrities with the means to make their wishes come true. And what a witty and well-crafted tale it is, with a plot that moves right along, unfolding new surprises and delights along the way. Fields does a marvelous job of vocal characterization for a full set of different characters in addition to the rapid fire repartee between the hero and heroine.
In January 2008 this production was cited by Library Journal as one of the Best Audio Books of 2007 and by Booklist as an Editors’ Choice audio recording for 2007.
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