Interview with Frankie Corzo: 2019 Best Audiobooks
Hear narrator Frankie Corzo and AudioFile’s Michele Cobb discuss the emotional impact of THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AIDA HERNANDEZ, one of AudioFile’s 2019 Best Nonfiction and Culture Audiobooks. It’s a timely and harrowing examination of immigration.
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Show Notes
What makes THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AIDA HERNANDEZ such a powerful listen? Narrator Frankie Corzo joins AudioFile publisher Michele Cobb to share her thoughts on Aaron Bobrow-Strain’s important work, one of AudioFile’s 2019 Best Audiobooks. This timely audiobook, which required special preparation, tells the harrowing story of Aida’s journey across the Mexico-U.S. border in 1987 and an up-close depiction of the obstacles that confront her. Published by Macmillan Audio.
2019 Best Nonfiction & Culture Audiobooks:
- TALKING TO STRANGERS by Malcolm Gladwell, read by Malcolm Gladwell
- ON DEMOCRACY by E.B. White, Jon Meacham [Intro.], read by Arthur Morey
- THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AIDA HERNANDEZ by Aaron Bobrow-Strain, read by Frankie Corzo
- THE STONEWALL READER by The New York Public Library [Eds.], Edmund White [Fore.], read by a Full Cast
- PASTA, PANE, VINO by Matt Goulding, read by Will Damron
- THE SECRET WISDOM OF NATURE by Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst [Trans.], read by Sean Barrett
For the full list of AudioFile’s 2019 Best Audiobooks, visit www.audiofilemagazine.com.
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