LIFE HACKS FOR A LITTLE ALIEN by Alice Franklin, read by Sally Phillips
A heartfelt performance
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Show Notes
Sally Phillips’s heartfelt performance of Alice Franklin’s novel has perfect pacing and inflection. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Michele Cobb discuss a story of a young girl who believes she is an alien. From Little Alien's first attempt at language, listeners sense something extraordinary about her. The story’s narrator, an analytical linguist, breaks down Little Alien's sentences with empathy, while Phillips’s detached tone and well-timed pauses emphasize the complexities of English and the narrator’s snarky undertones. Phillips’s mastery of cadence deepens the emotional connection to Little Alien, making her journey relatable and poignant.
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