Lunada Bay Lady

Much more than a biography

Revisado: 09-11-21

There was an excerpt of this book in a little newsletter I get from delanceyplace.com. I was taken in and bought the book. So glad I did! It’s much more than a biography of one of America’s captains of industry. It’s a lens on American business and social history from the mid-19th through the mid-20th centuries. In fact, Hires’s personal story takes second place. It is rich with tidbits that tie together much of America’s recent past. The writing comes across as storytelling, and the narration is friendly and engaging. You don’t need to have any interest at all in root beer to enjoy this book.

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Multiple narrators

Revisado: 03-03-13

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I didn't notice that Scott Brick was among the five narrators who read this book. After 15 hours of pleasant listening, I was aghast to hear his flat, whiny, preachy, same-same-same voice assault my ears. I will try to get through it because I desperately want to finish the book and cannot read it off the page, but be forewarned if you, like me, avoid anything read by this narrator.

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Last time I will listen to this narrator

Revisado: 09-24-11

I couldn't tell whether this book was written as a romance, or whether it was just narrated like one -- probably both.

This was my book group's choice, and I was looking forward to peeking at the Hemingways' life in Paris in the 20s. I'm sorry I exposed myself to it, because now I fear my view of Hemingway has been poisoned by an amateur with the audacity to put words into Hemingway's mouth. The only antidote is to reread A Moveable Feast.

What was really irksome, though, was the narrator. I will never again subject myself to her reading. It was dripping with syrup, and her attempts at foreign accents were laughable. She reads as though to a child, but I wouldn't let her loose on Dr. Seuss, either. She gets tons or work, though; you've got to give her credit for that.

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Good book, dreadful narrator

Revisado: 10-31-09

I was pressed to finish this book for my book group meeting, so I forced myself to slog through the worst narration to which I've ever been subjected. It's a hauntingly beautiful story that deserves a good reader -- how could the publisher let this happen? The voice of Robert Boughton was done so amateurishly as to be laughable -- very distracting! If you can read this book any other way, please do yourself a favor and avoid this recording.

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