In the latest installment in Wendell Berry's long story about the citizens of Port William, Kentucky, readers learn of the Coulters' children, of the Feltners and Branches, and how survivors "live right on." "Ignorant boys, killing each other,” is just about all Nathan Coulter would tell his wife about the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Life carried on for the community of Port William, Kentucky, as some boys returned from the war while the lives of others were mourned. In her seventies, Nathan’s wife, Hannah, now has time to tell of the years since the war.
Susan Denaker gives authenticity to 70-year-old Hannah Coulter and other Port William, Kentucky, residents as Hannah reminisces about her life and those she loved. Denaker adjusts vocal tones and timbre to depict Hannah's life from childhood through young love, motherhood, and old age. She gives an age-appropriate narration of a life sketched in a broad outline. Her portrayal of Hannah as self-sufficient, fiery, and fiercely independent captures Hannah's spirit and the often-chaotic times she lived in. From her early years, in which she suffers Depression era poverty, the loss of her beloved mother, and the arrival of a jealous stepmother, to her senior years, Hannah remains steadfastly determined to shape her own destiny. Fans of Berry's fiction won't be disappointed. G.D.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
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