The first two readings Ami McKay (The Birth House) and Bernice Eisenstein (I Was The Child of Holocaust Survivors) did not dissapoint. Both women told incredible and sincere stories, Ami about women, childbirth and the Halifax Explosion; Bernice about her father, as introductions to their readings. It gives the material another dimension, hearing the stories in the voices that must at least be close to how they sound in their heads.
I’ve read both books (links will be added later), and hearing them now, makes me think back with a different opinion of both. It’s a pretty full crowd too, which is positive as well.
Next up, Rosemary Sullivan and the star power of Sarah Waters…