Live from Medicine Park by Constance Squires is available now in Audiobook Format
Hello again, dear Audiobooks Fans! I really hope you are staying safe during these times. I want to draw your attention to a new contemporary fiction audiobook I am recently listening to: Live from Medicine Park by Constance Squires.
Live from Medicine Park is the author’s first book in audio format and it is performed by Tom Burka, it is almost 8 and a half hours in duration and it was published by the author.
The Publisher’s Summary tells us more about the book’s plot:
Documentary filmmaker Ray Wheeler is down on his luck. Embroiled in a lawsuit, he is reeling from the consequences of a near-fatal shooting on his last film and has just lost his teaching gig. Broke and beleaguered, he can’t afford to be particular about his next project. So, when a former student invites him to film the comeback of Lena Wells, an iconic rock-and-roll singer who hit it big in the ’70s, more than two decades earlier, he reluctantly agrees, even though he doesn’t like her music.
When Ray arrives at Lena’s hometown of Medicine Park, Oklahoma, a defunct resort community, he is determined to approach his topic with the professional detachment that has guided his career. His work ethic is modeled on the prime directive of Star Trek: Never interfere with an alien civilization. But with only five days left before Lena’s comeback concert, Ray quickly runs afoul of his subject, who places him on a one-week probation. The terms: impress her or else…
It doesn’t take long before Ray violates his own ethical standards. Drawn romantically toward Lena, he also fails to prevent himself from interfering with the lives of the people closest to her, including her only son Gram, whose paternity is a mystery even to himself, her daughter-in-law Jettie, and the enigmatic guitar player Cyril Dodge.
When disaster strikes Ray’s set again, this time in Medicine Park, he must face truths he has avoided for too long about love, relationships, and responsibility.
Live from Medicine Park is a bittersweet reflection on the search for identity and purpose amid tragedy. As the novel reaches its climax, Ray sets out on one last adventure to set things right. Redemption may be possible, but only on its own terms.
The book was named one of 7 Great American Rock and Roll Novels by Electric Literature and it was also a Number One Bestseller in Oklahoma.
For those of you who would like to find out more about the author, you should know that Constance Squires is the award-winning author of the novels Along the Watchtower, Live from Medicine Park, and the recent short story collection, Hit Your Brights. Her novels have received the Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction, her short fiction work has appeared in Guernica, The Atlantic, Shenandoah, The Rolling Stone 500, Opossum, and other magazines, while nonfiction has been featured in The New York Times, World Literature Today, Salon, and on the NPR program Snap Judgment. She also wrote the screenplay for Grave Misgivings, by Sundance fellow Jeffrey Palmer, and teaches creative writing at the University of Central Oklahoma.
About the narrator I can tell you that Tom Burka is an actor, voiceover, writer and blogger who already has some narration experience with books from various genres.
As soon as I finish listening to Live from Medicine Park by Constance Squires, I will come back with a review. Until then, take care, stay safe and listen with your heart!
Victor Dima
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