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Title: Some authors should not read their own work.
Review: There are very few authors who can both write and give a good performance on the audio of their books. Ms. Parks is not one of them. She may be a gifted playwrite and novelist, but she's not a narrator. You'd think someone who works in theater would understand the concept of voice talent, and make her publisher hire some to read her book for the audio version. Alas, Ms. Parks undertook the job herself, and the effect leaves a lot to be desired. For example, if you're going to have your characters speak in a regional patois, you can't then read it as though it's beneath you to speak that way, hesitating just slightly before each mispronunciation or grammatical error as though to disassociate yourself and make it clear that you don't speak that way. I've heard electronically read books with more feeling. Stick with the printed page for this one.
