Evening News - Audio Cassette - Abridged Author:Marly Swick, JoBeth Williams (Narrator) Nine-year-old Teddy is playing next door when his best friend, Eric, hands him his father's handgun. The gun goes off, shooting Teddy's two-year-old half sister, Trina, who is playing in their yard - their mother, Giselle, by her side. Fault lines appear as Giselle's husband finds himself unable to forgive his stepson, an... more »d even she wonders, Where is my unconditional maternal love? As Swick limns the emotional landscape of a family devastated by loss, she poses the unaskable questions: What would you do? How would you forgive? Whom do you love more?
"Everywhere acclaimed for its acute emotional sensitivity and its astonishing narrative power, Evening News explores the world of a family devastated by loss as it takes us into the lives of a nine-year-old boy who shoots his young half sister, of a stepfather who cannot forgive, and of a mother whose love for her son threatens to destroy her marriage. "
Read by JoBeth Williams who has appeared in numerous television and film productions. Perhaps her most notable television performance is in ADAM, and her performances on film include those in KRAMER VS. KRAMER, POLTERGEIST, THE BIG CHILL, and CHANTILLY LACE.
Abridgement approved by the author - 2 cassettes - Approximately 3 hours« less