Sunday Wild Child
Written by: Ethel Cook-Wilson
Narrated by: Reagan Boggs
Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:07-03-17
Publisher: Ethel Cook-Wilson
When I first saw this up for review I thought it would be more
of a raw book on abuse and such but really it was a very well thought out book
of two people mother and daughter telling their view points on the same issues
as they happen. There is some abuse and racism along with a few other things
but it is told with class that does shock you but not in an over bearing way. A
mother has to deal with an abusive husband that needs to show his manhood by producing
children. He started out as a wonderful father and husband turns to drinking
and evil ways showing his true feeling not only to his family but the blacks in
the town they are in. Going through one town after another with nothing to
their name living on what jobs he can find leaving them with little or nothing
to eat. One woman tries her best to be the best mother who came from money but
was disowned when she married. She learns the hard way how to not only grow as
a person but finds her back bone. To a daughter who is determined to not be
like her mother she takes the world by storm getting in trouble showing the
world no one will get her down. No man will ever treat her like her father
treats her mother. As people look down on them, makes fun of them and talk
about them this family stands proud.
Ms. Boggs narration is wonderful, her character voices are a
delight from the tough hateful men to the lady who gives all, to the ones that
try to take what do not belong to them. Her children voices really pull you in
as they show their hurt, anger and stand proud. The narrator really puts a lot
of emotion into this audio you can hear the desperation, anger, hope, fear, the
little joy and happiness they have in her tones as she takes them through the
years and all they learn. She really put a lot of thought into each character
and how she would portray them. Her
voices and tones give so much meaning to how the story builds and to what is
happening. As she takes you on the journey the author writes, her voices keeps
you spellbound taking you back in time when things were different and people
got away with more in how the deal with each other. There are no background noises,
no volume changes, no repeating of words. Her voices show true emotions that
really pull you in. If any breaks were taken I could not tell. I was a very
clean crisp audio that I got lost in. Ms. Boggs did an outstanding performance
that I had trouble putting down. I found things to do so I could learn more
about these characters and their lives. I loved her accents they really pull
you in with the emotion she gives them. Her male voices were just as compelling
as her females. As the story builds she takes you back in time giving you a
heart wrenching compelling listen that hooks you and keeps your interests. My
husband isn’t into audios but even he sit and listen for awhile. He even chuckled
a few times at the slang and what was happening.
There were many characters that my heart went out to so many
sad times that you wonder how they could go on. The one that hurt the most was
a little color boy and all he went through. As the mother and daughter struggle
to get along the author pulls you in from one issue to the next giving a
compelling read of both sides. It is a story of compassion, heartbreak learning
to start over and finding what truly is important as a family breaks apart and
tries to pull its self back together. They lose it all and found their way back
to the living, giving life new meaning and watch to see if justice will be
served. It isn’t all bad or sad there were times I chuckled or laughed at the
things they said or how something happened. You get to see a little of the
turning point for them and those around them as a mother fights to keep her
family together and a daughter fights to find her place in a world she do not
understand. It was a pleasure listening to this audio watching Bonnie Blithe and Dixie Jo grow, change and learn not
only how to deal with their own issues but each other. I loved the spunk
of Dixie Jo as she learned to deal not only with an abusive father but the hurt
words of others and finding her place in the world she finds herself in. Bonnie
Blithe stole my heart when she rubbed her tummy and said let this be a boy as
well as her strong nature to hold her family together and deal with a husband
most women in today’s world would have wanted to shoot and some would have. The ending just about bought a tear to my eyes as they saw a
man walking to them. You will never believe who it is and the touching scene
that unfolds. I truly enjoyed this from start to finish. It will be an audio I
will listen to again it is a heartwarming story with so much sadness and pain
but truly a blessing in the outcome.
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Summary
Sunday Wild Child captures the point of view of the
mother as well as that of the daughter in this homespun tale of small town
Florida life of the 40s and early 50s. It depicts a powerful, but disturbing,
picture of poverty, racism, and juvenile cruelty. On the other hand, it
showcases the strength of will to overcome those conditions through
perseverance.
A Florida family's trials and triumphant during the
first-half of the twentieth century. Bonnie Blithe and Dixie Jo lend their
voices to their tales of loss, love and hope as they deal with a domineering
husband and father. Their journey from one destitute town to another, as well
from one personal challenge to another is full of faith, true grit and determination.
Dixie Jo embodies the spunk all young people need to overcome adversities.
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