Essential Welty CD: Why I Live at the P.O., A Memory, Powerhouse and Petrified Man
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Reader: Eudora WeltyEdition: Music CD
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2006-07-01
ISBN: 0061124192
Publisher: Caedmon
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Book Review: Buyer Beware
Summary: 2 Stars
Here's what I wish I'd known before I spent money on this (and I'm assuming any other HarperAudio CD): The CD is called "Unabridged." Because of the cover photo, I assumed it was the same material as was on the cassette set entitled "Eudora Welty Reads" (2 copies of which I've worn through). Obviously, this was my mistake since the two stories missing ("A Memory" and "A Worn Path") that are on the cassette set are not listed; but others may make the same assumption I did because of the identical cover picture.
But there's more -- much more -- to complain about here: Not only do you only get 3 of the 5 available short stories, but the CD includes a lecture from actress Cherry Jones about how we should read to our children and buy more CDs from HarperAudio to do so.
Besides considering any recording of Welty reading a treasure, I listen because her voice puts me into a deep state of peace -- which was destroyed by the opening intro by a saleswoman and then a lecture about reading to children on a CD that is clearly for adults. Because it is a CD, this means you have to hear this garbage everytime you listen unless you are quick to the "skip" button.
I'm assuming, since the advertising is so inappropriate, that it is tacked onto every HarperAudio CD. I went to the website to complain, but there is no address for complaints. So I wrote to the "corrections" dept and asked for a response. I never received one.
This CD is not unabridged and you are paying to listen to advertisements that are nowhere listed in the materials. I don't know how long the Cherry Jones thing went on because I turned off the CD in disgust.
Summary of Essential Welty CD: Why I Live at the P.O., A Memory, Powerhouse and Petrified Man
In 1956, Caedmon had the great fortune to record Eudora Welty reading some of her finest stories. In her sweetly vibrant Mississippi drawl, Ms. Welty deftly draws the listener in to the uproariously multilayered "Why I Live at the P.O.," the spontaneous "Powerhouse" and the insightful voice of women's truths in "Petrified Man." Ms. Welty's reading brings immediacy and resonance to these wonderful tales.
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