Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley, Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt
One of the Most Moving and Emotionally Intimate Audiobooks of the Year
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From the audiobook’s opening line, Joniece Abbott-Pratt’s narration of Nightcrawling creates an immersive listening experience. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile contributor Kendra Winchester discuss this impressive debut novel from Leila Mottley. Abbott-Pratt perfectly embodies the first-person perspective of Kiara, a high school dropout living with her older brother. Their father is dead, and their mother is gone, so they only have each other. With Abbott-Pratt’s empathetic understanding of the characters, she creates one of the most moving and emotionally intimate audiobooks of the year.
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