• Thirty Talks Weird Love by Alessandra Narváez Varela, Read by the Author

    An Evocative Novel in Verse

    Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens.

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    Alessandra Narváez Varela narrates her own poignant, evocative young adult novel in verse, Thirty Talks Weird Love. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Michele Cobb discuss this expressive novel that is inspired by the author’s own life growing up in Juarez. Anamaria is a Mexican 13-year-old from Juarez who meets her 30-year-old self and wants nothing to do with her. Thirty gives strange advice, and isn’t the doctor that Anamaria wants to be, but a poet and teacher. This listen is resonant, transformative, and impactful.

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    Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile Editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. All in 6 minutes or less. It’s short, sweet, and just what your ears need.





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