Kate’s 2¢: “The ventriloquists” by Evan Roxanna Ramzipoor

“The ventriloquists” by Evan Roxanna Ramzipoor

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   The narrator, Nancy Peterson, does a very good job of speaking in the various accents of the characters. Sometimes, it is too thick to catch, if you’re not listening carefully.

   Ramzipoor uses a time-line to organize the narrative arc in this compelling story of Nazi occupation. It is hard to imagine the hardships people endured in war torn, occupied countries, but, the human spirit prevails.

   I like having Ramzipoor tell us at the end of the story, exactly where she stretched the truth to put together a seamless piece of creative non-fiction.

From her web-site:

Evan Roxanna Ramzipoor is a writer based in California. She also works as a content marketer, writing about cybercrime and online fraud. She studied political science at UC Berkeley, where she researched underground literature in resistance movements and discovered the forgotten story of Faux Soir. Her writing has been featured in McSweeney’s and The Ventriloquists is her first novel. She lives with her partner and a terrier mix named Lada. She is never far from a notebook or a pair of running shoes.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

The ventriloquists DB96433

Ramzipoor, E. R. Reading time: 20 hours, 22 minutes.

Read by Nancy Peterson.

Historical Fiction

Brussels, 1943. Twelve-year-old street orphan Helene survives by living as a boy, selling copies of Le Soir–the country’s most popular newspaper-turned-Nazi-propaganda. When she befriends rogue journalist Marc Aubrion, she is drawn into a secret underground network. But Aubrion catches the attention of a high-ranking Nazi. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.