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“JEALOUS,” FROM “WOMEN WITH MEN”
By Richard Ford, Random House Audiobooks, 180 minutes, $15. Narrated by the author.
Often authors reading their own work lapse into monotone or overinterpret and saturate the text with emotion. Ford’s tender, grief-tinged voice is vital, however, to this marvelous tale, one of three from his book “Women With Men.” “Jealous” tells the story of a 17-year-old grappling with his mother’s departure, his aunt’s erratic behavior and the enigmatic love of his newly sober father.