Living in contemporary times, Andi’s grief over the loss of her brother was palpable as she and her mother had completely fallen apart.ĭespite her parents’ divorce, her father picked up the pieces and ensured her mother was put into proper care to aid her recovery. The combination of these added so many layers, I was immersed in Revolution for the entire duration of the audiobook. Revolution presented the obsession with music and 18th-century France in the face of post-traumatic stress disorder and mental illness. Card inhabits the music’s supporting role ardently. From Beethoven to Radiohead, music plays a central role in Andi’s emotional recovery and journey throughout Revolution. Donnelly’s striking construction of these two worlds is accompanied by Andi’s acute perception and passion for music of all eras. The entanglement of Andi and Alexandrine’s storylines as Andi becomes engrossed in the diary offers a fascinating glimpse into both contemporary and 18th-century Paris. Initially reluctant to leave her mother behind, Andi soon finds a reason to explore Paris - the diary written by Alexandrine detailing the final days of the French monarchy and the Reign of Terror. He insists that she join him on a business trip to Paris to focus on writing her senior thesis and her mental wellness. Arguably the most stable in this arrangement, her father, an award-winning genetics professor at Harvard, takes notice when he discovers that Andi is in danger of failing out of high school. Revolution will charm Francophiles, historians, and musicians alike.įollowing the tragic death of her younger brother and the divorce of her mother and father, Andi spirals into a severe depression. Card and Bering’s collaboration yields a stunning performance of an alliance between two women separated by three centuries.
When Andi finds a mysterious archaic diary while accompanying her father on a trip to Paris, narrator Emma Bering voices a smaller but vital role as Alexandrine, a French actress living in Versaille as a companion to Louis Charles, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, in Revolution-era France. Card delivers Andi’s heartbreak and depression with remarkable awareness, her intonation constantly evolving and adapting to the development of the character. Emily Janice Card does the heavy lifting in her narration of Andi Alpers, a Brooklyn prep school misfit and gifted musician with enough life experience for someone three times her age. classified as Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Music, Young Adult įrom Brooklyn to Paris and from the 18th-century to the 21st, Jennifer Donnelly’s Revolution covers a vast spread of geography, culture, and time.read by Emily Janice Card, Emma Bering for 15 hours 8 minutes.
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