A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade - Kevin Brockmeier Audiobook

Written by Kevin Brockmeier
Read by Kirby Heyborne
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Release date: April 15, 2014
Duration: 06:07:12

A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip follows twelve-year-old Kevin Brockmeier over the course of a single school year as he sets out in search of himself: losing old friends and gaining new ones, happening into his first kiss, writing plays and stories, dressing as Dolly Parton for Halloween, booby-trapping his lunch to deter a thief. With the same deep feeling and oddly dreamlike precision that are the hallmarks of his fiction, Brockmeier now explores the dream of his own past, recovering the person he used to be, the friends he had, the hopes he nurtured, the doubts he hid, the secrets he kept, the books he read - everything that was once his life.

“Ah, seventh grade . . . If you’re brave enough to revisit that turbulent time of shifting social alliances and raging hormones, this may be the memoir for you. Narrator Kirby Heyborne portrays Kevin Brockmeier, a sensitive, imaginative, funny kid who is struggling to understand the changes taking place within himself and his friends. Heyborne’s gentle and thoughtful narration complements the personality of the young Kevin, who can’t seem to figure out the hows and whys of his friends’ behavior as he and they seek to establish their own unique personalities somewhere between childhood and young adulthood. Heyborne also excels at capturing the mocking tones and insensitivity of Kevin’s questionable friends.”— AudioFile

This genre-spanning work is short on plot but bursting with eloquence, a striking slice of life aching with nostalgia.