Details:
- author: Nicolas Ferraro
- full title: My Favorite Scar
- narrator: Stacy Gonzalez
- genre: thriller
- topics: #literarythriller, #coming-of-age
- publisher: Recorded Books
- publish date: 23 Jan 2024
- timing: 7:07:00
My Rating of the Audiobook:
- content: 💙💙💙💙
- narration: 💙💙💙💙💙
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Excerpt from the Book:
Dad carries his scars like medals. His whole body tells the story better than he could himself. Víctor Mondragón is a man who can be read in Braille better than he can be heard, but he can't be trully understood in any language.My Thoughts:
My Favorite Scar is quite a dark novel, crime, and a coming-of-age story of fifteen-year-old Ámbar, who is on the road from one city to the next with her gangster father, Víctor Mondragón. A guy with a snake tattoo kills her father's best friend, and they set off on a ride across Argentina to avenge his friend. Meanwhile, Ámbar wants to be like an average teenager and not patch up Víctor’s bullet holes in motels.This is not a usual coming-of-age novel. It is pretty violent, so it's appropriate for adults only.
About the Author:
Nicolás Ferraro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1986. While studying to become a graphic designer at the University of Buenos Aires, Ferraro earned a living by playing poker; now he works as the coordinator at the Center for Crime Fiction at Argentina’s National Library. He discovered noir literature thanks to the video game Max Payne, and crime fiction immediately became as central to his existence as hamburgers and the NBA. Ferraro’s debut novel, Dogo, was published in Argentina in 2016, and was a finalist for the Extremo Negro Award. Cruz, his first novel to be translated into English, has been published in Argentina, Mexico, Spain, and was a finalist for the Dashiell Hammett Award.
About the Narrator:
Stacy Gonzalez has performed over 300 audiobooks, under several pseudonyms. She loves work where she can connect with her Colombian heritage. Stacy’s mother immigrated to the United States after meeting Stacy’s father, a Finnish American, as pen pals, trying to learn each other’s language. Stacy loves to exercise her conversational Spanish in her narration.
Stacy knew from a young age that she was going to be a performer. After studying under JoAnne Akalaitis at Bard College, Stacy spent years performing in live theater, performing in tiny Chicago storefront spaces that seated 15 people, to large theaters seating 100s. Her love of performing the language of Shakespeare and Moliere and the passion of Federico Garcia Lorca and Miguel Pinero set her up for an easy transition to audiobooks.
Stacy loves to play sassy, strong, smart female characters, whether it be in a contemporary romance, a book aimed at tweens, or a dark sci-fi/fantasy. Audiofile Magazine has praised her pace, ability to create bold characters and emotional connection to the characters. She has been nominated for a SOVAS and an Independent Audiobook Award. She has a great love for Old Hollywood—watching the movies and listening to audiobooks about any and every aspect of it! Her guilty pleasure is the Real Housewives of (Anywhere).
