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Daddies
- Narrated by: Barbara Chisholm, Gabriel Vaughan, Hale Appleman, Jennifer Kidwell, Karina Kruse, Ken Bolden, Mark Linn-Baker, Mary Poole, Piper Goodeve, Sydney Harcourt, Tonilyn A. Sideco
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Joseph is having a comically rough year. His job sucks, his relationship ended, he’s plagued by prank phone calls, and he nearly lost his father to the virus. When his best friend asks him to donate his sperm so that she can start a family, Joseph just can’t understand why anyone would bring a child into this calamitous world. The only bright spot is an intriguing new online relationship with an attractive internet “daddy” that has him rethinking his isolation until a series of revelations have him facing even bigger decisions about his future.
Portions of this audiobook contain mature language. Listener discretion is advised.
Playwright Paul Kruse was awarded a commission through the Audible Emerging Playwrights Fund, an initiative dedicated to developing innovative original plays driven by language and voice. As an Audible-commissioned playwright, he received funding and creative support to develop Daddies.
Directed by Adil Mansoor.
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- Wide Eyes, Big Ears!
- 08-11-2022
A bit funny, a bit sad, a lot thought-provoking!
It’s the middle of the COVID-19 epidemic and Joseph’s world has shrunk. He can’t see his ageing father or his friends and he has a frustrating online job working with baby boomers who struggle with technology. Joseph worries about the world and its future so his friends’ request to be their baby daddy unsettles him. Joseph’s only bright spot is the relationship he’s cultivating with a guy online. First of all, I loved the first-class audiobook production values and narrators, just so good! I liked the naturalistic dialogue, the boomer scenes were especially fun. I also liked the wide-ranging issues canvassed - climate change, racism and white privilege, the pandemic, it all works. The story was harder to like for a couple of reasons: the topics are fairly depressing and the blurb sets up an unfulfilled expectation of romance when this is really a sci-fi story. I notice a lot of reviewers using the word ‘weird’. I think that’s because the sci-fi aspects creep up on you with little explanation or resolution so they take you by surprise. It did challenge me and make me think, though, and that’s always something I really appreciate.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 25-03-2023
Inspiring little audio drama
I loved this. Incredibly poignant and inspiring story about human connection in the time of Covid. Really well put together audio drama.
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