Stephanie Jane recenzis Truckin' Up de Donna Carver
An interesting memoir
3 steloj
It seems like ages since I have listened to an audiobook so I was happy when Donna Carver got in touch via Twitter to ask if I would be interested in a copy of her memoir, Truckin Up. She kindly gifted me a copy through Audible.com
Donna's husband is an American lorry (truck) driver and, finding herself at a loose end, she decided to accompany him on his journeys across the country. A Florida native herself, this gave her the opportunity to see far more of her country as well as learning about life on the road. Truckin Up is the resultant memoir - a collection of impressions and anecdotes. Donna expresses her amazement at some drivers' behaviours, empathises with the difficulties truck drivers face, and translates many of the odd words and phrases they use when communicating over CB radios.
Abrupt changes in sound quality were very distracting during …
It seems like ages since I have listened to an audiobook so I was happy when Donna Carver got in touch via Twitter to ask if I would be interested in a copy of her memoir, Truckin Up. She kindly gifted me a copy through Audible.com
Donna's husband is an American lorry (truck) driver and, finding herself at a loose end, she decided to accompany him on his journeys across the country. A Florida native herself, this gave her the opportunity to see far more of her country as well as learning about life on the road. Truckin Up is the resultant memoir - a collection of impressions and anecdotes. Donna expresses her amazement at some drivers' behaviours, empathises with the difficulties truck drivers face, and translates many of the odd words and phrases they use when communicating over CB radios.
Abrupt changes in sound quality were very distracting during the first chapter, but this does mostly settle down as the book progresses. I enjoyed hearing her thoughts about her nomadic life and the CB slang is quite entertaining. The memoir is pretty short though and a significant part of the time is made up with glossaries - an extensive CB slang dictionary and list of police radio codes - that may work well in print, but went on for too long in the audio version. On the whole, Truckin Up is an interesting glimpse into a mostly unpublicised world.