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Reviews
On Bittersweet Place
by Ronna Wineberg | Read by Lesa Lockford | link to review
Lesa Lockford expertly captures the voice of Lena as she moves through adolescence into adulthood, from an unsure girl afraid she will never speak unaccented English to a confident, successful woman.
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VERDICT: Highly recommended.
Reviewed by Judy Murray, Monroe Cty. P.L., MI , Mar 15, 2015 Library Journal
Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life
by Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar, Michelle D. Seaton | Read by Lesa Lockford | link to review
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The advice in this audiobook is influenced by long-standing Eastern medical traditions like Ayurveda. But narrator Lesa Lockford's pleasing performance--at once friendly and intelligent--delivers the material as empowering suggestions rather than rules. Her near-perfect phrasing and pleasing tonal patterns will engage listeners by softening the certitude in the writing. … The regimens recommended here are at odds with Western life, influenced as it is by work imperatives and unhealthy fads. But with Lockford's help, this eight hours of thinking and advice on optimal eating, sleeping, and activity routines will motivate listeners to consider a different path. T.W. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2021]
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Life among the Savages
by Shirley Jackson | Read by Lesa Lockford | link to review
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With Lesa Lockford narrating Shirley Jackson’s memoir about her life in Vermont, this lovely, charming voice comes at you... With the rhythmic writing I associate with Jackson’s novels and Lockford’s mother-of-the-year voice, I found myself enjoying (yet gripping the steering wheel) the small-town nuttiness. No wonder Shirley Jackson wrote horror.; Grab the Lapels [Published: OCTOBER 2019]
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Brave Girl: Clara and The Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel | Read by Lesa Lockford | link to review
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Lesa Lockford's narration is as quiet and firm as heroine Clara Lemlich, who resolved to change the working conditions of American women and girls in the New York garment industry. … Lockford's use of inflection underscores Clara's grit as shown in her pursuit of literacy and her admonition to "stand fast, girls" when it comes time to strike. Through well-timed pauses, Lockford illuminates key facts of Clara's story, for example, that the 1909 walkout was the largest women's strike in United States history.; A.R. AudioFile [Published: JANUARY 2015]
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Shirley: A Novel
by Susan Scarf Merrell | Read by Lesa Lockford | link to review
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Narrator Lesa Lockford makes a wonderful PAS DE DEUX of the mature cello voice of Shirley and the warm, young, much lighter voice of Rose. … She artfully creates the psychological drama the story needs to draw the listener into Merrell's speculative tale. B.G. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2014]