Adventures in Audiobook Production: The First Listener Response!

🎧 Listener Spotlight: Peggy Jensen Cai

I’m thrilled to share some early feedback on the Comings and Goings audiobook. Peggy Jensen Cai wrote:

“I just finished listening to it and it was wonderful… I will write a review later today.”

Peggy’s words mean a lot — not just because they affirm the narration and production, but because they show the story is resonating with listeners in the way I hoped. Audiobooks are about more than sound; they’re about presence, cadence, and emotional communion. Hearing that Peggy found it “wonderful” is a reminder that the Garratyverse is reaching hearts beyond the page.

Boston, 1984. A party Jim Garraty never wanted to attend. A girl who didn’t look away. A night stitched together by mixtapes, quiet courage, and the ache of choosing to stay.

Jim isn’t chasing romance—he’s just trying to outrun the noise. But when Kelly Moore enters the room with her drink, her Rachmaninoff references, and her uncanny ability to see without pressing, everything shifts. Over cassette tapes and Heineken beer, conversations deepen, touch becomes language, and for the first time, intimacy feels less like performance and more like breath.

Comings and Goings: The Art of Being Seen is a quietly luminous companion to the Reunion Duology, capturing one night’s transformation from awkward beginnings to the kind of closeness that rewrites your inner dialogue. It’s about music, memory, and the rare kindness of someone meeting you where you are—with patience, humor, and unexpected grace.

This isn’t a story about first love. It’s a story about the first time you didn’t have to explain yourself. (Amazon product page blurb)

✨ Why this matters

• It’s the first ripple of listener response, proof that the audiobook is alive in the world.
• It highlights the emotional resonance of Bryan Haddock’s narration and the care put into production.
• It invites others to share their own impressions — every review becomes part of the living document of this story.

Thank you, Peggy, for being among the first to listen and respond. Your words are part of the Garratyverse now.