LIFE HAPPENS ON THE STAIRS
by Amy J. Markstahler
Narrator: Katie Marchant
Length: 11 hours and 40 minutes
Released: January 21st 2022
Publisher: Amy J. Markstahler
Genre: Fiction; Young Adult
The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . LIFE HAPPENS ON THE STAIRS . . . You really must enjoy this story from the very beginning. You will find that Elsie was more and less the typical teen. She finds that life for her has much to offer, take, and achieve. I found this story to be so much more than the synopsis/blurb offers the interested reader/listener. I found points to be very connective to my youth and my life now as an adult. I found that she made life more difficult for herself and those around her, but that was her youth or lack of wisdom. Then she begins to make slow growth. Slow changes. Life comes at her from all sides then she does something she very quickly regrets. She finally learns one of life's hardest lessons. The world does not revolve around one person and their wants, needs or desires. In the process of all this going on we meet some interested characters; her mother, her brother, and Tyler. I want to give nothing away her, but I do feel there are a number of young adults that could read this and learn a thing or two about life.
Katie Marchant was new to me with this audio. I did enjoy her voice. I would have loved to have more of a masculine feel to the male characters but this was more from Elsie's perspective. Katie brough forth the feelings and emotions of the characters through her voice. Amy told a fantastic story of life and reality from the perspective of a teen needing to grow-up all to soon.
I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Amy J. Markstahler. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.
Elsie Richardson’s world crumbles when her dad drops from a seizure at the Fourth of July festival. The reality that his brain tumor is back with a vengeance slams the 17-year-old aspiring artist and her family into intense hardship. When her mom needs help to make ends meet, it forces Elsie into adulting overnight. On top of that, Elsie’s caustic, grudge-holding brother is on his way home, and she fears he will only make matters worse. Feeling alone and hopeless, Elsie does as she’s told and goes to work with her mom.
That’s when she meets Tyler again. He's the grandson of her mom's wealthiest client, and he hasn't stopped thinking about her since he first saw her at the festival, where her dad was rushed to the hospital. After he invites her to go jogging at the historical Shiloh National Military Park, Elsie is warned by her mom to stay away from the wealthy young man. Elsie gets the notice a bit too late, and so she lies about who she’s meeting each morning. Over the next few weeks, Tyler becomes her secret solace amid the uncertainty she’s facing. But when reality strikes and her private world crashes, she's forced to find her inner strength.
Amy J. Markstahler lives with her husband and two children, near the banks of the Salt Fork River, just outside Urbana, Illinois. Life Happens on the Stairs has received five awards since and before it's release in 2018. 1st place - The Maggie Award, Young Adult, Georgia Romance Writers, 2019; Solo Medalist Winner: Young Adult, 2019 New Apple Awards; Finalist - 2019 IAN Book of the Year Awards, Young Adult and First Novel; Winner of the 2018 Breakthrough Novel Awards; 3rd Place, Young Adult Romance - 2016 Linda Howard Award of Excellence.
If she’s not writing or hanging out with her family, you can probably find her on the porch with one of her many cats
I am an artist, an avid lover of books, and a homeschooling mom of four. Storytelling is my passion.
I adore the process of bringing characters to life in my studio that are authentic to each author's vision. I have had professional training and coaching in all aspects of audiobook production and am committed to providing quality narration for my clients.
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