Call Me Ted
Ted Turner, , read by the author with others. . Hachette Audio, $44.98 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-60024-422-3
Turner's straightforward yet surprisingly charming delivery makes this a must-hear. Famous for his triumphs (defending the America's Cup; creating CNN; marrying Jane Fonda; buying the Atlanta Braves; starting the Goodwill Games; donating $1 billion to the U.N.), it's the telling in his own voice of his life's tragedies (his father's suicide; the protracted, painful death of his beloved only sibling; the failure of three marriages; his ouster from CNN) that is not only riveting, but proves that it's possible to feel sorry for the country's largest landowner. “Ted Stories”—short entries contributed by friends and foes alike and read ably by Nick Sullivan, Richmond Hoxie, Sherman Howard and Maggie-Meg Reed — vary from the comedic (an up-tempo rendition of a Brown classmate's piece, “We Didn't Know Shit”) to being so beautifully written and recited as to bring tears (Fonda's two essays). There's also an audiobook bonus: a conversation between Wolf Blitzer and his former CNN boss.
Reviewed on: 01/26/2009
Genre: Audio
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