Break in Case of Emergency

Brian Francis

Mar 2020 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Chloe Cannon

About this audiobook

Set in a small town in the 1990s, this is the story of a girl on the edge-of a breakdown, of family secrets, of learning who she really is. Life has been a struggle for Toby Goodman. Her mother died by suicide five years ago, and her father left before Toby was born. Now a teenager living on her grandparents' dairy farm, Toby has trouble letting people in. Convinced that she is destined to follow her mother's path, she creates a plan to escape her pain. But with the news that her father is coming home and finally wants to meet her, Toby learns the truth of her parents' story. Her father is gay and a world-famous female impersonator-in a time when these facts are a source of small-town whispers and secrets, and not something anyone had dared talk with her about before. As her careful plans go awry, Toby must rebuild her life from the ground up. While she might not follow an expected path, with the support of a quirky but lovable circle of friends and family, Toby will finally put together the many different pieces that make up her past, her present and her future.

About the author

Brian Francis is the award-winning author of Natural Order, selected by the Toronto Star and The Georgia Straight as a Best Book of the Year. His first novel, Fruit, was a CBC Canada Reads finalist. He lives in Toronto. Visit him at brian-francis.com.

Audiobook narration seized Chloe Cannon's interest when reading aloud to local seniors, who informed her that her reading sounded "just like their audiobooks!" Since then, she has narrated titles in a variety of genres, including young adult, sci-fi/fantasy, romance, self-help, thriller/suspense, and biography.