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Boston Strong

A Cityโ€™s Triumph over Tragedy

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Narrator Joe Barrett

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Length 9 hours 29 minutes
Language English
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Veteran journalists Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge have written the definitive inside look at the Boston Marathon bombing with a unique, Boston-based account of the events that riveted the world. From the Tsarnaev brothers' years leading up to the act of terror to the bomb scene itself (which both authors witnessed firsthand within minutes of the blast), from the terrifying police shootout with the suspects to the ultimate capture of the younger brother, Boston Strong: A City's Triumph over Tragedy reports all the factsโ€”and so much more.

Based on months of intensive interviews, this is the first book to tell the entire story through the eyes of those who experienced it. From the cop first on the scene to the detectives assigned to the manhunt, the authors provide a behind-the-scenes look at the investigation. More than a true-crime book, Boston Strong also tells the tragic but ultimately life-affirming story of the victims and their recoveries and gives voice to those who lost loved ones. With their extensive reporting, writing experience, and deep ties to the Boston area, Sherman and Wedge create the perfect match of story, place, and authors.

If you're only going to read one book on this tragic but uplifting story, this is it.

Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge are one of the premier nonfiction writing teams telling stories out of Boston. Together, they co-wrote the definitive story of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston Strong: A Cityโ€™s Triumph Over Tragedy, which was adapted for the Mark Wahlberg film Patriots Day. They also wrote Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight against ALS, which is in development as a feature film, and the New York Times bestselling 12: The Inside Story of Tom Bradyโ€™s Fight for Redemption.ย  They live in Boston.

Dave Wedge, coauthor of Boston Strong, was an investigative reporter at the Boston Herald for fourteen years; he now writes for Vice.

Joe Barrett began his acting career at the age of five in the basement of his family's home in upstate New York. He has gone on to play many stage roles, both on and off-Broadway, and in regional theaters from Los Angeles, Houston, and St. Louis to Washington DC, San Francisco, and Portland, Maine. He has appeared in films and television, both prime time and late night, and in hundreds of television and radio commercials. Joe has narrated over two hundred audiobooks. He has been an Audie Award finalist eight times, and his narration of Gun Church by Reed Farrel Coleman won the 2013 Audie Award for Original Work. AudioFile magazine has granted Joe fourteen Earphones Awards, including for James Salter's All That Is and Donald Katz's Home Fires. Regarding Joe's narration of John Irving's A Prayer For Owen Meany, AudioFile said, "This moving book comes across like a concerto . . . with a soloist-Owen's voice-rising from the background of an orchestral narration." Joe is married to actor Andrea Wright, and together they have four very grown children.

Audiobook details

Narrator:
Joe Barrett

ISBN:
9781481531009

Length:
9 hours 29 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing

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Edition:
Unabridged

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Reviews

โ€œCombines tireless research with vivid and panoramic storytelling. The horror of a day, the honor of a cityโ€”both perfectly conveyed.โ€

โ€œInspirational, thoroughly researched.โ€

โ€œGrippingโ€ฆBoston Strong should make a helluva movie. The behind-the-scenes details make for a riveting read.โ€

โ€œIt is moving, it is heartbreakingโ€ฆit is beautifully done.โ€

โ€œA vivid and gripping readโ€ฆThe book is inspirational, telling the stories of many survivors of the marathon bombings who have prevailed over incredible odds to put their lives back together.โ€

โ€œCompulsively readableโ€ฆSherman and Wedgeโ€™s loyalty to true storytelling drew me in, touched me, shocked me with new information, [and] helped me understand this day for what it was: a day where every single person was trying to help someone else. This is how this day should be remembered.โ€

โ€œSherman and Wedge skillfully and honestly tell this most compelling story through the eyes of the people who have inspired us the mostโ€ฆand have overcome so much since.โ€

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