This original audio program offers seven tales of near-disaster, reminders that youth, strange circumstances, or a moment of stupidity can lead to catastrophe. And yet Rosie evades the frightening consequences of her foolishness and continues, unscathed, on her journey.  Rosie’s beautifully narrated adventures will linger in your imagination. In every situation, Rosie has a close encounter with disaster. Some of the stories hinge on a faulty vehicle (“Midnight Breakdown”), some involve a faulty driver (“Young Drivers”), and some show Rosie using faulty judgment (Hawaiian Angels). In retrospect, even Rosie would have to admit that she had great luck—or was it angelic intervention? May we all be as lucky as Rosie, or may our own angels be as competent and obliging as Rosie’s.  The humour and warmth of these beguiling stories make this an ideal CD for the spoken-word market.

Ann Tudor is a Toronto writer of creative non-fiction whose current work includes memoirs and collections of personal essays. Her commercially available spoken-word CDs are “Tales from My Table” and “Rosie & the Angels,” and her earlier publishing credits in the United States and Canada (books and magazine articles) date from 1974. This CD reflects the varied experiences of a lifetime: church organist, craftsperson, wife-mother-grandmother, cook, student of the cello, hands-on healer, copy editor, and managing editor. From each of her vocations and avocations she has coaxed a little additional information on how to make it through the journey. You can find additional information at www.anntudor.ca, and recent essays are posted at http://scenesfromthejourney.blogspot.com.