Sing a Song of Tuna Fish

By: Esme Raji Codell

Narrated by: Esme Raji Codell

Esmé tells us about the night she and her mother became "egg vigilantes" against an illegally parked car; her freewheeling first school, where kids sat on sofas instead of at desks and could choose disco dancing instead of math; her dangerous neighborhood, which her father made seem friendly and wondrous; the Passover dinner when she stole a matzoh right out from under a rabbi; the awe-inspiring, life-threatening Chicago snowstorms; and lessons about love from tea-reading gypsies and Popeye cartoons.

In stories that perfectly evoke the perspective of her ten-year-old self, author Esmé Raji Codell demonstrates her gift for making the ordinary extraordinary, and the unusual familiar. SING A SONG OF TUNA FISH is a memoir of a Chicago childhood; a tribute to the art of attention; and most of all, a joyful listening experience for kids and families.©2004 Esme Raji Codell; (P)2004 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Good inside view of another life.

I've listened to this over and over. I almost always am surprised by something I hadn't noticed before. When I come back to it now, it is calming and comforting.