This Train Is Being Held, Ismee Williams
This Train Is Being Held, Ismee Williams
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This Train Is Being Held

Author: Ismée Williams

Narrator: Gary Tiedemann, Frankie Corzo

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/11/2020

Synopsis

Alex is a baseball player. A great one. His papi is pushing him to go pro, but Alex maybe wants to be a poet. Not that Papi would understand or allow that. Isa is a dancer. She'd love to go pro, if only her Havana-born mom weren't dead set against it...just like she's dead set against her daughter falling for a Latino. And Isa's privileged private-school life—with her dad losing his job and her older brother struggling with mental illness—is falling apart. Not that she'd ever tell that to Alex. Fate—and the New York City subway—bring Alex and Isa together. Is it enough to keep them together when they need each other most?

About Ismée Williams

Ismée Williams is a pediatric cardiologist by day and an accomplished author by night. She currently resides in New York City.

About Gary Tiedemann

Gary Tiedemann is an acclaimed bilingual audiobook narrator who has recorded over two hundred titles. An Audie and Earphones award-winner, he has also voiced thousands of other professional projects, including commercials, e-learning videos, audio dramas, animation projects, and video games. The co-founder of The New Colony Theatre, he learned how to act in Chicago's improv, sketch-comedy, and theater scene.

About Frankie Corzo

Frankie Corzo is an experienced narrator and actress who spent her childhood performing in theater productions, commercials, films, and voiceovers. Born to Cuban immigrant parents, she narrates and acts in both Spanish and English. Her work has been added to numerous best of lists, including Audible's for 2017 and 2018. Born and raised in New Jersey, she currently splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on June 20, 2020

This is stunning, heart-breaking, I cannot hold back my tears! Oh, no! My cries are literally ugly! This is more heart-felting, emotional, tear-jerker book than I expected represents Latino culture and heavy mental illness issues ( suicide, bipolar, depression etc.) at the same time. I’m not a big fa......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on February 12, 2020

3.5 rounded up to a 4. Wow. The romance at the center of this book grabbed me from their first interaction and held me completely captivated through to the end. The plot however was a different story. It was a lot harder to connect to because the book takes place over a pretty long period of time an......more

Goodreads review by Irena BookDustMagic on February 11, 2020

I really enjoyed this cute (yet serious and heartbreaking) diverse story. Full review to come.......more

Goodreads review by Tucker on May 23, 2020

Many thanks to Amulet for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review ”Falling in love, it is easy. Fighting for it, that is hard.” Gosh, you guys… there was just so much to love about this book!! Even though the romance was probably a 3.5 stars on its own, the book as a whole gets......more

Goodreads review by Katie on January 22, 2020

This turned out to be an okay read, but I was hoping for more. There were elements of the story I liked and others I didn't. I think the the biggest problem for me was I wasn't all that interested in Alex although I'm not quite sure why that was the case. He just kinda fell flat and I actually would......more

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Serious romantics will enjoy this love story set against racism, classism, colorism, and mental health stigma.

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