Hi all:
I know I’ve been talking about the audio for my book Escaping Psychiatry for a long time. That is because although the recording took place last year (go and meet great actor, writer, and director Alan Cooke (Wild Irish Poet) http://on.fb.me/17fv3IL I nearly forgot to add he won an Emmy) the distribution proved a bit complicated, although now that ACX is accepting audios from the UK I finally managed to get it out there and available.
Let me tell you a bit about it:
‘Escaping Psychiatry’ has it all: intriguing characters, noir style, thrilling pursuits, dangerous situations, crime, serial killers, religion, family secrets, murder, psychological insights, mental illness, trauma, debates about prejudice and morality, heated trials, police investigations, corruption, and mystery. If you enjoy ‘Wire in the Blood’, ‘Cracker’ and ‘Lie to Me’ and you are not scared of going deeper and darker, dare to keep listening.
Narrated by Emmy Award Winner Actor, Writer and Director Alan Cooke (a.k.a. Wild Irish Poet http://on.fb.me/151c1Js) this audio version makes the character live and will hook you from the very beginning.
‘Escaping Psychiatry’ is a collection of three stories with the same protagonist, Mary, a psychiatrist and writer. She is trying to develop her literary career but circumstances and friends conspire to keep dragging her back to psychiatry.
In ‘Cannon Fodder’, Phil, a lawyer who and Mary’s friend asks her to provide a report on one of his clients, a young African-American man called Cain White. Cain is a very religious man and has been accused of inciting a riot at a religious meeting. He says he can hear God’s voice. He insists that God is black and his appears to be a Black Nationalist message. Is Cain insane, deluded, misguided, looking for media-attention, or a Saint? To find an answer to these questions Mary talks to his family and friends. Although she concludes he is sane,Mary’s investigation uncovers some very damaging revelations about his family life, beliefs and local attitudes. Who is a saint and who is a sinner is a matter for debate. The more Mary gets involved in the lives of Cain and those close to him the more she realises how dangerous secrets are. Like time-bombs ready to set off any minute.
‘Teamwork’: Captain Tom McLeod, from the San Francisco Police Department, invites Mary for a meal at home with his wife. When she meets their other guest, a young detective called Justin, she quickly realises there is an agenda well beyond a friendly meal. Justin’s partner, mentor and father figure, Sgt David Leaman, was killed a couple of months earlier during a routine investigation. Justin witnessed the event but he insists in going back to work and refusing any therapy or counselling. Tom and others at the department are concerned about his mental state but have failed to convince him to accept professional help. Both Mary and Justin are reluctant to engage in the ambush/informal consultation organised, but eventually decide to give it a try. At first sight it appears to be a straight forward case of unresolved grief, but things aren’t as clear-cut as they appear and Mary ends up getting too personally involved with the case, to the detriment of her professional objectivity.
In ‘Memory’, Mary runs out of her apartment after a difficult encounter with her friend Phil, and goes missing. When she is found it seems that she was hit in the head, abducted, raped and she is suffering from amnesia. She never recovers memory for the assault and finds it difficult to come to terms with something she cannot recall. The clues point towards a serial killer who could not finish his job in her case. But some things do not fit in. Who disturbed the killer? Why was she left there? The crime and the investigation surrounding it have a profound impact on Mary who decides that she needs to reconsider her life and start anew.
The epilogue revisits Mary at the point of the trial of her abductor and sees what changes have taken place in her life. Will she finally manage to Escape Psychiatry?
Although these stories are fictional, the author, a forensic psychiatrist, brings her expertise and insight to the material, lifting it above a standard crime caper.
Oh, you’re asking me where can you get it? I thought you’d never ask!
In ACX:
https://www.acx.com/titleview/A3BFLIDHTMBKVI
In Audible UK:
In Audible.com
In Amazon (everywhere):
Short:
ACX very kindly offered me a number (not telling you how many) codes that can be used to download a free copy of Escaping Psychiatry. I have codes for Audible. co.uk and Audible.com. At the moment I’m trying to coordinate some joint promotions with other authors who have also published audiobooks but wandered if you had any ideas of what would be the best way to use these codes. Any thoughts?
Ah, and there’s is another option to get it for free. If you’ve never downloaded any audiobooks in Audible, they offer you the first title for free (and what’s more, they’re so happy they offer me a bonus). So…you have no excuse not to listen.
In case you need more convincing, I leave you a video in YouTube showcasing a sample of the book, from the first story, Cannon Fodder. (Sorry. It’s my first attempt at one of these things but the sample is good. The visuals are all my fault, I’m afraid.)
Thanks very much for reading, and watching, and listening, and if you’ve liked it, you know, like, comment, share, and CLICK!
15 replies on “Escaping Psychiatry in audio. Sample and possibility of a FREE copy!”
How exciting to be using all the different media for one of your books! Congratulations, Olga.
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Thanks Teagan. It was a bit of a process but it is worth exploring.
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Congratulations Olga, got it!
xxx Mega Hugs xxx
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I hope you enjoy it. Alan is very good. Thanks David!
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Felicidades por este gran trabajo OLga! Acabo de mirar los sitios en donde se puede conseguir y escuché un avance del audio, pero mi pregunta es ¿se puede oír en español también? Porque no lo encontré.
Te deseo mucha suerte y éxitos!
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No Karyna. Como comento en el post (creo) de momento solo está en inglés. Por eso comentaba que puede que le interese a la gente que anda practicando inglés. Naturalmente para cada idioma hay que crear un audio diferente. A mí se me ocurrió porque conocí a Alan y me gustó su trabajo, pero si se lo financia uno mismo sale bastante caro. Si va muy bien en inglés, quién sabe? Y gracias por el reblog…
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Aquí está el post en español que explica un poco más todo el proceso. Gracias Kary.
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🙂 Gracias! Perdón la tardanza, es que el wordpress a veces me marea jijiji
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Yo necesito GPS!
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Gracias Olga 🙂
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A tí!
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Ya lo tengo, espero poder escucharlo estos días… Gracias por la iniciativa.
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Gracias!
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Audio books are terrific. We will often listen to them in the car on long journeys and when they are well read by someone as accomplished as Alan Cooke you can get an additional element from the story. My husband in fact rarely reads books but prefers both non-fiction and fiction in audio.
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