What does Aimee Jolson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?Īimee Jolson did a very good job.

And the puppy.I am a sucker for the puppy. How Allie was the driving force behind that place and didn't want or need the credit. I loved the radio station, how everyone one - except for a few notable exception ( and even then they came around eventually) - worked together. Jennifer Crusie has a way of making her characters so real, easy to relate to. I thoroughly enjoy the internal and external dialogue. I have listened to this book more than once already. Would you listen to Charlie All Night again? Why? Very few books as early as this one holds up as well, and reading this and a few of her early books there is a glimmer of her more mature work. The supporting characters are truly supportive with personalities of their own, not just cardboard cutouts for the main people to 'talk at'. Even though this book is light, it is not completely predictable. So when she is told to produce a late night talk and music show, with an oddly inexperienced D J the reader can settle down understanding how this make sense. Crusie does not have to say Allie is a smart, strong, dependable woman, because people depend on her and she is strong enough to support them. Allie is demoted, she is dumped and we know she is not the looser this makes her look like because the book opens with every person at her radio station asking for and receiving her help and advice. And while this is an early Crusie, this book is a great example of how good Jennifer Crusie is. While the synopsis is factual, its not accurate.

Charlie All Night by Jennifer Crusie