WESTPORT, Connecticut – (Staff Report from Official News Release) – Heroes are Human: Lessons in Resilience, Courage and Wisdom from the COVID Front Lines—an important new book that honors front-line healthcare workers with gripping, first-hand stories of their struggles during the pandemic—will be available as an audiobook when it published Sept. 27, as well as a hardcover and e-book from City Point Press.
Tantor Media, a leading audiobook publisher based in Old Saybrook, Ct., has produced Heroes are Human with two veteran performers – Randye Kaye, an accomplished voice talent and nominee for a prestigious Listen-Up Award; and Barry Abrams, who has wide-ranging experience narrating and producing audiobooks for an array of publishers.
Tantor, founded in 2000, produces more than 100 new audiobook titles every month and its roster includes more than 150 of the industry’s top narrators. Highly regarded in the industry, Tantor has a stellar catalogue that includes Pulitzer and National Book Award winners. In 2015, Tantor was acquired by Recorded Books, the largest independent publisher of unabridged audiobooks with operations in the U.S., England and Australia.
Tantor’s production will showcase the empathetic guidance of Bob Delaney—internationally recognized in the field of Post-Traumatic Stress. Heroes are Human is comprised of powerful stories told by frontline health-care workers, their family members, and those they care for in the harrowing fight against COVID-19.
It is at the forefront of new books that deal with this critical issue, deepening our understanding of the toll this work has taken and offering invaluable strategies for self-care and healing. His message to frontline workers—not all wounds bleed, and invisible wounds may hurt as much as the wounds we see.
Kirkus Reviews recent reviewed the book: “An eye-opening work about health care workers’ sacrifices and burdens.” Heroes are Human is co-authored with award-winning journalist Dave Scheiber, and contains a foreword by renowned Harvard Global Mental Health director Dr. Richard Mollica. It is published by City Point Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster. For more information, or to order the book, visit heroesarehuman.com.