Worthy
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Narrated by Nick Podehl, Tanya Eby
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
A dog goes missing, a fiancé gets dumped, and somehow a 19-year-old wound quietly tears back open — Nick Podehl and Tanya Eby make sure you feel every bit of it.
- Great if you want: quiet emotional devastation wrapped in a slow-building mystery
- Listening experience: gentle but gut-punching — understated until it isn't
- Narration: Podehl and Eby split perspectives cleanly, keeping dual timelines distinct
- Skip if: you need plot momentum over emotional interiority
About This Audiobook
When Virginia's first chance at love with widower Aaron and his young son Buddy ends in devastating tragedy, she carries the weight of what might have been for nearly two decades. Years later, her engagement crumbles when her fiancé callously abandons her beloved dog, leaving Virginia to confront painful patterns of loss and betrayal. A shy young man who finds and returns her missing pet becomes an unexpected bridge to her past, forcing both characters to grapple with secrets that have shaped their separate journeys through grief and isolation.
Nick Podehl and Tanya Eby deliver nuanced performances that capture the emotional complexity of Catherine Ryan Hyde's layered narrative. Podehl brings quiet authenticity to the male perspectives, while Eby's portrayal of Virginia balances vulnerability with hard-won strength. Their alternating narration allows listeners to fully inhabit each character's internal world, making the gradual revelation of connections between past and present feel organic rather than contrived. The dual narration particularly enhances the story's exploration of how trauma reverberates across time, with both voices conveying the hesitant hope that emerges when two wounded souls recognize their shared humanity.
