There’s Going To Be Trouble

Playwright, poet, and novelist Silverman’s (We Play Ourselves) latest is a dual-timeline novel set in 2018 and 1968. In 2018, Minnow takes a job abroad in Paris, running from a small-town scandal and looking for a fresh start. She starts an affair with a younger professor entrenched in the Yellow Vest (Gilet Jaune) movement, a populist group protesting income inequality and seeking economic justice. Unbeknownst to Minnow, she is living out a story similar to that of her father, Keen. In the novel’s 1968 timeline, Keen, a Harvard graduate student, falls for Minnow’s mother, an activist involved in volatile protests against the Vietnam War. Narrator Marin Ireland ably navigates the book’s interwoven timelines, offering a smooth, engaging performance. Ireland keeps the tension high; though listeners may predict the ending to Keen’s plotline, they’ll be anxious to learn how Minnow’s story resolves.