Kelsey Grammer Performs Rise and Shine for Audible
February 28 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Simon Lewis’s Inspirational Memoir, Brought
to Life by Grammer’s Powerful Narration, is Now Available on
Audible.com
Audible Studios, a production arm of Audible.com, today
announced the release of Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Kelsey
Grammer’s moving interpretation of Rise and Shine, a remarkable
true story that chronicles author Simon Lewis’s miraculous journey
from tragedy to triumph. This production is now available for
download at audible.com/riseandshine.
"I am proud and humbled to have read Simon’s story. It is one of
extraordinary suffering and perseverance, tragedy and ultimate
triumph. I cannot recommend it enough,” said Grammer. “While
all who suffer in this life search for hope and the strength to go
on, few have faced such a mountain of challenges and
heartache—Simon’s story is an inspiration to all. It reminds me of
a line from Prometheus Unbound by Shelley—“To suffer woes which
hope thinks infinite”—surely Simon’s story measures up to that
description. That he emerged victorious, in the face of such
travail, is a testament to his courage, the courage of his family
and their love. It is an inspiration to all."
“Listeners will marvel at Kelsey Grammer’s remarkable
performance, which adds another dimension to this inspiring
narrative of Lewis’s near fatal car accident, coma, and years of
treatment to recovery,” said Audible EVP and Publisher Beth
Anderson. “Rise and Shine is emblematic of the power of the
listening experience, where a moving text paired with an
outstanding actor can produce something truly extraordinary.”
With a 30-day membership trial at Audible, new listeners can
enjoy any one audiobook, including this performance of Rise and
Shine, free.
In addition to Grammer, among the acclaimed performers who have
narrated works of literature for Audible are Sean Penn, Nick
Offerman, Zachary Quinto, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lily Collins, Emma
Thompson, James Franco, and Jesse Eisenberg. In 2013, Audible
Studios won its first Grammy Award, for its production of Janis
Ian’s memoir Society’s Child, and also won the Audie Award for
Audiobook of the Year, for Colin Firth’s performance of Graham
Greene’s The End of the Affair.
Audible, the world’s largest seller and producer of downloadable
audiobooks and other spoken-word content, invented and
commercialized the first digital audio player in 1997, and has
since been at the forefront of the explosively growing audiobook
download segment. Audible members downloaded an average of more
than 17 books over the course of the year. More than half of new
Audible members are first-time audiobook buyers.
ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC.
Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary
(NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider of premium digital spoken
audio information and entertainment, offering customers a new way
to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible was created to
unleash the emotive music in language and the habituating power and
utility of verbal expression. Audible content includes more than
350,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers,
broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and
business information providers. Audible is also the provider of
spoken-word audio products for Apple’s iTunes Store.
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Audible.comEsther Bochner, 973-820-0781bochnere@audible.com
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