from ghostgirl:
Author Tonya Hurley’s ghostgirl has just been released as an unabridged audio book by Recorded Books and is available in cassette and CD versions through the company’s website RecordedBooks.com and as an mp3 download by audio book specialty retailer audible.com. The New York Times best-selling young adult novel features an original score by legendary electronic music pioneer Vince Clarke of Erasure and is narrated by the acclaimed actress Parker Posey.
ghostgirl is the story of a misfit teenager who dies in a freak accident in Physics class, “wakes up” as a ghost in a parallel world only to find that she needs to finish school along with a motley crew of departed classmates all waiting to “graduate”. In this critically-acclaimed debut novel, Tonya Hurley has created a funny, romantic and bittersweet story that puts an original spin on the teen world view and the universal issues that define growing up — love, loyalty, friendship, rejection, fitting in and most of all, self-acceptance. Narrator Parker Posey delivers Hurley’s deliciously dark and insightful tale buoyed by Clarke’s atmospheric synths with a reading to die for.
Tonya Hurley is a New York Times best-selling author and creator, writer and producer of animated and live action hit television series, groundbreaking videogames and award-winning websites for teens. She has also written and directed several acclaimed independent films, which have been selected for the LA Independent, TriBeca and Edinburgh film festivals and also broadcast on ABC, PBS and IFC. Hurley has also been nominated for the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Award in Film.