Elizabeth McKenzie

Mar 17, 2025 | nytimes.com | Elizabeth McKenzie |Saou Ichikawa |

HUNCHBACK, by Saou Ichikawa; translated by Polly BartonShaka Izawa, the narrator of the Japanese author Saou Ichikawa's slim and formidable debut novel, "Hunchback," writes porn from her room in the group care facility where she has lived since she was 14. Like the author, she suffers from myotubular myopathy, a rare genetic disorder that causes grave muscular weakness; her lungs are compressed by the weight of a body she can't hold up.

Jul 8, 2023 | audiofilemagazine.com | Elizabeth McKenzie

by Elizabeth McKenzie |Read by Katherine LittrellFiction • 9 hrs. • Unabridged •© 2023Katherine Littrell hits every comedic and dramatic note in her narration of this family saga. Penny Rush's marriage is crumbling, and she's close to being penniless when she's summoned to her grandmother Pincer's home by Pincer's accountant, Burt Lampey. Pincer has dementia and a hoarding streak.