"Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work," by Dave Isay
(Read by Isay and others; HighBridge Audio; two CDs; one hour and 45 minutes)
Storycorps founder Isay introduces this collection of interviews about finding meaning in one's career by telling his own story of being called to radio work just prior to attending medical school. Storycorps is an oral history project and this particular topic features a medical examiner, a migrant worker, a race car driver, and a once-battered woman who knows how to remove tattoos from victimized women. The interviews, many never before published, are often conducted by family members and are equally engaging and compelling. They are, however, too short because just as you become hooked Isay moves on to the next subject. Grade: B
