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American Male Narrator PO-24773
- Aug 5
- 3 min read
Updated: 7 days ago
NARRATOR SELECTED - Elias Khalil
Originally requested for an Italian accent, But now is ok with American!
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Client: Publisher ID PO-24773
RATE: $150PFH Paid upon completion
Information sent by the publisher
Genre: Non Fiction
Category: Bio/Self Help
Word Count: 63,665
Narrator: Male
Accents: American
Voice tone: Deep
Performance: Dramatic
SUMMARY
You carry memories you have never fully examined. Moments of struggle, of belonging and not belonging, of lessons learned too late and wisdom earned at too high a cost. Somewhere beneath the noise of daily life, your own story is waiting to be understood.
In the book, The author invites you to walk beside him through a life shaped by the immigrant experience, from a childhood spent navigating the gulf between an Italian-speaking home in one of America's wealthiest suburbs and a world that made clear he did not quite fit. Through Sunday dinners and schoolyard humiliations, through language barriers and cultural pride, through loss, forgiveness, and the slow accumulation of hard-won gratitude, these pages reveal how life's most painful moments often carry its most unexpected gifts.
This is not a story of bitterness. It is a story of transformation, of choosing what to carry forward and what to leave behind. It is about the quiet power of family, the resilience forged in adversity, and the grace found in reflection.
The author is a first-generation Italian American who spent decades collecting these memories before finding the courage to commit them to the page. His voice is honest, tender, and unmistakably earned.
No one writes your story except you. But sometimes, walking alongside someone else's journey is exactly what it takes to finally see your own.
NOTES
Word: | Pronunciation: |
Reggio Calabria | "REJ-oh kuh-LAH-bree-uh" |
Nonna/Nonno | "NOHN-nah"/ "NOHN-noh" |
Aspetta/ Madonn | ah-SPEHT-tah/ mah-DAWN-nah |
il sangue della terra | eel SAHN-gweh DEHL-lah TEHR-rah |
Basta/ Oliveto | BAH-stah/ oh-li-VEH-toh |
Uno per te, due per me | OO-noh pehr TEH, DOO-eh pehr MEH |
Perché questa è la nostra lingua. Mai vergognarti. |
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la vigilia | |
Va bene, tesoro | vah BEH-neh, teh-ZOH-roh |
. Ce je ne sais quoi | Je (I): Pronounced like the "zh" sound in "vision" followed by a short "uh". ne (not): Pronounced "nuh" (the e is muted). sais (know): Pronounced exactly like the English word "say". quoi (what): Pronounced "kwah". |
Grazie, Signore - GRAH-tsee-eh see-NYOH-reh
Buon Viaggio - bwohn VYAH-joh
Aspetto Gesù che venga a prendermi - ah-SPET-toh jeh-ZOO keh VEN-gah ah PREN-deh-mree
Got questions? please contact Mike Spanos (production@e-audioproductions.com)
Instructions
Please record your great performance, send in raw "punch n roll" wav files. Recordings should be edited for mistakes and repeats but nothing more.
IMPORTANT: No EQ, No Compression, No Saturation, No Limiting or Normalizing. All that along with detailed edits for breath control, lip/mouth sounds, mixing, mastering will be done in our studio.
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