This was a well written story which goes from present time to past and ties the two together beautifully throughout the story. I enjoyed each part of this book and the lead up to what ultimately happens is excellent. I did not see it coming. I was never ready for the way the story changed d...
This book is told in the first person narrative by two people. The first person is Laney from the small town of Mt. Gilead, Illinois, she is 18 years old and works as a night cashier at the local Walmart. She has no ambitions in life and is just moving through her days. She lives in a trailer wit...
The Bright Forever is about the abduction of a 9 year old girl and how the lives that swirled around her were affected. No. That might be an adequate logline, but it is inadequate to what I think the novel is really about. When I first picked up this novel for my book group, it was my brilliantly...
Poppy couldn’t believe how the young Russian girl had made her feel, and couldn’t wait to reciprocate, but she was exhausted. ‘I need a drink first,’ she said. ‘And a cigarette.’ ‘Are you being cruel to me?’ asked Niki. ‘Making me wait?’ ‘No love,’ said Poppy, reaching for her hand and giving it ...
‘You wanted me sir,’ he said. ‘Yes,’ said Haywood, easing himself back in his leather executive’s chair. ‘There’s something I need you to do.’ ‘Anything you say sir.’ Trent was not a particularly big man. And this had fooled many an opponent to underestimate him. But he wa...