this novel tracks the lives of two little girls - sisters- after the murder of their mother by their fatherit's about the emotional and psychological effects of domestic violence and childhood trauma on the growth of the children and their relationships with othersafter they grow up, one of them ...
In half an hour, I’d be facing a room of draped cadavers. I couldn’t get down more than a cup of coffee for breakfast that morning. Despite autumn being just weeks away, Boston still looked like summer. This city seemed positively bucolic. Even the crummiest neighborhoods had breathing space comp...
How she hated the mornings when Richard popped his head in to complain about something or other before she’d even taken off her jacket. She hadn’t even drunk her coffee yet. Her head pounded from drinking with David last night.“Are you listening?” Richard asked.“I heard you. I heard you. We have ...
No stores lined the road; nobody walked; it was just shrubs and flowers and big lawns. Aunt Vanessa made a sharp left and screeched to a stop when she reached the end of her long driveway.She drove like Emma’s father.“We’re here.” Her aunt waited a moment before taking the key out of the ignition...