Novel
Short Review:
Everything seems quiet on Ann Brooks’s suburban
cul-de-sac. Despite her impending divorce, she’s created a happy home and her
daughters are adjusting to the change. She feels lucky to be in a supportive
community and confident that she can handle any other hardship that life may
throw her way.....
But then, right before Thanksgiving, a crisis strikes that turns
everybody’s world upside down. Suddenly her estranged husband is forced back
onto her doorstep, bringing with him his beautiful graduate assistant. Trapped
inside the house she once called home, confronted by challenges she never could
have imagined, Ann must make life-or-death decisions in an environment where
the simple act of opening a door to a neighbor could jeopardize all she holds
dear.The choices she makes will impact the lives of those around her irrevocably and linger in the reader’s memory in this marvelous first novel, written with authority, grace, and wisdom.
Author:
Carla Buckley was
born in Washington, D.C. She has worked as an assistant press secretary for a
U.S. senator, an analyst with the Smithsonian Institution, and a technical
writer for a defense contractor. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with
her husband, an environmental scientist, and their three children. She is the
author of The Deepest
Secret, Invisible,
and The Things
That Keep Us Here, which was nominated for a Thriller Award as a
Best First novel and the Ohioana Book Award for fiction. She is currently at
work on her next novel.
Product Details
- Series: Random House Reader's Circle
- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition (January 25, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9780440246046
- ISBN-13: 978-0440246046
- ASIN: 0440246040
- Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.9 x 8 inches
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