Daily Archives: April 2, 2015

The first forty or so pages of this book were not very pleasing to me. The characters seemed shallow, self-serving, and bent only on their own satisfaction – whatever the cost. My thought was that the book was going to be a real chore to read through. As it turns out, that very selfishness was needed to set up the rest of the story. Once a very life-changing event takes place, each individual in the book comes to life. Some of the characters are ones that you would want to know, some you would pass on; however, they are very representative of individuals you have met in your life.

The story revolves around Claire Montgomery and her relationships with her son, Nick, and her husband, Michael. Claire has done something wrong and because of it, life will never be the same. She watches as her son struggles to regain a semblance of his prior life and her marriage, such as it is, falls apart.

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