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Release date: Aug. 22, 2017
Handsome Oliver Ryan, rejected by his father and never having known his mother, is a successful writer of children’s books; his somewhat dowdy, reticent wife, Alice illustrates them. The novel opens with Oliver rendering Alice unconscious with a brutal blow. In each subsequent chapter, we learn something more about Oliver from acquaintances of the couple and Oliver himself.
I almost put this book down after the first chapter; Oliver presented as such a despicable person. But I forged ahead with this engrossing although somewhat unsatisfying read.
As the circumstances behind this heinous act are revealed layer by layer, the author is deft in taking the voices of the various characters and the reader learns the consequences of family secrets and the rigidity of society’s mores. Although I liked this book and would recommend it, at the end I was left with a feeling of “meh”. Perhaps you will feel differently.
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