What do you do when everything you thought you knew about
your life comes crashing down around you?
Faced with finding out the truth about her husband’s
affairs, Myra must decide what to do about her home life.
She struggles with the option of breaking up their home with
the possibility of it having a hard affect on her two children, or facing the
reality of being a used wife with a relationship that is beyond repair.
When Derek’s mother comes over to basically tell Myra to
just deal with it because it is a fact of life for wives of professors, I could
feel my jaw hitting the floor. She wasn’t only excusing his behavior by saying
it was just something that happens, but she wanted Myra to see past it because,
otherwise, it would ruin his career.
I know talks like this must happen a lot, but I just
couldn’t believe it when I read it. I could definitely feel Myra’s confusion
and disappointment with what she was hearing.
She decides to let him stick around until her oldest child
goes away to college in the fall. She figures it won’t hit the family as hard
that way. Little does she know, she is only adding fuel to the fire and
everything will get worse from there.
Lies. Deception. Secrets.
Will their family ever return to normal?
This book has very harsh subject matters. It deals with
divorce, pedophilia, and molestation within a family. Some scenes are very
disturbing but respectfully written. In the hands of the wrong writer, that
could turn out very badly. Judith Kirscht did a great job with her writing and
handling of such damaging topics.
I feel like this book is aiming to please an older crowd of
chick-lit readers. It has a very sophisticated and intelligent air to it.
I would label is as a summer read for sure. It isn’t too
demanding and has a very light feel to it. Its rough subject matters give it a
bit of a darker tone though.
The talking animals that she was drawing throughout the
story were a little weird. I didn’t really understand why that part was
necessary to the story other than to give her an escape from her real life. If
anything, I wouldn’t have included them, but they are there so I dealt with
them.
4/5 Stars
Memorable Quote: “Silence is wonderful, isn’t it? Erases
ugly truths.”
Read ahead for spoilers!
