Pictures of You
Two women running away from their marriages collide on a foggy highway, killing one of them. The survivor, Isabelle, is left to pick up the pieces, not only of her own life, but of the lives of the devastated husband and fragile son that the other woman, April, has left behind. Together, they try...
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Two women running away from their marriages collide on a foggy highway, killing one of them. The survivor, Isabelle, is left to pick up the pieces, not only of her own life, but of the lives of the devastated husband and fragile son that the other woman, April, has left behind. Together, they try to solve the mystery of where April was running to, and why. As these three lives intersect, the book asks, How well do we really know those we loveāand how do we forgive the unforgivable?
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ISBN:
9781565126312 (1565126319)
Publish date: 2011
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages no: 335
Edition language: English
Am enjoying this book thus far--love the pacing, the way she is teasing out only enough information that the reader wants to stay with the story. A lot of backstory though--but if you can't reveal certain information about the accident--what else do you have to write about. Backstory police might ha...
I must admit that although I gave it 3 stars, this story kept me continuously interested. I just hated the jump 20 years later in the last chapter.
While driving down a single lane highway, escaping her own failed marriage, Isabelle suddenly comes upon a car stopped in her lane with a woman getting out. Driving through heavy fog it is impossible for her to stop. The accident kills the other woman. It was not her fault but nonetheless Isabell...
Oh dear, oh dear! I tried so hard with this one, really I did! I read 130 pages and just couldn't make it work for me. I don't want to come down too hard on it because I can't even put my finger on exactly why I couldn't finish it. I think the author just spent too much time mining the thought pro...
I thought the book was good but typical Caroline Leavitt writing. I put her along the same lines as Jodi Picoult..you know what you are going to get..