The Double Bind
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781615528622 (1615528628)
Publish date: February 13th 2007
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Drama,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller
When Laurel Estabrook is attacked while riding her bicycle through Vermont’s back roads, her life is forever changed. Formerly outgoing, Laurel withdraws into her photography, spending all her free time at a homeless shelter. There she meets Bobbie Crocker, a man with a history of mental illness and...
Laurel Estabrook was a normal young lady, going to school and working until she got attacked while riding her bike along a path through some woods. After that ordeal she found it difficult to trust anyone and withdrew into herself. She found solace in working in a homeless shelter and losing herse...
I was so totally blown away by the ending. I was NOT expecting it and had to go back and try to see what I missed. WOW...just WOW!
3 1/2 stars
This book is an unusual combination of literary fiction and psychological thriller. Set in beautiful Burlington, Vermont, the story revolves around Laurel Estabrook, a UVM student who is attacked while bicycling on a remote country road. After graduating, she finds a career in Burlington as a soci...