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jazzy_daveKimberly McCreight "Reconstructing Amelia" )Simon and Schuster)
Kate Baron may be a career-minded single mom, but her daughter Amelia always came first. Amelia knows her mom’s stressful job as a junior partner in a law firm takes her away from home for long hours, but that she could come to her at any time with any problem. So, how did Amelia’s life slowly but surely spiral out of control? So much so, that, as it seemed to Kate, Amelia was one day a bright student with a promising future and the next, a crumpled body on the hard pavement. And a short month after Amelia’s death, the first of several disturbing texts came to Kate’s phone, all of which started her on a journey to recreate her daughter’s last weeks and vindicate her life. Author Kimberly McCreight weaves together a story so disturbing and so startling in its dreadfulness, that you may think it could never possibly happen. But the real horror is that it can, and it does every day, though most likely in much lessor degrees. But still, bullies can and do ruin lives; secrets are kept that hurt rather than protect; people you trust prove to be the most untrustworthy. A masterfully written and gripping tale you won’t soon forget. An excellent start to this year's challenge of 80 books.
Kate Baron may be a career-minded single mom, but her daughter Amelia always came first. Amelia knows her mom’s stressful job as a junior partner in a law firm takes her away from home for long hours, but that she could come to her at any time with any problem. So, how did Amelia’s life slowly but surely spiral out of control? So much so, that, as it seemed to Kate, Amelia was one day a bright student with a promising future and the next, a crumpled body on the hard pavement. And a short month after Amelia’s death, the first of several disturbing texts came to Kate’s phone, all of which started her on a journey to recreate her daughter’s last weeks and vindicate her life. Author Kimberly McCreight weaves together a story so disturbing and so startling in its dreadfulness, that you may think it could never possibly happen. But the real horror is that it can, and it does every day, though most likely in much lessor degrees. But still, bullies can and do ruin lives; secrets are kept that hurt rather than protect; people you trust prove to be the most untrustworthy. A masterfully written and gripping tale you won’t soon forget. An excellent start to this year's challenge of 80 books.
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Date: 2016-01-06 01:02 am (UTC)Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2016-01-06 01:12 pm (UTC)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2917684/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2917684/)
http://deadline.com/2013/05/nicole-kidman-to-star-in-and-produce-reconstructing-amelia-film-for-hbo-495770/ (http://deadline.com/2013/05/nicole-kidman-to-star-in-and-produce-reconstructing-amelia-film-for-hbo-495770/)
... and for the HBO channel which gave you True Blood. jeez!
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