We can see from the off she is a polar opposite to Jody, and as the story progresses, that her character couldn’t be further from the picture that everyone painted of Abe. We are given an almost rude introduction to Mags, to her impatience and confidence, so valuable to her as a top lawyer in Vegas, but so out of place when dealing with a grieving fiance and hospital staff who want nothing more tan to treat her brother. All the small elements are here, the patterns and images of the blood, the way each landing extinguishes, floor by floor by floor, and it builds brilliantly to a point of final understanding that leaves you breathless before you’ve really even begun.įrom here, the pace slows a little. We join the action immediately following Abe’s accident and the description of the scene, of Jody’s slow dawning realisation of what has happened is very striking and feels real. The more she tries to find the truth about that fateful night, the more questions she is faced with and soon she begins to realise that Abe’s accident is not as clear cut as people would have her believe.įrom the very opening chapter I was sucked into this book. The accident happened in Abe’s apartment block, a former church where acoustics mean that every tiny knock can be heard throughout the building, how can it be that not one person saw or heard anything? Abe had been her saviour, a man who had given her respite from her fears and who had saved her life both metaphorically and literally.Īs Mags tries hard to avoid the reality of her brother’s condition, frustrated that as his next of kin the decisions over his care will be hers to make, she begins to wonder just how the accident occurred. Jody is a timid woman, her love for Abe so very clear and her devastation at his injuries beyond doubt. Having shared nothing but a few Christmas cards with Abe since she left home at sixteen, Mags knew nothing about the woman in front of her, a woman she now has to accept as almost a part of her family. When she arrives at the hospital she is shocked by the condition he is in, but more so by the woman she meets at his bedside – Abe’s fiance, Jody. When Mags receives a telephone call to tell her that her estranged brother Abe is seriously ill in hospital following an accident, she drops everything to fly home from Las Vegas to be with him. She meets his fiance Jody, and gradually pieces together the ruins of the life she left behind. Her brother Abe is in hospital and no-one knows what happened to him.
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But then she meets Abe, the perfect stranger next door and suddenly life seems full of possibility and hope.Īfter years of estrangement from her family, Mags receives a shocking phone call. She has shut herself down, haunted by her memories and unable to trust anyone. He lives in North Carolina.Once upon a time, there was a little girl who believed in fairytales. He has illustrated many picture books, including Pirate’s Perfect Pet by Beth Ferry. Matt Myers is the illustrator of the Geisel Honor Book The Infamous Ratsos as well as the other books in the Infamous Ratsos series. Kara LaReau lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Kara LaReau is the author of the Infamous Ratsos series, the first book of which received a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, as well as the middle-grade fiction series The Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters and numerous picture books, including Baby Clown, illustrated by Matthew Cordell. When Ralphie Ratso stands up to some kids who bullied his friend, they vow revenge.
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