Much of what Matthew describes involves his and Callie's attempts to protect the younger and more vulnerable Emmy. In the novel, Matthew recounts his thirteenth through sixteenth years, during which he, Emmy, and their "middle" sister, Callie, lived in a small apartment in South Boston with their manic and abusive mother. Eighteen-year-old narrator Matthew introduces the novel with a letter to his younger sister, Emmy the body of the book is what he calls the "true story of our family's past" and is written in short, tight, first-person chapters that occasionally address his sister-and readers, his "real" audience. If anything, it is one of her most deliciously harrowing works. ![]() ![]() But the departure from genre does not mean that Werlin's newest book lacks suspense. Unlike Werlin's previous four novels, this latest includes nary a mystery element. But can he call upon his hero? Or will he have to take measures into his own hands? A heart-wrenching portrait of a family in crisis, this is Nancy Werlin's most compulsively readable novel yet. When Murdoch inevitably breaks up with their mother, Matt knows he needs to take action. When, amazingly, Murdoch begins dating Matt's mother, life is suddenly almost good. But then Matt witnesses Murdoch coming to a child's rescue in a convenience store, and for the first time, he feels a glimmer of hope. ![]() For Matt and his sisters, life with their cruel, vicious mother is a day-to-day struggle for survival.
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