[DV_listserv] Reality of DV plays out in author's new book

[Domestic Violence issues]

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Starred Review. Bohjalian (Law of Similars) has built a reputation on
his rich characters and immersing readers in diverse
subjects-homeopathy, animal rights activism, midwifery-and his latest
surely won't disappoint. The morning after her baptism into the Rev.
Stephen Drew's Vermont Baptist church, Alice Hayward and her abusive
husband are found dead in their home, an apparent murder-suicide.
Stephen, the novel's first narrator, is so racked with guilt over his
failure to save Alice that he leaves town. Soon, he meets Heather
Laurent, the author of a book about angels whose own parents' marriage
also ended in tragedy. Stephen's deeply sympathetic narration is
challenged by the next two narrators: deputy state attorney Catherine
Benincasa, whose suspicions are aroused initially by Stephen's abrupt
departure (and then by questions about his relationship with Alice), and
Heather, who distances herself from Stephen for similar reasons and
risks the trip into her dark past by seeking out Katie, the Haywards'
now-orphaned 15-year-old daughter who puts into play the final pieces of
the puzzle, setting things up for a touching twist. Fans of Bohjalian's
more exotic works will miss learning something new, but this is a
masterfully human and compassionate tale. (Feb.) 

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