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Cost Author: When Julia Lambert, an art professor, settles into her idyllic Maine house for the summer, she plans to spend the time tending her fragile relationships with her father, a repressive neurosurgeon, and her gentle mother, who is descending into Alzheimer's. But a shattering revelation intrudes: Julia's son Jack has spiraled into heroin addiction. ... more »
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Having watched a ton of Intervention on A&E, plus having a family member with an addiction problem, I actually didn't enjoy this book. Drawing from my own experience and from what I've seen, I didn't think the dialogue or situations were realistic at all. In fact, they were downright contrived.
I found the main character (the mother) to be insufferable. The mother's elderly parents, including her mother who suffers from Alzheimer's, seemed to be thrown in as an afterthought with perhaps an aim to give them a bigger subplot, but it just didn't work and they ended up being unnecessary and extraneous.
The ending was both predictable and a little abrupt, without a lot of closure.
The whole book just sort of made me mad; I wanted to slap the mother. Didn't do it for me.
I found the main character (the mother) to be insufferable. The mother's elderly parents, including her mother who suffers from Alzheimer's, seemed to be thrown in as an afterthought with perhaps an aim to give them a bigger subplot, but it just didn't work and they ended up being unnecessary and extraneous.
The ending was both predictable and a little abrupt, without a lot of closure.
The whole book just sort of made me mad; I wanted to slap the mother. Didn't do it for me.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
The book was written well, I just didn't like the main character of the book and her actions.
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