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Book Review of Breaking the Silence

Breaking the Silence
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This is a very intense book, written very well by Diane Chamberlain,a great writer of woman's fiction. This book is very engaging and kept me turning the pages until I'd finished it. When Laura Brandon adheres to her father's dying wish to visit an elderly woman named Sarah Tolley at a nursing home, she finds her life spiraling out of control. Unaware as to why her father made this request, Laura has to trust her instincts in order to fulfill this deathbed request. In the process Laura loses her husband, who inexplicably kills himself while Laura is visiting Sarah at the nursing home. As Laura tries to pick up the pieces of her life she must deal with her young daughter's silence (she hasn't spoken since her husband killed himself), reconnect with her daughter's biological father and unravel the mystery of Sarah Tolley.