Tag: abuse
Without a Map: A Memoir
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/10/04/without-a-map-a-memoir/
Title: Without a Map: A Memoir Author: Meredith Hall Publisher: Beacon, April 2007 Summary: If you think you had problems as a teen, try finding yourself pregnant at 16, being disowned by your family, and shunned by everyone in your community. This memoir takes place in...
The Weight of Silence
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/09/10/the-weight-of-silence/
Title: The Weight of Silence Author: Heather Gudenkauf Publisher: Mira, July 2009 Summary: Martin Gregory wakes one morning to find his seven year-old daughter, Petra, is missing. Although it appears that Petra left the house on her own accord, her parents are starting to panic....
Black & White
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/08/18/black-white/
itle: Black & White Author: Dani Shapiro Publisher: Knopf, April 2007 Summary: Claire Brodeur lives an idyllic life in Maine with her husband and daughter. She receives a frantic call from her sister informing her that their mother is very ill. Claire resolves to return...
Escape
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/06/09/escape/
Title: Escape Author:Carolyn Jessop Summary: When Carolyn was 18, she married Merril Jessop. She was his fourth wife. Fifteen years later, she took her eight children and fled, becoming the first woman to successfully win a custody case against a polygamist husband. In this...
The Darkest Evening of the Year
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2007/12/27/the-darkest-evening-of-the-year/
Title:The Darkest Evening of the Year Author: Dean Koontz Summary:Dean Koontz makes a frequent use of canines in some of his previous bestsellers such as Seize the Night, Fear Nothing, and Midnight. Here Koontz brings us Nickie, a golden retriever, who has all the...