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When You Finish Saving the World

Self-Therapy and Family Ties Author: Jesse Eisenberg When You Finish Saving the World is a three-part story of a family who confronts their traumas through recorded self-therapy. It begins with Nathan, an unhappy father who cannot connect with his newborn son. He is slowly working his way through the bonding experience (at the insistence of his angry spouse) with the help of a psychiatrist who has him recording and then emailing monologues of his feelings and experiences. Through the recordings, Nathan slowly confronts his issues and limitations, his family problems, and builds a bridge to hope. Next, his wife, Rachel, [...]

Frances Carden2022-07-26T08:59:37-07:00March 14th, 2022|Tags: Audible, Audible Original, book review, read, reading, reviews|

My Pretties

A Dark Comedy That Goes Way Too Far Author: Jeff Strand Ken’s wife thinks that he’s an alcoholic – and he lets her. It’s far better that she thinks he is at the bar at night instead of being in that other house, watching them die. Recently, several brunettes have gone missing. One of these women is Gertie’s cousin, and the police don’t seem to be making any progress. They know there is a serial kidnapper, but they don’t know why he is capturing these women or what he is doing to them. Gertie decides to find out for herself, even [...]

Frances Carden2022-07-26T09:00:38-07:00March 13th, 2022|Tags: book review, Comedy, horror, read, reading, reviews|

Every Move You Make

A Domestic Abuse Thriller Author: Deborah Bee Clare James shows up at the police station barefoot, smelling of paraffin, burned, and desperate. She has finally worked up the courage to leave her abusive husband despite his threats. D.S. Clarke, a sergeant experienced in dealing with battered women and domestic abuse situations, however, thinks something doesn’t quite add-up with Clare’s story. Maybe it’s her shifting personality, her evasiveness, her convenient lapses. But Sally Ann, another abuse survivor who was in the right place at the right time and connected with Clare, believes her story. Clare goes to a women’s refuge to hide [...]

Frances Carden2022-03-13T19:22:11-07:00March 13th, 2022|Tags: book review, read, reading, thriller|