The night is like any other night of disaster, with every fact filtered through a veil of disbelief. But houses burn they catch fire in the middle of the night. Daily life is real, unchanging as a well-built house. Those who love you will love you forever, without questions or boundaries or the constraints of time. You had to treat suck individuals tenderly and hope that some of whatever they were feeling rubs off on you You didn’t want to plant doubt where there was none. people who have faith were so lucky you didn’t want to ruin it for them. If anything, I believed that things got worse before they got better. …But I had never been much of a believer. Literary Guild main selection Doubleday Book Club featured alternate and Mystery Guild alternate 14-city author tour.“Some things you carry around inside you as though they were part of your blood and bones, and when that happens, there’s nothing you can do to forget If the source of Ethan's monumental selfishness is never adequately explained, perhaps this is Hoffman's intention evil exists, she suggests, and repentance is often not sufficient to earn true absolution. Throughout, her observations of the natural world are conveyed with gorgeous clarity and the supporting characters are roundly drawn. Hoffman avoids the temptation of a feel-good ending, at the same time providing a sensitive assessment of the moral qualities constituting a good life. and especially to Collie's friend, Kat Williams, who tipped off the police after she saw Ethan's photo on a TV crime blotter, allows the novel to investigate the themes of devotion, betrayal, guilt and forgiveness in trenchantly effective ways. What this revelation means to his beautiful wife of 13 years, Jorie his 12-year old son, Collie his friends and admirers in the small community of Monroe, Mass.
Ethan confesses to the crime, but says that he is now "a different man,'' who has redeemed himself through exemplary behavior. But in this case, Hoffman's strategy is effective, because Ethan is suddenly arrested on suspicion of the rape and murder of teenager Rachel Morris 15 years earlier in Maryland. In a crescendo of overkill, Hoffman (The River King) identifies Ethan as "truly an extraordinary person." Readers may mutter "enough already," even while recognizing that such a glorious buildup means that Ethan is riding for a fall.
As her 14th novel begins, readers meet Ethan Ford, reliable master carpenter, fire department volunteer and life-saving hero, perfect husband and all-round hunk. Hyperbole is the hallmark of Hoffman's prose.
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