Motherless
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A WHISPERING VOICE at the BACK of MY MIND REMINDS ME that I’VE BEEN THIS WAY for SOME TIME.
DEAD, THAT IS.
The dead have a very broad view of the living, of actions performed out of sight, of thoughts believed to be private. I would know. Losing both parents is a trial no child should endure, and Marina and Dylan have endured enough. They deserve the one thing I could never give them: a mother’s love.
A mother’s love, and the truth.
My children have believed a lie about me for years and years. After all this time I can still feel their hurt in my heart. But the tether holding me to them is frayed from years of neglect . . . and I have to find a way to make my confession before it snaps.
But when the truth comes out, what other beasts will I unleash?
“Why do we lie to the children?” someone asked me once.
“To protect them,” I answered.
How terrible it is that they need protection from me.
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Readers looking for an eerie, multilayered tale whose mysteries aren't fully revealed until the end will find it in Healy's newest novel. She's well known for her creepy novels (Never Let You Go), and this one won't disappoint. But be prepared for confusion about who is dead and who isn't, about who is describing what events, and who is speaking to whom. Garrett Becker is certain he sees his wife on the street, but Misty has been dead for almost 17 years, an apparent suicide whose body was lost in the ocean. Garrett's attempt to reach her ends in tragedy, leaving his two children alone in the world. Enter Sara Rochester, Misty's cousin, whose guilt leads her to connect with and help care for Marina, 20, and Dylan, 16. Secrets are legion and revealed slowly as Healy unwinds this convoluted, often confusing, somewhat disjointed tale that ends on an oddly satisfying note.
