Vera Jane Cook
ebook | Pages: 244 pages Rating: 4.42 | 556 Users | 13 Reviews
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| Title | : | Lies a River Deep |
| Author | : | Vera Jane Cook |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 244 pages |
| Published | : | March 10th 2015 by Chatter Creek Publishing (first published March 2nd 2012) |
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Lies A River Deep is an intriguing story about how an older woman deals with the lasting effects from an emotional trauma in her past that has suddenly resurfaced fifty years later.In the summer of 1962, at a high school graduation party, Bessie Day Hardy is brutally raped. Fifty years later, Bessie is a widow in her late sixties living peacefully in Chanakya, New York, a picturesque small town in central New York along the Seneca river. Bessie's world is turned upside down when the emotional trauma from her past resurfaces and comes back to haunt her ... and like the flow of the river, it runs deep with many secrets, lies, betrayals, and consequences.
Author Vera Jane Cooks weaves a riveting and slow building emotional tale mixed with mystery and suspense that alternates between the past (1960s) and the present. The complexity of this multi-layered story of deep family secrets, lies, and betrayals, easily draws the reader into Bessie's story as her tragic past resurfaces and unravels the inevitable emotional and traumatic revelation of the truth and its consequences. The mystery and suspense of Bessie's tragic past keeps the reader engaged and guessing about what really happened on that horrible night, while taking them along Bessie's fifty year journey as she learns to come to terms with the past.
With a strong realistic cast of characters; powerful dialogue and dramatic interactions; and a rich description of the setting, alternating time periods, and suspenseful storyline; Lies A River Deep is a compelling and emotional women's fiction story with a satisfying touch of drama and suspense.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author / publisher in exchange for my honest review and participation in a virtual book tour hosted by Reading Addiction Virtual Book Tours.
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Ratings: 4.42 From 556 Users | 13 ReviewsCrit Epithetical Books Lies a River Deep
A digital copy of this book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review. This book deals with emotional trauma from a "bracing up to revisit the past" angle. Bessie, a victim of a brutal rape deals with her demons from the past, when she was a beautiful teenager, the envy of many. Being raped left her shattered. Now, 60 years old, she encounters people from her past again. The river here plays an important role - an abstract form of deep, deadly and buried secrets. The supportCan be moved truthfully
Bessie Day Hardy is a woman in her 60's living in a small, picturesque town along the Seneca river in central New York. Everything in Bessie's life seems to be going well at this point. She has friends, she is helpful, she's doing well financially. However, a tragic event from her past comes back to haunt her when truths are revealed to Bessie about her brutal rape that took place her during high school. Well, I do like dual-time stories and Lies a River Deep jumps back and forth between the
Cook transports the reader to the 1960s complete with flawed mindset pertaining to women and rape. She vividly sets the turbulent times in great detail, thoughts, family and societal expectations, political and sexual tension of the era along with historical references of the period.Rape is not an easy subject matter to approach, yet Cook gives us a rather complicated narrative involving this very touchy topic. The narrative is slow to start but its force is felt midway through with increased
Gripping novel deep-rooted in humanity, life strides, tragedy, disappointments and a few triumphs.Bessie finds herself caught in a situation she never imagined being in. Bessie Day Hardy was a high school student, a teenager with friends and a steady boyfriend; Roland Miller referred to as a movie-star look. She doted over him and despite her mother's warnings and protections, Bessielike any young women didn't listen. Her mom had a rough time grieving after the man in their lives passed away.
Librarian Note: Also writes as Olivia Hardy Ray
Through an intricate weaving of characters, a dramatic event, and fresh information, Vera Jane Cook constructs Lies a River Deep. Bessie Day Hardy has tried to put the awful night she was viciously raped behind her, but fifty years later news surfaces that bring back a flood of memories. As the story swings back in time, the reader sees a simpler time when life was black and white. You don't talk about many things, being a rape victim was a taboo. The story swings back to present time and you
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