Pieces of Her
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Journal Entry 1 by Fantasma from Carnaxide, Lisboa (distrito) Portugal on Monday, September 24, 2018
What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone you never knew at all . . . ?
Andrea knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows she’s spent her whole life in the small beachside town of Belle Isle; she knows she’s never wanted anything more than to live a quiet life as a pillar of the community; she knows she’s never kept a secret in her life. Because we all know our mothers, don’t we?
But all that changes when a trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. Because it turns out that before Laura was Laura, she was someone completely different. For nearly thirty years she’s been hiding from her previous identity, lying low in the hope that no one would ever find her. But now she’s been exposed, and nothing will ever be the same again.
The police want answers and Laura’s innocence is on the line, but she won’t speak to anyone, including her own daughter. Andrea is on a desperate journey following the breadcrumb trail of her mother’s past. And if she can’t uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no future for either one of them. . . .
Andrea knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows she’s spent her whole life in the small beachside town of Belle Isle; she knows she’s never wanted anything more than to live a quiet life as a pillar of the community; she knows she’s never kept a secret in her life. Because we all know our mothers, don’t we?
But all that changes when a trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. Because it turns out that before Laura was Laura, she was someone completely different. For nearly thirty years she’s been hiding from her previous identity, lying low in the hope that no one would ever find her. But now she’s been exposed, and nothing will ever be the same again.
The police want answers and Laura’s innocence is on the line, but she won’t speak to anyone, including her own daughter. Andrea is on a desperate journey following the breadcrumb trail of her mother’s past. And if she can’t uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no future for either one of them. . . .
Journal Entry 2 by Fantasma at Carnaxide, Lisboa (distrito) Portugal on Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Not the best from Karin Slaughter, IMO. The characters annoyed me from the very start, specially Andy, how can someone be so naive and dumb and boooring at 31? She passes 90% of the book seeming like she can barely construct and say a complete phrase! And her mother didn’t seem very interesting either.
So it took me a while to get into the story and want to continue reading - and I was finding the events from 30 years ago a lot more interesting than the current ones. It all makes sense in the end, there are no big surprises but from the middle of the book I was more enthusiastic.
No time for Andy’s character development, even though she has almost miraculous changed by the end.
So it took me a while to get into the story and want to continue reading - and I was finding the events from 30 years ago a lot more interesting than the current ones. It all makes sense in the end, there are no big surprises but from the middle of the book I was more enthusiastic.
No time for Andy’s character development, even though she has almost miraculous changed by the end.
