Titel: How to Save a Life
Författare: Emma Scott
Utgiven: 2016
Förlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Antal sidor: 263
Första meningen: "Good morning Karn County! It's going to be another scorcher today with highs in the low-to-mid 90s."
Josephine Clark is trapped. A harrowing past haunts her every time she looks in the mirror, and she can’t escape the violence of her everyday life. More and more, her thoughts turn to Evan Salinger, the boy she knew in high school. The boy they called a mental case. A loner. A freak. The boy who seemed to know things no one could know. For a few short weeks, Jo had found perfect solace in Evan’s company, sneaking every night to meet him at the local pool. In the cool of the water and the warmth of Evan’s arms around her, Jo had tasted something close to happiness. Cruel circumstances tore them apart, and four years later, the sweet memory of their time together is dissolving under the punishing reality of Jo’s life now. Evan seems like a fading dream…until he reappears at the moment she needs him most. Guided by Evan’s strange intuition, they flee her small Louisiana town, and Jo begins to suspect there is something more to his sudden return than he admits. Over twelve days across America’s heartland, deep secrets come to light, buried pasts are unearthed, and the line between dreams and reality is blurred as Evan and Jo fight to hold on to their soul-deep love, and discover that there is more than one way to save a life.
En fängslande blandvändare som var oerhört svår att lägga ifrån sig då det kändes som att man läste sig mot ett mål. Det paranormala i berättelsen fångade mig redan på de första sidorna och gjorde mig ännu mer intresserad av att läsa vidare, det här med "bara ett kapitel till" fungerade inte alls med den här boken utan det slutade med att jag läste hela natten. Jag fastnade väldigt snabbt för huvudkaraktärerna, "Jo" & Evan, och speciellt Evans mystik och bådas livsöden fick mig att knyta an till berättelsen på en helt annan nivå. Berättelsen i sig kändes både vacker och unik och jag kan verkligen förstå varför författaren har fått så mycket beröm för sitt sätt att skriva. Det här är en bok som kommer stanna kvar hos mig länge. Rekommenderas!
Josephine Clark is trapped. A harrowing past haunts her every time she looks in the mirror, and she can’t escape the violence of her everyday life. More and more, her thoughts turn to Evan Salinger, the boy she knew in high school. The boy they called a mental case. A loner. A freak. The boy who seemed to know things no one could know. For a few short weeks, Jo had found perfect solace in Evan’s company, sneaking every night to meet him at the local pool. In the cool of the water and the warmth of Evan’s arms around her, Jo had tasted something close to happiness. Cruel circumstances tore them apart, and four years later, the sweet memory of their time together is dissolving under the punishing reality of Jo’s life now. Evan seems like a fading dream…until he reappears at the moment she needs him most. Guided by Evan’s strange intuition, they flee her small Louisiana town, and Jo begins to suspect there is something more to his sudden return than he admits. Over twelve days across America’s heartland, deep secrets come to light, buried pasts are unearthed, and the line between dreams and reality is blurred as Evan and Jo fight to hold on to their soul-deep love, and discover that there is more than one way to save a life.
"They say all who wander are not lost. But some of us are. We're really fucking lost, wandering until our feet bleed, and it feels like we'll never find our way home again."
