Before We Were Strangers
von Brenda Novak
Something happened to her mother that night. Something no one wants to talk about. But she’s determined to uncover her family’s dark secrets, even if they bury her.Five-year-old Sloane McBride couldn’t sleep that night. Her parents were arguing again, their harsh words heating the cool autumn air. And then there was that other sound—the ominous thump before all went quiet.In the morning, her mother was gone.The official story was that she left. Her loving, devoted mother! That hadn’t sat any better at the time than it did when Sloane moved out at eighteen, anxious to leave her small Texas hometown in search of anywhere else. But not even a fresh start working as a model in New York could keep the nightmares at bay. Or her fears that the domineering father she grew up with wasn’t just difficult—he was deadly.Now another traumatic loss forces Sloane to realize she owes it to her mother to find out the truth, even if it means returning to a small town full of secrets and lies, a jilted ex-boyfriend and a father and brother who’d rather see her silenced. But as Sloane starts digging into the past, the question isn’t whether she can uncover what really happened that night…it’s what will remain of her family if she does?
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Before We Were Strangers
von Brenda Novak
Something happened to her mother that night. Something no one wants to talk about. But she’s determined to uncover her family’s dark secrets, even if they bury her.Five-year-old Sloane McBride couldn’t sleep that night. Her parents were arguing again, their harsh words heating the cool autumn air. And then there was that other sound—the ominous thump before all went quiet.In the morning, her mother was gone.The official story was that she left. Her loving, devoted mother! That hadn’t sat any better at the time than it did when Sloane moved out at eighteen, anxious to leave her small Texas hometown in search of anywhere else. But not even a fresh start working as a model in New York could keep the nightmares at bay. Or her fears that the domineering father she grew up with wasn’t just difficult—he was deadly.Now another traumatic loss forces Sloane to realize she owes it to her mother to find out the truth, even if it means returning to a small town full of secrets and lies, a jilted ex-boyfriend and a father and brother who’d rather see her silenced. But as Sloane starts digging into the past, the question isn’t whether she can uncover what really happened that night…it’s what will remain of her family if she does?
Aktuelle Rezensionen(3)
Rezension von valentinalausi3,5 ⭐️
Rezension von vita wirt4.5 ⭐️ I don’t like second chance romance and miscommunication as a main trope, but this book made me feel a lot. I read the book in one sitting and during the last 50 pages I couldn’t stop crying. And as I rate purely based of vibes and if books make me feel something this book was unexpectedly good - even though if I don’t understand/like the behavior of the main characters. The only mature person that spoke their mind openly was the kid.
Rezension von Jennifer KühnSO good! I loved this book so much! It was one of my favorite books of 2016 but may as well be one of my all time favorites. The writing style of Renee Carlino is on point, particularly the use of point of view. It was funny, enthralling and not as predictable as you would think with these kind of romance books. You could follow the protagonists along the way of many years and not just little snippets of their life. You lived through every up and down there could be. Naive as I was, I read parts of the book in the tub. What can I say? I cried my eyes out. In the tub. And I could not stop. 5 out of 5 stars for this wonderful read.