Saturday, May 29, 2010

39. After the Fall by Judith Kelman

The entire time I was reading this book, I felt like I had read it before. It seemed so familiar to me. That didn't stop me from reading and enjoy the story. I give it a B+.

From Amazon:
Daniel Magill is just about a perfect kid. He has everything going for him: looks, Graves, athletic ability, and a practically guaranteed admission to the college of his choice. Then the police come pounding at the Magill's door and arrest Danny for a shocking crime, shattering his family's apparently perfect world. But his Danny's mother, Jess, probes more deeply into the circumstances of his arrest, she discovers that things may not have really been "perfect" for quite some time. How could this nightmare be happening to this boy? This family? This town? And how will they all survive? Judith Kelman's gripping psychological novel goes beyond question of guilt or innocence to explore what the ties that bind are really made of.

This is just the perfect type of book I love to read on warm summer days. The perfect family thrown into an unperfect situation. I thought Ms. Kelman did a great job of describing how a family would react to a situation like this and really shows everyone reacting in a realistic way. I will be checking out more books by Ms. Kelman, as a matter of fact, I am pretty sure I have some on my shelves now! Happy Reading!

3 comments:

Literary Feline said...

This does sound good. I don't think I'ver ead anything by this author before.

Staci said...

Isn't it funny how you'll pick a book up and read it and think...Hmmm, I feel I've been here before?? I did that a week or so ago with Just Jane. I could swear I'd read it before..but like you I enjoyed it so no harm. Sounds like a good read!

stacybuckeye said...

An author new to me. I'll have to keep a lookout for her when I'm in the library.