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Summary: "A Light in the Blackout of 2003"
Review: "A Fractured Truth" grabs your attention and keeps you engrossed. I lit candles and read "A Fractured Truth" from the night of August 14th through the night of August 15th. I almost forgot the heat, darkness and lack of water. I wonderful escape into a world of fascinating people.
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Summary: "A Light in the Blackout of 2003"
Review: "A Fractured Truth" grabs your attention and keeps you engrossed. I lit candles and read "A Fractured Truth" from the night of August 14th through the night of August 15th. I almost forgot the heat, darkness and lack of water. I wonderful escape into a world of fascinating people.
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Summary: Suspenseful and sinister thriller!
Review: A Fractured Truth is one of the most suspenseful novels I have recently read. The dark language and building of tension kept me turning the pages until the wee hours of the night. I couldn't put it down. Grace Leshanky is convicted of murdering her husband. When she's released on parole, she has difficulty getting on with her life. As the story progresses, the reader gets a glimpse into Grace's life and the sort of marriage she and her husband had. What develops is a twisted story that takes the reader in a whole other direction. As said earlier, I couldn't put this book down. Are you in the bargain for an intelligent, sinister thriller? I recommended A Fractured Truth.
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Summary: A compelling work-A must read
Review: After killing her husband, Grace Leshansky plea bargained a five to fifteen year sentence for manslaughter and was released after seven years. During her prison time she pushed all her friends away except for Sheilah Donlan who not only picked her up from the penitentiary but also got her an apartment and a job in her headhunting business. Now Grace has to adjust to life on the outside knowing that she killed the man who took away her livelihood, her father her and her self-respect.In the first weeks of freedom, Grace realizes her parole officer is a battered wife who hates her, makes friends with a con man like her dead husband, and reconnects with her first love Michael, whose father is indirectly responsible for the mess her life is in. Michael's dad, serving a life sentence, is also the only man who can help her find the father she wants to see one last time. Caroline Slate lives up to the promise she's shown in her debut novel THE HOUSE ON SPRUCEWOOD LANE with her second novel, a powerful work about a woman who is driven to murder, but somehow hooks the reader's sympathy even before all the facts are revealed. The protagonist's relationship with her friends, her lover, and her father ring so true that the audience will shed tears for a woman who was deliberately pushed to her limit by an expert manipulator and brilliant con man. A FRACTURED TRUTH is a compelling powerful story. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: You want a 'gutsy' read? Look no further.
Review: First, it was a splendid read. I couldn't put it down!
The lead character, Grace, IS gutsy and fascinating.
Her history (which enfolds slowly) engages the reader in the challenges of a complicated life. The plot takes it's time. Ms Slate's timing is so acute and accurate as to be intriguing in itself. It's a smooth read for all its complexity - I see an audience relishing each twist & turn. The major and minor characters are all distinct with solid and unique voices. Each is 'on his and her own' in any circumstance or confrontation. In all, it is a fine, fine book. As I closed the cover, I said, it should be a 'best seller.' That's the way I see it.
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Summary: Slate's latest novel has it all --- a great summer read!
Review: Grace Leshansky's childhood was right out of a gangster movie. She and her father George, a small-time crook connected to some big-time criminals, lived a bohemian life in New York, listening to opera and enjoying their uniquely close relationship. Even though they occasionally had to flee the state to escape one of George's bad bets or mistakes, their life of crime was romantic and interesting. But when Grace is faced with the loss of her father as an adult, her love for him and the violence she learned come to a head in one brutal moment when she shoots her husband. Caroline Slate's A FRACTURED TRUTH picks up Grace's story after she has served seven years in prison for killing her husband, Paul. Prior to the murder and time in prison, Grace was a successful New York jewelry designer; before her father disappeared, she was happy. Now, with her hair turned prematurely white and her business bankrupt, Grace's life consists of a subletted apartment and visits with her parole officer. And she is haunted by the suspicion that her father is still alive somewhere. While working for her friend Sheilah, she begins a secret search for George. This search brings alive memories of her childhood and her marriage. As a young girl and teenager, the figure of Josh Pyatt loomed large; sometimes working with her father and sometimes brutalizing him, Josh and the Lanshankys had a delicate relationship that was further complicated by the fact that Josh's son, Michael, was Grace's first love. Now, years and many tragedies later, Grace must confront her childhood, her relationship with her father, and the connection between Michael Pyatt and her husband that she never knew existed. This is all compounded by her love affair with Michael, who she doesn't even think she trusts. Who can Grace trust? As the plot progresses, it seems everyone has secrets of their own. Slate's novel is short and sleek, full of twists and turns, romance and betrayal. It is a novel of relationships: Grace and George, Grace and Michael, Grace and Paul, Michael and Paul. But it is also the story of three unique childhoods --- those of Grace, Paul and Michael --- and how what they learned as children and the uncertainty and violence they witnessed shaped their adult lives. No one is quite who they seem to be in A FRACTURED TRUTH. In Grace, Slate has created a heroine who is tough as nails one minute and quite vulnerable the next. Grace is truly a character of Romantic proportions, acting on her passions and instincts. In fact, the novel has a Romantic feel; despite the world of crime many of these characters lived in, there is very little violence and in fact many characters are sensitive, artistic, and even kind. The mysterious Paul is a compelling character, as are several of the supporting characters. But at the heart of the novel are Grace and George, whose bond is amazing and memorable. Grace's search for George is heartbreaking and sweet. A FRACTURED TRUTH has it all --- passionate love affairs, family bonds and lifelong friendships, murder and intrigue, mystery and wit --- making it an enjoyable summer read. --- Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman
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Summary: Intelligent, well-plotted, suspenseful
Review: This book deserves best-seller status. As other reviewers noted, heroine Grace Leshansky has just been released from prison, where she spent 7 years for killing her husband. As Grace begins to adjust to a new scaled-down life -- her husband had already destroyed her bank account -- she tries to learn more about her father, a gambler whose debts had led to frequent confrontations with "enforcers." Author Caroline Slate weaves multiple threads in and out, moving us from present to past effortlessly and skillfully. She keeps us interested in the characters . And, most important, she makes us care about characters whose flaws are both serious and obvious. Grace admits she can be gullible -- and she manages to attract some of the best liars on the planet. Grace's father George, a George Burns wannabe, has earned Grace's love and trust while providing an erratic but eventful home life. Each character embodies a level of complexity rarely found in heroes, let alone minor charactersi After reading the book through, I went back to re-trace some missing parts. All the strands were tied neatly, except for a mention of Grace's "stalking" her grandfatrher: it wasn't clear when she acually did find and follow him. I hope Slate writes more fiction like this one - and gets more publicity and fame, too! A wonderful, thought-provoking all around "good read."
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Summary: Intelligent, well-plotted, suspenseful
Review: This book deserves best-seller status. As other reviewers noted, heroine Grace Leshansky has just been released from prison, where she spent 7 years for killing her husband. As Grace begins to adjust to a new scaled-down life -- her husband had already destroyed her bank account -- she tries to learn more about her father, a gambler whose debts had led to frequent confrontations with "enforcers." Author Caroline Slate weaves multiple threads in and out, moving us from present to past effortlessly and skillfully. She keeps us interested in the characters . And, most important, she makes us care about characters whose flaws are both serious and obvious. Grace admits she can be gullible -- and she manages to attract some of the best liars on the planet. Grace's father George, a George Burns wannabe, has earned Grace's love and trust while providing an erratic but eventful home life. Each character embodies a level of complexity rarely found in heroes, let alone minor charactersi After reading the book through, I went back to re-trace some missing parts. All the strands were tied neatly, except for a mention of Grace's "stalking" her grandfatrher: it wasn't clear when she acually did find and follow him. I hope Slate writes more fiction like this one - and gets more publicity and fame, too! A wonderful, thought-provoking all around "good read."
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