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Night Blindness: A Novel
Author:
Strecker, Susan
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Fiction
Age: Adult
Language: English
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LC: PS3619.T
Print Run: 50000
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ISBN-13: 9781250042835
LCCN: 2014021148
Imprint: Thomas Dunne Books
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Pub Date: 10/07/2014
Availability: Out of Print Confirmed
List: $25.99
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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295 pages ; 25 cm
H 9.51",
W 6.19",
D 1.05",
1.08 lbs.
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Brodart's Insight Catalog: Adult
Brodart's TOP Adult Titles
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TIPS Subjects:
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Domestic Fiction
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FICTION / Family Life / General
FICTION / Women
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LC Subjects:
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Domestic fiction
FICTION / Contemporary Women
FICTION / Family Life
Families, Fiction
Friendship, Fiction
Life change events, Fiction
Self-realization in women, Fiction
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Domestic fiction
Family life, Fiction
Friendship, Fiction
Life change events, Fiction
Self-realization, Fiction
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| Brodart's TOP Adult Titles | 07/01/2014 |
| Years after the tragic accident that killed her brother on the October night she will never forget, Jensen Reilly, now married and living a life far removed from the tragic one that hides her secret, returns home for a visit with her dear father when he learns he has a brain tumor. Running from her past is no longer an option. Debut Novel, 304pp., 50K, Auth res: Essex, CT |
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| Booklist | 09/01/2014 |
| Jensen Reilly blames herself for the accidental death of her brother, Will, when they were in their teens. Ever since, she's been running away, turning her back on a promising musical career; eloping with Nic, her art professor; and moving with him, first to Greece and then to Santa Fe. She has seldom returned to Connecticut to visit her glamorous parents, Sterling, a former Pittsburgh Steeler, and Jaime, who runs a successful modeling agency. It takes Sterling's brain-tumor diagnosis to send Jensen back home, where Sterling and Jamie have been engaged in their own battles to come to terms with Will's death. The neurosurgeon treating Sterling is none other than Ryder Anderson, who was Will's best friend, and who shares Jensen's secret about the night Will died. As Jensen struggles to deal with her father's illness, she also has to confront her feelings for Ryder and her guilt over Will. Although this first novel seems rushed toward the end, the characters will pull readers in. Quinn, Mary Ellen. 304p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2014. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 09/15/2014 |
| A tragic accident has far-reaching consequences for an illustrious family. At 29, Jensen is sure she's outrun the heartache of her past. Now married to Nico, a famous sculptor, they live a bohemian life in Santa Fe. But then she's summoned home under the worst circumstances--her beloved father, Sterling Reilly, former NFL hero, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. She's avoided home for the past 13 years, ever since her brother Will died, and now she's in the thick of it, with her ex-boyfriend Ryder now Sterling's neurologist. She and Ryder share a secret that changed the course of their lives, turning him into a neurologist, turning her away from academics and Julliard to work as an artist's model. Much of the novel is concerned with Jensen's guilt and the half-life she's created to combat it. Her family tries to tease her out of her shell, but the true remedy lies with Ryder and their willingness to tell the truth about Will's death. As teens, Will, Ryder and Jensen were inseparable, though there was one caveat--Will demanded Ryder and Jensen never date. But they did secretly, and Jensen and Ryder believe a scuffle the three had when Will found out caused his death. Ryder and Jensen are still in love, but there are obstacles: Ryder's girlfriend, Dale, Sterling's precarious condition and Jensen's husband. Her married life proves to be the novel's weak spot. Though she's been with Nico for years, Jensen (who narrates) offers little insight into her disintegrating marriage or why she prefers a man she's barely seen in 13 years to her own husband. Though Strecker builds fine portraits of the minor characters, Jensen herself never steps from the shadows, an odd failing for a novel devoted to her emotional recovery. A family drama with some disjointed moments makes for an uneven debut. 304pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2014. |
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| Library Journal | 09/15/2014 |
| Debut novelist Strecker presents an impressive story filled with moving characters and the raw emotions they go through. Over a decade ago, the Reilly family suffered a horrible loss that changed everything. Jensen Reilly was only 16 at the time the accident happened, and she was filled with all the promises of a bright future ahead. However, the guilt, shame, and fear she felt was too great to move forward from, so she ran to another life in Santa Fe, giving up many things, and more important, the people she hugely loved. Jensen, or Jenny to those close to her, is forced to face her past and the first love of her life when her dear father is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Jenny comes home to Connecticut to care for him while he undergoes radiation and soon realizes all that she left behind. VERDICT This novel features a powerful beginning and characters who are easy to connect with. The tension concerning what really happened to Jenny's brother runs throughout the novel, but the ending is a little weak after such a strong buildup. Anne M. Miskewitch, Chicago P.L. 304p. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2014. |
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