Review: New Author to me. Loved this book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2013
The Crumple Zone hooked me from the first chapter. Losing her job the day before, she goes out for a night of drinking with friends. We meet Lara after she wakes up beside what she thinks is a mistake. Convinced by her BFF to follow her dream she travels to Chile to forget her problems. At times throughout I found myself yelling at Lara for her bad choices and cheering her on as she follows her gut.Enrique is a lonely trucker who crosses back and forth over the Chilean desert. To occupy his mind he has illusions of his wife and kids as company.Two unlikely people, worlds apart, until their cross paths.Lara continues to mess up as she travels. Enrique's hallucinations get worse. Somehow this pair connect and heal each other. I don't want to give this story away. So I'll stop here.This book was an excellent character study in the mind of two very ordinary, complex people. Edith Parzefall's secondary characters will haunt me for a long time. Well worth the read. In fact, this book deserves a second read. I can't wait to read more works from this author.