Review: Provencher Hits It Out of the Park
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
Riveting story because of the excellent character development. This is one of those books that sucks you in in such a way that you forget you're reading a book. You're just living an alternate life in another universe. Everyone in the book is real, with real attitudes, real conversations, real personalities, and real events.Misty Provencher has a gift for lyrical writing. Some evocative phrases I loved:"people who share a bottle over the constant mountain slides that we call our lives""Aidan and I move in, surrounding him, leaning and being leaned on, like a tepee of souls, trying to kindle enough faith to send up a genuine signal of hope."Provencher's handling of the topic of alcoholism was deft, compassionate and real. As another reviewer mentioned, there was no sense of preachiness; it was simply a walk in the life of Lydia. Joining her in her journey was both heart-wrenching and joyful. There's nothing like rooting for a character to do the right thing and be filled with hope that she's going to make it.Sex level is for mature audiences, but because of the plot line, the sex wasn't gratuitous like you might think. There are a couple depictions of male on female sexual violence that may be disturbing to some readers.This was worth losing a few hours of sleep like I did last night in finishing the book. Just couldn't put it down.