Review: Short, and anything but sweet!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2012
This is a short but powerful novel well worth reading! In fact, I actually believe it is a parable. The message: Get help!Life can be exceedingly ugly, inflicting deep wounds. And the untreated wounds are the worst for they never heal. When protagonist A (Laura) abandons her demented father at a fair, we get our first hint of ugly, and when protagonist B (Liz, the detective trying to straighten out the abandonment) rejects an invitation from her sister, the only question left in my mind was how ugly would this get. The answer is: Very! But, while Laura has gone much too long without treatment for her wounds, there is still hope for Liz.I suspect that author Shawn Graves drew her characters from people she actually worked with as a nurse. Laura in particular is too painful to be fully fictional. Co-author Don Canaan has shaped the tale into a fast-paced, highly readable novel/novella. Go for it!