Review: "Norman Rockwell reinterpreted by Hieronymous Bosch"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2013
What parent hasn't had nightmares about being separated from a child during a disaster?In this novella by one of my favorite authors, Callie and Peter Carson are sitting at an attorney's office going over the property settlement for their divorce when a huge earthquake hits their small town in central California. The first thought of both is for their son, Denny, who is at a daycare center across town.The story is told from the point-of-view of Callie and author Nash does an excellent job of describing the horrors of the quake, the small town (before and after the quake), and the anguish that both parents are experiencing.The people in this story all seem so real, a real knack that the author has. I've lived in many small towns before and the one portrayed in this tale could be any of them - with friends and neighbors rallying together during a disaster.If you like novellas, try Nash'sThe Trunk Key, which was her first piece of writing I read (and one of my favorites). She has some great full-length fiction out there, too.