Precious and fragile things
By: Megan Hart
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Don Mills, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780778329244
Subjects: Fiction; Carjacking; Crimes against; Mentally ill offenders; Women
Description: Burnt out by the endless days of crying children and menial tasks, and exhausted from always putting herself last, Gilly doesn't immediately consider the consequences when she's carjacked. With a knife to her throat, her first thought is that she'll finally get some rest. Someone can save her for a change. Stranded in a remote, snowbound cabin with this stranger, hours turn to days, days into weeks. As time forges a fragile bond between them, she learns her captor is not the lunatic she first believed, but a human being whose wasted life has been shaped by secrets and tragedy. Yet even as their connection begins to foster trust, Gilly must never forget he's still a man teetering on the edge.