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The Kindness of Strangers
by Katrina Kittle
from Harper Perennial

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• moving, unforgettable story
  At the beginning, nothing in "The Kindness of Strangers" is a premonition of horrible events the novel describes. The introductory chapter describes preparations for a wedding, and Danny, present in the kitchen, where his mother makes the last preparations for the cake, looks at his family and remembers the one particular summer that changed theire lives forever, haunting them even twelve years later.
  The first chapter of the story proper starts when Sarah Laden, a young widow and mother of two boys,... more info

• Amazing
  Definitely the best book I've read this year. Haunting and hopeful at the same time. Quite an accomplishement. I really loved this book.

• loved this book
  The subject matter is quite disturbing but if you can get past that, this book is very well written and opens your eyes to things that could be happening right next door.

• Kindness and streetcars
  Kittle takes on a very difficult topic here -- the incestuous sexual abuse of children -- and does a fairly good job with it The story itself was compelling, and, for hte most part, the main characters were well drawn, although I would have liked to read more about Danny's character and motivations; mostly he just feels like a 2 dimensional character thrown in for plot purposes. The 'reveal" at the end does fill in some gaps on the character portrayal, but it comes a bit late.I did, however, enjoy looking... more info

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