Diane Chamberlain - Before the Storm

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Beschrijving

This is the story of Laurel. She met the love of her life in college. Jaime. Jaime who was more saint than sinner. Their life was happy until she bore their first child Maggie and was stuck with a serious case of post partum depression which went untreated but left Laurel unattached to Maggie and feeling like a complete failure...at everything!  
 
During a separation, Laurel was pulled from her loneliness by Jaime's brother Marcus. Marcus was the black sheep to Jaime's golden boy. He deadened his pain with alcohol, and unintentionally taught Laurel to do the same. Their relationship changed one drunken night, but both agreed NEVER to think about it again. Jaime and Laurel got back together...just in time for Laurel to find out she's pregnant again.  
 
Still depressed and spiraling out of control, she continues to deaden her pain with wine coolers--and gives birth to a child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. That's Laurel's wake-up call to turn her life around.  
 
Fourteen years later Laurel is a survivor. She survived Jaime's death. She survived single parenthood. But now her life is about to fall apart all over again.  
Her beloved and special son Andy is accused of setting a fire that killed three people, hurt countless others, and destroyed a church. Now she's fighting to save her son.  
But there are still secrets to be discovered and the more Laurel learns, the more she wonders if she really knows any of the special people in her life, especially her children.  
 
This novel is written mostly in first person.  
The story moves between time and perspective. From Laurel's early life, to Andy's view of the world, to Marcus' efforts to be involved, to Maggie's heartbreaking efforts to become a woman - they're all here and each characters words drive the story and plot to its inevitable conclusion.  
 
The reader feels the pureness of spirit behind Andy's actions, the enthusiasm and naiveté of Maggie, Laurel's desperate attempts to atone for her earlier actions, and Marcus' efforts to become a better man for all of them.  
 
Mira (2010), 496 blz. 
Grote paperback 13 x 20 cm.