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| Case Histories by Kate Atkinson |
| 02.13.05 (3:12 pm) [edit] |
I borrowed this book from the library.Some time ago I tried to read "Behind the Scenes at the Museum" by the same author but somehow couldn`t get into but this one grabbed immediately my attention.
The book opens with three separate (at first sight) criminal cases:
Case#1: Rosemary is a tired mother of four daughters and another baby is growing inside her womb.She seems to enjoy only the youngest of her children,Olivia. While Rosemary is thinking about her life and how she got trapped in marriage and producing more and more children,Olivia has been kidnapped during the afternoon nap.
Case#2: Theo Wyre enters his office and finds something terrible has happened.Shortly before his arrival a man came looking for him.He seemed to have walked out but suddenly returned with a knife and wounded an employee.Theo`s daughter,Laura,runs after the criminal to catch him. The knife cuts through her neck artery and stops her life forever.
Case#3: Michelle could have studied in a college.She could have had more brilliant future.But now she is a terrified 18-years old mother of a screaming baby.They live in a place with no other living soul.She is constantly running out of time.She wants to do everything perfect and feels like she is doing nothing.She imagines sometimes how she would slit the head of her husband in two halves with the wooden axe,and her sufferings would finish.One afternoon she just does it....Now she has all the time in the world...
Jackson Broddie is a private detective. He deals with other people`s cases.He has to be cool and not get involved personally.But he doesn`t feel like assuming the position of judging people; he wants to help them.He will have to deal with all three cases and discover things which will change his life and mind.
Update 02/22
I finished it a couple of days ago.Interesting story about people with broken lives.
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