Chapter Two: On a day trip to the hot springs, in 2011, the lug nuts attaching the wheels to the axels, fall off, forcing this family to pull over and deal with the problem. Rick, Jennifer’s husband of a few months had loosen them with the goal of rotating the tires but then got distracted and forgot to tighten them again. Jennifer, scared by this oversight and how it could led to the death of all of them, including her two children from a previous marriage, calls her former husband (a mechanic) for advice.
Your description of Rick made me lol: "...peddles his bike to his clinic every single day in order that we are responsible with our carbon footprint." Also the setting of this chapter gave me chills.
I can so feel the tension between a wife who is beginning to feel like she has to protect her children from her husband, and her husband who should know better. Great stuff!
In this chapter I felt myself squirming alongside the protagonist: "Our hands interlinked under the surface are cadaver-like." Shiver! Something is wrong. Very wrong. Having ended a year ago--finally--my three-decade marriage I know all about willfully ignoring the blaring signs that something is very very wrong. Yet the truth will out.
Your description of Rick made me lol: "...peddles his bike to his clinic every single day in order that we are responsible with our carbon footprint." Also the setting of this chapter gave me chills.
Love the audio of this too!
Torture…when can order the book? Love it.
I can so feel the tension between a wife who is beginning to feel like she has to protect her children from her husband, and her husband who should know better. Great stuff!
In this chapter I felt myself squirming alongside the protagonist: "Our hands interlinked under the surface are cadaver-like." Shiver! Something is wrong. Very wrong. Having ended a year ago--finally--my three-decade marriage I know all about willfully ignoring the blaring signs that something is very very wrong. Yet the truth will out.