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Title: Drowning

Subtitle: A Winger Family Drama

Author: Susan Wingate

Narrator: Moe Rock

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-04-13

Publisher: Roberts Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Even with her mother's death days away, even as her marriage is falling apart, Euly Winger leaves home, returning to the place she grew up in order to uncover a dark secret about her parent's divorce.

On her search for answers, Euly meets up with an old family friends - some offer help, some disaster. Euly returns home just hours before her mother dies. As they sit alone together, Euly asks her mother for the truth.

A suspenseful and inspirational read, Drowning, a story of love and redemption.

Members Reviews:

Layers and depth

Susan Wingate has written a story that is intricately woven with complex characters who are real with their quirks and imperfections. That is what I loved about this story. The main character actually drove me nuts, but that's what made her relatable, human.

There are lessons to be discovered and learned in this story but Susan makes the reader wait for it, unraveling the secrets slowly right along with the characters themselves. There are chapters that had me riveted and speed reading just so I could find out what was going to happen, what they going to discover next. That is good writing.

Since I grew up with Susan this book brought back a flood of memories

Since I grew up with Susan this book brought back a flood of memories. For me it was a emotional experience.

Don't judge this book by its awful cover!

The cover of Drowning did not look nor did the title sound like a book I'd normally buy. I won a copy and because the book has won awards and is labeled a best seller, I was curious enough to start reading it. I was immediately drawn into the story and found myself turning back to the book in idle moments: it was that compelling. The main character was imperfect alright, but the story never bogged down. Why was she doing the things she did, why was she acting the way she was? I thought the pacing of the book was excellent: like a well-written mystery novel the characters' motivations are cleverly revealed at just the right time. I was never sure where the story was going and I needed to find out. The descriptions of island life in Washington State and motel life in Phoenix happen to resonate with me. I could smell the mold of the island house and feel the deep dry heat of the roadway in Phoenix. The author slipped in some Middle Eastern eggplant recipes, so I overlook a few sentences with wayward commas. In the original Kindle edition there were massive formatting problems, but those have thankfully since been corrected.

In the end it's a novel about family relationships and the need for honesty. But it is a suspenseful ride before all is revealed. It's a book worth buying and reading.

Not my cup of bitter tea

I almost quit reading after the prologue. It seemed to me that the author wasn't sure what she really wanted to say. The mother was a most peculiar person and the daughter apparently had years of scores to settle with her mother and to figure out for herself. Not a really satisfactory read.

OK Book !

OK enough read, but not enough mystery.