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Title: The Evening News
Author: Marly Swick
Narrator: JoBeth Williams
Format: Abridged
Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-16-99
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Nine-year-old Teddy is playing next door when his best friend Eric, hands him his father's handgun. The gun goes off, shooting Teddy's two-year-old half sister, Trina, who is playing in their yard - the mother Giselle, by her side. Fault lines appear as Giselle's husband finds himself unable to forgive his stepson, and even she wonders, "Where is my unconditional maternal love?" As Swick limns the emotional landscape of a family devastated by loss, she poses the unaskable questions: What would you do? How would you forgive? Whom do you love more?
©1999 by Marly Swick, All Rights Reserved, (P)1999 Time Warner AudioBooks; ©1999 Time Warner AudioBooks (Packaging Elements Only), A Division of Time Warner Trade Publishing
Members Reviews:
dare you to put it down
This is a sensitive and believable treatment of something that can easily happen all too often in this country today when parents keep loaded guns in the house--for any reason--and children manage to get access to them. The author has portrayed the characters of both sexes realistically and the book is likely to make a reader think about all of the issues surrounding gun control, crime, protection from criminals, etc. She also shows the destruction and resurrection of characters through their various reactions to tragedy. I found it endlessly interesting and left with a hopeful ending.
A very sad story tht will stay with you for a long time.
I read this book when it first came out in 2000 and just re-read it this weekend. It is a sad story of profound loss and love that is usually unconditional, but may not be in this situation. I found the last 2 chapters particularly heart-breaking and gut-wrenching. The writing is adequate, but not phenomenal, but the story will stay with you for a long time.
It's not what I thought it would be
When I first picked this book up, I thought it was just another easy read ~~ something quick and brainless to pass the time. I was not expecting good writing or a good story line ... and this book threw me for a change. I guess I shouldn't judge a book by its cover like I did with this one.
However, despite its good writing and plot, the story itself is brutal, hard, self-searching for truth and deals with a tough issue ... accidental death by shooting. Teddy accidentally shoots his baby sister, Trina, and his whole life turns upside down as well as his mom and stepdad's. And Swick deals with the issue of grieving, bitterness, anger, a mother's struggle to continue to love her son ... all in this compact book. She deals with the death from all angles and does a good job. You relate to everyone of the characters and you see something that makes the evening news with a closer perspective than you would normally.
I enjoyed this book much to my surprise, considering the grisly theme. It also isn't just a cheap thriller either. It's a book I would pass on for friends to read. It's much better than I thought it would be and I recommend it for anyone to read.
An Unforgetful Book
I read this book quiet a few years ago, before I had children and I remember being haunted- in a good way, when a book really touches you- ever since. Funny that once I had kids, this book comes back to mind every so often bc of the true fragility of life and how losing a child- especially a young one- due to an unspeakable accident, can affect you life.
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Title: The Evening News
Author: Marly Swick
Narrator: JoBeth Williams
Format: Abridged
Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-16-99
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Nine-year-old Teddy is playing next door when his best friend Eric, hands him his father's handgun. The gun goes off, shooting Teddy's two-year-old half sister, Trina, who is playing in their yard - the mother Giselle, by her side. Fault lines appear as Giselle's husband finds himself unable to forgive his stepson, and even she wonders, "Where is my unconditional maternal love?" As Swick limns the emotional landscape of a family devastated by loss, she poses the unaskable questions: What would you do? How would you forgive? Whom do you love more?
©1999 by Marly Swick, All Rights Reserved, (P)1999 Time Warner AudioBooks; ©1999 Time Warner AudioBooks (Packaging Elements Only), A Division of Time Warner Trade Publishing
Members Reviews:
dare you to put it down
This is a sensitive and believable treatment of something that can easily happen all too often in this country today when parents keep loaded guns in the house--for any reason--and children manage to get access to them. The author has portrayed the characters of both sexes realistically and the book is likely to make a reader think about all of the issues surrounding gun control, crime, protection from criminals, etc. She also shows the destruction and resurrection of characters through their various reactions to tragedy. I found it endlessly interesting and left with a hopeful ending.
A very sad story tht will stay with you for a long time.
I read this book when it first came out in 2000 and just re-read it this weekend. It is a sad story of profound loss and love that is usually unconditional, but may not be in this situation. I found the last 2 chapters particularly heart-breaking and gut-wrenching. The writing is adequate, but not phenomenal, but the story will stay with you for a long time.
It's not what I thought it would be
When I first picked this book up, I thought it was just another easy read ~~ something quick and brainless to pass the time. I was not expecting good writing or a good story line ... and this book threw me for a change. I guess I shouldn't judge a book by its cover like I did with this one.
However, despite its good writing and plot, the story itself is brutal, hard, self-searching for truth and deals with a tough issue ... accidental death by shooting. Teddy accidentally shoots his baby sister, Trina, and his whole life turns upside down as well as his mom and stepdad's. And Swick deals with the issue of grieving, bitterness, anger, a mother's struggle to continue to love her son ... all in this compact book. She deals with the death from all angles and does a good job. You relate to everyone of the characters and you see something that makes the evening news with a closer perspective than you would normally.
I enjoyed this book much to my surprise, considering the grisly theme. It also isn't just a cheap thriller either. It's a book I would pass on for friends to read. It's much better than I thought it would be and I recommend it for anyone to read.
An Unforgetful Book
I read this book quiet a few years ago, before I had children and I remember being haunted- in a good way, when a book really touches you- ever since. Funny that once I had kids, this book comes back to mind every so often bc of the true fragility of life and how losing a child- especially a young one- due to an unspeakable accident, can affect you life.