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Laura Lippman
William and Morrow
August 23, 2011/ ISBN 0061706515
Mystery
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Reviewed
by Susan Johnson
As children
growing up in Dickeyville, Maryland the five were inseparable. Two
girls and a trio of brothers spent summers exploring the woods around
their homes and helping each other though the tough times of growing
up. But they grew older; they separated, lost touch with each other
and soon went their separate ways. Families were raised and careers
established. But when the youngest of the group, Go-Go dies in a
horrible car crash they gathered back in their small town to pay
their respects.
Brought together
by the death of their youngest member the group begins to reminisce
and talk about their past, a past that both the children and their
parents have put behind them. A secret that none of them have spoken
of in many years, a secret that seems to have directed their lives
all these years without them even realizing it.
Laura Lippman
captures so well the time frame of the early sixties and the relationships
that develop between children in their early teens. Ms. Lippman
is a talented writer as evidenced by her many awards including the
Shamus, the Edgar and the Agatha. I greatly enjoyed this book, her
previous works and look forward to anything she may soon write.
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