Lies in Bone
On Halloween 1963, eleven-year-old Chuck Coolidge and his brother Danny are lost in a toxic smog covering the steel town of Slippery Elm, Pennsylvania. When the smog lifts, half the town is sick. And Danny is missing. Now, over twenty years later, Chuck's teenage daughter Frank plots escape from this "busted and disgusted" town. But when a murdered child is found in the river, investigators link the crime to the disappearance of Danny in '63, Frank's life is turned upside down.
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Thank you to NetGalley and Boyle & Dalton Publishing providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
There was a lot to unpack with this book, but it was designed to be so. The lead character, Frank and her sister Boots lead a very unsteady childhood after their mother departs and they are left with their father. Frank is forced to mature faster than most children as she is faced with loss, adversity, and many other mature themes. The grittiness of the time period, the loss of a mother, a distant father, and attempting to unravel the past made for a very interesting read and one that leaves the reader uncomfortable and reaching for the next page.
There was a lot to unpack with this book, but it was designed to be so. The lead character, Frank and her sister Boots lead a very unsteady childhood after their mother departs and they are left with their father. Frank is forced to mature faster than most children as she is faced with loss, adversity, and many other mature themes. The grittiness of the time period, the loss of a mother, a distant father, and attempting to unravel the past made for a very interesting read and one that leaves the reader uncomfortable and reaching for the next page.
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