Story Description:
St. Martin’s Press|February 29, 2012|Hardcover||ISBN:
978-0-312-36442-7
For a mother life comes down to a
series of choices. To hold on, to let
go, to forget, to forgive. Which road
will you take. Night Road?
For eighteen years, Jude Farraday has
put her children’s needs above her own, and it shows – her twins, Mia and Zach
are bright and happy teenagers. When
Lexi Baill moves into their small close-knit community, no one is more
welcoming than Jude. Lexi, a former
foster child with a dark past, quickly becomes Mia’s best friend. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the
three become inseparable.
Jude does everything to keep her kids
on track for college and out of harm’s way.
It has always been easy – until senior year of high school. Suddenly she is at a loss. Nothing feels safe anymore; every time her
kids leave the house, she worries about them.
On a hot summer’s night her worst
fears come true. One decision will
change the course of their lives. In the
blink of an eye, the Farraday family will be torn apart and Lexi will lose
everything. In the years that follow,
each must face the consequences of that single night and find a way to forget…or
the courage to forgive.
Vivid, universal, and emotionally
complex, NIGHT ROAD raises profound
questions about motherhood, identity, love, and forgiveness. It is a luminous, heartbreaking novel that
captures both the exquisite pain of loss and the stunning power of hope. This is Kristin Hannah at her very best,
telling an unforgettable story about the longing for family, the resilience of
the human heart, and the courage it takes to forgive the people we love.
My Review:
Night Road was a page-turner! I felt warm and fuzzy at the friendship that
Mia, Lexi, and Zach held onto so dearly.
They were thick as thieves and loved and respected each other in ways
that a lot of us wish we had with our friends.
They knew how to love and respect each other and they knew how to have
fun. Then one night, in one moment it
all ended and blame was to be laid at everyone’s feet.
Jude, the everything mother; the
father the surgeon; Zach; Mia; and Lexi all were to blame in one way or another
but it was unfortunate that Lexi was the loser in this tragedy. She spent 5 years of her life in jail for a
crime that was everyone’s fault but someone had to pay the price and she did in
more ways than one.
After going to prison, she found out
she was pregnant and had to give up her baby to be raised by Zach. Everyone in
this family lost something but Lexi lost the most and would she ever gain back
what was lost? That remains to be
seen. I cried, I sympathized and I empathized
throughout this novel. The emotions the
story provoked were amazing and I’ve never felt more sorry for a family than I
did this one. Kristin Hannah has done an
awesome job in evoking all kinds of emotion and teaching us some good lessons
about life along the way. I would highly
recommend this book!
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