Review Thomas Cullen delivers a powerful debut with Charlie-Man. I wasn't sure what to expect. But the book packs quite the emotional punch in barely 200 pages. How much hardship could one high school senior in 1990s Virginia face? Quite a bit, apparently. When readers meet Charlie, he's already gone through a major life event… Continue reading Charlie-Man by Thomas Cullen
Eddie Asher is a biracial, adopted young man and the newest patient at Hudson Valley Psychiatric Hospital. He’s struggled with his condition for years – he has dissociative identity disorder. And his other personality, Pär, has taken upon himself to protect Eddie by hiding memories from his childhood and beyond. But a recent incident has Eddie believing that he killed his brother’s fiancé, Lucy. And thanks to Pär, the only way of learning the truth is seeking the help of Dr. Richard Montgomery. But the longer he spends at the facility under treatment, he finds more pieces of the truth. Mirror Me by Lisa Williamson Rosenberg is a suspense novel in which Eddie must make sense of his memories, unknowingly uncovering the truth about his life and identity.
Noreen is in her late 20s and a married mother of toddler Evie. She’s also nearing the age of how old her aunt and closest relative, Nonie, was when she took her own life. At the time of the incident, Noreen was eight years old and didn’t understand what happened to her special person or why. Now, as an adult, she experiences anxiety attacks similar to what her aunt experienced. She’s also questioning her marriage to her husband George, constantly add odds with reality and reason. Flashbacks to Nonie’s point of view show a more tragic reality of what she endured. Without You Here by Jody Hobbs Hesler is a contemporary drama in which Noreen attempts to reconcile with her current life while still struggling with losing the best person she’s ever known decades ago.
