
Fragile
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Nancy Linari
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By:
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Lisa Unger
A thrilling novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger about the hunt for a missing girl and one community’s intricate yet fragile bonds.
“[A] nail-biting nuanced whodunit.”—People
Everybody knows everybody in The Hollows, a quaint, charming town outside of New York City. It’s a place where neighbors keep an eye on one another’s kids, where people say hello in the grocery store, and where high school cliques and antics are never quite forgotten. As a child, Maggie found living under the microscope of small-town life stifling. But as a wife and mother, she has happily returned to The Hollows’s insular embrace. As a psychologist, her knowledge of family histories provides powerful insights into her patients’ lives. So when the girlfriend of her teenage son, Rick, disappears, Maggie’s intuitive gift proves useful to the case—and also dangerous.
Eerie parallels soon emerge between Charlene’s disappearance and the abduction of another local girl that shook the community years ago when Maggie was a teenager. The investigation has her husband, Jones, the lead detective on the case, acting strangely. Rick, already a brooding teenager, becomes even more withdrawn. In a town where the past is always present, nobody is above suspicion, not even a son in the eyes of his father.
As she tries to reassure him that Rick embodies his father in all of the important ways, Maggie realizes this might be exactly what Jones fears most. Determined to uncover the truth, Maggie pursues her own leads into Charlene’s disappearance and exposes a long-buried town secret—one that could destroy everything she holds dear.
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Critic reviews
“Folks in a small town descend into darkness and revisit long forgotten memories when a young girl disappears. . . . [A] simmering, tragic tale. Fans of authors like Jodi Picoult will want to read this one in a nice comfortable chair. . . . Unger's fans won't be disappointed.” (Associated Press)
“This one is a stunner. . . . Unger’s genius is in plotting the story so that the reader never knows what’s coming next. . . .This is a read that will stay with you.” (New York Journal of Books Review)
“If you're a fan of Jodi Picoult's family chronicle storytelling, you'll enjoy Fragile, too. It's set in a small affluent town outside New York, where everyone knows someone who kissed the pizza guy once and many have ugly memories and buried secrets. When a teenage girl goes missing, the lives of all who knew her unravel. Unger balances nicely the suspense of her missing person story (a layered one when the vanishing of another teenage girl 30 years earlier is connected) with deeper sentiments. How do you live in the present when the past has broken you?” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
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Lisa Unger Knocks It Out of the Park Again
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I enjoyed the journey.
An interesting novel, well written and captivating
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Boring
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So good, I am hooked!!
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Interesting
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Would you consider the audio edition of Fragile to be better than the print version?
In some ways, it was a very good dramatization & gave good depth to characters.What other book might you compare Fragile to and why?
Some of the back story novels of strong female roles; Iris Johansen's Eve Duncan or Tess Gerritsen's Jane Rizzoli, a prequel that explains some of their motives in future books.Which scene was your favorite?
Resolving the mysteries of past generations, putting past demons to rest.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It made me smile, to think that old wrongs were righted.Any additional comments?
A good story, laying the groundwork for sequels that I will definately put on my wishlist.Lays a Good Foundation ...
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Twists and turns
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No real surprises
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Slow and meandering
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EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON. OR. THING comes with a back-story. There is a description and explanation for EVERYTHING and it goes on and on and on…. It’s borderline a collection of short stories there are so many tangents. The watch on his wrist (a Timex he bought 20 years ago), the lamp in the table (a stained glass creation he used to love, now hates), the grocery clerk (the type of person you can trust), the pizza (not as greasy as the one from the other place) IT NEVER ENDS! I swear it’s 20% story and 80% endless, pointless describing.
It’s driving me crazy, there is so much USELESS detail that doesn’t move the story along!!!! There is “filling out the picture” and then there is “all show and no tell” …. I don’t even know what this is, it takes constant rambling into the stratosphere; it’s so full of clutter.
At this point, I have to say that it’s actually becoming quite funny. I’ll finish the book but I can’t imagine ever picking up another one by the same author.
20% story - 80% clutter
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