Genre: Mystery, ThrillerPublisher: Viking
ISBN: 0735237816
Format: Paperback, E-Book
Release Date: 9th July 2019
Links: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Indigo,
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Synopsis:
Gloria Janes appears to be a doting suburban mother and loving wife. But beyond her canary-yellow door, Gloria controls her husband, Telly, as well as seven-year-old Maisy and her older brother Rowan, through a disorienting cycle of adoration and banishment.
When Telly leaves, Gloria turns on Rowan. He runs away, finding unlikely refuge with a homeless man named Carl, with whom he forms the kind of bond he has never found with his parents. After they are menaced by strangers, Rowan follows Carl to an isolated cottage, where he accidentally sets off a burst of heightened paranoia in Carl, and their adventure takes a dark turn.
Gloria is publicly desperate for the safe return of her son while privately plotting ever wilder ways to lure Telly home for good. Her behaviour grows more erratic and her manipulation of Maisy begins to seem dedicated toward an outcome that only she can see. The two storylines drive relentlessly toward a climax that is both shocking and emotionally riveting
Review:
**Thanks to Penguin Random House for
sending me a copy of the book**
**Thanks to Penguin Random House for
sending me a copy of the book**
This is the newest thriller I've read and ended up loving. It follows Gloria Jones who appears to be the perfect, loving wife. However, behind the facade, Gloria is a controlling woman, putting her husband, children and older brother through a cycle of love and banishment.
This was a powerful and heartwrenching story. The story was so fantastically written that the subject matter made the book painful to read. The point-of-view changes between the two children, Rowan and Maisy, which only made the story more heart-wrenching. This was one of my favourite parts of the book.
The switch between the two children and seeing the events unfolding from the eyes of the child only made the abuse seem worse. They don't fully understand what is happening, and being at such a young age, it is easy for them to not understand that what their mother is doing is wrong.
Rowan is the oldest of the two siblings, but still young at only thirteen. After their father leaves, Rowan faces the brunt of their mother's abuse. He finds companionship with a homeless man and begins to form a bond with him. His yearning for a loving parental figure was heart-wrenching and the abuse that Rowan faces was horrific.
The mother, Gloria, was a very dark character. The wrath she pushes onto her own family was horrific and yet she doesn't see the pain she is causing. It really makes you wonder about the pain she may have suffered in the past that is causing her to project the pain onto her children. Gloria was a master manipulator, but I would have liked to have seen even more of it throughout the book. The abuse she inflicted upon her children was horrible, but I feel that extra push of manipulation would have really pushed the character to the next level.
Hideaway touches on a variety of subjects including family abuse, homelessness, mental illness and parental influence. Each subject was touched upon brilliantly and the ending really goes to show how a parent's influence can affect a child as they grow.
I was hooked on this book from start to finish. This story of a dysfunctional family was a powerful one. I look forward to reading the next book from Nicole Lundrigan.
This was a powerful and heartwrenching story. The story was so fantastically written that the subject matter made the book painful to read. The point-of-view changes between the two children, Rowan and Maisy, which only made the story more heart-wrenching. This was one of my favourite parts of the book.
The switch between the two children and seeing the events unfolding from the eyes of the child only made the abuse seem worse. They don't fully understand what is happening, and being at such a young age, it is easy for them to not understand that what their mother is doing is wrong.
Rowan is the oldest of the two siblings, but still young at only thirteen. After their father leaves, Rowan faces the brunt of their mother's abuse. He finds companionship with a homeless man and begins to form a bond with him. His yearning for a loving parental figure was heart-wrenching and the abuse that Rowan faces was horrific.The mother, Gloria, was a very dark character. The wrath she pushes onto her own family was horrific and yet she doesn't see the pain she is causing. It really makes you wonder about the pain she may have suffered in the past that is causing her to project the pain onto her children. Gloria was a master manipulator, but I would have liked to have seen even more of it throughout the book. The abuse she inflicted upon her children was horrible, but I feel that extra push of manipulation would have really pushed the character to the next level.
Hideaway touches on a variety of subjects including family abuse, homelessness, mental illness and parental influence. Each subject was touched upon brilliantly and the ending really goes to show how a parent's influence can affect a child as they grow.
I was hooked on this book from start to finish. This story of a dysfunctional family was a powerful one. I look forward to reading the next book from Nicole Lundrigan.
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