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The Lies We Told
by Diane Chamberlain
fiction
From The Jacket:Maya and Rebecca Ward are both accomplished physicians, but that's where the sisters' similarities end. As teenagers, they witnessed their parents' murder, but it was Rebecca who saved Maya from becoming another of the gunman's victims. The tragedy left Maya cautious and timid, settling for a sedate medical practice with her husband, Adam, while Rebecca became the risk taker. After a devastating hurricane hits the coast of North Carolina, Rebecca and Adam urge Maya to join them in the relief effort. To please her husband, Maya finally agrees. She loses herself in the care and transport of victims, but when her helicopter crashes into raging floodwaters, there appear to be no survivors. Forced to accept Maya is gone, Rebecca and Adam turn to one another—first for comfort, then in passion—unaware that, miles from civilization, Maya is injured and trapped with strangers she's not certain she can trust. Away from the sister who has always been there to save her, now Maya must find the courage to save herself—unaware that the life she knew has changed forever.
The characters in this book seem very real and Diane Chamberlain does a really nice job with her descriptions. She writes in a way that I find satisfying, with enough detail in her descriptions to pull you in but not so over the top that you want to skim. The ending did not seem plausible but other than that I enjoyed and highly recommend this book.
by-Marsha 2010/09/02, 07:41 PM
 
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