What is it about the coast that attracts people running from their past?When Olivia moves to Port Townsend, her marriage is floundering, and her life is in pieces. She doesn’t know if things with her husband Mark are truly over, or quite why the phone call she longs for on her daughter’s birthday will never come. Joining a letter-writing club seems like a harmless decision. But when she meets … decision. But when she meets Ned, an ex-soldier badly wounded in Afghanistan, this unlooked-for friendship revives unexpected emotions and memories she’d rather forget.
Can Olivia find the courage to confront what she’s hiding from and finally begin to heal the wounds that have torn her life apart? From the bestselling author of After You Left comes a story about finding hope in second chances.
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Poignant, emotional, and breathtaking…In THE SHADOW BETWEEN US, Olivia is running from something we’ve all feared and hope to never face. Carol Mason’s effortless storytelling and exquisite writing will keep you turning the pages until the book’s stunning and surprising ending. Bring tissues!
Acutely observed, emotionally honest, utterly brilliant writing, with a shocker of a twist that took my breath away.
I read The Shadow Between Us in two sittings. Carol Mason has created a fast-paced novel. At its center is a woman whose heart has been broken. She is on the run from herself. Carol takes us on an emotional journey which keep us gripped right to the very last twist, which hit me in the solar plexus. I had not seen it coming.
Brilliant and witty on every level. This author is golden.
A skillful, compassionate journey into the aftereffects of trauma, The Shadow Between Us deftly explores what happens when we hold tight to the secrets we keep, and they hold tight to us too.
A beautifully written story of how we connect with each other in terrible crisis, told with wit and humanity—and one hell of a final twist. I loved it.
A haunting, heartfelt exploration of guilt and hidden turmoil, of running away, of turning back to face the shadows. I loved it.
This book is a haunting exploration of the corrosive power of grief and the redemption to be found in understanding each other and ourselves.
Linda’s Book Obsession Reviews “The Shadow Between Us” by Carol Mason , March 21, 2019
Carol Mason, Author of “The Shadow Between Us” has written an intriguing and entertaining novel. The Genres for this Novel are Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Mystery and Suspense. The time-line for the story is in the present and goes back to the past when it pertains to the characters or events in the story. The author describes her characters as complex, complicated, secretive and dysfunctional
There are dark secrets and twists and turns in this story. I never expected what the ending reveals. Olivia seems to be running from her problems, and her marriage. She seems to be grasping at straws when she moves to Port Townsend, a small town. Olivia meets some other quirky characters that seem to be keeping secrets as well. Olivia isn’t clear if her marriage is over.
Olivia decides to join a writer’s correspondence club, where she meets Ned, a soldier with physical and emotional injuries. Can one truly run from their memories? I would recommend this novel for those readers who enjoy a mystery. I received an ARC from NetGalley.
BOOK REVIEW:
The Shadow Between Us by Carol Mason
An unraveling story, leading the reader too what they will not see coming, which brings me to the phrase; “wait for it”…….it’s compelling and will take a hold as you move forward through it’s many facets to what makes this story complete.
Our protagonist, Olivia, is in search of self, fresh new experiences while dealing with personal torments as she continues stumbling through what seems to be her very own mid-life crisis, or is it? A mother, a wife, a member of a letter-writing club; a woman of secrets and pain.
This story is poinient and pulses with expectation as to what really happened and why. The emotional twists keep coming. A bittersweet tale that is written well to include a side of sadness, courage and surprise; challenges and forgiveness, one that will engage and interest the reader.
I thank Carol Mason for my personal, signed, copy of The Shadow Between Us in order that I may read and review her debut novel.
4 Stars
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