A shocking, highly emotionally charged book told with loads of pace and using multiple narratives. A gunman enters a small rural American primary school and holds the children and teachers hostage. This event ricochets through the small community bonding some but also exposing secrets. Addictive stuff.
Reviewed by Sarah Broadhurst Sarah Broadhurst spent her early working life in the book trade in both retail and wholesale until the arrival of children forced her to look for freelance work she could do from… More reviews by Sarah Broadhurst
About One Breath Away
‘He has a gun.’‘Who? Tell me, where are you? Who has a gun?’‘I love you, Mum.’
‘Fans of Jodi Picoult will devour this.’ — Red on The Weight of Silence
‘Deeply moving and lyrical, it will haunt you all summer.’ — Company on The Weight of Silence
‘Beautifully written, compassionately told, and relentlessly suspenseful.’ — Diane Chamberlain on The Weight of Silence
Author
About Heather Gudenkauf
Heather Gudenkauf is the New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence. Heather was born in Wagner, South Dakota, the youngest of six children. Having been born with a profound unilateral hearing impairment, Heather tended to use books as a retreat and escape the world around her. Heather became a voracious reader and the seed of becoming a writer was planted.
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