BREAKING THE SILENCE

BREAKING THE SILENCE by Diane Chamberlain

From the back of the book:

Laura Brandon's promise to her dying father was simple:  to visit an elderly woman she'd never heard of before.  A woman who remembers nothing - except the distant past.  Visiting Sarah Tolley seemed a small enough sacrifice to make.

But Laura's promise results in another death.  Her husband's.  And after their five-year-old daughter, Emma, witnesses her father's suicide, Emma refuses to talk about it...to talk at all

Frantic and guilt ridden, Laura contacts the only person who may be able to help.  A man she's met only once - six years before.  A man who doesn't know he's Emma's real father.

Guided only by a child's silence and an old woman's fading memories, the two unravel a tale of love and despair, of bravery and unspeakable evil.  A tale that's shrouded in silence...and that unbelievably links them all.

Ms. Chamberlain is one of my favorite authors.  Every book of hers that I've read has been a winner.  This one was great.  I loved the characters, especially Sarah.  Her stories of the past were heartbreaking.  I just wanted to reach inside the book and give her a big hug.  The ending had some twists that I really didn't see coming.

Lucky for me, Ms. Chamberlain has quite a few books that I haven't read yet.  I'll be sure to get to all of them.