The Sound of Glass - Karen White

A young widow, Merritt, inherits her husband's childhood home and when she arrives at it, discovers he had a brother she never knew.  She's joined by her widowed stepmother and half-brother who move in despite her wishes to be alone.  Throughout the book, we're given clues about Merritt's abusive husband and other abusive men in her family's past. 

I thought the story was contrived and found the characters either too good, too distraught or too unbelievable.  It's an okay read but only for entertainment.

Quote:

"...every time we remembered something, we weren't remembering the event itself but the last time we'd remembered it.  It was our way of creating filters between our past and present, creating what we chose to recall and what we'd rather forget."

Published:  2015   Read: December 2018  Genre: Fiction