A story about the high price of repression, and how one woman, who lost nearly everything, must be willing to reveal the failures of the past in order to save future generations.
Sylvia True Boeken
De romans van Sylvia True duiken in thema's van hoop en verlossing, en onderzoeken wat we doorgeven, zowel genetisch als cultureel. Haar werk onderzoekt de hoge prijs van onderdrukking en de noodzaak om fouten uit het verleden onder ogen te zien om toekomstige generaties te beschermen. Geworteld in ware familieverhalen, weerklinkt haar schrijven op ijzingwekkende wijze in onze huidige tijd, waarbij complexe menselijke relaties en de blijvende impact van onze geschiedenissen worden onderzocht.
Gail. Hannah. Bridget. Lizzy. Flavia. Each of them has a shameful secret, and each is about to find out that she is not alone ... Gail, a prominent Boston judge, keeps receiving letters from her husband's latest girlfriend, while her husband, a theology professor, claims he's nine-months sober from sex with grad students. Hannah, a homemaker, catches her husband having sex with a male prostitute in a public restroom. Bridget, a psychiatric nurse at a state hospital, is sure she has a loving, doting spouse, until she learns that he is addicted to chat rooms and match-making websites. Lizzy, a high school teacher, is married to a porn addict, who is withdrawn and uninterested in sex with her. Flavia was working at the Boston Public library when someone brought her an article that stated her husband had been arrested for groping a teenage girl on the subway. He must face court, and Flavia must decide if she wants to stay with him. Finally, Kathryn, the young psychologist running the group, has as much at stake as all of the others. As the women share never-before-uttered secrets and bond over painful truths, they work on coming to terms with their husbands' addictions and developing healthy boundaries for themselves. Meanwhile, their outside lives become more and more intertwined, until, finally, a series of events forces each woman to face her own denial, betrayal and uncertain future head-on