Lacy Eye

By: Jessica Treadway

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

A haunting, evocative novel about a woman who might have to face the disturbing truth about her own daughter.

Hanna and Joe send their awkward daughter Dawn off to college hoping that she will finally "come into her own." When she brings her new boyfriend, Rud, to her sister's wedding, her parents try to suppress their troubling impressions of him for Dawn's sake. Not long after, Hanna and Joe suffer a savage attack at home, resulting in Joe's death and Hanna's severe injury and memory loss.

Rud is convicted of the crime, and the community speculates that Dawn may also have been involved. When Rud wins an appeal and Dawn returns to live in the family home, Hanna resolves to recall that traumatic night so she can testify in the retrial, exonerate her daughter, and keep her husband's murderer in jail.

But as those memories resurface, Hanna faces the question of whether she knows her own daughter-and whether she ever did.

So good

I’m not sure if this is considered a thriller, but I was on the edge of my seat all the way up to the last page.

Could Not Stop Listening

It is going to be a long day at work today since I was up most of the night listening to this book! This is such a realistic story that it is chilling, especially if you are a parent.

Gives You Lots to Think About

This book was so much better than I anticipated! I like books that delve into the psyche and explore different relationships. This book goes really deep into the relationship of mothers and their children. The title and the use of the phrase is also very clever.

I'm looking forward to seeing more from this author. She has lots of talent!

Intriguing but sad

It kept me intrigued enough to listen. Enjoyed the narrator bringing the characters to life.

Gripping !

I loved this book. A fascinating story of a mother in severe denial who gradually comes to terms with her daughter’s pathology.