Monday, November 3, 2008

The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry


Towner Whitney is one confused woman. She's back in town because her grandmother has disappeared. Towner left back when she was 17 because she was in a mental institution. She admits at the beginning that she is a liar and an unreliable narrator, which is oh so true! Her family lives in Salem (with a history of witches) and all the women in the family do have some type of power. They are lace readers (hence the title) and can read the future. Towner is also pretty good about reading minds, also. Throughout the book, you're trying to figure out what caused Towner to flip out when she was a teenager. This adult novel has a little bit of everything--mystery, suspense, murder (maybe), abuse, love, and wild dogs.

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