Books like Things you won't say by Sarah Pekkanen
Jamie Anderson anxiously awaits her husband Mike’s morning deployment as a police officer. After a shooting at headquarters injures Mike’s partner, Jamie’s life begins to unravel as he becomes an invisible casualty of the incident.
The next call comes with a shocking revelation: Mike was the shooter. Just as Jamie struggles to cope, a second tragedy forces the families of police officers to confront their own pasts and seek new beginnings.
Christie Simmons, Mike’s former partner who shares custody of their teenage son, sees the disaster as a chance for redemption, while Jamie’s sister Lou, an animal caretaker who prefers the company of elephants, must overcome her own losses to support her brother. Amid media scrutiny and calls for police reform, the novel examines the fragility of family bonds and the unexpected paths toward healing.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Sarah Pekkanen
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