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Samantha King

Autor de The Perfect Family

6 Obras 173 Miembros 9 Reseñas

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Samantha King is associate professor of physical and health education and women's studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario
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Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1970
Género
female
Nacionalidad
USA

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FROM AMAZON: The playground is the last place I thought I’d see you. It was my Billy’s first day at school. It was supposed to be a happy one.

But then you turned up. I remembered you instantly from the hospital wing. Our babies born on the same day. Both premature. Both needing intensive care.

While Billy grew stronger day by day, your baby sadly slipped away.

But now you’re back with one devastating accusation… Billy isn’t my son at all, he’s yours.

And you’ve come to take him away.… (más)
 
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Gmomaj | otra reseña | Oct 10, 2023 |
When Ruth takes her son Billy to school for the first time, she gets the shock of her life when another woman, Eve, approaches her to tell her that Billy is actually hers and that their babies were switched at birth. Whilst Billy went on to live, the other baby died and Ruth’s reaction to all of this is to run home with her son away from those accusations. As the story goes on, we are thrown into the history of the women and in particular Ruth’s history with her husband and some friends. Nothing is as it seems and there is an intricate web of secrets from both mothers that means there is more to the story than merely babies switched at birth. There is so much suspense in woven into this book that I didn’t know who to believe. I couldn’t begin to imagine ever being in that situation. It’s genuinely, absolutely horrifying. There are so many twists and turns that the reader can hardly get their heads around it all. I enjoyed the idea behind the story. The book is very well written, and I found it more and more difficult to stop reading. I will warn that it may be a very difficult book for anyone that has ever lost a child to read.… (más)
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Carol420 | otra reseña | Sep 11, 2022 |
I have children. This book is my nightmare! Nick lives with his mom. He doesn’t know his father and his stepdad has moved out. He has been bullied. Now he has made some friends and is going on his first sleepover. When his mom goes to pick him up, though, he is gone. Vanished. All the boys claim to know nothing. So what happened to Nick?
This book kept me reading. I was terrified for Nick. There were so many questions and dubious people. I was kept wondering all the way up to the reveal. I was on a roller coaster of hope and despair throughout. It is a heart pounding, page turner!
The Sleepover is a psychological thriller. I could certainly see it as a cautionary urban myth. It covers a lot of relevant topics for parents and children today. Peer pressure, social media pressure, bullying, social media usage, online chats, dark websites and people with hidden psychological issues. There is a lot to explore in this book.
Thank you to #Netgalley, #Kensington Books and the author who provided an ecopy for review consideration. My review of The Sleepover is based upon my experience with this book.
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Wulfwyn907 | otra reseña | Jan 30, 2022 |
Holly and Jordan Mayhew live in a little cottage by the sea, along with their daughter, Marley. Everything seems idyllic in their world until one day Marley becomes withdrawn and begins to act strangely. Holly decides to create a ‘worry box’. And this opens up a whole can of worms.

This is an absorbing and compelling story about family secrets and how we can often get the wrong end of the stick when coming across something we don’t understand. At first I thought it was going to be a psychological thriller with something dark and sinister at its core. However, it’s not as menacing as that and the end reveal could appear to be a little anti-climatic for some. Personally, I think it’s a beautifully written and gentle story about love and forgiveness in a world where hope is all we have. I very much enjoyed it.… (más)
 
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VanessaCW | Sep 10, 2021 |

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Miembros
173
Popularidad
#123,688
Valoración
3.9
Reseñas
9
ISBNs
41
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