![]() ![]() ![]() Clara’s story is captivating and moving as it shows the point of view of a child who thought that the life she had grown up in was how life was supposed to be like between the Now and Then moments.Īt first glance, the reader is shown how Clara is taken, separated from her family, and then isolated. ![]() The Girl Before is a thrilling book you have to read again right after you’re done reading it the first time. As recollections of her past collide with new revelations, Clara must question everything she thought she knew, to come to terms with the truth of her history and to summon the strength to navigate her future. We see her now, sequestered in an institution, questioned by men and women who call her a different name-Diana-and who accuse her husband of unspeakable crimes. We see her growing up, raised with her sisters by the stern Mama and Papa G, becoming a poised and educated young woman, falling desperately in love with the forbidden son of her adoptive parents. In chapters that alternate between past and present, the novel slowly unpeels the layers of Clara’s fractured life. The last thing her husband yells to her is to say nothing. Without warning, her home is invaded by armed men, and she finds herself separated from her beloved husband and daughters. Clara Lawson is torn from her life in an instant. ![]()
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