Sara Lennox has moved to the Outerbanks for a fresh start. Her new home is a nondescript apartment complex where neighbors keep to themselves and nobody considers it "home." Sara's
next door neighbors include
five-year-old Boon and his sister, twelve-year-old Cassie. They have had a rough go of it recently, their mother went missing and hasn't
been seen for weeks. Without her paycheck to help, their father, Whit, is trying to
find ways to make money in any way possible. Leaving Cassie in charge of her little brother. But she is dealing with the family drama in her own destructive way. Sara Lennox sees what is happening. She sees the neglect that the kids are experiencing. With a hurricane bearing down on the Outerbanks Sara
decides to rescue the kids, from the hurricane and their life. Meanwhile, there are some truths being revealed that will prove that there was more to the disappearance of their mother. What will happen when they discover that Boon and Cassie are missing, too?
The Liar's Child was
kind of a really depressing novel. Sara is a character
that is hard to get to know. I didn't ever really "connect" with her. I
did like the way she did the right thing
in the end, but it felt like a little too late to redeem her relationship with the reader. I felt bad for the kids. Their story was also
quite depressing. You know that there is some "history" there, but you don't know exactly what happened until later in the book. I *did* have empathy for Whit. He knew his wife was not a good person to have around his children, he also knew that his kids were being neglected. I think he loved them but struggled with meeting all of their needs. This is one of those books that had an epilogue and I was glad for that. I wanted to know how their lives looked
in the future.
Bottom Line -
There are times when adults have to do tough things for the kids in their lives.
The Liar's Child is a book about such a time. Thankfully, there was a happy ending, but I was fearful that there
was going to be a different outcome.
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