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In the tradition of Anita Shreve and Sue Miller, Simmons delivers a
psychologically charged novel about the power and failure of
family.
Journalist and suburban mom Claire Cooper suffers from panic
disorder. Most of her anxieties seem irrational, nothing that can't
be fixed with the help of some Xanax. But late one stormy summer
night, when her husband, Sam, is away on one of his frequent
business trips, Claire's fears come to life. She discovers an
intruder has broken into her young daughter's bedroom. She watches
helplessly as he picks up her sleeping child from her bed.
Desperate to protect her family, Claire puts herself in the line of
fire and utters the plea that will undo her: "Take me instead."
As she drives away in the kidnapper's car, Claire fears for her
children, but not for herself. And she can't help noticing the
reversal in her marriage -- for the first time in ten years, Sam
will not know where she is.
For the next week, Claire is tied to a bed in a strange motel
room, the intruder her only com-panion. She is forced to lie still
and contemplate the reasons for this assault on her family. Is this
just a random crime, or something more sinister? Has the shadowy
past that she tried so hard to leave behind finally caught up with
her? Day after day, she goes deeper into herself, reevaluating her
marriage and her role as a mother, and unburying the source of her
crippling anxiety. In seven days she will step out to the very
brink of her soul -- perhaps never to return.
A riveting debut novel that will appeal to fans of Sue Miller
and Janet Fitch, "Standing Still" is a powerful exploration of the
darker side of mother-hood and marriage.
'A beautifully paced novel that will keep you guessing right until
the end' Pam Lewis When Ann's granddaughter Ellie, asks for her
help on a school project on family history, Ann thinks this will be
the perfect opportunity to spend time with her. But as they work
together uncovering the past, questions about Ann's early life
begin to emerge. What did happen to Ann's first child? Was her life
with Theo quite as idyllic as it seemed from the outside? And what
happened to cause her mother and father's acrimonious split, can
she really trust her mother's version of events? And as secrets
from the past seem in danger of being exposed, new secrets emerge
about Ann's son and daughter-in-law, secrets which threaten to tear
the whole family apart. As events unfold in the present day and we
learn what happened during a summer thirty years ago, Simmons
depicts the unravelling of a family in this gripping psychological
thriller. Praise for Kelly Simmons' writing... 'Twisty,
psychologically deft and wildly original, it'll have you guessing
until the very end. Utterly mesmerizing.' Megan Abbott, author of
The Fever and Dare Me 'A smart, simmering page turner' New York
Journal of Books 'Gorgeously written and fully immersive.' Kate
Moretti, author of The Vanishing Year and Blackbird Season
'Electrifying . . . The perfect read for a stormy night, Simmons's
suspenseful tale contains nary a wasted word' Publishers Weekly
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