- Hardcover
- 400 pages
- A Nearly Normal Family
- M.T. Edvardsson
- 25 June 2017 M.T. Edvardsson
- 1250204437
New York Times Book Review recommends M.T Edvardsson s A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a page turner that forces the reader to confront the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect NYTimes Book Review Summer Reading Issue M.T Edvardsson s A Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the reader to consider How far would you go to protect the ones you love In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly normal family question everything they thought they knew about their life and one another.Eighteen year old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him Stella s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect Told in an unusual three part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions How well do you know your own children How far would you go to protect them Free Read [ A Nearly Normal Family ] By [ M.T. Edvardsson ] – theheartwork.co.uk
Celadon should be to commercial fiction what Kleenex is to tissue In other words, this imprint should be a brand name I haven t read everything they ve published but what I have read has been outstanding These folks know what they re doing A Nearly Normal Family is not your average legal thriller There is a murder, a trial and we don t know who dun it but the family dynamics play an even greater role The story is told in three parts from each member of a small nuclear family the controlli Celadon should be to commercial fiction what Kleenex is to tissue In other words, this imprint should be a brand name I haven t read everything they ve published but what I have read has been outstanding These folks know what they re doing A Nearly Normal Family is not your average legal thriller There is a murder, a trial and we don t know who dun it...
This book just didn t work out for me the way I d hoped I read some fantastic reviews and was anxious to dig into this one, but for some reason it just never clicked with me Stella is seventeen and enjoying as much time as possible with her best friend Amina Their carefree days are growing short as they both begin the journey into adulthood Stella is off to Asia for her trip of a lifetime, while Amina plans to start medical school Everything goes sideways when Stella sneaks back into her This book just didn t work out for me the way I d hoped I read some fantastic reviews and was anxious to dig into this one, but for some reason it just never clicked with me Stella is seventeen and enjoying as much time as possible with her best friend Amina Their carefree days are growing short as they both begin the journey into adulthood Stella is off to Asia for her trip of a lifetime, while Amina plans to start medical school Everything goes sideways when Stella sneaks back into her parent s home late one night, her clothing covered in blood How far would you go to protect the ones you love Your children Your spouse Your own reputation Told from multiple POV I found this book to be repetitive, to the point I felt I was reading the exact same paragraph word for word, over and over This book is translated to English and perhaps as they say, something got lost in translation.As the story line plays out there is definitely a build up in tension as truths are weig...
______ What is a lie Just as there are different sorts of truths, there must be different sorts of lies White lies, for example I ve never shied away from those Better a kind lie than a hurtful truth, I ve always thought But of course, this was different This is a complex multi layered domestic drama that kept me chewing my cuticles until the very end Every character in this book is lying.A pastor and fatherA lawyer and motherTheir teen daughter and murder suspectAnd a best friendEach ly ______ What is...
MT Edvardsson writes a compelling psychological thriller in the dark and disturbing Scandi Noir tradition which gives the reader insights into Swedish law Set in the small Swedish city of Lund, a highly respectable and upstanding local family, Adam, a Church of Sweden pastor, his wife, Ulrika, an ambitious go getting criminal defense lawyer, are horrified and shocked when t...
Whose truth is nothing but the truth M.T Edvardsson presents a heavy domestic drama wrapped around the Sandell family From all indications this is a small, compact little family of Adam, Ulrika, and Stella As the layers are peeled back, there s quite a bit beneath the surface.Edvardsson sets his story down within the town of Lund in Sweden There s a definite pendulum that swings back and forth in regard to their ever changing identities Adam, a pastor in the Church of Sweden, was once an av Whose truth is nothing but the truth M.T Edvardsson presents a heavy domestic drama wrapped around the Sandell family From all indications this is a small, compact little family of Adam, Ulrika, and Stella As the layers are peeled back, there s quite a bit beneath the surface.Edvardsson sets his story down within the town of Lund in Sweden There s a definite pendulum that swings back and forth in regard to their ever changing identities Adam, a pastor in the Church of Sweden, was once an avowed atheist until his pulled up collar was replaced with the collar of a minister Ulrika, a dedicated defense attorney, regrets the time spent pursuing her career at the exp...
3 3.5 STARSI can see why this slow burning legal thriller is garnering loads of hype it s the perfect example of a steady building of suspense that explodes into a tantalizing climax that, for my part anyway, I didn t quite see coming Based on this alone, I would whole heartedly recommend this book to readers searching for a substantial thriller full of meaty character...
3.5 Stars rounded down When you live with Dysfunction, you become Dysfunction Just ask the Sandells They have it down pat When Stella a teenager, is arrested for the murder of a successful businessman, parents Ulrika and Adam are beside themselves Adam is a Pastor whose whole life has been based on honesty His daughter s arrest shakes his belief system to the core Ulrika is an Attorney The law is everything to her and success has always come before all else, even her family As far...
Adam and Ulrika seem like a normal family, trying to bring up their teenage daughter Stella to know right from wrong When Stella is arrested on suspicion of killing Chris Olsen,it comes as a shock to Adam a pastor, who is respected by the community and his hard working Lawyer wife Ulrika.Quote It takes a long time to build a life, but only an instant for it to crumble This story is told from the points of view both the parents and Stella As each one recollects what happened before and after Adam and Ulrika seem like a normal family, trying to bring up their teenage daughter Stella to know right from wrong When Stella is arrested on suspicion of killing Chris Olsen,it comes as a shock to Adam a pastor, who is respected by the community and his hard working Lawyer wife Ulrika.Quote It takes a long tim...
It takes a long time to build a life, but only an instant for it to crumbleStella s parents, Pastor Adam and defence attorney Ulrika, struggle to keep their eighteen year old daughter Stella within set boundaries Stella is a force of nature and always does what she wants Her biggest dream is to go backpacking in A...
I enjoyed this novel, which is part family drama, part crime mystery The book opens from the first person perspective of the father, who is a pastor His eighteen year old daughter is being accused of murdering a man fifteen years her senior Stella has always been Daddy s little girl, even if she has been difficult these last few years The second part of the novel is told from the POV of Stella, who is waiting for trial in prison She d always thought Swedish prisons were basically like hotel I enjoyed this novel, which is part family drama, part crime mystery The book opens from the first person perspective of the father, who is a pastor His eighteen year old daughter is being accused of murdering a man fifteen years her senior Stella has always been Daddy s little girl, even if she has been difficult these last few years The second part of the novel is told from the POV of Stella, who is waiting for trial in prison She d always thought Swedish prisons were basically like hotels, but now she knows the cruelty of guards and of being all alone twenty four hours a day, her thoughts constantly reeling She misses her long time best friend, Amina, and of course her parents The last part is told from the POV of Mom, a criminal defense attorney All along, we knew that Dad and Stella weren t telling the cops or the readers...