Cage of Stars
Another BookVoices review for audio books you can listen using your iPod(R) or MP3 player. Discounted Audio Books are available at our Audio Book Store. - Twelve-year-old Veronica Swans idyllic life in a close-knit Mormon community is shattered when her two younger sisters are brutally murdered. Although her parents find the strength to forgive the deranged killer, Scott Early, Veronica cannot do the same. Years-later, she sets out alone to avenge her Sisters’ deaths, dropping her identity and severing ties in the process. But as she closes in on Early, Veronica will discover the true meaning of sin and compassion…before she makes a decision that will change her life forever.
No writer today illuminates the struggles of families—and the crises that can tear them apart—better than #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard . " A first-rate storyteller " (Newsweek) who " renders her characters flawlessly, endowing them with a humanity that is both accessibly rounded and astonishingly deep "(Booklist); the author of The Deep End of the Ocean, Twelve Times Blessed, and The Breakdown Lane now tells of a young woman’s odyssey from innocence… and her desperate battle to be released from intolerable loss.
With a rare grace and piercing vision of people in turmoil, Jacquelyn Mitchard once again demonstrates mastery story of both suspense and complex human emotions explores the often surprising, mysterious acts that give full meaning to our lives.
Jacquelyn Mitchard is a former syndicated newspaper columnist and the author of ten novels for adults and children. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband and seven children.