Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read and review this book!
I really liked this one - a short novel about a road trip. But of course it's more than a road trip - it's really the story of a marriage, of a life shared, the ups and downs.
Mark and Maggie are a married couple with no kids. Mark is a professor, a partial Luddite who thinks that technology has changed and will continue to change us as humans. Maggie is a vet who is experiencing extreme feelings of fear, paranoia, and panic after she was mugged. She was just trying to come to terms with the mugging when a young coed is murdered in their neighborhood.
They set out to visit Mark's parents - a refuge for them both - and leave from Chicago to travel to Virginia. Unfortunately, it's in the midst of a storm of the century type weather event. Both characters are dealing with their own demons which lead to issues with each other.
I really liked the characters in this book and the feelings felt very real to me. A great character study.
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