![]() ![]() As she and Alan meet and discuss his feelings of despondency, Frieda begins to realize that Alan’s visions - his dreams - are eerily like the abduction of the young boy in the news, of small Matthew Farraday. ![]() She begins to treat Alan, a man tortured by dreams of a child he doesn’t have being taken from him. She is no one terribly remarkable, although gifted at her chosen profession, and she treats people who are neither villains or saints, but individuals simply seeking to make sense of their lives and to feel whole. ![]() Then the book begins and we shift to meet Frieda Klein, a psychotherapist in solo practice. She was never found and her family eventually settles into the loss of a complete person being stolen from their lives. The book opens with a close-in flashback of the abduction of a girl named Rosie. At the heart of the novel is not just one lost child, but two, the first one having been taken over 20 years ago. ![]() Blue Monday by Nicci French is a story so compelling and well-written that it made me break out of my mold.īlue Monday is set in present-day London, a boisterous and modern city. Since becoming a mom, I find it difficult to read novels where crimes are committed against children. ![]()
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