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A review by yangyvonne
Slow Motion by Dani Shapiro
4.0
I honestly thought this was fiction until I noticed the author was the main character and the inside page said "A True Story". In the 1980's, Dani lived as the kept woman of a high-powered attorney. Then, her parents are in a car crash, her father dies, and her mother has 81 broken bones. Dani starts over by going back for her last year at Sarah Lawrence, joining AA, cutting Lenny out of her life, and taking care of her mother. In the end, she is questioned by the FBI in their case about Lenny, but is well on her way to success as an author and to making-up for the lost 4 years she spent with him.
The book is as addictive as the drugs Dani took. You could understand her fragility - what drew her to and kept her with Lenny. Her family was crazy - like everyone's, but she was stuck in the middle, seeing both sides, but having to be her "mother's child". I was glad when she dumped Lenny and thrilled he was caught by the FBI. It's sad it took her father's passing to spur-on these changes, but he would be proud to be part of it all (and her mother should be grateful Dani didn't push her wheelchair into traffic).
The book is as addictive as the drugs Dani took. You could understand her fragility - what drew her to and kept her with Lenny. Her family was crazy - like everyone's, but she was stuck in the middle, seeing both sides, but having to be her "mother's child". I was glad when she dumped Lenny and thrilled he was caught by the FBI. It's sad it took her father's passing to spur-on these changes, but he would be proud to be part of it all (and her mother should be grateful Dani didn't push her wheelchair into traffic).