A review by kathleenww
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian

4.0

Chris Bohjalian has a great penchant for writing books about a wide variety of subject matter. He does this once again in this novel. A terrible nuclear power plant accident in a small Vermont town changes the lives of many, and very specifically, the life of Emily Shepard, who also happens to be the only child of two important engineers at the aforementioned power plant. I had a different idea about the setting of this novel until I started reading, but I really enjoyed the narrative from Emily, even though it was not quite what I was expecting.

Emily also has a vibrant interest in Emily Dickinson, and often thinks of her and how she might be handling certain situations, although it would be hard to imaging Emily ever being in this very contemporary and dangerous setting. I was very moved by this novel, Bohjalian did a great job tying everything up at the end...