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Better to Trust
by Heather Frimmer
A story told from three perspectives. Alison is a woman exploring her sexual identity when she has a fainting episode that leads to a diagnosis requiring difficult brain surgery. Her sister’s husband, Grant is a neurosurgeon most qualified to perform the surgery but this is seen as an ethical dilemma because of their family relationship. And unbeknownst to everyone, Grant is dealing with an addiction problem which leads to mistakes during Alison’s surgery. Sadie is Grant’s teenaged daughter who is very close to Alison and also going through normal adolescent experimentation. All of this sets up complicated but engaging family drama.
The different alternating perspectives of Alison, Grant and Sadie and the back and forth time frames keep the book moving and interesting. All of the drama happening to one family in a short time period may be a little unrealistic but the author certainly covered these very real issues thoroughly. Especially good was her coverage of opioid and stimulant addiction in health care providers. Addressing this current epidemic by having a high functioning successful person suffering with the disease helps “normalize” it and shows that it’s OK to request help. Well-done! Thanks to Get Red PR Books for the Goodreads giveaway!
The different alternating perspectives of Alison, Grant and Sadie and the back and forth time frames keep the book moving and interesting. All of the drama happening to one family in a short time period may be a little unrealistic but the author certainly covered these very real issues thoroughly. Especially good was her coverage of opioid and stimulant addiction in health care providers. Addressing this current epidemic by having a high functioning successful person suffering with the disease helps “normalize” it and shows that it’s OK to request help. Well-done! Thanks to Get Red PR Books for the Goodreads giveaway!