30 September 2008: This week's book reviews, by Carol Livingstone, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury.

BROKEN ANGEL, by Sigmund Brouwer

A father's love for his daughter.a decision that would change their lives forever. But who is she really - and why must she now run for her life? Prepare to experience a chilling America of the very near future.
  

THE HOST: A Novel, by Stephenie Meyer

Humans' minds are taken over by an invading enemy but they continue their lives apparently unchanged.  Except Melanie, still "wild" and refusing to succumb to the invader she ends up allying with, searching for the man they both love. 
 

THE FLYING TROUTMANS, by Miriam Toews

Meet the Troutmans - Hattie, her sister Min, and Min's two kids, Logan and Thebes. Min is in the psychiatric ward, so Hattie sets off to find the kids' long lost dad.  A story of a fractured family on the verge of spinning off its axles and a road trip that just might keep them together.

 

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