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Night of Reunion

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When I was 13, this book was released. It was 1991, and a snowy December night...Later that night the power went out...it stayed out for days, as the snow piled up to 3 feet over the next 4 days...I ahd NO TV!!! I read this book so easily...and it terrified me, every night by candlelight...thinking about that woman in the shadows...hiding...call it what you will, but it is a great winter-time novel...espeacially on a cozy ski trip...preferrably when you are by yourself...monitor the shadows, though...might there be someone IN your house? This thought alone makes my skin crawl...and isn't so unreal a situation...what was that noise I just heard?

NIGHT OF REUNION is one of those early 90s novels, where women were just starting to emerge in the role of the activist, rather than the passivist. Sarah Whitaker has recently married Alex, a strong, stable high school teacher; Sarah herself is a beautician, co-owner of her own shop; they have a son, Brian, a precocious six year old. However, this is Alex's second marriage; his first ended violently when madwoman Christine Halstrum murdered his wife and adopted son. Christine is the natural mother, of course, and she wanted her baby back. Christine was apprehended, and committed to a mental institution. Now, four years later, Christine has escaped and wants her revenge.
Allegretto does a nice job in creating characters you can feel for and with, but his meandering pace tempers the suspense, although there is a nifty ending on the roof of the Whitaker home.
An enjoyable read, not too gory, or sex-driven; family kind of murder!
Cozy up by the fireplace and enjoy.

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