{"id":23348,"date":"2015-03-19T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=23348"},"modified":"2015-03-11T16:58:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T21:58:32","slug":"save-me-by-kristyn-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/save-me-by-kristyn-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Save Me by Kristyn Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.3&amp;cn=1105149\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23379\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/saveme2.jpg?resize=261%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"saveme2\" width=\"261\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/saveme2.jpg?w=261&amp;ssl=1 261w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/saveme2.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.3&amp;cn=1105149\" target=\"_blank\">Save Me<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Kristyn Lewis\u00a0is compulsively readable. I&#8217;m trying to pin down in my own mind what it is\u00a0 that makes it impossible to put down once you start reading. Maybe it&#8217;s\u00a0the contrast of the confessional style\u00a0and the sudden\u00a0vulnerability of the main character\u00a0with her previously almost perfect life. Daphne is someone who&#8217;s always been very controlled and successful at everything she did.<\/p>\n<p>A high achieving doctor, with a perfect Martha Stewartesque home, garden and career, she, on the surface, doesn&#8217;t seem like someone you&#8217;d warm up to right away. After her husband and childhood sweetheart confesses that he&#8217;d had an affair, her predictable life and all her assumptions are blown apart. A car accident changes the trajectory of the story and the usual expectations of this type of novel. Family and friends are quick to give Daphne advice about whether or not she should leave her husband, and Lewis shows the complexity of any decision Daphne may make.<\/p>\n<p>As a\u00a0second time novelist, Lewis\u00a0is very accomplished and assured. I can&#8217;t think of any passages or sentences that seemed false or clunky. Part of the appeal is the setting. You get a feeling of \u00a0Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina in a natural, unforced way.<\/p>\n<p>This was marketed to book groups, and I would predict spirited discussions about the choices Daphne struggles with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save Me by Kristyn Lewis\u00a0is compulsively readable. I&#8217;m trying to pin down in my own mind what it is\u00a0 that makes it impossible to put down once you start reading. Maybe it&#8217;s\u00a0the contrast of the confessional style\u00a0and the sudden\u00a0vulnerability of the main character\u00a0with her previously almost perfect life. 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