Well, I think I was left with more questions than answers with this one. This a complex plot with varying time frames of immediate past, present and memories of a more distant and disturbing past. A story where everyone is suspect, nothing and no one is as it/they seem. It was a fast paced thriller, but I was left with an ending that I questioned. Possibly a re-read could resolve some of the uncertainty, but with the size of my Toppling Bookpile, I don't have time for the re-read, so I will just let this one go.
Summary from Goodreads: On the surface, Annie Powers's life in a wealthy Florida beach neighborhood is happy and idyllic. Her husband, Gray, loves her fiercely; together, they dote on their beautiful young daughter, Victory. But the bubble surrounding Annie is pricked when she senses that the demons of her past have resurfaced and, to her horror, are now creeping up on her. These are demons she can't fully recall because of a highly disassociative state that allowed her to forget. Disturbing events trigger strange and confusing memories for Annie, who realizes she has to quickly piece them together before her past comes to claim her future . . . and her daughter.
Quotes:"Most of us don't live in the present tense. We dwell in a mental place where our regrets and grudges from our past compete with our fears about the future."
"These days, though, everyone thought they were living in a realty television show. People seemed to have trouble differentiating between what was really happening and what was happening on television."
"He has always done only what he was able to do. Maybe that's true of all of us. Maybe it's just that when it's your parents, their shortfalls are so much more heartbreaking."
"'Everybody stumbles. It's what you do then that makes or breaks your life. It's what you do after you fall that's the measure of who you are.'"
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