#2021Monopolychallenge - Venture Ave - Starts with "A"
Not at all what I was expecting.
The narrator is a therapist who is treating a young girl and her parents. The girl was violently raped by an unknown man and she is treated with drugs to have the memory of it erased. The therapist is also treating a soldier who had the same treatment for the trauma of war.
So instead of learning how Jenny deals with her "raging emotional memory"(from back of the book) and Jenny's parents struggles, the egotistical therapist tells us how wonderful he is in his treatment of them all. Jenny, her dad, her mom and the soldier. Also, if reading about rape is a trigger for anyone , do not read this book. The violent and horrific rape is mentioned several times.
I will say that I did not see the end coming, the way it is written, I don't think anyone would.
Goodreads summary:
In the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut everything seems picture perfect.
Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory. Her father, Tom, becomes obsessed with his inability to find her attacker and seek justice while her mother, Charlotte, prefers to pretend this horrific event did not touch her perfect country club world.
As they seek help for their daughter, the fault lines within their marriage and their close-knit community emerge from the shadows where they have been hidden for years, and the relentless quest to find the monster who invaded their town - or perhaps lives among them - drive this psychological thriller to a shocking and unexpected conclusion.
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