Testimony is told from at least 20 different accounts and had it not been told in the manner that Shreve placed in her writing, one could have easily been lost.
Shreve's, novel shows how consequences of one action can lead to a domino effect which in turn leaves many to feel that they are at fault for actions that they did not directly take part of.
Testimony is an explosive cautionary tale with compelling characters, riveting plot lines and details so vivid you feel like your standing at the sidelines watching the story unravel.
This novel is both stimulating and sad because the idea behind the book isn't far fetched and we have seen similar headlines run across our television sets at home. Be prepared to sit for hours because you simply can't put this book down.
Grade: A
Synopsis
At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Anita Shreve delivers in TESTIMONY a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. No one more compellinglyexplores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions.
At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Anita Shreve delivers in TESTIMONY a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. No one more compellinglyexplores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions.
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