Thursday, November 21, 2013

Wish You Well: review

WISH YOU WELL, written by David Baldacci, he resides in Virginia. As a resident of Roanoke, VA for the past 18 years, I really enjoyed reading this book, though the expert witness from the Psych clinic seemed a total idiot, but that is further in the story. This is a book about struggles that seem insurmountable. A family is torn apart with death, trauma and the need to leave their home and move to the mountains of Virginia. It is also about major companies coming in and disrupting life on the mountain for gain and then abandoning the newly formed towns. This same thing is happening now, with blasting of the mountains. What we are left with is the ugly remains of a once beautiful and majestic mountain. It reminds me of the greed people feel when they feel they have nothing. It almost reminds me of how to stand strong and persevere with the strength all of us have to survive. This story touches many emotional strings and I hope that they do not botch the movie. I

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