Sweet Lamb of Heaven

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / General / Millet, Lydia
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch

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Lydia Millet's chilling new novel is the first-person account of a young mother, Anna, escaping her cold and unfaithful husband, a businessman who's just launched his first campaign for political office. When Ned chases Anna and their six-year-old daughter from Alaska to Maine, the two go into hiding in a run-down motel on the coast. But the longer they stay, the less the guests in the dingy motel look like typical tourists-- and the less Ned resembles a typical candidate. As his pursuit of Anna and their child moves from threatening to criminal, Ned begins to alter his wife's world in ways she never could have imagined. A double-edged and satisfying story with a strong female protagonist, a thrilling plot, and a creeping sense of the apocalyptic, Sweet Lamb of Heaven builds to a shattering ending with profound implications for its characters-- and for all of us.

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Scratches head submitted by Judeyblu on July 2, 2016, 10:42am This gets a 4 star rating.
Not because it's a well integrated and well developed, coherent story.
It isn't.
There are many unanswered and unresolved points to this book.
Is it a dream? mental illness, paranormal? religious unveiling? medical emergency?
I have no idea, and I just finished it.
No, the reason it gets 4 stars is because it pulled me through the book.
I could almost taste the explanation... could almost hear it (just as Anna may or may not have heard voices while her young daughter was an infant)
It's compelling, interspersed with intriguing quotes and research.
I did not love this book- but I will chew on it for a while.
If you are looking for interesting, vivid imagery, and 'huh' moments- this is for you.