ISBN-10 : 0312380798
Published 2012.
About:
Nobody could have foreseen what would happen the day that Rose McKenna volunteers as a lunch mom in the cafeteria of her daughter’s elementary school. Rose does it to keep a discreet eye on her third-grader, Melly, a sweet, if shy, child who was born with a facial birthmark that has become her own personal bull’s-eye. Melly has been targeted by the mean girl at their new school and gets bullied every day, placing Rose in a no-win position familiar to parents everywhere. Do we step in to protect our children when they need us, or does that make things worse?
When the bully starts to tease Melly yet again. Rose is about to leap into action―but right then, the unthinkable happens. Rose finds herself in a nightmare, faced with an emergency decision that no mother should ever have to make. What she decides in that split second derails Rose’s life and jeopardizes everyone she holds dear, until she takes matters into her own hands and lays her life on the line to save her child, her family, her marriage―and herself.
My Review:
I have had this book for years sitting on my shelf and never read it. The title didn’t really grip me but I decided just go with it and give it a chance.
I wasn’t expecting for this story to start with the full plot happening at the beginning, this held my attention wondering how could this story continue.
Rose is too nice for her own good and at times frustratingly so she can be quite annoying and particularly when she is taking matters into her own hands rather than listen to the professionals. It is difficult to read as you get very frustrated with her but it also compelling with a need to know how this is going to reach a conclusion.
Has the story unfolds we see Rose still as a naive person but with an inner strength. It’s a bit bewildering that she leaves her children in the care of others to seek the truth that is ultimately about helping her daughter Melly.
Leo her husband doesn’t feature as much as I expected, working away all hours but with not as much time for his family as he would like. Even one of the brief visits he did return home in the midst of an unfolding crisis it wasn’t clear whether he stayed overnight, this confused me as I would have thought any father/husband would have stayed at least for the night to support his family.
Save Me is different in that the story continues even after all the drama as ended, giving you a closure as to what happens afterwards.
It wrapped up sweetly in a comfortable and easy way. I have never read Lisa Scottoline before but this book whilst difficult and frustrating is powerful and well written.
