Glimpse

by Carol Lynch Williams

Summary: On the opening page of this novel in verse, Hope finds her older sister Lizzie holding a gun with her finger on the trigger. She has completely given up, about to attempt suicide. While Hope knows their life isn't rosy with a dead father and a grieving but selfish mother, she can't imagine what is so terrible for Lizzie that it would drive her to want to die. As the story unfolds, Hope begins to see through her mother's lies to get to the truth about the horror in their house.

My thoughts: You won't figure out until the very end what's happening to Lizzie, but you know it isn't good. This is a very sad story, but it's a quick, intense read. I had to know what happened. Carol Lynch Williams is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.