The Bracelet

By Karen Rose Smith

Book Overview

The bond between them was instant: Laura a flower-power antiwar protestor, Brady a duty-bound soldier heading off to Vietnam. He'd returned a changed man, and she'd saved his sanity. They'd always been there for each other. They'd raised two wonderful children and weathered the ups and downs that are inevitably part of a life together, a life that stretched over three decades. And they'd stuck to the deal they made on their wedding day: never talk about the past. But the past has a way of catching up....

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373654162
• ISBN13: 9780373654161
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

intense tale.

Brady Malone is rushed to York General Hospital having suffered a heart attack following an argument with his wife Laura over a newspaper article that accused him of killing women and babies in Viet Nam; she felt he needed to explain his side to their children, eighteen year old Sean and fourteen year old Kat, but he does not want to talk about his horrific military nightmare. Laura blames herself for Brady's heart attack as they agreed years ago never to speak of his Nam tour. They met at an anti-war protest in 1969, fell in love and when he came back from overseas she was there helping him heal. As he recuperates from his heart attack, she and their kids are there for him, but the guilt he suffers from Nam and from the SIDS of their child Jason is tearing apart his marriage. THE BRACELET is a deep family drama that focuses on keeping dark secrets inside turn them into a cancer that harms relationships. Lauren and Brady are realistic characters who hide their guiltiest feelings and fears from one another. The two teenage children react in a plausible manner to the accusations about their father and his heart attack. Readers who appreciate a strong character study that centers on internally holding guilty feelings will appreciate Karen Rose Smith's intense tale. Harriet Klausner

A story that tears at the heart.

Laura and Brady met and fell head-over-heels. Then he shipped out to Vietnam. When he came home, he'd changed. They found a way back to each other, but now, years later Brady's past is tearing their family apart. Sometimes love isn't enough...and Laura's not sure they can find their way back to each other again. Laura and Brady's story tore at my heart. Smith is a master storyteller!