Stillwater Rising, Steena Holmes
Stillwater Rising, Steena Holmes
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Stillwater Rising

Author: Steena Holmes

Narrator: Steena Holmes

Unabridged: 5 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 11/11/2014

Synopsis

After losing her son in an elementary school shooting that devastates the tight-knit community of Stillwater Bay, Jennifer Crowne finds herself unable to settle back into her role of perfect stay-at-home mom and committee organizer. Meanwhile, her best friend, Mayor Charlotte Stone, struggles to keep the town together, and Charlotte’s husband, the school principal, may not be the hero everyone thinks him to be.As they try to heal from this irrevocable trauma, Jenn and Charlotte find themselves at a crossroads—within the town and within their friendship. For Jenn, broken and grieving, there is no going back, and she demands that the school be closed so that she can bury the past. Yet Charlotte is equally desperate to hold the town together, fighting the school closure and helping the shooter’s mother regain her place in the community. Jenn and Charlotte’s relationship is put to the ultimate test as each weighs her own interests against the bonds of their friendship.

About Steena Holmes

With a passion for storytelling, Steena Holmes took her dream of being a full-time writer and made it a reality, writing her first novel while working as a receptionist. She won the National Indie Excellence Book Award in 2012 for her bestselling novel Finding Emma. Steena currently lives in Calgary, Alberta, with her husband, three daughters, and two dogs. She likes to celebrate completing each new novel with chocolate.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cheryl on November 16, 2014

This is a powerful story. So with a powerful story you need strong, good characters. They need to be able to evoke emotions that make you want to love/hate, cry/laugh, cheer/scream with them. I may not have done all of this while reading this book but I sure did enjoy reading it. I liked the fact th......more

Goodreads review by Marcee on June 20, 2014

[URL not allowed] Hmmmm.....what to say. I really wanted to love this book. I'm a sucker for school shooting stories, I freaking loved Jodi Picoult's, "19 Minutes", and I was moved by Laura Kasischke's "The Life Before Her Eyes". So, it wasn't the subject matter that bothered m......more

Goodreads review by Elaine on November 11, 2014

I really liked Memory Child by Steena Holmes so was looking forward to this one which, whilst I enjoyed, did leave me with a feeling of dissatisfaction at the end. It is the story of a small town in America that has been torn apart by a school shooting. I haven’t read 19 Minutes but I have read We Ne......more

Goodreads review by Linda on August 07, 2014

I got a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. It is by far my favorite book so far by a wonderful Author, Steena Holmes. This book got me from the beginning and kept me all the way through. I loved how it had told about each of the different characters in each chapter. It......more

Goodreads review by Stacy on July 18, 2015

Just 'meh.' Deep content, shallow writing. Passed the time quickly reading in the pool, read almost the entire book in 2 hours or so......more

Quotes

“An empathic portrayal of a community tragedy.” —Booklist

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