There's a difference between knowing and understanding?? What?? I'm serious. We all know that we should be thankful for.......... We know THIS but we don't really understand it until we gain wisdom from experience. Make sense?? When we are younger we think we understand things we can't possibly comprehend. We think we appreciate......but again we have to experience to truly appreciate. I can honestly say that I NOW appreciate every day--where I live --the people in my life--because I know that in the blink of an eye it could be gone. It happens every day. And it's random. Take a walk --bask in the sun--dance in the kitchen. Smile and say thank you. Rowan Caine, the main character in Ruth Ware's new book The Turn of the Key, could have been very different if she had learn these things.
Rowan Caine is a twenty-something year old woman from London. When she's turned down for promotion at a day care center, she decides to find a new job. After reading an ad for a live-in nanny in Scotland with great pay, she applies for the job. When she arrives at Heatherbrae House for the interview, she is overwhelmed with the beautiful home and seemingly perfect family. She accepts the job even though several other nannies have left under mysterious circumstances. So begins the nightmare that ends only after one of the children is dead. The story is told in the form of a letter. A letter from Rowan, who is in jail awaiting trial, to Mr. Wrexham, the lawyer she is trying to persuade to take her case. This ghost story has many twists and turns with a shock at the end you will never guess. It's 334 pages--3 mile run--that's hard to put down. It's not my favorite Ruth Ware book--but it's definitely worth the read. BOO.
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