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sarahsbookstack 's review for:
Hold Me Down
by Clea Simon
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Gal is an almost 50 year old former leader of a girl rock group. When her best friend/former drummer Aimee dies, her band gets back together one time to do a benefit concert. Gal sees someone in the crowd and she's not sure why he's there
This story takes us through after the benefit interspersed with bits from the past. A past of regret, drugs and alcohol. The face she sees in the present dies and her friend's widow is arrested for his murder..... And won't dispute the charges.
Gal tries to figure out why he's doing this in spite of how it might affect his already fragile daughter. But to do that, she has to bring up memories she has posted down deep inside herself.
I liked the fact that Gal had turned her life around, away from those addictions. I thought she was very caring, even when those that need to be taken care of won't let her.
This story takes us through after the benefit interspersed with bits from the past. A past of regret, drugs and alcohol. The face she sees in the present dies and her friend's widow is arrested for his murder..... And won't dispute the charges.
Gal tries to figure out why he's doing this in spite of how it might affect his already fragile daughter. But to do that, she has to bring up memories she has posted down deep inside herself.
I liked the fact that Gal had turned her life around, away from those addictions. I thought she was very caring, even when those that need to be taken care of won't let her.