5/26/2023 0 Comments Faithful by alice hoffman![]() ![]() The accident was not her fault, and no one ever made her feel it was, not even the heartbroken parents of the injured girl. ![]() Meanwhile, Shelby has been left behind to bear it all, and she easily takes up the mantle of self-flagellation. She has been elevated to the status of saint because of the tragedy, and is permanently frozen at 17, meaning she's no longer culpable for anything she may have done when she was fully alive and somewhat cruel. Helene is a strange character, at times incomprehensible – but not in a manner that fails to serve the story. Here, Hoffman fosters enchantment in the most wounded of characters, Shelby Richmond, who at the outset of the novel has recovered physically but not mentally from a horrific car accident that's left her best friend, Helene, with a devastating brain injury. Alice Hoffman has long been known as a storyteller who weaves the believable with the unbelievable and finds the magic in the mundane, and her latest delivers on her brand in a big way. ![]()
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