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One of the strongest emotions a human being can ever experience in life is grief. It has the power to destroy families irrevocably, taking them to the point of no return where all hope is lost. Some manage to plough right through it, moving on with their lives. Those are the lucky ones. The others live in a waking coma being totally dead inside. For the Chase family that is the category they fall in. Father left, mother resorts to overeating and being a couch potato and the surviving son lives in the shadows of his dead brother. Five years ago, Ronnie Chase died in an accident right after leaving his school's prom. It was a devastating accident that took the lives of a few and permanently scarred some other people. It devastated them for all those years. Now, the Chases get a small glimmer of hope from Ronnie's girlfriend who survived the accident but is now permanently scarred. What she tells them will shock everyone including herself. The impossible may just have happened. The Chases refuse to believe what she's told them, but could it be possible? Could it be that after five years a miracle is about to occur. By the time you finish this book the truth will stun the readers and make you connect with these characters at another level. Searles' novel is a powerful story reminiscent of the works of Eugene O'Neill and Henrik Ibsen where an event forms a character's being sometimes forcing them to make a rash decision unaware of the possible consequences. In STRANGE BUT TRUE, the author gives each character at least one chapter for each to tell their story of how death has affected who they were and what they have become. How would their lives have turned out had things remained the same? It is a melancholic journey where the possibility of hope is on the horizon but may be rapidly fleeting. The book provides a major twist that brings some sort of sense into the novel's events where things might just be as it seems or something worse. This is a powerhouse of novel with dynamic characters developed beautifully that will move readers and touch their heartstrings. STRANGE BUT TRUE is a novel that should not be missed and it is highly recommended.
Reviewed by Angel L. Soto, August 2004
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