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| What Have I Done? - Amanda Prowse |
Title : What Have I Done?
Author : Amanda Prowse
Edition : Paperback
No. of pages : 323
Goodreads rating : 3.72 out of 5
My rating : 4 out of 5
Book synopsis :
Would you destroy your family to save your children?
Kathryn Brooker seems the very picture of a fulfilled wife and mother. Anyone who peered through the downstairs window at the four figures sitting around her kitchen table would see a happy family without a care in the world. They would envy Kathryn her perfect life.
But they would be wrong. Kathryn is trapped in a nightmare. And she is about to do something to change it. Something only a truly desperate woman would do...
My review :
As someone who is pursuing counseling for a diploma, I am very much satisfied when I read this book. The book tells the story of Kathryn who had lived the majority of her married life in silence, her freedom taken away. The book began with Kathryn calling the police to report a murder, which was a murder she had committed. During interrogation, Kathryn seem to show no remorse over what she had done, thus she have to serve years of imprisonment.
But unlike other inmates, Kathryn took her imprisonment as a tranquility pill that she had longed desired and hoped for. She now teaches literature while serving her time and is able to read to her heart's content; She was free from her years of pain. But despite all that freedom, she suffers only one pain after what she had done : the pain of losing her children. Her children reacted in ways I think is natural for children, because they are forced to make decisions whether to choose one or the other and to them, it seems unfair. So, in the end, only anger remains and the guilt and pain follows them into adulthood.
This book is a marvelous book. It shows the strength and courage of every mother, and what it takes to save herself and her children. They always put her children first, despite having to destroy themselves. Children seldom understand the sacrifice mothers always take, but in the end, they will always be their mother. The road to recovery was stated and portrayed excellently in the book, with real emotions put into it.
I do not recommend this book to those who are suffering severe depression or have a high tendency to suicide, because of its content, but unless the person is trying to heal and finding it hard to find anyone who understands, I would definitely recommend this book. The writer had carved deep emotions and feelings of this book, that I did not just read the story of Kathryn, but I was Kathryn throughout the whole book.
Edition : Paperback
No. of pages : 323
Goodreads rating : 3.72 out of 5
My rating : 4 out of 5
Book synopsis :
Would you destroy your family to save your children?
Kathryn Brooker seems the very picture of a fulfilled wife and mother. Anyone who peered through the downstairs window at the four figures sitting around her kitchen table would see a happy family without a care in the world. They would envy Kathryn her perfect life.
But they would be wrong. Kathryn is trapped in a nightmare. And she is about to do something to change it. Something only a truly desperate woman would do...
My review :
As someone who is pursuing counseling for a diploma, I am very much satisfied when I read this book. The book tells the story of Kathryn who had lived the majority of her married life in silence, her freedom taken away. The book began with Kathryn calling the police to report a murder, which was a murder she had committed. During interrogation, Kathryn seem to show no remorse over what she had done, thus she have to serve years of imprisonment.
"I will gather up all the little pieces that you have chipped away, hidden in drawers, swept under the carpet and shoved behind cushions and I will rebuild myself. I will become all of the things that I thought I might. All the dreams I considered before you broke me, I will chase them all."
But unlike other inmates, Kathryn took her imprisonment as a tranquility pill that she had longed desired and hoped for. She now teaches literature while serving her time and is able to read to her heart's content; She was free from her years of pain. But despite all that freedom, she suffers only one pain after what she had done : the pain of losing her children. Her children reacted in ways I think is natural for children, because they are forced to make decisions whether to choose one or the other and to them, it seems unfair. So, in the end, only anger remains and the guilt and pain follows them into adulthood.
This book is a marvelous book. It shows the strength and courage of every mother, and what it takes to save herself and her children. They always put her children first, despite having to destroy themselves. Children seldom understand the sacrifice mothers always take, but in the end, they will always be their mother. The road to recovery was stated and portrayed excellently in the book, with real emotions put into it.
I do not recommend this book to those who are suffering severe depression or have a high tendency to suicide, because of its content, but unless the person is trying to heal and finding it hard to find anyone who understands, I would definitely recommend this book. The writer had carved deep emotions and feelings of this book, that I did not just read the story of Kathryn, but I was Kathryn throughout the whole book.
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