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Night Road

March 16, 2011 by Nancy

Kristin Hannah is rapidly moving up the list of authors whose books I want to devour. Her latest, Night Road, is no exception.

Jude Farraday has it all – the handsome doctor husband, beautiful, smart teenage twins, the garden that’s almost perfect enough for the Garden Tour. Lexi Baill has very little – the child of a heroin addict, she is shuffled among foster homes until an aunt turns up and takes her in. When Lexi falls for Jude’s son Zach and befriends his twin sister Mia on the first day of high school, Lexi’s life is intertwined with Jude’s from that point on. A terrible accident after a high school party rips their lives to shreds, casting a dark shadow on their bright futures and breaking the once loving family into pieces. They must learn to forgive themselves and each other in order to put their lives back together.

Night Road is a moving, harrowing, tissues-required novel. The story is told in alternating chapters from Jude’s and Lexi’s points of view, and later on, Lexi’s daughter Grace. I’ve always enjoyed when multiple points of views are presented as it lets you really get inside each character’s head. Hannah does a wonderful job of exploring every emotion and feeling. It’s also apparent she understands a family dynamic; she includes inside jokes, conversations that are realistic, love that isn’t always unconditional and the guilt that goes along with it.

While I greatly enjoyed Night Road, enough to add it to our 5 Star Reads, I do want to warn some interested readers that there are some serious themes: underage drinking and driving and the death of a child. If you don’t like to read books with these themes, you may want to skip Night Road.

We have one copy of Night Road to give away. Leave a comment below and the winner will be announced on March 30. This giveaway is closed.

  • The winners of Tugg and Teeny readers are #17 Staci A., #13 Bin, #22 Melissa N.

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Nancy fears the day she has to worry about her kids drinking and driving. She writes about her 2 boys and life in Colorado at Life With My Boys.

Filed Under: 5 Star Reads, Fiction, Nancy

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Comments

  1. Rory Kaphing says

    March 22, 2011 at 10:24 pm

    sounds like a great book

  2. John says

    March 22, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    I would like to win this book

  3. Natalia says

    March 22, 2011 at 10:33 pm

    Interesting book

  4. Genna Sarnak says

    March 23, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    NIGHT ROAD has been on my radar for some time now. I’d love to win a copy. Thanks! 🙂

  5. mandashyne says

    March 23, 2011 at 2:00 pm

    i would love this book! it looks quite interesting!

    [email protected]

  6. Shaunda Eppes says

    March 24, 2011 at 12:51 am

    Sounds like a really good book

  7. Patricia Boyle says

    March 25, 2011 at 9:55 am

    What a beautiful and scary name for a book – Night Road. Please enter my name in the giveaway.

  8. Linda says

    March 25, 2011 at 10:40 am

    Just heard about the book. I would like to be included in the giveaway. These are the type of books to help people learn and pass on their learning.

  9. karenk says

    March 26, 2011 at 9:17 am

    thanks for the chance to read this novel 🙂

  10. apple blossom says

    March 26, 2011 at 10:00 am

    please enter me thanks
    ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com

  11. Yvonne Butler says

    March 26, 2011 at 10:53 am

    I would love to read a book that is real and this one sounds very real. I would love to win it.

  12. Shonda says

    March 26, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    I would love to win this book!

  13. Nancye Davis says

    March 26, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    Kristin Hannah is an amazing writer! I would LOVE to win this book! Thanks for the chance.

    nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net

  14. Vicky says

    March 26, 2011 at 8:24 pm

    I have really enjoyed her other books. Thanks for the chance to win this one!

  15. Daniel M says

    March 26, 2011 at 9:35 pm

    great need something interesting to read

  16. Some Lucky Dog says

    March 27, 2011 at 2:12 am

    I need some great new reads for summer. This would be perfect!
    someluckydog at gmail dot com

  17. Megan says

    March 27, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    I love Kristin Hannah and would love to win this book!
    mearley1979 at gmail dot com

  18. AEKZ2 says

    March 28, 2011 at 1:35 am

    I’d really like to read this.

  19. shawna says

    March 28, 2011 at 10:52 am

    I’ve read one of her books before and I loved it, so I would love to read this one as well.

  20. Jenn S. says

    March 28, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    Sounds like something I would enjoy.

  21. kittycardero says

    March 28, 2011 at 4:45 pm

    Sounds like a good read. Thanks for the chance!

  22. janeh says

    March 28, 2011 at 4:47 pm

    Sounds fascinating

  23. william mckinley says

    March 28, 2011 at 4:58 pm

    i like jude already and didnt even know her tale yes kristins awesome speck135les at yahoo

  24. Ed Nemmers says

    March 28, 2011 at 9:11 pm

    I would like to read this author!

  25. Christal Couturier says

    March 28, 2011 at 10:27 pm

    Sounds great thank

  26. Breanne says

    March 28, 2011 at 10:57 pm

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  27. Chris N says

    March 29, 2011 at 1:08 am

    KH is always good. I haven’t read one of her books that I didn’t enjoy.

    ezmerelda(AT)mail(DOT)com

  28. Jennifer Jozwiak says

    March 29, 2011 at 7:44 am

    I hope I win, I love to read!!

  29. emily L says

    March 29, 2011 at 9:44 am

    This sounds great, I’d like to read it.

    [email protected]

  30. susan smoaks says

    March 29, 2011 at 10:04 am

    we would really enjoy this

  31. Dorothy says

    March 29, 2011 at 10:16 am

    Love to Read

  32. Jessica Kaufman says

    March 29, 2011 at 10:17 am

    I would like to read this book

  33. Susan Smith says

    March 29, 2011 at 11:01 am

    Sounds great

  34. cyndi kline says

    March 29, 2011 at 11:08 am

    I want to read this book

  35. Kristi-Anna says

    March 29, 2011 at 11:39 am

    I have loved everything I read by this author! I’d love to have this book to read and pass on!

  36. Diane Baum says

    March 29, 2011 at 11:58 am

    Wow-this book has been on my to read list, thank you

  37. Pamela S says

    March 29, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    I LOVE Kristin Hannah and with two teens of my own, this would be a timely book to read. Thanks.

    • Nancy says

      March 29, 2011 at 11:03 pm

      Pamela, congratulations, you’ve won! Please reply with your mailing address.

  38. Petra B. says

    March 29, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    Please count me in if it’s international! It sounds interesting.

  39. Heather W says

    March 29, 2011 at 5:55 pm

    I love Kristin Hannah!
    Lovefool827 (at) yahoo (dotcom)

  40. jane tombari says

    March 29, 2011 at 6:11 pm

    While I was eating in a resaurant, I observed a fellow diner reading Night Road by Kristin Hannah. So now I just have to read this book!

  41. Sharon A says

    March 29, 2011 at 6:13 pm

    It’s what every parent fears. It sounds like it is very well written.

  42. James Coyne says

    March 29, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    i love books

  43. Miranda Ward says

    March 29, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    Looks like a Great read!

    [email protected]

  44. Buddy Garrett says

    March 29, 2011 at 10:55 pm

    It sounds like a very interesting book. I would love to read it. Thanks.

  45. online gokken says

    April 10, 2011 at 8:50 am

    Yeah, this book is amazing, i have read it two times!

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