The Price of Silence
A Novel
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April 23, 2007
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t the start of this taut psychological thriller from Trinchieri (The Trouble with a Bad Fit
and other mysteries under the names Camilla T. Crespi and Trella Crespi), Emma Perotti, an ESL teacher in Manhattan, enfolds one of her students, An-ling Huang, into her family, despite her husband Tom’s distrust of the young Chinese woman. Emma is driven in part by the guilt she feels for the infant daughter she accidentally ran over and killed years before—a secret unknown to Tom, the child’s father, and Emma’s teenage son, Josh. As the bond between the women grows, Emma’s marriage stalls. She moves into a loft with An-ling, but the arrangement sours as Emma prepares to return home and An-ling seduces Josh. When An-ling is found dead, Emma is charged with her murder. Though Emma’s sudden obsession with An-ling and the family’s final redemption both feel slightly forced, the novel is a gripping, intelligent read. Particularly compelling are its subtle insights into the nature of family, foreignness and the lies we tell ourselves and others even when our intentions are good.
June 1, 2007
This is the book for readers wanting to be kept on the edge of their seats. It tells the seemingly placid story of an ESL teacher, Emma Perotti, who takes lonely immigrant student An-ling Huang under her wing, but it turns into riveting suspense when Emma goes on trial for An-ling's murder. The title is apt, as the characters silently bear their own thoughts and grief and pay for it through deceit and dishonesty. Emma and her husband and son are so good at carrying on the farce of everyday family lifefor fear of exposing their own secretsthat they are easy targets. An-ling is a young artist, lost in the city, looking for someone to care for and help her. Or is she? With each chapter, the reader finds out more and more about these characters' pasts and how they influence their future. A fast, intense read; recommended.Marianne Fitzgerald, Severna Park, MD
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