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In the Blink of an Eye
In the Blink of an Eye | Jesse Blackadder
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"Absolutely captivating....This is a masterpiece of women's fiction."Booklist (starred review) "Absorbing....Fast-moving but emotionally resonant." Kirkus reviews In the Blink of an Eye is award-winning author Jesse Blackadders deeply emotional drama that explores a familys path to forgiveness and redemption in the aftermath of a tragedy. The Brennansparents, Finn and Bridget, and their sons, Jarrah and Tobyhave made a sea change, from chilly Hobart, Tasmania, to subtropical Murwillumbah, New South Wales. Feeling like foreigners in this land of sun and surf, they're still adjusting to work, school, and life in a sprawling purple clapboard house, when one morning, tragedy strikes. In the devastating aftermath, the questions fly. What really happened? And who's to blame? Determined to protect his family, Finn finds himself under the police and media spotlight. Guilty and enraged, Bridget spends nights hunting answers in the last place imaginable. Jarrahhis innocence lostfaces a sudden and frightening adulthood where nothing is certain. In the Blink of an Eye is a haunting, redemptive story about forgiveness and hope.
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In the Blink of an Eye | Jesse Blackadder

Listless days. “It was the very last moment of my childhood. A micro-measurement of time---not even a second---passed, instantly adult part of my brain understood...Every few - moments? - minutes? - you drift away and then the memory of why you are there washes back though you in another sickening rush. Some part of your brain logs the stress process: adrenaline, cortisol, norepinephrine, flooding your body...your life is now measured in threes.“

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Reecaspieces
In the Blink of an Eye | Jesse Blackadder
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🍭🍭🍭🍭 review is up on my blog. Stop by and say hi! Interesting read. https://reecaspieces.com/2019/03/20/in-the-blink-of-an-eye-by-jesse-blackadder-r...

LDuffN I'm about to start this one. 5y
KristenDuck Wow this looks good! 5y
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Reecaspieces @LDuffN can‘t wait to hear your thoughts! 5y
Reecaspieces @KristenDuck heartbreaking in places. But so good 5y
Reecaspieces @Bklover you are the best! 👏👏👏 5y
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JHSiess
In the Blink of an Eye | Jesse Blackadder
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Congrats to Jesse Blackadder on publication day for #InTheBlinkOfAnEye!
It's a raw, powerful, poignant study of a family in a time of tragic crisis. So painful, yet compelling to read.
⭐⭐⭐⭐

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JHSiess
In the Blink of an Eye | Jesse Blackadder
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"The white coffin. The voice of the celebrant. The sound of people behind me crying.

This doesn‘t happen to us. This happens to other people. It was a stupid thing to think. But it wouldn‘t get out of my head. I‘d read about bad stuff in the papers, I‘d felt sorry for those people whose lives had been wrecked, and then I‘d forgotten them. And now we were them."

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