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Guilt by Association By Susan R. Sloan

12/19/2014

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 Genre: Thriller
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This is an older book, but it is definitely worth revisiting for those who missed it.  It captured me when I first read it, and I never really forgot it.  It was just as good in the rereading and only slightly dated.  In 1962, Karen Kern attends a friend's party and is "date-raped" (not a term in those days) by a Harvard law student.  Her world comes tumbling down, and his never misses a beat.  She drops out of school and  tells her fiancé what occurred.  He does not take it well and leaves her. Her parents are more ashamed than supportive (hello 1960's) and it takes over a year and several surgeries for her to come close to recovering. She is unable to have children and is emotionally devestated. She moves to Manhattan and we watch her mature through the next thirty years. As the book progresses, we watch changes in the treatment of women through the thirty years.

We also watch the man who raped her, as he graduates and ultimately finds his way into politics. Robert Willmont's life seems charmed as he gets away with his crime and builds his future.  It is interesting and disturbing following both of them until they inevitably meet again.

The end of the book in no way disappoints, and I recommend it highly as a story filled with great character development and a plot that captures the reader from page one.

- Beverly


Publisher - Grand Central Publishing
Date of Publication - December 19, 2009
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