Explore the complexities of love and loss through an LGBTQ+ lens in this emotionally layered novel about family, identity, and long-suppressed truths.
On the eve of their trip to South Africa, Lynne and her wife, Susan, await three guests in a Paris hotel: Nick, Lynne's distant son; Laslo, Susan's effusive friend; and Marc, a former professor living on borrowed glamour.
What begins as a bon voyage soon becomes a clash of old wounds and fresh resentments. As night falls, long-buried secrets surface, threatening to dismantle the facades each has built.
Through the winding corridors of Paris and the tangled landscapes of memory, five people must confront the truths they've spent decades avoiding. At the heart lies the tragic story of two brothers-one present, one absent-and the lingering trauma that continues to shape their lives.
Set over three days, this unflinching exploration of family, betrayal, and silence asks whether we can ever truly escape our past-and what it takes to finally face the truths we've spent a lifetime running from.
What did I think?
Three Days Grace is quite a short book with 200 pages and it may be small but it sure is mighty. The turbulent emotions of the main character are still reverberating through me, long after turning the final page.
Nick is haunted by his past and as much as he might try to bury it, it all comes bursting to the surface during a dinner party with his mother and her wife. Nick's past is a dark and disturbing subject but Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato writes with such sensitivity and eloquence that I didn't feel uncomfortable at all; I was just furious for Nick and the many others like him who have suffered in silence.
I had a lump in my throat as the story is gradually revealed and my heart was virtually aching when I learned what had happened to Nick's brother. Your childhood should be the happiest time of your before you realise how bad the world can be and I feel both sad and angry that this is often not the case for a lot of children.
Powerful, raw and poignant, Three Days Grace is an incredibly heart-wrenching and thought-provoking novel that evokes myriad emotions in the reader. It's beautifully written but it is disturbing at times and could be distressing for sensitive readers.
I received a gifted paperback for the Love Books Tours readalong and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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