Violation

by Darian North

Book Overview

Thea Auben has fought hard to forget about the savage attack that changed her life many years ago, and to raise her son protected from the awful truth, but when the boy disappears, she will be forced... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451179153
• ISBN13: 9780451179159
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 435 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Complex and compelling story

Some events are not easy to forget. For Altea (Thea) Auben that life altering event was the rape and beating that left her comatose and pregnant at seventeen. Now thirteen years later despite little actual memory of the event she remains a fearful and isolated women, the mother of a thirteen year old boy who is beginning to wonder about his father and to rebel against the isolated and abnormal life his mother and he lead.Thea lives with her son, David, in a remote cabin in the woods of northern California. She has some money in a trust fund and earns a living by doing computer research for distant clients. David spends his time on the computer or reading about astronomy, but he wants to live a more normal life. Her landlord, Jack Verrity, is an ex cop with problems of his own. He befriends David and wonders about the kid's attractive but distant mother.Though, for David's sake, Thea tries to interact with Jack she is too scarred and scared by her traumatic past to accept a man' presence. Then David runs away to search for his biological father. Thea and her deceased mother have kept the truth about his birth from David but somehow he has discovered that he was conceived on Long Island. At first Thea blames Jack, but soon she is forced to join forces with Jack in the search for her son.This is a complex story and Darian North provides frightening insight into the obsessive fears and uncontrollable behaviors that are the result of the trauma of rape. This book is very well researched and compassionately written. The story is compelling as are the characters. I'm looking foward to her other books.

captivating

A fascinating story. Characters were all intersting and believable. Plot was distinctly palusible. In fact at times I thought I was reading something based on reality. It did leave me vaguely disturbed, most likely by the way the characters were ensnared.

A brilliant, incredibly moving and disturbing novel

There is no proper way to discuss the emotional wrench thrown into this well written thriller. The characters are both flawed and flawless. The storyline was great, but the discription of the emotional scars suffered after this brutal, sexual assault makes you want to renounce your male identity. I recommended to my son's private school principle that this book should be required reading for all male students over 16 years old. He read it and agreed. This book is wonderful and disturbing at the same time. When I finished the book, my wife immediately asked me if I liked it. I sat there speechless. Not for the faint of heart, but well worth a look.

EXCELLENT

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel by Darian North. I found myself staying up later at nite trying to finish but also not wanting the book to end. The plot was believable--scary to the point considering todays media. Definately recommend to a mystery book reader.