Life Without Air - 2nd Edition by Perrine (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Norah, Grace, and Colton know the loneliness triggered by harboring secrets. Over time, that feeling echoes so loudly it is nearly impossible to bear. Eventually, their secrets seep into the world, fracturing the fortresses they have built around them.

As each former parent attempts to climb out of their valley of grief after losing their only child, eyes are watching from the shadows, laying the groundwork to decimate their journeys. Toying with their emotions becomes entertainment. The game master carefully positions the pieces-tormenting and harassing the three unnerved players through cryptic and terrifying warnings and threats. Instead of looking forward, they begin watching over their shoulders.

Trust is fragile. It can be broken with a single word or an unsettling glance. As the mystery intensifies, Norah, Grace, and Colton suspect everyone-until the day they stumble into the path of their heinous adversary. But when the psycho wages all-out war and truths are revealed, they struggle just to breathe.

In nearly everything in life, there is a winner, and there is a loser. When the dust settles, who will call checkmate in this game of life-and-death?

Review Quotes

"Nobody twists a book like Mary Perrine. The end had a twist I never saw coming."

"Life Without Air, is a novel about three parents who each lose a child, how each handles such a devastating loss, and how it impacts them. What is done so skillfully in this very moving and emotional tale is how the three, Nora, Colton, and Grace, who have each experienced deep loss, eventually find their lives intertwining and beginning to heal until the story takes an unexpected turn. Like Perrine's previous two books, Hidden and The Lies They Told, the reader doesn't know what to expect. She keeps you hooked from beginning to end."