title: The Fall of Lisa Bellow: A Novel
author:  Susan Perabo 
description: <b>ADVANCE PRAISE FOR<i> THE FALL OF LISA BELLOW</i></b><br /> <br /> A daring narrative strategy...You will hate to leave the inside of this woman's head when you finish the book. The texture of family life as it unravels, then begins to regenerate, is conveyed with unflinching clarity and redemptive good humor.<br /> <b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i>(starred review)</b><br /> <br /> "[A] sharp and suspenseful novel...The novels tension arises as much from Perabos insight into a complex and changing family dynamic as from the horror of an unusual but believable situation. Perabos female characters are particularly strong....Survivors guilt takes on a unique form here, as the novel plays with the readers understanding of what is actually going on in Merediths world."<br /> <b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /> <br /> GrippingPerabo captures both the unease and bravado of adolescence alongside the worries of parenthood and is unafraid to explore the family members flaws as they attempt to emerge from chaos.<br /> <b><i>Booklist</i></b><br /> <br /> Dark and suspenseful.<br /> <b>Glamour.com(Best Books To Read in 2017 selection)</b><br /> <br /> Told through the incredibly honest eyes of an eighth grade girl and her despairing mother, this moving story touches on tragedy, loss, and what happens to those affected.<br /> <b>RealSimple.com (Best Books of March selection)</b><br /> <br /> The second novel from writer Susan Perabo is wrenching, a dark yet beautifully told story of family, fear and grief.<br /> <b><i>Bookpage</i></b><br /> <br /> "Absolutely masterful...this should be the book to launch Susan Perabo into the realm of Known Writers, those folks whose each new work marks the landscape in overt ways. All her powerful skills are on display herethe vivid, telling details, the strangely askance story actually being told, the murky irresolution thats somehow gratifying despite not delivering on what most readers will likely expect...this is a dynamite, stunning book thatll hang in you long after you finish it."<br /> <b><i>The Brooklyn Rail</i></b><br /><br /> "Utterly captivating and achingly beautiful, <i>The Fall of Lisa Bellow </i>brilliantlyexplores the aftermath of ashocking abduction in an idyllic town, moving seamlessly between the rocky terrain of teenage grief and maternal guilt to show the ultimate redemptive power of love. It's a fantastic, thought-provoking novel."<br /> <b>Kimberly McCreight,<i>New York Times Bestselling </i>author of <i>Reconstructing Amelia </i>and<i> The Outliers</i></b><br /> <br /> A searingly smart and painful exploration of aftermaththe voids left in tragedy's wake, the truths that can never be spoken. To be the one left behind: Perabo never shies away from how much this can hurt. But in her hands, what seems at first like a story of loss ultimately becomes a narrative of renewal--and an unforgettable portrait of mothers, daughters, and the tangle of desperation, fear, history, confusion, and love that binds them together.<br /> <b>Robin Wasserman, author of <i>Girls on Fire</i></b><br /> <br /> Were you ever an adolescent girl? I was. And I wouldnt go back there for a million dollars. Except I just did, with Susan Perabo as my tour guide. In <i>The Fall of Lisa Bellow</i>, she earns her place as a bridge builder between generations, equally believable and relatable from the perspectives of a struggling teenager and her well-intentioned but flummoxed mom. I cant wait to share this beautiful, funny and tragic page turner with my fifteen year-old. I just know it will spark the scintillating, honest conversation Ive been waiting for!<br /> <b>Elisabeth Egan, author of <i>A Window Opens</i></b><br /> <br /> Breathless...this exhilarating novel shatters your heart then pieces it back together chapter by chapter until the last devastating sentence. In masterful and hypnotic prose, Perabo tells an unforgettable story of resilience as a family struggles to reconnect after their perfect world is torn apart by violence and loss. Psychologically insightful and emotionally engrossing, this is a story that will transform you from the inside out.<br /> <b>Kim van Alkemade, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Orphan #8</i></b>
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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either
  are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is
  entirely coincidental.
  
  LADY FALLS
  
  Renee Bernard
  
  Copyright © 2014 by R. Renee Ferguson
  
  Smashwords Edition
  
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  This book is dedicated to my dear friend and twin sister, Lisa Watson. I kn