{"id":131,"date":"2010-09-01T10:09:35","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T15:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/?p=131"},"modified":"2010-09-01T10:09:35","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T15:09:35","slug":"book-review-still-life-by-joy-fielding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/2010\/09\/01\/book-review-still-life-by-joy-fielding\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review- Still Life by Joy Fielding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The library has the new book by Joy Fielding called Still Life.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If you haven&#8217;t read any of her books, why not try this one.<br \/>\nCheck out Booklists review on the book.<a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/files\/2010\/09\/still-life1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-135\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/files\/2010\/09\/still-life1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still Life by Joy Fielding<br \/>\nCasey Marshall has it all: a successful interior-design business; a handsome, loving husband; wonderful friends; and a boatload of family money at her disposal. But just as she\u2019s contemplating starting a family, she\u2019s the victim of a hit-and-run accident that leaves her in a coma. But she\u2019s not completely out of it, so she\u2019s a witness to everything that happens in her hospital room. But is that so bad? Isn\u2019t it everyone\u2019s dream to be a fly on the wall, to hear what might be said at our\u00a0funerals? Even though Casey is privy to everyone\u2019s \u201cprivate\u201d remarks and conversations as they visit, she feels trapped and helpless, especially when it becomes abundantly clear that the incident with the car was no accident. Her frustration mounts as her sister, the wayward but bighearted Drew, becomes a suspect, along with everyone close to her. While not narrated in first person, the action\u00a0revolves around\u00a0Casey\u2019s experiences and perceptions. Fielding makes the most of this intriguing premise without succumbing to gimmicky plot tricks. The moment that Casey solves her own attempted murder is truly riveting, and the anxiety she feels as she tries to avoid the would-be murderer\u2019s completion of his task is palpable. A heart-pounding mainstream thriller. &#8211;Mary Frances Wilkens<\/p>\n<p>Joy Fielding\u00a0 has a website\u00a0about herself and her books \u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.JoyFielding.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.JoyFielding.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The library has the new book by Joy Fielding called Still Life.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If you haven&#8217;t read any of her books, why not try this one. Check out Booklists review on the book. Still Life by Joy Fielding Casey Marshall has it all: a successful interior-design business; a handsome, loving husband; wonderful&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/2010\/09\/01\/book-review-still-life-by-joy-fielding\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43MiM-27","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/superior\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}