![]() ![]() The potential suicide barely notices Joe's presence and is not interested in anything that he has to say. She is conducting an intense conversation on a mobile phone. When he reaches the site, Joe sees an unidentified female standing in the rain, naked except for a pair of red shoes. ![]() Joe's fortunes take a turn for the worse when he is asked to talk a jumper down from the Clifton Suspension Bridge. In spite of tremors, twitches, and other alarming symptoms, he is determined not to let his illness define him. Unfortunately, Joe's health has been deteriorating since he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease four years ago. He has been married for twenty years to Julianne, a beautiful and successful high-flyer in the corporate world, and they dote on their two daughters, twelve-year old Charlie and three-year-old Emma. The protagonist of Michael Robotham's Shatter is Professor Joe O'Loughlin, a clinical psychologist who teaches behavioral psychology at the University of Bath. It's a sound that makes you wonder how much hurt can be visited upon one person." And it's not something soft and wet like a broken heart. It's not a loud crack like when bones shatter or a spine fractures or a skull collapses. (Reviewed by Eleanor Bukowsky MAR 22, 2009) ![]()
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