false 69245491 79482 5678060 1439103135 9781439103135 26 <![CDATA[In This Way I Was Saved: A Novel]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/56/60/5678060-m-1255959995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/56/60/5678060-s-1255959995.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5678060.In_This_Way_I_Was_Saved_A_Novel 3.28 79 Daniel and Luke are soon inseparable. With his parents divorcing, Luke takes comfort in having a near-constant playmate. But there's something strange about Daniel, who is more than happy to bind himself to the Nightingales. The divorce has cut Luke's father out of the picture, and as his increasingly fragile mother struggles with the insidious family depression, Daniel -- shrewd, adventurous, and insightful -- provides Luke both recreation and refuge.

As Luke grows from a child to an adolescent to a young man, he realizes that as much as his mother needs him, Daniel needs him more. Jealous of Luke's other attachments, Daniel moves from gestures of friendship into increasingly sinister manipulations. In the end, Luke finds himself in a daily battle for control of his own life -- wondering whether he or Daniel will emerge victorious.

Brian DeLeeuw's debut is a haunting and provocative story of a family's love and madness that you will not be able to put down.

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