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While She Was Sleeping
While She Was Sleeping by Diane Pershing released on Apr 24, 1998 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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May 22, 2018
3.5 stars
This book had a slightly unusual premise where the layers of the mystery were unveiled gradually. The heroine wakes from a sensual dream to realise that her dream is a reality, she is in an unfamiliar place in bed with an unfamiliar man with no recollection of how she got there. Our hero is a cop who is on medical leave and isn't happy to find that the woman he spent the hottest night with is acting all shy and shocked now. They talk and he realizes that she is telling the truth. Of course the heroine starts getting flashes of a murder and runs out on him. But when she is left with no options, no money, no ID, not in her city the hero rescues her once again. The heroine's memory starts coming back gradually; her gambling ex-husband drugged her but she is scared to trust the hero because her dad was an abusive cop. We see the hero fall for her in the span of two three days although they do have trust issues stemming from their backgrounds, heroine's abusive dad, hero's experiences with mom and ex-wife. I found the mystery engaging and enjoyed this.
This book had a slightly unusual premise where the layers of the mystery were unveiled gradually. The heroine wakes from a sensual dream to realise that her dream is a reality, she is in an unfamiliar place in bed with an unfamiliar man with no recollection of how she got there. Our hero is a cop who is on medical leave and isn't happy to find that the woman he spent the hottest night with is acting all shy and shocked now. They talk and he realizes that she is telling the truth. Of course the heroine starts getting flashes of a murder and runs out on him. But when she is left with no options, no money, no ID, not in her city the hero rescues her once again. The heroine's memory starts coming back gradually; her gambling ex-husband drugged her but she is scared to trust the hero because her dad was an abusive cop. We see the hero fall for her in the span of two three days although they do have trust issues stemming from their backgrounds, heroine's abusive dad, hero's experiences with mom and ex-wife. I found the mystery engaging and enjoyed this.
September 30, 2021
Read this the first time to see if the author could pull off the plot -- which she did.
Re-read it because she does a good job of presenting how past trauma has a life-long impact, in some unpredictable ways, but that the traumatized person can also improve their situation by recognizing what's happened and that it was wrong and by becoming aware of and challenging their coping methods that are no longer functional. Plus, while the characters may be in a crazy situation, and undeniably stressed by it, for the most part they act like reasonable adults. They make mistakes and they struggle with their own patterns and they set each other off -- but they also recognize when their poor responses are contributing to the problem, and they regularly show each other grace and compassion as they both try to work things through. Which is lovely.
Re-read it because she does a good job of presenting how past trauma has a life-long impact, in some unpredictable ways, but that the traumatized person can also improve their situation by recognizing what's happened and that it was wrong and by becoming aware of and challenging their coping methods that are no longer functional. Plus, while the characters may be in a crazy situation, and undeniably stressed by it, for the most part they act like reasonable adults. They make mistakes and they struggle with their own patterns and they set each other off -- but they also recognize when their poor responses are contributing to the problem, and they regularly show each other grace and compassion as they both try to work things through. Which is lovely.
January 27, 2014
Interesting. Different. 3.5 stars
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