When forty-seven-year-old high school teacher Caelum Quirk and his younger wife, Maureen, a school nurse, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, Caelum returns home to Three Rivers, Connecticut, to be with his aunt who has just had a stroke. But Maureen finds herself in the school library at Columbine, cowering in a cabinet and expecting to be killed, as two vengeful students go on a carefully premeditated, murderous rampage. Miraculously she survives, but at a cost: she is unable to recover from the trauma. Caelum and Maureen flee Colorado and return to an illusion of safety at the Quirk family farm in Three Rivers. But the effects of chaos are not so easily put right, and further tragedy ensues.
I really look forward to reading this novel - though I don't know why. I'll let you know.
Update: I've finished The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. First I'll say, I really, really liked the book. He's a great writer with a way with word and certainly knows how to tell a hell of a story. I read the book quickly and really couldn't put it down. Understand, however, if you go to read this book, it is NOT a feel good book. This is not an exaggeration. In fact, there isn't much good that happens to any of the characters in the book. Seriously!!! I mean, just when you think, "Okay, nothing else bad can happen." lo and behold, you are proven wrong. Now, I hope those readers out there who read this will not let that deter you from picking this book up. I just feel that you should be fairly warned. Of course, you couldn't think that a book revolving around the Columbine massacre could be an easy read, huh. Anyway, a very good book and definite recommendation.
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