Lover, Husband, Father, Monster - Book 3, The Aftermath

Lover, Husband, Father, Monster - Book 3, The Aftermath - Paperback

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Lover, Husband, Father, Monster - Book 3, The Aftermath

Lover, Husband, Father, Monster - Book 3, The Aftermath - Paperback

by Graeme Johnstone , Elsie Johnstone
$23.63
Sale price  $23.63 Regular price 

Book Overview

This is the third book in the trilogy - Lover Husband Father Monster, Her Story; Lover Husband Father Monster, His Story and now, Lover Husband Father Monster, The Aftermath.In Books One and Two, the story is told in two voices - his and hers - of how Stuart Hoare's abuse and control of Jennifer, his wife and mother of his three children for fifteen years, culminates in a tragic family disaster.Stuart is a successful businessman, the family live in an upmarket Dublin suburb and the children attend good schools. Jennifer, previously a successful environmental lawyer, is an 'at-home' mother who is a slave to her family's needs. Although unhappy in the marriage, Jennifer endures because all sense of self has been destroyed and she has nowhere to go. On Facebook, she reunites with her English lover from university days, has an affair and eventually gathers the strength to confront her husband to declare that the marriage is over and that she is leaving to live in London, taking their young daughter Molly with her.Stuart will not accept her decision, repudiating her right to her own destiny by seeking revenge in the most heinous way. On the day of their departure a series of events finds him standing arms outstretched in a trancelike state on a motorway flyover while Molly lays injured below amid a pile-up of cars.Initially it was thought to be an accident, but truth always outs and in 'The Aftermath', the real story unfolds as we travel alongside the major players and discover how their lives are changed forever.What happened next?Does Molly survive?If he did do it, did he mean to do it? Will the law extract a price or will he escape conviction?Will Jennifer and her lover make a life together?The story is told in many voices. What of other family members and friends, how will they cope?The rock has been thrown into the pond and the ripples are immediate and immense, affecting and changing forever the lives of close family and friends. The case captures the attention of the whole of Ireland who are fascinated by how an apparently privileged and well to do family can be caught up in a situation where a father appears to commit the unspeakable crime. This psychological thriller will keep you enthralled from the beginning to its dramatic conclusion.

ISBN9780992505967
Author Graeme Johnstone , Elsie Johnstone
PublisherG. & E. Johnstone Pty. Ltd.
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages324
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Elsie Johnstone

Elsie Johnstone was originally a primary school teacher and special education specialist. Over the years she also worked as an office cleaner in London, kitchen hand, shop assistant, waitress, photographer, Avon sales representative and betting shop clerk. In 2001 she quit her job as a teacher and joined her husband Graeme in their business venture, The Wordsmith's Shop, a unique establishment that wrote everything from personal letters to books for a wide range of clients. This experience encouraged her to develop her writing skills. Her first book, Our Little Town, is a snapshot of life in the Victorian fishing village of Lakes Entrance across four generations. She and Graeme then worked on Lover, Husband, Father, Monster, a chilling tale set in Dublin of a well-meaning marriage that goes wrong. Elsie wrote Ma's Garden, a novel about the growth of the small Victorian town of Trafalgar, centred on the launch of the local newspaper there in 1902, before developing Rainbow over Narre Warren. She also has had success as a short story writer, winning awards for her snapshots of life, turning often real incidents and events into engaging stories with a twist.

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