book No. 29: How A Woman Becomes A Lake

 Actually, I finished 3 books last week. It was a bit more than my usual reading. 

I love to write about the book "How A Woman Becomes Lake" by Marjorie Celona. 

Leo took his sons on New Year's eve to the Square point. It was a heavy snow day. The lake was frozen. It was bone-chilling cold. 

Vera was walking her dog there and found Leo's older son standing in the snow. She called the police to report seeing the child. 

Later officer Lewis cote found Vera's car and her dog. But Vera was nowhere to be found.

Leo and the kids tell the police they never saw the woman first. Are they telling the truth?

Danny is so lost after Vera is gone. Lewis later finds out the truth. 

We can feel the melancholy in the narration. Life is not what we really see on the outside. The mind plays a lot of games on how we are treated by our parents. Some people can overcome the trauma. some cannot. 

With the story, we understand how Vera's death affects the characters. How their life turned around because of Vera. Even the dog Scout has to live with the loss of her and the new living conditions. 

Highly recommend this book to you.