Night Sounds by Pam Young
Samantha Jensen is
a successful college professor and a perfect housewife. She is also beautiful
and author of a new book. The dark cloud that hangs over her life is the brutality her
husband Jim metes out on a constant basis. Warring within Samantha’s mind is a
voice that is demanded to be heard and freed from the turmoil. The other voice
is a combination of the outside demands and values based on what she thinks
everyone expects her to be. After finally choosing to escape Samantha goes on a
spiritual pilgrimage to recapture who it is she wants to be. As an added
dimension to the story unbeknownst to Samantha someone is plotting her demise.
I can relate to
Samantha’s total reconditioning of her self-perception. The path to self-discovery
isn’t always pretty. However, in the end, you take ownership of your life, and
a new sense of control is born.
This story was
okay. It was difficult to pay attention in a lot of places. There are also characters
that are so similar that it was hard for me to remember who was who. The ending builds
to a good climax, if a bit sketchy and a happily ever after scene that almost
makes up for some of the plodding from the rest of the book.
This is a good
story for those who are curious what it’s like to be in an abusive relationship
and what it can mean when you try to leave.
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| Pam Young |
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