Her by Harriet Lane
Emma and Nina seem to have nothing
in common. Emma is a harried mother who
has put her career in television on hold for motherhood. Nina’s one child is a teenager and she has a
successful career as a painter. One day
Nina finds Emma’s wallet and returns it to her in her home and an unlikely friendship
blossoms. Or does it?
The book is told in alternating
chapters from each of the two main characters point of view. From the beginning you know that Nina knows
Emma, remembers her from her teen years, but that Emma does not recognize
Nina. You also know that Nina loathes
Emma and wants to get back at her for something that happened between them as
teenagers, but you don’t know what happened until almost the end of the
book. A frightening look at how one
person’s actions, even in ignorance, can upend the life of another and how hatred
can build into something irrational and evil over time.
