Chris Bohjalian's "Before you Know Kindness" captures a heart wrenching story that could happen to any family at any time. It's hard to say if any family would come out on the other side as well as the Setons and the McColloughs do at the end of this novel.
The book gets off to slow start in New Hampshire, chronicling the lives of the well-to-do during the summer months. You can't feel the heat of the summer or this novel until the action hits in the July evening with a gun shot.
The issues of animal protection, guns, violence, family communication, vegetarianism, legalities and more surface as the book progresses. There are no real heroes in this book. It's hard to like any of the characters - they all have their well written flaws, but it only goes to make the books more readable and realistic.
Kudos to Bohjalian and "Kindness."
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