Little Mercies by Heather Gudenkauf

[BJ Neary]

a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18722887-little-mercies" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Little Mercies" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1399313845m/18722887.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18722887-little-mercies">Little Mercies</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2875124.Heather_Gudenkauf">Heather Gudenkauf</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1523517782">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
Little Mercies was an amazing audiobbok; narrated by: Kate Ruddand Tanya Eby! I read Gudenkauf's thriller, The Weight of Silence and could not put it down! The same was true with this thriller that combined a committed but harried social worker, Ellen with a parallel plot of a 10 year old child, Jenny. I could not stop listening as Ellen and Jenny's lives converge and both are being torn apart by life, family, and the system. The ripped from the headlines topics of foster care, abusive parents, death of a child are chilling, demanding empathy from the reader and society. I especially loved the author's interview following the audiobook which asks us to acknowledge and value the little mercies in life. A taut, emotional, worthwhile read.
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