The Silent Treatment
by Abbie Greaves
HarperCollins | Amazon | Barne
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: William Morrow (April 7, 2020)
For readers of The Light We Lost and Me Before You, a life-affirming, deeply moving story about lies, loss and a love that is louder than words.
“The premise alone had me, but The Silent Treatment itself is just heartrendingly lovely. It’s beautiful, so moving and clever. I truly adored it.” — Josie Silver, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December
A lifetime together.
Six months of silence.
One last chance.
By all appearances, Frank and Maggie share a happy, loving marriage. But for the past six months, they have not spoken. Not a sentence, not a single word. Maggie isn’t sure what, exactly, provoked Frank’s silence, though she has a few ideas.
Day after day, they have eaten meals together and slept in the same bed in an increasingly uncomfortable silence that has become, for Maggie, deafening.
Then Frank finds Maggie collapsed in the kitchen, unconscious, an empty package of sleeping pills on the table. Rushed to the hospital, she is placed in a medically induced coma while the doctors assess the damage.
If she regains consciousness, Maggie may never be the same. Though he is overwhelmed at the thought of losing his wife, will Frank be able to find his voice once again—and explain his withdrawal—or is it too late?
“A remarkably assured debut which doesn’t go where you expect it to go. I very much look forward to seeing what she writes next.” — Jojo Moyes, #1 New York Times bestselling author
ᐧMy Rating:
Favorite Quote:
I have no intention of being cruel, really I don’t, I never do. The sad reality is that often our behavior will do it for us, unwilled and unwilling. My silence is the very best example.
My Review:
Never have I read prose so elegantly detailed with an uncommon poignancy of tiny movements that continually plucked at my heartstrings while taunting my inquisitive nature to an unbearable level. The characters were devastatingly fractured, highly idiosyncratic, and oddly captivating. Narrated from a dual POV in two separate sections, each was evocatively written in an arresting style that held me transfixed to my Kindle while growing increasingly fretful and taut with tension. Ms. Greaves is a crafty and cunning wordsmith who kept me ensnared and suspended in an eager and avid state of curiosity. I was engaged, engrossed, and intrigued by the characters, their history, and the prickly and precarious unfolding story of their guarded present. And all this from a debut author. I am in complete and utter awe.
About the Author
Abbie Greaves studied English Literature at Cambridge University. She worked in publishing for three years before leaving to focus on her writing. She now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Silent Treatment is her first novel.
Find out more about Abbie at her website, and connect with her on Instagram and Twitter.
Yay! I have this one to read next with my bookclub! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I love books that pluck at heartstrings..and your review says so about this one, so guessing another one for my poor TBR.. 🙂
YAAAS! I have this one and can’t wait to read now.
This sounds like an especially well done dual POV novel!
Thank you for being on this tour!
Glad to see you like this one! I love it when there’s a dual POV – gives a story more dimension and depth most of the time, in my opinion.
I’ve never heard of this book before but it sounds amazing. Great review.
This seems like an interesting book
Thank you for being on this tour! Sara @ TLC Book Tours
This definitely sounds like another winner. Thank you for sharing.
Love captivating characters. Great review!
Amazing review my friend, ok I am really intrigued about this book after reading your great review DJ. I know this book is a hard hitting and very emotional book but I really want to check it out one day. Thank you so much for sharing your awesome post.