Running From the Past eBook Alan Orloff
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A boy in trouble. A family on the lam. A crazed ex-con bent on revenge. And a man fighting his tortured past. Can this man pull himself together in time to save his family?
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After selling his company for millions, Colby Walker takes his family--and his son's friend Jess--on vacation, wanting nothing more than to unwind in the sun and surf. But he spots the alarming signs in short orderJess's downcast eyes, a familiar passivity, and angry red welts marching across the boy's bare back. Walker understands what they mean because he'd been that boy, many years ago.
He'd suffered in silence, too.
Can Walker stand by and let the torment continue? Does he trust the authorities--the same ones who had failed him in his youth--to take care of Jess?
Hell no.
With Jess in tow, Walker packs up the minivan and takes his family on the lam,keeping one step ahead of Jess's cruel father and unhinged ex-con aunt. When the stakes escalate and his headstrong actions put people's lives in jeopardy,Walker must finally conquer his past before he can save those he loves.
Running From the Past eBook Alan Orloff
Colby Walker’s family vacation and his personal rededication to being a dad to his teens goes horribly awry. His son’s friend Jess tags along on their trip without getting his parents’ permission. Colby tries to make things right, and things go from bad to worse. To top it off, the business with Jess dredges up painful memories for Colby, memories of his childhood that he’d just a-soon forget.Troubles domino through the family, contrasting sharply between the worlds of the haves and the have nots. Miscommunications, sibling rivalries, child abuse, problem-solving abilities, and more confront this family as they respond to each other and to outside forces.
Orloff’s story brings home the truth of human behavior and challenges the reader to wonder which force is stronger, nature or nurture. In other words, are we products of our childhood, or can we overcome a bad start to life?
I read the book in one sitting and was pleasantly surprised by the twist at the end.
Maggie Toussaint/Rigel Carson for Muddy Rose Reviews
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Running From the Past eBook Alan Orloff Reviews
I don't write many reviews but this is a definite must read. I found myself unable to put it down and finished in two days. Anyone with siblings can relate to the brother-sister teasing/torture and parental exasperation of the Walkers. While taking their son's best friend, Jess, along on the family vacation they are confronted with the evidence of Jess having been abused at the hands of his father and they are conflicted. When the abusive father starts hunting them down to get his son back past memories and the current fears collide for an edge of you seat ending. I would highly recommend this book.
I thought the language and pacing of this were excellent. A family goes on vacation, taking the son's young friend, and soon learns that Jess does not have permission to be there, but he is being abused at home, so they also don't want to take him back. The protagonist, also an abuse survivor, is particularly fervent in this decision and the story ends up largely being an escape as the boys father tries again and again to track them down.
The thing that holds me from a full five on rating is that Colby Walker, as an abuse survivor, doesn't ring quite true. He is rash in his decisions about Jess, which is understandable, but if he is impacted this largely by his past, it seems there should be other signs of it in his life and person. Instead he has sold his successful business for millions, has an intact (if somewhat neglected because of his work) family. I just think to justify the poor decisions he needs a bit more evidence running through his life.
But that is probably the psychologist in me talking. Overall I found the story compelling and it really pulled me along.
This book will take you on an emotional ride because of the child abuse both Colby Walker and Jess have suffered. I've known of people who have locked their children in the basement, which is horrible, but the abuse these two characters endured goes well beyond that. Colby, however, irritated me in the actions he took. Despite the horrors he experienced as a child, I would have expected him to not take matters into his own hand. I'm glad his wife was a voice of reason and insisting the authorities get involved. As the story winds down, things get even more dramatic, and there's a good twist at the end.
I was given this book to read and give a review. So glad I accepted because Running From the Past is a great read. It kept me turning page after page. This book was a good change from the four letter words and racey bedroom scenes. The Walker family was like any family today. A father who loved his family but was always working and didn't have time for his wife or teenage daughter or son. A brother teasing his older sister relentlessly, a teenage daughter who thinks her family is lame and the mother who has to handle all this on her own. After selling his company and taking his family and his son's friend on vacation their life is turned upside down. Colby Walker realizes that his son's friend is going through the same horror, humiliation and beatings that he endured as a child by his own father. Against his wife's better judgement Colby knows he must put a stop to it. I gave this book a 4 star rating, a few scenes were far fetched but still a great thriller.
The past is what motivates Colby Walker, the defining character in this suspenseful novel. While vacationing with his family, and his son’s best friend, Jess, Colby discovers that Jesse has been abused by his father. Revisiting the horrors of his own childhood abuse, Colby decides, against his wife’s better judgment, to kidnap the abused boy.
Colby has cashed out his company and made millions from the deal. But his long hours at work have created a distance between himself and his family. Now with plenty of time on his hand, he feels the need to assert his control over them. His quest to save Jess from his abusive father becomes an all-consuming passion, to the exclusion of his wife and children.
This is the creepy part of RUNNING FRM THE PAST. Colby’s childhood abuse drives his obsession to save Jesse. The questions he asked the boy that made me at times squirm. He pries and sticks his neck out in the wrong places. His decision to kidnap Jess seems honorable, but it puts his family in jeopardy. One wonders if this is transference. It also begs the question to what degree does the past affect our everyday decisions? How far are willing to go to save another troubled soul?
This is a fast paced book with interesting family dynamics. A sub-plot with Jesse’s aunt is less effective, but it does not distract from the powerful message of childhood abuse. While reading this, I found myself wondering what I would do in a similar situation. And that’s the highest compliment.
Colby Walker’s family vacation and his personal rededication to being a dad to his teens goes horribly awry. His son’s friend Jess tags along on their trip without getting his parents’ permission. Colby tries to make things right, and things go from bad to worse. To top it off, the business with Jess dredges up painful memories for Colby, memories of his childhood that he’d just a-soon forget.
Troubles domino through the family, contrasting sharply between the worlds of the haves and the have nots. Miscommunications, sibling rivalries, child abuse, problem-solving abilities, and more confront this family as they respond to each other and to outside forces.
Orloff’s story brings home the truth of human behavior and challenges the reader to wonder which force is stronger, nature or nurture. In other words, are we products of our childhood, or can we overcome a bad start to life?
I read the book in one sitting and was pleasantly surprised by the twist at the end.
Maggie Toussaint/Rigel Carson for Muddy Rose Reviews
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