(No, that's not the good premise! That comes next!) She can’t see, she can’t move, she can’t talk, and yet she can hear. This quick suspense read has a good premise: Casey Marshall, a 32-year old successful, happily married woman is injured in a hit and run goes into a coma. It definitely makes you think about how you might handle the situation.The plot was predictable, and I didn't care for the narrator's (audiobook) interpretation of some of the characters, but I still liked being the fly on the wall to Casey's story.Originally posted on: Thoughts of Joy Read more I felt Casey's frustration and wouldn't wish that on anybody. The frustration level that Casey feels is what we might expect - a trapped feeling. In this case, it wasn't close to a wanted experience. Eventually, Casey questions if the hit-and-run wasn't an accident after all.Outside of a traumatic event, being the proverbial fly on the wall is something that many of us have had the desire to be at one time or another. As the days go by, Casey listens to the conversations of doctors, nurses, friends and family that were unaware. Once she begins to wake up, Casey realizes that her world is dark and she's incapable of any movement, but her hearing - it's sharp. Read moreĪ life full of joys - a wonderful husband, friends, a dream job and money, it all comes to a screeching halt when Casey is hit by a car and falls into a coma. Smart, suspenseful, and overwhelmingly addictive, Still Life is a novel her fans won't soon forget. 'It is Fielding's ability to get under the skin of her characters - and her readers - that has made her such a dependably bestselling author,' says the Calgary Herald. As she struggles to break free from her living death, she begins to wonder if what lies ahead could be even worse. She quickly discovers that her friends aren't necessarily the people she thought them to be - and that her accident might not have been an accident at all. Lying in her hospital bed, Casey realizes that although she is unable to see or communicate, she can hear everything. New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding delivers a riveting tale of suspense about a young woman caught in a nightmare somewhere between life and death.īeautiful, happily married, and the owner of a successful interior design business, Casey Marshall couldn't be more content with her life, until a car slams into her at almost fifty miles an hour, breaking nearly every bone in her body and plunging her into a coma.

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