Flesh Wounds

by Mick Cochrane

Forced to face its own dark secrets when Minneapolis salesman Hal is arrested for molesting his thirteen-year-old granddaughter Becky, the Lamm family struggles with the emotional fallout of her abuse and finally makes an attempt at becoming whole. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Genres: Fiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Monica Copeland · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's hard to explain why this book is a 'meh.' It's pretty predictable and feels like many pieces of other books. Its use of metaphor is so heavy-handed it's a little embarassing (cleanse, fire, cleanse). At the same time, the plot is interesting and the characters are mostly believable. I would recommend it for my students who like books in the "A Child Called It" vein...

[Kshydog · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting how the book begins with the person causing the sexual abuse and then becomes more about the members of his family. Amazing how little Hal really cared about what he had done to his victims and his family - his thinking was all about him and the inconvenience it caused in his life. Wife Phyllis was a person I could not respect even though she grew and changed by the end of the book.

[justablondemoment · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book took me a bit of struggling to read. It started out very good and I was starting to get pretty into it and then...it just dumped... lost my interest and I just stopped caring about the characters.

[Shannon Wyss · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very good story of how an extended family reacts when incest comes into the open. Filled with secrets, lies, fear, devastation, lack of communication, distance between characters, hopelessness -- and, eventually for a few, love and hope.

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unlike most books about abuse, Flesh Wounds tells the story of how a whole family is effected. The biggest struggle I had with the book is that it glossed over the victim. But maybe that is how it is in real life.

[Roxanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very readable. May contain trigger subjects.

[Mari · Rating 1 out of 5]

Free book from the laundry room.

[Jodie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I stopped reading midway through, lost interest.

[Kathleen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Confusing.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clearly a first novel, but I think a good one.