The Book Bag: The Silent Patient

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Book Spotlight Giveaway! The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides #TheSilentPatient

I have sooooo many books! The Book Spotlight Giveaway feature that I post every Saturday is a way for me to clear my shelves and to share some of the many books I have. This feature is a way for my to cull my collection and to give someone else the opportunity to enjoy these treasures.

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Once again, I find myself with duplicate copies of a book. This week I have a copy of a thrilling and engrossing book that everyone is talking about and that I completely devoured recently on our vacation. What a great book to get lost in!

Good luck and be sure to stop back next week!

The Silent Patient

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Hardcover, 323 pages
Published February 5th 2019 by Celadon Books

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.

Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

About the author

Alex Michaelides

Born in Cyprus to a Greek-Cypriot father and English mother, I studied English literature at Cambridge University and got my MA in screenwriting at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. I wrote the film The Devil You Know (2013) starring Rosamund Pike and co-wrote The Con is On (2018), starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Parker Posey and Sofia Vergara. The Silent Patient is my first novel. ~ Goodreads

Connect with Alex

Website | Goodreads | Twitter

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Monday, September 9, 2019

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? September 9, 2019

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

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We just got back from a week in the Black Hills. And while hubs fished, I read. And read. And read. It was so nice to get lost in some wonderful books! Now back to reality. Also, I need to write up some reviews. A bunch will be coming soon.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a good week. Happy reading!

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