The Hour I First Believed (Hardcover)

from freddlerabbit

Despite the criticisms I have of the book - and I am surprised to find myself at the end of it with so many, Lamb's style is so compelling to me, so rich and full and perfectly paced, that I stayed up well past my bedtime for four days because I couldn't put it down. To me, that's an incredible m...

from LibraryCin

3.75 stars Caelum and his wife, Maureen, both work at Columbine High School. While Caelum is away just after his aunt dies, the shooting happens. It turns out Maureen was in the library and survived the shooting. The first half of the book focuses on the aftermath and how Caelum and Maureen deal ...

from freddlerabbit

Despite the criticisms I have of the book - and I am surprised to find myself at the end of it with so many, Lamb's style is so compelling to me, so rich and full and perfectly paced, that I stayed up well past my bedtime for four days because I couldn't put it down. To me, that's an incredible m...

from goofgirl93004

In Wally Lamb's third novel, "The Hour I First Believed", the protagonist, Caelum Quirk, a high school English teacher, alcoholic and, according to one of his ex-wives, an "emotional castrato" tells the story of survival and coming to terms in a world of chaos, violence and family secrets kept fo...

from stretch

The only nice thing I can say about The Hour I First Believed is that it is ambitious about a difficult subject matter - the Columbine Massacre and PTSD. However, the weaving of additional sub-plots of addiction, broken relationships, painful childhoods, forgiveness, and the forging of new romant...