Under the Influence Lib/E (Audiobook)

from janismack

Story started a bit slowly and I was not sure I was going to continue. I could understand how the main character Helen could be influenced by her new friends Swift and Ava. Helen did have some warning signs about her new friends, especially from Elliot, but she made the wrong choices. I'm glad I ...

from whitreidtan

Have you ever met someone who was completely seductive? I don't mean that in a sexual way either. There are some people in this world who draw you in, sometimes positively but just as often negatively. They have a charisma that convinces you that you've discovered a gem in them, a new immediate b...

from Beamis12

From the beginning this novel has an insidious tone of a disaster waiting to happen. Well written with a beguiling and mixed cast of characters, they represent many of the people we meet in our actual lives. A young mother who loses custody of her son and is struggling emotionally and financially...

from BookDivasReads

Helen has already made one catastrophic mistake in her life, driving her sick son to the hospital while intoxicated. This resulted in losing custody of her son. Just when she thinks all is lost, she connects to a wealthy couple that offers her friendship and an entrée to a world she's only seen i...

from JudithDCollins

Joyce Maynard delivers a timely, poignant, and cautionary tale UNDER THE INFLUENCE ---how ordinary people (victims) --fall under the influence of not only unhealthy addictions, but toxic people, as well. Often outward things which seem to dazzle--socially accepted, can be deadly in many ways. Cho...