Surprisingly, Alison’s lack of judgment that night isn’t Charlie’s most troubling problem. Throughout the aftermath, Charlie is polite and deferential but also panicked, impatient and accusatory. Just like the “foggy darkness” that surrounded her before, Alison shockingly acknowledges that Charlie, her devoted husband, is “just not reflexively on her side.” This one random error built on a tiny mistake of judgment propels Baker Kline’s sensational melodrama forward as Alison’s life suddenly cleaves into two sections along with the dawning realization that - even before the accident - her life was not what it seemed. But when Alison decides to attend a book launch party for her best friend, Claire, she doesn’t realize the damage she will cause after she sips two blue martinis, gets behind the wheel of her car, and then contributes to the death of a three-year-old boy. Book review: Christina Baker Kline's *Bird in Hand*įrom the outset, Alison and Charlie’s marriage seems much like any other of their class, living together in the leafy suburb of Rockwell with their two lovely young children, Noah and Annie.
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