Save Yourself: A Novel

Kelly Braffet

Aug 2013 · Sold by Crown

About this ebook

A gripping novel full of suspense and pathos that Dennis Lehane calls an "electrifying, tomahawk missile of a thriller."

Patrick Cusimano’s father killed a boy while driving drunk. Now Patrick is working at a grubby convenience store, and he and his brother, Mike, are the town pariahs. Caro, Mike’s girlfriend, is running from her own painful past, with no idea what she’s running toward. Layla Elshere is a goth teenager who befriends Patrick for reasons he doesn’t understand and doesn’t trust. And Layla’s little sister, Verna, tortured by her classmates, finds unlikely solace with Layla’s dark tribe of outcasts.
 
As their fates become entwined, everyone is set down a terrifying and twisted path—leading them all toward a collision where loyalties will be betrayed, fears exposed, and lives shattered.

Now with Extra Libris material, including recommended reading and bonus content

Ratings and reviews

There aren't many writers who mention in their books that killing demeans the killer. I gave it an extra star for NOT glorifying murder in literature.

I bought this book because of the review that said it is an "electrifying, tomahawk missile of a thriller" Its not. I like the way the author writes and it kept my attention enough to finish it, but it wasn't what I was expecting

About the author

KELLY BRAFFET is the author of Josie and Jack and Last Seen Leaving. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University, where she received her MFA. Kelly lives in upstate New York with her husband, the writer Owen King.