Save Me: A Novel

Lisa Scottoline

Apr 2011 · Sold by St. Martin's Press

About this ebook

From the New York Times bestselling author of Think Twice and Look Again comes an emotionally powerful novel about a split-second choice, agonizing consequences, and the need for justice

Rose McKenna volunteers as a lunch mom in her daughter Melly's school in order to keep an eye on Amanda, a mean girl who's been bullying her daughter. Her fears come true when the bullying begins, sending Melly to the bathroom in tears. Just as Rose is about to follow after her daughter, a massive explosion goes off in the kitchen, sending the room into chaos. Rose finds herself faced with the horrifying decision of whether or not to run to the bathroom to rescue her daughter or usher Amanda to safety. She believes she has accomplished both, only to discover that Amanda, for an unknown reason, ran back into the school once out of Rose's sight. In an instance, Rose goes from hero to villain as the small community blames Amanda's injuries on her. In the days that follow, Rose's life starts to fall to pieces, Amanda's mother decides to sue, her marriage is put to the test, and worse, when her daughter returns to school, the bullying only intensifies. Rose must take matters into her own hands and get down to the truth of what really happened that fateful day in order to save herself, her marriage and her family.

In the way that Look Again had readers questioning everything they thought they knew about family, Save Me will have readers wondering just how far they would go to save the ones they love. Lisa Scottoline is writing about real issues that resonate with real women, and the results are emotional, heartbreaking and honest.

Ratings and reviews

If faced with an event where you were given the choice of saving your own child or the children in front of you, what would you do? I hope I never have to find out. In the book Rose is a very caring mother. She cares for her daughter Melly so much that she has moved her to a new school because her daughter was constantly being bullied. Melly carried a port wine birthmark on her cheek. It made her the target of many kids. To try to stop this Rose volunteers at the school in hopes of stopping this bullying. She is in the cafeteria and watches Amanda Gigot smear jelly on her cheek to make fun of Melly. Melly flees into the restroom in tears. Rose decides to talk with Amanda and the other girls. It is at this moment in time that there is an explosion in the kitchen across from the restroom where her daughter is. Now she must decide whether she should get her kid out and abandon the girls in front of her or get them to safety and then go back for her daughter. Rose decides to usher the girls into the hallway and to the door and then go back for her daughter. She manages to get her daughter out and is being called a hero until they realize Amanda is inside and is severely injured. Now people are accusing her of leaving other children inside and taking care of her own. Rose goes on a trip to find the cause of the explosions and finds herself in places she should not be trying to tie together everything she is learning. This was one of those books that kept you on the edge of your seat throughout. I really enjoyed the story. At times I felt that the author threw too much into the mix that made the mother seem like she was someone who was super-human. All in all, I can definitely recommend this book to everyone.

If it was me I would have lead them to the hallway and rescue my daughter seconded because everybody would probably get mad at you if you didn't save the kids in front of you.

My Review: Omg, Lisa Scottoline does it again. I couldn’t put this book down for the life of me. I’ve read many of this authors books but this has to be her best book yet. A roller coaster ride I never wanted to get of from. This book was about a mother Rose who tried to save her daughter Melly along with her daughters bully Amanda from a school fire. Only problem is that Amanda decides to run back into the fire and gets hurt. Of course Rose gets blamed for what Amanda did since she didn’t like Amanda for bullying her daughter. But who was really at fault. How did the fire start? Was the fire accidentally or was it set on purpose? Ok so let me start off by saying that I loved this book very much. I especially loved the characters. My favorite was Rose, the mom who had to save her daughter and her bully. She was put in an impossible situation and made the best out of a bad situation. I wouldn’t have a clue on what I would do if i was put it that situation. I might not make the same decision that Rose did. It really makes you think what would you do? I also loved the way Rose would not give up on finding out what caused the fire. She wanted to know what happened and was going to find out no matter what kind of trouble she could get herself in. She was very brave but when you’re a mom you will do whatever it takes especially when your child was involved. Now on to the story line. It was very interesting and very fast paced. I was racing through each chapter to find out happened next. I was not going to put this book down until I finished. I was up half the night and only took a break for the necessities. It was just that good. That ending was crazy and I couldn’t believe it. There was so many Easter Eggs that lead up to the end. It all finally made sense. It was wrapped up so nicely. Kudos to Lisa Scottoline. Between the plot, characters and all the twists in this book it made it an easy and fast read. I would definitely recommend it and happily give it 5 Hearts❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

About the author

Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author of novels including Look Again, Lady Killer, Think Twice, and Everywhere That Mary Went. She also writes a weekly column, "Chick Wit," with her daughter Francesca Serritella, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The columns have been collected in Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog and My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space. She has won an Edgar® Award and Cosmopolitan magazine's "Fun Fearless Fiction" Award, and she is the president of Mystery Writers of America. She teaches a course on justice and fiction at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, her alma mater. She lives in the Philadelphia area.