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Bestselling author Sophie Littlefield delivers a riveting, ripped-from-the-headlines story about a family put to the ultimate test when two men take them hostage inside their home
Jen Glass has worked hard to achieve the ideal life: a successful career, a beautiful home in an affluent suburb of Minneapolis, a seemingly perfect family. But inside the Glass house, everything is spinning out of Jen's control. Her marriage to her husband, Ted, is on the brink of collapse; her fifteen-year-old daughter grows more distant each day; and her five-year-old son barely speaks a word. Jen is on the verge of breaking, but nothing could have prepared her for what is to come….
On an evening that was supposed to be like any other, two men force their way into the Glasses' home, but what begins as a common robbery takes an even more terrifying turn. Held hostage in the basement for more than forty-eight hours, Jen and Ted must put aside their differences if they have any hope of survival. They will stop at nothing to keep their family safe—even if it means risking their own lives. A taut and emotional tale of a family brought together by extraordinary forces, House of Glass is a harrowing exploration of the lengths a mother will go to protect her children, and the power of tragedy to teach us what truly matters.
"Sophie Littlefield shows considerable skills for delving into the depths of her characters and complex plotting."
—South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- Sales Rank: #405127 in Books
- Brand: Littlefield, Sophie
- Published on: 2014-02-25
- Released on: 2014-02-25
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.23" h x .82" w x 5.43" l, .50 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
From Booklist
Jen Glass has worked hard to put her dirt-poor childhood behind her, but her perfect suburban life is showing cracks. Her unemployed husband is possibly having an affair instead of renovating the bathroom, her young son will not talk to anyone outside the family, and her teenage daughter is, well, a teenager. After a weekend spent with her impoverished sister dealing with the death of their very estranged father, she hopes to come home and restore her happy middle-class life. Then the Glass house is broken into by two men who seem to know a lot about the family’s wealth, and they want all of it, even if it takes several days. The tension is high as the Glass family is imprisoned in the basement, and every time Jen fails to seize an opportunity—to grab a gun, to run for the door—the reader sees how far she has drifted from the little girl who had to fight to survive. Don’t expect a big payoff from the climax, although Littlefield goes to some unexpected places. --Susan Maguire
Review
"Littlefield has a gift for pacing...page-turning action and evocative, sensual, harrowing descriptions." -Publishers Weekly
"Sophie Littlefield shows considerable skills for delving into the depths of her characters and complex plotting." -South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Littlefield...makes her tale resonant and universal...gripping."
-Publishers Weekly
"Suspense, mystery, and love drive the intricate plot in this moving drama of women in a Japanese American family over the course of three generations.... The shocking revelation is unforgettable."
-Booklist
"Mesmerizing...it possesses elements of mystery that give way to shocking revelations and heartbreaking yet inevitable conclusions. A story of unspeakable injustice and bitter sacrifice, it will leave you shaken."
-RT Book Reviews
"Garden of Stones is a remarkable work of fiction...that is quite engaging and unique. The book and writing are immediately engrossing and engage the reader's sympathies deeply. Reading this dramatic, affecting account is an illuminating and insightful journey."
-Bookreporter.com
About the Author
Sophie Littlefield grew up in rural Missouri and attended college in Indiana. She worked in technology before having children, and was lucky enough to stay home with them while they were growing up. She writes novels for kids and adults, and lives in Northern California. Visit her online at www.SophieLittlefield.com.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Scary Good!
By Julie Merilatt
This book was so intense and captivating, I read most of it in one setting. Take the horrific scenario of a home invasion and the superb writing of Littlefield and you get a phenomenal novel. I was engrossed by the story of the Glass family as they endure the terrifying threats made against them in their own home. But the victims aren't entirely innocent, and Jen, her husband Ted, and their children Livvy and Teddy have to come to terms with their own flaws to survive their ordeal. I found the characters relatable in their fallibility, and the two perpetrators are utterly detestable. Littlefield doesn't shy away from violence, and the fear and hopelessness she conveys on the page are palpable. As the situation in the Glass house becomes more desperate, the intensity increases to such a degree that I found myself gasping aloud. This is one of the scariest books I have read in a long time because the plot is so plausible (Littlefield based her story on the Cheshire, Connecticut case from 2007). The idea of being endangered in your own home, the one place you feel safest, is horrifying. Littlefield did an amazing job making it realistic, brutal, and addicting.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
HOUSE OF GLASS is a spell-binding page-turner
By Bookreporter
Jen Glass keeps a notebook filled with her to-do lists to tally up her obligations, such as parents' association meetings, volunteering at her children's schools, meetings with the speech therapist who is working with her four-year-old who quit speaking to anyone but family members the year before, and so on. Today, her to-do list sets forth an hour to tour the apartment in which her father recently died and another half hour to deal with the funeral home. As she and her older sister, Tanya, accomplish these tasks, they muse on how disconnected they've felt from their father, who they haven't had any communication with for nearly 30 years. Jen can't help wondering why they are even bothering to look at his home as she takes in the dismal apartment in which he passed away. That night, she has her recurring nightmare featuring a screaming red bird.
The next day, as she approaches her home, dread fills Jen. Her husband, Ted, has been laid off from his job. Supposedly he is remodeling their bathroom, but his progress has been ridiculously slow. In addition, she has found flirty notes penned by his cute, young assistant from his previous job and doesn't feel that she can confront him about them or his frequent poorly explained absences. In truth, she feels that her marriage, once so strong, is unraveling. That, coupled with young Teddy's problems with speech and a growing distance from Livvy, their teenaged daughter, is sending Jen into a blue funk.
At home, Jen can't help looking in the laundry basket and wondering what Ted, who never helps with laundry, did with his dirty clothes from the day before. Has he hidden them or thrown them away? If so, why? Yet Ted doesn't seem to be covering anything up as he greets her and then warns her that he damaged the floor and wall when he moved the old tub out of the bathroom. Jen is overwhelmed at the sight of the destruction, along with everything else in her life. As she allows Ted to comfort her, she in turn reassures him when he confides that he feels inadequate as a provider. Jen reminds him that, luckily, they have a considerable emergency fund in the bank. Surely, she says, they can weather this interlude until he finds more work. She wonders how she could have doubted him, although she soon has an uneasy feeling about him once again.
A couple of days later, Jen confronts Ted, which leads to a disagreement. Their discussion is interrupted by a knock on their bedroom door. As Jen heads to open it, she worries that Livvy has heard them arguing. Those concerns instantly vanish when she opens the door to find two strange men with her children --- one holding a gun to her daughter's head. Soon, Jen and her family are being held hostage in the basement. The intruders seem to know all about Jen and her family, although they are strangers. How can this be? What unleashed these criminals on the Glass family? An even more urgent question emerges as things start to go south in the most nightmarish way: Will Jen and her family actually survive?
Sophie Littlefield’s HOUSE OF GLASS is a spell-binding page-turner (I devoured it in two rapt sittings). I was immediately pulled into Jen's life, and then into the terrifying predicament she found herself enduring. While certain revelations about Jen's experiences as a girl seemed oddly timed (and possibly even unnecessary), this felt like a minor flaw in an otherwise gripping read.
Reviewed by Terry Miller Shannon
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Falls Short
By Karie Hoskins
I chose “House of Glass” as a summer read – something to get lost in for a bit while sitting in the sun. My expectations weren’t too high given that – but this book still fell a bit short.
There are several holes in the plot – some plot points that make suspending disbelief a difficult exercise. The events in the book are loosely modeled on the horrific home invasion in Connecticut in 2007. (The mother in the book even has the same name as the main character in this book.)
Here – an “average” suburban family has their lives turned upside down when two men invade their home and hold them hostage. Things get even worse from there and several dark family secrets are revealed in the process.
The criminals seem, well, criminally stupid. They seem not to have thought at all about disguising themselves, or keeping the family from items that might help them escape. Their reactions when one of the family members does escape seems ludicrous at best. One of the men, Ryan, is supposed to be the more dangerous one – but comes across as just incredibly annoying in addition to being irritatingly stupid.
When given charge of the hostages, he loses control of the situation by letting them into the kitchen. The kitchen that is filled with tools and knives and heavy objects…
"No, I didn't let them have the run of the place," Ryan snapped, mocking Dan with a reedy falsetto. "Livvy had to take her brother to the bathroom and I was getting drinks. She threw of coffeepot at me. I'm supposed to know she's going to throw a coffeepot at me?"
This sounds like a husband and wife spat – with Ryan as the wife irritated at the behavior of the guests. He's holding grown hostages in a kitchen - with knives/things they can fight back with and he's put out that he got hit? And later…
"Ryan noticed blood on his own shirt. "Aw, man..." He tore off the shirt, wiping his hands on it before throwing it into the corner of the room. Underneath, his chest was white and hairless." Did I get it on my pants? Jen, do I have any on my pants?" He turned around, looking over his shoulder.” Not only is this a ridiculous image - him trying to look at his own rear - he's asking the wife of the man whose blood it is and he sounds like a naggy, whiny, dainty teenage girl.
There are some moments in “House of Glass” that show some insight into the lives of the people under attack. "Ted wasn't who he used to be. But the problem was that he seems to have lost track of who he was supposed to become." And: "Jen hesitated, wishing she could keep the truth from her, that she could send her daughter back forty-eight hours into the fairy tale of Before, into the dumb luck good fortune of the life they never appreciated enough."
But those moments of insight are far and few between. This book was more irritating than engrossing…with villains that didn’t inspire much fear or suspense and main characters that seemed more ink print than flesh and blood.
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