The Air We Breathe

Hanna watched her father die in a bank robbery and we kidnapped by the robbers, escaping two weeks afterward.  Molly Fisk has not been outside of the wax museum she and her mother run for three years.  Her mother has sacrificed everything to protect Molly but Molly only feels safe sharing who she is with the inanimate wax figures--until Claire.  Claire has lost everything--her children,  who died in a car accident that she takes responsibility for and her husband.   Each of these females have grief from their past that is keeping them from living a full life.  Molly hides away in the wax museum while Claire escapes through crossword puzzles. 

Honestly, I found each of these  "stories" that eventually intertwined very interesting and well written.  The thing I found frustrating is trying to keep everything straight. For the most part, the "stories" are written in two different years, 2002 and 2009 so perhaps I would find the jump in time from chapter to chapter confusing no matter the author.  Each chapter is written about one of the characters but I had to reread the beginning every time I put it down just to remember who each character was and that didn't stop even half way into the book.  The book does hold surprises and, while I have never read any other titles by award winning Christa Parrish, I would like to in order to see if this writing is typical for her. The Air We Breathe provides the reader with a fictional reminder that God places people in our lives at just the proper time, some for us to help and other that will help us through difficult times.

I did receive this book free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.  I was in no way obligated to leave a positive review.