But then the chamber explodes, two people die, and it’s clear the explosion wasn’t an accident.Ī powerful showdown unfolds as the story moves across characters who are all maybe keeping secrets, hiding betrayals. In a small town in Virginia, a group of people know each other because they’re part of a special treatment center, a hyperbaric chamber that may cure a range of conditions from infertility to autism. How far will you go to protect your family? Will you keep their secrets? Ignore their lies? The “gripping… page-turner” ( Time) hitting all the best of summer reading lists, Miracle Creek is perfect for book clubs and fans of Liane Moriarty and Celeste Ng Kim writes with gut-wrenching detail of life with a child on the spectrum, and is spot-on in capturing the joys and tribulations of having such a child.WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL It blends the lives of Korean immigrants, children with cerebral palsy or autism, and their parents with interesting twists: Munchausen by proxy syndrome, sexual assault, and the moral and ethical questions involved as, one by one, characters obstruct justice to serve their own ends or to protect their children. Kim writes with exquisite nuances of the differences between right and wrong, slowly deconstructing each situation and the inner struggles the seven narrators undergo.īut Miracle Creek is more than a courtroom drama. Layer by layer, everyone’s flaws are revealed and events unravelled as the body count rises.
The ensuing pages pieces together lives, lies, half-truths, and lies by omission, all recounted by seven unreliable narrators, as the arson/murder trial progresses. Miracle Creek starts-literally-with a bang as a hyperbaric oxygen chamber filled with autistic children and their parents explodes.
Kim deftly blends these myriad elements, a cast of complex characters, and a fascinating plot. Angie Kim’s debut novel is a genre-breaking combination of courtroom drama, thriller, mystery, and family drama.
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