The Senator's Children by Nicholas MontemaranoMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Silly me, I thought this book was going to be about a kidnapping, or some thriller, mystery or crime. Well, a social crime was committed, adultery and a child born out of that. It ruined the Senator’s chance at becoming president.
A book about a senator running for president in the early 1990s, gets into an affair, which ruins his election. A child is born of this affair. In 1984 his wife and son get into a car accident, the child dies. It propelled his election becoming a senator. The focus is more on Avery, the elicit child than Betsy, the one from marriage.
The book is about the children, who are three, as well as the wife, Danielle. David Christie is the Senator. He has two children by his wife. When Betsy was young maybe four or five her mom has a car accident, and her brother Nick dies. Nick is a young teen or preteen. Later Danielle becomes sick with cancer, and this is while David is running for president. Somehow during this time he ends up having an affair. One wonders her motives, we never find them out, but she obviously did things in hopes of being caught. She ended up having someone take her picture with the Senator thus revealing the affair.
Also want to note there were a few moments of oddness, I guess that’s what to call it, how a character dealt with things. Such as Betsy she would close her eyes tight and try to feel the light that would be her brother, a feeling would come over her.
The time line isn't straight forward, but dates are given for each chapter. Fairly lukewarm about this book. Not what I expected.
PS: I read a reviewer say this book was modelled after John Edwards. I didn't realize this while reading.
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