On-air talent Isabel Murphy is starting to go places. She’s reported on Grammy Awards, hurricanes, the crash of TWA flight 800, President Clinton’s Inauguration, Middle East peace summits, and vigils for death row inmates on the eve of their execution. Her big, break through moment is when she’s the only reporter for her network available to cover the Princess Diana car crash in Paris. Unable to concentrate of the world around her, distracted by the voices in her head, Isabel falls apart on live television, a script in front of her in case the TelePrompTer fails.
The novel alternates between Isabel’s stay at Three Winds psychiatric hospital, where she meets an assortment of equally damaged people, and flashbacks to her life before her admission. Though I found the portrayal of Isabel's background, and the source of her underlying insecurity, a little obvious, I found this an otherwise interesting read. - Alex
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