Author: Lisa Scottoline
Publication Year: 2011
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Edition: audio book
Reader: Cynthia Nixon (good)
Source: Library
Date Completed: 8/2/2011
Setting: Philadelphia area
Rating: 2/5
Recommend: no Save Me, tells the of a mother who tries to protect her young daughter from bullies. Rose McKenna is like most mothers, she will go to any length to protect her children. Her daughter Melly was born with a large purple birthmark on her cheek. When cruel children began to tease Melly at her previous school, Rose convinced her husband to move the the suburbs of Philadelphia, so that Melly could have a fresh start. They couple also has a very young son.
In Melly's new school, Rose volunteers as a lunch mom, so she can briefly be there for her daughter. One day two vicious girls begin to tease Melly about her birthmark. One girls even goes as far to put grape jelly on her own face to imitate Melly's birthmark. Melly is reduced to tears, running off to the bathroom. Just as that happens, there is a loud explosion in the cafeteria's kitchen, which results in fire, smoke and panic.
Roses must decide whether to run into the bathroom to rescue her daughter or to escort the bullies out of the building first. Her decision makes her out to be evil and uncaring in the eyes of the public. One of the bullies is seriously injured in the explosion and three other people die. Soon Rose is being sued for her actions. Rose is determined to get to the bottom of the explosion and to clear her name in the community.
What happens next is where the story went downhill for me. Rose gets herself involved in her own personal investigation, putting herself in harms way in the process. She pretends to be someone she isn't, so she can gain access to information. What suburban, upper middle class, mom with two young children would do such a thing? Isn't this what police and attorneys are for? The story also seemed to drag in parts and really didn't work for me as contemporary lit or as a mystery. Even though the reader was good, in the end I was pretty disappointed.
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