"Rescue" is the story of Peter Webster, a man whose vocation is to save lives, who also struggles with his own family's self-destructive tendencies. Unlike many of Shreve's previous novels, which deal with life choices and their consequences, this is more about the way people cope with situations as they are given to them, circumstances that are beyond their control. (Is romantic love a choice or a given?) It is about a husband and father who continues to play the role of rescuer because there are no alternatives. The structure of "Rescue" is perhaps less ambitious than many of Shreve's better novels ("Where or When" and "All He Ever Wanted" stand out as my favorite). The story unfolds in a fairly straight-forward, linear manner, its two parts set eighteen years apart. But the story is compelling, and I ended up caring about the characters. As with many of her novels, the ending is left somewhat ambiguous, which may or may not appeal to the reader. I'm okay with the lack of closure, believing it is done with intent and purpose. Shreve delivers another page-tuner. Rescue: A Novel
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