Kathryn Lyons

What would you do if you heard a knock on your door at 2:00 am and someone informed you that your husband was dead? This is the scenario that happens to Kathryn Lyons and her husband Jack Lyons, who is a pilot. Kathryn is now trying to juggle raising her fifteen-year-old daughter Mattie with the help of her grandmother, Julia, and trying to avoid all the questions and accusations from the press. She is also discovering things about her husband that she never knew before and wondering why he was keeping these secrets from her all these years. In this journal, I will be questioning, predicting, and connecting.
My first active reading strategy will be questioning. My questions are why would Jack not tell Kathryn that his mother was still alive? Why would he lie to her and make her believe she is dead all these years that they have been married? I would also like to know why he never contacted his mother throughout his life? These are some of the questions that make this novel so interesting and thrilling to read. Jack had told Kathryn that his mother had died when he was nine years old but he never said how she died or any other details about her death. The first question about how Jack did not tell Kathryn his mother was alive is definitely the biggest inquiry. Maybe he had a traumatic incident involving his mom or maybe she was very dour so he does not want to see her ever again. His past is something rarely
More so, I hope you do not have to find out that your loved one may have had a secret life he/she never told you about. This tale of a pilot with a few mysterious secrets and his lovely wife, Kathryn and daughter Mattie who are mourning the loss of their husband/ dad all while trying to figure out who he really was. As Mattie says to her mother ““If your father was unhappy, I’d have known.”“But how do you ever know that you know a person?” She asked” (Shreve