Amy River’s, “Ripple Effect”, is about the repugnant crime of human trafficking.
“The U S State Department (USSD) estimates there are 14.0 million human trafficking victims worldwide.”
‘The International Labor Organization (ILO) says forced labor generates $150 billion in illegal profits each year “.
These two facts are citations from the Catholic Relief Service (CRS). Facts can be troublesome, and they tend to be impersonal.
“Ripple Effect” is a novel about two sisters, both health care professionals. Tilly, is an RN with special certification as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, and Kate is a practicing Clinical Psychologist. Their lives are deeply troubled by a ring of human traffickers that operates in their community.
In the first third of the book, the reader is acquainted with the two women, their friends, acquaintances, family and the deep love that they have for each other. The tempo and key then change because Tilly and a teenage girl are kidnapped by the local human trafficking ring. Deep personal psychological trauma results for both Kate and Tilly as well as brutal physical trauma to the two kidnapped women. As the story unfolds, there is some resolution to the psychic trauma and some healing of the physical trauma.
The structure of this novel is unusual as the 43 chapters alternate and are titled either Kate or Tilly. It is well written and, despite the subject, easy to read. The pace moves forward using two techniques; the chapters are short, and the last paragraph or even the last sentence is generally a subtitle annotation that made this reader want to go on to the next chapter.
The subject of “Ripple Effect” is repugnant, the need for the public to be knowledgeable about this crime is important and the demand for action is imperative.
Well done Amy Rivers
GBH, a Healthcare professional
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