Rock Bottom, C. J. Lyons
Rock Bottom, C. J. Lyons
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Rock Bottom
A Novel

Author: C. J. Lyons, Erin Brockovich

Narrator: Coleen Marlo

Unabridged: 8 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/01/2011


Synopsis

Ten years ago, a pregnant seventeen-year-old, Angela Joy Palladino, fled her hometown, Scotia, West Virginia, as a pariah. Over time, AJ succeeded in establishing herself as an environmental activist, dubbed "The People's Champion," only to be forced to retreat from the spotlight in the wake of a crushing media disaster.

When AJ is offered a job with a lawyer who is crusading against mountaintop removal mining, she is torn. As a single mother of a special-needs nine-year-old boy, AJ can use any work she can get. But doing so will mean returning to the West Virginia hometown she left in disgrace so long ago.

Upon arriving in Scotia, AJ learns of the sudden death of the lawyer who hired her. Soon after joining forces with his daughter, Elizabeth, threats begin to surface, bodies begin to pile up, and AJ discovers that her own secrets aren't the only ones her mountain hometown has kept buried. Hitting rock bottom, AJ must face the betrayal of those once closest to her and confront the harrowing past she thought she had left behind.

In Rock Bottom, Erin Brockovich combines passionate intensity, first-rate storytelling, and her real-life experiences in a novel that will leave you breathless.

About C. J. Lyons

As a pediatric emergency room doctor, C. J. Lyons has lived the life she writes about in her cutting-edge suspense novels. She has assisted police and prosecutors with cases involving child abuse, rape, homicide, and Munchausen by Proxy; has worked in numerous trauma centers as a crisis counselor and a victim advocate; and has served as a flight physician for Life Flight. Her many novels include Lifelines, Blind Faith, Chasing Shadows, and the Angels of Mercy series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale on August 06, 2015

Angela Joy Palladino usually known as AJ fled from her coal mining home in Scotia, West Virginia. She was 17. Ten years later she is back with her 9 year old disabled son, after taking a job with a lawyer who is crusading against mining which is removing the mountain tops. But when she arrives she f......more

Goodreads review by Colleen on May 12, 2020

This book was just ok. It took place over the course of three days (in the story) and originally I felt like a good story was building...then BAM everything wrapped up nice and neatly, when in real life there’s just no way that’d happen. It’s a shame because if it had been written differently it cou......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on April 05, 2011

Angela Joy Palladino used to be called “The People’s Champion”. This is because she fought for the people and what was right, no matter what the odds were against her. Angela had a good life. She worked as a radio personality. That is until a fatal incident left Angela packing up all her belongings......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on October 28, 2016

I look forward to reading more novels by Erin......more