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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 12 auguSt 2017
‘We’re all in the same boat’ _

Michael Moore preaches unity

By JOHN CARUCCI render” and then walked the reins, now we want the
Associated Press arm-in-arm to a party after- power back,” Moore said.
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael ward with a variety of ce- While Moore’s nightly
Moore showed his patrio- lebrities, including Christie 90-minute tirade puts his
tism by marching down the Brinkley, Rosie O’Donnell, disdain for the president
Avenue of the Americas and Gloria Steinem. front and center, he also
with a drum and fife corps The 63-year commentator tackles other hot-button
after making his Broadway and liberal activist made it topics such as the Flint wa-
debut. clear that his show is aimed ter crisis, race relations, and In this May 17, 2017 file photo, filmmaker Michael Moore attends
“I say this to the people who at his supporters, and not the latest restrictions from the Turner Network 2017 Upfront presentation at The Theater at
disagree with me, we’re all an attempt to open a dia- the Transportation Secu- Madison Square Garden in New York.
Americans. We’re all in the logue with Donald Trump rity Administration. Moore Associated Press
same boat, and we’re go- supporters. tweaks each performance
ing to sink or swim together. “I’m here to preach to the to address the headlines of
I prefer not to sink. So let’s choir, because the choir the day.
find a way, if we can, to needs a song to sing. The He feels humor is the best
work together to save this choir has been severely way to tackle worrisome is-
country,” Moore said Thurs- depressed since Novem- sues. “It is scary and some-
day night. ber, and it’s time to rise up times satire is our only way
The Oscar-winning filmmak- and get out of it. Snap out to get through the horror
er starred in the one-man of it. We’re the majority. and find a solution to make
show “The Terms of My Sur- This is our country. We hold things better,” he said.q

Review: Karin Slaughter’s ‘Good Daugh-

ter’ has solid plot

By OLINE H. COGDILL the other’s life. Rusty calls
Associated Press Samantha, now a patent
Each Quinn sister, in her attorney in Manhattan, ev-
own way, tries to be the ery Sunday, but she never
good daughter but nei- speaks to him, only listens.
ther of these complicated, Charlotte has her own
often prickly, women has practice in Rusty’s building,
come to terms with the hor- but she’s determined to be
rific crime that changed a different lawyer than her
their lives in Karin Slaugh- father.
ter’s excellent stand-alone For his part, Rusty cherishes
novel, “The Good Daugh- his family more than they
ter.” could ever know, but has
Samantha was 15 and always seemed more at-
Charlotte was 13 when two tuned to his clients’ needs.
men forced their way into During a chance visit to the
their rural Pikeville, Geor- local middle school, Char-
gia, home looking for their lotte is caught in a school
father, Rusty, shooting in which teenager This cover image released by
a disliked defense attorney Kelly Wilson kills the princi- William Morrow shows “The
who townspeople believed pal and an 8-year-old girl. Good Daughter,” a novel by
“served at the right hand The violence that invaded Karin Slaughter.
Associated Press
of Satan” because his cli- Charlotte’s young life has
entele includes “alleged” influenced her daily actions
murderers, rapists and drug and the school shooting re- teresting and believable.
dealers. inforces those memories. Slaughter’s research into
Rusty was still at the court- Despite being an eyewit- how a person recovers
house, so brothers Zach ness, Charlotte can’t rec- from a shooting is skillfully
and Daniel Culpepper take oncile woven into the plot.
their hatred out on his fam- the teen shooter she saw For the Quinn sisters, dis-
ily — killing his wife, Gam- dressed in goth style with covering how the violence
ma, shooting Samantha in the shy, fragile and mental- occurring in their teens
the head and leaving her ly slow Kelly she meets later. shaped their personalities is
for dead, and terrorizing The shooting and Rusty’s paramount.
Charlotte, who managed frail health reunites Char- Slaughter’s assured writing,
to escape. lotte and Samantha. her solid plotting with out-
Rather than uniting the sis- Slaughter doesn’t make it standing twists and intense
ters, the trauma coupled easy to like any member characterizations make
with anger and secrets of of the Quinn family, but the “The Good Daughter” a
that day has estranged author is sharply attuned standout in a career high-
them for 28 years. Neither with each of her charac- lighted by several superb
sister knows anything about ters who are unfailingly in- novels.q