Since We Fell

2017 book by Dennis Lehane

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Author| Dennis Lehane
Cover artist| Rachel Willey
Language| English
Genre| Psychological thriller[1]
Publisher| Little, Brown

Publication date

| May 9, 2017 (7 years ago) (2017-05-09)
Publication place| United States
Media type| Hardcover
Pages| 400
ISBN| 978-1408708330

Since We Fell is a psychological thriller novel by American author Dennis Lehane, published in May 2017.[2]

## Plot summary

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Rachel Childs is a former print and television journalist whose career ended following an on-air meltdown precipitated by conditions she encountered while covering the 2010 Haiti earthquake. In the wake of her blooper, she develops agoraphobia and ends her marriage to Sebastian, a producer at her television station. Eighteen months later, she marries Brian Delacroix, who she had hired as a private detective to find the father who left her and her mother Elizabeth when Rachel was a child.

The story opens with Rachel shooting Brian dead, a flashforward from scenes that follow the fallout from a chance encounter that caused her to question her second marriage and husband.

## Development

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The novel's title derives from "Since I Fell for You", a song which first charted in 1947.[3][4]

Lehane noted the main difficulty in writing the book "was making sure I didn't see [Rachel] through guy goggles", and received feedback from female advance readers to ensure a realistic female perspective throughout the novel, Lehane's first entirely written with a woman's point of view.[5] The novel and screenplay were not developed simultaneously. Lehane was influenced by John Irving's novel A Widow for One Year when preparing the third draft of the novel, which is when the first 100 pages of the book were developed to tell the story of Rachel's past.[6]

## Reception

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Reviewing for The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote the novel "[is] packed with signs that Lehane sold this story to the movies, which he did, in 2015, and that he loves the Hitchcock classics that prey on mistrust."[3] In The Washington Post, Neely Tucker described it as "a pleasantly twisted character study and a love story told in no particular rush."[4]

## Film adaptation

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The filming rights were acquired by DreamWorks following a summer 2015 bidding war while the novel was still being written. Lehane announced he would write the screenplay after completing the novel.[7]

## References

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1. ^ Emily J (October 16, 2015). "Dreamworks Wins War For "Mystic River" Author Dennis Lehane's "Since We Fell"". tracking-board. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
2. ^ Shanahan, Mark (October 19, 2016). "Dennis Lehane gives Boston audience peek at his new novel". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
3. ^ a b Maslin, Janet (May 8, 2017). "In Dennis Lehane's 'Since We Fell,' a Troubled Woman Seeks Answers". The New York Times. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
4. ^ a b Tucker, Neely (May 5, 2017). "Dennis Lehane's 'Since We Fell' takes us into the heart of a tormented woman". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
5. ^ Sullivan, Jim (June 9, 2017). "In The Psychological Thriller 'Since We Fell,' Dennis Lehane Returns To Boston". WBUR 90.9. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
6. ^ Dennis Lehane (May 19, 2017). "Dennis Lehane on writing, family and his new novel, 'Since We Fell'". Los Angeles Times (Interview). Interviewed by Carolyn Kellogg. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
7. ^ Kroll, Justin (October 12, 2015). "Dennis Lehane's Next Novel 'Since We Fell' Lands at DreamWorks (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

## External links

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* Lehane, Dennis (May 9, 2017). Since We Fell. New York, New York: Ecco (HarperCollins). ISBN 9780062129383. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

### Reviews

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* Damsker, Matt (May 8, 2017). "Girl has lots of troubles in Lehane's 'Since We Fell'". USA Today. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
* Duffy, Bob (June 1, 2017). "Since We Fell: A Novel". Washington Independent Review of Books. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
* Burke, Declan (May 20, 2017). "Before We Fell review: brilliantly unconventional domestic noir". The Irish Times. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
* Perry, Douglas (May 8, 2017). "Dennis Lehane's 'Since We Fell' provides thrilling reading, then suddenly disappoints (review)". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
* "Since We Fell (starred review)". Kirkus Reviews. February 6, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
* Baker, Jeff (May 18, 2017). "Dennis Lehane's psychological noir thriller offers much, except sense of place". Boston Globe. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
* Turnbull, Sue (June 12, 2017). "Since We Fell review: Dennis Lehane puts his foot down for a thrilling finish". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

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Bibliography|

| Kenzie–Gennaro novels|

* A Drink Before the War (1994)
* Darkness, Take My Hand (1996)
* Sacred (1997)
* Gone, Baby, Gone (1998)
* Prayers for Rain (1999)
* Moonlight Mile (2010)

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Coughlin novels|

* The Given Day (2008)
* Live by Night (2012)
* World Gone By (2015)

Other works|

* Mystic River (2001)
* Shutter Island (2003)
* Coronado: Stories (2006)
* The Drop (2014)
* Since We Fell (2017)
* Small Mercies (2023)

Filmography|

| Adaptations|

* Mystic River (2003)
* Gone Baby Gone (2007)
* Shutter Island (2010)
* The Drop (2014)
* Live by Night (2016)

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Other|

* The Wire
* "Dead Soldiers"
* "Refugees"
* "Clarifications"
* Boardwalk Empire
* "Resignation"
* Black Bird
* Smoke

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