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Book Reviews of Annabel

Annabel
Annabel
Author: Kathleen Winter
ISBN-13: 9780802170828
ISBN-10: 080217082X
Publication Date: 1/4/2011
Pages: 480
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Book Type: Paperback
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3 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Annabel on + 379 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is a beautifully written novel about an unusually difficult medical condition. When Jacinta and Treadway's only child is born with hermaphroditism, they are compelled to make a difficult decision about the child's gender identity. The challenges that they and their child encounter are heartbreaking. There is a pervasive and haunting sense of sadness and loneliness in parts of this book, and a very poignant message about acceptance. I will remember this book for quite awhile.
reviewed Annabel on + 227 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Ooh. This was good. It took me a while to get started on it- the beginning is a little slow and I wondered what the point of the book was going to be- but it very lovingly told the story of a hermaphrodite born into a difficult world= and probably a place in the world where acceptance is hardest to find. I was thoroughly absorbed.
lmntree avatar reviewed Annabel on + 37 more book reviews
I really loved this book, even though it was heartbreaking in places. I really appreciated the down-to-earth characters and the way the author told this story with sensitivity, and even a little humor now and then.