Rosanna M. (ohiowy) reviewed Compares well to Glass Castle on 3/4/2009 + 8 more book reviews

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This was a surprise for me, as I liked it very much even though it was told from a child's point of view, is about several touchy subjects and could have been a real drag you down book. Like the Glass Castle, this book is about a child who is the parent to a parent instead of the other way around. Yet, how the unmarried mother truly cares for her handicapped child and her own mother even though her father has made it clear he is insulted by her very presense is remarkable. Both tell stories of tragic childhoods where the heroines should have drowned in depression, but triumphed. I was left wondering what made the character's mother so afraid of her father--it hints at molestation.

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