Christine (luvmygem) - reviewed on 5/10/2009 + 86 more book reviews

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A great read - heartbreaking to think what the author and her siblings went through as children. I wanted to go back in time and adopt them all. This isn't really a story of abuse, more like "unintentional neglect", as her parents were eccentric and preferred to live on the edge of society. I don't think they were right to drag their children there, but at least in this case the children not only survived, but for the most part, prospered. The author is a wonderful storyteller. In writing about this strange, sad childhood, she never once is asking for sympathy, she's simply telling it like it was. A great read!

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