14 year old Lily makes friends with the neighboring African Americans while trying to learn about her dead mother and hide from her abusive, bigoted father.
Review:
This novel made me uncomfortable while I was reading it, I went from feeling bad for Lily to wanting to smack her myself, back to feeling bad for her. Writing a confused teenager as your main character can be complected enough and by adding the dimensions of race, familial-abuse and death makes it quite the challenging story. Kidd does a great job of touching on the more depressing issues and expressing the frustration all of her characters feel. If you are prone to being brought down and upset by novels I do not recommend you read this one because it is upsetting. That said, it is well worth reading, there is a reason every book club ever has had it on their list. But I has a sad.
This novel made me uncomfortable while I was reading it, I went from feeling bad for Lily to wanting to smack her myself, back to feeling bad for her. Writing a confused teenager as your main character can be complected enough and by adding the dimensions of race, familial-abuse and death makes it quite the challenging story. Kidd does a great job of touching on the more depressing issues and expressing the frustration all of her characters feel. If you are prone to being brought down and upset by novels I do not recommend you read this one because it is upsetting. That said, it is well worth reading, there is a reason every book club ever has had it on their list. But I has a sad.
8/10
"Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life."
"If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you."
"Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here."
"People, in general, would rather die than forgive. It's that hard."
If you enjoyed this you should read:
She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah
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