I picked this book up on a whim over the summer while visiting a bookstore because it always seems wrong to me to leave a bookstore empty-handed. I carried it with me from place to place for almost 6 months before chance found me in a "need a book" situation and this the only book handy. I'm kicking myself now for not reading it sooner! Susan Richard's writing style is immediately engaging and she draws you into her narrative so quickly, you'll be halfway through the book before you know it. She recounts the details of her childhood in such a way that she elicits your sympathy without cloying for it. Unlike another reviewer on Amazon, I cannot say on which page I was when the tears started to flow because they were speckling up my glasses so that I could barely make out the words on the page. This book evokes the same feelings as the movies "Terms of Endearment" or "Steel Magnolias": you know what's coming, but you're enjoying the journey so much, you can't turn back and wouldn't want to. I'll definitely re-read this. Sorry, Mom, you'll have to get your own copy!
Highly recommended: 5 out of 5
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