Day: May 8, 2009

Pearlie lives live much like any other housewife in Northern California in the early 1950s. She dutifully works to keep the house clean, keeps her polio striken son as healthy and vibrant as possible and her husband happy and calm (so as not to aggrevate his heart condition. All seems well, or at least liveable…

Such a Great Book, May 8, 2009 This review is from: Such a Pretty Girl (Paperback) One time ‘Daddy’s Girl’ Meredith holds a secret so terrible that it is talked about by everyone–her neighbors, her schoolmates and even people she doesn’t know. Meredith’s testimony at her father’s trial three years ago was the nail in…

Faith Duckle tries to reinvent herself at high school by losing weight at an institution after a failed suicide attempt. Despite the weight loss, Faith doesn’t make any waves until a single, violent act forces her to flee her home and meet up with a friend whose disappeared into a circus. Faith, fearing capture, renames…