The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: Part One

Hello, Bookies!

 

Hope you are enjoying The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake.

 

I'm finding it to be a quick read filled with pleasant prose.

 

My immediate impression of our 9-year-old heroine is that she's lonely. She's starved (how apropos) for people's attention, especially her brother's.  She is very accommodating and willing to compromise, as is seen in her holding onto her brother's sleeve vs. his arm, having imaginary vs. real conversations with him ("I glanced at the back of Joseph's...