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I picked this up in the used book shop the other day, with really no idea what I would be getting into. I've never seen the film and am still unsure as to why the cover of the book has 4 blondes on it, when I only encountered 2 in the novel.
The majority of the book is set in a jacaranda-and-oleander-bedecked Los Angeles, gritty and rough, seen through the eyes of a young artist who is passing through the foster care system after her mother's incarceration. The plot itself is almost incidental, ...more
The majority of the book is set in a jacaranda-and-oleander-bedecked Los Angeles, gritty and rough, seen through the eyes of a young artist who is passing through the foster care system after her mother's incarceration. The plot itself is almost incidental, ...more
This book was painful. Reading it felt like picking at a scab. Astrid's story helped me to understand things that growing up in a secure home I never understood. I showed me a world I never really looked at or thought about too much. I'll never forget this one...
Did not like the movie at all! ...more
Did not like the movie at all! ...more
Aug 28, 2014
Laura
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