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Best opening paragraph ever: "Today is Christmas Eve. Today is my birthday. Today I am fifteen. Today I buried my parents in the backyard. Neither of them were beloved."
Two sisters, Nelly and Marnie, find themselves orphaned. They bury their parents in their backyard for fear of being collected by the government and put into the foster care system. Marnie is almost 16, which apparently is the legal age in Glasgow. Their interactions, and relationship is so riveting, it takes the reader into the ...more
Two sisters, Nelly and Marnie, find themselves orphaned. They bury their parents in their backyard for fear of being collected by the government and put into the foster care system. Marnie is almost 16, which apparently is the legal age in Glasgow. Their interactions, and relationship is so riveting, it takes the reader into the ...more
Oh my...what a disturbing yet triumphant story of dysfunctional yet likable and heart wrenching characters. A wonderful debut novel by Ms. O'Donnell. Nothing that I expected and nothing that I would have chosen but how unfortunate if I had passed it up.
The 3 main characters of this story, Marnie, Nelly and Lennie are such sad and lost souls, but are all searching for family and they find it with each other. They enter each others lives in the worst of circumstances yet make it work. Each of th ...more
The 3 main characters of this story, Marnie, Nelly and Lennie are such sad and lost souls, but are all searching for family and they find it with each other. They enter each others lives in the worst of circumstances yet make it work. Each of th ...more
This one is pretty intense and the characters are so dysfunctional. The first few sentences had me hooked and you don't really figure it out until the middle of the book. I wasn't sure how it would all end, but I did like the way the author wrapped it up. I was drawn in and wanted to see what would happen to the girls, but I couldn't really relate to their life. I think this is Lisa O'Donnell first book, so it will be interesting to see what she writes next.
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This book was more graphic than I expected, but had some great characters and some dark humor which made a really sad and painful story actually quite easy to read. Unfortunately, some parts of the ending got a little too far-fetched for me and some other details the author threw in felt contrived. Still, a decent read.
I would have given this 4 stars but it dragged in the middle. Loved the beginning of the book and the end but the middle 50 or so pages just sort of dragged.
I thought this book started out pretty good, but as I read I enjoyed it less and less. Overall, did not care for this book.
Good book, but still processing it.
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