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For much of this book I felt as if I were listening to music - country music. I like most kinds of music, but not country.
The book tells the story of a family, 3 boys, their sister (the narrator) and their widower father. Mom died shortly after giving birth to the youngest boy (who is nine years younger than Esch, the girl. The first three are teenagers, born a year apart. Dad morns the loss of his wife at the bottom of a bottle.
Esch is surrounded by males - not only her family, but her brother ...more
The book tells the story of a family, 3 boys, their sister (the narrator) and their widower father. Mom died shortly after giving birth to the youngest boy (who is nine years younger than Esch, the girl. The first three are teenagers, born a year apart. Dad morns the loss of his wife at the bottom of a bottle.
Esch is surrounded by males - not only her family, but her brother ...more
Both lyrical and brutal, so much pain and yearning to wade through in the slow, ominous build-up to Katrina cutting a destructive path through this achingly poor Mississippi family's homelife.
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