Rust & Stardust by T. Greenwood - Restarting October 12th 2019

[Carrie]

Camden, NJ, 1948.

When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he’s an FBI agent who can have her arrested in a minute—unless she does as he says.

This chilling novel traces the next two harrowing years as Frank mentally and physically assaults Sally while the two of them travel westward from Camden to San Jose, forever altering not only her life, but the lives of her family, friends, and those she meets along the way.

[Carrie]

Chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ I thought for sure she was being kidnapped but what the heck? What was with the 20 questions and letting her go? (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Carrie]

20% (view spoiler)[ About time for Ella to wake up. Who in the heck sends her child off with a stranger and then on top of that let weeks and weeks go by??? (hide spoiler)]

[Carrie]

26% (view spoiler)[ Heck I want to know why her? How did he know she would be the only child in the world who had a mother to send her off without a second thought? Yes, he saw her steal but she was dared too and I'm sure she's not the first to take that dare. (hide spoiler)]

[Carrie]

30% (view spoiler)[ Gosh I'm glad female products have come a long way since then. (hide spoiler)]

[Carrie]

52% (view spoiler)[ I've again have to wonder why she fears jail more than being beaten and raped repeatedly. So sad. (hide spoiler)]

[Carrie]

75% (view spoiler)[ Now Vivi wants to be honest. Although I don't suppose it would have helped unless she had said something to Sally right after. (hide spoiler)]

[Carrie]

End (view spoiler)[ Well now that was rather sad. Live through all of that and ends up dying anyway after finally making it back home. (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

17 % (view spoiler)[ Oh my god. Such innocence and naivety has lead to Sally being kidnapped. Back then it was so different. People were trusting and you didn't constantly communicate. (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

19% (view spoiler)[ Poor Ella. Now she knows her daughter is truly kidnapped (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

19% (view spoiler)[ Poor Ella. Now she knows her daughter is truly kidnapped (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

43%
Ella
(view spoiler)[poor ella. She is so lost. But I also feel she hasn't searched hard enough for Sally (hide spoiler)]

Sally
(view spoiler)[how could Sally be so naive to believe he is her father? (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

45% Ruth(view spoiler)[ I don't think it's a coincidence that the park is called good luck (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

46% (view spoiler)[ How did he know it was her birthday? (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

83% (view spoiler)[ Oh please, for once could they actually find this girl? (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

Finished (view spoiler)[ Wow what a tragic ending. (hide spoiler)]

[Karen]

Mixed feelings about this before starting. Didn’t realise this was what had inspired Nabokov.

[Karen]

Chapter 1 sets everything up clearly. Sally is desperate to fit in, but I can’t understand how this wasn’t seen or how nobody intervened. Different time.

[Karen]

8% - what on Earth was her mother thinking? You simply wouldn’t do this.

[Karen]

28%-amazed it took so long to alert the police, and I’m reading this with a sinking feeling.

[Karen]

48% - not surprised the mother feels bad for her role in this. Still can’t believe this was able to happen.

[Karen]

73% - such a different time, but the mistakes made here are truly appalling.

[Karen]

Finished. Review on home page. Um, stunned.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date changed. Restarting April 15th 2019. Happy Reading ☺

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[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date changed. Restarting October 12th 2019. Happy Reading ☺

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[Krystal]

My hold finally came in!

[Jill]

Starting!!

[Krystal]

Up to 31% (view spoiler)[ Poor Sally. She’s now started her period and I fear for her even more. Thank goodness Al and Susan are as sharp as they are. Hopefully they find her though considering the book is long, I can only imagine what else Sally will have to go through. (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

41% (view spoiler)[ Sally has been gone for 9 months. 9 months!!! Now we have the sister added to the mix, which is good. Someone is going to find this little girl, I truly hope. (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

78% (view spoiler)[ Al is such a great man. He is so connected to the family and really wants to do anything he can to bring Sally home. It's good to have a good man in the story considering Frank is pure monster. (hide spoiler)]

[Jill]

(view spoiler)[ poor Sally. I wish she fought more and wasn’t so scared of getting in trouble for stealing. And I wish the mom asked more questions. Good thing Vivi went next door and started the whole search (hide spoiler)]
23%

[Krystal]

89% (view spoiler)[ The line about the plane bringing her daughter back home to her brought tears to my eyes. (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

Jill wrote: "[spoilers removed]
23%"

I guess back in those times maybe people were way more trusting. Scary scary.

[Krystal]

Finished. (view spoiler)[ I am so confused on her actual death. I know it was a car accident but I’m confused on how it happened. Did they run into another truck? What a terrible ending.. I know this was based off a true story but still. Ugh. (hide spoiler)]

[Jill]

(view spoiler)[ I’m so pissed that Sr. Mary Catherine got shut down by the priest. She’s the only one that could help Sally right now. Ella is losing hope fast. I hope they find her. Sally is too scared to stand up for herself so it’s up to the others (hide spoiler)]
40%

[Jill]

Krystal wrote: "41% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Yeah the sister and the husband Al are the only smart ones in this story (hide spoiler)]

[Krystal]

Jill wrote: "Krystal wrote: "41% [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

Thank goodness for them at least trying!

[Jill]

(view spoiler)[I'm so sad that Sally is being left alone. First the circus people and now Ruth. And of course Frank didn't pass on Ruth's letter. Ruth was on the brink of finding out the truth. Al is still diligent in his search. He is slowly making progress. Its so sad that Sally just believes everything everyone tells her. I hope she makes a new ally soon and that her family finds her. (hide spoiler)]
72%

[Krystal]

Jill wrote: "[spoilers removed]
72%"

(view spoiler)[I hate that she believes everything everyone tells her as well. It really makes things so much more difficult for her. (hide spoiler)]

[Jennifer]

23% - (view spoiler)[ I can't believe it has taken over a month for the family to start cluing in that something is wrong. And now it's too late! I feel so bad for Sally. (hide spoiler)]

[Jill]

Jennifer wrote: "23% - [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I know! So slow...the horrors she's enduring :((( (hide spoiler)]

[Jill]

(view spoiler)[ I'm glad she was finally found and reunited with her sister and mom. And that guy went to jail ugh. Sad ending that she died in a car crash (hide spoiler)]
End

[Jill]

Krystal wrote: "Finished. [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[By terrible ending do you mean it was sad, or that you hated it? I personally liked the story, and yes it is very heart wrenching and sad. But that's what makes me love a book. Anyway, I think she lead a sad life, suffered that abuse for years, only to be killed shortly after being freed. Ughhh so sad (hide spoiler)]

[Ashleigh]

13% - (view spoiler)[Oh this man is so shifty. It's scary how easily he managed to take her away from her family.

I like that at least her sister Susan is suspicious. I wonder when it'll take her mother to realise something is wrong.. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashleigh]

33% - (view spoiler)[I'm pleased it didn't take long to work out that Sally had been kidnapped, but my god, this book is horrific.

The rapes have started and my heart is breaking for poor Sally.

I can't quite blame Ella, because although she should have known better than to send Sally off with a stranger on barely nothing, but imagine how happy she was that Sally had made a friend. This whole story is so tragic! (hide spoiler)]

[Ashleigh]

Jill wrote: "[spoilers removed]
23%"

(view spoiler)[Thank God for Vivi! I really thought that it would take ages for them to realise she was missing. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashleigh]

61% - (view spoiler)[Oh what has this man done to poor Sally? This book is just getting worse. It seems like every time she finds someone who might be able to help her, something happens and they're taken away from Sally. Such a downer book! (hide spoiler)]

[Ashleigh]

Jill wrote: "[spoilers removed]
40%"

(view spoiler)[Oh I know! I was like yayy, someone might be able to get Sally away, but no. What an asshole that priest was! (hide spoiler)]

[Ashleigh]

Krystal wrote: "41% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[It's crazy how quickly this book is advancing! (hide spoiler)]

[Jill]

Ashleigh wrote: "61% - [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[The saddest part is that this is based on a true story, so these are all real events. So sad (hide spoiler)]