An intriguing book, written from the viewpoint of a ten-year-old girl who has been abandoned, orphaned, and abused. She seems to be the only one in her family with any morals, the clear knowledge of a child of what is right and what is wrong. The novel follows her as she stays with various relatives and finally ends up in a foster home.
One intriguing characteristic of the narrator is the way she misuses words and figures of speech. For instance, when she is talking about her mother, why she married her father, and how sick she is, she says, "You see when she was my size she had romantic fever I think it is called and since then she has not had a good heart." Excellent writing...
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