Here's a book that came into the shop this week. It wasn't a sellable romance, so I picked it up. It was captivating. Written from the perspective of a 12 year old girl who thinks her no good, lying, lesbian mother abandoned her and wrecked their home. It turns out she doesn't know her mother and wouldn't give her a chance. It highlights how selfish most of us are as children, how demanding children are and what happens when you can't meet their fantasy ideals of perfect motherhood. If you see it, pick it up. It's really good.
Friday, February 3, 2012
What We Keep
Here's a book that came into the shop this week. It wasn't a sellable romance, so I picked it up. It was captivating. Written from the perspective of a 12 year old girl who thinks her no good, lying, lesbian mother abandoned her and wrecked their home. It turns out she doesn't know her mother and wouldn't give her a chance. It highlights how selfish most of us are as children, how demanding children are and what happens when you can't meet their fantasy ideals of perfect motherhood. If you see it, pick it up. It's really good.
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Sounds interesting I looked it up on Nook Books. This author has 20 books listed there. "What we Keep" is 10 dollars. None of her's were in the under 5 dollar section. She must be good. Impressed.
There are plenty of the cheap books that are fine.
I never know what's in or not..I just get the ones Glena can't sell. The non romance...lol. Fucking romance books. I can't believe people come in and spend hundreds on those things.
romance books are all formulamatic too.....but there's millions of woman who just love them....i think then that jades them to their real life relationships when they don't play out as they do in the books.....'where's fabio coming to rescue me'???
That's what I think too. They all have the same plot, different costumes. I find them worthless, but, harmless.
the lady I work with reads " Christian romance" novels...cracks me up because they leave out all the stuff you would read that crap for in the first place!
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Thanks for the recommendation, put on my list at paperbackswap. It has high ratings there as well.
It's interesting, the observations of a 12 year old..like, ''my mother day dreamed, she stared into space. It made me angry because I knew at this time she was not fully available to me." It cracks you up, it's so selfish. Also the kid's outrage that her mother said some parts of her thoughts were not her children's business. The nerve. LOL
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