I had neither the maturity nor the experience to understand the full nuance of the situation. It was because I have such a wonderful, very strong-willed mother she would die before she let someone else hurt me, let alone kick me out of the house. Eleanor’s stepfather was an abusive dick and her mother’s approach to the situation, though I now recognise that she too was a victim, got to me.Īt that age, I didn’t understand why she let this man throw her children from their home and continue to bully them once they returned. Too “real world” for me to digest (though I had read and loved books with far heavier topics at earlier ages, so it wasn’t just that). I do know why I didn’t like it at sixteen though too serious. My original Goodreads rating for it was two stars. I first read this book five years ago and I didn’t like it.
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