I purchased this book because I am trying to research older children/teenage books. I picked it up almost on a whim as it was by the till on special offer at £4.49. I had heard of it and thought it sounded interesting.
I loved it - I have read it in just over 24 hours and never wanted to put it down. It has many elements that I normally don't like - an unhappy ending, difficult to pin down characters but I still loved it. I loved the feeling of all the main characters being outsiders, outside their families, outside their friends. I understand that homelessness does not necessary have answers, that we can't heal others however much we try, the relationship between the two main women so close and yet so distance. The young girl and her male friend not being based on sexually but on something else. This is just a totally fabulous book - but not an easy book. This is what I like about it.
It is a keeper. It is one I will read again.
Dix
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