A review by libkatem
Small Damages by Beth Kephart
4.0
I really have a thing for small, beautiful, delicate, devastating stories. Kenzie is an 18 year old who, after the sudden death of her father, turns to her closet friend for support. She feels so isolated, and Kevin is there for her... until she ends up pregnant.
Her mother ships Kenzie off to Spain to have the baby and give it up for adoption. Kenzie, meanwhile, is falling in love with the life inside of her.
It's a bit of an old fashioned idea, sending your daughter away to have her baby in secret. But it's these secrets that allow her to connect with the people around her, who have secrets of their own.
Kephart has a deep love of Spain, and there's a bit of Hemingway's Lost Generation that shines through. I was completely entranced by Kenzie's journeys.
Her mother ships Kenzie off to Spain to have the baby and give it up for adoption. Kenzie, meanwhile, is falling in love with the life inside of her.
It's a bit of an old fashioned idea, sending your daughter away to have her baby in secret. But it's these secrets that allow her to connect with the people around her, who have secrets of their own.
Kephart has a deep love of Spain, and there's a bit of Hemingway's Lost Generation that shines through. I was completely entranced by Kenzie's journeys.