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A review by sjj169
The Education of Dixie Dupree by Donna Everhart
4.0
DANG IT! GR ATE MY REVIEW!!! (Probably because it only had ten typos instead of the normal twenty)
Let's try this again.
Set in the late 1960's south, Dixie lives in Alabama with her mom, dad and older brother AJ. Her mom has one of those tempers that can get away from her and Dixie tries her best to not trigger her 'other mom' coming out.
Her response was to snatch my arm and her sudden move scared me so bad, the pee I'd been holding let go. It drizzled down my legs, a hot stream of fear, but the mortification I felt as I wet my pants was nothing compared to watching her face become that person I was always watching out for.
Like a rabbit with its foot caught in a snare, attempting to free itself, I started jerking on my arm, wanting to get away from her, away from that look.
Dixie learns to become an expert liar. She needs to in order to protect her unstable family.
Don't judge this ELEVEN year old kid. Yes, I put that age in caps. You have to remember her age.
Told in Dixie's viewpoint, you do get the feeling that the families secrets are going to overwhelm them..but kids in the rural south were not told things that pertained to 'adult business.'
Then Dixie's mom finally works up the nerve to tell her father that she wants a divorce, she is missing her northern home and states she doesn't love him. He takes that not so well. This is the south by gawds and women stay with their husbands.
Then stuff gets even darker, Dixie's Uncle Ray comes to Alabama to stay with the family to 'help out.'
I don't want to spoil but get that oven heated up for you to stick your head in while reading this one.
I KEED! I KEED! Quit being so dang sensitive! But don't say I didn't warn you about this one. ALL the triggers are gonna get pulled. It's a good one for those of you that have the dark souls like me but I'm saying that it's gonna feel like that day you got gut punched when you are done. You remember that day, don't you?
Booksource: Netgalley in exchange for review.
Let's try this again.
Set in the late 1960's south, Dixie lives in Alabama with her mom, dad and older brother AJ. Her mom has one of those tempers that can get away from her and Dixie tries her best to not trigger her 'other mom' coming out.
Her response was to snatch my arm and her sudden move scared me so bad, the pee I'd been holding let go. It drizzled down my legs, a hot stream of fear, but the mortification I felt as I wet my pants was nothing compared to watching her face become that person I was always watching out for.
Like a rabbit with its foot caught in a snare, attempting to free itself, I started jerking on my arm, wanting to get away from her, away from that look.
Dixie learns to become an expert liar. She needs to in order to protect her unstable family.
Don't judge this ELEVEN year old kid. Yes, I put that age in caps. You have to remember her age.
Told in Dixie's viewpoint, you do get the feeling that the families secrets are going to overwhelm them..but kids in the rural south were not told things that pertained to 'adult business.'
Then Dixie's mom finally works up the nerve to tell her father that she wants a divorce, she is missing her northern home and states she doesn't love him. He takes that not so well. This is the south by gawds and women stay with their husbands.
Then stuff gets even darker, Dixie's Uncle Ray comes to Alabama to stay with the family to 'help out.'
I don't want to spoil but get that oven heated up for you to stick your head in while reading this one.
I KEED! I KEED! Quit being so dang sensitive! But don't say I didn't warn you about this one. ALL the triggers are gonna get pulled. It's a good one for those of you that have the dark souls like me but I'm saying that it's gonna feel like that day you got gut punched when you are done. You remember that day, don't you?
Booksource: Netgalley in exchange for review.