A review by sjj169
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
5.0
"A book is a living, breathing thing. It spends the first chapters of it's life curled up in the mind, symbiotic with its creator as it grows fat and round." Emily Murdoch
I'm so very glad that this book grew into being. I picked up this small book when I saw it on my friend Jenny's favorite's list. I didn't really imagine what a punch these 245 pages could begin to deliver.
Carey is fourteen and taking care of her sister Jenessa in a camper. Not just any camper-these girls have no running water, no heat other than campfires. Their mother stashes them in the woods and brings them some food when she remembers it or brings another form of abuse when she needs money for her meth fix. She took Carey when she was young because her husband had been awarded sole custody. Hid her in the woods and birthed Jenessa as a "trick baby".
This book is about horrible unimaginable abuse-BUT and a very big but it is-this book is about Carey's strength. I loved this character. She is amazing beyond my piddly little words can even begin to describe.
This book makes me cry but this book also made me smile from my whole heart. Carey's story should be read.
I'm so very glad that this book grew into being. I picked up this small book when I saw it on my friend Jenny's favorite's list. I didn't really imagine what a punch these 245 pages could begin to deliver.
Carey is fourteen and taking care of her sister Jenessa in a camper. Not just any camper-these girls have no running water, no heat other than campfires. Their mother stashes them in the woods and brings them some food when she remembers it or brings another form of abuse when she needs money for her meth fix. She took Carey when she was young because her husband had been awarded sole custody. Hid her in the woods and birthed Jenessa as a "trick baby".
This book is about horrible unimaginable abuse-BUT and a very big but it is-this book is about Carey's strength. I loved this character. She is amazing beyond my piddly little words can even begin to describe.
This book makes me cry but this book also made me smile from my whole heart. Carey's story should be read.