I am not sure what to say about this
book. The story is about Stella, and
starts with a long section about her childhood, living with her mother in a
small apartment in England. Stella’s
mother tells her that her father is dead but there are hints that this might
not be true. Eventually Stella’s mother
remarries and they move to a new home.
By the time this very involved part of
the story is told, I was almost ready to put the book down. However, I continued to the very end.
While the characters are interesting
and the writing is good, I felt that there were several important issues that
were unexplained or under developed. In
addition, we are made to think Stella is an individual and a different thinking
and acting person than her mother. In
the end, however, she makes the same choices her mother did, so all that free
spirit and choosing a different path stuff rang a false note.
I will put this on the “staff
recommends” table, because it is an interesting book, but this is a book I will
probably not go out of my way to promote.
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