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| Name : | Sara K. |
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I totally enjoyed this book until the seduction scene which was both unbelievable and deeply disturbing. Although brief, it changed the tenor of the story and wiped out the rather sweet mood that prevailed up until that moment. Perhaps that was the author's intent but the "loss of innocence" could have been accomplished in a less emotionally brutal way.
This is a poignant and compelling memoir of a childhood of deprivation and neglect. The author and her siblings are the offspring of intelligent and talented parents who are also selfish and self-absorbed and are, by any definition, unfit parents. The children frequently go hungry and wear clothing that belongs in the ragbag. No dance lessons or Little League for these children . . . their rec center is the desert floor among the cacti and sun bleached bones of desert animals. Life is even harsher when the family leaves the southwest and moves to the father's hometown, a coal mining community in West Virginia. The father's alcoholism and self-delusion, combined with the mother's casual attitude toward child rearing and indeed life in general, provide humiliation and disappointment at every turn. Despite this heartbreaking childhood of bleakness and danger, the author's love for her parents is obvious. God help them and others like them!
In this powerful and evocative book, a man and his son walk 'the road' seeking food, warmth, and a reason for living. An apocalyptic event has transformed their world into a dark, cold and desolate place that none of us ever wants to experience. Their tenuous hold on life is constantly threatened, with danger around every bend in 'the road.' The author creates this atmosphere of despair and peril on every page using words both familiar and obscure. At times, this reader was convinced that he must have fallen asleep with his face in a Thesaurus.
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