Review: Sissy and her Tree - funny and sad by turns
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 12, 2013
This story of Sissy, who lives with her parents in the rural south of the USA, is told from Sissy's point of view and written in the dialect of that region. At times amusing, at times, poignant, the reader sees the world through her eyes and sees what she sees - which for a little girl is too much. Caught in the middle of her parents' constant fighting, Sissy bravely and resourcefully carves a place for herself, a sanctuary of peace, in the tree in the back yard. From her hiding place in the tree, Sissy learns many things.Constantly upbeat and refusing to feel sorry for herself in spite of often being hungry and neglected by her drunken father and argumentative mother, Sissy is a breath of fresh air in that family. She is a survivor and I found myself wishing her well.