Review: Anyone can identify with the characters
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2014
After witnessing the murder of her father by her abusive mother, Christine suddenly finds herself taken in by an aunt her barely knows. The sorrow she feels at the loss of her loving father is compounded by the fact that she is separated from her four younger siblings. Now she is living in a stable and caring home and no longer has to worry about being beaten and, for the first time, has her own room. But her brothers and sisters are sent to a children's home. This causes her to feel guilty. Why, her? Why is life now treating her so well while her siblings languish in a place where she can only see them once every two weeks?And Christine's questions don't stop there. She is a bright, curious girl. She wants to know why her mother singled her out for abuse. She wants to know why her father doted on her, yet didn't protect her from the abuse she received. But is she really prepared to learn the truth?Ms. Campbell tells a real story about real people. By real I mean, these kinds of things can and do happen to all over the world. That her story is set in Jamaica only makes the setting unique. Anyone can identify with her characters.