Review: A very touching insight into a tragic childhood
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2013
This is the author's story of her tragic childhood with an abusive, alcoholic mother who beat and berated her until social workers finally took her away and she went to a series of institutions and foster homes - being force to abandon the siblings she loved and worried about.  She somehow survives emotionally and is now a mother herself.  You cannot but admire her strength and courage, though it is a very sad book.  At every point I wanted to reach in and comfort that sad little girl.  She ends it right as she turns the age of being on her own and I think the book indicates there is a sequel pending.  I hope the rest of her life is filled with a good deal of happiness and that writing this book gave her insights into both her pain and strengths.  No child should be rejected and hurt this way. It was a different time and children were handled very differently than they are today (though today has its own tragedies).BTW, this book is a great deal on Kindle and for Prime members it can be borrowed free