Review: An emotionally moving story for everyone
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2012
At What Price? By: P.A. EstelleRetired and widowed, Kat Gardner welcomes her six-year-old granddaughter into her life when the child's mother disappears. The years are kind to Kat and Rio, giving them a chance to learn trust and how to laugh together. But those happy moments are interrupted every couple of years when Rio's mom shows up. A drug addict, Mom steals everything not nailed down, leaving Kat with a difficult choice - give in to extortion or lose the granddaughter she loves.P.A. Estelle weaves a story of a family caught in the grips of addiction well. Little Rio's fears about abandonment in the beginning breaks your heart, and the trust built between grandmother and granddaughter comes through in little ways. The way addiction affects a whole family, to the emotional loss of the individual trapped by their desires, to the family struggling to understand and help in any way they can. The ending will leave the reader with the sense of being able to survive, no matter how much the addict wants to suck them dry. This story is a must for everyone, no matter their circumstance.