When Emma Jean Peace, a mother of six boys, gives birth to another boy in 1940 she decides to tell everyone the child is a boy which she names Perfect. For the first eight years of his life Perfect is raised as a girl but after his eighth birthday Emma Jean tells him the truth. Emma Jean's husban...
There was so much to like about this book, it was very, very close to a five-star read.I'll need to think a bit more before writing a review.*************Okay, I am back to review this. Sadly, I have already read two other books since this one, and I know I won't be able to remember it in as good...
They and several other children sat around the Peaces’ rectangular kitchen table, anticipating the homemade ice cream and cake Emma Jean had promised. “Tell me!” Caroline murmured, tight-lipped. Eva Mae smiled devilishly and raised her head like one marching in a parade. She never intended to tel...
Indeed, I had had many sleepless nights in my parents’ house. Nightmares haunted me incessantly as a child, resulting in hours of early-morning reading time as I awaited the dawning of a new day. Sister and I thought ghosts dwelled in our house and were determined to get us. Sometimes we would hi...