I was definitely intrigued during the whole book, as the anticipation to "what she saw and what she lied about" was very well set up by the author. With hints of post-war troubles with the Jewish, infidelity and female sexuality in the background, the finale wasn't as juicy as I had hoped. I th...
Don't take my ratings too hard or too seriously - I take them literally as they are described. For me, this was an okay book. Far be it from me thinking it was bad - the storyline was interesting and rather involving, and at points quite thrilling as well, but I didn't necessarily "like" or "love...
This is a story about a 17year old girl called Kit Corrigan. She flee’s home with dreams of making it big on Broadway in NYC. Life gets pretty tough for her in New York and she reluctantly accepts her ex-boyfriend’s father, Nate Benedict’s, help. He sets her up with an apartment, free of charge, ...
I thought this book would be amazing! I was wrong. This book left me disappointed. I mean I always loved reading Dear America books ever since I was younger. They are what got me into reading. This book is the diary of a girl named Minnie Bonner. Her father recently "left" Minnie's mother and Mi...
Literally. I bounce off him and fall. “Where’s the fire?” he says. The fire…the fire! I see it then, I see the house burning. But is it in the past, or the future? I can’t tell. “What’s the matter with you?” he asks, crouching over me. “He went crazy,” I say. “In the garden. He’s destroying it. Y...
On my walks from my apartment in Noe Valley to Dolores Park (called Mission Park in Minnie’s time), I always made sure to walk on the side of the street where the golden hydrant commemorated the last great battle to douse the Mission District fire. I often stopped to read the plaque. That spot of...