Out of the Easy, by Ruta Sepetys, is about a girl named Josie whose mother is a prostitute. When Josie’s mother starts dating a criminal (who loathes Josie), Josie breaks away from the life of a prostitute’s daughter and decides that she wants to go to college and receive an education. One stren...
This book gets a strong 3 for a variety of reasons. The most glaring reason is that is just ends. There is no real resolution or end to the story it just stops without allowing the reader to gain any sense of where the main character or anyone else is at the end. There is an epilogue with a lette...
Kniha se krásně četla, ačkoli děj občas trošku pokulhával. Vzhledem k tomu, že mi knihu zabavila babička a přečetla ji dřív než já- tvrdila, že je to taková slaďárnička- tak jsem očekávala něco drobet jiného. No nevím jako slaďárnička mi to moc nepřilo- to možná až na konci.Nicméně mne to celkem ...
1950 New Orleans. Josie Moraine, daughter of a brothel prostitute, wants out of the French Quarter. After meeting someone from Smith College in MA, she dreams of going to college. However, after a suspenseful death of a visitor to New Orleans, Josie is questioned by the police and is left trying ...
Really really good!! Powerful. Something I want my daughter to read in the future.
A tough but necessary YA book about victims of Stalin's reign of terror. There is a current obsession with dystopian lit, but nothing can truly compare to the fear and hopelessness experienced daily by these innocent people whose "crime" may simply have been being related to someone who objected...
The knight was beautiful, handsome when he smiled. He didn’t want anyone to see it. He didn’t want to acknowledge it himself. But for a brief moment, I saw him. The real man inside of him, not the one tortured by secrets and ...