Well, this is supposed to be a children's book, but I would not recommend it for any child. It did not live up to my expectations. The story line concerning an 11-year-old girl coping with an alcoholic father while being the responsible person in a motherless home is not entertainment for a child...
It was now three thirty and he had half an hour to kill before going home if he didn’t want his mother asking awkward questions. The out-of-town traffic was heavy, vans and trucks nudging slowly towards the ring road, and he fell in beside them, walking in a ripple through their fumes, frowning t...