It is funny, I had alot of trouble getting started on this novel, just didn't like or identify with anyone I met in the opening pages, and then once I got past the first 50 pages, it was remarkable--this is a window into a world that I don't live in, but have family in, and this gives a voice to ...
A wonderful book about working class people and what happens when life gets cruel and changes around them. Chute understands her people, and how they are misunderstood -- either deliberately or through ignorance -- by the media and those in positions of power.Chute has a deft hand for her charact...