
Jackie T. (
JTG) wrote on 7/15/2007...
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a very moving novel about a family's struggle to deal with the loss of two children at the hands of a schizophrenic man.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a good book about a girl's struggle with tragedy in her life. There was a really heavy emphasis on Mormon religion, which for me just made the story more authentic and interesting, but it might put some people off. Overall, I enjoyed it.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Excellent book! I think that anyone that has lost a loved one to violence will learn something new about forgiveness. This was a very touching book.

Carolyn B. (
carmarie) wrote on 3/19/2007...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I was a little disappointed. I just couldn't get into it. Maybe it was the style of writing (narrated by 12 year old...which is would normally love)...so I'm going to pass it on to someone else!
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very good story but for me it was too long and drawn out.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
A must read! Such a wide range of emotions in varying degrees. This one really makes you think. It grabbed me within the first few pages, then I couldn't put it down!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I read this book in one evening! Could not put it down even though I was bawling half the time I was reading it! Very good and very emotionally draining! Not light read but wonderful if you want to be completely immersed in a book!

Wendy C. (
Froggie) wrote on 2/12/2008...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book was excellent and will bring out the emotions of any parent. I had already cried 3 times by chapter 8!
I have read several of the authors books and it is hard to pick a favorite. This one follows the 12 year old sister as she and her family learn to cope with the horiffic circumstances that took the lives of her younger twin sisters.
The ending will surprise you....keep reading till the very last page.

Gretchen F. (
MOMSBOOKS) wrote on 10/21/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I was very disappointed in this book. I rec'd it from a friend, who as far as I know is feligion-neutral and sophisticated in literary taste. This book rates right up there with something you might five your 12-15 yo relative, who is questioning her Mormon faith. The author states her intention as exploring Mormon faith and its effect upon an adolescent believer who experiences a hedeous trauma. Through the years I have met a fair number of Mormons who have told me beliefs of the church, attitudes toward women, attitudes toward the body and sex, that simply did not show up in this book. Therefore, I do no think the author met her goal Secondly, schizophrenia and the effect of drugs upon it is poorly represented. Scizophrenia is not a one-shot-kill-a-bunch-of-people-then-take-your-drugs-and-be-OK kind of a disease. If you would like to find out what Jacquelyn Mitchard knows about the Mormon faith and schizophrenia, read it!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very memorable. Difficult subject matter to read, but it will leave a lasting impression.