Christin R. (raksha38) reviewed on 1/15/2011 + 203 more book reviews

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This is a hard book. I don't mean "hard" as in "difficult to follow," because it's not at all, but "hard" as in "it deals with some harsh subject matter and does not flinch." This book deals with the messy and sometimes contradictory and/or disturbing emotions and reactions that come from childhood sexual abuse. Luckily, Heim is a very skilled writer and he handles things in such a way that the events of the story and the reactions of the characters don't come across as shocking for the sake of being shocking, but merely as the heartbreakingly matter-of-fact consequences of what happened.

This is a very good book; it'll make you hurt.

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