R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on + 1442 more book reviews
This read features Roxanna Slade, who lives a normal and unremarkable life in North Carolina. As the narrator, she shares her thoughts, experiences with a wayward husband, depressing times that take so much from her, and encounters with a mother in law whose goal is tormenting her. Her daughter becomes pregnant at age 13 but during Roxana's long life she finds love and happiness. The tale covers her life from age twenty into her middle nineties. It's a story that is told with emotion and depth and the reader begins to understand not only the relationships involved but also how the times in which an individual lives affect someone who lives such a long life.
