O.k., you guys are going to love this book!!! The main character's name is Frances...or that's what they call her [her biological name is close though]. Her real name is Francine Jenks, or Shine, as her old mother called her. But she doesn't like being compared to her monster of mother, the one that she doesn't live with anymore.
Almost a decade ago, before she was adopted, she lived with her Mom [Afton Jenks] and her 3 other sisters [and her Dad, but he worked lots so she only saw him on the weekends] out in the middle of nowhere. Frances and her sisters were never called by their real names, they were given special names in the place her Mother called Fireless [that's what she called their home]. Anyway, some weird things started happening to her Mom. She had to be taken to the hospital once for tyring to kill herself. Soon the insanity devoured her, and she calls the kids up to her room one by one with a pillow...so how does Frances survive? READ THE BOOK!!!
Anyway...some lawyer comes to her one day with news. Her birth mother is out of prison and in a mental home. And her mom has a letter for her..."come right away. we have to finish what we started." So what does her mom want exactly? Gotta read to find out!!! But I already told you that, didn't I?......................
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2 comments:
This book makes me think of a book I read called Dove song.
It's about a girl's mother who goes insain because her father is MIA in a war. Her and her brother have to take care of her untill they find her father.
You're right, this sounds like a fantastic book! I am intrigued about what Frances has to go through with her home life; did you mention how old she is? Does she have any sort of a normal life? Quick question- is this your character or setting post? Thanks & Happy Reading!
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