The Box Children
by Sharon Wyse
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Author: Sharon WyseEdition: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2003-07-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 192
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Book Review: TOUCHING!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Mother drove us to a barbeque place and we had a big meal of salad and ribs and onion rings. She drank a beer before the salad, one with the ribs, and one after, while I had tapioca pudding for dessert."
The story is told through the eyes of a child; Lou Ann Campbell as she writes daily notes of the happenings in her dysfunctional family. The Campbells manage a wheat farm in Texas which they farm with the help of hired hands.
There is Lou Ann's brother, her dad Bill, and her eccentric mother Loretta who keeps the household well fed with the help of her daughter Lou Ann.
Lou Ann sees and knows everything that is going on around her home. She misses nothing, recording it when she is alone. A smart child she is, but lacking parental love and the freedom to grow into her own person. The recorded writings are shared with the box children which stand for all the babies her mother has lost during pregnancies. This is the only outlet she has, her box children to confide in. A girl like Lou Ann should be allowed friends but her mother does not want it. Loretta is a control freak, monitoring all of her daughter's actions unfailingly, not giving her any room to breath.
This page turner will make you love this girl who yearns for freedom in this suffocating atmosphere. Will she achieve this great feat? This book comes highly recommended!
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