This book got me right from the start. It usually takes awhile to get me hooked, and often I’m not, but feel obligated to read it. Not this one. It kept my attention throughout and it actually made me care about Billie. Definitely a good book
I really enjoyed this novel. It really seemed more like a memoir, very authentic.
I did like the book - it was well written and interesting. I didn’t really like the story.
This was a good read. My heart broke for Billie so often. It is important to read about people that are different from others. We need to realize we all do not have such in easy time in life!
I liked the book although found it somewhat slow. It’s not a book for everyone for that reason.
I thought it was a sad book. I didn’t find much uplifting in the story. I definitely felt empathy for Billie and her situation and kept hoping for the best. It seemed slow in coming.
Like Lynne G, I enjoyed reading the book because of its setting of Hutchinson, Ks. I grew up on a farm near a small town about 60 miles from Hutchinson and it was the nearest “BIG” town so we went there for major shopping and to the State Fair, Cosmosphere, NJCAA National Basketball tournament, movies, etc. In fact, I took my sister to her doctor in Hutchinson two days ago. I also enjoyed that the book was set in the time period when I was in high school and college. It was better than I expected, but there were points in the book that I just wanted things to move along. Although frequently depressing, I believe the author did a good job of presenting lower middle class life and how there was very little assistance if life dealt a bad break.