Saving Simon by Jon Katz
In 2011 Jon Katz received a call from an animal control officer who was trying to find a home for a severely neglected donkey that was seized from a local farm. Katz agreed and quickly realized that Simon (the donkey) would change and affect him more than he ever imagined. Simon was almost dead by the time animal control officers were called about his condition. In the weeks that it took to nurture him back to health he and Jon formed a strong bond. Jon began to see the true meaning of compassion through his relationship with Simon. He even decided to visit the farmer who neglected Simon because he felt like if Simon deserved compassion, so did his former owner despite his actions, or lack thereof. Because of his relationship with Simon Jon begins to open himself up more - both to animals and people. He ends up adopting two other animals (a border collie from Ireland and an older blind pony) that he never would have before simply because he was more open to their needs and situation. This is really a beautiful book about one man's experience with an animal, but also about the strong bonds between animals and humans and how they can shape us if we let them. If you're an animal lover this is a must read!
All or Nothing: One Chef's Appetite for the Extreme by Jesse Schenker
Jesse Schenker never felt comfortable in his own skin. When he was 12 years old he discovered drugs and quickly felt calm and relaxed like he never had before. By the time he was 17 he was physically addicted to Oxycontin and when that became harder to come by he turned to heroin and crack. By his early 20's he had lied and stolen from every family member and friend he had. Jesse finally began to turn his life around after hitting rock bottom - living on the streets for over two years. When he was arrested Jesse was actually glad because he knew it would be a chance to finally get sober. Before and even during his addiction Jesse loved food and cooking. After he got sober he knew that the kitchen is where he needed to be, but it was also where he had been introduced to harder drugs. Determined to stay sober and succeed in the kitchen Jesse poured all his energy into learning and growing as a chef. After making a name for himself in the New York restaurant scene Jesse knew he had finally made it, but he also realized that he had traded one drug for another - he was a raving workaholic who was running himself into the ground. After opening two successful restaurants and creating a family of his own Jesse still works to create a "middle ground" in his life so that he's not tempted by the extremes of his personality. This is a wild ride into the shadow-world of drug addiction, but also a story of hope as Jesse shows that it's possible to completely turn your life around despite whatever your past might be.
Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America by Liz Carlisle
In 1986 Dave Oien and three other young farmers started Timeless Seeds as a way to transition their family farms from traditional chemical-dependent monocultures into organic farms. Lentil Underground tells the story of Timeless Seeds from it's very beginning to what they are doing today. Timeless is a unique entity in that it is still dealing with commercial-level farming, while trying to stay true to their grass-roots, community-oriented background. Besides founder Dave Oien, many of the other Timeless farmers are profiled in this book and they tell how they came over to the "organic side" of farming. This is a unique look at how a small group of like-minded friends really created a farming industry build around their values and principles. Their story shows that a small group of people really can make a big impact on their local community and truly change the face of farming.
Some quotes I liked:
"Conventional growers had different expectations than Dave's buddies did, and most of them had no idea what they were getting themselves into. Dave knew firsthand that farm conversion was an intense process, which unfolded as a series of sweeping changes. First you had to change your mind. Then you had to change your farm. Then you had to change your business and the institutions that served it. And now that you were a weirdo, you either had to change your community or form a new one." (p. 105)
"AS the 2009 legislature approached, it appeared the alliance had a decent shot of passing the most popular piece of its legislative package: the Farmer Protection Bill. As sponsor Betsy Hands explained, the Farmer Protection Bill would establish a standard crop-sampling protocol for patent holders to follow when investigating farmers, something GMO seed companies had been doing with increasing frequency. If a grower acquired patented plant material unknowingly - by planting contaminated seed or via pollen drift - they couldn't be held liable for patent infringement. After several years of failed attempts, it looked like the farmer protection measure finally had the necessary votes to pass. The bill sailed through the Montana House of Representatives on a 37-43 vote, and Jim Barngrover started thinking ahead, imagining how he might leverage this majority to pass some of his more far-reaching GMO-related proposals. And then, before it could reach the floor of the state senate, the Farmer Protection Bill was tabled in committee. Two days later, an investigative reporter from the Associated Press offered an explanation. Monsanto had hosted a dinner for members of the Senate Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation Committee at a private club in Helena. Somewhere between the steak and the dessert, the legislators had changed their minds about patent infringement." (p. 206-7)
"What I'd realized as I spent time with the Timeless farmers is that most of what they were doing was tangential to the business, at least in mainstream economic terms. But if so many of these farmers' activities fell outside the purview of a typical enterprise, I could see how their broad-based efforts were nonetheless integral to their success. As they carefully stewarded an ecosystem, a social movement, and an information network, the lentil underground had introduced me to a very different form of economy...In making these connections, the plants and people of the lentil underground bore a curious resemblance to one another. Both initiated change in their communities that could only be described as radical. In the literal sense of that word, the underground allies sought fundamental transformation at the very root of their respective systems. Surrounded by producers, they insisted on lives as regenerators...Socially and ecologically indispensable, it remained economically near impossible." (p. 242-3)
"Anna and her fellow Timeless growers attempt to create a workable niche for themselves in the food system, while simultaneously questioning the very foundations of that system. By finding creative ways to stay in the game without fully accepting its rules, the lentil underground alters the landscape slowly, subtly, subversively. This is why they can withstand challenges that bring the rest of American agriculture to its knees, like the 2012 drought. Instead of building farming systems that are maximally productive under ideal conditions, they're designing dynamic agroecosytems for the long haul, which can both survive adverse conditions and adapt to them. The many dimensions of the lentil underground - from the diverse community of microorganisms beneath the surface of the soil to the diverse community of people organizing for change beneath the surface of red state America - are at the root of this supple strength." (p. 247)
Some quotes I liked:
"Conventional growers had different expectations than Dave's buddies did, and most of them had no idea what they were getting themselves into. Dave knew firsthand that farm conversion was an intense process, which unfolded as a series of sweeping changes. First you had to change your mind. Then you had to change your farm. Then you had to change your business and the institutions that served it. And now that you were a weirdo, you either had to change your community or form a new one." (p. 105)
"AS the 2009 legislature approached, it appeared the alliance had a decent shot of passing the most popular piece of its legislative package: the Farmer Protection Bill. As sponsor Betsy Hands explained, the Farmer Protection Bill would establish a standard crop-sampling protocol for patent holders to follow when investigating farmers, something GMO seed companies had been doing with increasing frequency. If a grower acquired patented plant material unknowingly - by planting contaminated seed or via pollen drift - they couldn't be held liable for patent infringement. After several years of failed attempts, it looked like the farmer protection measure finally had the necessary votes to pass. The bill sailed through the Montana House of Representatives on a 37-43 vote, and Jim Barngrover started thinking ahead, imagining how he might leverage this majority to pass some of his more far-reaching GMO-related proposals. And then, before it could reach the floor of the state senate, the Farmer Protection Bill was tabled in committee. Two days later, an investigative reporter from the Associated Press offered an explanation. Monsanto had hosted a dinner for members of the Senate Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation Committee at a private club in Helena. Somewhere between the steak and the dessert, the legislators had changed their minds about patent infringement." (p. 206-7)
"What I'd realized as I spent time with the Timeless farmers is that most of what they were doing was tangential to the business, at least in mainstream economic terms. But if so many of these farmers' activities fell outside the purview of a typical enterprise, I could see how their broad-based efforts were nonetheless integral to their success. As they carefully stewarded an ecosystem, a social movement, and an information network, the lentil underground had introduced me to a very different form of economy...In making these connections, the plants and people of the lentil underground bore a curious resemblance to one another. Both initiated change in their communities that could only be described as radical. In the literal sense of that word, the underground allies sought fundamental transformation at the very root of their respective systems. Surrounded by producers, they insisted on lives as regenerators...Socially and ecologically indispensable, it remained economically near impossible." (p. 242-3)
"Anna and her fellow Timeless growers attempt to create a workable niche for themselves in the food system, while simultaneously questioning the very foundations of that system. By finding creative ways to stay in the game without fully accepting its rules, the lentil underground alters the landscape slowly, subtly, subversively. This is why they can withstand challenges that bring the rest of American agriculture to its knees, like the 2012 drought. Instead of building farming systems that are maximally productive under ideal conditions, they're designing dynamic agroecosytems for the long haul, which can both survive adverse conditions and adapt to them. The many dimensions of the lentil underground - from the diverse community of microorganisms beneath the surface of the soil to the diverse community of people organizing for change beneath the surface of red state America - are at the root of this supple strength." (p. 247)
Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
Sydney always felt invisible compared to her older brother Peyton. Peyton was always the center of attention and now he is the main cause for concern in the family. After a series of increasing serious incidents of crime and drug use, Peyton is in a drunk-driving accident that paralyzes someone. Now he is facing real jail time. If Sydney felt invisible when things were good, it's even worse now with her parents constant worry about Peyton. Then she meets the Chatham family - they are all musicians and run a local pizza restaurant. Their chaotic family is the polar opposite of her family, but she loves all the music, noise, and love she feels from this family. With Layla Chatham Sydney finds herself confiding in her new friend in ways she never could with her other friends, but Sydney is also drawn to Layla's older brother Mac. Through the Chathams Sydney finds friendship, love, and even ways to reconnect with her own family.
This is Sarah Dessen at her best! I'm already a fan, but this might be her best book yet. She has an effortless way of creating characters that are so relatable and real. She also perfectly captures the emotions of first love in a real way (not a cheesy fake way). What I love the most about her books is that the characters are REAL. I'll keep reading her YA stuff, but I would love it if she would venture into adult fiction too.
This is Sarah Dessen at her best! I'm already a fan, but this might be her best book yet. She has an effortless way of creating characters that are so relatable and real. She also perfectly captures the emotions of first love in a real way (not a cheesy fake way). What I love the most about her books is that the characters are REAL. I'll keep reading her YA stuff, but I would love it if she would venture into adult fiction too.
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald
To say this book is eye-opening would be a gross understatement. Greenwald tells the story of how Edward Snowden contacted him and a colleague, Laura Poitras, and gave them hundreds of NSA documents that proved the US had been spying on other nations, as well as, its own citizens with impunity. All Snowden wanted was to expose this illegal behavior and make US citizens aware of what was really going on. He did all this at enormous personal risk and basically left his life behind in order to do so. What's even more interesting than Snowden's whistle-blowing was how hard the media worked to discredit him and Greenwald and how rampantly the US government, including the President, blatantly lied about what the NSA was doing. This is an unbelievably disturbing book that should be read by EVERY US citizen.
Here are some quotes I really liked:
"The lesson for me was clear: national security officials do not like the light. They act abusively and thuggishly only when they believe they are safe, in the dark. Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, we discovered, its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote." (p. 12)
"Snowden gave me an answer [for why he was doing what he was doing] that felt vibrant and real. 'The true measure of a person's worth isn't what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those beliefs,' he said. 'If you're not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren't real.'" (p. 43)
"Often, whistle-blowers like Snowden are demonized as loners or losers, acting not out of conscience but alienation and frustration at a failed life. Snowden was the opposite: he had a life filled with things people view as most valuable. His decision to leak the documents meant giving up a long-term girlfriend whom he loved, a life in the paradise of Hawaii, a supportive family, a stable career, a lucrative paycheck, a life ahead full of possibilities of every type." (p. 47)
"The Obama administration had waged what people across the political spectrum were calling an unprecedented war on whistle-blowers. The president, who had campaigned on a vow to have the 'most transparent administration in history,' specifically pledging to protect whistle-blowers, whom he hailed as 'noble' and 'courageous,' had done exactly the opposite. Obama's administration has prosecuted more government leakers under the Espionage Act of 1917 - a total of seven - than all previous administrations in US history combined..." (p. 50)
"In addition to foreign leaders, the United States has also, for example, spied extensively on international organizations such as the United Nations to gain diplomatic advantage." (p. 142)
"A training document prepared for analysts claims the program [X-KEYSCORE] captures 'nearly everything a typical user does on the internet,' including the text of emails, Google searches, and the names of websites visited. X-KEYSCORE even allows 'real-time' monitoring of a person's online activities, enabling the NSA to observe emails and browsing activities as they happen." (p. 153)
"The Internet has long been heralded as an unprecedented instrument of democratization and liberalization, even emancipation. But in the eyes of the US government, this global network and other types of communications technology threaten to undermine American power. Viewed from this perspective, the NSA's ambition to 'collect it all' at last becomes coherent. It is vital that the NSA monitor all parts of the Internet and any other means of communication, so that none can escape US government control." (p. 169)
"The many pro-surveillance advocates I have debated since Snowden blew the whistle have been quick to echo Eric Schmidt's view that privacy is for people who have something to hide. But none of them would willingly give me the passwords to their email accounts, or allow video cameras in their homes." (p. 171)
"What makes a surveillance system effective in controlling human behavior is the knowledge that one's words and actions are susceptible to monitoring [whether is actually IS all the time or not]." (p. 175)
"Of course, dutiful, loyal supporters of the president and his policies, good citizens who do nothing to attract negative attention from the powerful, have no reason to fear the surveillance state. This is the case in every society: those who pose no challenge are rarely targeted by oppressive measures, and from their perspective, they can then convince themselves that oppression does not really exist. But the true measure of a society's freedom is how it treats its dissidents and other marginalized groups, not how it treats good loyalists." (p. 196)
"Once reporters are branded as activists, once their work is tainted by the accusation of criminal activity and they are cast out of the circle of protections for journalists, they are vulnerable to criminal treatment. This was made clear to me very quickly after the NSA story broke. Within minutes of my return home to Rio after my stay in Hong Kong, David told me that his laptop had vanished. Suspecting that its disappearance was connected to a conversation we had while I was away, he reminded me that I had called him on Skype to talk about a large encrypted file of documents I intended to send electronically...'Less than forty-eight hours after you told me that,' David said, 'my laptop was stolen from the house.'...nothing else was taken or disturbed." (p. 236)
Here are some quotes I really liked:
"The lesson for me was clear: national security officials do not like the light. They act abusively and thuggishly only when they believe they are safe, in the dark. Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, we discovered, its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote." (p. 12)
"Snowden gave me an answer [for why he was doing what he was doing] that felt vibrant and real. 'The true measure of a person's worth isn't what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those beliefs,' he said. 'If you're not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren't real.'" (p. 43)
"Often, whistle-blowers like Snowden are demonized as loners or losers, acting not out of conscience but alienation and frustration at a failed life. Snowden was the opposite: he had a life filled with things people view as most valuable. His decision to leak the documents meant giving up a long-term girlfriend whom he loved, a life in the paradise of Hawaii, a supportive family, a stable career, a lucrative paycheck, a life ahead full of possibilities of every type." (p. 47)
"The Obama administration had waged what people across the political spectrum were calling an unprecedented war on whistle-blowers. The president, who had campaigned on a vow to have the 'most transparent administration in history,' specifically pledging to protect whistle-blowers, whom he hailed as 'noble' and 'courageous,' had done exactly the opposite. Obama's administration has prosecuted more government leakers under the Espionage Act of 1917 - a total of seven - than all previous administrations in US history combined..." (p. 50)
"In addition to foreign leaders, the United States has also, for example, spied extensively on international organizations such as the United Nations to gain diplomatic advantage." (p. 142)
"A training document prepared for analysts claims the program [X-KEYSCORE] captures 'nearly everything a typical user does on the internet,' including the text of emails, Google searches, and the names of websites visited. X-KEYSCORE even allows 'real-time' monitoring of a person's online activities, enabling the NSA to observe emails and browsing activities as they happen." (p. 153)
"The Internet has long been heralded as an unprecedented instrument of democratization and liberalization, even emancipation. But in the eyes of the US government, this global network and other types of communications technology threaten to undermine American power. Viewed from this perspective, the NSA's ambition to 'collect it all' at last becomes coherent. It is vital that the NSA monitor all parts of the Internet and any other means of communication, so that none can escape US government control." (p. 169)
"The many pro-surveillance advocates I have debated since Snowden blew the whistle have been quick to echo Eric Schmidt's view that privacy is for people who have something to hide. But none of them would willingly give me the passwords to their email accounts, or allow video cameras in their homes." (p. 171)
"What makes a surveillance system effective in controlling human behavior is the knowledge that one's words and actions are susceptible to monitoring [whether is actually IS all the time or not]." (p. 175)
"Of course, dutiful, loyal supporters of the president and his policies, good citizens who do nothing to attract negative attention from the powerful, have no reason to fear the surveillance state. This is the case in every society: those who pose no challenge are rarely targeted by oppressive measures, and from their perspective, they can then convince themselves that oppression does not really exist. But the true measure of a society's freedom is how it treats its dissidents and other marginalized groups, not how it treats good loyalists." (p. 196)
"Once reporters are branded as activists, once their work is tainted by the accusation of criminal activity and they are cast out of the circle of protections for journalists, they are vulnerable to criminal treatment. This was made clear to me very quickly after the NSA story broke. Within minutes of my return home to Rio after my stay in Hong Kong, David told me that his laptop had vanished. Suspecting that its disappearance was connected to a conversation we had while I was away, he reminded me that I had called him on Skype to talk about a large encrypted file of documents I intended to send electronically...'Less than forty-eight hours after you told me that,' David said, 'my laptop was stolen from the house.'...nothing else was taken or disturbed." (p. 236)
Trash Mountain by Jane Yolen
This book was not at all what I expected. I basically picked it up because of the cover with the cute red squirrel. I've always liked squirrels and the cute illustrations are the ONLY good part of this book. Basically the storyline is Nutley, a young red squirrel, doesn't understand why the grey squirrels get the best food/homes/etc. and decides to try to make friends with them. When he does they attack him and leave him for dead, then the next day they come back and kill his parents. When I read that I was like WTF?! This is a children's book?! Nutley vows revenge on the greys. He winds up in the dump which the local animals call Trash Mountain. There he meets a rat named Naw and a seagull named Larie. While his parents always told him that rats and seagulls were stupid and of no value, Nutley realizes that might not always be the case. Nutley realizes that across the street from Trash Mountain is a grove of hazelnut trees, but soon he also realizes they are the territory of the gang of grey squirrels that attacked him and killed his parents. One night when Nutley is trying get some hazelnuts they attack him again and come to Trash Mountain looking to finish him off. There his newfound rat and seagull friends help him out and a grey squirrel/rat/seagull battle takes place.
I was hoping this book would show Nutley making friends with some of the grey squirrels and realizing that not everyone who's not like you is not the enemy. I was REALLY surprised at how the grey squirrels were characterized. I was also really surprised at the fact that Nutley decides to live on Trash Mountain instead of the hazelnut trees - especially once the Trash Mountain animals take care of the gang of evil grey squirrels. I would not recommend this book to ANYONE - it was pretty terrible and did not really have any kind of redeeming good message. The only plus is the cute illustrations which don't work with the violent story at all.
If you want a GOOD children's book series with squirrels as characters try the Mistmantle series or the Redwall books.
I was hoping this book would show Nutley making friends with some of the grey squirrels and realizing that not everyone who's not like you is not the enemy. I was REALLY surprised at how the grey squirrels were characterized. I was also really surprised at the fact that Nutley decides to live on Trash Mountain instead of the hazelnut trees - especially once the Trash Mountain animals take care of the gang of evil grey squirrels. I would not recommend this book to ANYONE - it was pretty terrible and did not really have any kind of redeeming good message. The only plus is the cute illustrations which don't work with the violent story at all.
If you want a GOOD children's book series with squirrels as characters try the Mistmantle series or the Redwall books.
Golden State by Stephanie Kegan
Natalie Askedahl always looked up to her older brother Bobby. He taught her to tell time, find constellations in the night sky, and always really listened to her. Bobby is brilliant and goes off to college at the age of fourteen, when he comes home a few months later her parents say it's because Bobby was too young, but Natalie can tell that something has changed and Bobby is not the same. By the time Natalie is married and having her children, Bobby has cut himself off from the rest of the family and is living in a small shack off the grid in rural Idaho. When a terrorist known as the Cal Bomber strikes while Natalie's oldest daughter is at a competition at Stanford University it hits a little too close to home and Natalie starts to look into the Cal Bomber. She quickly realizes that the Bomber's manifesto sounds eerily similar to a ranting letter her brother Bobby had recently sent their mother. When she shows the manifesto and the letter to her husband he realizes they have to go to the authorities. Natalie hopes they will quickly clear her brother and move on, but the FBI arrest her brother and raid his cabin - Bobby is the Cal Bomber. Within a matter of days Natalie's whole life is upended. Golden State follows Natalie as she tries to make sense of the tragedies of the Cal Bomber and the mentally ill criminal who was once the brother she adored.
This book seems to be based on the Unibomber who was turned in by his brother when he realized the Unibomber manifesto sounded like his brother's ranting letters. The author does a good job of showing how hard something like this would be on the family of the bomber/criminal. I don't think anyone knows how they would react to something like this and if they would have what it takes to turn their family member in to the authorities. The only reason that I didn't rate this one higher is that the focus of the book is less on Natalie's decision to turn her brother in and more on her falling apart afterward.
This book seems to be based on the Unibomber who was turned in by his brother when he realized the Unibomber manifesto sounded like his brother's ranting letters. The author does a good job of showing how hard something like this would be on the family of the bomber/criminal. I don't think anyone knows how they would react to something like this and if they would have what it takes to turn their family member in to the authorities. The only reason that I didn't rate this one higher is that the focus of the book is less on Natalie's decision to turn her brother in and more on her falling apart afterward.
Hyper: a Personal History of ADHD by Timothy Denevi
This is a really interesting account of what it feels like to live with ADHD. Timothy Denevi grew up in the 80's and was diagnosed with ADHD around the time he started school. When he was being tested to figure out if his issues were ADHD, he realized that something was "wrong" with him and never knew how to fix it. What I found most interesting is that Timothy often realized immediately after doing something that it wasn't the right reaction or thing to do or say, but he couldn't un-do whatever he had just done. In school he learned that physically fighting kept most kids from picking on him because they were afraid of him. He goes through his whole school-age life - Kindergarten to graduating from high school and it was really interesting how some teachers were very understanding and accommodating and others were cruel and expected him to be like other "normal" kids. He also talks about how it felt to go on various medications for ADHD and how even now as an adult he struggles with "needing" medication to be "normal." My brother has ADHD and that was why I decided to read this book. This would be a great read for anyone with ADD/ADHD or anyone with a child/family member/loved one with ADD/ADHD to read to get an insider's perspective.
My only complaint about the book is that he intersperses his story with the history of ADHD and the treatment of childhood mental disorders/conditions - that's fine. But, I wish it had been a shorter chapter about his story and then a shorter chapter about the history of ADHD instead of a few long chapters with both. Sometimes it was hard to jump back and forth so much when you wanted to find out more of his story. But, maybe he did that on purpose to mimic the ADHD mind that tends to jump around and have a short attention span! Overall, I did like it and he does a good job telling his story and about the overall history and treatments for ADD/ADHD.
My only complaint about the book is that he intersperses his story with the history of ADHD and the treatment of childhood mental disorders/conditions - that's fine. But, I wish it had been a shorter chapter about his story and then a shorter chapter about the history of ADHD instead of a few long chapters with both. Sometimes it was hard to jump back and forth so much when you wanted to find out more of his story. But, maybe he did that on purpose to mimic the ADHD mind that tends to jump around and have a short attention span! Overall, I did like it and he does a good job telling his story and about the overall history and treatments for ADD/ADHD.
Summer Secrets by Jane Green
Cat never felt like she fit in and while she was growing up her parents had an obviously unhappy marriage and her mother was depressed most of the time. When she was a teenager she discovered that alcohol made her feel smart and beautiful and interesting. But when she gets to the age of 29 and is still drinking to the point of blacking out and not remembering the night before she knows something needs to change. But then her mother tells her a long-held secret about her past that greatly affects Cat. She goes to Nantuckett to meet family she never knew existed, but the larger family she always wanted turns into a nightmare when her drinking gets the better of her again. That finally inspired her to really get sober - and that's when she reconnects with Jason. She and Jason get married and have a daughter, but then Cat falls off the wagon and isn't able to get back on again - she loses her marriage and her daughter for a time. Now she's in her early 40's and sober again and trying to work through the 12 steps by making amends. That means going back to Nantuckett to try to make things right with her estranged family. She's also trying to deal with Jason dating again. Lots of unexpected events happen in Nantuckett - Cat realizes who her real family is, she might rediscover love, and through it all she continues to take it one day at a time with her sobriety.
Jane Green does an incredible job telling Cat's story of addiction and recovery from a woman's perspective. Her character is so real and even though you see her make some big mistakes you are pulling for her from the first page. In the end how her story wraps up is so satisfying. This is really a FANTASTIC book from a great author! I was excited to get a prepub copy from Goodreads!
Jane Green does an incredible job telling Cat's story of addiction and recovery from a woman's perspective. Her character is so real and even though you see her make some big mistakes you are pulling for her from the first page. In the end how her story wraps up is so satisfying. This is really a FANTASTIC book from a great author! I was excited to get a prepub copy from Goodreads!
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