My Impressions
I have recently come to a pretty interesting part of the book. After the author took a long time describing the childhood, now the author has moved into describing the teenage years. This part of the book tells about how Valerie (one of the main characters) got raped. During high school, even though the girls had drifted apart, Valerie told Addie (the other main character). Addie, having always been the shy/responsible one of the two, told her parents what had happened to Valerie. Her parents got the boy who raped Valerie in trouble, but since the boy was popular, the whole school turned against Addie for being a nark. For the rest of high school Addie was an outcast, even worse off then before. In college she didn't have much luck being popular either. She had to live at home and take care of her mother who was ill and dying. She ended up dropping out of school to be with her mother full time. In order to generate revenue, she sold little greeting cards with painting on them. After her mother passed away, she also began to take care of her brother who lived in a disability home not too far away from their house. The book gets a little confusing at times because it jumps around from time-period to time-period. However, now there is starting to be more action as the girls unravel and discuss the things that drove them apart so many years ago. Slowly but surely the author is showing the reader their growing friendship through gestures and words. I suspect Addie and Valerie will only grow closer throughout the rest of the book.
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