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Remember My Beauties (Switchgrass Books)
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I am a horse lover to the core, so any book that will even slightly feed that addiction is one that'll get my full attention. Plus, this book actually had a great story to go along with the horses. Score!
The story is set in Kentucky horse country with a family farm that is struggling to get by and two ailing parents. The day to day routine and chores of the farm have fallen on Jewels shoulders. While Jewel struggles to care for the farm and her parents, she is also contending with her drug addicted teenage daughter that is far from an easy child. Add to that, her brother Cal calls their parents and says he is coming home to help take care of the farm; that sets Jewel into a full on fit. As you follow the story you find out why she has such hatred for her brother and what she plans to do about it. This is a deeply disturbing family drama that has their fair share of skeletons in the closet.
This book is mainly narrated from the first person view of Jewel, but also goes through 3rd person views of several other characters (the only part I struggled with).
The story is set in Kentucky horse country with a family farm that is struggling to get by and two ailing parents. The day to day routine and chores of the farm have fallen on Jewels shoulders. While Jewel struggles to care for the farm and her parents, she is also contending with her drug addicted teenage daughter that is far from an easy child. Add to that, her brother Cal calls their parents and says he is coming home to help take care of the farm; that sets Jewel into a full on fit. As you follow the story you find out why she has such hatred for her brother and what she plans to do about it. This is a deeply disturbing family drama that has their fair share of skeletons in the closet.
This book is mainly narrated from the first person view of Jewel, but also goes through 3rd person views of several other characters (the only part I struggled with).
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Jan 31, 2016 06:43PM
A book set in the Bluegrass State. Nice! And very nice review, too.
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Excellent review, Angel. This sounds intriguing! I always wanted a horse when I was younger. Never got one, but did have some riding lessons, which I loved.
Im reading an ARC on my iPad and wondered about the narrator also. It's usually in Jewel's voice, then, without any warning (maybe because it's not a print version?), it's Eddie in third person. Is this intentional? Are there supposed to be new chapters or some kind of transition? Awkward.
