Throwaway Girl
A victim of a tumultuous childhood of abuse, hunger, and homelessness, Andy Burton has learned a thing or two about survival. But at 13, Andy was picked up by the police and is taken to Haywood House, a group home for girls who have nowhere else to go. Now, as her 18th birthday approaches, she...
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A victim of a tumultuous childhood of abuse, hunger, and homelessness, Andy Burton has learned a thing or two about survival. But at 13, Andy was picked up by the police and is taken to Haywood House, a group home for girls who have nowhere else to go. Now, as her 18th birthday approaches, she must find a new home, knowing that life may not be so easy on her own. When Andy discovers that her struggles are far from over, will she be able to carve out a better life for herself and find the happiness she is searching for?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781459714076 (1459714075)
Publish date: October 18th 2014
Publisher: Dundurn
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
*Copy received from NetGalley in exchange of an honest review*Kristine Scarrow's way of writing is really good. I can feel emotions seeping throughout the whole book. The flashbacks really gave me a complete background of what happened to the main character.The character of Andy is easy to relate w...
Okay, so, this book is really hard to rate, especially when I felt like I was reading two books. So, what I'm going to do now is that I'm going to spill this book in two parts - the present and the past, as the book was going back and forth between those two. I will find it much easier to review lik...
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