by Lesley Kagen
Authentically told in the voice of Sally O’Malley, a girl at the cusp of growing up, in 1959, this is more a family and neighborhood story, a complex web of relationships and losses and discoveries, than a conventional whodunit, but the thread of mystery that holds the story together is woven in smo...
I wonder if I should have started with some of Kagen's newer works and then read my way backward? In retrospect, reading her first novel first may not have been my most clever move.The story, here, is what my pals and I call "Fine and Perfect" which means it was ok but I don't really want to talk ab...
Lovely and adorable.
I really liked it.
I borrowed this book from a friend. Great story, told from a child's perspective. Surprises, funny parts and the characters are loveable.