Lullabies For Little Criminals
ISBN:
9781847243935 (1847243932)
Edition language: English
Considerably darker than the short stories that introduced me to O'Neill (Daydreams of Angels), this novel is nonetheless suffused with enough hope and humour to keep the reader going through the rather wretched circumstances of the life of the young female narrator ("Baby"). It's easy to forget jus...
This was honestly one of the saddest, most disturbing, heartbreaking books I've ever read.This is the story of Baby, a twelve year old who is being raised by her father who is a heroin addict. They move from one crappy apartment to another living in absolute poverty.We follow Baby as she faces the c...
I loved this one 3.5 stars -- didn't quite love it, but I more than just liked it. Reading this book felt the same as reading Joyce Carol Oates' Foxfire. Deliciously good, in an arty, good-for-your-brain kind of way.
I could not put this book down - mostly because I couldn't got to bed at night until I was sure that Baby was okay. O'Neill is extraordinarily talented at writing as an older narrator recalling her horrific early years as a child prostitute. The most captivating aspect of this novel was the noncha...
I loved this book!!
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