I categorize my books like menu items: Kid's Meal: children's books Appetizer: easy read adult books, novellas Main course: excellent adult fiction and nonfiction Dessert: silly books, romances, paranormal fiction, poetry I award them from 1 star to 5 stars. 1 star: don't bother 2 star: has some merit but needs work 3 star: average 4 star: really good book 5 star: superior book
Monday, October 15, 2012
My Sore Hush-A-Bye
Renata Barcelos is an amazingly talented writer. In her work like Mean and My Sore Hush-A-Bye,
she peels the layers from topics that most writers are loathe to
explore. She explores topics of dysfunctional families, abuse,and
psychopathology relentlessly. My Sore Hush-A-Bye is her new
novel, one which takes a close look at Camille, a sheltered young woman
who has lived with her Uncle Bob for around ten years - since her mother
abandoned her into Bob's care. Uncle Bob chose to home school Camille
and has taught her well. However, Camille has been caught in a time warp
at Uncle Bob's, immersing herself in the movies, TV shows and music of
another generation. The music of Mama Cass Elliott of the Mamas and
Papas has helped Camille deal with the loneliness of her life. Oddly
enough, after all of the years being sheltered and isolated in Uncle
Bob's world, Uncle Bob's feelings about her start to change. She feels
abandoned by him, in an echo of the earlier abandonment of her mother.
Uncle Bob sends her to the local public high school for her senior year.
There she feels more like an outsider - she understands nothing of the
language of kids her age. One girl does befriend her - though not
publicly at Camille's request. When her new friend disappears, Camille
is horrified and worried - worried that her friend's disappearance may
have something to do with Uncle Bob and her. The only negative about My
Sore Hush-A-Bye is that it's a lot like a mini Snickers bar; it tastes
wonderful but leaves me yearning for more.
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