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Sometimes people can't get out of their own way and in this novel both Daley and her father Gardiner are examples of this. At times I found myself irritated with the choices they both made, but in the end it's hard to question someone's motives that are driven by love.

I finished this audiobook as part of my #20in4 #readathon. It is my 2nd book down.

It was a slow- moving book, but I was kept interested by the family dynamic and the characters for the whole of the story. The ending was a bit idealistic, but that was the way white people thought in 2010.

Lily King, author of Euphoria, has written a powerful book about a daughter dealing with her alcoholic father. From the beginning, as she is let in on the secret that she and her mother are leaving the next day while, at the same time, her father is buying her a puppy and asking her opinion, King pulls you into the emotional trauma of a young child whose family is coming apart. The struggle to love a seriously flawed parent was detailed and true.

3.75⭐️. This story was packed with emotions. It dealt with themes of addiction, parent/child relationships & what it means to live a healthy life for yourself. King‘s writing is beautiful & it really caused feelings, thoughts & assumptions to collide.

Birthday book haul!

Beim Schattenlesen kam eine neugierige Giraffe vorbei und lugte mit ihrem langen Hals aus/auf meiner neuen Lektüre mir entgegen.

Oof. This book destroyed me. A heart wrenching, perfectly written account of a woman's estranged relationship with her alcoholic father. Please send me more fiction about estranged families (that stay estranged).

A little mid-week library run to pick me up!

I loved this story. The characters are raw and real and unrelenting. If the job of a writer is to make her characters suffer, King does her job well! Heart-wrenching and lovely. I couldn't put it down.

This book is set during the summer, making it a perfect read for these last few weeks of the season. It is one of the most emotionally wrenching, wonderful novels I have ever read. I ugly cried while I read it. A lot. It was very cathartic. King is a true artist, and I love everything she writes. #Recommendsday