Lulu is always taking care of her younger sister Merry since their mother has little interest in actually being a mother. This becomes her life's work when their father murders their mother and tries to kill Merry as well. They end up in an orphanage when no family member is able (or willing) to take them in. Eventually, they find a foster family that provides them with physical comforts but little emotional support. Lulu and Merry have one constant disagreement: Merry insists on visiting their father in prison. Lulu cannot fathom why Merry would have any loyalty to the man who took their mother from them and literally scarred Merry for life. Both girls/women have their reasons for what they do. Is either one entirely right or wrong?
I bought this book to take on a trip. It was a quick read, but it was also engrossing and even touching near the end of it. It ends pretty abruptly and not necessarily the way I predicted. A first novel that shows promise of better things to come.
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