Sadie, unable to do anything alone or for herself, begs her friend Max to join her on the trip. Sadie's been kicked out of her house by her father for drinking too much, and she's being sent to live with her mother Lark on her farm in rural Nebraska. What Over You adds that takes this book from being a really good one to an outstanding one is how it goes from being a story about a friendship - an unhealthy one - to being a story about independence and, at heart, about feminism. With the storm clouds thrashing in the sky grabbing all the attention, no one noticed the tiny pearl of light that remained at the bottom, the little crumb of hope like a lonely afterthought.īut shame is stronger than hope and of course the first woman invested that, too."Īmy Reed's latest novel comes with everything readers who have been fans of Reed have come to expect: compelling characters, a strong back story to all of those characters, fluid and strong writing, and a story line that keeps you going through to the end, never wanting to set the book down. This is what made her famous: her illicit box that dirty, forbidden thing.īut no one ever talks about what was at the bottom of the box, hidden under layers upon layers of suffering. The acrid smoke seeped into every pore of every soul, infecting mankind with a filth that could never be washed off. It spilled over the land like storm clouds it darkened the sky black. In a moment of defiance, she opened it, releasing all the evil into the world.
What hubris it was to think for herself, to wonder, to do contrary to what she was told what a crime to want to know what was in that famous box. "And just like Eve, she was curious, not a becoming trait for a woman.
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