![]() Nadia and her dad are handling their grief VERY differently: Her father propped his sadness on a pew, but she put her sad in places no-one could see. Nadia often escapes to the Hanky Panky strip club, because it’s dark so she can hide her sadness. The Mothers clearly think that Nadia is a wrong ‘un but it seems pretty clear to me that she is grieving the loss of her recently deceased mom, no? Don’t be so harsh in your judgment, Mothers. We are introduced to the main character, seventeen-year-old Nadia Turner, and in the same sentence we learn of her pregnancy and consequent abortion. I LOVE the way that they talk about secrets on pages 1-2: All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we’d taken a moment to swish this one around our mouths, we might have noticed the sourness of an unripe secret, plucked too soon, stolen and passed around before its season. The titular mothers appear to be part of the local church community. The comments section is open for you to tell me how you’re finding the book. ![]() ![]() I thought it could be fun to start sharing my monthly reading experience of the book club book with you. ![]()
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