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dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
A heavy emotional read about intergenerational trauma with a beautiful voice that will sweep you away. If you're southern and of the pre internet age this book will dredge all those hurt corners of your soul, summer stung childhood fears, with a rawness you may have forgotten. You worry deeply for Sunshine who does not comprehend her troubles and feel for Lou and her struggle to grow beyond her own.
though sunshine does not escape unmarred, by the end you know she will be alright, but frankly at points I went oh god why am I reading this poor girls pain, please let her get free. Its cathartic as it is heartbreaking for anyone who saw or was or was adjacent to familial abuse, sexual assault, and unbreakable cycles of unspoken mental illness in a space and time such things werent touched with a ten foot pole.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment