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My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. I am usually a reader of Danielle Steele and the like but was in the mood for something different. I picked this up while traveling and am so glad I did. It was a 'whodunit' of sorts but also read like a coming of age book. It also had tones of a young adult book. I also had to remind myself that this was a work of fiction because it also read like a memoir. Still, I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The innocence took me back to my carefree days of running the neighborhood when I was a child in eastern NC.
The story is told entirely by the narrator and we never learn his name. I didn't even realize that until the end when I was trying to recollect my thoughts. The story is set in Baton Rouge, LA and the author, Walsh, described it with such great detail that I found myself transported to the street where the characters lived. I loved the character development and found myself rooting for them all in different ways. I also loved the flow of the story and almost forgot that a crime had been committed. I never felt that the story needed to hurry along and was satisfied with the closure. I don't feel that I was left hanging and wondering.
Do you ever read a book and think, "Wow, that really spoke to me even though my life is nothing like that?" Well, this book did it for me. There were so many subtle, profound lines and revelations that it made me think and wonder about different things. I can't wait to read more from M.O. Walsh to see what else I can learn about life.
The story is told entirely by the narrator and we never learn his name. I didn't even realize that until the end when I was trying to recollect my thoughts. The story is set in Baton Rouge, LA and the author, Walsh, described it with such great detail that I found myself transported to the street where the characters lived. I loved the character development and found myself rooting for them all in different ways. I also loved the flow of the story and almost forgot that a crime had been committed. I never felt that the story needed to hurry along and was satisfied with the closure. I don't feel that I was left hanging and wondering.
Do you ever read a book and think, "Wow, that really spoke to me even though my life is nothing like that?" Well, this book did it for me. There were so many subtle, profound lines and revelations that it made me think and wonder about different things. I can't wait to read more from M.O. Walsh to see what else I can learn about life.