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A review by kristinalh
Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
5.0
"I ran a tight ship with my boys, and I run a tight ship here at this group home...but it's a ship where everyone onboard feels safe. I don't care about any mistakes you might have made or were made against you and I don't count those mistakes as defining who you are. I know life can be unfair. I know things can happen to you that you don't deserve. I also know there might be decisions you made in the past that you'd like to undo and can't. But here in this house, we look to tomorrow not yesterday."
"Not with a magic wand or hopeful thoughts or wishful thinking or mere words, but with courage and resolve and the refusal to allow those without voices to remain unheard. This is what makes us sublimely human, isn't it? Not unsullied genetic perfection, but when we stubbornly love and honor one another. Just the way we are "
I couldn't put this one down! The book jumps from past to present, explaining things along the way.
The story is about a girl, Rosie, who's family has tragically died in a car accident. She is then taken in and given the job as a maid. Things transpire (I won't spoil it here) and she is sent away to an institution. The final chapter is the reuniting of several main characters, it was heart wrenching and I couldn't read it fast enough.
"Not with a magic wand or hopeful thoughts or wishful thinking or mere words, but with courage and resolve and the refusal to allow those without voices to remain unheard. This is what makes us sublimely human, isn't it? Not unsullied genetic perfection, but when we stubbornly love and honor one another. Just the way we are "
I couldn't put this one down! The book jumps from past to present, explaining things along the way.
The story is about a girl, Rosie, who's family has tragically died in a car accident. She is then taken in and given the job as a maid. Things transpire (I won't spoil it here) and she is sent away to an institution. The final chapter is the reuniting of several main characters, it was heart wrenching and I couldn't read it fast enough.