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A review by novelesque_life
Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg
5.0
4.5 STARS
"On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have struggled to understand their increasingly distant, often violent father. While Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend, Katie hides in her room or escapes to her best friend's house - until Katie's admiration for her strong-willed sister leads her on an adventure that transforms her life." (From Amazon)
The greatest of the Katie Nash books as it is the first one! We are introduced to Katie and her older sister as they lose their mother and are stuck with a father not equipped to be a single parent. I love the warmth of Berg's writing and the way her characters pop.
"On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have struggled to understand their increasingly distant, often violent father. While Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend, Katie hides in her room or escapes to her best friend's house - until Katie's admiration for her strong-willed sister leads her on an adventure that transforms her life." (From Amazon)
The greatest of the Katie Nash books as it is the first one! We are introduced to Katie and her older sister as they lose their mother and are stuck with a father not equipped to be a single parent. I love the warmth of Berg's writing and the way her characters pop.