A review by mklowe1105
The Last Carolina Girl by Meagan Church

4.0

This book gave me Where the Crawdads Sing vibes but in a non murder mystery way. It started off slow but found myself towards the middle really into what was happening, and having a hard time with the struggles that Leah faced with the Griffins. I was waiting for her to run away at every chance she got but felt like her relationships with the children made her want to stay. The ending was super surprising but also great. And the authors note make me want to research this a bit more because it’s interesting how in the early 1900’s sterilization was common in foster homes, which could explain the increase in foster related abuse cases. All in all I thought it was a good book.
I received this book as an advance copy.