A review by thatjamiea
Tender Graces by Kathryn Magendie

3.0

I still wish for half stars.

Virginia-Kate narrates the story of her family. Born in the West Virginia mountains to two raging alcoholics, Virginia-Kate still manages to mostly see the. Right side. When her parents are getting along and managing their alcoholism, life is pretty good for she and her brothers Micah and Andy. But, both Virginia-Kate's parents were raised in a teeming pit of dysfunction and that couplers with drinking and infidelity drives the couple apart.

Slowly Kate, the mother of Micah, Virginia-Kate and Andy, sell the children off to their father and then the kids have to pick up the pieces of a violent, unstable childhood. Virginia-Kate may also be psychic. Or clairvoyant. Or just really imaginative.

It was a very fast read, but it sort of begs to be read allowed. There's a lot of phonetic spellings of the West Virginian and Louisianan accent that just begs to be said and pronounced instead of just written.

Solid story.