A review by jeanninedc
The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan

3.0

There were several books in this one. Putting them all together in one didn't quite work for me, it seemed too manipulative. Whose child is he? Really? Really? Did you have to? I was perfectly happy following Masha's life, her following of Sally Red Shoes and burgeoning friendship with Kitty. That would have been a complete book there. Whole. But this second, incomplete, yet perfectly worthwhile book about Alice and Mattie, two characters we come to care about, gets smashed into it and is made to belong all along. Rendering all the heartbreak and growth Masha went through somewhat irrelevant. It quite spoiled it for me.