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If You Find Me
by Emily Murdoch
Carey and her little sister, Nessa, have been living in a camper in the Tennessee wilderness for years. Only, their mother hasn't come back in a month after a supply run and they're running out of food.
Into their clearing walks a woman and a man-- and unlike most men Carey has reason to fear-- this is a man who only wants to give her a home.
Can Carey overcome the past few years and allow herself to believe she's really wanted? Will the terrible secret she's kept break open her only chance for a real home?
If You Find Me is about the aftermath of abuse. Only Carey's voice is so real, so authentic switching between backwoods Tennessee and quoting poems (her only consolation--books) that you find yourself emotionally bound up in what she's experiencing that it's difficult to put the story down. Even when you put the story down, Carey stays with you.
Because what she's experiencing is painful, and tangled up, and its so very very hard to stop hoping fiercely that she'll open herself up to the possibility that she is loved, and that she could possibly deserve to be loved after everything she's been through.
If You Find Me is not an easy book. But its one that gives you hope.
This Book's Snack Rating: Bitter, dark chocolate for the difficult-to-swallow depiction of abuse coupled with a painful sweetness of Carey's tentative hope
Into their clearing walks a woman and a man-- and unlike most men Carey has reason to fear-- this is a man who only wants to give her a home.
Can Carey overcome the past few years and allow herself to believe she's really wanted? Will the terrible secret she's kept break open her only chance for a real home?
If You Find Me is about the aftermath of abuse. Only Carey's voice is so real, so authentic switching between backwoods Tennessee and quoting poems (her only consolation--books) that you find yourself emotionally bound up in what she's experiencing that it's difficult to put the story down. Even when you put the story down, Carey stays with you.
Because what she's experiencing is painful, and tangled up, and its so very very hard to stop hoping fiercely that she'll open herself up to the possibility that she is loved, and that she could possibly deserve to be loved after everything she's been through.
If You Find Me is not an easy book. But its one that gives you hope.
This Book's Snack Rating: Bitter, dark chocolate for the difficult-to-swallow depiction of abuse coupled with a painful sweetness of Carey's tentative hope